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I'll be here, and VIP all the way... my attention may occasionally wander, but my heart belongs to COH.
So yeah, til either the servers shut off, or Matt finally gets the restraining order against me...
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And I will be contributing vid work once again for you guys!
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Quote:Possible reasons...Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
Just as Positron's apparently smart enough to invent all his gadgets and toys but lacks the common sense to build the impressive, powerful, and apparently 100% safe and environmentally friendly reactors his Praetorian counterpart did.
* Money cons grey to him, so it's worthless.
* Numina doesn't need energy, so he's not bothering.
* Primal Earth's reactors are actually powered by the efforts of superheroes beating the crap out of Rikti, Sky Raiders, and Freakshow...
* Manticore owns stock in Terra Volta, and now that Posi is corporeal again, the threat of an Enema arrow carries a LOT more weight.
* Statesman doesn't want to stare at green smoke all day.
* Upgraded reactor = Arachnos attacking them. No, thank you.
* The Praetorian reactors are cooled with Enriche.
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Quote:The cache is a good start, just in case... but there's an updated version of the list later in the thread that we can't get to. (I gather Dark_Ether just doesn't have the time to keep updating it anymore. I'd talked to him about taking it over as more folks are making vids now.)Originally Posted by Zombie Man
I'm pretty sure it hasn't been deleted -- the page exists still, just don't have the permission to access it. Wait for a response.
Plus, there's this.
I do hope they put it back.
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Council skeet shooting and Kheldian Lobster Racing (aka the Atlas 500).
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I still think that video should be bottled and sold as a cure for depression.
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Quote:Cue me spewing Black Cherry soda all over my desk.Originally Posted by Steelclaw
* On the Halloween Tip Missions: "It's just another Malleus Mundi... ooh ooOoh... Isn't this fun-di? Oh oooho... On my 5th run-di... ooh ooooho... then I'm all done-di... It's just another Malleus Mundi..."
I am NEVER going to hear that song the same way again.
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I sent PMs to the Moderators and to Zwillinger, but no one has responded. I'm afraid that the thread has been deleted. Damn it.
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Quote:If you do, I INSIST on pics. (And kudos for getting the reference!)Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Obviously this means I need a new hat.
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Quote:When you figure this out, let me know. It drives me insane.Originally Posted by Steelclaw
* * Why does it seem every time I pop a yellow... ANY size yellow... I always miss the first attack directly afterwards?
Because wallets for pants is a Male-only item.Quote:* Why do women in Paragon City bother carrying purses at all?
Maybe that says something about how thick his skull is?Quote:* I mean, a FULL helmet I could understand... but half a helmet? And he's more interested in protecting his face (where he can see them coming) than he is the back of his skull... It just doesn't make sense...
Actually it'd be more awesome if it worked the other way around.Quote:* Why are the war walls still up when apparently the Rikti have a device the technological equivalent of a garage door opener?
"THE RIKTI ARE INVADING!"
*ZWISH* (The War Walls activate)
"Okay, instead of just standing here and watching them fly overhead, you, you, and you, keep the power system for the War Walls up so they can't do bombing runs!"
(One badge for bomb runs, one badge for keeping out dropships)
Sister Psyche has mindcontrolled them into not doing just that.Quote:* Why haven't the rest of Freedom Phalanx told Statesman how stupid he looks?
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Who else is now hearing that song from THE KARATE KID?
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I wonder if some dev on Nov 2nd is going to come in, wearing all black and a beret, look over at the folks in charge of those settings, and say:
"Cue the sun."
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The other day I was on, and some poor frustrated new soul calls out in Help, "Does the tram ever arrive for anything OTHER than Steel Canyon?!"
I replied, "Just click on the doors, you can select where you want to go."
Long pause.
PFNS: "Oh... next question, when do I stop feeling like an idiot?"
A bunch of people LOL'd and started sharing stories of "my stupid moment in COH"... which in turn had more new players going, "oh thank God it's not just me."
Great fun.
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Quote:And yet again, Arcanaville proves why she is my god.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
I think having a server you have to earn access to doesn't go far enough. I think there should be a server you are exiled to if you do enough stupid things to earn deportation. And every zone on this server is the Shadow Shard and everyone's travel power becomes superspeed.
Oh wait, was that my inside voice or my outside voice?
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Quote:Pet Shop of Horrors FTW.Originally Posted by Bright
I was searching my web host for our old RPGNet Bob Marley "Man What" pic to add to the thread, but I can't find it.
I'll just have to go with D and Leon instead...
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Quote:Here are the responses from the signature heroes during a Rikti invasion:Originally Posted by Stone Daemon
Why do all the signature heroes leave all the real work to us?
Ms. Liberty: "I'm not fighting Rikti until I can DRAW this damn sword."
Back Alley Brawler: "Sorry, but I stepped off this podium once and then couldn't find my way back to it. Not taking that chance again."
Blue Steel: "They're no challenge. I sneeze and dropships fall out of the sky."
Positron: "All that crap cons grey to me, no XP."
Valkyrie: "What are the Rikti gonna do, kill me? Been there, done that."
Synapse: "Uh, no. Not even with the hospital that close."
Mynx: "Hey, I'm just as capable of fighting Rikti as any of the other- OH LOOK, BUTTERFLIES!"
Citadel: "They're not Council."
Luminary: "I'm not fighting a damn thing til someone figures out my actual gender."
Sister Psyche: "Oh, please, the Rikti don't even invade Independence Port. Why else would I be here? It's not to look at Statesman, that's for sure."
