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Strange question, sure, but what the hay... I figured it might prove helpful to me and might be a bit of fun too.
For a while now, I've been toying around with some ideas for screenshots and demo video that involves a bit of Africa and what locations I might be able to use to get away with it.
Namely, I'm thinking more of the high cloud forests among the mountains/volcanoes around Uganda and the Congo Republic.
Honestly (and surprisingly) I think some places in Nerva Archipelago may be the best suited.
However, I was curious if anyone else may have other ideas or specific locations that they feel would work best/better.
Some photos, as example of things to shoot for (obviously not wholly attainable):
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Quote:Thank you, Cap'n. I don't know how universal that reputation is, haha, but I am flattered that just one person would say such a thing.Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
Actually I think it says something that a handful of people have managed to get under the skin of someone who's universally known for their good nature and humor and patience around here.
I seriously just don't like to see rude people bully social atmospheres into such states. I'm that guy in the movie theater that asks/tells that noisy person/group to be quiet. I'll confront the drunk guy picking a fight with someone at a party. And I'll take troll aggro on the internet, if need be.
Haha, don't anyone think I am talking myself as some kind of hero for any of that, lol. I'm just willing to be the anti-jerk in any and all situations. The anti-jerk is not about being the opposite of a jerk, but simply willing to risk others thinking I am also a jerk for taking on the initial jerks.
<-- This dude just can't abide.
Sorry, all that I really meant to say is - the same thing that makes me the patient, humorous nice guy is what makes me jump at people acting like jerks. be respectful, smile, have fun and crack some jokes, damnit... or else!
Yep.Quote:Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
The same few people keep starting the same fires. This thread is a perfect example. Any OP that dares bring up NCSoft's poor handling of Paragon Studios and City of Heroes gets the same squad of deflectors coming in to change the subject to Plan Z and emulators. I wonder why?
Yes, yes, yes, exactly.Quote:Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
All I have to do is ask myself--why are they posting the same things this often? Some, though not all, of these people were barely around the forums before the closure announcement. They barely (or never) came around and didn't feel a desire to participate until the awful news struck. THIS was the moment when some of these people began participating--but it was for anything but commiseration. Think about that for a moment. Let it sink in. What sort of person would spend their time like that?
The answer is, I've got no clue. I'm not actually interested in finding out. Not someone I'd want to be trapped in an elevator with. Soon it won't matter anyway, and our time here is too thin and too valuable.
Those few are really nothing to worry about. It's sick, really, but people are easily willing to separate personal aspects of far greater things than internet interactions. It sucks, but people can just be ******** and far far worse (unfortunately... in far different circumstances than this). So, it's not all that surprising... a shame, however, no doubt.
Yeah, I had been away from the forums for a little bit and, more of the same upon my return... So, I just thought I better shrug this **** off my shoulders before carrying on.Quote:Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
Admittedly, in this thread I was relieved when Tony and Codewalker and a couple others stepped in to contest a few outstanding claims. Some of what has been said here is what I set out to achieve with my nuked thread. Thanks, guys, for coming in and doing what I was denied the opportunity to do: respond to largely inaccurate and exaggerated claims.
I'm off to go play the game. You know, that thing at the center of all of this? It's still there--but not for long.
Anyway... excelsior!
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Quote:Hahaha!Originally Posted by I Burnt The Toast
Here's hoping you feel better.
I don't know you...I mean I have seen your name here and there on the forums but I tend not to remember people as a habit. Your post is quite hypocritical; which I am sure you knew and basically stated. Not sure what gives you the "right" to tell people to shut up. The constant spewing of negativity is going both ways in case you failed to notice.
