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Actually, what happened with the whole in-game advertising programme anyhow?
Last time I saw any was when Vin Diesel was glowering out of every. Single. Billboard... about a year ago for Babylon A.D. (Probably the scariest in-game event they've had.) -
Quote:Oddly enough, that might make a good basis for a hero/heroine - a long-forgotten god/goddess (or a Small God, if you read Pterry), who may have even forgotten they are a god/goddess. They do a small action of heroism, someone thanks and remembers them, and a little tiny taste of their mana comes back. They do more. People start whispering their name again, the power starts to flow... and so do memories, some of greatness, some troubling in their new mortal mindset...Originally Posted by Lazarus
Though to be honest, she's in a very weakened state when you do fight her due to most people having forgotten that she exists for so long. Gods need worship badly! -
Daily Telegraph (London):Teenager obsessed by World of Warcraft first to attend US internet addiction retreat
...he'll just think he's training up as a Shaman. -
Quote:Spidey pretty much fits the bill for that last one - ordinary Joe who accidentally got himself powered up, and while he may be able to stop subway trains and web up criminals, he's not emotionally prepared for the burden of greatness like Superman. (And even Supes isn't, every once in a while - while his body's from Krypton, his head's still from Smallville).Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
But I guess, for me, this is where the major disconnect happens. I don't LIKE the mundane. I have mundane out the wazoo just waking up every morning. I have mundane going to work, I have mundane going out with friends, I have mundane watching TV. I really don't find mundane, ordinary people interesting, and giving them super powers doesn't make it much better. I like the exciting, the extraordinary, the unusual. Blue alien people from across the stars? Sign me up! Red demons from the bows of the Earth? Pick me! Pick me! A self-sentient machine race which feels organic life is obsolete? Start with me, please! Dude who works 9 to 5 and has an average home in suburbia but fell over backwards into super powers? Ye... Wait, what? Err... OK, I guess.
But then, that's probably part of the answer in itself.
As for other mundanes taking up heroism: in a word... Batman.
Our own dimensional worldspace (code ERT-326K for those of you using SDID) does not have, as far as we're aware, any superpowers on offer.
But Bruce Lee, Derren Brown and many others have shown that intense training and work can give you supernormal abilities. Bruce could literally move too fast for a standard 70s 24fps camera to track at some points. So someone with enough time and dedication, not to mention quite a bit of cash, could be easily become what the people of this benighted dimension would call a superhero.
Oddly, that's why I play Natural and Tech heroes a lot - ordinary people who were not blessed/cursed with superabilities and therefore predestined to greatness, but have taken up the mantle anyway.
I've also used the dimensional gating thing a lot to borrow ideas and toons I like from other places - a 16th century female ninja, a very Sparky female genius with a talent for technology, and a certain avian prince who revels in causing mayhem and TENDS TO SHOUT A LOT. -
"Dominator".
...that is all. -
Thanks LadyA
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Only one way to cope with that...
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Naked yoga is fun until someone starts with the tickling.
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Quote:I would have thought 4&20s would have been more apropos?Originally Posted by Rajani_Isa
Anchovy Pies.
In the meantime, all please stand for the Australian National Anthem... -
Quote:With the exception of Russell Crowe, that's about on the money.Originally Posted by MinMin
That's ok, we can include South Africa. I've heard the New Zealand accent described as South African, but less evil. I suspect they'll fit in well.
Also, hello to all fellow graduates of the University Of Waikikamukau if you're out there. -
BLASTER:
Fork Blast / Fork Manipulation
SCRAPPER:
Ballet Defense
Dual Weasels
TANKER:
Stench Defense
Umbrella Melee
CONTROLLER:
Meerkat Mastery
Zombie Dinosaur Mastery (Epic)
DEFENDER:
Dianetics
...any others that leaked out? -
64 Month Veteran Power: Summon Geraldo Riviera.
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A Hoban Washburne gambit? This early in the game? Pshaw.
Southwark. With two gold tokens and a free burrito. -
I think that's about 3 degrees past my melting point. Seriously, just get out the wet and dry vac, pour me into a tube, freeze-dry me and mail me home.
That would be Texas, would it? -
Quote:It'd still taste better than Bud Light.Originally Posted by Cass_
Mouthwash this week then?
