White Hot Flash

I see I have a security issue.....

Someone has stolen my plans.

*hides plans for secret moon base and teleportation system*

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Nothing to see here...

I can see you speak from the voice of the inexperienced, again.

Faultlines are everywhere. Some are more active than others, but anywhere can have an earthquake at any time. Tornadoes aren't that easy to avoid. They can change direction in a heartbeat, and can be much larger than they appear. They also drop from the sky with little to no warning, and no one knows exactly how long they'll be on the ground.


I've lived all over the country. I've dealt with earthquakes in both the Bay Area and in Southern California, I've been around tornadoes and hail storms in Texas, and flooding here in the Memphis area, not to mention blizzards in upstate New York/Connecticut. All these things can do major damage, but I'd actually rather go through an earthquake or tornado, rather than agonize through a flood or a snow storm. Quakes and Twisters are over fairly fast. Floods, you'll know about days ahead of time in some cases, and there's not really anything you can do about it if the water wants to go where you happen to be.

I've not been through a hurricane itself, but I've been on the fringe for all of the rain from one. They're not fun.

First, I'm questioning why you're so focused on her face in the first place.....


Then, seriously, rare is the woman that is perfect from head to toe. Sofia is closer to that than most, photoshop and makeup or not. If anything, a small flaw here or there can be even better than perfection. They're more real that way.

Sofia Vergara, a butterface? Dude....

...And completely obstructed when it's turned on. I don't see this ending well, as cool as it might be.

The question of bringing up the Original Trilogy isn't so much in how good or bad the movie is. The premise of this thread is "Worst movie with the best cast." The original trilogy is far from having an all-star cast, unless you happen to be British, and then you'd love Guinness and Cushing (even if they're only in one movie's worth of time put together). The actors that portrayed the characters are iconic, but that's not the same thing as being a good actor.

Did the announcement say that they'd never bring back some form of bundled deal? No? Then why are you acting like it did? All it said is that the current boosters, etc were being discontinued. They have costume sets at one price, they have IO sets at a bundled price, why can't they come up with something down the road that puts more things together for one price?

The reactions this is getting definitely deserves the "unclinch" response.

The Devs HAVE changed numbers after something went Live, and if traffic in the new Market system isn't where they'd like it to be, don't you think they'd lower the prices or offer more deals to get more business? To think otherwise doesn't make a lot of sense, especially when we're talking about real money, not game mechanics.

Yeah...usually our larger theaters have both, especially the opening weekend. Most of them are all the same theater company, so I guess they just decided not to pony up for both, and collect their extra money for 3D only. They probably hurt their business by making that decision, but what can you do.

How about this conclusion:

City of Heroes is a 7 year old (and counting) game, in a world where most MMOs would love to make it to half that. There are more that die in the first year or two than make it to where this game and that other one are.

The subscription numbers are irrelevant. People are still playing, and the company is more than happy to spend money to put in more content.

NCSoft, in the interest of making as much money as possible, and pleasing the most customers, will ALWAYS, if given a choice, pick the time that inconveniences the least amount of people, regardless of where they live. You said yourself that your money is the same as ours, so a customer is a customer is a customer. They pick the same times because that's what the numbers say, and if you happen to want to play during those times more than any other, you will be inconvenienced more. There's no way around it.

There are also many people that can only play in the morning times here in the States. They are also just as inconvenienced as you by morning (for us) maintenance. They're not just picking on Aussies.

Stereotype much?

No one buys every issue of every title DC has now. Why would they do it when the numbers start over?

My local store is running a special for all of the #1s. 25% off if you get all of them. It's still a bunch of money, but for the people that place importance in having the first of a series, it's a good deal. Would be surprised if other shops didn't do something similar.

I'm not gonna do it because I don't get very many titles. Green Lanterns, the Flash, and Green Arrow for now. I might dabble in some Batman if I can narrow it down to a title or two.

The one thing I would never do is agree with you. Same goes for this conversation. I'm talking to you as well. You don't understand what a teacher is.

Perhaps because what they've done is messed with things on the back end to increase performance? Perhaps because performance is something that affects everyone adversely, but a greyed out teammate is just an annoyance (that they don't have an answer for yet, or it would be in as well)?

The Devs make decisions all the time about whether to allow a patch to go live that might "break" something, but would fix way more than it breaks, all the time. If the greyed out teammate was a game breaker, they wouldn't have let it go.

If it's an abridged of the abridged of Kai, which is an abridged version of the original, is it really necessary?

Abridged. Just wanted to say it one more time.

I was expecting things that were a lot more obscure.

Perhaps I need to adjust my Geek-o-meter.

Obviously you've never taught before.

If you're not entertaining and engaging, you're not a GOOD teacher. Teaching is nothing more than presenting information to people that haven't heard it before, and showing them what to do with it.

Bad teachers come in all sizes. They can be horrible presenters, they can be great. If their students aren't learning and replicating (testing) well, the teacher is bad no matter how well they presented.


Writers shouldn't be scared to write in such a way that people will figure out the ending before everyone else gets there. That's just gonna happen no matter what. People are wired different ways. Tell a good story, and it doesn't matter that you figured out the ending by the second chapter. Just don't blatantly tell me, via poor plot exposition, or via spoilers, the one fact ("The Butler Did it" or "She's a man") that the entire story hinges around. I'd rather figure it out myself than be told before I see it. It's no different than watching a movie with someone that's already seen it, and they're telling you to get ready for everything that's coming, or saying all the funny lines a half second before the actor does.