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Animation
<ul type="square">[*] Flight / Hover – Hover animations tweaked some more.[*] Changed animations for Martial Arts attacks to help improve performance. New animation times are as follows:[*] Thunder Kick 0.83[*] Storm Kick 0.83[*] Cobra Strike 1.67[*] Crane Kick 1.67[*] Crippling Axe Kick 1.60[*] Dragons Tail 1.50[*] Eagles Claw 2.53[/list]Badges
<ul type="square">[*] Issue 12 Exploration badges should give XP.[/list]City Zones
<ul type="square">[*] Cimerora: Fixed a hole near the Castellum bridge that allowed players to teleport under the world[*] Cimerora: Fixed hole in Vespillo Pass that allowed players to teleport outside the map boundaries.[/list]Inventions
<ul type="square">[*] Trap of the Hunter Acc/Recharge: Corrected the short help for this enhancement to read Acc/Rech and not Acc/Dmg.[*] Trap of the Hunter Immobilize/Endurance Reduction IO: Corrected short help text on IO enhancement. It no longer states it improves Damage.[*] Corrected short help in Defense and To-Hit Debuff invention origin sets. They should now list that they enhance To-Hit Debuffs and Defense Debuffs instead of To-Hit Buffs and Defense Buffs.[/list]Powers
<ul type="square">[*]Accolade / Portable Workbench accolade will no longer summon a Workbench in PVP areas.[*] Accolade / Portable Workbench accolade will once again summon a Workbench in non-PVP areas.[*] Dual Blades / One Thousand Cuts: Corrected this power’s cast time from being 2.43 seconds to 3.30 seconds.[*] (Katana or Ninja Blade) / Sting of the Wasp animation once again returns to the two handed Katana Ready cycle after it completes[*] Earth Control / Earthquake: Now accepts To Hit Debuff Enhancements and IO sets.[*] Some NPC weapons have been flipped back to their proper orientation[*] Fixed transparency and color for several powers icons[*] Powers which accept Defense IO sets now accept “Defense Sets” rather than “defense” -- text fix.[/list]Tasks
<ul type="square">[*] Fixed improper start location in the Midnighter’s Club mission map as accessed by the Darrin Wade story arc.[/list]Trial Accounts
<ul type="square">[*] Added a message specific to trial accounts explaining why they can't send emails.[*] Trial Account restrictions implemented:[*] Trial Accounts cannot email other players[*] Trial Accounts may not level past 13[*] Trial Accounts can only have 50k influence [*] Trial Accounts can only speak in
[1] /local
[2] /help
[3] /team [*] Trial Accounts cannot invite players to team
[1] Trial Accounts may join teams, but not invite other players
[2] Trial Accounts may not join SuperGroups.[/list]User Interface
<ul type="square">[*] Fixed the bug where tooltips displayed too small.[*] Some pets summoned through control sets weren’t showing an icon in their buff tray, this has been corrected. All Tier 9 summoned pets should now have a buff icon.[*] Fixed a display problem with the map compass in Cimerora.[/list]CITY of HEROES

Animation
<ul type="square">[*] Kheldian Dwarves and other critters that share the beast skeleton should play their “Taunt” animation again.[/list]Badges
<ul type="square">[*] Issue 12 Hero Exploration badges now have the correct art.[/list]Powers

Blaster
<ul type="square">[*] Blaster / Psionic Blast / Psionic Dart: This power will now have a unique icon, it should no longer be the same as Mental Blast[*] Blaster / Fire Manipulation / Burn: This power’s icon should now match the color scheme of the other powers in the set.[/list]Scrapper
<ul type="square">[*] Scrapper / Fiery Aura / Consume: Power was incorrectly taking Knockback Sets instead of Endurance Modification sets. This has been corrected.[*] Scrapper Fiery Aura Consume now accepts Endurance Modification IO Sets, and no longer accepts Taunt Enhancements.[*] Scrapper / Fiery Melee attacks no longer state they can accept Taunt IO sets.[*] Scrapper / Fire Melee / Cremate now accepts Damage IO sets, instead of Melee AoE IO Sets.[*] Scrapper / Katana - Modified Katana cast times to match new animation times. Most powers are now faster activating.[/list]Peacebringers
<ul type="square">[*] Peacebringer / Combat Flight - Combat Flight now has the correct fly speed modifier of 1 (instead of the 4 it was given during the -Fly protection tests.)[/list]Tanker
<ul type="square">[*] Tanker / Dark Armor / Oppressive Gloom and Cloak of Fear no longer accept Taunt enhancements.[*] Tanker / Dark Melee attacks now accept Taunt Enhancements and Sets.[/list]Tasks
<ul type="square">[*] Tech. Naylor’s souvenir clues should unlock Rularuu Weapons for the appropriate powersets.[/list]CITY of VILLAINS

