Golden Girl
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Quote:Normal human morality is to not harm other people if they're not harming you - and to help people who are being harmed.Originally Posted by Red_Raccoon
I shudder at the thought of all the rights and freedoms that have been curtailed because of someone's idea of "normal human morality." -
Quote:I'd get all Buffy on her buttOriginally Posted by Liz Bathory
Someone who hates Evil that much should hunt Evil down... But should also make an arc in MA so Evil can get you back! I have a Vampire queen that wants to talk to you very much
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Quote:Humans as a species share the same DNAOriginally Posted by Caemgen
Last I knew, we all had different genes
Until you get a sample of my DNA and due a complete mapping I insist on my right to deny what may or may not be genetic for me!! 
So you're just resisting biology by hiding from people
Fixed againQuote:I suppose I could try to argue that one but I'm too scared of being proved wrong
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Quote:You know that works out at about 9,000 per server for the current set-up, right?Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
What happens when that superserver crashes due to having 80,000 people playing at once?
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Quote:Humans are social creatures - it´s in our genes - so there´s no biological excuse for not getting the Valentines badgesOriginally Posted by Caemgen
Actually I do believe it is something your born with, most people just get over it...
Afterall, one is born with family (at least a mother) but not friends. Friends are made after leaving the host body only... Unless, perhaps, in the case of twins or such. Not sure how friendly they can get in the gestation phase but I'll not presume they can't...
As for being socially inept, I've yet to meet a suave baby. Aren't the youngins generally socialized after being born? I really doubt they come out all comfortable meeting new people and outgoing and such... Well, I guess they are outgoing while being born but that's a different kind of outgoing...
Fixed slightlyQuote:But yes, I could change... But nope. Too scared. Far easier to balk at having to team up for 5 minutes to get a badge than to actually do it
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Quote:Any new Praetorian EATs would most likely unlock at 20 as well - it'd fit with the storylineOriginally Posted by Iannis
I wonder if Praetoria will install Incarnates as a new epic AT to unlock to 50s. Dual Pistols/Willpower, yes? Yeeeeeeah!
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Quote:And apart from Dominatrix, he's not really a big fan of liberty either.Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
As I quoted earlier, "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner."
I think the rest of the quote works pretty well for Praetoria, too: "Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
Now, Emperor Cole isn't exactly a lamb, and you might argue that he's not in the minority... but he's certainly well-armed. -
Her original version was linked to the wedding event, but now she's been changed slightly to let it be part of Valentines each year.
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You might find the new endgame system in GR a suitable replacement for your loss
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But they'd only end up being kidnapped all the time - so while having to save your helpless boyfriend from terrible danger all the time would be a pretty accurate RL simulation, I'm not sure it'd add that much to the game when we already have rescue missions.
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Quote:Your forum avatar looks hungry, so I'll donate the 1 million Inf to you to buy her/him some super-petfoodOriginally Posted by Sooner
Thanks Ice.
Golden Girl, tell me server and side, and I'll set you up with your million inf.
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Shall I give a presidential response to that?
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Quote:Well, it's only fair to actually go there and check out the situation - see who's right and wrongOriginally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
That's funny right there.
Hang on, let's go back a bit, you said:
If a Resistance member's distress call. The Resistance. This worlds criminal element. These are the people breaking the law,and disturbing the peace. Not just the laws you have deemed evil, but things like public endangerment, abduction, and sedition. If our agents hear about the location of a criminal in a foreign country the only reason we would go over there is to help bring them in!
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Quote:But if they're harmless, then we're no danger to themOriginally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
Her Hero-Con gods told her.
What you don't realize GG, is that any of those worlds, had they a standing government left, could actually and successfully accuse our government of a number of crimes, up to and including acts of war.
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Quote:Well, if they'd just move it out of the RWZ and into Pocket D where it belongs, it'd be way betterOriginally Posted by Lucky666
It's because it is the only place in the game where co-op AE can happen.
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Quote:See aboveOriginally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
How do you figure?
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Quote:Primal Earth faces multi-dimensional threats, so our intel gathering has to cover other dimensions tooOriginally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
They go undercover WITHIN OUR OWN BORDERS. Utopia is out of our jurisdiction, plain and simple.
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Quote:The multiverse is our jurisdictionOriginally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
Cops can't do anything outside their own jurisdiction.
