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Quote:No. AE is not ruining the game.Originally Posted by Zekiran_Immortal
AE is not ruining the game. Stupid, impatient people are ruining your experience of the game. Blame them please. Thanks.
No. Stupid, impatient people are not ruining his experience of the game.
HE is ruining his experience of the game simply because he can't ignore the fact that people play differently than he does. Nor that they are "getting over" better than he is, participating in a playstyle he loathes. -
*Sigh*
ANOTHER "Nerf AE" thread. Don't people use the search function at all?
Quote:No. The devs have stated that AE is an alternate leveling mechanism. If people don't want to "level the old fashioned way", it's their $15 a month.Put a lvl 25 lvl cap on AE or give it out as an Award for reaching 50 so the new player beable still play up to 50 the old fashion way.
No. AP is, unfortunately, a showcase for the whole game in microcosm. And, again, "an alternative leveling mechanism" not "an alternative leveling system for people that requires you to use the default one first". At that point, it's NOT an "alternative".Quote:Remove AE form lowbie zone's
No. What part of "alternative leveling system" was unclear enough to force you into double negatives?Quote:Do not grant no Acess to AE for lower lvl toon.
Which destroys AE's utility as an "alternate" system. At which point, it becomes the exclusive domain of farmers.Quote:Cut Xp Gain in Half in AE
And I repeat *ALTERNATIVE LEVELING SYSTEM!*Quote:remove Xp all together form AE
If you remove XP awards, they may as well just rip AE out of the game. As it's utility for the majority of the game population becomes, effectively ZERO. Save as a loot-generator. The only ones using it will be farmers and a small "storyteller" clique.
If you are having problems getting on a team, try harder and build your own. If you note that you have one of these insta-levelers on your team, either kick them or use some brains and make allowances for his shortcomings.
And who are the "they" that are talking about CoH dying?
At Comicon, the devs even stated that subscriber numbers were UP. That's kinda the opposite of dying. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Radmind
It's not the worlds fault you Americans can't conform to a better system of measurement! :P
Whether the metric system is "better" is debatable.
Simpler to learn? Maybe. Because even if a person is a complete dullard, they usually have 10 fingers and/or 10 toes to help them with their maths.
Unfortunately, with metric, you run into nasty, infinitely repeating decimals and the occasional infinite, non-repeating decimal fairly often.
Instead of .45359237 kilograms, I'd rather just say "one pound". -
Quote:I could care less.Originally Posted by Vox_Doom
Just, please, nobody say "could care less", please, you mean "couldn't care less."
No. Really, I could. If I did, you wouldn't have gotten this reply!
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Quote:What is a bonnet but a form of hood?Originally Posted by Miss_Chief_EU
Just to amuse you guys, it's bonnet, not hood.
Depends on the usage.Quote:It's boot, not trunk.
Actually no. Pavement can be used to describe either the surface of the roadway itself or the paved walkways on either shoulder. Thus "sidewalk" is not a replacement for pavement, it's a clarification as to what portion of the pavement we're talking about.Quote:It's pavement, not sidewalk
*Sigh* Phillistine....Quote:and it's aluminium. There's TWO i's in there.
You're going to listen to someone from Canuckistan? NO THANK YOU!Quote:As the Canadians have rightly said, it's Colour and armour.
Ah! So now we know who to blame for this atrociously assembled hodgepodge!Quote:it's also tyre, not tire, because I tire of the American bastardisation of the Queens English!
And you thought taxation and the like were the ONLY reasons for our rebellion a few hundred years back.
It was to preserve the language homey!
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Quote:In one word. No.
Stand-alone physics accelleration. Is it worth pursuing?
While such cards were NICE when GPUs were less powerful, nowadays it's a waste of money (like those stupid "Killer NIC" network cards).
If you're looking for it for strictly CoH, I'd still say no. CoH has a fairly old, built-in version of the PhysX engine. Unfortunately, newer nVidia cards with "PhysX" don't recognize this older software.
Anyhow, if you're running something comparable to a GTX260 or greater, I REALLY wouldn't worry about it. Even at 1900x1080, I have everything cranked to *DROOL!* and it still runs fast. -
Quote:The advice to "just wait a little bit longer" is, ultimately, a self-defeating one. You can ALWAYS get something better by "just waiting". But it's really easy to just never buy, and stuff still gets better.Originally Posted by SilverAgeFan
Thanks for the input everyone who replied. Been doing more reading and research.