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Arachnos Soldier
<ul type="square">[*] Arachnos Soldier / Bane Spider - Fixed Bane spider characters getting an invisible default mace when using a powers respec.[*] Arachnos Soldier / Crab Spider / Longfang - Corrected help text on Crab Spider Longfang.[/list]Arachnos Widow
<ul type="square">[*] Arachnos Widow / Teamwork / Indomitable Will - Indomitable Will for Widows will no longer gain increased damage resistance when the Widows damage is buffed.[*] Arachnos Widow / Widow Training / Follow Up – “Follow Up” now has a unique animation not shared by “Strike”[*] Arachnos Widow / Widow Training / Follow Up - Matched cast time to new Follow Up animation.[*] Arachnos Widow / Widow Training / Strike: Corrected Widow Strike power. It was separating damage into 2 packets, instead of a single packet of damage.[/list]Brute
<ul type="square">[*] Dark Melee powers, Shadow Punch, Shadow Maul, and Smite have had power icons corrected for
Brutes and Stalkers.[*] Electrical Melee / Chain Induction: Chain Induction jumping effect is now increased by enhancements and fury, and no longer jumps from confused NPCs to players. It also only strikes NPCs it has not previously jumped from. This affects Brute and Stalker versions of the power.[/list]Mastermind
<ul type="square">[*] Mastermind / Thugs / Call Thugs: This power was listing that it accepted knockback enhancements twice. This has been corrected.[*] Masterminds / Thugs / Call Thugs / Empty Clips: Adjusted this power’s range down to match its radius (it was firing before enemies were within the cone of effect). Also decreased this power’s damage.[*] Masterminds / Thugs / Call Thugs: Corrected typo in the summoned entity’s description.[/list]Stalker
<ul type="square">[*] Dark Melee powers, Shadow Punch, Shadow Maul, and Smite have had power icons corrected for Brutes and Stalkers.[*] Stalker / Dual Blades / Ablating Strike: Corrected an issue with Stalker Dual Blades Ablating Strike which was causing it to have critical effects against entities not targeted by the power.[*] Stalker / Electric Armor / Static Shield: This power’s icon should no longer disappear after a minute of activity.[*] Stalker Electrical Melee attacks no longer accept Taunt Enhancements or IO Sets.[*] Electrical Melee / Chain Induction: Chain Induction jumping effect is now increased by enhancements and fury, and no longer jumps from confused NPCs to players. It also only strikes NPCs it has not previously jumped from. This affects Brute and Stalker versions of the power.[*] Updated the Stalker’s long help text on their Assassination inherent ability to reflect the recent changes to the Stalker archetype.[*] Stalker Demoralize Effect no longer scales by level effects. The debuff and duration is fixed, regardless of the level of the target.[*] Further tweaks to the class based on data mining and player feedback (and some bug fixes):[*] Stalker Demoralize Effect duration reduced from 12 seconds to 8 seconds.[*] Stalker Demoralize Effect To Hit debuff reduced from 22.5% to 7.5%, but is no longer resistible.[*] Stalker Demoralize Effect Terrorize chance reduced from 30% to 25% per target.[*] Stalker Energy Melee Energy Transfer Self Damage increased from scale 2.5 to scale 3.00. This is due to Stalkers improved Hit Points and damage capability.[*] Sting of the Wasp and Crippling Axe Kick for stalkers will now properly have a chance to crit while not in a Hide state, instead of having a chance to double crit from a Hide state.[*] Vengeful Slice for Stalkers now correctly does Knockdown once again.[/list]
Tasks
<ul type="square">[*] Alan Desslock now gives a better explanation why you cannot get his final mission from him.[/list]User Interface
<ul type="square">[*] Shortened display name of Arachnos Soldiers and Widows in target window[/list]

