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Funny, I have a toon named Cpt. Liberty. Not quite the same though, and variations on the name are pretty common.

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Personally, I'm wondering why they chose Horatio for the main characters name.

Hey Positron, what kind of Feelies are coming with the Golden Age release?

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This is still my favorite screenshot of Shadowrush so far.

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Very nice.

I like this one of a character I made in CoV beta. Mainly because it wasn't until I took the screenshot that I realized I had unintentionally made a character that resembles Burt Reynolds.

I really like this one too.

And finally, there's this screenshot I managed to take of TA one day.

I approve. Very snazzy, so I'm sure he'll get a kick out of it.

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The Mac commercials (like most Apple product commercials) attempt to send the message that the cool kids run Macs, and the stodgy people run Windows.

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Mac: "Hi, I'm a Mac."

PC: "And I'm a PC."

Charles Barkley: "And I'm Charles Barkley."

Mac and PC: "What the hell are YOU doing here Barkley?? We told you to get out of here!"

*Barkley walks out with the sound of owls hooting in the background*

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hahahaha

nice reference

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The Charles Barkley bits were one of my favorite jokes in the series.

Along with "Why are walking like this?"

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The Mac commercials (like most Apple product commercials) attempt to send the message that the cool kids run Macs, and the stodgy people run Windows.

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Mac: "Hi, I'm a Mac."

PC: "And I'm a PC."

Charles Barkley: "And I'm Charles Barkley."

Mac and PC: "What the hell are YOU doing here Barkley?? We told you to get out of here!"

*Barkley walks out with the sound of owls hooting in the background*

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another person, like everyone at MS, that doesn't understand the commercials? The commercials aren't about users, like MSes "I'm a PC" junk. The commercials are just people representing the computer, its the computer that's talking to you, not the person using the computer. They show "PC" as a persona of the commonly thought of business type of look... they say nothing about the actual users.

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Actually, MS'es "I'm a PC" ad's show that like their users, theres a wide variety of PC's of all shapes, sizes, and flavors, and can't be summed as a single image.

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I get kinda sick of the anti-mac crowd out there who can't resist making smart-[censored] remarks like yours. There are millions of us Mac users out there who play games these days, and its only growing. Most of the people I meet who are buying or who have just bought Macs did so because they got sick of Microsoft, sick of viruses or sick of Vista. Its not a matter of being "fanbois" (a convenient epithet to throw at someone who sees things differently than you) its a matter of deciding to try something else and discovering its pretty good. I don't have to be a moronic fanboi to recognize something that works and works well. Maybe you should crawl out of your hole and try using a Mac sometime, you might find you like it.

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1: When did I say I was Anti-Mac, or even hated Mac's?

2: I find this amusing, considering that Apple's whole marketing scheme lately is to imply that PC Users are overweight, neurotic middle-aged men.

3: When did I claim that Mac Users were "Fanboi's", Moronic, or any combination of such?

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Liquid, you have the most bizarre sense of humor that I have ever read in the forums. There are times when I do not know if you are serious, or just out to the "leg pulling".

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Also, this makes me giggle, because I imagine Starfire from the animated Teen Titans series saying it.

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Come to the Mac side Liquid, you will not regret it.

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Are there cookies?

That's right, we here at the City of Heroes/Villains community welcomes everyone who has a Mac to come try out the wonderfull game we PC Users have been playing for the past five years.

Yep. All ten of you.

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The only thing i would like to know is whyis it free to Mac users and probably on sale to the PC? Just to be clear but no i dont mind paying the money. Just if you are then you sould sell it to both or give it free to both.

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Except it IS being sold to Mac users... they have to buy the game to get it.

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I enjoyed the Scoop. I thought the articles were fun. I even enjoyed the hero who obviously can't *have* a secret identity (due to his size) parroting the party line about how all supers should obey the law and expose their friends and family to mortal danger by revealing their true identities, or go be villains (yeah, right -- I have to wonder how many hundreds or thousands of "John Smith"s and "Janet Jefferson"s are in the Paragon City superhero registry).

When it's a crime to keep your identity secret, you make good people into criminals. Maybe the City Scoop could do some investigative journalism on the McCarthyesque treatment of the city's protectors. After all, who benefits most from having easy access to a hero's friends and family?

Who, indeed?

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Richard Lamington of 42 Basker Street in Ferrysville, Wisconsin.

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The guy's not dead, folks, he just moved on.

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Oh no, he actually did die. He just got better.

Also...

A little addendum to my request in the classified section: If theres an artist who wants to contribute to the City Scoop and can do art in crayons and/or SD style, please contact me. I have a specific project in mind, and will discuss specifics upon contact.

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Having ultra-rare or unique items that only a handful of players will ever be able to obtain is a really BAD idea.

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Like Anniversery Badges or Bug Hunter?

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You can always tell when one side has taken a position they can't defend.

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Pretty much. So why do you continue to take that side?

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What we have here is an example of what's known as "quotemining." It's a well known tactic used by dishonest people who know their argument is false.

Quite telling of just how bad of a time the side using it is having and that the person using it knows they don't have a leg to stand on with their argument.

