ThE_WiSeCrAcKeR

Heh heh...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE5t1h7Zq2w

Originally posted on the Cape Radio fic forums. Here's part 2! Enjoy!

Heh heh - I have one left after this...

I thought of doing a Teen-Phalanx, Phalanx Babies, Phalanx/Disney, Future Phalanx...
I came up with this...




Here it's Marcus Cole, looking like a world adventurer. Manticore (MAN OF MYSTERY!)has a Euro-flare to him.



Again, Numina's the ghost of a Midnighter. Horror is right up her alley. And as for Alley, a funked him up to give him a Blaxploitation 70s film vibe for a street crime story.



And a pulp look at Synapse casting him as a race-car driver in a throwback to the pre-Golden Age.

2nd version... heh heh!

If I rebooted everything this is kinda how it would look...
First because I'm vain...

Numina, a former Midnighter now a ghost. When did fairy princess come in? This costume makes he look more mature, more sage, and otherworldly. She saved the world after all. This woman has strength beyond death. Back Alley Brawler, he's regarded as a blunt instrument. If you read the comic you see how sharp he in fact is. This costume reflects that cunning and quiet confidence, that I feel adequately replace giant steel mits. As I tried to capture that same otherworldly - ness in my reboot of Citadel. I figure why would a sophisticated computer programmed to fight evil be so bulky? He looks more connected. Function before fashion. Manticore is a vigilante who only got special powers like in issue 3 I think. I traded the logo for a stealth belt and tac belt 1. Less is more.

And Sister Psyche proves it. She's a sexy red-head! Why make her wear a mismatched costume? Synapse...
I got nothing. Runs fast, shoots lightning. Changed the design and the goggles. Position's look is sleeker and his eyes are visible beneath his visor.

Statesman. More conservative costume. No mask.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I miss the Nordiques, or more to the point I miss the beatings the Canadiens used to dish out on them in halcyon days when they weren't struggling...
Since the thread has lost it's gravitas (I'm better now, thanks everyone), let's put a moritoriam on it.

Paragon rules!
NcSoft rules!
Quebec has it's moments (like DJ Castor/Pollux said, poutine*).



* For those of you unfamiliar with the nuances of traditional French-Canadian cuisine, a poutine is a combination of french fries, thick gravy, and curded cheese. It looks as gross as it sounds, but don't knock it 'til you try it.

Like I said, was a gripe. Not blaming anyone.

Thanks for clarifying Xen10k. Though the prizes advertised in the announcement have no monetary value I'm sure the winged monkeys at Paragon have good (and sound) reasons to keep us out. Just sucks is all.

You'll be happy to know that, though being arguably Virtue's most annoying villain, I still fully intend to write a damn good architect mission, one that I hope will stand toe-to-talon with anything else submitted. It WILL feature a (your) hero doing a particularly heinous act, Statesman, Captain Mako (aka, Gideon Ray - hint hint), and of course the Wisecracker masterminding the hero turning to the dark side, or Going Rogue as it were.
So though it won't be elligible I encourage everyone to give it a shot.

Thanks also to Shecky, always awesome, and I DO occaisionally listen to death metal Black_Marrow - contact me and I'll let you in on something pretty cool.

Ciao for now!

This is just me griping.

I love the city in which I live but sometimes it makes for bowell-evacuating frustration. I explain.

I love everything about this game and in the face of so many hardcore gamers have staunchly defended it.

In what other game can anyone adopt a superhero (or in my case, supervillain) persona and explore exotic cities from a birds eye view...

Oh yeah I forgot. Well that other game sucks. Pretty, but empty.

That being said, in what other game can you do the above within a really cool game mythology (gotcha there! Sic Semper Foxbat) all from the comfort of my MAC?
AND on top of mountains of content, have the power to contribute your own?

With the most imaginitive devs in the MMO world and an unrivaled player community, any player feels welcomed into Paragon City and the Rogue Isles, and moreover, welcomed back. I myself have taken extended leaves of abscence, only to return months later to find that people remembered me (or at least the Wisecracker, heh heh).

I've never felt excluded from CoH. Until now.

If you read the rules and regulations of Aeon's First Architect Challenge it states that elligibility is restricted to players in quote, "the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths" and naturally, the part that effects me, Quebec. My heart goes out to all of you other excludees as well though...

Now many people don't understand WHY Quebec tends to get the short end of the stick when it comes to things like this, though I suspect it has to do with our cockammamy language laws (I think any contest has to by law be publicized in French - I know right?).

The way I see it though is like this, and you may agree or disagree with me as you like. Were it an free online game I wouldn't be miffed, after all content and perks aren't expected from an open game.

But the big difference here is I pay for CoH.

Now right now, many of you might be saying, "Who does this guy think he is? 'Oh he PAYS for CoH?' So do I. Whatta whiner!"

You have a point. Who the hell am I? I'm just a lone Quebec gamer who, boo-hoo, can't join the architect contest. I should do Lord Recluse's Task Force and STFU. But then again, my perspective is that if two people pay X for two sundaes and one gets whipped cream, why shouldn't the second person ALSO get the whipped cream?