Aurora Borealis: "My husband won't let me."
Statesman: "Sorry, too busy fighting Recluse."
Manticore: "I was distracted, what were you saying?"
Swan: "The Rikti would one-shot me in this outfit."
Numina: "I'm a ghost, what could they possibly do to me?"
Infernal: "I imprisoned my own demon mother inside my axe. Anything after that is rather anticlimactic."
Castle: "Oh, sure. Right. Fight Rikti. No one listens to a damn thing I say, and you want me to fight Rikti. I don't think so."
*****
Then there's the Shining Stars...
Flambeaux: "I'm so pretty... I'm so pretty... YOU SHOT MY HAIR! FIREBALL!"
Twinshot: "Riccochet shot off the Atlas globe... off the flagpole... off the AE building... dropship downed... nothing but net."
Dillo: "HOORB-y SHI-"
Proton: "I could help you, but the adverse reaction on the timestreams could upset the balance of..."
Grym: "I CHALLENGE YOU TO COMBAT MORTAL, FIENDS! Come in here and try to take me on... with all these cops... and Brawler in the next room... yeah."
*****
And the villains...
Dr. Graves: "More contestants! I have to redo my spreadsheet..."
Dollface: "I'm still waiting for my new car."
Omnicore: "You kill them, I kill you, then I take the best stuff off you and them."
Zephyr: "I'm like a leaf on the wind... see how I soar *BZAAAAT* AAAAaaaaahhhhhh..."
Crosscut: "The chance to inflict such delightful misery... but "DESIST: DEPRAVED ABOMINATION" lacks the finesse of agonized screaming."
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Quote:Like me!Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Aion does seem to have not lived up to their expectations, and been overtaken by Rift as the WoW alternative for a lot of people. (But my heart still belongs to COH... we have demoediting. Rift doesn't. Yet.)
If they took two pages from Rift's book (PvP-focused servers, and flag-option PvP), I might go back. Not until then.Quote:Originally Posted by Rubberlad
With good reason. Aion failed to address the hostile PvP reqyirement that prevented PvE players from feeling immersed. I know the "western" team had no control over that but truth be told, had NCsoft just introduced PvP optional servers, the game would still be thriving today.
Which was a pity because the game was gorgeous. I spent HOURS just staring at it thinking, "My God, the videos I could make in here... if I weren't CONSTANTLY BEING SHOT IN THE BACK BY RAIDING ELYOS TEAMS EVERY TEN SECONDS!"Quote:Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
I alpha tested Aion. It was literally myself and my fiancee (as well as an internal test team that'd pop up) on the Ciel server, day 1, build .1, and I can tell you with honesty and confidence that Aion was ruined the moment they neglected to take any bug reports we sent in. A few of the things we pointed out:
No account security (this led to craptons of bots).
Easy XP farming by picking flowers (bots).
No chat spam countermeasure (tons of farmers and advertisers).
PvP made no sense.
Clerics couldn't PvP.
Templars were way too strong.
Flight handled like a drunken whirlygig.
Content progression was confusing.
No profanity filter for names.
Teaming was a pain to organize.
The list goes on. When Aion went live, NONE of that stuff was fixed and the game ate dirt because of it.
A relief to know, Zwill, thanks for sharing.Quote:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Just as an FYI to our Community,
Paragon Studios was not affected by the reorganization and both Paragon Studios and NCsoft remain committed to the development of City of Heroes Freedom.
Thanks!
-Z It's always hell when corporate pancakehattery has jobs under the Doom of Damocles.
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I wasn't exactly happy about it being unstickied, but did it get deleted outright?! I've been looking and looking and I can't find it!
(And yes, I'd very much like to see it brought back - we've only got a handful of people who make videos for this game, and like ten thousand artists... please bring this back, Zwill!)
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Interesting that they're tying this in to the storyline that Cole was once an ally/agent of the Furies... and that Praetorian Cole betrayed that trust. I'm curious to see how far the rednames run with this one.
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Soooooo... Numina scores with Primal Earth's biggest technological geek, while Diabolique is the love interest of Praetorian Earth's biggest magical geek. Which just goes to show that smart guys don't want a woman for her body.
And now we have NumiTron (or Posimina, which I still think sounds like some kind of exotic tea), and DiaMaster (which I think sounds like a colon cleanser... or maybe an ab machine).
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Oh, God...
My deepest condolences to his family and friends, and "may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
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Quote:Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Apart from what little the Wiki has?
Her dad and sister are still alive. That's about it. So the rest is pretty much up to you.
Go for it!
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_RespiteDon't make me hurt you, Melancton...Quote:Originally Posted by Melancton
She has ZERO romantic involvement with Positron. In any dimension.
NOW go for it!
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Quote:I'd like the instructions as well, please!Originally Posted by OminousVoice
Here's another one.
Also, to those who've pm'd me about customising their login, due to the sheer number of requests I'll be composing a cut n' paste response with the relevant info.
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After finishing the Trial, I went back inside the mansion and demorecorded the wolves. Gonna experiment a bit and see just how well it works (I have a few theories to test).
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Okay, it's looking more and more like I can financially swing this - however, no vehicle when I get there so I will be forced to rely on others' good graces for a lift to/from food stuff.
Was gonna see if someone wanted to split a hotel room with me, but given that I snore, unless you use earplugs I'd feel awful about inflicting that on someone.
SAVE ME A TICKET, ZWILL! I won't know for CERTAIN I can pull this off until Friday!
Michelle
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