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Really now? How am I dishonest? Oh wait, that's right... it's because you don't agree with my opinion. So, rather then, y'know, actually taking into consideration my stance you look for ways to just blow me off. What's next, going to go for my post count or my Registration date?

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Indeed. I am denied my multiple account access, once I had several now I struggle with 2 and have allowed one of those to go by the wayside for a bit. I love having access to both accounts, because you can trade safely and such.

But am I entitled to THAT because I've been paying for one? No, just exactly what I pay for - access. *shrug* It's not denying anyone anything. It's rewarding the few who do something special themselves, with a cute trinket as a reminder.

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It's not the actual shelling out of the $700 plane ticket and whatever that bothers me. It's the fact that, invariably, people who do NOT actually PLAY CoH will get these passes, and proceed to put them up on E-bay to take advantage of the people who COULDN'T make it there.

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And I fully understand this complaint. But as I've said earlier in the thread, the solution isn't to not give things out, it's to put in better safeguards so you CAN'T have that one idiot going in there, taking six or seven codes, and shilling them on E-Bay.

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You can always tell when one side has taken a position they can't defend.

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Pretty much. So why do you continue to take that side?

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So, explain this to me then:

Why is okay to hand out things like exclusive bumper stickers, T-Shirts, and other items, but not in-game options like badges, costume options, or non-game affecting temp powers?

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Because NCsoft customers pay a monthly fee for access to COX badges, costumes, and temp-powers. If this was a T-Shirt of the Month club, then customers may be upset at being excluded from an available T-Shirt.

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They are paying 15 dollars to play the game. That doesen't, however, mean that they will have access to anything and everything.

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I don't believe they should be denied access to something based on their bank account.

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I could argue that people already ARE being denied access to something based on their bank account (IE, access to the game if they don't shell out money every month).

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So, explain this to me then:

Why is okay to hand out things like exclusive bumper stickers, T-Shirts, and other items, but not in-game options like badges, costume options, or non-game affecting temp powers?

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Because NCsoft customers pay a monthly fee for access to COX badges, costumes, and temp-powers. If this was a T-Shirt of the Month club, then customers may be upset at being excluded from an available T-Shirt.

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They are paying 15 dollars to play the game. That doesen't, however, mean that they will have access to anything and everything.

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I have to say that I'm not terribly happy with in-game rewards, even inconsequential ones, being given out at real-life events. I'm not going to rant against it or lose any sleep over it, but the availability of these things is being constrained in an extreme fashion. If the NCNC crew wants to show appreciation for fan turnout at conventions and such, they should hand out T-shirts, bumper stickers or such.

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So, explain this to me then:

Why is okay to hand out things like exclusive bumper stickers, T-Shirts, and other items, but not in-game options like badges, costume options, or non-game affecting temp powers?

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I generally have a lot of respect for your opinions, but implying that anyone who dislikes the decision made by marketing in this instance is somehow being unreasonable is simply something I can't agree with.

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I never said that. I said I believe (and still believe) that the majority of reasonable players don't begrudge NC for creating exclusive marketing giveaways.

There are lots of decisions that either the dev team or NCsoft in general make that I either disagree with, or which go against my personal preferences (which are two different things). But thats not the same thing as saying I believe they are idiotic, incompetent, ignorant, unresponsive, or poor decision-makers every time they make a decision I disagree with.

I'm disappointed I missed the last double XP weekend. I do not believe NCsoft had an obligation to check with my schedule first. I can be disappointed in something without thinking that that fact alone makes the source of my disappointment deficient.

I also stand by my assertion that it is unreasonable to presume that being disappointed in a circumstance carries with it the presumption that someone made an error to create that circumstance. If I end up not getting the costume option, I'll be disappointed. It won't change my mind that NCsoft is being completely reasonable in its approach to marketing exclusives. I'm saying that with the full knowledge that there is very little probability of NCsoft being at a public venue anywhere within two thousand miles of me.

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Thanks for saying that better then I can, Arcanaville.

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I'm always amazed that some forum members want to trivialize costume items. As stated by other posters, this is a superhero/villain game and costumes are an extremely important part of this genre. To accent this point, when new costume pieces are released, the lag around the ICON shops is so great that it's hard to get to the shops. I can only speculate why this was given out as a gift to convention goers, and I don't fault NCNC for doing something nice for folks that came to their booths. I will say, however, that this does make many of us feel left out. When I first saw the Hard Suit I really liked it because it look so different from many NPC item as well as the costume items that we have access to. I think what bothers me is that we don't have anything really like it in-game. With the exception of some of the Arachnos helmets, there are no other costume items that have glowie bits to them. The Enforcer costume set is great, but it's not as cool as the Hard Suit -- IMHO. Hopefully, in the future, we'll get more costume pieces like the PPD Hard Suit or set that have similar visual qualities.

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It's already been said in this thread that it's not costume parts, it's just a power that makes you LOOK like a PPD Hardsuit character.

It's no more of a costume peice then the Jump Jets Prestige Power is a costume peice.