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So, a decision has been reached. I invited Bridger to give some input, as all three nominated creative works are deserving of the win. Which is what he said, as well. Lot of help he was, then...

Anyway, the 'winner' we've chosen is Swissy for Wish you were here.... Congratulations!

So, why 'winner'? Because MiniNukette's Epic Moments and Catz's Ash and Kyle were both very good as well, so I've decided they'll both receive Honourable Mentions and a small prize.

I'll be in touch later today, via PM, to let you all know the details.

On behalf of Knight Stalker, who is the main organiser for X4: The Evolution, here is the announcement thread:

X4: The Evolution



Miss S4? You won't soon! This announcement is a preliminary announcement, with final details on event structure to be announced before registration closes.

Yes, after many different ideas popping into Knight Stalker's head, he's finally decided that the idea he likes most is another pentad event. Having really enjoyed S4, he would like to see another and hopes that others would get the same enjoyment he found from participating in it.

With X4 things will vary a little from the original S4. There will be one event, to be held on the test server. This will allow all teams from all servers to take part in the same competition. The full event structure is yet to be announced, as it will be dependant on how many teams enter. We are currently open to any of the following standard tournament formats: single elimination; double elimination, swiss or round-robin. The format chosen will aim to get the event run with as little fuss as possible while giving every team the opportunity to get the most out of the event.

Registration starts today and all entries must be in by 11:59pm on 24 August 2008. The event will start a week later at 7pm on 31 August 2008. The event will be run weekly, depending on the number of team entries and event structure, and be completed in the shortest time we can arrange. Be assured it will not be left to linger and you will be updated as often as possible. Match dates may be negotiable, after the first night only and depending on Judge availability, with the agreement of the judges, the organiser, and other teams.

[u]Judges[u]
Judging will be done by the Community team (GhostRaptor, Kerensky and Palladium), giving a truly impartial decision in the case of a dispute. Their decision will be final. This will give Knight Stalker the chance to compete in this event as well as being the organiser.

[u]Teams[u]
Each team will consist of 5 members and all Archetypes except epics are available (see below for further details).

Teams may be all Heroes, all Villains, or a hybrid team drawing from both sides. Hero teams must consist of the five standard Hero AT's, and Villains of the five standard Villain AT's. Hybrid teams may select either a Hero or Villain AT from each of the five rows in the below table:

<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>Heroes <-> Villains
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Tanker <-> Mastermind
Scrapper <-> Brute
Blaster <-> Stalker
Defender <-> Corrupter
Controller <-> Dominator</pre><hr />

For example, you could have the following team: Tanker, Brute, Stalker, Defender, Controller.

To register your team, please see this thread.

[u]The Matches[u]
X4 Matches are currently planned to be held at level 40 – Cruiserweight, with each match lasting 20 minutes.

The Event will be held on the Test Server and is open to teams from all Servers.

[u]The Rules[u]
In the event of any disputes that arise, that may be rule related or game related, the Judges decision is final. Full rules for X4, including tournament format, will be announced before registration closes.

[u]Prizes[u]
To be announced, and will be dependent on the number of teams who enter (more teams = better prizes ).

[u]New to PvP?[u]
Knight Stalker and others would welcome all and any new players to this event, and if you require any advice or guidance please feel free to PM him. This event will be maturely organised by Knight Stalker and Cherry Fusion, with support from the Community team. There will not be any put downs or I pwn u talk. It is hoped that each team leader would be a good sport and help out less experienced teams, and help motivate them to carry on with PvP in a losing situation. After all, we as PvPers only want to help to improve PvP and increase the size of our community.

[u]Need a Team?[u]
If you like the idea of this event but you don’t know anyone who plays PvP or you don’t know anyone in game to make a team with please PM Knight Stalker with the characters you are willing to play. He will put you in touch with teams looking for additional members.stration closes.

The X4: The Evolution announcement thread is here.

Please Register your team below for the X4:Evolution below, using the following formula:

[u]Team Name: Nimmer United [u]
Team Captain: @Nictus, - Tanker – Character Name
Team player 2: @Jenus - Brute – Character Name
Team player 3: @Delus - Blaster – Character Name
Team player 4: @Extus - Corrupter – Character Name
Team player 5: @Pelio - Controller – Character Name


[u]Registration Form[u]

[u]Team Name: [u]
Team Captain:
Team player 2:
Team player 3:
Team player 4:
Team player 5:

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Just an interesting note from Posi that I've just come across that may allay some concerns that may be brewing...

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Just a quick follow up:

We have no plans of getting rid of freespecs. Each Issue that brings with it major power changes (which is pretty much every single one, eh?) will bring a freespec with it.

