Rodoan

Pretty sure I am. Earliest memory, thanks to parents, was getting to watch Neil Armstrong moonwalk. the hard way. Also was allowed to watch the Apollo 13 events, and much later the Apollo-Soyuz meeting.

Watched TV on a cabinet unit. Big and heavy. Saw Sesame Street and Electric Company in first seasons, Bonanza was still running, Ironside was Mom's favorite show, though Mary Tyler Moore Show was a good second. I liked first-runs of Mayberry R.F.D., the follow-up to The Andy Griffith Show, though I was too young to have remembered the earliest episodes.

Petula Clark's upbeat Downtown was still playing in all the department stores on Main Street. To this day, that song can immediately bring back a sharp memory of all the sensory experiences of the late 60's / early 70's. (kids' sensory experiences, not the psychedelic kind) Flowered VW vans were a common site. Seriously.

Politically, I was kept from full knowledge of a war (my uncle was just "in the army". I thought he was around a base, like Gomer Pyle), but I was allowed to watch Richard Nixon resign. There was a lot of news chatter and setup before hand, and I remember thinking, "this is taking forever!"

Despite the world's turmoil, and not having any home computers, that was a marvelous time to be a kid.

Too Old? Pfftth! Don't make me laugh. There'll be 6 guys lowering me into a hole before I'm too old. (actually, make that 4 guys. Cost of inflation, ya know...)

I could go for this concept.

My take would be a bit different though, and would include signature heroes, just more limited.

Its time-honored movie tradition to have a up-and-coming hero (and audience) bond with a mentor, only to have the mentor die or otherwise leave the scene heroically, leaving the junior hero to mourn, then rise to the challenge.

Have the focus on three groups: a newbie team, Omega squad (as the mentor unit), Alpha squad there as scenery until the fight for the portal. The audience lives emotionally through Newbie Team. Get the audience to love Omega squad, particulary Hero 1 who shows a fatherly guidance of Newbie Team. Start the war. Watch desperation grow, and the Newbie Team rise to the challenge, but not enough to stop the onslaught. Run the Alpha and Omega gambit with Newbie Team begging to come along. Denied: there must be a "Horatio" to tell the tale and carry on. Audience is in full tear mode as Ajax caught on our side of the portal, weeps at being unable to "die" with his friends. Phalanx gives traditional hope speeches, yadda yadda, and declares capes must be earned in honor of Hero 1. Newbie Team is shown as first to earn the right, and concludes with them wearing the capes and picking up where Omega Squad left off.

You ever notice, though, that he only sings part of it? He was a beta tester in 1892. Beta took longer back then.


Is the time capsule the only definitive future date we have in the lore? Yes, yes, I know we have the Coming of the Great White Hankerchief...uh..hmm...*checks notes*...um, the Coming Storm, but its got no specific date.

This.

Mine's called Control Tower and I refer to him as my Army of One. A friend of mine, Baron Dogfight, who'd logged over 36 months in the game, returned to the game after an absence and played alongside C.T. at level 48. I swear he found a way to drop his character's jaw after my first all-out attack. With crafted enhancements its a phenominal build.

And the first improvement of players would have to be the team lead. I've had several that have called for "mission in the hollows" only to dump Atta on us after we've all appeared. I realize newbie leaders might not know what they're getting into, but its disrespectful of the other players' potential time needs not to be up front about it in the invitation. Even then, they try to make it a "clear all" mission. IMHO, it would be better to state that we're driving straight towards Atta, no side trails.

Last time I enjoyed an Atta mission was when a team lead surprised us by using an exploit to pull 2 teams into the same mission. 15 players can do a lot of damage in that mission! (ps...its an exploit. I don't recommend trying it.)

I suppose if you reworked Atta it could be more interesting if there were multiple bosses leading up to him, like the Warrior mission using the same map from the gal in Midnighter's club. Or some nice surprises like ambushes or patrols (last I recall it was all static groups).

After 600+ runs on Frostfire, I wouldn't mind seeing some minor tweaking there. Mostly I'd be seeking a few more named bosses working at various points in the building.

Though I can't recall who issues them, there are a couple of Tsoo missions with too many sorcerors in the same big room. I've had a couple of those drag on forever due to all the mutual healing going on. Wouldn't mind seeing a rework on that.

Nihilii, just curious, is that still an accurate number after Issue 16 release? I took a break about the same time you did, and was initially shocked at the numbers drops upon my return. I play USA east coast time early evenings, and was seeing ~700 on Freedom for a few days, but I've not followed it closely.

I can see that.

Actually, he reminds me a bit of the late actor Karl Malden, but more angular in the face.

Then Blue Steel must have handed his title and position over to Bucky the Wonder Boy first, 'cause there's no way Clockwork King could, uh, clean the original's clock.

Bless you for the effort! But didn't I hear you are job hunting? I'm thinking my viewing pleasures for a Friday deadline are not anywhere near as important as that.

Really? I'm intrigued. I've heard practically zip about the game since it came out. Which at the time I'd heard it garnered 3 stars and 2 yawns. I'm interested in your take on why its awesome.

I've got a console...original Atari 2600. I'm waiting for Halo to come out on it.

Eastern Atlantic is five hours off Greenwich Time.
Central is 6 hours off.

So 8am Central is 9am Eastern.

I dunno, I was kinda hoping for mutated sea bass myself.