Nite Wraith
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PC World is only good if you know what you want, their customer service is crap.
Best thing to do, wherever you got, just lay your required specs, act like you're going to pay cash (and then don't) and see what they can do for you. Don't let them push you over budget. You should be able to get a decent enouh laptop for your budget -
I've built every desktop I've ever owned, I've never owned a laptop myself but my wife has had two since I've been with her.
I would reccommend building your own. I've built six altogether, starting with my first 486 many years ago to the rig I have today which I first switched on 2 years ago. It'll be time for a new build next year, and am currently saving.
There is nothing more satisfying than screaming "IT'S ALLLIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!" when you first use a newly built PC.
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Quote:So was I, I was deciding weather to suggest it before or after my double Jack 'n' CokeOriginally Posted by Golden Girl
I was going to suggest that
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Quote:Vokda & Applejuice= Yummy. However, Vodka & Appljuice & Croydon = Trouble. I know I live there also.Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano
Heh vodka I can handle, can drink it to the cows come home, never gets me that drunk or makes me ill. My favorite is Vodka and Applejuice, there's one place here in Croydon that serves it, all the rest just give you odd looks.
Now Whiskey, whiskey is a different matter...after binging on it (a very large bottle of bells whiskey to myself without mixer and chugged down in about half an hour) I can't stand the smell of the stuff, it makes me sick to my stomach if I drink it and for the next day or so I will be able to taste it.
Now if you want proper gut wrenching, clear out the stomach, drink I recommend The viking.
It's a drink of my own concoction, it's two shots of afterhshock blue (represents the sea) and, if you bar serves them, a vodka badjelly floating ontop of it (the viking longboat).
Three or four is usually enough for the stomach...
One simple hangover cure, 2x soluble Paracetemol & Codine tablets in water, then a full english breakfast. Eggs, bacon, sasages, the lot, all dripping with grease and brown sauce Best hangover cure known to man, either that or not drink the night before.
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Quote:I'd like to see a 'gerroorf my land!!' emote and a power involving exploding chickens with that. Along with a double barrelled shotgun ranged weapon.Originally Posted by McCharraigin
How about a Farming Booster? Biboveralls, big straw hat, a Rake weapon....I mean if we have to farm for, err, "Phat Loot", we might as well look the part
Lisa.
I would love to see some more wing costume parts, maybe take all the ones that exist and add some new ones and put them all together as a booster pack, and have a temporary and limited flight power usable from level 1. A really slow and height restricted that runs out once you reach level 12. -
I love these ideas
But I'd like to see somthing where the Ranged weapons peices get some love. Assault Rifles, Pulse Rifles, Bows and Dual Pistols are due for some new models me-thinks
Also, a Slingshot power that would be handy for pulling mobs, great for Melee classes.
Costume peices would include more military, scifi military, western and medieval archer's garbs.
Don't know what it would be called, wouldn't really be a theme like some mentioned here. -
Quote:Yeah, the Official belt is great for RPing as an AR/Dev blaster with a Law Enforcement backstory, I use it many times as a belt for my custom mobs who are part of a security force in my AE arcs.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
It'd be nice. Like the official belt, only without the nightstick and with another holster.
In the works? Mebbe. We have no way of knowing.
A simple tactical belt with a pair of holsters, or a tac vest with one on each side. or one with twin holsters at the back.
Wouldn't hurt to see a few new belts or other costume peices catered to the new power sets coming in GR. I should think we'll see a few. -
Now that the DP power is available, how about a new set of belts or shest detail options that include holsters or ammo bandoliers, similiar to the Stealth chest detail peice but with two holsters.
Doesn't have to be detailed, just two closed leather holsters strapped to one's thighs or hips. Would be a nice addition.
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This would look nice as a pair
Or this if you wanted somthing with a little meat on the bones... I love this one
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I would personally like to see the actual costume creator as an app for the iPhone/iPodtouch/iPadd. Not actually tied into the game, but can save costumes as files that can be later transferred to a PC.
It would have all the booster pack costume peices, all the Wing costume peices avalible in game, all unlockable peices, everything.
Just somthing to mess about with when you're at work or on the bus or somthing.
