Mr_Squid

Man, how long has it been since that last great MT?

By the way, here are some videos for your enjoyment!

Sort of an overall trailer for the '09 event.

Kinda crappy quality on this one, but that's me with the Vulcan at the 1:00 mark.

This is the mission I mentioned before. We had to defend a courtyard with numerous entry points. My corner did just fine (you can see me with the big green gun and the red shirt at around :12), but they broke through the adjacent corner, as evidenced in the video.

Yep! That was me. Have done it the last two years in a row at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Humans won last year and zombies won the year before that.

If I could boil down the experience for the two teams it would go something like this:

Human: "Oh crap, I gotta go to the computer lab...okay...got my vulcan...opening the doorGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!!! Where the hell is everyone? Huh, maybe more zombies starved out than I though. Maybe I can even swing by the convenience sto-OH GODDAMNIT ONE SAW ME RUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!! *numerous foam darts sail through the air*"

Zombie: Where the hell are all the humans? Probably still camping out in their dorms...buncha pansies. Maybe I'll call it a day and go work on homewo-oh hello little missy who thinks she can waltz around with only a maverick in her purse. Wait for her to pass those cars...almost...NOWZERGRUSHAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!"

Most of the real action happens in the mission though. There's usually one per day. I don't think I've ever had as much fun as the time I stood at the end of a hallway, mowing down zombies with my vulcan as they rushed down the corridor towards me.

I might have to back out for the run tomorrow, I'm getting my *** kicked by homework. Stupid actionscript is being retarded on me...

i09 reports.

Granted the topic of whether or not a sequel trilogy will happen has been kicking around since 1977, so I think we can all agree that George can't make up his mind. . But I do like the idea of setting it far in the future and having it not be about the Skywalkers. That way the EU will avoid the brunt of ensuing canonpocalypse.

All Eight Spots need to be filled to ensure the Task Force can start!
Name Level Archetype Powers @Global
1) Schrodinger Lion 50 Tanker Electric @Witty Librarian
2) DeliCate IcePHIRE 50 Cold/Ice/Dark Defender @PHLRE
3) DeliKate IcePHIRE 50 Cold/Ice/Dark Defender @PHIR3
4) Unknown 50 Something @StoneJaguar
5) Thordis 50 Scrapper elec/elec @ResplendentMs
6) Stryke of Lightning 50 Stalker elec/nin @Symar
7) Kronaros 44 Scrapper Kin/SR/Body @Mr Squid
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I would go see it on genre alone. I mean how many other swashbuckling adventure films are out there nowadays? Even if Harrison Ford wasn't in it, just having a new adventure movie in theaters amongst the morass of unfunny romantic comedies and shaky-cam action flicks would be a breath of fresh air.

I think War Walkers are perfectly fine as normal bosses right now. Even with Boss level HP and damage they are BRUTAL opponents, what with their crazy high resistances to everything and their "ZOMG BLOW U UP FROM SPACE" Orbital Lance power (among other nasty attacks). The thing is? I LOVE fighting them. They aren't like some other bosses (freakin Master Illusionists...) that resort to cheap tricks to gain the upper hand. They just require you to have a good strategy worked out before you jump in.

In fact, that's what I like about the IDF in general. They are challenging, but never really resort to cheap tricks. They aren't like Knives who just annoy the crap out of you with Caltrops, or Malta where you need to kill the Sappers before starting on anyone else. Each individual IDF mob by itself isn't really all that tough, but together they complement each other's weaknesses. Seers and the like are weak on their own but can buff the hell out of their allies, Troopers are of average strength until they pull out the Battle Orbs, and the BCU's and the like are just big sacks of hit points that only become truly terrifying when in the presence of said seers and orbs.

This sort of asymmetrical villain group design with multiple subgroups within one villain group is my favorite kind of group design in the game, as it requires players to work out their own individual strategies for dealing with them that vary from character to character.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

I want face tentacles. That's it.



Just take the tentacles from that dude up there, slap em' on detail two, and I will love you forever.

By the way, is anyone else getting a Gravemind kind of vibe from the Praetorian Hamidon (assuming that is in fact the source of the tentacles)? I half expect that thing to pick up my character and tell it that "I AM A MONUMENT TO ALL YOUR SINS..."

Is it weird that the thing I got most excited about was all those tentacles?

Anyways, my first reaction to this issue is a massive squeal of glee. Incarnates? Actual endgame content? More Praetorian craziness? The coming storm subplot actually getting advanced? TENTACLES!??! YAAAAAAY!!!

This is Kronaros:





Go for it!

Well I WOULD be watching this, if Comcast hadn't said "Hey Savannah Georgia? You have a big old art school with a lot of students who like Cartoon Network right? Well HA HA! SUCKS TO BE YOU! WE'RE TAKING CARTOON NETWORK AWAY WITH NO WARNING LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!"

So I decided to check this out on Netflix instant watch out of boredom...

...what the hell did I just watch? Was that supposed to be porn? Or was it trying to be some sort of parody of Shonen anime? Or was it just trying to be stupid?

I'm going to go with the third one.

Hey, you should be glad! After all you did behead every other member of the VG and won omniscience didn't you?

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I mean, that's how it works right?

Some more info just came in!

Basically, astronomers have named the planet "Gloaming", which means twilight. Why you ask? Well because it's tidally locked, meaning one face is always towards the sun and one always faces away. Therefore the only habitable region would be a band right between the night and day sides. In such a region the sun would always appear to be setting, hence the name.

Come on! Someone invent a slipspace drive, or a warp drive, or a hyperdrive, or ludicrous speed or SOMETHING so we can go visit all the aliens already!

You know me, I'm the guy who will say that The Phantom Menace was a misunderstood masterpiece and that people have unjustly made George Lucas into a figure whose infamy has eclipsed Stalin's.

...and yet I found myself getting somewhat annoyed at this news...

I'm not sure why. I mean nobody is making me go see the re releases, and if I prefer the original version I can always go watch it again.

Hrm.

Well either way, I've always wanted to see Star Wars in theaters again so I guess I should be happy.

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