Paladin

Yeah, that I can understand - usually they just don't have traces of it bleed into the show, though, which is why I think this one got pulled. *shrug*

The video's worth a watch. It's not ALL pastry body parts, mind you; just a few scenes where they sort of get down into why they're playing "candy land," if you know what I mean. I liked it, but fair warning: it's got a "Rainbow Brite's all grown up" kind of vibe.

Since someone listed Jason Biggs, I'd add him to the list of people that was linked who I'd think twice about letting on Sesame Street. He meets the criteria of "pastries and private parts" which was my issue with Ms. Perry in the first place - someone who's new video has her wearing cupcake bras with cherries for nipples, and whose public persona is about sex isn't someone I'd expect on Sesame Street.

There's no hate for Ms. Perry here, or mockery of those who think she's fine on Sesame Street. Just an acknowledgement of the means with which she's made herself famous, and pointing out that those means and what Sesame Street is probably shouldn't be compatable. It was a mistake to have a sexy star dress even mildly sexy on a kid's show.

I'm still not seeing what's upsetting about that opinion, besides that a differing opinion's been expressed. Baffling.

Ook. Ugh. Fire bad.

Thanks for the thread, Marcian! I wish I could get as into Glee as you and the others are, but Community's as far as I can go. The show's brilliant, and I'm amazed it's made it into another season - I'm now curious if they're going to spin the last episode of the first season as a parody of finales in that clever way they usually parody things..

Favorite tweek so far?

“Why would anyone take Cosmetology? I can teach them how to be a prostitute for free.”

You can hear Chevy Chase's voice behind it.

What was the context of the outfit?

If it was someone else without Ms. Perry's lyric choices, dress style, and music video attire I'd be willing to give it the benefit of the doubt, but I wouldn't expect something like this on Sesame Street. That "my kids" could see cleavage elsewhere doesn't mean Sesame Street is an appropriate place for it. It's not so much jumping to conclusions as it is being influenced by the factors Ms. Perry has cultivated.

I'm judging based on the picture, not the video; streaming media is disabled at my work.

So when's Community coming back on the air?




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The most important part I see is activity. If there's no one on the supergroup roster who has logged on within 7 days it becomes hard to justify staying in the group. In the same vein, it's even more difficult to play to a group who are active, but on other characters who are in other SGs; if the SG doesn't consist of the main characters of the players then activity's going to be minimal and drive off the people with their main characters in the SG.

I can only speak from experience playing a team friendly BS/Regen, but don't neglect power pools. With fitness becoming an inherent in I19, dip into the Leadership pool and be sure to grab Vengeance for "Hold on, I want to try something.." moments on your team. Maneuvers will compliment your Grant Cover shield abilities. Stimulant from the Medicine Pool is great for helping mezzable ATs in the first half of fights, and if you have a self revive you should consider grabbing a Resuscitator temporary power from the auction house - Tier 9s mean even if we wipe, chances are good that we'll be back on our feet and able to regroup the team.

Which would be silly considering you can get PvP IOs from Hero/Villain merits, and you can buy enough Hero Merits to net you one for around 200 million influence.

You CAN still buy PvP IO Recipies, can't you?

Generally the most active times seem to be in the afternoon EST during the week, and any time during the day/afternoon EST on the weekend. However, there are plenty of PST centered players like myself or folks from other time zones on a server that's as popular as this one.

If you're looking to broadcast for a respec trial team outside of the (exceptional) channels already listed, try to hit up Peregrine Island, Talos, Independence Port, Founder's Falls, and Steel Canyon. Between Ouroboros and Midnighter Club access you've got people of all levels hopping through these hubs.

Chances are good that if you broadcast in the VirtueTF channel during the afternoon EST or PST, you'll get your team filled. I might even be one of the teammates who answers the call.

I'd say my strength is that I lucked into an iconic name early on, and can fudge a few thees and thous every now and again. Lengthy, inspiring speeches also come natural to me when I'm playing Pal or some other straight up hero.

The downside is that, for as much as I love to roleplay I'm absolutely horrible at smalltalk. It may be my personal interest factoring in, but it's hard to have my characters sit around, chatting it up when there's crime out there needing to be stopped. Building IC relationships and participating outside of set storylines get to be very difficult.

I try to attend all of these events, but I'll be busy at work when the Virtue one rolls around. However, it's great to see GM led events like this popping up so often. Good luck to all participants!

It's hard for me to get into Defenders; I go for controllers every time. The combination of buffs and controls make combat feel more active than straight buffs and alright damage.

Same thing for my Corrupter who's sitting at level 20. Poor fella's great at putting down a debuff or two and then spamming his heal, but I only made it as far as I did because I was eager to unlock the VEATs.

If you asked me this last year I'd have said blasters, but duoing on twin AR/Dev soldiers with Leadership and the Medicine pool (and Provoke..) have taught me the error of my ways. It's hard to get more tactical than that.

I usually don't use titles on Paladin, but when I do it's a toss up between the obvious "Knight Errant" and anything I can make a sentence out of. "The Paladin Saved the World" and "The Paladin Heard the Call" immediately come to mind.

The catacombs in Dark Astoria is one of the most peaceful spots in the game for me; it's tucked away from any sort of enemies beneath a hall of rock with angel statues guarding either entrance. The already eerie quiet coupled with the inactivity of the zone make it perfect for solemn meditation.

There are a few courtyards in Steel Canyon that are beautiful and sparsely populated as well. Most of them are overlooked by characters who have travel powers.

I just returned from the 10:30pm showing, and this was one of the most fun movies I've seen. The audience really got into it (myself included) and it become of a communal, interactive experience. I'd encourage you to see if while there's a fair crowd if you've got an inkling to see the movie at some point.

It's an 80s action film crafted by someone who knows and enjoys the genre. The cast's large, but the action scenes give each character enough time to shine and the audience an idea of the action "style" of the various characters. I was pleased to see some brute-force tossed in there alongside eastern martial arts.

The story's exactly what it needs to be to draw the action along and deliver a fun experience. Thankfully they kept things light and didn't toss in any unnecessary lessons beyond not letting killing people for a living kill your soul. I can dig that.

See it. It's worth the money, especially if you have a receptive, participating audience.

Captain SNES is one of my favorites. If you grew up with Captain N like I did, it's something very excellent.

This was a lot of fun, Avatea! Thanks for bringing out that GM spawn tech and putting it to work. My favorite part is definately zoning into Atlas park and seeing about thirty Zeus titans surrounding the dome on city hall. I took a suicidal stab at them for some screenshots.

I hope we'll have another event like this soon. Maybe Rularuu next, like in I2..

Way to go, Exx!