Nimrod

It's way after Jan '09, but it wouldn't be villainous at all without at least 8 months of procrastination, right? I must have hit the snooze a few times.

ROGUES GALLERY!

[For more RG propaganda, see earlier posts]

i16!!! We love it.

Need some fun, intelligent, concept-driven villainy to go with your new look!?! Contrary to popular belief, we are well spoken and quite friendly.

If you ever tried managing a forum, you'd find out that lot of the internet, however, is not! We had to tighten up the registration thing. The weed-out began to be a chore. If you're interested in joining us and wish to sign up at our lovely forums, please send me a tell in-game (@nimrod) or send an e-mail to paragonsconstant@gmail.com with your preferred handle.

I'll get you in so you can introduce yourself to the gang and start harvesting our contact info to get the word out about your new webcam!

All foolishness aside, you'll be hard pressed to find more loyal, helpful, solid players in the game than this crew.

No, you hang up first...

No, you...

Can you write that in smaller sentences, Ara? My reading and comprehension skills ain't so good.

I'm stoked!!!

Lots of great additions to the game. I can tell already that I'm going to max out my character slots.

Angry_Angel /E DANCE2'ED WITH YOU AT THE GALA WINTER BALL

Angry_Angel SENT YOU A FRIENDLY TELL WHEN YOU WERE OFFLINE

Angry_Angel COMPLIMENTED YOU ON YOUR NEW COSTUME.

I get tired of standing around waiting 5 minutes for someone to type out "/e runs fingers through hair and flashes lop-sided grin." Like a few others, I'd like a story rather than someone going on and on about whatever is in their bio.

Static RP has never worked for me. I'm too impatient, I suppose. The Gods of the Golden Age had some epic RP stories/mission runs when I was with them. I think @titansfan was writing them up. I enjoyed that group. I just didn't play heroes enough to retain a spot in the SG at the time.

It's out there.

Angry_Angel GAVE YOU A WAKIE WHEN ARCHON ROMERO PUNCHED YOUR LIGHTS OUT.

*coughs*

Angry_Angel SAVED A SPOT FOR YOU IN HER MOSTF.

Angry_Angel PL'ED YOUR DEFENDER TO LEVEL 50.

*twirls power cable in hand*

I was in-game when it froze and I got this message in a pop-up window:

Assertion failed

Program: ...am Files (x86)\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe
Time: Sun Jul 26 10:56:06 PM
Process ID: 1192
File: c:\src\utilitieslib\utils\superassert.c
Line: 1857
Expression: 0

Error Message: CRT abort() called

Heap is NOT corrupted
Last windows SYSTEM error: Not enough storage is available to process this command.

What the crap...

This was the third birthday that you've had this year! Stop trolling for presents and affection already...

Live Feedback! Issue 14! Oh boy!

1) Farming was the most fun I had with the MA.

2) You enabled/expected/allowed it.

3) I pay for my accounts every month and have been for 5 years. I have over 40 alts. To insinuate that I don't "truly enjoy playing" because I farmed is ridiculous. I don't see how it was much different than double xp weekend, honestly.

4) You mess with people's characters and there's going to be backlash. Biting the hand that feeds comes to mind.

5) See bullet #2

Put that in your juice box and suck it.

Sincerely,

The Casual Gamer

ROGUES GALLERY!

[For more RG propaganda, see earlier posts]

Just a bump to let you all know we're still alive and kicking. What better way to celebrate i14 than with the most stylin' costumed villains of virtue, the Rogues Gallery?

If you like tights or a good old fashioned costume (none of that shirtless boyo or catgirl stuff) and enjoy RP but don't like the "rules", drop me a line at @nimrod or just swing by the forums.

We always have room for more creative, fun, concept-oriented players!

Minor update regarding the Rogues Gallery's post above! We still have a few spots left...

The Forums!

www.roguesgallery.ca

Swing by and say "Hi" if you're in town.

Ooh, these might not go to waste this time!

Front!

Side!

Action shot!

Bio!

He's a sonic/kin corruptor if that info helps.

!!!

The Rogues Gallery is recruiting, you say?!?

Where have all the costumed bad guys gone?

What we're about:

The Rogues are a concept-driven RP-Lite to RP-Friendly VG looking for intelligent, creative players that enjoy concepts, masks, monologues, machiavellian schemes, and a good old fashioned bank robbery or two. We are a costumed bunch of burglars involved with everything from mad science, magic, one-liners, gimmicks, disgruntled super-men, rogue mutants, high-tech capers... whatever blows your hair back. Unless it's that kinky stuff. If that's your bag, shoot me a private tell.

Ahem.

