coldfire_kaiser

((We'll continue tommarow.))

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What are we waiting for? Start drawing for our beloved CuppaJo before Sept 1st! Who's in?

Linkies for reference :
Real Life
Red costume # 1
Red Costume # 2
Red Costume # 2, talking
Red, White & Blue costume - general
Red, White & Blue costume - front
Red, White & Blue costume - back
CuppaGovernor & Aura Manning!

/edit : add linkies

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I'll get to work ASAP!

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Yeah, now you all are makin' me feel bad. There only so much room, but keep checkin' back bcause I'm addin' a few.

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lol

Nah, I'm okay, it'd be nice to get some fan art for myself, but I ain't gonna beg.

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Ok, I've been meaning to do this for quite some time. I've done a few shots of some super groups and it was cool and all, but for some reason it didn't seem big enough.

I was thinking, how can I make a really big shot, Something to wow almost everyone? Then I realized, I would have to include a pic of... well, almost everyone!

I got to thinking of those massive posters Marvel used to put out of "all" of their characters. I think that's a bit tooooo big for what I can manage (in my lifetime) but my second thought drifted back to that old Adams' pic of the X-Men.

With that in mind (ok, right in front of me), I decided to make a pic of the most famous characters in City of Heroes!!!

That's right, I'm endeavoring to put the top 20 (or so) biggest names into one shot. I have no plans to finish this soon, but I've already started.

I've got about 7 characters already in it (can you name them all?) and room for a lot more overhead.

Please, do not suggest your own character but if you think I am missing someone, by all means throw down their name here (and maybe a pic or linkie to them).


So, here it is for you all to see, the heroes of...

City of Heroes !

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OH! SO I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU, HUH?! But seriously though, nice pic, can't wait to see the finished product. Wish I was more famous than I was >.>

((Sorry for the wait guys, I'm trying to keep this going, but since one of our rank is leaving for a little while I'm putting this on hiatus. It is not over though.))

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It is my sad duty to inform everyone that August will be my last month with City of Heroes and City of Villains.

I am taking over community management of Tabula Rasa full-time as of Sept. 1st. Cricket will be your primary community person when Sept. 1 rolls around and I will no longer accept PMs as of that date.

I just wanted to take a second and thank everyone for all their support and kind words over the last two years. Even in the darkest hours I could always count on there being a few bright posts, emails or PMs in my inbox. These kept me going more than coffee ever could and they always brought a smile to my face.

I also want to thank everyone who has ever created well thought out, constructive post/PM. I know bugs or other game issues can be frustrating at times, but a community person's best friend is the player who takes that little extra step to research and document their issue while keeping it about the issue, and not about Statesman's momma.

Special thank you's to all the staff both here at NCsoft and at Cryptic for all your hard work, for answering questions and for listening to community concerns. Staff may not always agree - but they [u]always[u] listen.

Finally, thanks to you - the community. This has been a great community to work for and be a part of for the last two years and it's very hard leaving such a wonderful group of people. You are so intelligent, passionate, creative, funny and charming that it amazes me every day. And despite how it may appear on the surface sometimes - you all care for each other deeply and are always ready to lend a helping hand to those less fortunate. You are true heroes and there is no Paragon City without you. It has been my honor to serve you.

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KHAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!

After seeing the big guy blast an energy monster, Carlos chuckled and responded to the womans question.

"Well that seems to be working nicely."

Rahu didn't seem entertained. Carlos quickly dropped the smile and gave a real answer.

"I think that I can take out a large number of them with my land mines. If we can get a lot of them in a single area I can destroy many of them."

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Coldfire was running at the smaller alien when four of the red monsters got in front of him. Leaping up into the air, he impaled ones shoulder with his energy sword and flipped over to the next one in line. Throwing a fireball, he managed to catch two in the blast. Landing on the ground he looked up at the monsters as they roared and charged him.

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Charcold, Frigyd, and Drone had all but cleared out the area when a mysterious red glow took over the battlefield, resurrecting the fallen creatures. Recluse's weakened forces were immediatelly defeated leaving only himself and his cronies to fight them off.

"Shall we save them?" Frigyd asked in her usual sad tone.

"Yea, they'll owe us one." Charcold said as he flew into the mob and erupting in an inferno blasting back many of the monsters.

((I feel like a one man show...

Great job so far everyone!))

Coldfire recovered and stood watching his friends all in combat. Blade had went to Becky and the two were now trying to fight off some of the minions. Carlos was having a shootout with the blue monsters. As Coldfire looked back at the large monster who's head he'd frozen, he lit his fists ablaze and charged.

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Charcold stood in the main area in which Recluse stood watch over his Isles. Looking out over the balcony at the carnage ensuing, he let out a chuckle. Recluse had foolishly left his databanks open and left no guard to protect the area.