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Quote:Actually, we canOriginally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
Spies and subterfuge, eh? Well, that may work in comics, where masked vigilantes are apart from any government, but in Paragon City we're legitimate badge carrying members of the police force. We are acting as an agent of our government and have to follow the rules when we enter foreign ground, INCLUDING extra-dimentional ones. Which means no snooping. So we can't get our proof that way.
Cops go undercover to catch criminals, so super-cops go undercover to catch super-criminals - and they don't come much more super-criminal-ish than a mass-murdering super-dictator
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Quote:Not really - if a Resistance member or distress call from them reaches Primal Earth, Statesman and the other heroes are duty-bound to investigate it.Originally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
Wrong. You have to prove it BEFORE you start the 1-20 content, or you are Tyrants equal in action, as well as thought.
Obviously, they wouldn't just go crashing in there - they have to see who was asking for help, if it was genuine and so on - and as Paretoria is a poweful world, kicking off a war with them right away while the Rikti are still causing trouble here probably wouldn't be sensible - so I'm sure Statesman will suggest other heroes infiltrate Praetoria and bring back a full report on the situation there
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Quote:That was when they were RPingOriginally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
On the other hand, the devs have also said things like "It's great to live in Praetoria" and "The Resistance is a small group of weirdos who don't like Emperor Cole for some strange reason". The people live without fear, and everyone has excellent amenities. Nobody needs to do manual labor (the Clockwork take care of that), and life is good.
Once the panel started taking questions, they gave the non-RP answers
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Quote:Have to wait for the 1-20 content for thatOriginally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
OK, now give an in game one. Show me proof.
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Quote:Sort of - any system that doesn't offer people the choice of what government thy want is unacceptableOriginally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
And this comment can be considered proof that only a specific form of government will be deemed acceptable.
The cause of freedom is holy - in a non-religous sort of wayQuote:You want to invade a sovereign government based solely on mysterious signs and portents from some spooky all seeing deity that some how gives you the right to ignore a little thing like PROBABLE CAUSE. You sill have no evidence, and no reason to attack this government out side of your 'holy texts' that say the government is evil.
Of course - that's what the 1-20 content is forQuote:You still have to prove it.
The thousands of disappeared superpowered people and their families seem to have not been given the chance to continue growing.Quote:Probably not, since these people have grown up without crime or homelessness or war.
The start will involve infiltration rather than open war, I thinkQuote:There needs to be evidence at the start, or it's an open act of war.
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Quote:I was giving an out-of-game explainationOriginally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
To the player, yes. However, for the characters this is still nothing more than a religious nut saying "My god says these people are evil! Go ransack their world!"
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Quote:Not for the people who've disappearedOriginally Posted by Paradigm_Shift
No, but by their perspective, it's turned out fine.
No one said it was going to be easy to topple TyrantQuote:On the contrary. However, it's somewhat irrelevant. The problem is convincing the populace given the methods being used to prevent just that. There are no means, no methods, elaborate or finely planned enough, small or large scale, that can undermine the opinions of the majority in Praetoria without also undermining order and social contract. The brainwashing and propoganda just serve as even further proof that your idea of liberating the Praetorian people would end in disaster. :P
They can have any system they like - as long as it allows for a system change.Quote:Nope. You emphasize that the people would have the freedom to establish their own government. It's none of our concern. You are welcome to help, but by your comments thus far, you would be entirely intolerant of any system that is not purely democratic in nature. Never mind that democracy is awesome - if the people want something else, who do you think you are to deny them that?
It won't take long before there are enough Praetorian superpowered people to defend their own world - just need to stop the mass murder of them by TyrantQuote:Oh, and of course, you are allowed to assume that with the ongoing (albeit weakened) invasion forces of the Rikti, the return of the 5th Column, the looming threat of the Coming Storm, etcetera, etcetera, there will be enough heroes left over to aid the Praetorians, BOTH in establishing a new government AND fighting back the DE. That's fine - Given the state of world affairs in-game, that is entirely reasonable. Which is why the villains will be just as free to have their own merry way with the place. And one thing that has been proven over and over throughout both games - Good and evil are locked in a perpetual stalemate. For every effort that is made to counteract the DE and to establish a government? An equally large effort, if not larger, will be put into either weakening said government, the remainder of the populace, the Primal heroes, and of course, the establishment of additional threats. And that is just the villains from primal Earth. You forget the ones already present in Praetoria.
ONE world of super-heroes is NOT enough to support TWO worlds of super-powered threats.