Kentucky_Colt

Very well done. You've left me almost speechless...

Bravo, Fox! Excellent ending, and well worth the wait. Thanks for sharing your story with all of us.

I gotta tell ya, Galaxy Girl was deader 'n a doornail last night when I dropped by. Still, I mighta accomplished more sittin' there an' waitin' for somebody to happen along, than to get into the pickup group I stumbled into. Talk about a bunch o' fools...

I saw a note on my communicator that Killer Whale was around, but by then, I'd already found the Mauve Mango and a few of the other Hometown Heroes

-Rick

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Would you believe they want to fine me for not having a GFCI built in to my uniform?

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I am finding this humorous! I am hoping that you are correcting this before it precipitates!

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I dropped off the GFCI specs with the squad's tailor but let's just say that I'd rather pay the fines than hook the thing up the way he suggested.

The Colonel had me off at OSHA training the last few days. Would you believe they want to fine me for not having a GFCI built in to my uniform? You can't just leave a man alone and let him do his job; you've got to lock him down tighter than a frog's butt with rules and regulations. This OSHA stuff's even worse than the Army...

Anyway, I should be back on duty Thursday and Friday night, so I'll check out the spot under Galaxy Girl before I head out on patrol.

-Rick
(or as the Colonel prefers, The Kentucky Colt)

I don't get back to Galaxy City very often, but when I'm in the neighborhood, I'll be sure to look you up. Galaxy Girl's as nice a piece of scenery as anything I've seen around.

I don't know if you'd call it a handicap, but I usually try to stick with the caracter concept when picking powers.

For instance, Lipitor is supposed to be an obese tanker (despite the limitations of character creation) who found that he had developed above-average strength and a resistance to pain after taking the drug he's named for. So far, I've stayed away from the resist powers (resist elements, resist energies) and gone for those that might be attributed to his size, and also chosen not to add any attacks beyond Brawl, Jab, and Punch, because he's not supposed to be all that adept at fighting. He's just sorta throwing his weight around and occasionally making contact. He's also not taking Super Speed, Jump, or Fly because there's just no way he could move his bulk without the help of the Universal Remote the doctors have promised him to zap himself and others where they need to go.

Then there's BlarneyStone. He's my attempt to make a totally normal, natural human character. He's an assault rifle/gadgets blaster without super speed, jump, fly, or teleport. I took hurdle out of the Fitness pool, but I'm not planning on going with anything particularly 'Super' when choosing new powers. Yes, I know a normal human character won't be carrying around an assault rifle that acts as a full arsenal, but that's a limitation of the game, not the character.

So how's that last chapter coming, Sly?

Heya Fox-y...I just finished chapter 5 this morning. GREAT STUFF! I just hope you can pull yourself away from the game long enough to finish Chapter 6. I'm dying to know how it turns out. Okay...I already have an idea how it turns out, but I'm dying to know how you get there.

Thanks, Tipsy. Even more ammunition for whenever I can get back into game as BlarneyStone. Last night, though, was spent creating the Kentucky Colt and levelling him up to 5. He was supposed to be the Kentucky Horseman or the Bluegrass Bomber...blasted small name box!

Fox - I've got plans to go through your 'Taming' story, so I'll keep my eye out for the character you're talking about.

Hollow - Thanks for the advice. I'll check out your thread. Didn't mean to steal the IRA operative origin, though. I've also picked up terms like 'jakers' instead of 'yikes' or 'wow'. I found a few terms on a site that was linked to an educational television show, of all things. I've been using 'buggers' and 'mates' a bit, too, and I'm not sure those aren't more British than Irish.

If they'd only do these blasted forums in better colors, I could spend more time reading them. As it is, this white on blue kills my eyes. I used to have the same problem with the white-on-black in the SWG forums.

'Tis true, sir. I've read some of your writing, and if you're acting is anywhere near as good as the writing, I'm surprised you still find the time to write and play CoH.

I've done a little acting myself, though somehow all of my characters end up having the same voice. Boo Radley, Pirate, Old Man...all the same. I never have figured out how to get into a character voice. Maybe that's why I'm having trouble hearing a brogue in my head and translating it to text in-game.

I was an engineering major. We only got to party 4 days a week, unlike most of the liberal arts crowd. So yeah...there's a few clear memories of the five years I was there. They're even mostly good ones.

Heh. Thanks for the advice, Fox. I tried that once in college, but had to stop when I woke up next to a rugby player. Now that I'm married, I'm afraid I've only got the budget - and the tastebuds - for Kentucky bourbon.

I was just curious if anyone could point me in the direction of some internet resources for glossary, context, and or punctuation when using an Irish brogue in a character. Typically, I play your average white-bread, southern or midwestern type because it's pretty similar to who I am and i don't have to think too hard for the dialogue.

I created BlarneyStone, a Natural Blaster on Virtue. I'm not sure I'm happy with his background yet - an anti-hero IRA operative sent to scout out and clean up Paragon City to make room for the organization's own illegal fundraising operations - but I'm having a lot of fun with his abilities. The trouble is that I really don't have enough knowledge of the Irish, so that when I speak, I think I'm using British phrases and punctuation moreso than Irish.

I'd appreciate any help you can offer, and if you see BlarneyStone on the streets, you're welcome to say hello!