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So as I type this, let me list the stickies and we can get into a discussion about how to deal with them. My basic philosophy is that if they aren't useful, they shouldn't be stickied so let us use that as a start point.
Announce Your Latest Creation Here. - This should probably stay as it seems to get use
MA Map Request Thread - This I know has been used by us, it's a good resource
Mission Architect Resources - Potentially a useful thread, need someone to compile an updated OP and I'll edit it in to the top post.
Notes on Groups and Spawns - Looks good to me, anyone disagree?
Any good level 1 forward MA's made yet? - Always a source of interest for me, let me know if people think this isn't useful
Mission Architect: Player Guides! - Possibly redundant with the resource thread above, which title would people prefer? Also we'd need someone to compile an updated OP
Mission [TAGS] for easy search - This seems like it may or may not still be useful, what do you folks think?
Size Matters - making the most of 100k - Soon to be half the post it could be, but very useful information and tips.
Anyways let me know what you think of the remaining stickies. Something to consider is the Champion Important Links Directory. This thread is a great way players can help with the "War on Stickies".
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Sometimes simplicity is the most effective vehicle for humor. Most of the time it's a Green '79 Gremlin however.
Congrats Chris_Zuercher on your win this week!
This is what your supergroup base looks like without Ultra Mode. Any questions? -
Did you ever wish we would lock the Dev Team up in a room so that you could ask them your questions? Well your wish is about to come true! Join us on Friday, April 23rd from 4pm -5pm (PST) for a Live Dev Q&A session on formspring.me with Melissa War Witch Bianco, Matt Positron Miller, Jesse Ghost Falcon Caceres and our artist extraordinaire, David Nakayama! There is no registration required or service to sign up for. Just think of a question and ask us!
You can start submitting questions the morning of at formspring, and then tune into the event-specific formspring page to see the answers posted live or follow the highlights of the Q&A on the official City of Heroes Facebook Page!
So start thinking of those questions and be watching the morning of the 23rd when well tell you where to go to submit them. We look forward to seeing what youll ask us! -
Did you ever wish we would lock the Dev Team up in a room so that you could ask them your questions? Well your wish is about to come true! Join us on Friday, April 23rd from 4pm -5pm (PST) for a Live Dev Q&A session on formspring.me with Melissa “War Witch” Bianco, Matt “Positron” Miller, Jesse “Ghost Falcon” Caceres and our artist extraordinaire, David Nakayama! There is no registration required or service to sign up for. Just think of a question and ask us!
You can start submitting questions the morning of at formspring, and then tune into the event-specific formspring page to see the answers posted live – or follow the highlights of the Q&A on the official City of Heroes Facebook Page!
So start thinking of those questions and be watching the morning of the 23rd when we’ll tell you where to go to submit them. We look forward to seeing what you’ll ask us!
To join in the community discussion of this announcement, please go here. -
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Hey all,
Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun weekly forum game. Every Friday, well post up a new pic for you to write your most creative caption for. Youll have until 5:00pm Pacific (7:00pm Central / 8:00pm Eastern / 1:00 am BST/ 2:00 Central European Summer Time) to post it, then the judging will commence. The winner will receive the forum title of Caption Champ [date] and the Costume Code of his/her choice from one of the following:
- Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
- Freakshow Tank Boss
- Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
- Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
- Knives of Artemis Lt.
- Praetorian Clockwork
The winning entry will be re-posted in the thread (along with the authors name), as well as in a thread we have created consisting ONLY of the winning entries as they are picked, so that people can see all the winners at a glance if they want to. It will be your chance to achieve some small measure of forum immortality!
Now just a few rules, to keep things civilized:
1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Creative Caption Craziness with your caption submission.
2) Your reply must contain a single caption to the picture posted in the thread. Entries with more than 1 caption will be disqualified.
3) Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 15, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.
5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!
6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.
7). If you win the City of Heroes® Creative Caption Craziness Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Creative Caption Craziness Contest!
So without further ado, here is this week's picture!
Good luck, and have fun captioning! -
Answered it as well for you.
I've gone ahead and provided some feedback below the spoiler gap for anyone who hasn't done the survey yet.
****** SURVEY SPOILER ALERT ******
My difficulty with the survey was a lack of definition of some of the core terminology. What determines more violence, more killed or more graphically killed? Also having options for games becoming less violent would have been welcome.
