Melancton

I am I, Don Quixote, the Lord of LaMancha
My destiny calls and I go!

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though 38 ain't that old! lol

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I did say "Sorry" about the "Old woman"...

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I'm... not dead yet, I feel fine!

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No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.

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I am Elmer J Fudd., millionaire, I own a mansion and a yacht.

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"I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz!"

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I am Inigo Montoya

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"We face each other as God intended. Sportsmanlike. No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone."

You mean, you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword, and we'll try and kill each other like civilized people?

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"I'm on the Brute Squad."

"You ARE the Brute Squad!"

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I am Zardoz!

The gun is good!

The ... is evil!

(Props if YOU can fill in the blank with the right word )

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Ack, what a weird, weird film. Besides, I thought Sean Connery was saying "Zhardozh."

As to your question, I think it is "Post removed" if we fill in the blank, not Props.

May 23, 2002

He was the 5th prototype of robotic assistant, and this one worked. All the bugs were gone, and the ability to do fine detail work was precisely what was needed. His official designation was "Mark V," but Dr. McDaniels always called him "Clyde." Clyde was adept at channelling gravitational waves in very dangerous experiments, but also manifested an interesting, if rather literal, "personality."

Everything changed in a single evening.

The portals opened and swarms of invaders poured out, wreaking havoc. It was sheer murder, and it was happening on the street where Dr. McDaniels resided. He ran to the door and saw his neighbor and her children shot down as they ran from their burning home. He did not know what to do. And then he blurted out, "Clyde: Initiate defensive subroutines. Protect and defend the human citizens from hostile attack, using initiated Ethical Protocols." Clyde instantly bounded out the door, and as Dr. McDaniels watched him spring into action, his eye was caught by the falling bomb. His last words: "Oh... God help us!"

July 24, 2007

Clyde had become a mainstay, and the Paragon PD was particularly fond of him. Dr. McDaniels' last instructions had been to defend human citizens from hostile attack, and the Skulls, Hellions and Outcasts had learned the hard way that Clyde was going to diligently follow his instructions.

Clyde was dropping off some Freaks at the local precinct when he saw the ships. He instantly knew them. "The hostiles," he said aloud. "I recognize the configuration."

"The Rikti," murmured the sergeant as he looked out of his squad car. "God help us." Clyde swivelled his head and looked at him.

"That was what Dr. McDaniels said," Clyde told the sergeant.

"Isn't your creator your God, you stupid robot?" sneered one of the Freak prisoners.

"Oh, no," Clyde responded matter-of-factly. "Dr. McDaniels always stated he was my maker, but not the Creator. God is the Creator. He was very insistent on that point."

They all looked at him. Explosions sounded in the distance.

"You will need to take custody of these prisoners," Clyde said to the sergeant. "I am needed elsewhere, I think." He fired the gravitational pulsars in each of his legs in opposition to one another and shot skyward like a rocket.

It was indeed the hostiles. They had returned, and they were again intent on harming the human citizens. He would follow Dr. McDaniels' instructions to protect them. And God would surely help them, just as Dr. McDaniels had asked.

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PARAGON CITY, Rhode Island, July 24 – The city’s morning calm was shattered by air raid sirens just after 10:00 a.m. The Vanguard issued an all-alerts broadcast on the Emergency Alert System declaring, “AIR RAID! PARAGON CITY! THIS IS NO DRILL!”

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1SGT Rutledge looks to the sky, puts his helmet back on and chambers the first round.

He was at the Baumton Hospital on May 23, 2002, and has been meaning to bring that matter up with the Rikti since then. Being covered in rubble, he must have looked dead to them.

They showed no quarter, and those being the rules, they had best not be expecting any coming back at them.

Safety off. Let 'em come.

Wow, interesting thread with many good comments. Let me cite some:

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However, when we evaluate the production and distribution of the Comic, our current feeling is that the needed time and energy can be more wisely spent and net a more direct impact to the game. --Lighthouse

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I agree. Whatever resources were going to the comic should be redirected to the game. 17 and 18 left me no doubt that the sheet needs to be pulled up over the face of this project.

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I frankly don't feel that the two "support of quality player initiatives" features or more contests are in any way compensation for the lack of something that was billed as a feature of the game that'd be part of our subscription. -Eisregen

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A fair enough point, but the comic stinks. A free stinking comic is not worth the money it takes to produce it, and if they can put that effort into the game, that would be the way to go, I think.

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While the comics were nice and all, until The Cyrus Thompson Center is built in King's Row, they will remain seperate from the game; thus meaningless. -- Czar_Bal

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It would be really nice to have that in-game.
But look how long it took to get the Trainer stores in KR. Still, I would love to see it.

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I'm gonna miss this comic.
I mean, without it, how would we ever have found out that the canon/in-game Statesman is such a collossal jerk?
--Megajoule

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This is the biggest reason to end the comic. A character depicted as extremely selfless and noble in the official history comes off as an extreme, arbitrary, inflexible spittle-flinging jerk time and time again. And nobody else comes off as a very attractive personality at all. And as I said once before, just to make sure we got the point, Ms. Liberty says to Statesman (who is also her grandfather), "Bite me."

Who needs that??

It is not to say that there were no enjoyable moments in the comic, just that the overall product was extremely disappointing to aggravating. I will not miss it much at all.

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And also, Melancton said:

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Handing out titles in Pocket D until everyone in line got one, even though it meant not finishing until WAY after the event was officially done in the wee hours is Uber Fantastic Tip-of-the-Hat People Skills.

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Well, I did actually have to cut the line off at some point, or it would never have ended. But it was a helluva lot of fun ... maybe I'll pop around some of the servers tonight.

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Hey, you were at it a LOOOOOONG time, so I was already in bed if you cut the line off eventually.

What impressed me was that you were obviously reading the character and their bio, and formulating a title to suit them, and you chatted with each person. It may not sound like much stated that way, but that is a TON of work overall and again, fantastic people skills. But you make it look very easy.

And again, many happy returns of the day!

*blows horn*
*twirls rizza-rizza noisemaker*

Handing out titles in Pocket D is GREAT people skills.

Handing out titles in Pocket D until everyone in line got one, even though it meant not finishing until WAY after the event was officially done in the wee hours is Uber Fantastic Tip-of-the-Hat People Skills.

I quote the wisdom of those Noted Philosophers, the Three Stooges:

We made you a birthday cake
If you get a tummy ache
And you moan and groan in woe
Don't forget we told you so!

Happy Birthday!

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So we are once again back to, Do we do anything that the other AT's can't?

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Yes. Blasters are 1st to get the Debt Badges, 1st to get the Mez Badges, we get frequent fliers miles for Hospital Teleportations, and I think they are implimenting another new Badge for Blasters. Everytime you type healwwwaaaaassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssss right before death it gets you a little closer to the Badge. I think it's set up like the old Rikti Monkey Badge, you need around 9,000 to get it. I think most Blasters should have this before SOs.

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Don't forget that your bed at the Hospital has a Reserved sign with your name on it. Once you get your cape, they will leave a little chocolate mint on the pillow, too!

Ahhhh, the Blaster's Life for Me!