I know that CO has some kind of character managment app for the iPhone, I think we deserve one for being loyal. -
Quote:I remember those days vaguely (Late 70's-early 90's where I discovered alcohol and pubs, and girls that drink pubs and everything went blank til 1997 when I got a job that required me to set an example)Originally Posted by Shuckins
Turned 56 last October. I'm an ex-school teacher. Some of my former students are convinced I spend my summers in a coffin.
The Fifties were idyllic...
The Sixties were demented...
In the words of John Lennon, "The Seventies were a DRAG you know..."
Gaming in those days was done on boards, barefoot, and uphill both ways...
...and the "eff" word was considered base...not cool...
Gaming, while primitive compared to today, was fun, and still is. I always pop into any Games Workshop shop to see whats on offer, or pick up a copy of White Dwarf to catch up on the shenanegans of Warhammer 40k. Although I fondly remember those long evenings round a mate's, rolling dice, arguing about stats and whatnot, I'm really glad MMO's are around, and that the comic book hero/villian genre is catered for with CoX. I would have thought that a few old gaming pals may have been MMO player, but alas they suffer from the 'ahh, it's a young man's game' syndrome and chose not to.
Still, may invite me dad round to get him involved, he has a facebook account so he's halfway there lol -
Quote:When you say 'breadbox', I take it you mean a C64?Originally Posted by Quinch
Ew, Spectrum.
Breadbox forever!
You don't wanna' be startin' that old spat with me, I never lost a Speccy 'vs' Comma argument in my life!... Well I did once, but that resulted in me losing my temper and smacking the C64 owner (the smug git!) around the head with the Spectrum (it was quite weighty if I remember) The ensuing fight was then won by me, and I was only nine (he was 10). AAAAANND the ZX survived being used as a weapon, it still worked LOL!! -
Quote:I can say that with this:Originally Posted by JohnX
Hopefully, someday we'll be able to tell someone.."I was playing this game when you were still in diapers!!!!"
Now this was a game.... -
Here's my main Villian, the Shadow Talon
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Okay here's old.
And no it isn't a laptop without a screen
You used to play games on these, three colours, yellow, black and white. Games were on Cassette tape and would take on average 15 minutes to load and would make an awful noise while loading.
You young'uns never had it so good!!
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I have to admit, this is the only MMO I've played, and I've played a few, where there isn't any snot nosed pre-pubescent norks out to screw the fanbase up. I've had negative experiences on every MMO I've played, apart from this one. Although I haven't been playing that long.
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My dad is about to turn 60 in a few months. I'm 34 myself.
To the OP, good on you, mate
To everyone that thinks he's too old, if you think he's too old, then you're probably too young
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Quote:LOL! Who?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
So plenty of Aquaman sex tapes then?
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Quote:Very true, but as I said, Tiger Woods, top of his game, has like 13 affairs and next thing you know he's famous for the wrong reason.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Only the vain ones with very weak powers, who felt they had to do something else to get attention.
Sometimes I thonks these things are PR stunts to bring attention to people who were famous and have now been sort of forgotten. A jog to the memory. The same could be said for Superheroes. -
Quote:I garuntee there would be many superheroes and supervillians that would do somthing that dumb, and worse.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
There are a few superheores who might do something that dumb - but she isn't one of them
Of course there would be Superhero WAGs (Wives And Girlfriends) who would milk the fame, and when they get dumped, straight to the tabloids with stuff like 'Superhero Tremor (someone who can create Earthquakes) Shook me all night long!'. Peoples champion in kiss and tell shocker. It would be worse than the Tiger Woods thing. Of course Villians would probably enjoy the infamy, I know Nite Wraith would. -
Absolutley awesome artwork for an awesome character
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Quote:I think these are the types of Heroes that would get a hard time from the press.Originally Posted by Steampunkette
I don't know if I believe heroes would be harassed by the paparazzi. I think it entirely depends on their method of doing things -and- their method of travel.
For Example!
Batman style hero: Always in poor lighting, uses alleyways and rooftops to travel around stealthily, strikes hard and retreats out of sight. Also: Has no problem crushing cameras. Assuming the Paparazzi could even -find- him to take the pictures or question-assault him, he's a vigilante. Broken cameras, destroyed film, and late night intimidation visits of a Dark knight standing at the foot of your bed, glowering down at you with the hate and pain of all of your nightmares! "Don't. Do it. Again. I know where you live. I know where you sleep." Sure there'd be bad press... But would Batman give half a damn?
