Golden Girl

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Ah, but movies don't look alike. They have a style, determined by the art direction.

Batman
Batman and Robin
Dark Night
Superman Returns
Iron Man
The Matrix

Do these movies look alike?


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Basically, yes

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Sorry, I have to butt in. This is not this.

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Both are human beings in a suit with different lighting

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Yeah - most tv shows and movies look like they're using the same engine

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They probably are. You can count on one hand the number of production quality renderers that are out there. RenderMan, V-Ray, mental ray, and Brazil are a few examples.

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I was meaning that real life does tend to look alike

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Ah, but movies don't look alike. They have a style, determined by the art direction.

Batman
Batman and Robin
Dark Night
Superman Returns
Iron Man
The Matrix

Do these movies look alike?


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Basically, yes

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Wow!

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Hush now - we do not mention that...thing here

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Wait - your not still serving as his loinlcoth right now, are you?

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He never was you pervert, that was your deviant idea.

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I thought one of you two suggested it?

I'd like so see any minions that a GM has or summons have the same code is the Rikti or Zombie invasions, so they scale to your level - this would also include Troll ravers and Supatrolls, as well as the Ghosts from the Ghost Ship, and the Hellion arsonists.

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Server populations have been trending upwards since Issue 13 release. There are no current plans for any server mergers and we're looking forward to Issue 14 and the rest of the year.

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Just make that your sig

And for those taking a break - see you in an Issue or two

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Sorry GG - we're not likely to come back, unless there are some major change to the game as T said in his opening post.


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I know - so see you in an Issue or two

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Somehow I doubt it.


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We'll see

I'd like it to be the Head of the Hydra, that comes up from the sewers

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Server populations have been trending upwards since Issue 13 release. There are no current plans for any server mergers and we're looking forward to Issue 14 and the rest of the year.

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Just make that your sig

And for those taking a break - see you in an Issue or two

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Sorry GG - we're not likely to come back, unless there are some major change to the game as T said in his opening post.


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I know - so see you in an Issue or two

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Not really, only new real story arc in I13 is the Cimerora ones.

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Don't know about red side, but blue side also got the new midnighter arc.

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Three of them, in fact

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Yeah - most tv shows and movies look like they're using the same engine

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They probably are. You can count on one hand the number of production quality renderers that are out there. RenderMan, V-Ray, mental ray, and Brazil are a few examples.

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I was meaning that real life does tend to look alike

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Other Player: [Tell] farm?
Me: [Tell] read?
Other Player: [Tell] Sorry, I'm Spanish, my English is not so good.
Me: [Tell] No problem. In that case, thank you for asking, but not right now. Have fun!

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You shouldn't really have replied like that to the opening Tell - Defiant and Union are English language servers, not English origin servers - you can't assume everyone on them will be British or American.
A couple of weeks ago, I was on a team with a Greek, a German and a Serbian guy - the German guy said he liked to practice English, so played on Defiant as well as Zukunft, and the Serbian and Greek guys couldn't speak German or French, but could undertsnad and speak pretty good English, so they chose Defiant to play on.
There are 4 European servers that are divided into 3 language groups, and as English is like an unofficial second language for Europe, you should always expect there to be players who don't have it as their first language.

And welcome to the game and forum, Mrxxxx

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Oh, and when I say "content", I mean Story Arcs, Missions, TF/SFs, and Trials.

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That would kinda rule out the entire Invention System as new content then

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GR needs to get the message across that there are no plans for server mergers at the moment. Bolded for emphasis. It could always change.

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Bridger use to same exactly the same thing
Because you can't be totally sure how the future will shape up, you can never say never to something like this - I'm pretty sure Blizzard would say the same thing if they were asked about WoW server merges.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but your report of Wentworth's downtime coincides with the North American server maintenance window. All Auction servers are located in the US, hence when the US has maintenance the Auction Houses will be unavailable for a short period.

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Heh I didn't know that but I do now, thanks. The auction house is now back...as are the rikti - invading again...damn their alien hides!

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Maybe we could be allowed to sell their hides at the auction house?

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Why? I want the whole world to know of our love! *huggles his fluffy blue friend*

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*muffled sounds to the equivalent of "can't breathe"*

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Wait - your not still serving as his loinlcoth right now, are you?

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As for shoehorning a graphics upgrade into the current engine (which was amaturishly designed in the first instance and is now held together with spitballs and chewing gum), it would actully be easier to take a functioning game engine with decient graphics and shoehorn the CoX gameplay into that.

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The problem as I see it, is that then the game would look like the game engine, instead of looking like what it was wanted to be. Of course, practicality tends to spoil dreams. The reason why games tend to look too similar to my eye these days is because they share game engines.

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This is only a problem if you try to make your graphics as photorealistic as the engine alows, and it isn't just a problem for games using the same engine. There is natuarally a tendency for graphics engines to converge as they approach reality.

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Yeah - most tv shows and movies look like they're using the same engine

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Server populations have been trending upwards since Issue 13 release. There are no current plans for any server mergers and we're looking forward to Issue 14 and the rest of the year.

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Just make that your sig

And for those taking a break - see you in an Issue or two

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Thing is, as soon as they're out of sight, some will jump on a team of 7 level 50's, and have those badges in next to no time...

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You could fix that by having everyone form teams, with the team leaders not taking part, but simply being there to make sure no one was trying to cheat.

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We've seen an upswing in server populations

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Yeah - I noticed that too - Defiant's been pretty busy recently, even late at night - which is weird, not just because of the late time, but because there's no "hook" right now - double xp is almost 2 weeks away, and the I14 buzz has hardly started.

On the NCSoft jobs page, the NorCal studio is looking to recruit a Sound Designer, with two of the required skills being voice recording and voice editing - and they're also looking to recruit a Powers Designer, Environment Artist, Graphics Programmer, Concept Artist, Game Engineer and so on - and considering what an awesome job they did with just 15 devs, all these extra recruits they're looking for will surely mean some totally amazing Issues to come.

Welcome back - I hope you're aware of the PvP changes since I13?

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I do! Especially in plush form with a tummy I can poke and tickle to my heart's content! ^_^

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I swear he's really coming onto me sometimes....

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That sort of thing really should be kept private.

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Two?

Frankly, if it's a badge that was never meant to be doable by heroes, then there you go. There's a History badge they fixed recently; you could get one plaque because it was in a PvP zone, but never go further because the rest were in villain zones. They removed the progress indicator for heroes.

It seems unheroic at best to get a badge for defeating Longbow who are, basically, only doing their job, when you're supposed to be on the same side.

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Although we do get a chance to beat them up in the RWZ - but as we also get the chance to beat up Vangaurd, and don't get a badge for that, it probably makes sense to not have any badges for defeating those who are normally on our side.

The devs have said the MA will not have every mission feature that the devs use themselves, as they still want to give us their own awesome content

Maybe it's a bit of both?