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Couples that play Together Barron and The Barroness Pinnacle Server So where do you two live? Barroness: Hell... Arizona, that is. Barron: Chino Valley, AZ. The GPS coordinates are Lat: 666 Lon: 911. And how long have you two been together? Barron: Forever. Barroness: Three years, married for two. How did you two meet? Barroness: We met through a "friend" of his and his cousin. Barron: There was this fireball... and then the nun with the dog... and... CHAOS!! Yes... through a "friend". No longer a friend, hence the quotes. So Barroness, how did he finally convince you that he was the one for you? Barroness: Well, to be honest, I was the convincer in this situation. How so? Barroness: He didn't know if he could trust me, or any other woman, at the point we started to get together. A lot of people misjudged me because I have a strong personality and I'm REALLY headstrong. Barron: Like a bull! Barroness: /e slap Barron: Ow. Barroness: I am a Capricorn after all. Barron: Ok, ok... like a RAM. Do you have any children or pets (besides Barron)? Barroness: Well, of course. We have a six year old daughter named Patricia, and a kitty named Nippers. Who got who introduced to MMOs or where you both already gamers? Barron: She got me started on this game. Barroness: I brought him into the MMO world. Barron: I was a devoted console gamer - everything from NES to my favorite: X-Box. Barroness: Pfft. Consoles are for kids. How hard was the transition from consoles to MMOs? Barron: No difficulty. None. Nope. Barroness: Uh-huh. This from the man who nearly cried when he sold his X-Box. Just kidding, hunny. Barron: I knew PC games were cool, but damn! This game rocks. I've never played any other game for a year, and I don't plan on leaving this one any time soon. Barroness: By all standards he should have an 18 month veteran badge too, but he started out on my account and then later got a PC of his own and moved to his own account. Barron: Yes, that's true. I created my own account as soon as I could afford to set myself up.

So how do you two normaly play together? Barroness: Almost routinely. Barron: With leather, whips and chains... OH! The game. Daily, and on the same team. What type of characters do you enjoy playing the most? Barron: I'm usually a melee man, but I'm in love with this controller. I have a level 50 invuln/axe tank, a level 50 EM/WP brute and I am working on my new scrapper. Barroness: I have found I don't really play melee toons well. Just not my strong suit, I guess. I am more the defender/blaster/controller type. What side of the game do you enjoy the most? Barron: Well, I like the blue side for the camaraderie and the scrappers. I like the red side for the brutes and the relentless slaughter of sheep in RV. Red side does lag a bit, though. Barroness: It was hero side for me for the longest time, but then I found the plant/thorn Dominator, and now I can't choose to be honest. They both have perks and downsides to them as with anything. The grass is greener situation. So do you think that playing this game together has been something that has helped or hurt your relationship and how so? Barron: Oi... Helped more than hurt I'd say. When we are bored and broke, we can just waste away the time here. Barron: Plus, if need be, we can go PvP and take out frustration. Barroness: It's done both. When we had only one PC we fought all the time over who should be playing. Now that we have two PCs we team a lot, and it seems to help us find common interests. Plus we run a SG and VG together now. Barron: I've never met a girl who liked video games. I'm the lucky one. Barroness: *blushes* So who is the better player? Barroness: Depends on the AT... Barron: ME! Uh... HER! Yeah, she's right. Barroness: I can't PvP worth a damn, but then he isn't the best healer I've seen either, so... Barron: ...I try. Finally what do you think the future holds for you two? Barron: Ugh... Costume contests? Barroness: We are going to be GODS!!! Well, at least have a LONG happy life anyway. Barron: As far as this game goes, we will probably be here till the virtual simulator comes out for CoX. As for real life, we are gonna go be a lubby dubby couple who spoils their grandkids. Barroness: We have our differences like any couple, but we get past them and find common ground, it's what keeps us together in the end. Well I do wish you two the best! Barron: Thank you. Barroness: Blessed Be, "Merry Meet, Merry Part, and Merry Meet again!"