There's this thing we're all familiar with called "comic-book-evil". If slaughter, [censored], mistreating kittens, [censored], [censored], [censored] and all of that stuff is your bag, this isn't the VG for you. The good guys and the bad guys always get away for future episodes.

Activity:

The nature of any MMO is that folks come and go as life's pressures dictate. If you're lucky, you find a place your character can call home and make some great and memorable friends along the way. We have at least a dozen unique members, but honestly, this is what recruiting is about. We're looking to expand our operations and are keeping an eye open for some goal oriented go-getters to get things back in the swing. There is always someone lurking in the global channel, across a span of time zones. Prime time, 8pm EST 5pm PST to the wee hours is typically when you'll find us cavorting about. Most of us are blue-collar working villains looking to unwind after a hard day slaving away at the DMV.

We're in there in the top 100 VG's. I don't know where as we don't keep count, but... we aren't small beans. We've been around for a while and the base (Warehouse 13) is so immersively rp-awesome that you'll be monologing in no time.

We don't "enforce policies" or have any prestige requirements.

This is a game! Don't take it too seriously. If you're having fun and no one is mad at you (or me for inviting you) then carry on! We encourage individuality, so there are no mandatory uniforms. Keep your grubby fingers offa mah juice boxes, though.

Requirements?

A costume and a concept. We have fun and I'm all about shenanigans, but... let's be fair. "xXx Fr3ak N45ty xXx" and "Kevin Bacon" probably aren't going to fit in no matter how much street cred they have.

No shirt, no shoes, no service. You know the drill.

Our current Crimelords are:

@Mindswipe
@Charon.
@Nimrod

If you want to set up a meeting or just shoot the breeze, please contact either @Nimrod or @Mindswipe. @Charon. (Mr. Mud) is concentrating on his studies. We might be villains but we value education. If the evil-doer thing doesn't work out, the world needs politicians and lawyers, right? Bother @Nimrod first. He isn't doing anything important with his life, trust me.

While we do have coalitions with other productive and well-dressed reprobates, we have a global channel and a global coalition with several other groups and friends spanning Virtue. There is always an SF or some sort of farming, badging, or teaming going on there. Speak up. Don't be shy. Sit up straight.

Recap:

Masks! Costumes! Disguises!

You don't have to RP but I stay in character while running missions and such even when everyone else doesn't. Sometimes I break the "fourth wall" for a laugh. Do what you like. Have fun.

Our forums are being revamped. Stay tuned.

We're a well-rounded VG! If it's in the game, we take advantage of it. We like IOs, badges, and XP as much as the next bunch. We have a home for any heroes if you part-time it there, as well.

We have veteran players that know how to run a team and we don't drop out and leave our mates hanging or fail SFs.

We can stay in-character and chew gum at the same time. Don't pretend you aren't impressed.

But we stress most of all... have fun... or else.

Name: Paragon's Constant

"No force in the Universe can break us"

Currently Recruiting: Yep.

RP Level: RP-Friendly. Nothing is enforced. Some of us enjoy running missions in-character. We aren't regulars at the D.

PvP Level: Casual

Theme/Concept: Paragon's Constant is a loose allegiance of individual heroes and humanitarians with their own agendas brought together by a distrust of the powers that be, namely Statesman and his crew. In a city where Nigh-Invulnerable, Super-Strengthed Justice prevails, common sense sometimes takes a back seat.

Activity: Over a dozen unique members

Requirements for Membership: Character concepts are encouraged. No activity or prestige requirements.

Leadership: Laissez faire.

In-Game Contact(s): @nimrod, @jaw breaker, @undeadtexan, @fates, @machine

Out-of-Game Contact(s): paragonsconstant@gmail.com

URL: www.paragonsconstant.com
www.paragonsconstant.omgforum.net

Coalition(s): Global coalition spanning several SGs and VGs, the Illuminati.

Other Details: Things are pretty laid back in here, folks. Access to teleporters to everything but Boomtown... seriously, who wants to go there? Access to storage granted on trust basis. We're all veteran players that have been around for years and we take care of each other.

Be professional. Be courteous. Have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

Update!

Name: Bedlam Asylum

Currently Recruiting: Yes!

RP Level: Run missions in character? Yes. Hang out in the D for hours? Not so much. Nothing is enforced.

PvP Level: Pretty casual. Not so much lately.

Theme/Concept: The VG is comprised of super-powered loons that were entrusted to the Asylum's "care". They were subsequently loosed by a dark entity claimed to haunt the halls of the Asylum.

Activity: Perhaps a dozen unique members, prime time being 8pm EST (5pm PST) into the wee hours of the night.

