Dark_Respite

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    Are you kidding? With Castle gone, I'm like the senior powers person around here. I'm going to be all like "you know, Tim, you don't have to do it my way but when Castle was here we agreed that doing it your way was going to lag out the combat timer. But hey, its only downtime, right?"

    With Castle out of the way, I can finally get Elusivity in PvE, combos in Martial Arts, a better DPA equation, A QUICKNESS THAT ISN'T RETARDED! And with all the cool stuff the devs are working on for the next couple of years, there's less competition for MY IDEAS! Castle was like that white block guarding the MCP from my Tron disc and now Positron is totally defenseless! MUHUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!


    I mean, I'm of course sad to see him go and wish him all the best in his new endeavors. Yes, definitely sad. Going to miss him greatly.


    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  2. Pssst... hey! Whoever's in charge here! We have two for Nine...

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Castle View Post
    The Force Bubble power I gave myself when I was attempting to police the wedding event a while back. It failed utterly, but I had to give it a shot. Gun Drone I granted myself to investigate reports of it not working properly in Live settings.

    Besides, if I were going to cheat, I'd have just made myself Invincible and Unstoppable.
    Oh, yeah, that reminds me...

    *FWAP*

    THAT was for shooting me in the back during the Wedding Event rehearsals!

    (I still think to this day that Ex Libris deliberately had me come on as a villain even though I was trying to film the wedding, coz the second it went PvP, YOU shot me in the back, Citadel shot me in the back, Manticore shot me in the FACE, and BAB just flattened me as I was staggering to safety.)

    Okay, you can go now.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  4. On the first day of Villain-mas, my true love gave to me,

    A Destined One fresh from the Zig.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  5. One of the best mastermind dance groups I ever saw was some guy with his thugs or mercs, doing YMCA (and he had his pets singing along) during some event-or-another in Pocket D in the test server. People were nearly crying from laughter.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  6. On the fourth day of Atlas-mas my true love gave to me,

    Four adjoining zones,
    Three Hero Brutes,
    Two Costume Contests,
    And a lowbie spamming plz PL meh.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  7. I might be inspired to do a video for it with whoever comes up with a winning design.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  8. Check out this thread - I was having the same problem, as were several others. Some of the efforts in here might help you.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  9. On the twelfth day of Hollow-mas my true love gave to me,

    Twelve Hydra puking
    Eleven tunnels opening
    Ten Lost a'whining
    Nine more Outcasts to defeat
    Eight wardstones a'breaking
    Seven Trolls a'drilling
    Six Legacy obeying
    Five CoT's
    Four Pumicites
    Three Skull girlfriends
    Two icy slides in Frostfire's hideout
    And one cop under siege

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  10. OH NOT ANOTHER ONE!!!!

    Damn it.

    You'll be missed, Castle - not the least of which for always being helpful and supportive of me making vids. Clear skies and safe landings wherever you end up, and do keep in touch, please?

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  11. I do my small part to advertise the game. It's in my signature - all the vids I've made for the game. I've told players they're allowed to repost them in forums or blogs, I've gotten them featured on Massively on more than a few occasions, and yes I've managed to lure players away from WoW or other games.

    And sure, while it's free for NCsoft, it wasn't free for me to make them. I did it coz I love the game and the creative challenge (and yes, coz I was hoping to impress them into offering me a job, no such luck). But I love CoH, and I wanted others to see what made it fun.

    There have been a few discussions like this - one is Black Pebble's initial "Hello from Paragon Marketing" thread, another was from before that (not sure if it survived the forum move or not).

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  12. Thanks to Finsplit, Bubbawheat, Shatterjack, Jophiel, and Eva for their answers. Discussions or examples and explanations like these are far more helpful to me than the meta-sensory argument earlier. This at least illustrates possibilities for alternate phrases, or how to keep things neutral without being soulless.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  13. Let's see...

    Some info on Issue 17...

    Some info on GOING ROGUE/Issue 18...

    And some info on Issue 19.

    That help?
  14. Impromptu writing question, then, what with all the arguing about character metaknowledge and all that...

