The Paragon Times REALLY PO'd me today...

VA_Belle · 07-14-2005 11:30 AM

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<snip Little Blue Riding hood>

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Actually.. my favorite (which'd never work on the boards) is his rendition of "Day-o"

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"Whoa whoa whoa, too loud, man, too loud. Stand over there. Way over there. Crazy..."

VA_Belle · 07-14-2005 11:37 AM

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Ah, then you've been poisoning pigeons in Perez Park?

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Yes, as I hold your hand in mine, dear.

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Ah, but his Elements song is a classic. I first heard of Tom Lehrer when my college chemistry professor played that for us one day.

CyberKnight7 · 07-14-2005 11:52 AM

"When you're old and grey" was my wedding dance!

The robot revolt begins!

Umber · 07-14-2005 12:12 PM

Oh, I wish I would have saw this thread earlier, guess I'll just hafta be satisfied with being the zillionth person to point out what is NC now wasn't NC back then

/and whats this *west* virginia i keep hearing about?

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Moggie · 07-14-2005 12:27 PM

The funny part to me is that there is a University of Salamanca. It's right where it's been since the early medieval period when it was founded. In Salamanca *Spain*
Personally I'm just glad they get the spelling right most of the time.

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Tar_Heel · 07-14-2005 12:33 PM

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It's enough to make me pull out the old flintlock and start heading north!

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I'm with you brother! And Michael Jordan and Andy Griffith are right behind me!

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Northern_Fury · 07-14-2005 12:48 PM

I just love when someone starts a thread here with lots of exclamation marks and capitalised words, ranting and raving , trying to make someone else (in this case the devs) look like idiots.

It get's even better when it's quite patiently explained that the OP is the one who is wrong.

And then even better when the OP doesn't post in the thread again.

I love these boards

JeffXandra · 07-14-2005 12:59 PM

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/and whats this *west* virginia i keep hearing about?

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That's "West-by-God" thank you very much.

MissInformed · 07-14-2005 02:02 PM

Wow. Imagine being Gil. Every single time one of his articles gets posted, someone focuses on something small and tears it to shreds. I bet he just LOVES coming to work on Wednesdays. By the way, every special I've ever seen about Roanoke calls it a lost colony of Virginia. Before you flame someone for not doing research, you should do your own research.

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Kraze · 07-14-2005 05:28 PM

The only reason I even made this board was to get my 1 star back.

Raiya · 07-14-2005 07:20 PM

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke settled upon Roanoke Island of the Outer Banks of NORTH CAROLINA!!!

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In who's dimension and timeline? Evidentally not the one City of Heroes is in.

It's a game. Not everything is based upon fact. For instance (and this might be a shock to some) people can't really shoot fireballs from their hands.

JackZodiac · 07-14-2005 07:42 PM

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The only reason I even made this board was to get my 1 star back.

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You do have one star.

13th_Stranger · 07-14-2005 08:41 PM

/Rant on

I can live with "Created History", but as a good little Pagan boy who is focused on Celtic Religion i am gonna be a little peeved if the Tuatha De Dannan are all represented as evil.

/rant off

I dont DO long winded rants

Northern_Fury · 07-14-2005 08:48 PM

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The only reason I even made this board was to get my 1 star back.

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Gratz on the one star Kraze!

Gladius_NA · 07-14-2005 08:53 PM

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Ah, but his Elements song is a classic. I first heard of Tom Lehrer when my college chemistry professor played that for us one day.

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Try this.

ebon3 · 07-14-2005 09:10 PM

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Yes. Speaking as a North Carolinian, I find it even more intriguing to wake-up today and find, suddenly and arbitrarily, that an entire island of our state and a primary faction of our history has not only been revised out of our territorial waters, but also *oh the shame of it* ceded to, of all places, Virginia.

It's enough to make me pull out the old flintlock and start heading north!

Reality Check: either someone didn't do their research OR something much more bizarre happened last halloween.

Cal2

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As one southerner to another, could'a been worse. They could've placed it some place north of the Mason Dixon!

As a virginian to a north carolinian, you can keep your stink'n island, we got cooler stuff in Va anyways

------->"Sic Semper Tyrannis"<-------

Murgatroid · 07-14-2005 09:19 PM

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It's enough to make me pull out the old flintlock and start heading north!

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I'm with you brother! And Michael Jordan and Andy Griffith are right behind me!

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there is no Carolina, there is only Zool!

Nishnig_Jones · 07-14-2005 09:19 PM

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The only reason I even made this board was to get my 1 star back.

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VA_Belle · 07-14-2005 09:22 PM

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Yes, as I hold your hand in mine, dear.

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Ah, but his Elements song is a classic. I first heard of Tom Lehrer when my college chemistry professor played that for us one day.

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Try this.

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ROFLOL!! Thanks for the link!

Kraze · 07-14-2005 09:31 PM

Where did my one star go!!! Now There's 2!! What, are stars a-sexual now!?

ebon3 · 07-14-2005 09:33 PM

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke settled upon Roanoke Island of the Outer Banks of NORTH CAROLINA!!!

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In who's dimension and timeline? Evidentally not the one City of Heroes is in.

It's a game. Not everything is based upon fact. For instance (and this might be a shock to some) people can't really shoot fireballs from their hands.

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Well I can shoot them out of my....err nevermind...

------->"Sic Semper Tyrannis"<-------

ebon3 · 07-14-2005 09:35 PM

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It's enough to make me pull out the old flintlock and start heading north!

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I'm with you brother! And Michael Jordan and Andy Griffith are right behind me!

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there is no Carolina, there is only Zool!

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heralded by Gozer the Gozarian, I'm guessing?

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Deadalot · 07-14-2005 09:46 PM

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Yes, as I hold your hand in mine, dear.

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Ah, but his Elements song is a classic. I first heard of Tom Lehrer when my college chemistry professor played that for us one day.

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Try this.

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See, I go to work for 12 hrs (well 8, but it felt like 12) and I miss all the fun! Thanks for that link - it's just what I needed after that 14 hour workday!

(And tune in next week to see Deadalot sing a medley of Alan Sherman's hit.)

Deadalot · 07-14-2005 09:47 PM

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I'm with you brother! And Michael Jordan and Andy Griffith are right behind me!

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there is no Carolina, there is only Zool!

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heralded by Gozer the Gozarian, I'm guessing?

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Actually, I believe there is a Carolina, but you have to cross the streams to get there.

Calibre · 07-14-2005 11:52 PM

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Hey guys I just wanted to address a few things about this thread.

First of all although many characters, groups and places in City of Heroes may have a foundation in history, it is very likely they will not match up directly because our game is fictional. Please keep in mind that our intent is not to annoy or offend anyone.

Now lets talk about Croatoa for a minute.

As several people have pointed out despite the fact that Roanoke Island is in North Carolina now, it wasnt then. The Roanoke colony was founded the first time in 1585, 22 years before Jamestown. Technically there wasnt a Virginia *or* a North Carolina when the island was first discovered, but when she was told about the area by Sir Walter Raleigh Queen Elizabeth named the new land Virginia. The Lost Colony itself was established in 1587.

Croatoan were in fact the unexplained letters that were found. We called our zone Croatoa to echo that, but leaving the n off was intentional. The fact that the n was left off in the article describing the letters was simply a typo.

I hope this helps clear things up.

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Really, whatever, Manticore.

The Lost Colony is fundamentally North Carolina history and tradition. You DID offend by failing to do your research or by simply displaying an offensive apathy and ignorance.

Please, spare me the revisionism, if you don't mind.

Next time, do your research.

Cal2