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Originally Posted by Heavenly Perverse

Buying up all the commons and selling for high prices isn't good for the new players. Sure they can sell and get some cash in their pocket. But when it comes time to buy and craft. They don't have enough influence or infamy to buy these common salvages to craft. Now is the part where you say, 20mins in AE will get you 1500 tickets and then you can trade those for commons. Do the new players who are learning the invention system really know this? Some do, but my guess is that most do not.

Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven

On all the level 50 characters I've respecced since Fitness became inherent, I've ended taking two more powers from their secondaries, and then taking Combat Jumping. Except for my MM, who didn't even have Fitness originally; but I've since put slots in Health and Stamina.

Originally Posted by Scythus

What.



Oh. Well it would figure that you got confused.

The mere fact that you couldn't follow a simple argument and realize I was talking about the storyline's concept and not its production staff reveals that your opinions are barely worth another thought from me. I get it, you hated the show but it neither sucked, nor were the characters unlikable. If I liked them, then very clearly that makes them likable as I have a tendency to shift into hate very easily.

And Kevin J. Anders—I mean, Coyote_Seven needs to read up on his Hero's Journey as well.

Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven

Yes, no show in the history of television has ever done that before.

Originally Posted by Scythus

SGU didn't have the well trained, prepared team that SG-1 and Atlantis had. Instead, they have a completely unprepared and unqualified team and on top of it, they're stuck. That's interesting. It's not a retread of the previous two, so that makes it new.

Originally Posted by Scythus

As opposed to the Perfect Super Team that goes off to other places and saves the day no matter how implausible that the previous two Stargates did? That's been done a lot in television in scores upon scores of other shows as well. If you disagree, then I'd like to know what television you've been watching.

Originally Posted by TrunksX

I wasnt making anything up, I tried I even tried to add more time before I got the help needed. When I hitted submit I got a general error each time when I didnt add the code.

And just for the record, its been over 400 days when we last played.

Originally Posted by Scythus

Really? Is that what all people want these days is just retreads of stuff that came before? SGU took the franchise in a new, interesting direction and it turns out people just want retellings of earlier plots.

Dear lord....

Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion

I know this won't "prove" anything to some but I think it somewhat funny (in a sad way) when some say "just set a price and then just be patient"....okay sure that's all fine and dandy...

I've had a bid (canceled it yesterday I think) for 1 Alchemical Silver for I think 50k or 75k (too expensive for my tastes I think but it was 'cheaper' than the "buy now price" of 150k to 500k).

Never got it...even after I did at least 2-4 runs (which is about 2-3 salvage 'full' trips with my toon to the market) with my Claws/SR Brute getting ~1,300 AE tickets in a few mins and doing all common arcance salvage rolls in the 26-40 range and selling everything I got for 11 influence; again, the cheapest I ever saw the Alchemical Silvers being bought for was ~150k.


Yes, I did just email the silver to myself but...how long should people 'wait'? Glad I wasn't bidding what I would expect to pay (25k at the most).


/grabs popcorn...no wait...I don't like popcorn....*grabs chips*

Originally Posted by Chazzmatazz

I just want MOAR max slots per server. Please. Pretty please. Pretty please with sugar on top. How hard is it to add a 4th 12-slot character selection page? I'll GLADLY pay for unlocking the slots. Is it that they think I'll start a second account, cuz that ain't happening.

Originally Posted by Master-Blade

I know what the referral program is. I even explained it above, and corrected your original post about how many days of time it gives. All we're saying is that it isn't mandatory to be referred. You can add your new subscription at any time. If you just wanted to get some extra free time for coming back, don't be ashamed to say so. We understand, and we would have helped anyway.

Originally Posted by Lastjustice

My thoughts are if you really wanted to make a alter version of a character with simliar powers, Why not create a brand new character? Say if you wanted to character a black superman, we saw this a bit with Hancock.(which during the middle of the movie when he saves the bank he really came across as a bonefid super hero, as he was damn heroic. Something I could have really got behind.) In the case of we didn't see them beat us over the head with the fact Will Smith is black all film. It was an aspect of his character, but he was still a 3 dimensional character not a sterotype to the end. It suffered from some hang ups from a disjointed story but it had nothing to do with race.

