KnightOwl

I'd never really gone anywhere -- but my normally non-gregarious nature precludes much notice (I do alot of soloing).

That was my first Hess TF. I shall need to do it again in a less inebriated condition so that I can appreciate its subtleties. I can recall only two team wipes, but I remember heedlessly charging the nearest mobs at least once, maybe a few times (Scrapperlock: 100%).

Was there a giant Wolfpack-like robot in that last huge room, or was I seeing things?

Thanks for having me along, bodenee! Looking forward to doing another one sometime!

If that's the [u]Farenheit 451[u] with Montag, the fireman who burns books, I think you meant to associate that name with Ray Bradbury. It's likely my favorite story by Bradbury. I haven't read as much Heinlein, but I particularly enjoyed [u]Stranger in a Strange Land[u], and particularly disliked [u]The Moon is a Harsh Mistress[u].

Anyway, good luck getting the name!

Kudos to Raz-X (Brute) and Infection-X (Corruptor) upon the occasion of their reaching 50th level!

They're Redside blokes (obviously), but eh, I guess they're ok. (at the rate they were going, any 50 is better than no 50 at all!)

Here's my experience of the event:

In true Pinnaclian fashion, I enjoyed my beverage of choice, Guinness (three large mugs, two of which were on a mostly empty stomach). I got some cool swag, I met various persons, including: Ex Libris, Cuppa, Crickette (sp?), Soul_Train, several people from Virtue, at least one person from Liberty, and from Pinnacle I met Moonlight Rider, Black Cat Coffee, and I tried to disable or incapacitate BillZBubba by inadvertantly(?) tripping him (I tried to swipe his Guinness but my ploy failed).

I know that I met some other folks and that I've simply forgotten their names/handles. I'm getting old. =(

All in all, it was a lot of fun. I didn't like the drive back to San Antonio, as that took the better part of two hours -- an accident further down 35 (past downtown) slowed everything to a crawl -- many Austin drivers apparently suffer from the chronic rubberneck malady.

I wish I could have met more folks, but I didn't read about the other local stuff that was going on until after the fact.

I took a few pictures, but I mostly stood around drinking beer. Anyway, here are the ones I took:


Crickette and Cuppa raffling stuff off

Another of Crickette and Cuppa

Defuser regaling listeners with tales of his heroism

Ghost Widow -- great costume!

Ex Libris, Ghost Widow, and Defuser

The big projection screen

various attendees


I hope to attend more events in the future. Thanks to NCSoft for putting it on and entertaining us!

Apologies to Crickette if I misspelled your name!

I'm a Texas native as well, born and raised in San Antonio and currently residing there. I lived in Austin for a little while, neat place, but for the traffic.

I'll be attending the meet'n'greet, but I doubt many people would know me, either personally or via my in-game persona.

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i doubt it. like most resturants with private function capability, alcatraz will have resturant space available to the gen public. <snip>

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I'm not familiar with Alcatraz, but I'm assuming that it is at least as large or larger than Dave&Busters-Austin. The Austin event would be well within my means to attend, as I live in San Antonio, a mere skip to the south from Austin.

Out of curiousity, I checked with the D&B in Austin, and their patron capacity is 1,320. I'm curious as to how many people were allowed to "sign up" via the NCSoft site. I'd be a little incredulous to hear that less than three days after the event was posted, thirteen hundred people who all intend to show up signed up and "closed" the signup window.

I haven't attended one of these events before, but if the response is really that overwhelming, then I'm thinking that a larger venue that can accommodate greater numbers of people is in order.

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Yeah, guess so.

The Austin one is gone now too.

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I'm wondering what the difference is between "signing up" and simply "showing up". Are people turned away at the door if the place is full or something?

Supergroup Name: Valiant-Alliance

Website: www.valiant-alliance.com

Leader: KnightOwl

Officers: Back Blast, Buddhist Punk, Greywarden, Mighty, Red-neck, Venjer

Recruiting Officer: CATScan

Prefered Method of Contact: Forums, or in-game email

SG Description: Valiant-Alliance is a casual supergroup of friends with widely varying
playtimes and/or frequency of play, and we still enjoy the occasional
tell out of the blue from a hero we haven't seen in a while

'He-who-must-not-be-named'.

A bit unwieldy, but it has that touch of arcane mystery to it.

I remember when it was easier to escape an Archvillain's death-grip than it was to simply leave the hospital (think hourglass icon).

I remember when Positron didn't look like Tron.

I remember when the flag atop City Hall would be shrouded in darkness at night.

I have Fly, but it's only two-slotted and I always switch to Hover (which is 6-slotted, 3 Flight/3 Def)
in combat (L 38 BS/SR Scrapper). Part of the reason I like using Hover in combat is trying to find the
"sweet spot" above a group of enemies that will allow my PBAoE attack to hit as
many of them as possible.

Comparison of travel speeds or the issue of arriving last to a mission are of little consequence to me
personally. I figure if I'm in a group that is too impatient to wait for me, they'll kick me out -- not
that big a deal.

The main reason I chose Fly was conceptual. I enjoy trying to match my powers as closely as possible
with my original concepts for heroes.

I like the idea of ditching 'Group Fly' entirely from the Flight Pool and replacing it with
'Quantum Fly', i.e. a Fly that is much faster than the current version (a special effect to go with
it would be neat also). I have nothing against the concept of Group Fly, or heroes that may
be using it, it just seems to be of very limited usefulness.