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Of course there are ways around things, but as I put in an edit a few moments ago, there's ALWAYS some annoying smart alec that'll catch you out; especially in RP. Tends to make being an anti-hero like A-bom rather testing at times...

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*bling* teleport in, send a big bone arrow into chest, *bling* teleport out. Not much in the way of clues, no witnesses, no scent, no nothing. That's the beauty of teleportation. =)


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He was physically present in the room, therefore his scent WILL be present. Also, he used a bone arrow; which he had to touch. Therefore his scent is on the arrow.

There are also heroes that can manipulate time, so if you need to know who did a deed; pop back and look!

EDIT: BTW Krank, I'm not trying to put down your character or how you've designed him. Just trying to point out that characters such as him are hellishly difficult to get away with in RP because there's always some annoying smart alec that comes up with something to catch him that you've not covered.

Take Miss Ellie's various flangesenses. They can in some respects make her rather overpowered; but some of them are also her greatest weaknesses too; and in the past people HAVE realised that and taken advantage of it.

She has other methods too, scent is merely her primary one. She can also see peoples "aura's", the natural electrical field all living things posses. It's unique to everyone and as good as a photo to her; as well as being part cat, she's also part Kheldian too...

Plus, as you say; all the psychics, telepaths; precogs etc. He wouldn't have a chance in hell of getting away with it in the end. And evidence it not a huge problem either; a licensed hero's testimony is enough to convict (it has in the comics!).

There's plenty of characters around with flangesenses (Abilities beyond the actual game capabilities), that would root him out in VERY short order.

Take my main, Miss Ellie, for example. She's part cat, with a highly enhanced sense of smell; if she was ever at the crime scene, she'd get his scent. One meeting, and bam! Busted.

She knows the secret ID of many heroes she's met in costume and civilian garb thanks to this. She doesn't tell anyone though...

Probably a good idea Crimson. A shame really, as it was an interesting thread until it got hijacked.

I totally ROCK!

/em Wields the Assault Rifle with the fez-wearing dinosaur laser-beam power

Come get some!

Awesome job Max. This has GOT to win a prize!

Bravo Doc! Very well put!

/em Applause

Hey Sitriel, happy birthday!

Krank, if you want to discuss things like this, why don't you and Sitriel visit the offtopic forums? This sort of thing is exactly WHY they're there; so people can discuss offshoots of topics without wrecking those topics.

You can find them here.

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Heh. I just got the picture of FFM stepping over my cut-up corpse holding a BIGGER mallet...

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You too huh?

Gotta love phrophecy....


Muahahahahaha!

Who the hell wants to be an androgynous biorobot anyway? Hallelujah to the differences of the genders I say!

Me three!

Which is exactly the sort of thing we should be expecting, and could make for some interesting scenes in RCW!

Until your character starts discussing things like Guantanamo Bay in public RP areas, at which point you are inflicting the real world on people.

Fictional (but quite possible) Scenario:

You char is in Pocket D, and talking about Guantanamo Bay; possibly ranting about terrorism and that the people in that place deserve to be there. (I don't know your opinion on this, this is a fictional scenario)

The player your talking to happens to have a relative or friend currently illegally held in Guantanamo Bay, and are playing CoH to escape their worries. You've just inflicted them back on them.


It's the chances of things like this that I think bringing the real world into the game one is a bad idea; but by all means go ahead. Personally, I'd rather not needlessly upset people.

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Says who?


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The simple fact of playing a computer game set in a fictional universe says who.

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I'm not forcing anyone. Like I said, if all you want is a pink, bunny-hopping simplistic world of black-and-white Silver Age superheroes

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None of my characters are even remotely like that. Some of them have been through WAY more unpleasantness than anything going on in the real world, and I did all of it with a level of realism wholly appropriate to the genre of a computer game. None of it included bringing in any elements of reality as it's just not necessary. You'll find that NO roleplayers characters are shiney happy people living in a work of pink bunny hopping simplicity.

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And no, there isn't enough conflict in the world. Not if you mean conflict as in "there's a point in picking sides". All in-game conflicts are the same: Black and Eeeeeevil versus Shiny Good


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There's plenty of conflict available, and a lot of it is nowhere near the "black & white" level you seem to think it is. With roleplayers, when the game doesn't provide scenarios we want, we make up our own. Again, without involving the real world. We even had a large scale war last year, all without involving reality OR the game world itself. A war that resulted in some heroes killed, some with severe mental scarring. Some would see the results as depressing, but they're not REAL so we manage to avoid causing any real emotional turmoil, unlike real events that can and do.

Yes, you're entitled to enjoy the game in any way you wish, but that doesn't mean you can inflict the sad facts of reality on those playing to escape it. That's generally why we make things up, or follow the fictional storylines we're given.

Before this thread existed, you had never considered his sexuality. If it had not existed, you'd probably have started playing him still with no thought to his sexuality. This thread has made you consider his sexuality, and you decided he was bi. That says to me that the only reason you thought Bi fits him is because it's become a popular choice.

I'm not saying I'm right. I'm not saying that's how it IS. I'm just saying that how it appears.

The game isn't here for realism, it's here for escapism and fun. IMO, bringing real world events into the game just makes the whole thing depressing and isn't fair on other players. There's enough conflict in the game world without bringing in real world conflict.

EDIT: Oh, and in my 2+ years of RPing, I've brought up MANY questionable acts of various agencies in the CoH universe; no need to bring reality into it at ANY point.

You can use a mallet if you like, my chars will step over your corpse and use something with a bit more hitting power...

The CoHverse and the real verse became radicly different from the point of Pandora's Box being opened by States. From that point on unless its stated in the canon history, I don't consider ANY of the real world events to have taken place in the CoHverse; including the Iraq war.

Personally, I find it slightly poor taste to bring real world conflicts where people are still dying into a fantasy world created for entertainment.

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Why? ... or more accurately, why are you considering it now?

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Because the issue of sexuality popped up in a thread on this forum?

And when it comes to activating Disco Fever at all... That's been in my head for the last week or so, unrelated to this thread. Sorry if it seemed like I was contemplating his activation just because of this thread.

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Sorry, but you're kinda contradicting yourself. You say he was Bi anyway, but then you say only reason you're considering making him Bi is because of this thread? Can you not see that this means you're only considering it because this thread has made the idea more popular?

... OK, Ghosty is the Dali Llama reincarnated!

Repeat after me! OMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!

Truer words are rarely spoken, Ghosty.

To everyone considering making such a character, I ask you this question. Are you considering it because you WANT to play such a role, or because it's suddenly popular? Bandwagon jumpers rarely do a decent job, rarely stick it for long, and frequently make fools of themselves.

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So far i think the highlights have been asking a former Nazi if he wanted a hug.


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And once again, Godwin is proven correct!

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Sadly, a lot of them are still brushed into the "kiddy with his pants down" category which is enormously frustrating.

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What does this mean? (probably some british thing I don't understand... yet again)

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Aaah.. I'll explain on MSN mate...

Spearmint's player was KelvinBridge. Pretty much ALL his characters, except the scotbots, were homosexual. Unfortunately, he left the game a while ago and doesn't plan to return.

As for all the lesbians, it's almost certainly due to the high number being played by men.

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Good question.. How IS Grav Mistress going to deal with it?

/me sniggers!

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OI! Cheap shot!

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The best kind!