Not a huge beer fan but did develop a taste for Shiner Bock... -
Quote:Roasting I don't mind, and define as anything over 32 deg C.Originally Posted by Oyasumi_Nasai
Care to define roasting? I always wondered what is considered hot for weather over in the UK.
What I hate is being steamed - it's been only about 25 C this last week, but horrifically humid. I'm not a beanpaste bun. Very glad that the only time I need to think about the Tube at the moment is when trying to explain and promote the fine and ancient game of Mornington Crescent to the colonials, dontcherknow. -
I'm getting "BAD INPUT"... a lot, but it seems to trigger if I write a post longer than about three paragraphs. That kinda rules me out of doing my old stories and stuff
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Quote:Well, who better than the Hoff to judge if America's Got Talent?Originally Posted by PhiloticKnight
You mean the guys that think that DAVID HASSLEHOFF is a huge star?
lolGermans
(6.0 rating, 12m viewers average per show... that makes him a bigger star than, say, just about anybody on TV in the USA right now...) -
Quote:...fixed that for you.Originally Posted by Prof_Backfire
Vegemite, also made from cthonic ichor, possibly even the Snot Of Yob-Soddoth itself. It's the most Australian food.
As to the greatness of American snack foods, may I cite the Cinnabon:
...and also that smuggling large amounts of Oreo cookies (for your Long Island raised brother) cross-border into Canada, en route to a cheap flight home, is not a wise idea. Canadian drug dogs like them. A lot. There was snapping of rubber gloves before the source of their joy was discovered. -
Quote:I believe so. The other Port Royal (1770, Earth-323-YARR) is acceptable from Eiffel or any other Prime Dimension station but not returning there, as that would be breaking both the narrative causality AND temporal parallels. (Otherwise you'd have powers of pirates with parrots in Paris eating profiteroles). Plus PTV rules specifically ban interfering with the course of human history without good cause.Originally Posted by Guffy
Does the metro lend itself to PTV (Paragon Third Variation)? I'm worried about knip 'lockdown' at Port-Royal. Can we get a ruling on this, as it would be a shame to ruin an otherwise simple (and smooth running) game on a technicality.
With that in mind, I'm going to Rockridge(Oakland), 1890, Earth-212-MELB, where I've never seen such cruelty taking place and I can earn at least 5 Reward Merits. -
(CONTINUED DUE TO BLASTED "BAD INPUT" BUG) Fleeing from a pack of demons, she sought shelter in the estate's chapel. Following a whispering voice, she spoke a strange Latin prayer before the altar, which shimmered and faded, leaving behind a curious silver scroll. The mighty spells in the Codex Of St Delia immediately lodged in her mind, connecting her with all the former Guardians of the Codex. They helped her unleash her latent psychic talents and empower them with divine soulfire, giving her astonishing powers to defend and to heal.
Though she managed to destroy the Thorn emissaries with a mighty psychic scream, the rescue of her crew nearly cost the young and inexperienced mage her life. She awoke a month later in Paragon City, under the care of MAGI, under whose tutelage she learned to control her talents. After a long and varied career as a heroine, Amy now works as a paediatrician in Atlas Park, specialising in magically inclined maladies, while consulting on major cases for MAGI. -
If anyone wanted to have a go at drawing DW...
...will see if I can get some better grabs than that, but it's the Magic cloak (black), Bridal + Lace with a spiderweb chest detail (really it should just be a spiderweb piece over the decolletage), patent leather trousers, and stiletto combat boots.
DW's bio: Five years ago, a TV crew was sent to a haunted house in rural East Anglia for a "psychic reading". But what no-one foresaw - least of all the hapless alleged psychic - was that the house was indeed filled with dark spirits. The ancient and evil mages captured, tortured, and prepared to sacrifice the crew - trying to divine the location of a strange and powerful magical artifact.
However, plucky young researcher Emily Weaver escaped their clutches, and found help from a most unexpected source... -
Quote:You can, but bear in mind that portals are in play during the Paragon game so you might wind up in the Shadow Shard, Perez, or... *gulp*... the Dollis Hill Loop. (dan-dan-DAAAAHHH....)Originally Posted by _Klaw_
Sorry are we doing lateral orbits?
With that in mind, I'll go to Liverpool Street and grab the Bouncing badge from beside platform 11. -
Quote:Oh, so HE was the viewer who stuck with it?? I guess being semi-immortal really means you can be that bored...Originally Posted by Myrdinn
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American Idol is a Nemesis plot.