Requirements for Membership: Character concept encouraged. Must treat all other players with courtesy and respect. No activity or prestige requirements.

Leadership: Laissez faire.

In-Game Contact(s):@nimrod, @undeadtexan, @fates, @machine

Out-of-Game Contact(s): paragonsconstant@gmail.com

URL: www.paragonsconstant.com
www.paragonsconstant.omgforum.net

Coalition(s): The Illuminati, a global coalition spanning several VGs and SGs including the Rogues Gallery, Mechanation, Even Inc, and the Decimators, just to name a few. Frequent SF/TF planning and teaming. We couldn't ask for a greater community of players.

Other Details: Access to Teleporters is available as is a base with all the spooky fixin's an Asylum should have. Storage is granted on a trust basis. The night lights are for a false sense of security. Enter the base at your own risk.

We're all veteran players that have been playing since launch and we take care of our own!

Even though we're a bunch of crazies, again we stress is that members conduct themselves like ladies and/or gentlemen to all other players and help each other out while having a blast doing so.

The howls of mad men and psychopaths echoed down the unlit hallways of Bedlam Asylum as the Archvillain once known as Nimrod stared at the dank walls of his "quarters". If one was not a bit touched in the head before Bedlam, it could be assured that they would be before long. The asylum had been built in the early 1900s and not a penny had gone into restoring the place. Dirty, damp, and dark was all its "patients" knew.

The Zig was a four star hotel compared to this hell. He started snickering at the notion of waxing nostalgic about that place before hallucinatory spiders began moving across his parasite-infested cot... in a place filled with bugs, he hallucinated more bugs. This set him to giggling once more until he noticed it had gotten terribly quiet. Somehow silence in this place was much more unsettling.

Ignoring the phantoms clawing at him from the shadows as more drug-induced hallucinations, he stood and stepped to the wrought-iron door where shadows flowed in through the crack underneath like black water. It only took him a moment, his breath escaping in a white cloud as the temperature suddenly dropped, to realize that the phantoms were real and the black tendrils were reaching up to embrace him, holding him where he stood. Powerless against this potential foe without his suit, he did what he always did in these situations: he laughed.

"How did I get here?" he asked the phantoms writhing about his legs. If death was a worst case scenario, what would it hurt to ask a few questions? Whatever presence this was, it had to have answers.

"There's a siren for every shipwreck, Mr. Beverly..."

Rusted hinges creaked and sang as the same black tendrils tore the door from the wall and threw it aside, revealing a group of mad villains anxious to see the world burn...

Name: Bedlam Asylum

Currently Recruiting: Looking for new members and coalitions!

RP Level: RP Friendly concepts at minimum. Nothing is enforced. /SG and /C are largely OOC but RP is welcome and strongly encouraged (I prefer to keep Local and Team chat In-Character while discussing game mechanics and such in other channels, but whatever you're cozy with is fine by us). Conceptual characters are a plus.

PvP Level: Casual. We can pwn nubs when we get the itch. Lawls and Roffles abound.

Theme/Concept: As the VG is based around super-powered patients entrusted to Bedlam Asylum's "care", the members are quite off their rockers. As escapees... who can predict what they'll do next? Take it and run.

Activity: Perhaps a dozen unique members, half that active nightly, 8pm to 12am EST being Prime Time. We are all veteran players coming from various other large VGs and have a solid, reliable, friendly community that we are eager to expand. Members are encouraged to use intra-VG global coalition channels, such as The Illuminati, to keep the community strong.

Requirements for Membership: Character concept encouraged. Must treat all other players with courtesy and respect. No activity or prestige requirements.

Leadership: We're pretty autonomous. No one likes Mr. Bossy Britches. Diplomatic to a fault. There are levels of trust, but all-in-all, it's pretty much lassez faire until someone starts stirring up trouble. We have fun and clown around a ton, but we enforce the peace, so keep it civil.

In-Game Contact(s):@nimrod, @undeadtexan, @fates

Out-of-Game Contact(s): paragonsconstant@gmail.com

URL: Nothing official *yet* but www.paragonsconstant.omgforum.net is where our circle shoots the breeze and exchanges tips on how to woo the ladies.

Coalition(s): Plan to pull a few strings once the ball gets rolling. I've been around the block, so we can definitely set up some strong coalitions once the VG grows a bit.

Other Details: As we've just fired this thing up, the base is small but fully functional. Teleporters have been established, storage is available. We've got plenty of established villains to help and finance wee criminals and get them rolling.

Also, we are affiliated with the heroes of Paragon's Constant. An open invitation is extended to members of Bedlam's Asylum.