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Treats for the Kids (and your Inner Child) This weeks scoop recipes come from EnnVee. Enjoy! Banana Muffins INGREDIENTS: 2 eggs 1 3/4 c. sifted flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1/3 c. vegetable oil 2/3 c. sugar 1 c. mashed bananas (about 3 bananas) DIRECTIONS: Preheat the oven to 350 F (180C). Beat eggs well in a small bowl. In a medium-size bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, add the vegetable oil. Add the sugar a little bit at a time, and continue beating until the mixture is fluffy. Add the eggs to the mixture in the large bowl and beat well. Add some of the flour mixture to the large bowl and beat well. Then add some of the mashed bananas and beat some more. Continue adding flour, then bananas, then flour, then bananas, until everything is mixed in. Spray the baking pan with nonstick spray. Pour mixture into the baking pan and bake for 70 minutes. Flip your banana bread out of the pan, let it cool for a bit, and cut it into slices to eat and share! Serves: 16 Serving size: 1 slice Suggestion: If you're nutty for nuts, add chopped walnuts before pouring the batter into the baking pan. Peaches Paradise INGREDIENTS: 1/2 c. milk 1 c. sliced peaches (fresh or canned) 1 tsp. sugar DIRECTIONS: Pour the milk into an ice cube tray and freeze until solid. Pop the "milk cubes" out of the tray and put them into the blender. Then put the peaches and sugar into the blender. Put the lid on the blender and blend on high speed until everything is all mixed together and very smooth. Pour your Perfect Peachy Freeze into serving dishes and serve right away. Serves: 3 Strawberry Delight INGREDIENTS: 1 c. flour 1 c. rolled oats 1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened 1/3 c. light brown sugar 1/4 tsp. baking powder 1/8 tsp. salt 3/4 c. strawberry jam DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 350F (180C). In a large bowl, mix everything together except the strawberry jam. Measure out 2 cups of this mixture. Leave the rest in the bowl, and set it aside. Take the 2 cups of the mixture and press it into the bottom of an 8"x8" pan that has been coated with nonstick spray. You can use your hands or a spoon. Make sure you cover the entire bottom of the pan! Using a large spoon, spread the strawberry jam on top of the mixture in the pan. Spread it evenly all over. Take the mixture that was left in the bowl, and spread it over the strawberry jam. Press it down lightly. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven, and allow it to cool for at least 15 minutes. Cut the bars into 12 squares to eat and share! Serves: 12 Serving size: 1 square Fun Fruit Kabobs INGREDIENTS: 1 apple 1 banana 1/3 c. red seedless grapes 1/3 c. green seedless grapes 2/3 cup pineapple chunks 1 cup nonfat yogurt 1/4 c. dried coconut, shredded DIRECTIONS: Prepare the fruit by washing the grapes, washing the apples and cutting them into small squares, peeling the bananas and cutting them into chunks, and cutting the pineapple into chunks, if it's fresh. Put the fruit onto a large plate. Spread coconut onto another large plate. Slide pieces of fruit onto the skewer and design your own kabob by putting as much or as little of whatever fruit you want! Do this until the stick is almost covered from end to end. Hold your kabob at the ends and roll it in the yogurt, so the fruit gets covered. Then roll it in the coconut. Repeat these steps with another skewer. Serves: 4 Serving size: 1 kabob See you next week for some Chinese food! ~Mistress Noire~

Fan Fiction Spotlight Presented by Mr Grey [u]Kid Eros in "One Light"[u] By Olantern Again, this is a comic. It's rather decent, too. The main character, Kid Eros, finds himself on an errand run for a friend. Unfortunately, the errand requires him to go to the Rogue Isles, and Eros is largely unprepared for what he finds there. This turns out to be a rather intriguing romp through the Etoile Isles. Olantern, through his character, Kid Eros, actually gets into the heart of what's driving a lot of the groups on the Red Side. From the fanatical dogma of the Luddites to how Westin Phipps presents himself to anybody who hasn't been properly introduced to him, we readers are introduced to the life we barely get to see as our rogues wreak havoc across Recluse's domain. Now, according to the author, there were some formatting issues when [u]One Light[u] was uploaded. While it didn't change much for the most part, it did alter the fonts on some of the words and caused them to get cut off within their word bubbles or boxes. Olantern has expressed a desire to work with someone who could offer advice on how to fix this. Fortunately, the story is good enough that most readers should be able to work past these little details as they stand. Congradulatios to FlyByKnight! On winning first prize in the Molotov Alva "Your Virtual Life" constent with a City of Heroes Machinima! The winning video:

And Nothing's On By Hostile_V This summer, many people are gonna try to beat the heat, and while I like swimming or sleeping in front of an air conditioner, there's one place I know where we can keep cool: the movie theater. With multiple locations around Paragon City and the Rogue Isles, most go to relax, escape the heat or watch mindless garbage. However, I appreciate a good film, and I'm gonna give you a quick rundown of the summer movies that will be the most popular. Lazy Sunday: A laid-back Hellion and a fast-talking Skull spend a Sunday night sitting on a stoop in Atlas Park, watching life go by and eventually owe money to a Troll drug dealer. It's great for the buddy action and the conversations and the depiction of thug life in Atlas. You'll laugh your way home and love every minute of it. Dethfest 10,000: A completely CGI movie that deals with one concept: what if every hero, villain and enemy got together in one bloody battle royal? The tag line: "No mediporters, no alignments, no rules. 33% Blood, 33% Sweat, 33% Tears, 10,000% death and chaos." Rated X for extreme violence and content. Only go if you want to scare your children into a coma or kill 75% of your braincells. Screw-Loose: A team of Brutes attempt stupid and painful stunts to prove their manliness and toughness throughout the Rogue Isles. Stunts include: Shotgun to the Crotch, The Nitro Chug, Tazer to the Tongue, The Caltrop Chew and the infamous Free Fall (which involves a rocket, a hacksaw and a cooler full of blood). Not as violent as DF 10K, but ten times more uncomfortable and disturbing. How did this show become so freaking popular to make a movie? MERCS 2: Three wiseacre Council soldiers gripe about their jobs and discuss obscure pop culture references. Absolutely nothing gets done, no guns are fired and all they do is talk. More entertaining than it sounds, and more profane than Lazy Sunday. Rated J67 for extreme swearing, but one of the funniest movies you'll see. Hobo With a Shotgun: An exploitational movie from the '70s that was recently re-released. Before the Lost existed, watch as this homeless hero wages war on the crime of Kings Row with a 12 gauge! Thrill as he rescues captured women and teaches them about love! Chill as he brutally dispatches the Family in some of the most disgusting ways possible! I warned you, and I'm surprised this movie was even made. Tac-Ops Tango: When a Blade of Artemis and a Malta Gunslinger are forced to work together to survive, they have to deal with the authorities, their missions and their growing feelings for each other. Go for the bloody action and violence, leave because of the romance subplot. They could just cut out the dang action and re-market it as a chick-flick, and it will still sell as well. "Does this utility belt make my hips look big?" The Ascendant Action Movie Musical of Comedy, Love and Violence: Honestly, I'm surprised this was produced. With a mouthful title, shoddy acting, free 3D-glasses and a horribly incoherent plot (A man with a laser-sword who rides a talking dinosaur and kills Nazis gives the freaking news from 1982 in song and dance?), this movie makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. I mean it. I saw this video of a woman licking a leaking soda bottle for 15 minutes, and that made it into a museum. But watch it. It's so horrible, so crud-tastic in every which way, it's the funniest movie you'll see. Ever. Directed and produced by Saul Rubenstein. Two things! First, thanks to Ascendant for giving me the permission to reference his hilarious work. Second, three of these "films" are actual films that I'm just making fun of. Tell me which three and what they really are, and you just might get an honorable mention. Do it for the prestige, and keep sending me hate-mail!

