Freitag
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Hey guys,
Let's not get too worked up about this. People have opinions, and it's not worth your time and effort to get worked up about them unless you really like doing that kind of thing.
Additionally, keep in mind how sites get revenue. Many sites (especially blogs) are supported by ad revenue. The way to make more money is to get more page views, and a great way to get page views is to post really controversial stuff. It gets you a lot of attention, ergo a lot of page views, ergo more ad clicks.
I'm not saying that's the case here, but when you see something that you disagree with, or find objectionable, it's often good to take a step back and think about the bigger picture.
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Quote:You're probably right. For the most part, this community is fairly well self-regulated. But at the same time, other posters are correct. The game is still running, and there is a certain responsibility, at least on some of our parts, to maintain the forum rules.Originally Posted by Tenzhi
Why bother with the moderation at all if it's technically not your problem any more? Just play the fiddle and if the forums burn, they burn. For the most part, I don't think they would.
That being said, quite aside from any technical or moral responsibility, I think we feel an ethical responsibility to keep things relatively sane. We care about you guys, and stuff like the kinds of things that have been posted recently just aren't acceptable. You guys deserve a better environment, and if we can do something, albeit in a limited (due to time) fashion, then we will.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Profit
I just realized something, why the three of you exist in this thread and it's still here. You guys need UncleBob. It's the only way to get a mod thread locked. Someone release the warthogs!
You Called?
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Hallo ihr lieben,
Ich wollte nur mal vorbeischauen, und euch sagen, wie viel es mir bedeutet hat, mit euch zusammen zu spielen, und mit euch zu arbeiten.
Paragon Studios war die erste Komputerspielfirma in der ich je gearbeitet habe. Ich habe vieles falsch gemacht, und ich wuenschte mir ich haette mehr fuer euch getan, aber hoffentlich habt ihr mich trotz allem noch lieb!
Ich habe auch vor kurzem von der Avatea etwas gehoert. Sie moechte auch gruessen lassen, und vermisst euch alle enorm.
Alle, die je bei Paragon und Cryptic gearbeitet haben bedanken uns vielmals und sehr herzlich fuer eure Unterstuetzung. Es bedeutet uns wirklich sehr viel.
Danke,
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Hey guys!
I doubt many people will see this, but regardless, I want to ask people to send me a PM if they see something particularly egregious that needs removal. There's just too many posts to get to, and too much other stuff going on, for me to effectively be able to monitor the forums.
Thanks!
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Go for it!
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Thank you for all the kind words everyone. This makes me feel even more sad to leave you all. I don't think it's really sunk in yet, but I want to say again:
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!!
If I could have made that bigger, I would have
We couldn't have asked for a better community. You guys made it all worth it. Your creativity, ingenuity with costumes, your passion about the game that kept us striving for more, and your desire to participate in making the game even better. Thank you so much.
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Hi everyone,
It breaks my heart to have to say this, but I want you all to know that it has been my honor to be a part of this community, even in a little way, and for a short time. The passion of you, the players, as well as your fervent support of this game has been nothing short of amazing, and humbling.
This was my first (and hopefully not my last!) job in the gaming industry, and you all have set the bar so high. I can only hope that I'll be seeing you all again in the near future.
You guys showed me how amazing a community can be when it puts its mind to it, and I will forever be grateful to all of you. Thank you SO MUCH.
All my love and thanks,
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Hi y'all!
Today I ran "Unfair Trade" by @Lazarus (Arc #373846). We had initially intended to do "The Star-Dwellers" by @K'aji (Arc #380417) but unfortunately there were some technical difficulties (it wouldn't start =( ), so we had to move on to the next one! This arc is particularly suited to Villains, and involves a fellow prisoner you met in the Zig, whose powers have been permanently removed. You have to help him get his powers back, with an extra helping of revenge on the side! Sometimes playing an arc at low levels can be frustrating, but not so with this arc! This is definitely one you'll all enjoy!
Assisting me on the run were the following players!