Me?? I personally cannot stand all the Anti-NCSoft BS that is being spread. I get it you don't like NCSoft... They "murdered" your community..they destroyed your "home." To that I say GET OVER IT. See there I can be just as douchey about your (not meaning you specifically.. but like you said ..they should know who they are) constant whining and tantrum fits over a business decision that NO ONE knows the full details about which is common place among big business decisions. I am tired of the self absorbed ungrateful attitude displayed on the forums like people are owed ANYTHING from NCSOft... they owe you NOTHING. You are not some victim...but damn if you can't play the role. It is a game people. If your "community" is so spectacular and all that jazz...then it should very well be able to maintain itself...heck even flourish under a new Plan Z.
You wanna know what your community looks like right now?
Spoiled brats who are gonna get back at Mom & Dad for taking away your toy. Vindictive..unorganized..childish...wannabe thugs.
I was ALL for the SaveCoH movement when it started - and here's why. It wasn't about getting even..it was about saving the game. It wasn't about doing immoral/illegal activities..it was about uniting as one voice. It wasn't about a smear campaign..it was about heroes standing tall, united, and honorably defending what they believed in.
Even when a hero is defeated...that doesn't mean they become a villain...it means they pick themselves up...dust off their clothes and get ready to fight again...like a hero...not some two bit thugs. THAT is what has been lost from the CoH movement and THAT is why I "left" it... I am a hero and I refuse to act like some ****** nozzle because things didn't go my way. I cannot in good conscience stand by with smear campaigns, nasty emails/letters being sent to NCSoft, emulators...because to me that is not what a hero does...their morality doesn't waiver when the fight gets rough..if anything their resound gets stronger..their convictions strengthen.
Instead of wasting your energy on NCSoft; who honestly could give a rat's a$$ what the SaveCoH movement is doing... take that energy and focus into something you believe in; like Plan Z. You are wasting time and energy on these minuscule smear tactics when you could be going 100% towards achieving something which is more admirable and reflects better on the community. The recent attitude change of SaveCoH seems like a waste and counter productive to saving anything; but I will be damned if it isn't destroying your image among some players.
(YES I replied to EK in this post, but when i say YOU... I am speaking in general terms of YOU not EK... You being those people who are doing the things I pointed out).
This.
This right here spells it out perfectly.
Oh, not at all what you intended, but exactly what has been apparent and what gives me the right to be hypocritical and call you and the handful of others out on it.
You (you know who you are) have been overly judgmental to obnoxious degrees of other people as though you are higher above them and looking down upon them as you lay down your almighty decree, as though that you are somehow worthy of judging all of these people in such fashion. And you do so. And you do so repeatedly and speak down to them obnoxiously.
The obnoxious views you have of a league of people within this community has been completely transparent throughout the messages you and a few others have typed during the past weeks. Your deluded, self-righteousness and belief that you are greater than these others and should dish out your judgments of them and direct them to better courses of actions, because, of course, your own opinions are objectively better and more mature has been apparent and that is exactly what is wrong with it, mate.
Right.
Yes, that is exactly what I was talking about. Thank you very much. I do feel much better now.
Your unasked for ultimate judgements of these people's characters and decisions - and your belief and practice of you being someone so high and mighty to warrant dishing out such high-horsed and harsh judgments - speaks not of those that you judge, but only of your own self.
And, your "habit" of tending "not to remember people" also speaks of yourself. I really don't mind, but I am the guy that sent you a PM on the Titan Forums that "made (you) smile".
Again, this only speaks of you.
An easy and simpleminded response is that I am once again charging ahead with ultimate hypocrisy, but I am simply calling out those who have believed themselves so mighty so as to offer their unwanted, unheeded and unnecessary judgements of other people's character. I judge nothing else amongst those of you who've done this other than that your obnoxious judgments have been duly noted and are entirely pointless other than to single you out as people acting like ******** on the internet.
I don't care if you judge me any which way for any of that. I am glad to call you and the others out on it and it matters not one bit what any of you think about it.
I learned long ago that it is a very rare obnoxious person that can recognize that they are obnoxious. If they knew it was, they probably wouldn't truly be that way.
Thank you.
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Unless NCSoft hires you to relay their message about any emulator efforts and products, save yourself the effort of telling people not to bother.
