NinjaPirate

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fanservice View Post
    This seems more to be saying "If we could treat existing mental illnesses, should we treat them?"

    Which we already do (With varying success). So I guess the answer is yes? It's not really much of a question.
    Pretty much this.

    And there's plenty of "evil" done by non-sociopaths too. Some by elected officials.



    I imagine the question we need to ask before asking if we should abolish Evil, is "What is Evil?"



    -k
  2. "Existence offers us nothing if not the opportunity for an endless series of betrayals. There's a world behind the world. Lie once, cheat twice and everything becomes clear. Do not mistake my deception for a character flaw. It is a philosophical choice, a profound understanding of the universe. It is a way of life. I am a monster, yes."



    -k
  3. Some of the worst evils in history have been committed by people who honestly thought they were doing the right thing.

    Just sayin.




    -k
  4. NinjaPirate

    Avengers Teaser

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by docbuzzard View Post
    Disagree with these two. Iron Man is too durable to be a blaster. He took a hit from a tank's main gun in the first movie. That's pretty tough stuff. He's not really doable in COH. They would need a ranged/mitigation AT, which doesn't exist beyond the VEATs and EATs (which have baggage).
    Back in CoH Beta, Iron Man was held up as the epitome of the "tankmage", the ranged attack hero with heavy defense. It was a power combo that the game design specifically tried to stop, at least after they went to Archetypes instead of "pick any power".

    During early development stages, there were no Archetypes. You could freely pick any power. There were two major problems with this:

    A) You could gimp yourself quite easily by picking powers badly, which in a commercial product will likely result in a player saying, "This game sucks" rather than "I made a mistake", and stop playing, possibly telling other people that the game sucks and not to play it.

    And

    B) Players over time eventually figure out the most optimal combos, which means that eventually you see 90% of the characters all with slight variations of the SAME power sets. This was observed during alpha testing, where a huge number of the characters you saw were all tank-mages.

    So they took a year, completely re-wrote the powers structure, and made Archetypes, which attempt to provide a minimum amount of balanced powers to prevent gimping while forcing some power selection diversity.

    In short, you're not supposed to be able to make Iron Man in CoH.



    -k
  5. NinjaPirate

    Avengers Teaser

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JKCarrier View Post
    I think with modern special effects, an Ant-Man/Giant-Man movie could be *visually* interesting, at least. I picture him in a fight, constantly switching size, shrinking down to avoid attacks, and then shooting up to giant size to deliver a smackdown. That could be pretty cool.
    I really don't know why Pym bothers with his Giant Man sizes any more, at least when facing opponents other than low level mooks.

    Every time he's used them, his modus operandi is to just smack a giant hand down on his opponent. But most of the time his opponent seems to be either STILL stronger than him, or has massive fighting skill. So Pym ends up getting the crap beat out of him.

    The only time he seems to win, really, is when he goes Ant-man and does something scientific on a micro-scale that incapacitates his opponent.

    In short, he should really stop trying to be a brawler. He's not good at it.



    -k
  6. Yeah, it's the Vibranium. Absorbs all kinetic impact, and also inexplicably lets the shield bounce off multiple surfaces without losing momentum.




    -k
  7. Usually you get the "must delete first" message only if you have a 'Crafted' or a 'Veteran Reward' base item, no?

    Regular items have always just deleted along with the room for me.




    -np
  8. I'm still wondering why anyone bothers to argue with Dur anymore.

    Really, I think a major part of why he gets into these arguments is that he posts long diatribes without bothering to define what the content means to him. So he goes on and on and gets angrier and angrier because he doesn't realize that his personal views and definitions on the subject aren't the same as other people, which is why there's a disconnect.

    Either that or possibly he lives on some other world. I dunno.



    -np
  9. They still haven't figured out that people don't actually WANT "new and different".

    Oh, people THINK they do. They will claim they do if asked. But the reality is most of the population really wants more of the same, even if they can't admit it to themselves.

    Granted, you can't be too obvious about it, you need to dress it up so it seems like it's new and different on the surface. But underneath it really needs to be the same or it won't sell.

    People prefer the familiar and known. It's not a new concept.




    -np
  10. Well. We know the Doctor was unconscious for a bit in this episode.

    We're given to believe that the Cyberman that knocked him out apparently left him there instead of taking him prisoner or killing him. Which given their past history would be a stupid thing to do - the Doctor now knows you're there, he's helpless before you, and you just let him go?

    What if he wasn't just left there? What if something happened, and he just ended up there afterward?



    -k
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Magus_Prime View Post
    Honestly, if we saw one of those today, it really wouldn't take long for someone to figure out who would have the means to acquire something like that and it goes without saying that it would be a very short list.
    "Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante, and spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands?"




    -k
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Quasadu View Post
    Yes, VCR's created a bit of a stir with regards to copyright and piracy. Ultimately, though, it wasn't nearly the issue that we have now because there was no simple method of mass distribution until the internet came about. The proliferation of broadband has made it an even bigger issue.
    VCRs created a huge stir at the time. So much so that a consortium of media companies went to DC to try and get them outlawed.

    Mr. Rogers went to speak at the hearings in support of the VCR, though, so the US government told the media companies to shut the hell up.






    -np
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arnabas View Post
    Ok, at the risk of being slightly negative... the animation doesn't look as good. And I do mean the animation, not the character designs or anything. It seems a bit... choppy.

    That said... I will be anxiously awaiting this.
    It LOOKs like they may have used work cuts, not finished animation.

    We'll have to see.



    -np
  14. Funny. The offending word in the movie title wasn't actually banned in this forum until the last round of policy changes.

    You could use it just fine without the system auto-censoring it for years before that.





    -np
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Inazuma View Post
    I have no idea what this thread is about. What is this? Some webcomic?
    Fan Myopia.




    -np
  16. I honestly cannot get past the art style of that comic.

    Not my cup of tea.




    -np
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ebon3 View Post
    Just need to control decceleration. If you talking crazy comic super science then there are any number of solutions.
    I just put down "inertial dampers" and leave it at that.




    -np
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by galadiman View Post
    Yeah... in fact, there was a small sliver of fear in some of those scientists' minds that the first atomic bomb would actually destroy the Earth in a cataclysmic runaway chain fusion reaction.

    Hahaha... haha... ha... <slowly sinking in...> ahem.
    There are stories floating about that the scientists and military guys testing the first atom bomb left their cars running, just in case the atmosphere caught fire and they had to flee.

    Ahh, the joys of naive ignorance...



    -k
  19. Did the section of entrance room get the floor dragged up to the ceiling or ceiling dragged to the floor?

    Cos it's possible to block off entire room sections using the room elevation tool.




    -k
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rodoan View Post
    I thought the Sontaran was interesting, but then, I've always been a fan of that group. Would have been fascinating if the Doctor had a Sontaran for a traveling companion for a time. One who bucked the traditional mindthink of the Sontaran, at least a bit.
    "I have gene-spliced myself for all nursing duties. I can produce magnificent quantities of lactic fluid!"




    -np
  21. Yeah, Supes has been very well established to have almost zero protection against magic.

    Magic sword goes through him like butter, magic spells affect him completely, etc.



    -np
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Veritech View Post
    A suit of powered armor that essentially gives a being superman's reaction time, and has a Kryptonite Power Source? so something along the lines of Iron Man's armor or the X-O Manowar suit drawing on a combo of gold and green kryptonite power source. one kryptonite powered repulsor blast, there goes superman.
    Something like this?




    -np