All we stress is that members conduct themselves like ladies and/or gentlemen to all other players and help each other out while having a blast doing so.

The X-Patriots

"We believe Paragon City to be a place of corruption, so bad that the system itself is incapable of purging it. Instead it's been re-designed to just corrupt further and keep those with power, in power. The superheroes are, in a way, clueless victims toiling on behalf of leaders who are using them to corrupt ends.

So the only solution is to take the fight to the streets, to eliminate those that hide behind desks in office buildings, and if that means crushing any heroes in our way, then so be it. They knew what they got into when they signed up for the job.

Like many others, I have been betrayed and discarded by those I trusted and served. I now make the Rogue Isles my home. The citizens of Paragon City have not heard the last of me, and I will speak not with words, but with my super powers instead.

Join our struggle and seek vengeance against those who have wronged you. Our cause is righteous, and in the end, we will prevail. They will call us villains, but we will make them bow before us before all is said and done."

How does one contact us?!?

www.xpatriots.forumer.com

Swing by The Enlistment and drop a post there with your global handle, your main character's name/AT, along with a little about yourself (past MMO's you've played, how long you've been in CoX, what you want out of a character, etc) and we will contact you ASAP.

But I don't like the internet.

... Or you can send a global tell to @Nimrod and I will contact you in-game. Feel free to badger me until your forum handle is approved, as well.

Do you know any tricks?

We've been the #1 prestige earning group on Virtue for some time now, as we have a strong, active community of helpful, knowledgeable players that look out for one another and do their best to take care of our members.

Pocket D vs Siren's Call!!!

While we are not an RP or PvP VG, we have a dedicated core of RP'ers and RPvP'ers. We strive to be a versatile group, taking advantage of all content that the game has to offer.

I'm still not sold...

If you are interested in more information, visit our Wiki page. There's perhaps a little too much info there...

The X-Patriots

ex·pa·tri·ate
Function: verb
1 : BANISH, EXILE
2 : to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one's native country

We believe Paragon City to be a place of corruption, so bad that the system itself is incapable of purging it. Instead it's been re-designed to just corrupt further and keep those with power, in power. The superheroes are, in a way, clueless victims, toiling on behalf of leaders who are using them to corrupt ends.

So the only solution is to take the fight to the streets, to eliminate those that hide behind desks in office buildings, and if that means crushing any heroes in our way, than so be it. They knew what they got into when they signed up for the job.

I am a dissenter, branded a traitor by the radical viewpoints that prevail in paragon city, just for speaking my mind and trying to make the city a better place. I now make the Rogue Isles my home, and I will speak not using my mind, but with my superpowers instead.

In the end, we will prevail. They will call us villains, but we will make them bow before us.


___________________________________


The X-Patriots, a very active, versatile VG for mature gamers, are looking for some new recruits. So if your present situation and affiliates just aren't doing it for you anymore, you just haven't met the right folks in-game, or you just want to be part of the #1 (Just ask the Registrar!) Group on Virtue, check us out. We have lots of really experienced players and we take care of our own.

A number of weekly Events? Check.
RP? Check. [Light, as of now. Encouraging more!]
PvP? Check. [We're not hardcore, but we have fun.]
A top-notch base? Check.
Longevity? Check.


The X-Patriots

Drop by our forums and tell us a little about yourself in the Enlistment Thread or give any of our Officers a shout in-game. We're not going anywhere...

Nimrod crouched atop the Giza, waiting patiently for the signal. The sun had set hours ago, but that did little to stifle the tide of traffic moving in and out of the grand casino. This part of town seemed to never sleep.

The lenses on his visor whirred as he zoomed in on the ferry, waiting for his contact.

"You guys are going to be sooo miffed..." he mumbled to himself, looking down on all of the security personnel far below. Someone had tipped them off that something was going down tonight, but little good that did them. It just served to make this little stunt more high-profile than they had anticipated...

Then on the dock, he spotted the one. A lean, athletic bombshell of a woman with shocking pink hair. She loitered around until the crowd thinned before she lifted into the air, soaring higher and higher, coming closer by the second...

Nimrod stood and readied himself, letting his cape go to fly out behind him in the stiff winds... "Get ready." he said, his communicator carrying the transmission to three others.

Then there was a bright green flash as she powered up and streaked through the sky overhead, leaving a trail of luminescent particles in her wake, zig-zagging through a series of hair-raising dives and turns.

"Go!"

Nimrod smiled and leapt off of the balcony, his iron-shod feet drawing furrows and sparks as he slid down the steep face of the Golden Giza.