Charcold turned to watch Drone working with one of he computers. After a few minutes, he was finished. Pulling a disk out of the drive, he turned to Charcold.

"The data is secure. Let us go, now." Drone said in a monotone voice.

Charcold leaned off the wall and said in response, "Alright, lets go have some fun."

The group leapt off the build flying to the ground and landing in the middle of the fray. Drone quickly pushed buttons on his projected screen, calling forth his minions. As the robots landed in unison, Drone summoned his force field generator from which his two seeker drones emerged.

"Ymer, Blood Asp, Promethues, Madcat, Nova Cat, and Cougar, report." Drone said to his robots as the began fighting.

"Status: Full Combat ready, awaiting specific orders." Each said in unison still in combat.

"Enable Assassin protocals and begin exterminating the energy beings." Drone said pulling out his pulse rifle and blasting one of the monsters, "No mercy."

Coldfire's foot slammed into the face of the monster as he then flipped and brought down his frozen fists into the beasts forehead. Coldfire landed as the beast stubbled back to an upright position. With a mighty roar it slammed a fist into the ground and lodged it into the sewer pipes, giving Coldfire an advantage.

Running up the monsters arm, Coldfire got behind the monsters head and froze it solid. Then, from the midst of the battle, a blue energy pulse flew through the air and knocked Coldfire off the monster. The blue and red monsters had came as backup. This battle was about to get a lot more rough.

Becky for a moment tried to reach the mind of small alien and was immediately shocked by a massive bolt of energy blowing her away and flinging her through a building facade. Coldfire, seeing the sight, eyes came aflame and rushed at the small alien only to have one of the larger ones move in the way, leaping into the air, he summoned his ice sword and yelled out, "YOU WILL FALL!"

Searching the thoughts of the crowd gave Becky no results, but there was something...

"I...I can't..." Becky began as her sight tightened and she focused harder, "I think there are leaders pulling the strings behind this..."

Becky looked around and then pointed in the direction of a large white glowing energy pod.

"There! There is something in there controlling these things! They are the ones that reconstruct the monsters!" Becky yelled as she dropped to the ground and began forcing her way to the pod. Coldfire followed from the air. Reaching the ship, Coldfire blew off the door and the two looked into the dark interior. Then, like a bullet, two large arms reached out and grabbed them, and then, the pod burst as two huge armored giants stood. The two hulking creatures were flesh, different than the monsters that had ravaged Dark Astoria. Then, from behind them, they could see a small, shielded being in a small floating pod. Although it looked human, it's blue flesh set it apart. The small bubble-like shield glew with energy as red tendrals flew out and resurected a few fallen monsters.

"I can use my powers." Becky said looking at the mystic, "I was cloned from Countess Crey so I have a diminished version of her powers."

Becky moved back behind Coldfire and closed her eyes. Her head began glowing pink and she floated in the air. As she hover in place, her eyes opened and she began skimming the minds of the beasts.

"Their...their minds are blank but..." Becky said scanning the masses, "Coldfire, I need protection to do a better search."

"You heard the lady." Coldfire said as he nodded to Carlos who then took out a steel box and deployed it, watching it transform into an auto turrent and the two began unloading into the crowd.

"Becky is Coldfire's woman." Carlos said to Rahu, "She's a fighter, will be helpful in this mess."

Coldfire was speeding ahead of the other two, determined on getting to King's Row where their apartment was. Entering Atlas Park, Coldfire's eyes widened as he saw the most terrible sight he had ever seen. The entire area was destroyed, junior heroes lied dead, strown across the ground. Their skills were not able to keep them alive. Coldfire could only hope that some of the more senior heroes could have saved some of them.

"We have to get to King's Row." Coldfire said looking back at the other two.

An explosion from behind caused Cold to turn, only to see an even greater army than those he'd seen of the energy beings come out of the rubble and buildings after them. As the group got ready to fight, a man began dropping from a building. Upon landing, he send many of the creatures flying, slicing through them and then, skidding to a stop next to them, his katana leaving an etched trail in the ground.

"Blade, have you seen Becky?!" Coldfire said as he looked at his original cohort.

"She's-" Blade of Dragon began, being cut off by a thud on the ground next to them.

The small group of people turned to see Becky standing in blue jeans and a v-neck shirt. Her long, red hair in a ponytail.

"Did you guys forget there is an army attacking us..." Becky said as she materailized her broadsword, "Or did you just want to check me out?"

((Seriously, lets get some villains other than mine into this story, the Isles are being attacked too!))

Coldfire looked down at the woman and then back out at the carnage insuing. A frown dawned on his face as he thought for a moment.

"I can't help." Coldfire said as he looked back at the others, "But I think Carlos can."

From the gate, Carlos walked over to the woman and said in a joking manner, "Sure baby, I can help."

