Scythus
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Quote:Lovecraft also didn't like seafood.Originally Posted by Jack_NoMind
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Quote:Oh lord, I remember the first time I tried Hemingway. I couldn't finish... instead I wanted to drill a hole in my head to get the bland out.Originally Posted by GlassGoblin
IFor example, I find Hemingway generally unreadable; his prose too often scans like bullet points on a Powerpoint slide. I don't argue against his genius, mind you, just that his style isn't to my taste.
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Yeah, a lot of those bizarre "unnecessary" adjectives actually are very much necessary. As Aggelakis states, "a grotto" just doesn't set the same mood as "a twilit grotto." The latter implies strange shadows, the former does not. The words he used were supposed to imply the unusual and unnatural formations and features and beasts that his characters encountered... something truly alien to our mundane comprehension. Thus the reason why his protagonists always wound up insane in the end.
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Quote:Unless in people in eastern Europe kiss with their teeth clenched, I must state that it's just you.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
It's not the position of their hands, it's the position of their faces that does it for me. While he may be scowling, you can see the Statesman look longingly into the robot's cold eyes, while it's expressionless face appears to be lost in the hero's gaze.
I don't know, maybe that's just me. But consider what people's head do right before they kiss, at least in the big "fireworks and applause" end of a romantic comedy. -
Quote:No.Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
The Kingpin was the only good thing about Daredevil, oh and Joe Pantoliano being in it... I kinda like him... well, I guess Ben was okay... not good, but okay (in fact, he only rates okay because he likes the comic and is attractive).
Not even.
Fortunately Stan Lee's cameo was somewhere within the first 10 to 15 minutes of that abortion, so you can stop watching right there. -
Quote:Heh. Operation Paperclip.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Marauder and Marchand also bring nothing new to the table as a possible motivation for the authorities not putting them on trial - for example, a theme in I24 is Primal groups wanting to get hold of advanced Praetorian tech, especially the Praetorian Clockwork, so if the "reformed" Praetorians were Neuron and/or Anti-matter, then it'd be easy to see how the authorities would be preapred to let things slide if those 2 agreed to co-operate with salvaging and repurposing their creations.
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Yeah, I remember seeing "Captain Mako" ranting about Cthulhu dreaming in sunken R'lyeh.
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Quote:^ Does not know how memes are started.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I wasn't aware that was a meme.
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Quote:It's all a Center Plot.Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer
and the faded image of the Center gives a nice mysterious air about him. What is he plotting...?
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Quote:You just proved this statement wrong by attempting to explain why I was wrong.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
No, it's not.
Translation: "Does not run on Well-ium."Quote:It's a specific term used to refer to a person who has transcended the Well of the Furies, hitherto believed the be the source of ultimate power, and has become a Well himself. -
Quote:"Ascended" is just a word for "does not run on Well-ium." As far as I know, Rularuu has never gained his power from the Well, so "rewritten" is in fact an inaccurate statement. In order for him to have been "rewritten," something about him would have to have been fundamentally changed and as far as I know, he's always been the same, mad, fractured, dimension-eating god he's always been.Originally Posted by Xzero45
Ascension was a recent addition to the lore. Which means it's impossible for Rularuu to have been created with the intention of being an Ascended. So yeah, he was rewritten to be an Ascended since he wasn't one originally, and now he is.
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Quote:Then "rewritten" is a poor choice of words. Perhaps "labeled" would work better?Originally Posted by Xzero45
S'why I bolded think and said "recently rewritten". He didn't start out as one, but I'm pretty sure Prometheus recently says Rularuu is one of these Ascended.
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Quote:So he says. Maybe one day we'll kick his butt.Originally Posted by Xzero45
That's cool? Doesn't change what I said, though. They let us be Incarnates, who were supposed to be the Most Powerful Ever class. Now that that class is common and everyone is one, they had to invent a new class above Incarnate that would be the new Most Powerful Ever. That is the Ascended, and we are not allowed to be them or else Prometheus will sic his off screen super ninjas on us.
Actually "Ascended" makes sense, since I could really not imagine a universe eating god like Rularuu being tied to something like the Well. Seems it would limit him too much. So thus he's not.
Key words being "you think" since the Well is a more recent addition to the story canon than Rularuu actually. Before, Rularuu was... well... Rularuu. Our version of Galactus or Unicron.Quote:And I think Rularuu actually has been recently rewritten to be an Ascended, according to Prometheus.
Also, Ascended aren't actually necessary for Incarnates to fight. So far, other (more powerful) Incarnates have been sufficient for Incarnates to fight. And heck, the Battalion aren't Ascended. They're just a race of more Incarnates. -
Quote:Rularuu is not "new." Nor was Mot.Originally Posted by Xzero45
I think it was just introduced because the devs wrote themselves into a hole when they let us be the Most Powerful Ever. They invented a new Most Powerful Ever that they will probs use on up and coming enemies so we can have a challenging enemy to face.
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Quote:Some fathers make terrible parents and are only good at planting the seed.Originally Posted by Kirsten
You know, for all the grief people give States, they tend to forget, there would be no City of Heroes if not for him. Yeah, he made a lot of sketchy design choices, but he's still become a bit of a Scapegoat Creator. [/devilsadvocate]
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"I see you lost weight."
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Why fight it? Give in. Become one with thy inner... Pacman thing.
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Cut off legs. Problem solved.
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Quote:To be fair, Chimera's old autohit arrow hold can be rough on squishies. My Corruptor just couldn't do it and my Mastermind had a hell of a time with him.Originally Posted by Agent White
...how are you having trouble with that? Tub Ci pulls the exact same level shifting trick that Chimera does. Bust out a Shivan then :P
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Quote:I played mine at the same difficulty. Not only did I find the thread drop rate generous, they helped immensely in unlocking the slots.Originally Posted by Power_NA
What level did you have your missions on? I had mine at level 50, and team size 1
So clearly, you were doing something wrong.
The Emperor's Sword is the Bella V arc.Quote:Does he come after Bella V? Because I can't get by her mission, at least not alone
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Quote:Then you were doing it wrong. I got my Judgement and Interface unlocked just fine. Twice.Originally Posted by Power_NA
Yes huh, I did all the Missions and not one slot unlocked.
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Quote:Uh, no it doesn't.Originally Posted by Power_NA
Only DA, and it still takes forever to do.
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The contrast between the old buildings and that new one just looks terrible.
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Quote:You do realize that since Issue 22 there's been solo Incarnate content, right?Originally Posted by Power_NA
I am going to need the Incarnate powers to fight Battalion? Well that sucks, I never going to fight him... It too much work to get the dang Incarnate crap to make the powers, ether I have to spend BILLIONS of Inf or farm the TFs for ingredients to make them. I rather became super powerful on my own and take down Battalion on my own. I takes a long time to unlock each Incarnate slots anyways, and besides I don't want to play my level 50 I want to play new heroes
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Quote:This, this is what I consider to be optimal criticism.Originally Posted by PoliceWoman
"A didn't work for me."
"I don't think A makes sense. Have you considered B?"
"A is okay, if you like that sort of thing."