From Left to Right: B3ast Mast3r, Fiery Apocalypse, Cosmic Skull, Khadija, H2O Guy, Erika Tempest and Sweet Mercy. Thanks also to "Kid Dynamite." who was kind enough to run the arc by themselves, as our group was full :-(.
Until next week!
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COMBINED
Bio Armor- Evolving Armor: This power no longer debuffs the damage resistance of nearby foes if the player has Defensive Adaptation active.
- Stalker/Genetic Corruption: Fixed a bug that caused this power to consume less endurance than was intended.
- Offensive Adaptation: Corrected a typo in this power's long help.
- Brute/Defensive Adaptation: Very Slightly reduced the max hit point, absorb, defense and resistance bonuses granted from Defensive Adaptation of what they were previously.
- Brute/Offensive Adaptation: Slightly increased the Damage bonus applied to Hardened Carapace while this power is active.
Brute/Efficient Adaptation: Very slightly reduced the regeneration bonuses granted from Efficient Adaptation, but increased the recovery bonuses slightly.
Safeguard/Mayhem Missions- Fixed an issue where the mini-maps were not working correctly for players.
Signature Story Arc 2.3- Team members will now properly regain their powers during the final mission in Socrates's storyarc.
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Quote:Relax, dude. Go with the flow.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
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Good luck everyone!
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Water you talking about?
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Quote:Just to be clear, we didn't say there'd be nothing for Halloween :-).Originally Posted by ryu_planeswalker
Eh I would rather have developers that try and interact with the community, and they did do a short Q&A at the end which basically said Scythes for TW are not in work at all atm so nothing for Halloween.
Honestly taking half an hour out of their time once a month or so is much better than what certain MMO Developers do, such as certain games that ignore their player base completely.
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Quote:Well, this is interesting, because there might be people that would disagree with you on this point. Wonderful Days is a Korean "anime", very much in the anime style, but, well, not Japanese. Oseam is the same way.Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Heck, as far as I'm concerned, the only thing that "anime" means is "an animated show originating from Japan."
Which is, of course, the most basic, literal definition you can boil it down to.
According to Wikipedia this kind of animation is called Korean Animation. That being said, though, I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't make that distinction.
At the same time, Manga could be argued to not be Japanese (exclusively at least) anymore either, given how much western art there is in a distinctively "manga-esque" style.
I guess what it comes down to is that anime style is whatever you want it to be. There will be people who argue that Dragonball or Pokemon aren't Anime. I have no clue what the right answer is, and honestly, I don't think it's important. What's important is to keep an open mind toward the things that media has to offer, whatever form that media may take.
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Quote:This could get complicated. I don't think I thought this through.Originally Posted by Dr_Reptilicus
would that make this FPARNAKARN ?
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FPAK!
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I think a lot of people have, as some people have stated, seen very little anime, and what anime they have been exposed to may not have been representative of the entire genre (what part can be, is an obvious question).
There are a number of costume sets already in the game that evoke anime style for some, but just general japanese style for others, or something entirely different. Mecha Armor, the Samurai costume pieces, ninja costume pieces, etc.
The style of Dragonball Z is very different from the style of Ghost in the Shell, or Yokohama Shopping Trip. There's a big range of what you can do with "anime style" and I would be hesitant to dismiss the whole thing or accept the whole thing too quickly.
Anyway, those are my thoughts. Some interesting discussion here.
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Personally I'd have to say I only really see the Captain America scene adding much to the film. I felt like his backstory was a little too vague if you didn't see his film (I did, to be clear). It sorta just felt like he left his old life behind very quickly, with only minimal issues. The other scenes ... mehh, not a fan.
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You've got a broken link there =).
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P.S. NVM it works now. -
Some awesome stuff here!
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Quote:Yeah, closets never have spiders in them.Originally Posted by Traegus
SON OF A ......
EVAC EVAC EVAC, fallback to secondary positions in the closet MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!!!!
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Quote:OMG banned for leaking future power sets!Originally Posted by Tunnel Rat
Fixed that for you, thanks for the inspiration.
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I actually used a rotary phone up until I moved to California :-). That makes me awesome, right?
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Man, who uses phone booths anymore!
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