We have no plans of getting rid of the respec trials.

We have no plans of getting rid of the dropped Respec Recipes.

We have no plans of getting rid of the Veteran Respecs that your account earns.

This is simply another way to get a Respec onto your character.

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Source

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Just quoting this to get it in the digest...

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Ok this is odd, since taking the picture last night and today Respecs seem to have disappeared from the Store.

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It will be back shortly. As I posted earlier in this thread it was accidentally switched on earlier than intended, before the announcements were ready.

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Kindly take your hand off my thigh!

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*chokes*

*ahem!*

Not sure if we'll have an announcement today, as I only got the chance to look over KS's proposal this afternoon and he'll need to look over what I sent him back. It is definitely moving along, however .

This one won't be an easy decision... Very high quality nominations.

A full announcement about this will be made later today. Unfortunately the new service was switched on early by mistake.

(Edit: and is now switched off until the announcement is ready.)

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last i checked they were going for 10 - 15 mill.

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&lt;removed by mod&gt;

I only mention this because I think it's wrong to have players paying for this type of thing.

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Why ? Please explain.

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The removed text was treading too close to an activity that is completely banned for CoH. I know it was not intended that way, however I still needed to remove it.

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It's not live yet - they're still working on some security issues, I think.

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It is not delayed due to security reasons. It's delayed because it simply isn't ready yet and is a complex feature to put together. At this stage, all I can say is that it will be released when it's ready and not before.

K's been working on a video and it's currently off at NCNC to be reviewed.

Things are moving along ... maybe a preliminary announcement tomorrow, all going to plan

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All these vids are brilliant! More please!

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More?! You want more!?

Ok. There's filming happening for Ep 6 today

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- make it so we don't miss /tells or things on global channels when zoning. Other games have cracked this, so why not CoH/V. It's annoying to have to stay in the same zone if you're in a converation for fear of missing something while zoning.

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This one was a bug and should be fixed in the next build for the Training Room (*crosses fingers*).

Please note that the General Discussion forum is for discussion of City of Heroes only.

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Kerensky is caaaaaaaaaraaaaasy!

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Ha, quick on the uptake that one is!

I thought you realised that months ago! *wiggle wiggle*

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We thought it was only a temporary thing because you had to run this place for a bit - now we see it's permanent

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It's all the headbanging ... bound to knock a few wires loose here and there.

May I suggest that everyone here takes a step back, a deep breath, calms down and starts again? Without getting all worked up about a minor misunderstanding? Without turning an ants nest into a mountain?

Thank you.

Episode 5: Looking forward to...

The madness keeps rolling on! With special guest appearances by Kerensky's eyebrows...

You can subscribe to the blip.tv versions (these are also on YouTube and the above Facebook page) to receive them in hi-res as soon as they come out. Might be worthwhile given the script I've just seen for a future episode...

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- You know that thing where the devs make some tweak to the costume editor or a costume piece, and the next time I go to the tailor the costume my character already has on includes for mysterious reasons about 50000 inf worth of changes I haven't actually made, or possibly *don't even exist* since the costume looks just as it always did, but it still costs 50000 inf + tailor fee to do nothing at all? Yeah that thing. I would like it to stop doing that please.

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As far as this one is concerned: that's why you get free tailor tokens for all your characters when changes are made.

Rockjaw's getting carried away with the fame, I think ... now the series has a Facebook page.

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Are you currently on auto-renew billing? If so, your renewal will occur as scheduled.

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Slightly confuzzled here (Probably because I just got up -_-').

My Maestro card's on file and my account's on auto-renew. Will it renew just fine, or am I just going to have to resort to PayPal when I hit the renewal date?

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It depends on when your current subscription period will run out.

We *will* notify you via email before we remove the ability for auto-renew for current Maestro users, and we'll include as much information in that mail as we can. So basically, until you get that email your account will continue to auto-renew.

I'm only going to lock this thread, but please keep in mind for future the very first rule in the forum rules thread.

I'm only going to lock this thread, but please keep in mind for future the very first rule in the forum rules thread.

Copy the character to the Training Room and test it there?

Have you sent any information with regards your problem to the support team? Without reports, we can't look into what the issue is. Further, if you do get an error message and you contact support they'll be able to let you know the most likely reason.

Error messages received can be due to several reasons, including but not limited to: too many purchases in a given time frame; too many incorrect attempts using a given card in a given period; attempting to use the same card on multiple accounts and more.

Edit: Also note, that error messages when attempting to pay can be due to errors outside our systems (eg if there's a fault or maintenance at your bank).