Sparks turned into white flames as his descent ignited the phosphorus they had applied to each side of the casino. His job done, he pushed off of the wall and soared into the sky, seeming to detach himself from the earth's gravity...

Far below, the people gasped as they looked upon the four faces of the Golden Giza. Some shielded their eyes and screamed in fear, some cried out in outrage and cursed, some cheered and threw fists into the air.

The phosphorus continued to burn, visible for miles and miles in each direction. Already Longbow Skiffs were circling the skies, chasing Alpha Decay as she fled the scene, her signature done.

The crowds' faces were bathed in the light of 4 blindingly bright white X's burning on each face of the giant casino below a dazzling signature made of radiated particles that lingered in the sky for quite some time before the winds carried them away...

"The X-Patriots"


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The X-Patriots

ex·pa·tri·ate
Function: verb
1 : BANISH, EXILE
2 : to withdraw (oneself) from residence in or allegiance to one's native country

We believe Paragon City to be a place of corruption, so bad that the system itself is incapable of purging it. Instead it's been re-designed to just corrupt further and keep those with power, in power. The superheroes are, in a way, clueless victims, toiling on behalf of leaders who are using them to corrupt ends.

So the only solution is to take the fight to the streets, to eliminate those that hide behind desks in office buildings, and if that means crushing any heroes in our way, than so be it. They knew what they got into when they signed up for the job.

I am a dissenter, branded a traitor by the radical viewpoints that prevail in paragon city, just for speaking my mind and trying to make the city a better place. I now make the Rogue Isles my home, and I will speak not using my mind, but with my superpowers instead.

In the end, we will prevail. They will call us villains, but we will make them bow before us.


___________________________________


The X-Patriots, a very active VG, are looking for some new recruits. So if your present situation and affiliates just aren't doing it for you anymore, you just haven't met the right folks in-game, or you just want to be part of the #1 (Just ask the Registrar!) Group on Virtue, check us out. We have lots of really experienced players and we take care of our own.

A number of weekly Events? Check.
RP? Check. [Light, as of now. Encouraging more!]
PvP? Check.
A top-notch base? Check.
Longevity? Check.


The X-Patriots

Drop by our forums and say "Hi" or give me, "Nimrod" [@nimrod13], a shout in-game. We're not going anywhere...

Nimrod crouched atop the Giza, waiting patiently for the signal. The sun had set hours ago, but that did little to stifle the tide of traffic moving in and out of the grand casino. This part of town seemed to never sleep.

The lenses on his visor whirred as he zoomed in on the ferry, waiting for his contact.

"You guys are going to be sooo miffed..." he mumbled to himself, looking down on all of the security personnel far below. Someone had tipped them off that something was going down tonight, but little good that did them. It just served to make this little stunt more high-profile than they had anticipated...

Then on the dock, he spotted the one. A lean, athletic bombshell of a woman with shocking pink hair. She loitered around until the crowd thinned before she lifted into the air, soaring higher and higher, coming closer by the second...

Nimrod stood and readied himself, letting his cape go to fly out behind him in the stiff winds... "Get ready." he said, his communicator carrying the transmission to three others.

Then there was a bright green flash as she powered up and streaked through the sky overhead, leaving a trail of luminescent particles in her wake, zig-zagging through a series of hair-raising dives and turns.

"Go!"

Nimrod smiled and leapt off of the balcony, his iron-shod feet drawing furrows and sparks as he slid down the steep face of the Golden Giza.

Sparks turned into white flames as his descent ignited the phosphorus they had applied to each side of the casino. His job done, he pushed off of the wall and soared into the sky, seeming to detach himself from the earth's gravity...

Far below, the people gasped as they looked upon the four faces of the Golden Giza. Some shielded their eyes and screamed in fear, some cried out in outrage and cursed, some cheered and threw fists into the air.

The phosphorus continued to burn, visible for miles and miles in each direction. Already Longbow Skiffs were circling the skies, chasing Alpha Decay as she fled the scene, her signature done.

The crowds' faces were bathed in the light of 4 blindingly bright white X's burning on each face of the giant casino below a dazzling signature made of radiated particles that lingered in the sky for quite some time before the winds carried them away...

"The X-Patriots"


_________________________________


The X-Patriots, a very active VG, are looking for some new recruits. So if your present situation and affiliates just aren't doing it for you anymore, you just haven't met the right folks in-game, or you just want to be part of the #1 Group on Virtue, check us out.

Daily Events? Check.
RP? Check.
PvP? Check.
A HUGE base? Check.
Longevity? Check.
Big plans for I7? Check.

The X-Patriots

Drop by our forums and say "Hi" or give me, "Nimrod", a shout in-game. We're not going anywhere...