Also when we say games are becoming more this, do we mean games in general, or specific games. Because that would have affected my answers in a number of ways. Also when it comes to definitions, you completely left out what is growing to be an integral part of the gaming industry and that is Social Media games.
All in all your survey is for your specific project, and I can't predict what it is you are trying to determine other than that it specifically relates to violence and morality in gaming(and probably the effect of violence and morality in games on the gamer). I just wanted to give some feedback on what I would have liked to see to make the survey clearer to me.
Good luck on your endeavor! -
Turg is indeed the winner. Congrats Turg!
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Screenshot the Spot!
How well do you know your City of Heroes/Villains locations?
Hello, hello and welcome to the Screenshot the Spot forum game where every Wednesday until 4pm Pacific Time (7:00 PM Eastern Time / 12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 Central European Time) you can win your choice of a costume code from past Con seasons and the Forum Title "Screenshot Spotter [date]".
The object of this game is to be the first to 1). Figure out the location in-game depicted in the screenshot and 2). Post a screenshot that is closest to the one I have posted , with your own character in the place of the character present in the screenshot. Sounds easy right? Well there's a catch. The location isn't going to be as obvious as you might think so make sure you pay close attention to the picture details and hints.
The Pictures will start out masked and more and more of the image will be revealed as time goes on as long as no one has correctly identified the location by posting their own screenshot. If by the end of the day no one has identified the location, the full picture will be revealed and no one will win for that week (BOOOOOOO!).
Rules:
1. Your post must contain a screenshot of the location depicted in the initial contest post, but with your character in the place of the character present in the screenshot.
2. Screenshots must remain less than 800px X 500px to qualify.
3. UI needs to be turned off (Menu -> Options -> Keymapping -> scroll to bottom under other "Toggle Screenshot UI")
4. Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly “Screenshot The Spot” Contest with your screenshot submission.
5. Your reply must contain a single screenshot. Entries with more than 1 screenshot will be disqualified.
6. Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
7. To enter the contest weekly, as of January 13, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.Quote:If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
8. Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!
9. Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.
10. If you win the City of Heroes® Screenshot The Spot Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Screenshot the Spot Contest!
Have fun and good luck!
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 - First Screenshot
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theocho, player, war witch, empulse, positron
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Thanks for the update!
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I love this idea too, it's a constant project whenever I see a big mass of stickies. This is one area where the OCR team can really use your folks help, so pm me (as moderator 08) when you see redundant or outdated stickies.
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And we have a winner folks...
Drumroll please
Dumpleberry!
"No more 'Luck-of-the-Gambler-plus-Recharges' for you, Ocho--we don't want another repeat of your clothes 'Going Rogue' again."
Congrats on your winning entry in a very tough field! -
Hey all,
Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun weekly forum game. Every Friday, well post up a new pic for you to write your most creative caption for. Youll have until 5:00pm Pacific (7:00pm Central / 8:00pm Eastern / 1:00 am BST/ 2:00 Central European Summer Time) to post it, then the judging will commence. The winner will receive the forum title of Caption Champ [date] and the Costume Code of his/her choice from one of the following:
- Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
- Freakshow Tank Boss
- Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
- Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
- Knives of Artemis Lt.
- Praetorian Clockwork
The winning entry will be re-posted in the thread (along with the authors name), as well as in a thread we have created consisting ONLY of the winning entries as they are picked, so that people can see all the winners at a glance if they want to. It will be your chance to achieve some small measure of forum immortality!
Now just a few rules, to keep things civilized:
1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Creative Caption Craziness with your caption submission.
2) Your reply must contain a single caption to the picture posted in the thread. Entries with more than 1 caption will be disqualified.
3) Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 15, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.
5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!
6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.
7). If you win the City of Heroes® Creative Caption Craziness Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Creative Caption Craziness Contest!
So without further ado, here is this week's picture!
Good luck, and have fun captioning! -
Is it October already? Is that why the zombies have been out in force lately?
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My mind boggles at how you folks do this stuff. I tip my hat.
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Screenshot the Spot!
How well do you know your City of Heroes/Villains locations?
Hello, hello and welcome to the Screenshot the Spot forum game where every Wednesday until 4pm Pacific Time (7:00 PM Eastern Time / 12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 Central European Time) you can win your choice of a costume code from past Con seasons and the Forum Title "Screenshot Spotter [date]".
