RemusShepherd

I prefer option 1, and no, I never use the non-animated tails these days.

Hero by Night ended on the web in 2007 because it graduated to print comics. It then ended in print in 2008 because of a payment dispute between the creator and his publisher.

Well, I suppose I should mention my favorite superhero comics: Mindmistress, who is created by an ex-writer of the Superman newspaper strip. I also like Dasien.

But full disclosure -- I was involved in a crossover with both those excellent webcomics, in Crossoverlord. That comic is ended, but it's a good superhero limited series itself if I may say so; sort of a 'Crisis on Infinite Webcomics'.

My superhero comic has ended also. My current comic is just starting, but it will be more sci-fi than superhero, despite the corny name.

CoH had a great start. At the time it was one of the smoothest launches any MMOG ever had.
That might be true, but I don't think the amount of content is the deciding factor. I think it's a compilation of things like content, polish, marketing, producer reputation (all of Blizzard's games thrive on this), and just how fun the game is to play.

Actually, I think brightly colored debuffs are a good thing. It makes the anchor stand out from the mob. And except for AVs, they generally do not last very long.

Brightly colored *buffs*, however, are a headache-producing nuisance. They obscure your character and if you have a close POV they can block the view of most of your screen. And they are there for the entire life of the team.

In power customization I tend to turn my debuffs up, while turning my buffs down as far as they can go.

You sound like a good player and I'd be happy to team with you. They were probably rude and making space for someone else.

However.

May I ask, have you changed the visual effect of your forcefields? I have teamed with FF and Sonic buffers who have turned up the brightness of their shields to an eye-searing extreme, and I have wanted to kick them. (I did not, but oh ghod I wanted to.) If you modified your shields into neon yellow and day-glo purple, that could be cause for kicking in some people's book.

If you're going to bring up Lost, surely Artz had the cheapest death ever.

I had similar problems. Spinal misalignment caused an imbalance in the muscles of my lower back and hips, and sitting too much at work caused my legs to atrophy. I can walk for about a mile before getting leg pain; if I push through that I'm good for about three miles before my legs just go out. My weight is okay; what I need is to strengthen my legs and lower back.

The first thing I'd suggest is to see a physical therapist, who can zero in on your specific problem and how to fix it.

The second thing I'd suggest is to strengthen your legs. If your legs are weak, you will use your lower back to walk, and that creates stress and pain. Get on a stationary cycle, or a leg curl machine, or just use ankle weights and do leg curls on your stomach. Make sure you are tensing your hamstrings and buttocks, not your calves or lower back muscles. When your legs get stronger you will find that you will be able to walk more.

At that point -- walk. Get an elliptical machine, so you can walk against resistance. Walk as much as you can. Push through the pain if you can, and you may find that you'll be able to walk farther than you think. Learn the difference between spinal pain and muscle pain -- muscle pain you should learn to ignore.

Also, upper body exercises can't hurt. You can get aerobic activity with just bench presses, and any muscle you add helps take away the fat.

Single meal is bad. It creates a large glycemic spike, which wrecks your insulin control and leads to diabetes. Eat smaller and more frequent meals if possible. If you have to eat a large meal, exercise right after it to dull the glycemic spike. Never exercise before eating -- you'll eat more and you'll spike your blood sugar even higher.

Good luck, paisano.

I think that if your story uses God to deliver the final blow, it is by definition not a 'cheap shot'. It's the biggest gun anyone will ever shoot.

No, what you describe there is a 'Deus Ex Machina', which is just as irritating as a cheap shot win and probably more common.

I can't think of many cheap shots that haven't already been mentioned. But I'll put up Grimr Wormtongue killing Saruman in the Lord of the Rings. Seriously, an insane and powerful mage should take more than a bit character's dagger to put down.

I hear you. I just don't think that I'll ever use $30 worth of internet on the thing. I pay about $30/month for internet to my home, and I spend about a hundred hours a month playing CoX or surfing porn. With a phone all I'll use the internet for is downloading the occasional app and looking up restaurants two or three times a year. It's just not worth it to me.

I would love an Android phone with no internet. I just want the apps, and I'm willing to download them at home.

Ditto that. I'm locked into Verizon and I want an android phone, but the extra $30/month on top of the fee I'm already paying for phone service is just extortion. This fee is the only thing keeping me out of the smart phone market right now.

It's probably because of alpha strike damage. If Ice has any weakness it's to the first volley of fire when a combat starts -- before its controls and debuffs can take hold and before Energy Absorption can fire. Shield has a significant advantage in durability against alpha strikes. After you survive the alpha, though, Ice becomes the better defense-based set IMHO.

Sadly, alpha strikes -- especially ones with defense debuffs -- are extremely common. That diminishes Ice's reputation.

In my opinion, Pak is the best writer Marvel has, and I follow whatever title he's working on. Last I noticed he was back on the Hulk again. I hope he can salvage a good story out of the mess they made of it.

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Not The Prince of Power? Cho (as written by Pak) is great, although the title is better when Herc is around.

This is canon. Joker is 'super-sane'. It's speculated that he knows how the DC Universe works (he may or may not know it's a comic book, like Deadpool does), and he knows that as long as he is entertaining he can never die. Joker is the only comic book character whose personal goal is to make good comic book stories. Thus, he builds his own plot armor.

Throwing grenades at kids? Aw, that is terrible.

Kid Miracleman ***** and killed most of the population of London. So...yeah.

But I think the original poster wanted lame villains. For that, I'd go straight to the Venture Brothers, without passing Go. The Monarch might qualify, but he's actually one of the more badass villains in the series. So I'm undecided who the lamest one is: Sgt. Hatred? Mr. Monday? Catclops?

Kid Miracleman. No one else in comics comes close.

Oh, wait, did you mean villains that were bad at being villains, or the villains who were the worst, most vile and dangerous villains ever? Kid Miracleman is in the latter category.

Arnie and Willis only have cameos, and they're fully clothed throughout. I wouldn't suggest someone buying a ticket just to see them.

If you have the hots for Stallone, though, you get a lot of him shirtless and kicking ***.

If you are a woman with a crush on Stallone, Statham, Lundgren, Li, or Crews, then YES.

My girlfriend wanted to see it because she has the hots for Stallone. What can I say, she likes italian stallions. She loved the film.