GlassGoblin
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Quote:That's more like trip mines than a blast, I think.Originally Posted by _Tacitala_
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As a cat owner I got a completely different mental image from the subject.
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Quote:Wait, we're nerfing the rev's by giving them ED? I don't know that I'm comfortable with that.Originally Posted by Mad Grim
Hmm. To nerf the devs, not an easy feat.
What kind of nerfing are we talking about? ED (drug them, leave them in a dumpster in some city beginning with S), or Regen (sit them down, talk them into making the game a democracy, if they don't agree drug them and leave them in a dumpster in some city beginning with S). -
Quote:**Bonus drink if they predict server mergesOriginally Posted by ZephyrWind
*hiccup*
I jush read thish one post, an' I'm a lil' drunksh right now...
By the way, you forgot:
Anytime anyone joins the games and posts about zones being empty
Anytime anyone re-joins the games and cries DOOM because a zone is empty
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Quote:No, you're thinking of the Williamsburg Skulls, with their bowling shirts over faded faux retro black t-shirts with ironic death metal band logos. They were into eating souls and wearing human skulls before it went mainstream. Now they just collect antique x-rays and drink homemade vodka.Originally Posted by Gaming_Glen
Aren't the Skulls the in-thing these days for young hip people to join?
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Also: When anyone replies to a post saying "Take a drink."
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Quote:Good name. Did Phillip Glass write her theme song, by any chance?Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
I named her "Tuuwaqatsi". It's a Hopi name for "Earth Mother".
I'm still debating re-rolling Hot-House, the 20-something plant/thermal controller I created a few years back. I suspect I'll leave her alone -- blasted character-specific annual event badges! -- and just create someone new to try it out. -
Quote:/* Start digressionOriginally Posted by Mad Grim
Giant tikis and voodoo are more Carribean than African.
Not that anyone cares, but the tiki is Polynesian, while voodoo is a generic Hollywood name for the various and diverse Afro-Caribbean syncretic faiths like Vodou, Candomblé, and Santeria. Confusing the Banished Pantheon further, the BP deco cave map uses African-esque tribal shield masks. It's a good thing the Pantheon is clearly defined as an ancient cult predating all of these religions, or someone would have some explaining to do.
*/ End digression
We now return to your regularly scheduled wailing and gnashing of teeth. -
Quote:Hahahahaha!Originally Posted by Traegus
meh... baby needs more sombrero
Still, damn, that is one cute little human!
Also, CoH euphemisms: -sniff- -sniff- "Aww, man, Mini-Turg just nerfed regen again!" -
If I understand the tech correctly, a character's branching choices in the game are stored as souvenirs (visible or invisible) with the character. This is what allows future choices, dialog, events, and NPC phasing to vary based on your past actions (a la the Vanguard honor salute at the end of the Death of Statesman). This is similar -- if not the same -- as the tech used to award mission badges.
If so, the problem with putting branching tech arcs in Ouroboros is that you may well have conflicting souvenirs already. If I killed Cleopatra on my way through Praetoria, she won't be there for me in Flashback because I'm flagged not to see her any more. And if I started in the Rogue Isles, then after the first time I Flashback to that arc, my choices have been made, the data flagged in my character record, and the game reacts accordingly.
The only way I can think of around this is to use the mission leader tech, the "You are now experiencing events as Arcanaville's timeline," or whatever it says. Potentially you might be able to set an invisible leader who is choice-neutral, but man, I don't even like to think about the number of possible points of failure in that scenario.
Ironically, the only way I could see Praetorian Ouroboros missions working is to preclude them having any impact on the characters at all: no badges awarded, no souvenirs, no moral choices, nothing.
But this is all based on my interpretation of oblique remarks made by Dr Aeon and other mission designers. I could be completely full of pancakes. -
Quote:The Rularuu event is the only event to date that I've missed, which is really kind of depressing. Anyone have any screenshots of Observers in KR or Atlas?Originally Posted by Arcanaville
If I remember correctly, I think the Rularuu spawned at the top of the level range of every zone they spawned in, but also had a minimum level of 30. So if you encountered them in a low zone like Skyway, they would just turn you into paste.
Oh, I missed the end of beta Rikti assault, too, but I was at my best friend's wedding, so I don't mind that quite as much. Missing the Rularuu invasion was my own stupidity. -
Quote:Own it and read it. I can't say I agree with much of it, although my differences are with his cultural filters, rather than his research. And given the extent to which he's been publicly racist himself, his interpretations are automatically suspect.Originally Posted by InfamousBrad
You've been seduced by the Michael Houlebecq side of the force.?
