Shotty_Mario

I didn't beat Dinah Might in warburg a few nights ago. We stood around and chit chatted till someone very rudely attacked her interrupted a nice conversation.

Q: You did influence my ignore for continually spamming. Congrats on that.

Lemme see... teamed with Silent Spy here against Terra.

Can't remember the boardnames but just finished some missions with

Vulpecula
Mind Wyrm

Also been bumping into the Chupa lately.

Crey web page for pics and brief bio

partial post from the Champion Server based RP group "Alliance of Champions" that can be found at www.freedomphalanx.com I'm posting it here too, because I am especially proud of this post, as I watch the performance on the DVD of Varekai. If it gets CDS a few ticket sales and DVD purchases, then good, they deserve it:

Cirque Du Soleil and the like:
The show I saw was Varekai. The actual FIRST show I saw was an offshoot of Soleil here in SoCal. That show has the woman who first inspired me to create Allegro as what she is, a strong and powerful woman. I have to say, I would love to have a nude statue of her so that I could see her body shape. She was formed amazingly, of what we saw(she wore a halter and had her back to the audience for part of her performance). She was emphasis in physical health, power, and full control. She moved with full ballet grace, with amazing muscle strength and tone. I have never before seen a "nude" with a man with a locked gaze on it and not thought of him as oogling or staring but from what I saw that night and at the following performance of Varekai, I saw the closest to physical perfection as I believe could EVER be reached.

The below "performance" is based upon the lead girl's performance in the white leotard and balanced upon the hammers. If you get a chance to see the DVD version, it's scene 18.

((It is strongly suggested that this be read aloud, giving emphasis and pause and is seen fit by the reader. This is one I stress my pleasure in, and I hope that those who have seen such performances can recall the feeling brought on by witnessing one to their minds. For those who have not ever seen one, I can only STRESS you need to see one. You will never look at your own body the same way again. If you EVER stumble and think that Allegro is "bragging" IC when she says she is amazing, you NEED to see one of the Soleil performances.))


Allegro was deep within her workout at the gym that was in her apartment building. Darktower and his friends watched her move again...

She entranced them, she moved effortlessly through routines that arrested the attention of anyone who watched her. Even the most physically capable heroes paused when she took the "stage". The most fit martial artists were taken in by her flexibility, as she flowed from one position, standing... then rolled forward... landing on her chest, arms outstretched... and the rest of her, continuing to arch, her back looking like rubber, as she found her feet flat on the ground... but next to her head, her body bent in half.

Even the most flexible of heroes, who once mimiced her with mocking challenge, "performer to performer" found themselves outclassed by her 15+ years of discipline as she moved with seemingly no concentration into a single armed handstand, her legs stretching towards the sky, then to the corners of the room, then both hands on the floor, she spun with controlled speed, her legs arcing into a square shape and she spun across the floor, only to flow down into the floor, a slow speed somersault brought her to her feet, but she bent over backwards, one leg extended past her head, and then she went over backwards, like a waterfall, again on her hands, then on her one foot, then on her hands again...

With a single arm she held her body aloft, her legs spiraling through the air, her face a performer's mask, no concentration at all, she moved as though it were merely God's standard for her. What do you mean, you cannot fly? For I can...

When she stopped, she vanished from the room, her eyes down, her head bowed like a presented virgin to a kingly conqueror, and in truth... it was she who had conquered. None of the room did not acknowledge her as the most skilled acrobat that they had ever seen.

* * *

Reese... What is your problem?

Why can't you just give up being mean to people. Apoligize and move on. Nora... this Nora he had problems with... why didn't the heroes just be nice? It was foolish to do anything other than that. Family had to stay close, ever trusting, they had to know that no matter what, they were there for the other... like when she had performed... no matter WHAT you trusted your partner. It was your partner who shielded you from death and injury. From falls and sometimes... even from themselves. You MUST trust them, or you will NEVER reach the level of teamwork required to be nearly telepathic. To know what, will, and how to react.

It wasn't some magic gift you could simply snap your fingers and obtain. It was forged within the fire of two human souls, working, sweating, crying, laughing, moaning in pain, all together. In time... you will begin to fuse into a single performance. You must focus... not force, the fusion. Man cannot "know" when and where to fuse. Not a simple magic trick, a performance of life and death and bodily harm came from the skill of the performers, the fitness of the performers, and the fusion of their entire living souls: "Your breath, in my chest."