Coldfire launched himself into the air and yelled back at Carlos, "I'm going to get Becky!"

Flying off toward Skyway City, Coldfire's face turned grim as he saw the armies of the energy beings begin to turn the tide.

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Charcold stood at the top of a mound of the monsters lobbing fireballs and destroying mobs of the beasts that had survived. Luckily, his minions had came to help. Both Drone of War and Frigyd had showed up to help in the fun. Lord Recluse and his soldiers were fighting off the monsters in the main section of the Grandville complex. Charcold cared enough only to clear out the area around the dock.

"This is our chance to steal some of Arachnos' documents and information." Drone of War said as his minions moved back into a tactical position.

"Alright. Lets go then." Charcold said as he flew off toward Recluse's tower with the other two in tow.

((Lets get some villains in this as well.))

Coldfire looking up at the sorceress was then suprised by another sight. In the sky, hundreds, no thousands of the glints slammed into Paragon and its surroundings. More of the lights landed in Astoria. Climbing into the air, Coldfire looked out at a mass of enemies that lit up the darkness. There were millions of them.

"RETREAT!" Coldfire yelled as he began lobbing fireballs into the crowd of lights trying to delay the advancing beasts, "WE HAVE TO GET OUT AND PROTECT THE CIVILIANS!"

As the group began to flee, Coldfire reached the gate and warned the guards to shut the gate once the others got through. Reaching Talos Island, he watched as explosions riddled the city and heroes battled unmercifully. Flying out to get a better view, Coldfire turned and saw the War Walls flicker and stop generating the force field as masses of the beasts flowed over the walls. Looking down at the streets, Coldfire watched as heroes faught alongside villains.

Tsoo, Warriors, even the Council were fighting side by side with their mortal enemies. This was the Ultimate Battle for the heroes and villains of the world. This was the turning point in human history.

((Cue orcastra music . Well, hope we get more heroes to help, the real fight starts now.))

((I'll take the context of my post and add it with yours so as to round this out.))

Coldfire had been knocked away by the red monster when a necromance happened up to him.

"Sure don't. Zombies are fine by me. Been raining a lot here. Coldfire Kaiser." Coldfire said as he leapt back at the giant red bruiser slamming his foot into it's face making it stumble a little. Then as he was dropping, the monster grabbed him and swung and threw him into the necromancer sending them both flying through a statue.

"Damn...you alright." Coldfire asked slowly standing holding his side, "Think I broke a rib or nine..."

((God, I thought the forum would never be back up!))

Coldfire was overwhelmed monsters literally crawling over him as he eradiated fire from his body scorching many. In rage he let loose on massive fire attack, Inferno, blowing backing all the monsters in the area. The few that survived charged him swords drawn only to have machine gun fire tear through their ranks.

Coldfire looked up and saw a power armored man he knew all too well.

"You didn't think I'd let you have all the fun, did you?" Carlos said superleaping to Cold's side.

"This isn't fun, Carlos, these things need to be stopped." Coldfire said looking at his watch, "...great..."

Then from behind them, a bright red light came out again from the origin point, resurrecting the beasts for another fight. Then, from the dark shadows where the lights originated came a new enemy. The first was a four legged blue energy being. It's spiderlike legs led up to a humanoid body, it's arms ending in large, cannon-like hands. It's shoulder home to a small turrent, remeniscent of a gatling gun.

The other being was much more menacing looking. Eight foot tall at the least, the beast glew eerily red. It's massive hulking form looked like an armored Hulk. It's glowing body barely visible under the massive armor. It's humanoid form had no weapons, obviously a melee fighter.

"This is going to be a long day..." Coldfire said as he remade his ice blade and rushed at the closest red monster. Carlos, smoothly lifted his assault rifle and fired a grenade into the midst of the white monsters.

((Coldfire isn't in power armor, just jeans and a t-shirt.))

"Yah, I could use some help, but it looks like you didn't finish your job all the way." Coldfire said pointing to the energy being that the Mu mage had engaged. As the beast glew with a red light coming from near the origin point of the creatures and it stood again with the same white glow.

"I don't think this is going to be easy." Coldfire said as he dropped the sword and cracked his knuckles, "But it'll be fun."

With the words said, Coldfire leapt into the middle of the massive army of the monsters and began sending a volley of fire blowing apart the earth and sending many of the beasts flying. Then, from overhead, an entire swarm of the white glints flew across the sky and slammed into the unsuspecting city.

Coldfire summoned his ice sword in time and stopped the energy blade in time. Lifting up his thick motorcycle boots he slammed the steel sole into the chestplate of the beast sending it flying backward. As the protective flames began covering his body he spat to the side and looked at the beast as it stood.

"Meta-human engaged, modifying force to take down." The creature said as it's armor expanded and the beast morphed before Coldfire's eyes. The creature now resembled more of a top heavy form, it's armor mainly accumulating over it's upper body making it seem muscular. Out of it's arms were two long curved energy blades.