The object of this game is to be the first to 1). Figure out the location in-game depicted in the screenshot and 2). Post a screenshot that is closest to the one I have posted , with your own character in the place of the character present in the screenshot. Sounds easy right? Well there's a catch. The location isn't going to be as obvious as you might think so make sure you pay close attention to the picture details and hints.
The Pictures will start out masked and more and more of the image will be revealed as time goes on as long as no one has correctly identified the location by posting their own screenshot. If by the end of the day no one has identified the location, the full picture will be revealed and no one will win for that week (BOOOOOOO!).
Rules:
1. Your post must contain a screenshot of the location depicted in the initial contest post, but with your character in the place of the character present in the screenshot.
2. Screenshots must remain less than 800px X 500px to qualify.
3. UI needs to be turned off (Menu -> Options -> Keymapping -> scroll to bottom under other "Toggle Screenshot UI")
4. Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Screenshot The Spot Contest with your screenshot submission.
5. Your reply must contain a single screenshot. Entries with more than 1 screenshot will be disqualified.
6. Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
7. To enter the contest weekly, as of January 13, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.Quote:If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
8. Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!
9. Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.
10. If you win the City of Heroes® Screenshot The Spot Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Screenshot the Spot Contest!
Have fun and good luck!
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 - First Screenshot
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COMBINED
Powers
General
- NPC critters that are resurrected will be unselectable while going through the resurrection animation.
Mission Architect
- Rewards in Mission Architect missions that contain more than one allied critters will give progressively lower rewards for each additional allied critter in the mission.
- Mission architect critters that are resurrected will be given a large regeneration buff for 4 seconds.
CITY OF HEROES
- None
CITY OF VILLAINS
- None
To discuss these patch notes, please visit the Official Discussion Thread.
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Please be advised that on Thursday April 8, at 7am Pacific (10 am Eastern / 3 pm British / 16:00 Central European) the Official City of Heroes Forums will be down for maintenance for approximately two hours. We thank you for your patience during this time and will have the boards back up as soon as possible!
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When we were implementing the new forums, it came to my notice that there was no birthday pie option. After extensive debate on the issue, we felt that allowing birthday cake and not pie would be essentially weighing in on the cake vs. pie debate and this is a subject that we have official neutrality on.
I mean if players can't see for themselves the complete and total superiority of pie, then what can we do for them anyways? -
Hey all,
I've just got a call from Avatea, who apparently is trapped in Ebil-O's evil superbunker locked in mortal combat with dark minions of the machine itself!
She's managed to stall the computer from activating, but at the same time is unable to send us her usual matrix. Let's all wish her luck, and be ready for next week when we'll be called upon to solve the puzzle once again!
Thanks,
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Lots of fun ones this week guys, definitely one I enjoyed. Ironically enough my night job is as a bartender so I got a few personal chuckles as well.
But we have to choose just one winner, and this week there was one I especially liked...
This week's winner is Twelfth!
Economic recession and bank closures lead many starting villains to embark upon easier, if less lucrative, "Cash Register Missions". -
Hey all,
Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun weekly forum game. Every Friday, well post up a new pic for you to write your most creative caption for. Youll have until 5:00pm Pacific (7:00pm Central / 8:00pm Eastern / 1:00 am BST/ 2:00 Central European Summer Time) to post it, then the judging will commence. The winner will receive the forum title of Caption Champ [date] and the Costume Code of his/her choice from one of the following:
- Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
- Freakshow Tank Boss
- Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
- Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
- Knives of Artemis Lt.
- Praetorian Clockwork
The winning entry will be re-posted in the thread (along with the authors name), as well as in a thread we have created consisting ONLY of the winning entries as they are picked, so that people can see all the winners at a glance if they want to. It will be your chance to achieve some small measure of forum immortality!
Now just a few rules, to keep things civilized:
1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Creative Caption Craziness with your caption submission.
2) Your reply must contain a single caption to the picture posted in the thread. Entries with more than 1 caption will be disqualified.
3) Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 15, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.
5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!
6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.
7). If you win the City of Heroes® Creative Caption Craziness Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Creative Caption Craziness Contest!
So without further ado, here is this week's picture!
Good luck, and have fun captioning! -
Hey all,
I was having a conversation around the water cooler the other day with one of the Devs and we were talking about Super Groups (and Villain groups of course!) and he asked me about SGs that have been around since launch. Now normally Im the go to guy for this kind of random trivia about our players, but it occurred to me I only know a couple and now Im curious!
So what SGs have been around since launch, and are any still led by the same people? Please speak up and let me know!