Demobot

I loved the Tumbler, mainly because it had such bad-*** screen presence. Shame it blew up.

Holy crap, no one has mentioned Hot Fuzz?

It's a sort of parody/homage to just about every cop/action movie ever made. Just about every cliché of the genre is played up to humorous effect. It has a fantastic cast (Timothy Dalton, Jim Broadbent), great dialog, and perhaps the shortest car chase in movie history. Also, cameos by Cate Blanchett and Peter Jackson.

Happy Birthday CL!

I'm... cautiously optimistic about the concept of monthly letters to the community. I'm not opposed to a regular drip-feed of hints about upcoming stuff. The news that the final Alpha boost tiers are coming soon does't surprise me, though it is welcome.

Fancy king and queen outfits, scabbards, whips (!), giant player controlled robots (!?), an alien spaceship tracking down someone furry, perhaps an animal counterpart to Ninja Run, a clash with the Praetorian Devouring Earth, and the Coming Storm. That's what I got.

With Alignment merits, I now start in the 20s, picking up low level Miracle or Numina procs as soon as possible. I've given frankenslotting a try and gotten good results on the cheap, but I save that for the mid 30s where the enhancement values are better.

Awesome runs. Hope I didn't slow things down too much.

Welcome back, Professor!

I'm rather partial to the Discovery Channel myself.

Agreed. It's a good looking piece that fits well with lots of things.

These days you can send it via email. You just have to make sure you're sending it to your global chat handle (include the @ sign).

I didn't even recognize her. Her voice sounded familiar and I had a feeling she was from a sitcom, but the blondeness threw me off.

That's a name I haven't seen in a long time. Welcome back.

Paragon Wiki says they don't, and I don't have a Widow high enough in-game to check, so I will defer to the Wiki in this matter.

Best of luck to you Ocho. You were a boon to the community.

All the money that e'er I had
I spent it in good company
And all the harm I've ever done
Alas, it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now, I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be to you all!

Fill to me the parting glass
And drink a health whate'er befalls
Then gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all!

Of all the comrades that e'er I had
They're sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They'd wish me one more day to stay.

Since it fell into my lot
that I should rise,and you should not
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all!

But since it fell into my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all!

So fill to me the parting glass
And drink a health whate'er befalls
Then gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be to you all!

I managed to avoid Stryke-Force altogether. My early days are rather hazy, but I remember a few SGs:

1. The Thrill Kill Kult. This was way back in my first year of playing. I joined with my brother.

2. THE BEE HIVE. Good people in here, I seem to recall.

3. Phrost's Phierce Phreedom Phighter Phorce. Much more recent. At one point I had most, if not all of my active toons here. I still have a few there, but sadly few people are ever on.

4. I started up a private SG to have something to do. Learned the ins and outs of base building.

5. Renaissance de la Veritas. I took a lengthy hiatus a few years back, and when I returned I started TFing in earnest. I wound up on teams with RdlV folks a number of times and realized "Wow, they're good." Several hundred Manticores later, I was invited to join. They're great people who have enhanced my appreciation of speed TFs, /e dance6 and the game as a whole.

Maybe I'm pointing out the obvious here, but

In my experience the population has increased since Going Rogue came out. I've seen quite a few resubs and a bunch of new people showing up. The promise of actual end-game content will help with player retention as well.