MintCondition

Hey, there! Got a special treat for you this week! In addition to a really great CoV Origin Story, we've got a musical presentation! It makes sense when you listen, I promise. So this week, I present: Hollow-Jack, by Palaquinn and the song Skullcrusher Mountain from Jonathan Coulton. Enjoy!

0:15 Intro: graciious
0:30 Opening
1:30 Hollow Jack by Palaquinn
11:20 Musical Treat: Skull Crusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton
15:55 Closing Mono
16:10 "Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?"
16:30 Jonathan Coulton at http://www.jonathancoulton.com
17:05 No visit to Jonathan Coulton's website is complete without checking out the melodic version of Sir Mix-a-lots Baby Got Back
17:45 Thanks to Palaquinn for Hollow Jack
18:10 Minor format shifts. More discussion
18:50 new email address added (old one still works) cityofstories@gmail.com
19:33 Serials. They are coming. It's just tough to choose the first one.
20:30 Still need shorts for the show. Send em on!
20:50 Features. First one: How to write fan-fic.
22:25 Send me ideas for other features
22:40 RSS. It's there for you…use it.
23:18 Movie Survival Guide - Dry Season is over. Saw V for Vendetta. Yay!
24:10 I lost my will to live after seeing Ultraviolet
24:25 Navel Contemplation of Mila Jovovich
25:14 Could be a great year for Comic Book Movie
25:29 Colonial Gang- Spin off of MSG Based on Battlestar Galactica
25:50 Apartment Fire
26:20 Still need intros. Thanks graciious and the Trimmers for stepping up!
28:39 Ding!


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I did! Thanks so much. I've been a little busy with getting Issue 6 ready (final mixdown is exporting right now). but I'll spend some time catching up on things this afternoon.

Thanks again.

Mint

Ok, everyone, short show this week, but I think a pretty good story. I want you all to make sure you listen to the closing after the story, I've got some things I need your comments on in terms of how we are going to proceed.

0:15 Intro - BlackVoid
0:27 Opening
0:45 A short show, but stick around
1:30 A Time and a Case for Everything - Ascendant
11:35 Closing?
11:45 Thanks to Ascendant
12:00 Spread the word
12:45 People outside the CoX universe
13:00 Here's where I need guidance
13:30 Send more stuff. Suggest other people's stuff
14:00 How should I do serials? Should I do serials
17:42 Ding!


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Sorry this is a little late, it was vacation weekend with the family and editing took a little longer than I had hoped. Anyway, here's Issue 4 with two stories: Wild Growth by PsychoPez and Occam's Razor by Plasma Stream. Enjoy and keep the comments and submissions coming!


Show Notes
0:07 Intro - Shinsektor and Vangelus
0:30 Opening - Sorry for the delay
1:26 Wild Growth - PsychoPez
10:00 Occam's Razor - Plasma Stream
22:08 Closing
22:25 Thanks again to PsychoPez and Plasma
22:55 Not much to talk about
22:59 Still need more limericks
23:05 Next week…
24:35 End


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Mint

Alright, it's that time again, kiddies! City of Stories: Issue 3 is UP! This week, we've got Ascendant's Phone Calls! That's right, classic CoH comedy, now with podcast goodness! Check it out at http://mintcondition.libsyn.com

BTW, I'm looking for some more "non-traditional" fiction. Listen to the closing monologue for more info.

Show notes:

Issue 3: Ascendant's Phone Calls
0:17 Intro: Bera
0:30 Something Different
0:55 Story: Saul
10:29 Story: Mom
15:10 Closing Mono
15:32 Listener comment
15:37 Comment: PsychoPez
16:16 Comment: Palaquin
16:46 Specifics about length of submissions
17:26 Calls for unusual submissions. Non-traditional fan fic wanted!
18:22 Blatant Battlestar Galactica Plug
19:00 A few other ideas
19:10 Two assignments this week
19:36 All done!
19:40 No Talking Dinosaurs were harmed
20:44 End

Direct Download:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/mintco...PhoneCalls.mp3
Website:
http://mincondition.libsyn.com
RSS:
http://mintcondition.libsyn.com/rss

Thanks to the Big A, "Saul" and "Mom" are the main features for Issue 3 of City of Stories, the CoX Fiction Podcast!

"Official" post and show notes are here: COH Boards Link
Direct Download:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/mintco...PhoneCalls.mp3
Website:
http://mincondition.libsyn.com
RSS:
http://mintcondition.libsyn.com/rss

Short reminder: I still need recorded intros for the show. So if you want to be on the air, here's what you need to do:

Record yourself in decent quality saying, "Hi! This is (whoever you are), and you're listening to City of Stories: Audio Fan Fiction from City of Heroes and City of Villains. And now ... Mint Condition." Or something to that effect. You can get creative, do it in character, whatever.

The only "MUSTS" are that it must be good quality and it must get all of the above points across.

Format can be either mp3 or Wav (so if you want, you can just use windows sound recorder). When you're ready to send it, please use yousendit.com and enter cityofstories:-at-:cox.net as the email so that my inbox doesn't explode.

I do final mix downs on Friday night, so if you want to be considered for Issue 3, you need to have the file to me by Friday noon, EST.