Now I'm certain that it's more complicated than that, and legaleese not being my forté, won't begin to defend my position from any non-emotional standpoint. Like I said at the beginning, this is a gripe. Sometimes it sucks to live in the province that is essentially the drummer of the band.

I actually feel better now that I wrote this. Ultimately, I'm in it for the vanity, not the prizes and will be entering the contest anyways, waiving at the header, any claim to any prizes that are being awarded.

And STILL I will defend CoH/V as the best bang for anyone's MMORPG gaming buck, despite the fact that in this case, I'm outside looking in.

- Mike "The Wisecracker", Virtue Server.

Name: Mountebank Asylum

Currently Recruiting: You bet!

RP Level: Free form baby! Role players and non role-players coexist in perfect cape-collecting harmony.

Theme/Concept: Well, we're a half-demolished insane asylum with a pretty disturbing (even for me) history that just might be haunted by a phantasmagoric presence. Then again as a man(iac) of science I'm not prone to superstitious flights of fancy... yOu PusH anD I ShALL PulL...

Activity: On active nights I can bring to me at least a dozen Mountebanks (my name for a member). We have a roster of at least three dozen more.

Requirements for Membership: For roleplayers: Crazy in some sense, whether it be obsessive, bipolar or just plain nuts. For Non-ies, simply having a good attitude is enough. The most important rule is to simply say 'hi' to other Mountebanks.

Leadership (I hate the word leader - I much prefer the term 'life coach', heh heh...): Wisecrack... THE Wisecracker and his Asylum Alienists, Thanatos the Pale and his Mysterium Agents, Bunny Boop and Pandamimic, and The Lovebirds -

In-Game Contact(s): Global @hydraspawn or @Gaia's Ranger

URL: http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=212303&TabID=1791112[/color]

Coalition(s): Smile Squad - We like to let young groups get a taste of the high-life by latching onto us. Hey anyone willing to walk the Asylum's halls is alright by us.

Other Details: The full history...

The Asylum itself, it is a half-destroyed mental hospital located near Bloody Bay on Coalrock Island. Most recently it was used to incarcerate insane super-criminals, most notably the Gaslighter.

Before that is was a hospice for alienated people, run by a deranged doctor by the name of Van Boren. A misguided alienist, Van Boren devised several torturous machines meant to cure a person of their derangement. These devices caused more insanity than they cured.From time to time, detailed sketches and blueprints for these
infernal machines pop up.

Before that, Coalrock was rooted in folkloric legend about a traveling snake oil salesman who cured the miners of the settlement of their illnesses. It came not only at the cost of their money, but of their mortality. Coalrock fell into depravity and it was only the local preacher who rose and confronted the peddlar, in actuality a demon. Using a powerful artifact, the preacher fought the demon and beat him; or so he thought. The demon escaped in a puff of noxious smoke. The site of the battle was named Mountebank Rock and became the site over time for the Mountebank Asylum.

Fast forward to present times...

After a vicious battle in Bloody Bay, a villain named the Wisecracker took refuge in the Asylum's walls. He found comfort there, had found an affinity for the place. Something called out to the Wisecracker...
Just as something has called out to you.

This is Mountebank Asylum.

Welcome home.

Just a few ideers...
Throwing Daggers (Twin pistols)
Tech-Axe
Anchor(for a mace)
Spectral Mace
Cane sword
Sickle and twin sickles.
Awwwwwwww yeah.......

P.S

Oh and while you're at it, it being the whole temporal readjustment thing, can you see if you can find it in your hearts to ressurect Protean. He was badass.

The new wallpaper is the clue - It carries traits both of the standard symbol for infinity (the sideways 8) and the ouroboros, the snake devouring it's tail in an endless loop. The stylized rendering further suggests that either the cause or the remedy is magical in nature. My guess is that there has been a temporal disruption, and that Recluse and Manticore are trying to fix the problem. Either way, it should make for a very intresting Halloween season!
Way to go devs!

Mountebank Asylum ((RP plug follows - read M.A - the History in the Supergroups thread for more RP details...))

((Crazy, and only getting crazier, we are Mountebank Asylum an RP SG with more in mind than simple prestige gathering. Mountebank Asylum boasts the first and only [to our very limited knowledge] live 'virtual' reality game show, hosted by my character of the same name, every Saturday from Fort Darwin - a trend that will no doubt catch on now that I couldn't keep my mouth shut - The Mountebank Asylum Slaughterfest Challenge! [whoos, confetti, etc.] This is also the best way to reach us for membership. We also seek to have group gatherings and subsequent rampages through PVP zones to promote the SG and PVP. Website under very light construction - [as soon as I get my MacPro it'll pick up substatially] and a faux documentry is also in the works. I kinda do some urban exploration so...
Anyways, in short, we may not be the X-Patriots, but we still know how to have fun. Now here's Wisecracker...))

Greetings and salutations to every ne'er-do-well, rake, gutter-snipe, skull-dugger...erm..ER! and adjective-noun out there.
It's your old pal Wisecracker here with an important message about Mountebank Asylum...
*ahem*

Join.

NOW!

That is all.

Now here's something we hope you really like...

((Sorry wrong section...))