Also got a suggestion via email from a friend to wait till windows 7 actually ships and wait on direct X 11 cards. What do folks here think of that advice?
You've set yourself a Aug/Sept timeframe. Buy and build for your budget in the Aug/Sept timeframe. Will it be as crazy-good as a system built 3-4 months down the road when Win7 releases? Maybe not, but it should STILL scream.
If you're THAT dead-set on Win7, do a temp install (nothing important installed) of the Win7 RC to get you by for a few months. Then, when Win7 releases, buy the full-blown OS.
Having waited 8 years between upgrades, I can sympathize with you. In short, in my opinion, NO, it's NOT worth putting the purchase off.Quote:After six years on the same mother board and a busted old optical drive (figured I'm replacing the machine soon, why buy a new drive now, right?), I'm itching for a new machine. Is it worth putting off this purchase another 2-5 months?
Well, that'll save you some cash. You could put it towards a processor upgrade, better disk subsystem, nicer case, etc.Quote:Things I can eliminate from my purchase: no display needed. no sound system. on board sound will be fine for now.
I'm still a fan of a pair of traditional hard drives over SSD. I don't feel the cost/benefit ratio is quite there yet. Nor is capacity. At least for desktop machines.Quote:Big question: what do people think of SSD's? Are they worth the $300 or so dollars? With gaming where do you notice the difference? i.e., do CoX zones load almost instantly relative to a traditional hard drive? Any experience how these things work with graphics applications, like hi-res photo editing? Do 30 meg images open in an instant? Or is that more of a RAM and processor issue these days? (If I got an SSD I probably would also get a 1 or 1.5 tb drive for swappable storage. In my non superheroing life I'm an artist and sometimes work with some heavy files, both for myself and for clients.)
Why a pair of drives? Disk I/O. Chucking the paging file off onto a separate drive frees the primary drive of I/O responsibility for paging. This usually gives a small performance bump to systems with frequent drive access.
Note: If you're going to go Crossfire/SLI, do it from the get-go. The majority of people who buy with the intention of upgrading to Crossfire or SLI to extend their system longevity never do. By the time they do, it's usually more economical to just get the latest card.Quote:Early conclusions: I definitely want a motherboard that can be expanded over the years. I'll likely be going with just one video card. (If you do two cards using crossfire (is that it?), do the cards need to be identical? I've read decent things thus far about that nVidia 285 and 295. but are they just not worth the price point currently? My thoughts were to maybe buy one this year and later when they become "lower end" as new stuff is introduced, buy a second one.)
FatherXMas has fairly sound advice, as do most of the people responding to you.
Would post a config myself. But it's time for work and I need to get the heck offline. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Londoner
I was trying to lighten the mood, my bad.
No problem. Raw text is just an atrocious manner for conveying verbal shading. Why I figured it was better to ask than go postal at you for a possibly innocent comment. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Londoner
Take it on the chin mate, it wont hurt for long.
Uhm. What?
Not sure if you read me right. I said his questions aren't mental. Simply that their implementation would bring up other issues.
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Quote:No. They're not "mental".Originally Posted by Londoner
Everybody keep calm and lay down on the floor, we are recalling Sing for medication now
I didnt think his suggestions were that mental if you read it properly.
They simply introduce a host of difficult questions that he's loathe to address. We asked said difficult questions and were rebuffed. -
Quote:CanOriginally Posted by SingStar
Time to try CO beta! Guess that's what you all want so you can patrol the zones all alone without interference! Yeah, time to make a one man, total-instanced MMO out of this game!
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Quote:So you've never been back in Atlas with a new power, stopped by the parking lot across from Wentworths and used the mobs there as "guinea pigs"?Originally Posted by SingStar
He's explained a lot about his playstyle, how he like patrols, how he like fighting level one's, etc. Why do you chose to falsify and misinterpret anything and everything? Was it because I said pvp? Is that a bad word? Must anyone that use that word be exorcised or something?
And I take offense to the intimation that I've falsified what you've said. I have done no such thing.
And I disagree that I have misinterpreted what you said. I purport that you simply have not thought through the ramifications of your "grand scheme" well enough. As such, when the criticism starts, you're feeling like a puppy who has had his nose slapped.
I READ your proposal. Stating that I've "misunderstood it" and failing to provide clarification about what I actually misunderstood is disingenuous at best. Downright dishonest at worst.Quote:Chosing to fantasize about what I've proposed or totaly misunderstand it in such a way it's not possible the antagonist ever really read my proposal (so far anyone that's been negative has fallen into this category), well...