You come off sounding like an overeager hall monitor. Get stuffed. You're going to get shoved into a locker if you keep on spouting out your disapproval for what the others are doing. Go run and tell the principal if their efforts of making emulators offends your sensibilities... but don't act like you're the voice of reason, morality or the law, lol.
Don't do NCSoft's work for free. Let them handle whatever actions they'll wish to take.
Don't bother offering your dismissing opinion of the efforts; The people involved are intelligent and informed enough to have already thought of anything you're going to suggest about the risks. They're either going to do it or they're not and your opinion is not going to stop them and your opinion about what they are going to do and about anyone else who agrees with it does not matter one bit.
So, why, then, am I replying about it and trying to tell people to stop criticizing others (while I am doing exactly that - criticizing others)??
Simply due to the fact that I have never put anyone on ignore on these forums. And, believe me, some people really deserved it and probably would have made me a bit happier if I had (instead, those few that I couldn't stand seeing post just got filtered through my own mental ignore function).
Please, seriously... don't make me put people on ignore for this last little bit of time we have here.
I believe everyone has something of value to offer. Putting people on ignore is lame. However, if you're going to drag your negative agenda of anti-SaveCoH, anti-TitanNetwork, anti-Tony, Anti-Captain-Electric, Anti-Emulator, Anti-Me, Anti-the-Color-Puce, blah blah blah... I'm ******* DONE having you make these forums unbearable for the final few weeks.
NCSoft ended up being a heartless entity in sacking Paragon Studios with such short notice (see: zero) and shuttering a great game that has no equals out there and that could continue to be profitable enough for non-billion-dollar corporate monsters... But that's billion-dollar corporate entities for ya...
You, annoying, naysaying, troll-like pains-in-the-aft-red-spandex-area are worse than them. It's almost expected of corporate entities... but you weaselly little internet jockey muck-it-ups are entertaining yourselves at the expense of a great community of people that enjoyed being here and having friendly, entertaining, joyful and humorous exchanges.
Anyway, I am putting my own mental ignore feature back to work, but if it falters and allows any of you repeated offenders to slip through and annoy me one more time, I'm likely just going to use the ignore feature for the first, friggin' time ever here and be done with your annoying prattle (and, consequently miss anything of good value and kindness that you may offer during that time as well).
I know... you're shaking in your boots over such a serious threat, but hey... I'm crazy like that.
So, shut up. Smile. And let's have some ******* fun here... how's that sound? -
Seriously, you don't like it. That's been made clear. Big ******* deal.
Get over it. Some people will proceed with some things that you may not like. Yippedee friggin' doo. Get over them. Get over yourself. And stop going on and on, in every frigging post here about it. Your opinion about me, my wants, my willingness to play an emulated game of a game that has been shut down, of Tony, of Mercedes Lackey, of Titan Networks, of anyone else and anything to do with this stuff is of entirely zero consequence. Go ahead and state it once if you really want to... but, please... then be done (it's been stated hundreds of times already...blah blah blah).
Seriously. The same people keep on dragging down every single discussion into an argument, repeating the same exact opinions. You don't like it.
You want to stop it? Go ahead. Give that a try. Stop TALKING about it. No one really cares whether you approve or don't approve other than yourself.
Yeah, I know... I have no place to tell anyone to stop talking. I don't give a ****. I'm saying it. I'm generally a nice friggin' guy around here, but I'm saying it... many of you are being perpetually annoying by constantly telling everyone else how much you dislike what other people are doing.
Seriously, boo-friggin-hoo.
Make a citizen's arrest if you think it is illegal, lol.
Write a friggin' book about how lowly or laughable you think anything anyone else is doing and put it on the market and see how many people buy it and have a nice day... but, please, stop friggin' coming into every single thread where people mention their own interests involved in getting NCSoft to talk or getting an emulator up and running or trying to get NCSoft to sell or starting their own game... You (and there are way more than just one of you. If you know who you are... shame on you... if you don't know who you are... THINK!) go and do what you like and follow your own paths, but your constant spewing of negativity over what other people wish for and/or are acting upon is, quite honestly, pathetic (which is sad for you, truly) and annoying (which is sad for me).
