Stalemate
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That is soooo medieval.
Here's the method that received an Ig Nobel prize: Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage.
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Tuesday, September 22
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Merci encore une fois, à vous tous.
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Thanks guys!
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Quote:Originally Posted by Huron
*Cough Cough*
OMG a challenge? Sign Me Up
Not just a challenge, A BADGE RELATED CHALLENGE!
Ozmosis and I were informally talking about setting up some nights for the hero-side ones a couple of weeks back. -
Congratulations guys!
Well done, and keep up the effort!
Heck, I think I'll make KJSR my Official SMDE* station.
Now, was it Crypto only who was proposing to run a segment on original songs and their covers?
I ask because I had one I wanted to hear / share.
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Quote:Do it!Originally Posted by Ura_Hero
This change might get me to take up badging again on Ura. I copied him over to the test server and noticed that I have very little to do to finish the final epic badges.
Unless mistaken, I already have more than required for all those on my badger. I'll go confirm that tonight.
Seriously wondering what to do for more badges now, since only Day Jobs will be left to get.
Oh that's right, I forgot:
"Nothing" (AKA pay not to play) or "play alts".
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Hey, someone had to see the glass as half-full. Now we can move move on past this.
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Well, I'm done farming the hard to reach ones.
Now all I need to do is ... not play my badge hunter character for the next few months*
*Passive aggressive poke at Day Job badges. -
I highly recmmend this.
Not just saying that cuz he's a buddy. He's put a lot of thought and work into this one.
I was privileged enough to help test it and have run it 3-4 times now.
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You guys are missing the important part.
"...more difficult, were going to re-examine the requirements on some badges, and lower them where appropriate. Mentor badge credit is still given whenever you are the Mission Owner, and someone is auto-sidekicked to you."
/tear
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Thanks for the memories hero, and we'll keep in touch.
I'll email you my Facebook info if you're on there. I'll definitely keep you updated for PoutineCon.
I'm sure I won't be the only one to feel like this is a loss for Protector.
And I wish you the best in your studies too, btw. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Witchfrost
...I don't know quite what I disagree with from this statement. I've been mulling it over for a couple of minutes trying to figure out what of it I disagreed with, but I'm having trouble putting my finger on it. I don't necessarily think Jack was trying to cash in on the genre- I think he generally loves superheroes. But since I don't really think he cares about anything other than moneymaking in game development (since he obviously couldn't care less what his playerbase thinks, at least using this game as an example), it's hard to use any term other than "cashing in".
I was referring to Paragon Studios, which Mr. Emmert was never a part of.
He did mention a few times that he was (or had been) a Champions system PnP players, and essentially that was where Statesman (and I believe Nemesis) took form originally. Having 2 masters degrees he's obviously no dummy either. So again I'd have to agree with you on that point.
But if we're looking at who's heading CoX (Paragon Studios spearheaded by Matt Miller) now as compared to who is heading CO (Emmert as Chief Creative Officer and Roper as Executive Producer), no amount of eye candy and apparently new game innovation can remove that doubt in my mind that this game wasn't made to recover investments already made into Marvel Universe Online (cancelled) and less for the love of the genre.
I've seen CO in action now and the mechanics are interesting. There are certain things I still don't understand how players wanting to continue in a SG context could actually do it. Will it be enough to displace CoX as the official superhero MMO? I doubt it. But it still looks great and the system is innovative.
In the end, I think CO will attract those unhappy with CoX right now and be popular as a "backup MMO", or with the younger players looking for a WoW replacement that is more comic-bookish. -
I tend to agree with Witchfrost.
Sure the newness of a classless system and eye-candy is appealing.
But in the end, it's Emmert AND Roper (to whom the term "flagshipped" is glued onto) who are at the head of this and that does nothing but worry me.
Players shouldn't be overly surprised then if 1) once launched, the game will remain very static in terms of mechanics, even if buggy ("it's my game - you just play in it"), and 2) multiple ways of getting your money will be in place through paid expansions / updates, microtransactions and the like.
As far as I know, CoH is still very different from other MMOs in one particular aspect: the devs listen to the players and are just as enthusiastic about adding to it than we are about enjoying their work.
I've never felt Paragon Studios was out there to do a quick "cash in" on a popular genre. Not so with Cryptic at this point. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Burst_Eagle
Between his absence and Xan's now-random play times ... I feel so alone!
Tip: Add the PoW channel you were invited to to your chat tabs and sign up at the SG website if you want to see the Phantoms of War activities.
BTW, when Armor gets back to CoH, his main will be in the SG base telling some zany adventure while sipping tea in the conference room.
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Quote:*yawns*Originally Posted by TwilightPhoenix
This is what I get for loosing track of time and falling asleep at 4 A.M. (5 EST) instead of around 1 A.M. like I planned. I overslept past the end of the marathon. Ah well, good job all you insane people and grats to Tsuki and Kyo for MVP. Of those of you I know running this, I have this sneaking suspicion I won't see any of you until tomorrow... at the earliest...