It meant that as one breathes, so the other breathes, as one moves, so the other wills the move. In time, this means that you will over extend yourself, pushing yourself beyond your means to carry out the motion, putting yourself in the death grip of gravity, hurtling through the air with your eyes closed, for you know that your partner IS there. That another pair of warm blooded living hands will save you from perishing to God's gravity. So instead of plummeting, you seemed to soar through the air with the confidence of a man born with wings.

Some of the heroes who watched her, some were so jealous. Many of the bubble chested gnashed their teeth when she took the floor. She did not allow it to break her concentration, nor did she make a flashy display, instead, allowing her perfect body control to strike them down. HERE... Here SHE was the goddess. The room bowed to her, and turned to watch her move. Even as far as a girl bringing herself in wearing next to nothing once, so outraged she was by the pure magnetic pull Allegro's musical and physical performance had. It made a small cymbalic clash in an otherwise tomb death room. Allegro held the audience, she owned them. Even after a full year of her weekly performances... when she changed them, notifying the crowd they were changed by a change in music, a change in make up, and a mysterious absence the week before. These meant that the girls who reveled in being doted upon in their thongs and D cups would be once again shoved aside as the "flat-wear" took their audience away, AGAIN.

Allegro heard their words "Who the hell does she-"
Inside... deep within herself, at the level no one could touch, save her fellow performers... those who had touched their potential and climbed the mountain of physical perfection, she took satisfaction at showing the men something they TRULY wanted to see... a full body workout, a woman GLOW doing something with distracting grace, form, and beauty. All while the whores stood at the base of the mountain, promoting their own natural gifts, or not-so-natural enhancements, but falling short of her displayed power. Their body could not compete with her body control... and it was... with the help of a skintight full body costume, unbreakable.

Yes. It was true... she DID show off her backside. The leotard hugged her like a second skin, rounding across her curves, and when she moved, so perfect was her controlled women's sway, that she had hips, and yes... she pulled that trick, sometimes. She was not merely a clownie GIRL, when she pulled out the sexy glittering black tights, she was a clownie WOMAN, who commanded an adamant audience. It was placed to remind the D-cups who they were dealing with...

"You may have a bigger chest, but that is ALL you have... whilst I control the air and earth, soar through the sky and swim across the land. You may masturbate to a pole in a thong with loud bass, but I meld myself WITH the pole, ensuring that the pole feels the full degree of motion throughout my performance. Your disgusting violence, your jagged motions do not produce the pull and play upon the eyes that my smooth contours and blessed flowing form invite. I promise the undying experiance of eternity... you are a shadow who will wilt away into nothing while MY favor is still sought as a treasure."

Even with her legs splayed, her eyes and face commanded the audience's attention, not her crotch. For the five to ten minutes that her public morning acrobatic routines lasted... she drew them in, with her entire body. And they were hers.

Reese needed help. He needed to understand the motions... and to feel his way back from where he was lost. She felt like he was in a rowboat adrift in dark and misty waters. The sky pitch, the sea smooth as glass. With only the light from a small lantern illuminating the immiediate sea, all other vision was swallowed up by the eternal darkenss surrounding the pitiable and lost Reese Riley. Could she call to him from the shore? Could she lead him to the safe harbor for his small craft?

The ocean was of God. Like the gravity she dwelt in. To the trained and experianced, to the disciplined, they could move and exist within the water like she did in the gravity of the Divine One. But Reese Riley had no such skill. He was adrift.

Caricature

Do you play counter-strike? Try this:
My attempt at serious mapping beta version.
Arnoknights

If you don't play CS at all, you should still DL this one and get a free copy of CS... This is my first map, and while I was "serious" in it's design, I think you'll approve of the concept, though it is certainly most UNserious.
Mario's Map

Other than that, I'm 25, live with grandma in the basement, and, like Happy Gilmore, attempt to keep her in a house. I work for South Western Bell(SBC) in the TPBC or Third Party Billing Center which means no one ever calls me because they are happy. It also means I'm that evil creature that sustains all your charges, or, if you win me over, adjusts them.

As a stone/Ax tanker who was buit to scrap, I'm calling BS.

Anyone who can "TANK" even level enemies with ONLY rooted is unlikely. No way you could tank for a team like this. NO WAY.