Yep, hypocrisy... "So, you can do what you want to, but I can't do what I want to..." Which is... spout negativity about what other people are doing, over and over and over and on and on and on.
Get the **** over it. Focus on your own friggin' life and stop making yourself a clown by filling the final months of these forums with your own amazing (sarcastic... it's far from amazing) online personalities that mock, berate and dismiss every notion that hopeful, happy CoHers that intend to co0ntinue their CoHing in some form beyond when NCSoft closes their servers down.
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And now back on topic...
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Quote:They won't see what you did there.Originally Posted by Codewalker
I can't blame them, I was going to contribute to this conversation but then I realized that there are people here trolling the forums illegally.
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I don't think this will be forgotten by many.
For the record, SOE butchering SWG in 2005 has not been forgotten (by players and by companies). That was a situation in mmorpg history that became a bulletpoint lesson for companies running these games.
The lessons of the paying customers come a bit slower, as we're rather fractured (within communities as well as between the many games out there) and we're the ones simply looking for our fixes of fun. Customers have struggles that exist, unending, elsewhere and they come to games for enjoyment, release of stress and freedom from everyday hassles... However, recurring negative scenarios and cold practices seemingly follow these customers around and it adds up. Then again, perhaps that is why subscription services may be fading away from the genre. The wary customers are "fickle" and, instead of supplying quality, care and concern, the business path of choice is to make an attractive welcome via lack of financial commitment.
Of course, all of this is really besides the Captain's topic.
Other than that he is not alone and many will not forget and NCSoft are, indeed, clearly "doodooheads".
What is most sad is that this particular development studio and game was greatly focused on not being such cold-hearted, uncaring, unfun monsters of business.
And, even though that aspect was a great attraction, provided great loyalty and maintained profitability, the business "savvy" would likely claim that this very nature was likely the cause of why the game needed to be shut down.
That's what happens when the perpetrators provide their own analysis. -
Hehe, I was thinking "this does not happen to me, isn't there a setting? Hmmm..." And now, THB's reason to find a glint of happiness from NCSoft's utter lameness has been ruined.
Yay! The game is great; you're losing it. 
Boo!
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Quote:HahaOriginally Posted by Lothic
I'm all for the sentiment behind the idea of "getting back on the horse". The problem is that game-wise the only things left to ride are goats, raccoons, and weasels. There really isn't a good game out there that's equivalent to the "horse" that was CoH. Excellently expressed.
As for the sentiment of this thread, first, I take everything with a grain of humor (not salt)... Also, I completely understand the sentiment.
Some perspective of life and time spent on pastimes is a tremendously great thing. Some people, sometimes, need bigger kicks in the pants to find/recapture such perspective and I can certainly understand this scenario offering that opportunity, hehe.
As many in-game friends and SGmates may attest, my playtime became (and has remained) severely limited, compared to a few years ago. And that's because I refocused and rescheduled much of my time spent on such things with my life. That should not read as some looking-down-my-nose uppity BS about playing this (or any) game. It's just that I have a lot of unfinished business and time-draining endeavors that are of great importance to me and it severely impacts when - and how long - I'm logged into this game.
Ramble-In-Progress... Feck, that's one of the greatest things about this game in particular - it is so friggin' casual friendly and appealing to a bloke like me that just wants to hop in for 20 minutes before I have to hop off again and do a bit more living, hehe.
So, I understand the sentiment of this thread, but I also find that - if/when you want another game to play while remaining in your new found balance of healthy/happy time and good living... this game was a fandiddlytastic option for such casual gaming that your future self may like to have.