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12:30 PM EST - Marathon ends. Dancing and rejoicing ensues. Supporters and players gather in Ouroboros for final words.
Shard TF Marathon conludes after 16 hours - Kyo and Tsuki are voted MVPs by their fellow team mates, each receiving an additional 50M over the expected prize of 100M inf. I'm almost broke.
Again, special thanks to the New Player Welcoming Night for sponsoring 150M of this event's prize package, and also to Janlee who opted to have his share distributed back into the pool for the rest of the team to share.
You guys are truly abnormal.
If any survivors would like to add their comments or impressions below - please do! -
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12:13 PM EST - TF 4 is being completed as I write this, as Team Insanity enters the last mission.
My proposal to end this with a quick Posi run has met with threats. They're obviously not as hardcore as they think they are. Oh well.
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11:13 AM EST - TF 4 is about 50% done right now. Team roster is identical to TF 3.
Tsuki mentions being lost. Kyo was probably giving her directions.
The mood seems a bit more serious, more focused, but when I probe around to see if everyone is OK I get t he usual zany answers. If I'd gotten straight answers I would have been worried.
JanLee's new chair is doing the job:
[Marathon]Stalemate: [REFEREE] So how's the new chair Janlee?
[Marathon]Janlee2: Quick Zapper: well broken in now....
[Marathon]Alber: to Tango please Snap
[Marathon]Stalemate: [REFEREE] lol
[Marathon]Janlee2: Quick Zapper: it's designed for "Intesive
[Marathon]Janlee2: Quick Zapper: Seating" 5 or more hours
This is the last leg faithful readers - take this opportunity to join the Marathon global channel and cheer them on! -
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8:10 AM EST - MR_Grey's character levels to 48. -
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8:00 AM EST - the 12 hour mark. Can you spot the weirdness:
[Marathon]DJKyo: Mooooooon riverrrrrrrr...
[Marathon]Tsuki Sumarasu: [Moon Goddess Luna] and it's full of Rularuu's in it... they're as bad as flies
[Marathon]Asylym: <grabs Snap and gently penetrates the flesh of her neck with his fangs, drinking only a few small ounces before healing the wounds>
[Marathon]DJKyo: NOT A SNACK! >
[Marathon]Tsuki Sumarasu: [Moon Goddess Luna] I'm a snack!!
[Marathon]Asylym: no...a seven course gourmet meal...with dessert
[Marathon]DJKyo: See? Tsuki's volunteering!
[Marathon]Asylym: <nibbles Luna>
[Marathon]Mr Grey: Hey! Hey! Hey! You get away from her, you sicko!
[Marathon]Tsuki Sumarasu: [Moon Goddess Luna] yay!
[Marathon]DJKyo: No, this is totally normal, Grey. >.>
[Marathon]Mr Grey: I ain't gonna sit around while you play Twilight!
[Marathon]Asylym: bah...
[Marathon]DJKyo: That is my new favorite thing that's been said tonight.
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6:40 AM EST - Sarah Moore TF is getting under way.
Roster:
Janlee - Quick Zapper (defender)
Tsuki Sumarasu - Moon Goddess Luna (defender)
Globetrotter - Bat Aafke (scrapper)
DJKyo - Snap Play (defender)
Asylym - Blackrazur (scrapper)
EasyKnife - Fire Agate (scrapper)
Jon_C - White Marvel (tanker)
Mr_Grey - Roland Grey (defender)
Second wind all around it seems - no one has really taken a break for any longer than 15 minutes yet. These guys are scary hardcore. They have lebelled themselves Team Insanity. -
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6:10 AM EST - TF #2 concludes. There was much rejoicing.
[Marathon]Stalemate: [REFEREE] I'm assumiong you're now about to face the AV?
[Marathon]DJKyo: Yep
[Marathon]Tsuki Sumarasu: [Moon Goddess Luna] right in front of him
[Marathon]Stalemate: [REFEREE] way to go!
[Marathon]Runoff: and hes dead
[Marathon]Mr Grey: And the ***** is down!
[Marathon]DJKyo: Man, that was kinda disappointing.
[Marathon]Tsuki Sumarasu: [Moon Goddess Luna] wow... that was riduculously easy
[Marathon]Mr Grey: Damn, he went down FAST!
[Marathon]Stalemate: [REFEREE] that was FAST!
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5:50 AM EST - The sun has come up here. TF #2 is still underway and the team looks sharp, at least as an average. Here is a quote taken compeltely out of context:
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4:40 AM EST - JanLee's character levels up to 46. This seems to focus the attention elsewhere than on "shinies" which Kyo and Tsuki keep fighting over. -
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4:15 AM EST - Mr_Grey levels up to 47 on his character. Kyo slips into lolcat speech:
[Marathon]DJKyo: I has a bowl of Doritoes too
[Marathon]Mr Grey: YES! 47!
[Marathon]Tabercil: [Beltane Firevoid] the only problem with doritos is you need to clean ur fingers before typing....
[Marathon]Stalemate: [REFEREE] gratz!
[Marathon]DJKyo: Yeah, i know. I has Cooler Ranch, what kind does you has?