Looking forward to your stuff,

Mint

Just a note, these stories are featured in the latest issue of City of Stories!

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Thanks, Meagajoule!

Mint

Thanks for the awesome comments for issue one! Here we go again! This time with THREE (count 'em THREE) stories from Megajoule!


The file is available directly from:
* http://media.libsyn.com/media/mintco...bomination.mp3
the website is
* http://mintcondition.libsyn.com
and the rss feed for the show is
* http://mintconition.libsysn.com/rss


Show Notes
· 0:18 Intro: Operative Iron
· 0:30 The second Issue!
· 0:38 Three stories for you: The Abomination Saga by Megajoule
· 0:45 Great response to the first Issue - keep the comments coming!
· 1:00 Shout out to Virtue for the support
· 1:15 A Favor to ask: Tell your friends
· 1:50 Abomination: Dead Man Walking
· 15:00 Abomination: Bad Luck
· 17:35 Abomination: Lonely Heart
· 23:45 Closing Monologue
· 24:15 Comments
· 24:50 Comment: CuppaJo
Call them Issues!
· 25:46 Comment: GunGoddess
· 26:45 Send me past story ideas!
· 27:20 How to use RSS to not miss an episode
· 29:00 Other Podcast Feeds
· 29:05 Movie Survival Guide http://www.moviesurvivalguide.com
· 29:35 Slice of Scifi http://www.sliceofscifi.com
· 30:10 This Week in Tech http://www.thisweekintech.com
· 30:50 Engadget http://www.engadget.com, Diggnation http://revision3.com/diggnation, The Signal http://www.serenityfirefly.com
· 31:20 End
· 32:10 Ding!

Comments and especially stories welcome at cityofstories@cox.net

Ok, everyone… be gentle. =)

City of Stories, Vol 1 #1 is ON THE AIR… well, it's on LibSyn at least. CoS is Audio Fan Fiction from CoH and CoV… basically a podcast showcasing stories from the CoX universe.

The file is directly from:
* http://media.libsyn.com/media/mintco...060211_War.mp3,
the website is
*http://mintcondition.libsyn.com
and the rss feed for the show is
*http://mintconition.libsysn.com/rss.

I hope you enjoy it! If you do, let me know. If you don't, well… send me a story to make it better!

_Mint

Hello, Heroes! I'd like to introduce you to the Trimmers. The Trimmers is a Multi-game guild begun in PlanetSide a few years back. We have active divisions in CoH, PS, WoW and a few others. More than the average SG, we strive for friendship and support.

We use TeamSpeak fairly extensively, which really enhances our gameplay and friendship.

We also run The Operatives, which is the RP side of our guild, and we encourage you to check out the Operatives videos at our website. Not all Trimmers are Operatives, but all Operatives are Trimmers.

We don't, as a rule, admit toons to the guild, rather, we invite players, whose toons can then join any of the SGs we manage.

If you're interested in a supportive, fun guild with great people, just send a global tell to any of the officers listed below or look for a Trimmers or Operatives guild tag! See you in game!

_mc

Supergroup Name:
The Trimmers

Website:
http://www.trimmers.org

Leader and Recruiting Officers:
@MintCondition
@BlackVoid
@MonevTheGale
@Majik

Preferred Method of contact:
In game, on boards, pm here, what ever floats yer boat.

Guild Description:
See intro.

Beat me to it BW... But how about these:

City of Plants CoP (When the DE take over and turn everyone into shrubs)

City of Contacts CoC (Where you get to send the Heros out to do you dirty work...muahahaha. I've always wanted to play Jenny Firkins... maybe thats just my strange side.)

City of People With Nothing Better to Do Than Roam The Streets Yammering About How This Hero Whooped Up On The Council Or That Hero Has Nice Threads. "CoPWNBTDTRTSYAHTHWUOTCOTHHNT"
--Also known as City of Annoying Pedestrians CoAP-- <g>

_mc

Ewww... I'll have to stick with the old keybind then and use the third tray as unbound click macros. I use the ctrl-# ALL the time to pop to different tray setups. for 2 main reasons:

1) Shapeshift. I have macros set up in the 0 slots to switch to toggleon the form and switch to the correct tray, and again to toggleoff and switch back. When I use the ctrl-command tho is when I get statused. Then my macros (or any other powers in the tray) don't function and I ctrl-1 to get back to my main tray.

2) I often have a LOT of macros. Team commands, RP comments, etc. Litterally 4 trays worth on some chars. One extra tray isn't going to work and I'm STILL going to have to switch that extra tray anyway.

Solution: Use SHIFT# for tray 3, and bind the TeamSelection to the numpad numbers by default. Its a safer solution than the shift# combo anyway, because if you miss the key-combo for team select, you fire a power, often not a good thing.

Personally, on my defenders I bind my heals to the numpad alone, then my other ally powers to chorded numpad. Alt/Ctrl/Shift. That gives me chord access to 4 powers.

What you need to look at is why the "team_select #$$powexec_name Power" combo doesn't work right. I routinely have to hit the combo twice. The first time it selects, the second time it activates the power.

But I guess I'm outvoted.

_mc