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The Frad SuperTeam By TopDoc Synchrotron by Gill Bates Remember what a SuperTeam is? It's a themed team with specific ATs, power sets, and individual powers chosen to create a very powerful team. SuperTeams generally run at high difficulty simply because they can, and level very fast. Today I'm going to talk about the Frads. The Frads (Fire/Rad Controllers) are one of the strongest SuperTeams out there. The team composition is simple - everyone is a Fire/Rad Controller. That makes it really easy to form teams, since you don't need to worry about balancing different ATs or builds. The builds are also pretty simple, with everyone taking a lot of the same powers at the same levels. There's a little room for variation (like travel power), but not much. All Frads start with Char (single target Hold) and Radiant Aura (PBAoE Heal) at level 1, then Fire Cages (AoE Immob) at level 2. Stacked Fire Cages from a full team of Frads will immobilize any spawn, and enable the Controller inherent power of Containment which doubles all their damage. Bosses and Lieutenants get held with Char, and the team heals as needed. At level 4 everyone gets Accelerate Metabolism (AM). Stacked in a team of 8, that gives everyone +160% damage (which is MAJOR at level 4), enough Recovery that they'll never run out of Endurance, capped status resistance (so status effects only last half as long), near Super Speed, and +240% Recharge Reduction. It only takes a little slotting to make AM permanent. The team can spam Char and Fire Cages and defeat mobs fast. At level 8 everyone gets Hot Feet, a large PBAoE damage aura. With Containment and the major damage bonus from AM, minions die within seconds. This is where the steamrolling really begins. At level 12 and 18 the Frads can take Flashfire (AoE Stun) and/or Cinders (PBAoE Hold) and things get safer. Everyone should also pick up Leadership: Maneuvers at level 6 or 10 for more safety, as it'll eventually provide around 32% Defense in a team of 8 when well slotted. Leadership: Assault and Tactics are also required, but they can wait a bit. Stacked Assault adds another +120% Damage, while the ToHit buff from stacked Tactics means you can hit just about anything. All of the buffs means you hardly need to slot your powers. Thanks to AM and Leadership you're almost damage capped, you hit anything, you never run out of END, and powers recharge REALLY fast. You don't really need to slot for Damage, Accuracy, End, or Recharge. But you should on general principle, as you won't always play in a full team of 8. Everyone takes Choking Cloud at level 28, and there's little need for Flashfire or Cinders. Choking Cloud is a PBAoE Hold toggle, and 8 of them stacked will hold an entire spawn within seconds. The Fire Imps appear at level 32, and damage takes a major leap. Remember, these Imps benefit from 8 stacked AM and all the Leadership buffs. They hit anything 95% of the time, they hit HARD, and they hit often. The Ray by Juggertha The Rad debuffs are normally very useful powers, but this SuperTeam rolls so fast that there's barely time to use them. A couple people should take Radiation Infection (RI) at low levels to open up combat, but it usually gets replaced by Flashfire, then Cinders, then Choking Cloud. Everyone will want Enervating Field (EF) and Lingering Radiation (LR) for Arch-Villain fights, but that's about it. For Epic Power Pools, Psi Mastery is nice for the status protection of Indomitable Will. It covers the one major weakness in a pure Frad team. Before Indomitable Will, the team can easily suffer a cascade failure. An AoE Hold or Stun can knock down Maneuvers on several chars, making further AoE status attacks more likely to hit. Since you tend to fight very high level mobs, and Trollers are a bit squishy, Total Party Wipes do happen. This SuperTeam works well with Group Fly and Team Teleport. Group Fly with AM to help fly speed gives everyone including the Imps a fast versatile movement power, while Tactics easily counters the ToHit debuff. Team Teleport lets you bring the entire team, Imps and all, right into the middle of a spawn. Mobs are immediately hit with stacked Choking Cloud and Hot Feet, while the entire team remains close together for Leadership buffs and healing. If you're only running a single team, one stronger variation is to replace one Fire/Rad with a Fire/FF Controller. The bubbles will let the team hit the effective Defense cap (45%) fairly early on, making it much safer. The status protection of Dispersion Bubble will usually prevent toggles from dropping, though the team is still vulnerable to Sleep. I started a team like this at level 1 during the 3rd Double XP Weekend (I was the Fire/FF), and half of us hit 50 by the end of it. A similar team (again with my Fire/FF) won the Timeforce II event, a Statesman TF race. If you want to see a different SuperTeam in action, I'm currently running a VEAT (Villain Epic AT) oriented one on Justice. All VEATs are welcome, as well as */Rad and */Kin Corruptors. Just join the "Buffer Overrun" global chat channel and ask for more info, or check out this thread. Next time: The Mostly Scrapper SuperTeam

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If we're not able to get to the booth til Saturday, will we still be able to get passes to the party or are we SOL?

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We'll hold a certain number to pass out daily, although if you communicate with me on your needs I can certainly set aside passes for you.

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Hey gang!

We keep getting contacted on ocasion by folks wanting their forum titles. We need the team captain to contact Niviene with a list of forum names associated with your team. If at all possible please hotlink, as in copy the name from the forum with link to user intact, as this is helpful in awarding and removing titles.

Grats on the Number #1 spot, we just need to get a list of forum names, and your top three title choices so we can make the award to announce you to the Community.

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OP updated.

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like the title says I'm seeking a DJ that either plays on the triumph server or is willing to at least make a toon on the triumph server and help with our regular party (mostly entertain the crowd with music and some event announcements) PM me for details or leave your self ad here. details will be discussed with applicants in private.

thanks,
Roxy

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Great resource for what you are looking for.

Good Luck.

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