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So that was lots of fun, wasn't it? The forums went down and I couldn't remember who had signed up...and then, once the team filled and we started, my ISP cut out 3 missions in and I didn't make it back until the last mission. D'oh!

All in all, an excellent run. Charlie said we couldn't do a Synapse in less than 3 hours, but with 2 Peacebringers, a tank, 2 blasters, and 3 defenders (someone correct me if I'm wrong), it was done in 2 hours, 20 minutes.

Granted, I'm basing "excellent" off the parts I was actually there for...

Next week, Sister Psyche, same time!

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You are correct on your team makeup, Kyo. Sorry you missed out on the majority of of the TF, but we're glad you were able to make it back in the end.

At least these aren't master runs, because it seems that I can't avoid dieing. Although BB tried to take the blame for the second face plant, it was my own damn fault for rushing after his soloass to heal him.

*grumbles about fruit salad*

Free/Trial Programs

Besides GIMP, there is also

SAI - 31 day free trial period. About $56-60 for the license after the trial period.

ArtRage - 2.5 Starter Edition is free, the 2.5 & 3 Full Edition versions are $20-$80. Win & Mac

Paint.net - Free program with tonnes of features and a rather large user community.

Sculptris - Free program by the makers of ZBrush, from the little I've played with it, it seems to be a pretty robust program.

Thanks goes to LadyJudgement for pointing me to these.

Niv came into AP2 after AP 1 was finished up.

I love the Magic pack, but I have just one issue, what's up with the Size 10's?

I put this in another thread, and while it only uses the cloak, I like the way it turned out for the Demon Groom.

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You know, it's funny, I didn't even realize it made a sound. I usually play with my sound off so I can listen to music.

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I didn't even notice that it has a sound, and I actaully have mine sound on.

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EDIT: Same DM is also the guy that game me a pathological fear of kobolds a few adventures after, and is one of the reasons most players boggle at just how much crap I carry with me. I steadfastly refuse to be caught unprepared, period. No more repeats!

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That so reminds me of one gaming session where one of my friends, we'll call him Bee Oh Bee Bob. I was on my Gnome Ill/Thief, another player was on his fighter, and 'Bob', completely out of character, went with a Ranger. Typically, Bob will go with the Barbarian and that's usually a good choice for him as there is really little thinking involved.

So, we're tromping around in the woods, we come across a Kobold camp with maybe about 9 of them, take them out with little problem and what does 'Bob' say?

"Let's loot them!"

My other friend and I just dead-pan stare at each other, and of course I can't let this go without comment.

"Bob, they have sticks with nails in them. I don't think they're going to have anything worth stealing."

Granted, we did find that Vorpal Blade in the rubbish pile...

Puppets

I'm thinking,

That ZUNI Fetish Warrior Doll from the Trilogy of Terror
Puppet Master lineup: Blade, Six Shooter, Tunneler, Jester, Pinhead, and Leech Woman
Chucky and his Bride Tiffany
Pin - Haven't seen it, but from this description, I think I'm going to have to get it.
And just for SnG's, Kankuro's Puppet

It's probably that pesky /tell bug, Kyo.

And considering the fact that you're willing to run it twice, does that mean that it will take less time to run than last weeks TF?

If I didn't embarrass myself, and you'll have me, I'd be more than will to join the first run. I'll be at a friends house and will expect me to well, actually play with them around 7. The nerve.

I never thought that I'd ever want a chibi-style avatar, but these are damn cool!

/submitted

...I remember reading on the internet about a cool new game, with superheroes... and I thought... meh...

(If I only knew then what I know now.)


EDIT: Ohh, On top... of another page. *get all tingly*

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...plus as we all know if you camp out in front of a working door when you log back in it appears you just walked out of said door - this is just that mechanic taken to the next lvl.


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See what happens when you do that in front of one of the rubble covered doors in Mercy.

