WarLord Mars

I was rather amused by the edit that was made in my post. But then, I generally don't try to tell the Moderator's how to do their job. They have a boss that already does that.

Of course, if people didn't break the forum rules then the Moderator's wouldn't have to edit their posts.

Or they could take the ham-fisted approach some did previously of just deleting the entire post instead of editing them. It would likely save them time to do that.

1) OK.
2) Hm. So no specific titles, just games in general?
3) How is it nitpicking to ask for clarification of something that was worded rather vaguely?

What game exactly are you talking about that is an 8 year old game that spent 5 years before that in development?

What newer games are you talking about?

I now understand why some people are unable to take your comments and statements seriously.

In just a couple of posts you've managed to say that you have a better connection than most others and a worse internet.

You can't even keep things straight within less than 30 minutes of posts.

Also, where did the developers ever say that Level Shifts were a dirty hack?

The only time I recall them using that phrase was when they were talking about Ouroboros.

Ah, so you only want VIP's to offer feedback. Surely no Premium player has any understanding of how a powerset might function.

Got it.

Very simple reason. Look again at what I replied to, specifically the parts in bold.

That part about talking to this other person somewhere else suggests that they left Atlas. It could be that they talked to the contact and then talked to someone else in another part of Atlas, but that isn't the immediate interpretation I get. My response was based on that interpretation.

And if it was meant that they were talking to someone else in Atlas, then the RWZ entrance in Atlas would definitely be the way to go rather than the train to Talos and then going through the Ferry to PI.

Most of those I saw doing it were trying to see if they could jump high enough to hit the zone ceiling.

Some were getting Kintrollers or Kinfenders to hit them with IR to increase the jump height.

In some ways it was similar to some early attempts to jump to the roof of buildings in Steel Canyon using only CJ and Hurdle.

Or similar stunts pulled by some that jumped from the roofs and would try to see how close they could come to the ground before they hit Hover or Fly and stopped their descent.

At one time there was a zone that had a few buildings in it that were taller than the zone ceiling. It was fun to get close to the top and jump so that you would hit the ceiling and bounce down. It's been long enough ago that I encountered that for me to have forgotten the details of which zone it was. Perhaps someone will come along with that information.

I'd have taken the train to Founder's instead, popped into RWZ since the entrance is right next to the train and immediately exited out to PI.

Or used the Mission Teleporter or Mission Transporter to get to the mission, since that was your stated reason for going back to PI.

It's possible I might have even gone through a base if I needed to drop something off in a storage bin, grab an inspiration or two out of storage, or anything I could do in the base.

We have enough alternatives to the trains that I don't think there are any plans being considered to extend any of the lines into PI.

If the cops were to hang out at the station next to the Pocket D entrance they'd be accused of entrapment every time they arrested an intoxicated person coming out of Pocket D.

It's funny how people that quote your posts and refute the very statements you made like TJ, Ironblade and Erhnam are somehow saying things you never said they did. They are quoting your posts and replying directly to the very words you used so it's obvious you said those things.

I've even enlarged the font of one line in your post above that is the very point they are refudiating, so you've again said the very thing they are replying to. How are they saying things that you claim you didn't say?

Even when Aggelakis paraphrased your comment, it was still using several of the words and phrases you used. Here's Aggelakis' paraphrase as she posted it:

Was that a valid paraphrase? Well, let's look at your post again since you seem to have forgotten what you said.


I enlarged your words so you can see them easier. So how far off was Aggelakis' paraphrase to your exact words? We'll break it down into small pieces to make it easy for you to see.

"Dell is terrible" seems to be a valid interpretation of that last paragraph, especially the two sentences I enlarged the font on.

"don't buy Dell" seems to be fairly close to being word for word on the first sentence I enlarged and also seems to be a reasonable interpretation of the last sentence of your post.

Even though some of them didn't quote you, I notice that some other posters don't share your opinion of Dell. While not a ringing endorsement of Dell, their comments certainly don't make the claim that Dell is known for making substandard gaming rigs.

Father Xmas said:

Bill Z Bubba said:

Just in case you weren't aware of it, the XPS is the Dell system.

Father Xmas and Bill Z Bubba are two well respected tech oriented people here on the forums.

Hyperstrike is very knowledgeable about tech issues, as are half a dozen or more people I can think of just off the top of my head. Hyperstrike said this about Dell:

Of course, the system that he then recommends would cost about the same if getting an XPS system and selecting the options that make it a gaming system. I think I could come close on the pricing with an XPS system to what he priced from iBuyPower using similar or the same components. But I'd have to sit and play on the Dell site for a bit to know for certain what the price would be.

Ironblade, Chad Gulzow-Man and Aggelakis are all respected posters on the forum and I've seen nothing in their posts that indicates they didn't read or understand exactly what you said.

Psychic Guardian is the only one I can see that has made a post disagreeing with Chad's assessment of Dell's customer support, which was not something you brought up, based on their own experiences.

I've not had the same experience they did when I called Dell's Technical Support line, but they are least giving the basis for their comment.

As for my qualifications about technical issues? Well, I'm also employed as a computer tech. I work with Dell computers daily and have few hardware issues with them. I work with a few HP systems and several systems built by our techs over the years. We switched back to Dell systems for the reliability and excellent support we are getting, including next day parts when the computers are under warranty. It's still fast service when they are out of warranty and we need parts, but not next day service.

Personally, I own two Dell computers and have recommended several Dell systems to friends and co-workers. My 10 year old Dell laptop is still running strong and the only things I've done to it were upgrades of my own choosing, such as going to a bigger hard drive and a faster wireless card. It won't run City of Heroes with all the pretty graphics like my desktop does, but that's more to do with the graphics updates that came in Issue 17 and the lack of driver support for that old of a mobile video chipset. For everything I use it for, it's still a perfectly fine system. When it ceases to handle what I need it to do, I'll likely buy another Dell.

I've not had one bad experience with any of the Dell's I've bought or that I've recommended to others. Most of the problems I've run into were either a software issue that had nothing to do with Dell or were resolved with a simple driver update, again, not something specifically to do with Dell.

But I guess since I quoted you in this post I'm one of the ones that's saying something you never said about Dell.

As a follow up to my last post, I just wanted to point out something to you about what you said and the links you gave.

There is a way to get to the main page from the Freedom page if it does come up. Look at the two addresses you gave in the quote below.

Just put your cursor in the address bar after the end of the address and backspace to remove the /freedom.php portion of the address and hit Enter. Or simply highlight the /freedom.php portion, hit Delete and then hit Enter.

It will go directly to the main CoH page I still think it's something on your computer since I can't reproduce it here on multiple computers, several that haven't ever been to the City of Heroes website. None of them are going to the Freedom page you linked.

Also, keep in mind that even though you may see several signatures throughout the forums that are larger than the stated allowed size, there are people that will report your post if your signature violates the posted size limits.