I can understand people wanting to see more diverse characters, as my heart went out to the obituaries when I read the article about Perry Moore, producer of chronicles of Naria, and author of the book hero about a gay super hero. He expressed frustration with watching most gay characters always being secondary characters and often suffering from girl in the fridge effect. I think everyone should have a character they can identify with too, and not feel like who they are can never be the hero of a story. That they are destined to always be saved, trampled and over all insignifigant to world unless the white male lead does it first. There's definitely room but toss a few hand out secondary characters to minorities is exactly the right answer. There needs be something geniuely compelling to the character on it's own to appeal to a wider audience.

It's a tough postion as some change is probably in order to diversify things to get everyone into the story. It's a hard call as you don't want to tick off anyone but not everyone is going to be happy with whatever you do. Why going with original compelling characters is probably the best solution.

Originally Posted by Smersh

...seriously?

Fictional characters do exist. We read about them and see them in the movies every day. In that sense, they are much more real than talking animals, which do not exist outside of fictional sources. Which is why we use real people who exist (actors) to portray fictional characters. It's quite hard to use people who do not exist (talking animals) to portray fictional characters. Talking animals, here, are a subset of fictional characters. But actors and actresses portray fictional characters all the time on film - you don't see fictional people playing fictional people in film yet.

And, before you go there, I'm not going into animation, I'm only discussing live film at this juncture. That likewise covers CGI creations in their entirety for the purpose of this discussion. (Though to date, all CGI creations that function as fictional people are based, at some point, on real people.)

Real person portraying fictional person - possible.
Real person portraying talking animal - possible.
Fictional person portraying fictional person - impossible.

Originally Posted by Rush_Bolt

So long as you don't mind the implication that Superman likes dogs in that way, sure.

Then again, if I wanted to be very cynical, I could point out that you're saying changing Lois Lane to a non-white race is equivalent to changing her to an animal. Rather unfortunate implications.

Originally Posted by Smersh

It is absolutely not.

Animals are not people. Talking animals do not exist. You're positing a hypothetical with a negligible chance of occurring within our lifetimes as an argument.

Actors of every race and background do exist, and even work for a living in Hollywood in the real world.

Also, acting is not purely voice - there is a physical presence that has to be considered unless you go to voice acting, which is outside the discussion here.

Try again.

Originally Posted by Lothic

Well if a talking cat or dog can CONVINCE me through their acting ability that they are Lois Lane then theoretically there's nothing "wrong" with it. But would that be the "best" choice for a serious dramatic role? Probably not...

Originally Posted by Smersh

That's ridiculous and you know it is.

Are you done?

Originally Posted by Smersh

Conversely, is there any overarching reason why Lois Lane has to be caucasian? Is it a key, defining part of her character? Is it integral to understanding who she is?

I think not.

I don't think anyone is saying that, in terms of movie casting, that it should be changed for the sake of change. What I would like to see is the casting director having truly open auditions, and casting the person who best encapsulates that director's vision of Lois Lane, regardless of the actress's race. If an actress can nail the personality and presence of Lois Lane, shouldn't we be more concerned with ability than looks?

Originally Posted by Master-Blade

For what it's worth, I've never heard of that either. Do you have a link to this policy anywhere or at least a screenshot or copy/paste of the message it gave you when you attempted reactivation?

I just logged into one of my secondary accounts that has been inactive for 90 days. Clicking on either "Subscribe to Game" or "Purchase Additional Time" both allow me to enter subscription and payment information without needing any referral codes.

I'm sorry you somehow ran into an issue, but welcome back!

Originally Posted by Dance Practice

It's all about the almighty dollar. Giving away things isn't how they make money

Originally Posted by Ironik

Which was annoying, because I was traveling during both of those times. I'm not all hopped-up about moving characters around -- there are maybe three I'd want to -- but it is a drag missing out on something like that. Would've been nice to get a bunch of free transfers just for buying GR rather than tying it to a specific window of time, because I couldn't play the first couple weeks it was out despite pre-ordering the expansion.