If you mean that you possible solo or take low numbers of mobs, then, yes, it is possible. I scrap them w/o armor and using healthy which is about the same thing. But I certainly can't TANK for a group like that. If a simple DOUBLING of your hp regen rate was enough, then guess what? REGEN SCRAPPERS NEED TO BE RE-NERF'D. Since that was disproven, then your claim is WRONG. I JUST attempted to tank a 2 man team against nemsis -1 level to me. w/o my armor they dropped me halfway through my hp and that was WITH a small def inspir. That is unacceptable hp loss. If you are a stone stone, or ice tank, It's plausible, but your not TANKING them with rooted so much as scrapping them. The status effects might be assisting to slow the dmg amounts down. BUT NOT ALL PEOPLE WANT TO PLAY stone/ice or stone/stone, or know to slot towards the stat changes.

Please do NOT tell future tanks to ignore their Toggles as if rooted could save them and their team. Armor less tanks are worthless to a team. Atleast till we get more dmg

ROOTED DOES NOT A TANK MAKE.

+Def > +Res. Stun secondaries will stun you with + res. if you have not got rooted down, you're screwed. It's called Toggle Drop.

Granite Armor = OMG. I have it unslotted with 1 SO + Def. I am the sickest tanker I've ever SEEN already. The mobs might as well bring a nuke, it ain't getting through. With a Emp healers Fort so I can HIT mobs, and an every once in awhile healer, I could TANK +8's. Status protection included. +Res vs all but psi. Granite... a TOGGLE version of MoG. Without the HP drop.

Some things that discourage me about this "rooted poo cage" stuff. The thought that is has gimped stone. If that is your view, your welcome to be WRONG. It is an early weakness in the game, like fire tankers before burn. Like energy blasters before Explosive blast. Once you overcome the CHALLENGE(not gimp, a hurdle is not a gimping, it's a hurdle) to reach 32, you will forget you ever HAD any other armor. You'll take Rock, Granite, and Mineral. If anything, I suggest rockies forget about all other armors till they get granite, just keep stone and rock and go to town. Is it do able though???

1. I did it w/o ANY of the other armors, just rock.
2. I did it with rock and stone skin both slotted to 4 slots up till I hit SO's.
3. I did it w/o provoke.

Am I king of all tankers? No.
Am I the greatest hack in the world? No.
Did I let some damn Tesla Knight slow me down? Maybe just a little.

Was it DIFFICULT? HELL NO. It was a snap. Hardest part was remembering to use my pinkies to protect from mezz.

EDUCATE.
Educate YOURSELF to get in there quick and DROP ROOTED next to the mezzers. Now TARGET the mezzers and hopefully you have slotted your attacks some and can kill the little buggers.

Educate your TEAM to ONLY target Mezzers first. Most of my problems in teams were due to STUPID teams. Wheither you have granite, Unstoppable, or the worlds best hack, STUPID TEAMS will ALWAYS screw it up. No matter WHAT AT you play.

Blaster with a tank who refuses to draw aggro.
Defender trying to heal a team with a blaster who refuses to NOT try to scrap the AV.
Controller with 1 hit awaken sleep stuns and a spine scrapper who REFUSES to turn off Quills.

Find them. Avoid them. Stupid Teams.

If your taking stuff on that you already have no defense against like CoT, why are you FIGHTING them to begin with? Atleast why are you attemptng to TANK them? Mezzers at low levels are not enough to require you to change rooted. Buy a pink, get an empath, or get a controller. Or just get a blaster to draw the mezzers fire while you move in. It's not only doable, but it's extremely easy.

I tanked the Clockwork TF TWICE w/o energy or provoke. In a large group, other peoples abilities make up for your lack. Like an empather healer, or against clockwork, good ol' storm's O2 boost.

Freakshow? Get a Kinetic with Increase Density! Mobile Mezz is not that necessary until higher level games. Sure it's a risk to drop rooted and move with3 freak tanks with hammer hands banging around, but that's a part of life... risk taking.

If I can tank the Clockwork TF as a STORM defender w/o ANY mezz protection, I think stoners can last till 32 to become the uber unkillable rock of moving mezz.

Anyway, don't mean to insult anyone, have at it, I'm enjoying level 33 and STILL not having slotted granite lol...

PS: Granite is next on the nerf block, wait and see =)

If Regen is NOT tweaked I think you'll see alot more troubles:

Mission on Champion server was the Capture the Freak Captains Freaklympics mission.

8 man mission, one level 31-32 Katana/regen Scrapper
2 Sk'd Tanks
1 Storm/Elec Defender(main herding "tank")
and miscelanous
Total Team wiped occured leaving the Kat/regen scrapper still standing.