Superman-powered hero; Heat vision, super-speed, flight. The Red Blue Blur is actually a good description of what the Paparazzi would get of a superman-powered hero in real life. Follow him home? HOW?! Man flies cross-country faster than the human eye can follow. Most people would be aware of the general direction he was flying, but so long as he was careful he'd be fine... And with super-hearing, super-smelling, and Automated Super-Hypnosis from putting on his glasses: We can be sure he'd be fairly careful.
Martian Manhunter: Change Form. Done. This works for most form-changing heroes.
And -then- you have heroes like my Hero in the Isles SG Leader. People who just -don't- take off the mask. She's been wearing it since ""Hardcastle" was created. Even wears it in the shower!
How about Rorschach, Spiderman, The Shocker, and other characters who wear full-face masks over features noone knows anything about?
Ultimately whether they're revealed or not depends on their reactions to the paparazzi, their powers, their methods, and their attitudes toward their status as a hero.
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Rorschach wouldn't give a damn what the papers say about him, and I can see him breaking a few Pap noses if they put a camera too far in his face.
Spiderman had the right idea, controlling who (himself) and when photos of him were taken, however because of Jameson he got a lot of bad press, which he did not get control over. I think Jonas J Jameson's real life equivelent would be Piers Morgan (when he was editor of the Daily Mirror).
However, you got PR gurus these days, sometimes that could help (Hancock being a perfect example), but if you get anyone like Max Clifford you would immediatley taint your reputation if you were to hire him to do your PR (the man is a leech, maybe a real-life supervillian, a very subtle one at that).
I would hope only the Government and the Police would be negative about Superheroes. Personally, I think the press would use them at every opportunity to attack Government policies, Police methods. But I think a hero would get the best positive feedback would be from the public, morale would skyrocket if a superhero were to appear (Dark Knight anyone? Although I think vigilante gangs would be extreme) -
Some good replys
I'm not too sure about the rest of the world, but here's a few 'headlines' that would be published by British papers, the tabloids esspecially.
CRUSADER BLASTS MoD ABOUT STATE OF SOLDIER'S EQUIPMENT
"Criminals are issued better equipment!" says the patriotic pounder ((Tanker))
SPEED DEMON RUNS LONDON MARATHON IN TEN SECONDS FLAT!!
London born supersprinter raises £10m for local charities
SUPERHEROES? NO LONGER PC
Government officials now say we have to call our champions 'Genetically Gifted'
KISS AND TELL QUEEN DID NOT SPEND NIGHT WITH MONARCH
"Royalist Mutant was foiling Ram raid, CCTV footage prooves it, Hero groupie makes a 'convenient retractment' of previous claim.
Last and not least
SUPERVILLIAN WINS 'MOCKING NAME CASE' AGAINST SUPERHERO
Legal action ruling that Dr Dread the mad scientist recently released from prison after serving five years for acts of terrorism can no longer be called 'The Crimson Chav' because it was labled as derogatory. The 45 year old mad scientist was given the nickname by Crusader after the hero arrested the mad scientist who in disguise wearing a red hooded top and matching tracksuit trousers. CCTV footage of Crusader and public witnesses laughing at the poncy professor as he was being apprehended was shown to the jury, hand picked by Labour MP Harriet Harman.
Crusader yesterday said 'I don't care what his name is, I'm still going to keep on arresting that mad git everytime he steps out of line!' Dr Dread was unavailible for comment. -
Okay, we all know that the modern media like to blow everything out of proportion, I mean, David Beckham gives a woman a peck on the cheek and all of a sudden he's having an affair. Sound familiar?
What kind of news headlines, scandals and other stuff would appear in the media (esspecially the newspapers) if a Superhero were to make his/her prescence known?
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Global Name: @Nite Wraith
Server: Union
Game: CoV (New to the game so only rolling one toon atm, may create a hero alt later)
RP Characters: Nite Wraith
Type of RP: Casual for short term and fun, will RP heavy if invited
Times on: I work shifts so could be any day of the week, although when I can get on, it's normally anytime between 10am to 10pm
Timezone: Greenwich Mean Time