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  1. Ironik

    Retro Heroes

    Some of my retro heroes:







  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MentalMaden View Post
    The Sahara covers large parts of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, *****, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia.
    See, this is why lax spelling is bad. Now even actual countries are being censored because they are a misspelling of bad words.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gaderath View Post
    Ah, I missed that, my comcast cable is horrible, and it was artifacting and glitching throughout the show But even so, the question stands. We've seen characters return from Hell, in flesh and ghost forms, but someone coming back from Heaven is new... I think...
    According to that one episode, both brothers have returned multiple times from Heaven. I forget the state of Bobby's soul regarding his deal when he got killed in the finale last season, so does he count?
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Judas_Ace View Post
    Funny thing is, they're also completely irrelevant. As much as people can whine and moan about Smallville (And I've done it as well) it's managed to stay on the air for an entire decade, and is leaving on its own terms. Nothing else in the sci-fi/fantasy genre from the last few decades can really even come close to competing with that kind of longevity.

    As bad as it may be sometimes, it's managed to stand the test of time while other shows have faded into dust. The one thing that all the ranting and complaining can't deny is that the show was a success.
    Success doesn't equate with quality.

    I think most people complaining about it are doing so from a place of wanting it to be good. It's a superhero show and we play a superhero game. It is a shame that it's a constant disappointment; aside from a few individually excellent episodes, overall the quality is pretty low. I think a lot of that stems from the fact it was created by a couple guys who had neither knowledge of nor interest in Superman or comics. Their original show idea was shot down and they were offered the chance to reboot Superman and they said, "Yeah, okay, sure." And when they started doing a little research (VERY little, from all accounts) they were repulsed, hence the "no flights, no tights" rule. Even now, three years after they've left the show, it's still saddled with their baggage which is why they're just now getting around to showing the suit.

    But all that doesn't excuse the really poor writing of last night's episode. They really should've come out swinging and they didn't.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by concreteshift View Post
    #3.... The Council Vampire Generator Map & Mission

    #2.... The Defend the Circle in Croatoa
    List failure. I love those two missions, because they are a break from the ordinary. Plus they're just plain fun.
  6. Ironik

    Rant about Caves

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
    Figures, I leave NYC and the whole place goes to hell.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
    Maybe they couldn't stay afloat without your bar tab?
  7. Ironik

    Rant about Caves

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
    I loathe the Arachnoid caves. Ugh.
    The mineshaft caves I can take or leave, though the cake room does tend to drive me a bit wonky.
    Troll caves are fine as long as it's not the BOSTON MARATHON TO REACH ATTA cave.
    Cimeroran caves are nice too.
    But I would throw the devs a party at Tavern on the Green if they ever get rid of the Nazi Fish Farm.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
    Tavern on the Green went out of business.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wayfarer View Post
    I think all you missed was a pan of the Superman suit encased in crystal.
    Didn't a smoke trail materialize into Darkseid's face after that? Or was it before?
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Atheism View Post
    That's some interesting information to have, and now I know why their names at like that. Thanks.
    It's amazing the random trivia my brain has stored up from watching movies back in film school. In this case, Kurosawa's oeuvre. Doubly amazing that it actually turns out to be useful 25 years later.
  10. Interesting question... if someone tries to conquer infinite universes and there's a universe where that can't happen, does it matter philosophically that they can't (by the cosmic rules) or just that "infinite" means that the conquerors just haven't gotten around to it yet (and will never get around to it)?

    Does the "infinite multiverse" collapse down to an incredibly large yet still finite number? Do they remain infinite?
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Exactly. Established canon never claimed that universes had to be uniquely different and that exact duplicates didn't exist. That's all I'm saying, only I assert that every unique universe has an infinite number of identical duplicates. You can have a thousand dimensions draw a thousand Infernals from Infernal Earth and you may still find Infernal there afterwards anyway.
    There are at least five more alternate Earths if my roster of characters counts. And it so does!
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Peacemoon View Post
    You know what, the fact that civs are always invisible unless you are within 100ft of them means that I bet a lot of people haven't noticed. I hope they up the draw distance of them, its annoying that they go invisible so quickly.
    I actually hadn't noticed, either. But then I've spent 99.9% of my time in Praetoria this month.
  13. This thread is complete. Rylas wins.
  14. I thought it was decent enough, but I am fully prepared to consider Dean sitting at the table with Lisa and Ben to have been the series' final shot and ignore everything that came after. Worked for the finale of Buffy season 5 for me.
  15. Ironik

    Aglow

    Some very cool pieces in the new batch. Good show, thanks for sharing.
  16. Seeing those tubes in Cadmus Labs, seems like someone on the Smallville art staff plays CoH.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Duncan_Frost View Post
    Lemme explain. With the advent of Power Customisation we can make our powers look like anything we want - so how have you turned one powerset into something else?

    For example, I have a scrapper called Goldwave who's meant to be a super-speeder. So you'd think he's MA/SR, right? Nope, Fire Melee.

    "But Duncan!", I hear you cry, "Fire fists have nothing to do with superspeed!"

    Wrong. He's punching the air so fast that the friction causes his fists to burst into flame and ignite bad guys.

    So what weird ways have you used powers as something else, or strange excuses for powers on characters that shouldn't really have them?
    My greatest triumph (now surpassed by subsequent updates to the game, and perhaps the inspiration to the Devs... hey, I can dream) was to utilize the body sliders to make a small character transform into a larger character.

    Monster Child is a teenage boy searching for his missing sorcerer father, using his father's books to command a demon. In battle he transforms into the demon.

    Here are the original incarnations from whenever the scales were added to the game:



    Demon-form is a full head taller and more massive. When I added the IO Demon Wings, which are bigger than standard wings, he looked even bigger. Back in the day I enjoyed wowing onlookers with the costume change, bound to firing off Build Up and the phrase "Unleash the beast!" Looked cool. I had to plan ahead with this character, now anyone can buy the size change emote.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JohnX View Post
    Grammar Defense will outperform Grammer Resistance if it's been softcapped.
    Being dropped on one's softcap as a baby is probably the problem.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    On the note of why I care: it's a personal thing. I realise that most people wouldn't know the difference and some people who should probably won't look hard enough to see it. However, I'd still rather have something clever that most people miss but someone gets every once in a while over something wrong that no-one knows better about, but horrifies someone who does from time to time.

    Again, I tend to be on the receiving end of this with people's ****** Russian born from horribly flawed online translators concocting garbled language that has no discernible meaning unless you translate it back into English and read from there. I try to not be that guy if I can help it.
    I definitely admire the extra effort. I wish I had the brain power and energy to do it.

    But I think Engrish is hilarious, so I'm more than willing to be the Japanenglish guy for them and give them a good laugh. The true man laughs hardest at himself, after all.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Atheism View Post
    Eh, not really if you're trying to think up of a Japanese name. Direct translations of names would be odd. For example, Hamada is nothing more than a last name. However, if you were to translate it through its kanji, 浜田, it would be beachy rice field.
    I recall that when Japanese surnames first came into usage for commoners (whenever that was), some rules were laid down and a short list was offered for people to choose from. As I remember it, the rule was something like a generic location (mountain, field, river) combined with a qualifier like a specific plant, a location, etc. And that's where the most common Japanese names come from and why they have meanings like "village + center" (Nakamura - probably where they lived) or Fujimoto (Mt. Fuji's base) or Katsumoto (pine tree base).
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    I have a Fire/Dark Corruptor named "Ghost Wind" in Japanese.

    I didn't want to go through all the research to mke sure my grammar is correct, so I just went ahead and named him Reikaze. There are several words that translate loosely to "ghost", I picked the one I liked the sound of the best.

    I figured that if kamikaze means "divine wind" and kurokaze means "black wind" then Reikaze would mean "ghost wind". It may or may not be grammatically correct, but it's good enough for me, and it was available, which Kurokaze was not.
    I did the same thing for my Japanese anthropomorphic dog samurai from an alternate Earth where dogs are the dominant species: Tsuba Inu. "Guard Dog." But the guard in this case derived from the guard on a sword. Since he's a Katana Scrapper, it worked for me.

    My explanation for any grammatical inconsistency is that the Japanese on his world is slightly different from ours.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mr. DJ View Post
    Sweeeet.
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vitality View Post
    I'm telling you...if you're a fan of football and a fan of playing madden...you will know that the game is much more than just a roster update.
    Vitality is absolutely right -- they always have new waterboys! Every. Single. Year.