Surrounded by atleast 10 -1 Freak Tank Bosses.
He took his time, yes. He slaughtered them all, YES.
They wounded him down a couple times. Once he laughed and admitted was his own fault for not activating one of his powers. He didn't care that the team was dead. It didn't frighten him a bit. He was also either playing with an outside macro or one handed and the keyboard, because he always turned clockwise in a slow, steady fashion that is nearly impossible to achieve with the human hand and a mouse.

Even IF this is a FLUKE character, specially designed to achieve fantastic Defensive abilities, it shouldn't exist. Sacrificed a couple of attacks? Boo Hoo. Perma Hasten 3 attacks till 32, then Respec and take only the high end attacks minus your initial forced choice and keep perma hasten. The Damage is capped, the Defense is capped, the Debuff is capped. Why not the Freak of nature tweaks? With that said, I've teamed wtih ALOT of other scrappers for my storm herding missions. Even the so called provoke + invuln scrapper wasn't immortal and DID die while trying to herd. I think alot of folks have found a trick to exploit some characters into levels of abilties far beyond mortal Heroes or their AT's >intent<. THAT only should be NERF batted but swing hard on that.

Also something to add to the back burner is Kinetic Defenders. Crucifixes and holy water aside, once folks get their attacks 6 slotted 1 acc 5 dmg, with build up, + a cute little red inspir and that 400% dmg cap isn't too far off. Of all the extremely contriversial snarlings and offerings for fixing what some(myself included) think of as a weakER primary, making the Overall dmg Boost impractical to hit without a buffing(Fulcrum Shift) would be nice. I'd offer just 50% more myself. And why is a Travel power like Inertial Reduction at 18 when no1 even NEEDS a travel power anymore? It'd be more useful if it and Speed boost were switched, imo. ESPECIALLY with the awful terrain NIGHTMARE that is "The Hollows"...

And Speed boost either given a PBAoE so minimize time spent being a buff bot or make it longer lasting. Alot of kinetics HATE the idea of PBAoE Speed Boost for some reason, but I'd throw that out there for you.


EDIT: OMG!!! PLEASE!! New Power Pool : THROWN OBJECTS!!!!
Level 1: Rock smash dmg can accept range enhancers, dmg enhancers, stun enhancers
Level 2: Knives lethal dmg can accept everything above except stun enahncers, does more dmg than Rock with smal DoT
Level 3: Multi Knife Maybe small cone effect with identical slotting as knife above with lowered range
Level 4: Trash Can/MailBox Smash dmg, knockback. Think Propel.

I can't think of ANY for fun hero who WOULDN'T take this power pool for atleast SOMETHING.

On fighting pool I'd like to kick w/o putting my weapons away please. Lowers my already low DPS as a weapon using Tank.

PS: I liked the Eochi. Time for you boys to call up Toho. Hint hint, wink wink. THAT is what I signed up to play CoH for. Request channel's blaring out city alerts and Heroes screaming for help as massive forces of evil o'er sweep the land. Can giant Rikti War Mongering Space craft be that far behind??? The denizens of Paragon City can only ponder that thought this night and shudder, but hope is kept alive knowing that THIS hero, and others like him, WILL BE READY...

Shotty Mario: Thisa is-a ma BOOMSTICK!!!!
AoD... groovie...
Cosma: Kill that Eidolen B>edit<!
She spends ALOT of time in the sewers
Dr. Nebula, in keepign with his old 60's style: Dastardly evil is a-foot!
and I like to keep it simple for the Lost Woodsman:
He throws his arm forward and yells Hoo HAW!! and I hit the attack key to make his ax magically appear like it just grows out of his hand.

In a related note, I played in the sewer once(ok, more than once) but was teamed with a guy named Jugermech, old medievil helm and armor, broadsword scrapper. Bio synopses is: austrian warmachine created to fight nazi's sent to Paragon city to take out the 5th cols. His war cry?
MUST VIOLATE NAZI'S WITH PINEAPPLE!
(I couldn't help but laugh clear out of the chair)

See sig below... most of the characters don't yet have stories, they are mostly incarnations of me from different games, Shotty Mario from my old counter strike group, the Super Shotty Bros., a west coast server (R.I.P.)
The Lost Woodsman from SWG, corbantis server
Dr. Nebula was done on a whim for when I want to play an old 60's style hero who also helps newbies level.
Had a few other alts, nothing concrete other than woods, and Mario, Wanna try RP some time... and of course... CoV