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Quote:Hehe, honestly, I think (if there is a connection between a nicer/more-respectful community and the superhero/comicbook genre) that those of us who enjoy the villainous side of the genre are equally (speaking general majority here, not absolutes) in tune with (and/or influenced by) the overarching themes of morality found in the superhero stories and characters.Originally Posted by TrueGentleman
And then there are those who play exclusively Super Villains...
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Quote:Rarely are enough commas used; Too seldom do we find a semicolon.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
These forums are like every internet forum: some letters, some numbers, and the occasional punctuation mark.
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LOL!
Just so you know... I have never once before heard or seen what this craze was until this.
Oh, I keep seeing links and being sent things about it, but I never clicked on them... but... for you guys... I watched it. I'm sure I was spared by not looking at the others and have rightfully only experienced it through the Paragon Team and never need see another attempt.
Thank you!!
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Quote:For whatever it is worth, Fri, Sat and Sunday of that weekend should be equally doable for me. Just in case things are up in the air at all on that front.Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
i would really like to go but ive had changes with my work schedule recently and i now work all day on saturdays, so there would be no chance for me to meet that day, depending on my schedule i could do friday, and prolly sunday afternoon
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Quote:By all means, go right ahead!Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
"aspects of community, immersion and deeper layers to get lost in"
Mind if I use this for a future pitch?
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Quote:Might this be close enough to you?Originally Posted by GreatRock
This is a good idea.
Any thoughts on where to meet? We should probably do this soon.
Will edit the OP with ideas.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...01#post4414801
Looking like November 17th is a strong possibility. -
I failed to make the first two, but I am 96% certain that I will make it for this, if you'll have a New Yorker amongst you!
The 17th should actually work well for me. -
Quote:Unfortunately, that feeds perfectly into the type of players they are creating and catering to.Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
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More and more developers don't trust the idea of the "long-term player" and are trying to get your money as quickly as possible before you attention turns elsewhere.
How many of us will not really trust to the longevity of an mmorpg again?
The darn cyclical nature of shoddy business practices.
While there certainly are always flighty costumers who will come and go... I agree.Quote:Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
I personally think this has nothing to do with player attention span as much as it does with the quality and scope of the game out there.
Unfortunately, this is the same exact scenario that has played out in all forms of art for profit.
YEP.Quote:Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
The anomaly that was WoW has skewed the concept of a successful MMO to where 5 million players is a standard for a monthly subscription game.
I've said it for a long time, but I recently posted some ramble about that very thing in one of the threads about our current scenario.
Yeah, I don't know. We have it here. Bastards of modern business have taken it from us and it is such a rarity these days... the risks and the costs are so high...Quote:Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
I feel that OUR game is coming, but it will take risk and a bold vision with a long term outlook and input from players who love the superhero genre.
There were two games that I loved. This and old SWG (before the NGE in 2005).
There's a reason that nothing has come out like them since 2003 and 2004, respectively.
I hate the reasons and I wish it were different, but... Counting on the industry serving up the right stuff is like expecting Hollywood to come around and deliver timeless classics instead of retreads, reboots and sequels.
Of course, I'm not saying there's no hope. There's always a chance.
And, I've been saying it since the NGE debacle of SWG, someone just has to capitalize on all of the potential players that want a game that has those aspects of community, immersion and deeper layers to get lost in. -
Quote:The name Orangutan comes from the Indonesian and Malay words orang (person) and hutan (forest) meaning "person of the forest".Originally Posted by Tenzhi
Playing pre-existing characters has long been a staple of RPGs (both the video game kind and the tabletop).
EDIT: Haha, I suppose I can see how you thought my "(RPG)" reference was directly attributed to the nature of the Marvel game, but it wasn't. I always go to say, "mmorpg" instead of the "MMO" that has become the norm and it had nothing to do with this particular game that I brought that up.
Still, call this particular game what you will, but it doesn't measure up to my expectations of an mmorpg, at least.
EDIT EDIT: Also, for the record, playing pre-existing characters was never once a staple of any of the table top RPGing that I've ever done.