Don't forget, you can always write you dialog in another program, and then paste it into MA, something like MS Word, or even Firefox's online spellchecker gives you a leg up. But it's always a bonus to have another pair of eyes to proofread your writing.

Good on you Tramalian, for offering such a service.

Who's to say a demon cannot dress elegantly when they're Goin' to the Chapel...

Tartyr, the new avatar is just...

...disturbing.

These are sodamened funny!

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Sorry to see you go was really looking forward to meeting everyone behind the scenes and boards when i would be at herocon the unofficial greeter of Justice Server Guil

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I can still go to Hero-Con, just this time I'll be a player....therefore beware!

I'm staying in the Bay area.

Ex

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Well, that's good to hear.

Ex,

You will be greatly missed. The best of luck of you in you endeavors.

By the way, Kyo, thanks again. Had a blast. And I can't believe I hit my costume button right at the last minute. grrr

I know a Scrapper within TF range that would love to join us if, you still need people/have slots open, Kyo.

I can do Tuesday's. If it's going to be something that will run into the next day, I'll have to bow out though. I work Wednesday's until 6pm PDT, which means I'm not available until 7.

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Vehicles as travel powers. This gets brought up a lot.

First, a tip on searching.
1. Click on "Search" up at the top of the forum.
2. On the left, under "Forum(s) to search," select "Suggestions and ideas."
3. On the right, Keyword Search Terms. This is probably where your problem was if you did search. Try the following, exactly as typed:

+vehicle -"re: "

This will search for anything with the string "vehicle" in the title.The -re: portion of it removes replies, so you'll see the root of every thread that comes up, letting you see just how many threads there are on this. (The last helps for other subjects, as well.)

Be sure to put the space between the colon and last quote.

4. Click the "In subject" radio button. This is a search, not a cute blonde in a bikini. Here, you probably want to ignore the body.

5. Leave Username Search blank.

6. Date range, Newer Than, change the 1 to a 3, and the time to Months.

7. Result format doesn't matter. Click on "Submit."

Now, on to the topic at hand....

Short answer, don't expect it.

Long answer:
There are a lot of problems with the idea.

1. Movement.
Forward and back,even turning - ok. But you can do things that a vehicle can't - such as strafe (direct side to side or angular movement.) It doesn't work with a vehicle.

2. Terrain.
Not every place has roads, or even makes sense for "off roading." Go look at Founder's Falls. Go look at Crey's Folley. Or Eden. Try to get to the north islands in Talos. What, do you have a kubelwagen? Look at the Pit in Sharkshead. Try to use your travel power (car) to get up to some of the doorways in high caves. Cars and motorcycles would be more like Superspeed - horizontal movement, period. And look - I'll be blunt - flat out *stupid* tied with, say, Combat Jumping or Superjump.

3. Combat.
You get ambushed on the way. How do you fight? Just have your powers blast out of the rolled up windows? How do you buff or debuff? EVERY power would need a new animation. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. Then you want people with motorcycles instead of cars. Redo ALL the animations AGAIN. And they still wouldn't make sense - how do you use Footstomp in a car? Or Stalagmites?

4. Customizing.
Yeah, it would come up. Not everyone would want a sports car, or a mid-70s Buick boat, or an exotic, or a minivan, or whatever else.

5. Making "sense."
This was touched on in terrain - how do you get across water? How about the Shadow Shard? And if you want downright ridiculous looking, go do the heroside 25-34 Respec. Look at the Sky Skiffs inside of rooms or the reactor room. It makes no sense and looks *ridiculous.* Something that, yes, the devs try to avoid.

6. Powers
For every vehicle - from rollerskates on up - every power has to be reanimated to some extent. Just think of the amount of time that would take up.

That's just a quick overview of why vehicles are a bit more difficult of idea for a travel power.

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What Bill said.

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What Forbin said.

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/HELL YEAH! Each and every time this idea gets suggested.

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ditto as well

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Both of my ears work fine, but I'm still behind this 100%.

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ditto