"Engage this!" Coldfire said rushing forward and igniting the beast with a volley of fire. As the dust cleared from the explosive attack, the beast stood almost unscathed. It's armor scuffed, but almost untouched. It was damaged though, Cold could tell that much. It was bluffing him.

"Alright tin man, let's see what you got." Cold taunted as he dropped his stance and readied his sword for an attack.

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Charcold Kaiser stood looking out from the ferry as it headed toward Recluse's megacity Grandville. As he looked on he saw a light slam into the main building and cause a massive explosion.

"What the hell was that?!" Charcold said as he watched the wire webs collapse and fall from the boat. Leaping into the air, Charcold flew the rest of the way there. Arriving, he saw Arachnos forces mobilizing to fight an unseen force. Then, from the smokey rubble came energy blasts and the monsters causing them.

((SOOOOOO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG))

"This world is ripe for the picking." a voice chimed in from the foggy shadows of Moth Cemetary.

"Yes, this should be an easy task." another, deeper voice said.

As they heard the words said, the Banished Pantheon Shaman Ak'nocca walked forth followed by a troop of the deformed undead and said, "Who are you, why do you dare invade the home of the Banished Pantheon."

The man looked into the shadows as sweat rolled down his forhead and yelled in an aggrevated voice, "ANSWER ME!"

At the booming echo of his voice the shadows shifted and a white glow came from the depths of the blackness.

"Wha-" The shaman was cut off as a huge blast of white hot energy tore through his chest and ripped apart his body.

Stepping forth was a large white, humanoid form. It wore shining armor that glared with energy. It stepped forward and put its arms forward launching a volley of energy disentigrating the undead.

"All too easy."

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Coldfire watched from the distance as the glowing white form began tearing through the legions of the Banished Pantheon. First it was just one, then an entire army that would make that of the Council, Rikti, and Nemesis blush. In a few moments, the cemetary was empty, quiet.

"What are those freaks?" Coldfire said looking down as the group marched forward toward the gates of Dark Astoria. Then, in a flash one of the being appeared before him holding a long, katana like energy blade and swung it at Cold.

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I know this was posted at sometime or another, but I found it again recently, and for those who have not seen it, or anyone who needs their memory jogged, this post warrants bringing back BOBBO #5!!!!

CLICKY ...But make sure your sound is up and your dancing shoes are on!

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That was wicked awesome.

((Okay, so this idea burst into my mind while looking for an RP to post in. This is about Villains and Heroes combining forces and taking on an Ultimate evil. This evil will reveal itself soon, so lets get this started and watch it evolve. I figure after we get a few posts in, I'll reveal the enemy and it can really start off.))

Coldfire stood at the top of the Helios Towers looking out into the waters surrounding Talos Island. An ominous feeling crept up on him as the skies darkened a bit. Looking out at the daytime sky, Coldfire watched as the clouds shifted and the wind picked up. Looking into the wind expecting to see something to the extent of a storm summoning hero, he saw nothing.

A scowl replaced his nuetral look as he looked back out to the deep blue ocean. Coldfire then saw a glint in the corner of his eye, looking up at the sky quickly, he saw something dart across the sky. Lighting his fists with fire he observed for a moment as the light flew off toward Dark Astoria.

Coldfire put out the flames and looked down at the civilians as the moved about their daily lives. With one step, he began falling to the ground. As he saw the pavement moving closer, Coldfire caught the air and hovered slightly above the ground, dropping and landing with a light thud.

"I don't have time for this..." Coldfire said as he looked at his watch and looked toward the gates that led to the dead part of the city.

((Just jump in and put your characters into play, I'll reveal all soon. And try not to get too ahead of yourself, the only clue right now is a glint, you can allow your heroes to see it, but don't push it ))

"Damn you...Windex..."

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As a follow up to TA posting his picture done by Grimbro I thought I should post mine as well. Grimbro is a good friend of mine and had done Umbra as a favor to me, of which was completely awesome. I had intended on posting it a while ago, but got lazy and forgot to. Now that I see TA has done so, I'll put mine up as well so all can see.

If you are interested in getting a piece done by him, please feel free to contact me or Grimbro directly (www.grimbro.com). He's a great guy and works hard on giving you what you want.

Umbrascarred

Thanks for tuning in!

Umbra

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Holy sh*t that is cool!

A little forum history...

AASQ (Ask A Stupid Question) was one of the first forum games and because of it and several others, the Forum Games part of the forums were added. AASQ was also a massive problem for the search engine of the forums, as almost anything you could think of was popped into it. CuppaJo permanently archieved it and keeps posters from posting in it again, after AASQs death, it was reborn by Cuppa as Son of AASQ, one of the most popular forum games...and the stupidest >.>