Also, any RPG I played prior to the ones that let me truly create my own character, either annoyed/bored me or I made my own character in my head anyway.
Most of them, that I ever played, at least allowed me to name them myself.
Regardless... things evolve. Regrettably, usually into a state of devolution!
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If I don't think of it as an MMO(RPG), I suppose it could actually be an entertaining Marvel-ized Gauntlet (Dark Legacy) distraction now and then.
Just seems like a multiplayer game and not really an MMO(RPG... seriously, what happened to those last three letters in this industry?).
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Can't argue much with what Hyperstrike said at all!
I was thinking though... I think one aspect that might trip companies/designers up is trying to get clever/fancy - "Hey, let's do this genre... but do it differently somehow!"
Maybe because CoH nailed the fundamentals so well (in my opinion) the other attempts thought they'd do better to steer away from them? I'm not convinced it was really due to CoH's existence though. I just think that it's a common failure to shoot for special things without taking care of the bare bone basics (or even recognizing them to begin with).
In this case, what would be most appealing about a comicbook/superpowered mmorpg? (For me) 1) A character you truly connect with (looks, story, immersion) 2) straight-up confident and simple start to super combat 3) a world that is there for you when you want it to be (without asking you to bend your life around for it. We want to pick up that comicbook, tv show, miniseries, toy when we have a break from reality and we don't want to feel like it's a chore or a draining commitment).
Now, maybe those aren't truly the basics and fundamentals of a super-powered/comicbook mmorpg for everyone, but that's what comes off the top of my head when thinking about it (travel powers fit somewhere into each of those aspects, really).
Now, don't get me wrong, I believe in trying to break ground and try new things (and I am not saying that CoH was perfect!), but I just suspect that some people (in most endeavors, honestly) try and shoot for being different before they have a solid base of good fundamentals to start with and build from.
Some may think "generic" is a terribly bad thing, but (in this sense) I believe it to be a great thing.
I see CoH as being somewhat generic at the core and I find it to be one of its greatest strengths. A generic base to start from (in art style and in thematic approach) lends itself to adapting to all the different ways people will want to push and pull it.
Stylize it too much... and you end up feeling more forced into someone else's view, rather than being given something that allows you to make your own imaginings come alive.
Just my opinions...
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Ooh, "Firefly Babies"!
Where all of the cast are infants (except for Book) and they all meet at the daycare center!
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Quote:I'm definitely interested to find out.Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
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Oh and Electric Knight, it sounds like there might be a fair amount of character customization...for a space sim. But for what we're used to? Doubt it--HOWEVER, keep in mind that if the game is moddable, that might help alleviate those concerns. I'm going to keep an eye on that aspect of the game as news develops though.
Did you ever play wwiionline?
I was in beta testing for that many moons ago and... I'm no fan of war nor of warfare games and such... I was just so absolutely astounded and in love with the idea of a single game that was on-foot adventure, full flight sim, tank sim (and a number of regular automobiles) and each and all of these (and more, once boats would come into play) would be within the same world and taking shape and interacting on the same plane/playing-field... Amazing!
Anyway, that just came out of me, hehe... I just love such combinations and was apparently just reminded of such!
They sure did. And wonderfully so!Quote:Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
Boy, Paragon Studios sure did spoil us, eh?
As I said, though, my demands for customization go way back.
Still, yeah, this game made this extremely particular/picky gamer satisfied.
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Strayed away from the forums for a bit...
Quote:I'm not entirely following you on this. To what end(s) would you wish to manipulate the memory locations for spawning?Originally Posted by Arcanaville
I have often wondered, going back years, how difficult it would be to manipulate the memory locations that the game loaded the actual entities into during demorecord playback and whether that would be a safe operation.
When I first read this, I wasn't entirely sure if I wanted to ask what for or if you were making a joke that went over my head, haha.
However, I think I'm just missing what purpose you're thinking of for this. (Hopefully, lol)