So please. CLARIFY.
Where did I bash you? You made a suggestion that, ostensibly, is for the improvement of the game. I'm all about improving the game. However, I feel that your approach left something to be desired and let you know. If disagreeing with you (or simply failing to agree with you) is your idea of "bashing", you should get used to it.Quote:Yeah! I do get on my high horses when people chose to bash all they can
[quote]So far noone has actually disagreed with me[q/uote]
You didn't actually read what I wrote then. You simply reacted to someone who didn't agree with you. I disagreed with you on the issue of instancing the missions in-zone. I pointed out that there would be a massive amount of processing involved in tacking a mission into the zone. In my last reply to you I clarified it even more and questioned what would happen when you had multiple instances of the mission spawning in-zone. How do you track who's mission critters you're fighting?
This has exactly JACK *BLEEP!* to do with "respect". Anyhow, respect is something you EARN. You don't command it. So far, you haven't impressed me in any way that would earn my respect.Quote:IMHO if you can't be bothered to read and respect the OP's ideas
This is an internet bulletin board. I don't expect respect from anyone on it. If I get it, I'm both amazed and gratified.Quote:don't expect any respect back, in fact - why bother posting since it's totally improductive! Some people just like to argue for the (whatever) of it, I prefer being productive and constructive.
You, OTOH, seem to expect that your "wonderful vision" be accepted without question. And that anyone who disagrees in any way, especially after you change tacks and say "ignore this one part" then accuse anyone still disagreeing with other parts of not having gotten past the first issue, is simply being obtuse and argumentative.
Again, if you wanted no criticism of your idea. Write it down on a notepad and never share it with anyone. If you want to find out if people think it is feasible or would enjoy something like this (and YOUR enjoyment isn't an indicator that OTHERS would enjoy it too), be prepared for criticism as the idea is ripped to shreds and rebuilt several times.
Also, again, this is a bulletin board. Not real-time conversation. Not everyone reads through the entire thread before posting. So if you keep seeing "PVP = t3h DEVIL!" after you said to "forget the PVP stuff then", be aware that this may simply be a function of the non-realtime nature of the board.
You said "ditch PVP" yet still keep harping about how it's a Good Idea.Quote:I've already suggested we completely ditch the pvp suggestion. I'm no fan of pvp anyway, but since the devs seems commited to getting more people to pvp I made a suggestion that would NOT include forcing us all to pvp, to still make it a choise, a simple choise that would not interfere in any way with your game unless you so chose. NOT ONE of you bothered to even TRY to understand that possible mechanic and even though I suggested we forget about it ya'll still rant about it! Since noone bothered to actually read up, I still fail to see a single valid point, since you're all talking about something I've never ever suggested. I should choose to laugh at it, but it makes me rather depressed because if this is the way it's gonna be on these new forums, the devs better not listen at all to any of us.
*Sigh*
You have failed to actually elucidate HOW such a system is "voluntary". Other than simply not participating in it and getting/staying out of the zone.
Well, people who wind up getting their foot stuck in their mouth and embarrassing themselves usually don't want evidence that they've done so being bandied around. Take "StarWars Kid" for instance.Quote:If I could delete this thread or this complete section I would. Gollygoddarnit! -
Quote:Again, yes, because the enemies, glowies, etc have "just pop up" in the zone. Regardless of what else was going on in there. And if you have half a dozen people running the same mission separately? What then? How do you track what belongs to whom?Originally Posted by SingStar
Ok, people out of pure rediculous spite CHOSE to make up things I've said or completely misinterpret it. Example:
You completely misunderstand the concept. Some outdoor missions that are instanced in this game take place in existing areas of Steel Canyon, Skyway etc. I'm not proposing new parts to "pop up", i just saying that if you're going to go into a mission to rescue a hostage, fight a boss or click a glowie - why does it have to be in an instance and not in the actual zone?
No sir. The misunderstanding is YOURS.
Then your faith in them was a sham to begin with.Quote:You know what! Two individuals have made me loose ANY interest whatsoever and any respect whatsoever for the playerbase!
We're being constructive. We're telling you why your suggestions aren't going to work in this context to allow you to adapt your suggestions to something that would work better.Quote:Critisize is one thing. CONSTRUCTIVE and VALID critisism something completely different!
Now you're freaking out because your "great idea" isn't being received by universal acclaim.
The same thing has been said about using drugs. No thanks.Quote:You should try it, you might even like it!
*Silly rant at people who disagree deleted*
This I can completely agree with, save for the tense.Quote:..and I thought I moaned and whined a lot! -
Quote:Lemme guess, just found the bug where you flip powers and have two armors active simultaneously?Originally Posted by Constant_Motion
edit: nm something wierd going on w/ mids
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Quote:???Originally Posted by MrLiberty
More importantly if you want to soft cap stone's defense and build for Regen you further sacrifice your builds offensive potential, falling further behind a WP tank in that respect.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.401
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Granite-Speed-Tank Level 50 Magic Tanker
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Eww. Mids output for the old forums is just fugly here.
And the boards don't particularly like Mids' uber-long DataLinks. The link in there now is a TinyURL of the same thing.
Don't mind the particular ORDER of the powers. This was just a throw-together.
With this build, YES, there's a lot of mitigation for Granite's weaknesses (Primarily recharge). However, I challenge you to tell me it's really giving anything up.
Decent Damage (Half the attacks are at ~90% augmentation, the other half are at 99%).
Excellent Accuracy (equivalent to two L50 common IOs)
Excellent Regen
Excellent Recovery
Enough Recharge to enjoy a small recharge bonus in Granite WITHOUT Hasten.
Hasten.
Conserve Power.
Slow Resistance
Soft-Capped on all Typed defenses (Save Psi). One small purple puts you in "tanking TB'ed Lord Recluse" range.
Downsides:
1: No damage-booster power (Build Up).
2: Expensive doesn't begin to describe it.
Can you show me a comparable build profile on a WP tank? Or one that's even defense capped?
Not being snarky here. Just that my build-fu is weak sometimes and I've yet to see a WP tank with numbers like you can get on a Stoner with a comparable build budget.
With WP, you cap lower on most defense. You cap lower on most resists. You have to invest enough in your defenses that you have to take fewer powers, build for stupid-recharge and spam fewer total attacks. -
Quote:I dislike "straight acting" for the notion that equates sexuality with how you portray your sexuality in a public setting.Originally Posted by Arctic_Princess
See now I actually dislike 'straight acting'. To me it is derogatory. It suggests that in order to 'fit in' and be 'normal' you have to act as if you're straight. And also suggests that sexuality is all about acting a role.
Are there very straightlaced LBGTs out there? Yep!
Are there freaky LBGTs out there? Sure!
Are there very straightlaced heterosexuals out there? *CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!*
Are there freaky heterosexuals out there? Oh you KNOW it!
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Quote:Then you're confusing the strength of your feeling on the subject with the strength of your argument.Originally Posted by SingStar
I strongly feel you're in a minority!
The problem is, you're not ADDING. You're CHANGING things to involve non-consentual PVP.Quote:Also, FYI, I play villains. We get a few GMs, that's about it. Guess what! Noone cares about them! Getting the badges was fun once! Getting the plaques was annoying even the frist time around. "Defeating" Lusca - I still enjoy it. Even if you're a part of a majority, how can adding stuff be so incredibly bad?
Why thank you! I'd love to!Quote:Ok, so forget about the pvp suggestion.
A lot of these things happen already.Quote:How can a charity speed race in skyway or someone beating a boss or clicking a glowie, that's unclickable to you, or perhaps leading a hostage somewhere be bad for you? I seriously can't understand why you're being so upset about this.
BZZZT! Now you're applying your own personal benchmark for "fun" to other people.Quote:Wow, I'm beginning to think this is personal for you. What I'm saying is that if you enjoy the game, xp doesn't matter.
Sir? Your failboat awaits!
Because it removes the impetus for players to LEAVE Atlas in the main game (AE aside) and explore the rest of the city.Quote:Sure, you can interpret it the other way around. I DO prefer playing my 50s, but since there's hardly any end-game content I rarely do so. I'm rather famous for my alt-o-holism. Point is, wether you like the game and play it, or you just want a 50 (or ten) - doesn't matter. XP - for me - is a non-issue. Anyway, if you do like the fights, and need/want xp, I can't see why you'd oppose slightly stiffer fights in Atlas that gives some xp. Oh, well, let's not go there again! 
Yet you're talking about setting intrusive events that could FORCE unwanted aspects of the game on people into zones not specifically designed for them.Quote:Noone's forcing you to do that part of the content.
Full of yourself much? Disagreeing with you is NOT the same thing as "not wanting to improve the game".Quote:It's easy to find faults and problems, but you seem determined to not improve the game, just keep it as it is? I guess you and the other two can keep the servers to youself and solo your heart out then... 
Additionally, it's highly debatable whether the things you suggest would be seen as an "improvement" by a large number of the players in the game.
And what if the answer is "any"?Quote:I sort of hoped people would discuss how many we could have before people considered then intrusive and annoying instead of stimulating and fun.
Soloing in this game is unusual?Quote:I still fail to see how a small patch of IP or Nerva turning into a zone where one, possibly eight villains run aruond probably hoping no heroes would mind them can possibly interfere with your (imho unusual) playstyle.
REALLY?
Yes please.Quote:But sure, ok, let's forget the pvp part.
Yup. Don't enjoy it. Even after the i13 changes. So I only go there for the PVE content (nukes, shivans, exploration badges).Quote:Again, have you tried the pvp zones?
Depends on the zone and how busy it is.Quote:How often are you "forced" into pvp even in them?
Even on low-pop servers I've been griefed in PVP zones. -
[quote=SingStar;2072688]1. Change enemy levels
The first part is essential: Change all enemies in the same way as rikti and zombie invasion, that is minions con white, lieuts yellow etc unless you've upp'ed your diff settings.[quote]
No. Why? Because then is flattens out the play experience. It adds a boring "sameness" to all enemies and removes the very real threat a lowbie faces by going into a zone far in excess of their abilities.
Quote:I think you don't quite get the concept of "instanced". Nor the reason the game goes with an instanced setup, rather than just open zone quests.2. Changes to instanced missions
Put all instanced outdoor missions in the actual zones. Let heroes and villains actually go to the zone and do the mission out in the open. This way the zones will come alive and it will bring the community together.
Three of the big reasons for instanced play vs open zone. Note, these aren't the ONLY reasons, just the three I've chosen to name now.
1: Removes possibility of people coming in and killing stuff in a way that renders the mission unable to be completed or robbing you of exp by destroying enemies instead of you. It also stops competition by multiple players to complete identical quests.
2: Performance issues. Having multiple instances of multiple missions automatically add and subtract themselves from zones in an openly acessible (to everyone) fashion would introduced ridiculous amounts of load onto the server.
3: It's kinda hard to logically justify. This extra zone portion automatically APPEARS and attaches itself to a zone. WHERE? Or if you're talking about mobs just spawning in an existing zone. We already have that. Rikti raids and zombie invasions. Ask some players how they like those.
PVP is ALREADY the illegitimate stepchild of the game. And, again, you want to have people who DON'T want to participate in PVP waiting in another zone until this idiocy ends, just so they can go ahead and do their own missions?Quote:3. Let there be pvp
Yes, outdoor instanced skyway missions for villains, restrict the zone for the villains and graphically show it to heroes. Since they always con same level this would bring pvp alive and to a whole new level.
HELL *BLEEP!* NO!
And the problems with it are legion.Quote:What does this really mean? Analysis and cosequences:
This would be a pretty huge undertaking, but the benefits are plenty.
Sure, it'd kill PL'ing if all enemies conned identically. It'd also bore the hell out of people.Quote:First off, you could basically skip the lk/sk/mentor/malf system with the new level system. It would make the MA easier and it would bring PLing (as in "bring your -5 level alt to the mission") to a halt (guess some think that's bad, heh). It would also possibly allow different team members to have different diff settings (and that would probably be good for PL)
Again, if people want to PL, LET THEM. They pay their 15 bucks a month to play. If they want to do it in a boring manner, be my guest.
I'm sorry, I call male bovine feces. This wouldn't "bring the zones alive". Indeed, some of these changes would drive people OUT of the zones where some of this would be happening.Quote:It would also bring the zones alive in a new way.
If you want PVP, go to a PVP zone. Plain, simple, easy.Quote:We have these wonderful city zones we basically only use (are forced to) to get to the next mission/contact. This could also be a new start to bring the zones alive with completely new types of missions and events. Charity races on the Skyway roads for SG prestige? The possibilities are endless and we already have the zone event channels that can announce these events. Maybe we could have a kiosk like the pvp thingy so players can arrange and start events.
Okay, you have these in instanced maps because of special enemy distributions, side missions, and exploration badges that aren't meant to be openly available.Quote:It would also bring villains and heroes together and make you feel you're actions does matter. The best example is the mayhems/safegaurds. Imagine villains entering Atlas to rob the bank. Game breaking? Let's think about it:
And what if you have high-levels in the group for zerging the mission for said badges and completion?
I can see
*L2 Hero* "Let's go stop that bank robbery!"
*L50 Villain* "I think not."
*SPLAT!*
Yeah. Tons O' Fun.
Quote:Another game breaker is the balance issue. There's soooo many more heroes. Especially the Atlas mayhem would be a problem since there's always loads of people in Atlas that can respond quickly (unlike Mercy, that you leave oh-so-fast). Then again, with the new level system, why would the first mayhem be in Atlas? Hollows seem to be safer, so maybe someone wanna set up a bank there? Quote:"But I don't wanna PVP!" PVP zones are currently optional. You have to make the CHOICE to go there. Your option would mean that people essentially have to leave a PVE zone if they don't want to accept this FORCED PVP.Quote:Well, don't then!!! Once a villain enters a mission, the zone alert could go out. While he/she loads into the zone you'd have plenty of time to get to safety, and most likely it would be more of a chicken race, villains rushing to get away from any danger.
Also, how do you coordinate such PVP events? What if you spawn into a mish and there's no opposition?
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I'm on my way. This update is taking forever to apply
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Quote:Originally Posted by Prof_Backfire
Perhaps I have natural charisma or I'm just good at making people think I know what I'm doing, so twice over this weekend I've joined an AE team out of boredom and been handed the star.
Both times I reported the farm, and then tried to look for a decent AE arc... and decided to heck with it, and dragged the team out of the AE to do real missions because they're easier to find. And both teams turned out very well.
Of course it only works if you've got enough people in roughly the same level range and they hand you the star, but most of them just don't seem to realise that it can actually be more convenient to find missions outside of the AE that they can play, and are actually fun.
So, long story short- you want people out of the AE? Stop whining and lead them out.
I accept no responsibility for teams that may be less than receptive to the idea of leaving Atlas.
I envision PB in a burlap sack with a big stick in his hand leading people out into Atlas Park screaming "LET MY PEOPLE GO!" -
Quote:The devs show off the NEW "Gang War" animation.Originally Posted by Le_Blanc_NA
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I'll be on this like flies on a cowpatty.
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Quote:That's kinda like having a "YAY! I HAVE FEET!" parade. Almost everyone has them (some prettier than others), and it's not a big deal.Originally Posted by Shannon_EU
People don't go about advertising heterosexual pride
Part of it is the transgressive nature. "You (generic "you") are a bigot against *INSERT HERE* (generic, non-specific insertion pls!Quote:through cities flashing their wares and so on and so I don't get it with homosexuals who do that. ), and I am thus. I EXIST AND IT CAUSES YOU PAIN! SUFFER!"
Some of it is just straight pride. Irish, Black, Italian, gay, whatever.
Yup. Had a friend "come out" about 10 years ago. My reply to him was a mixture of "congrats" and "so what"? Sure, I make prison "buttsecks" jokes, and the like. But peoples' sexual orientations are completely unimportant to me.Quote:I've got friends who are L, G and B in RL and they're all straight acting so that you wouldn't know unless ya ask them.
Granted, in the last 10 years he and his husband have become a bit more "out", but it's not like they're some homosexual fashion cliche having "hot, loving relations" in public.
Maybe it's a simple desire for community. Playing amongst like-minded (at least on certain subjects) people. Like any other social group (or supergroup), it's merely another form of self-selection.Quote:Why anyone needs to make a social, sexual statement in a computer game though is beyond me.
Maybe a bit.Quote:Is the game a pulling tool?
Beard analogies aside, if this is true, he'd be B, not G.Quote:I've known a G person who led a successful and largish SG of mainly straight ppl and now they're happily married to a woman, go figure. -
Quote:Yup. Think "eggshell". You crack the shell, and your insides just dribble out.Originally Posted by SkeetSkeet
This can also happen easily on the ITF where each hit carries a -def and one or two lucky shots can result in a cascading defense failure that opens you up like a tin can... capped off of course by a crit or two.
Force fields (and high defense in general) are great to have but definitely not the universal adapter vs danger. -
Quote:MWAHAHAHA!Originally Posted by Golden_Girl_EU
*Headbangs until his cranium leaves his shoulders*
*THUMP!*
Hello? Chiropracter? Whaddaya mean I sound so far away?