    How would YOU rewrite the following descriptive text to make it 'acceptable'? There is no right or wrong answer here, FYI.

    "You cautiously enter the warehouse by an alleyside door, away from potential prying eyes. The acrid scent of Superadine taints the air, marking this warehouse as being the right one."

    "Pushing open the rusted gate, you enter the cemetery and glance around. The sound of the wind in the trees almost seems like whispering voices, but you are unable to make out the words."

    "A cry echoes from an office floor above you, before it's abruptly choked off. Somewhere in here is a child that needs your help... you square your shoulders and stalk toward the stairs, intent on bringing the kidnappers to justice."

    Go.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Venture View Post
    No, it isn't. In fact it is an inevitable one. Sooner or later either the AE system in particular or the game in general will be shut down.
    I will not let them take the AE away. It is entirely too useful for filming. If that means keeping an older version on a subdirectory, bypassing the updater, and only being able to use it there, or promising to send the Paragon Studios dev team gift baskets from the Swiss Colony every month from now until the game dies, my AE Sound Stage STAYS.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by _23X_ View Post
    wondering what the big exploit was anyone know?

    no way either of these issues should warrant a Saturday patch.
    Considering the big launch of the Winter Event, and then mixed teams not being able to get in to DO said Event, yeah, weekend patch is perfectly acceptable.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Steelclaw View Post
    Dear Santa Dev,

    We, the CoH Players, have been very good this year and would like to cash in all those Good Player Reward Merits for the following things for Next Year's Winter Event.

    1) Those of us running Crab Soldiers would like to hang various things from the tips of our crab arms. The short list to include: Christmas Tree Ornaments, Gingerbread Men, Tinsel (draped from arm to arm) and Mistletoe... DEFINITELY the mistletoe!

    2) Masterminds would like the ability to dress our minions up as reindeer.. either with just the antler head band or with a full-body transformation. Also the most powerful minion should get the glow-in-the-dark red Rudolph nose. If reindeer are too difficult then we believe Santa's Elves would be an acceptable substitute.

    3) Necromancy Master Minds would like the Winter Event option of summoning the cast from Nightmare Before Christmas.

    4) Robotic Master Minds would enjoy access to minions looking like they just arrived from the Island for Misfit Toys.

    5) The Ho-Ho-Ho Belly Grabbing Laugh emote please.

    6) New Teleport power animation where you touch the side of your nose before zipping up a chimney.

    7) Visions of Sugar Plums temp power - PBAoE Sleep doing no damage. While standing there snoozing those affected will have little thought clouds with dancing plums in them.

    Before you shake your heads and dismiss this as yet another silly Steelclaw list. I would like to make one last suggestion. Make this a Holiday Booster Pack and release it next year. Take most of the proceeds from sales and donate them to Toys for Tots or some other national charity that gives presents to under-priveleged children.

    I'll buy one. Promise.

    Merry-Happy-Joyous Holidays,

    Steelclaw
    This. Especially coz of the bolded part. Do a full-on holiday pack that's just for charity, and watch the sales and PR and goodwill skyrocket.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  18. My husband and I joke that the Merit Vendors are actually part of the Arizona State University supergroup, the Sun Devils.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Scooby_Dont View Post
    It's really simple. If people want speed boost they should go to the most logical place to get it.

    Wentworth's or the Black Market.
    Or the Tailor.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  20. I've got a /Kin w/o SB, and almost everyone who's teamed with her in the past will usually take her killer combo of Trans/Trans/Ful any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  21. *grins*

    And for those not in the know, the RWH vid was made by none other than me!

    So do hit YT, search "Project for Awesome 2010" or "P4A", and show your support for charities around the world.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  22. Please, let's not turn this thread into an argument about the merits or lack thereof of the Winter Event itself. There are plenty of other threads for that. Thanks.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  23. Nope, someone dives headfirst into snow. With a little demoediting, that's easy enough to do.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  24. Chalk up another comment for using the 10.9 drivers - I know 10.12 has just come out, but 10.9 has proved virtually flawless, even with EVERYTHING cranked up on my 5850.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite