That made me smile.
I too know the excitement of entering every single battle with the knowledge that if I don't have "Run away with extreme cowardice" as my battleplan I shall be kissing dirt.
I too know the shame of telling my SG mates "Hello, My name is John and I have a carpet kissing addiction"
I too have experienced the scorn of playing a character who's powers were chosen for concept (fire/fire and must have the ability to fly). I've been told that /fire sucks, that if I don't have Superspeed, Fitness, and Stealth pools I'm useless *, and that if I was smart I'd just take a scrapper to 50 and lose the blaster altogether.
This post made me laugh, but only because it was so true.
JF
* Yes, Old John Firebird has Hasten, Superspeed, Stamina, and most of the stealth pool... Don't hate me for falling to peer pressure! All the other kids were doing it too!!