It could also be argued that his casting of a smart white guy as the cult leader is another indication of racism: the degenerate races are quick to follow a superior being, even to their detriment. But now we're starting to get into more traditional discussions of racism on an Internet forum, and that never ends well. Still, I'm glad I could amuse you.Quote:I am, if anything, vaguely amused by somebody's invocation of his very early short story "The Horror at Red Hook" - because while the cult's followers were mostly Slavs and Poles and Italians (who we'd now consider white) plus a few Africans, the cult leader was a college-educated rich white guy, and he was the guy who was really dangerous. -
Quote:I was a huge fan in my youth carrying the old Ballantine paperbacks to school had me labeled as The Antichrist by certain elements but I didn't notice the racism, either. I think it just sort of melted into the general archaic nature of the writing in general. It wasn't until I reread them in research for a gaming project that it leaped out at me. Reading the biographies by Joshi and others clarified it further.Originally Posted by SlickRiptide
Examples? Note that I'm not being combative here. I'm interested in seeing this side of things since I've apparently glossed over it in my mind over the years.
Which of course illustrates an age-old problem: Do you separate the author from the work, or avoid the work because of the attitudes of the author? -
Quote:"The Horror at Red Hook" is pretty overtly racist, and was written in reaction to his personal disgust at being forced by circumstances to live in an immigrant area of New York City.Originally Posted by SlickRiptide
Well, then if we're making racist allusions then they at least need to be accurate ones.
Is Lovecraft openly racist in his stories? Maybe I've just forgotten it. It's been quite a while since I've read him. I'm less concerned with his personal feelings about it because he's long dead and his time is long dead. I don't judge his stories any better or worse for his xenophobia. It was a different age and, as I said, even so-called "enlightened" people of the time would still come off as incredibly condescending and racist towards black people by today's standards. -
Digging through my ancient screenshots folder reminded me of another lost "feature." Once upon a time someone discovered you could make your tights to your skin color, or get pretty close. Before it was changed, it wasn't uncommon to see sights like these, from late 2004/early 2005.
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Quote:I still have a Discipline on Glass Goblin. (Well, technically it's stored in the market.) I had completely forgotten the giant Gate markers, though. They were helpful in reminding players that hazard zones were level-restricted, I guess.Originally Posted by Thessalia
Anyone remember Resolves? (Check the insp tray.) And whatever the second tier insp was called...I think Determination. I wish I had held on to one of those just for nostalgia's sake. I even used to have some Disciplines, but I'm pretty sure they're gone now too. You can also see the old zone doors on the map; I can't remember when those changed.
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Quote:Pun unintended?Originally Posted by Ironblade
Actually, at a glance, it looks like they have a decent case.
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Quote:I fully understand your position, although I'm of the opposite taste. For example, I find Hemingway generally unreadable; his prose too often scans like bullet points on a Powerpoint slide. I don't argue against his genius, mind you, just that his style isn't to my taste.Originally Posted by Aurora_Girl
Unnecessary adjectives, all. Maybe it's the journalist in me.
Different squamous strokes for different eldritch folks. -
Quote:Let me add to this list Cthulhu Chick's Complete Works of HP Lovecraft in ebook form. She has created versions for almost all ereaders out there, as well as an enormous PDF.Originally Posted by Dr_Darkspeed
Strangely enough... HPLovecraft.com
That has free electronic copies of (pretty much) all his works.
I'd also recommend the HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast, which has some great free audio versions of some of the stories (on the left hand side of the page) (and 119 podcast episodes discussing all of his stories) -
Quote:Ah, thank you, yes, that makes sense. I'd been trying to figure out why they decided to go with 54s and not auto-scaling critters.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Pre-existing also = no invasion code spawns for these groups, so they have to pick them at 50-54 to provide a challenge for high level players who can sidekick lower level ones, rather than all higher levels having to exemp to get a challenge from them.
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Quote:I can't let a discussion of the Old Hollows go by without raising a glass to the heroic efforts of the Taxibots.Originally Posted by Silentkilla866
The Hollows 1.0 ruled.
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Quote:During Mako's raid on Exalted last night I was remembering those herds, inspired by this crowd magically appearing on me.Originally Posted by JayboH
Herding entire zones and nuking them
Somehow it was more fun when they weren't all level 54 bosses. -
Quote:The INF *we* could make? Don't you think punching Prometheus will be a microtransaction in the store? For 2000pp you get a temp power allowing five autohit throat punches to Prometheus. That would pay for I25 by itself.Originally Posted by Tidbit Jr.
Now, now. There's plenty of him to go around.
We could even set up a booth and charge a fee. Think of all the INF we could make! -
Quote:And here I was thinking "Oh, sure, like anyone else is going to remember that."Originally Posted by TommyTrD
Doh, and here I was thinking I might be the first person to catch this.
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Quote:So you are a Bokononist? I could see that.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Just to let everyone know....
I'm going to be a bit quiet on the boards for the next few weeks while I work on some projects. So don't worry if you don't see me posting as much, I'm just busy.