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Castle IS da man!

AmericanSteel

By AmericanSteel,
Posted on: 2006-02-01 24:44 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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Hope this doesn't get him deluged with PMs. But OTOH I felt he deserved public kudos.

After reading the thread about Increase Density, where he talks about the mode of buffs (Replace vs default), I sent him a PM asking if we could have some powers fixed:

Smoke Grenade, Smoke, etc, lose debuffs for a second when replaced, in order to avoid stacking. As did O2 Boost, and as did Burn. In contrast to other powers like Clear Mind, Practiced Brawler, etc, which can be reapplied without dropping their buff (or debuff).

His reply was very helpful:
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It's a bug. I'll submit it to the programming staff.

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FYI, if you didn't know, some of these powers have been bugged for over a year.

It's amazing how effective Castle is, and unfortunately, it makes the rest of the Devs look rather negligent, when I see that easily 2/3 of the bugs squished in the last few months are due to Castle looking into the matter. I just wish that there were a few more like him on staff, looking to fix problems, rather than more designers, who look to create more powers/content/whatever. I'd rather have a little bit less game and have it be working right, than have more and have it be buggy.

 

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Hope this doesn't get him deluged with PMs. But OTOH I felt he deserved public kudos.

After reading the thread about Increase Density, where he talks about the mode of buffs (Replace vs default), I sent him a PM asking if we could have some powers fixed:

Smoke Grenade, Smoke, etc, lose debuffs for a second when replaced, in order to avoid stacking. As did O2 Boost, and as did Burn. In contrast to other powers like Clear Mind, Practiced Brawler, etc, which can be reapplied without dropping their buff (or debuff).

His reply was very helpful:
[ QUOTE ]
It's a bug. I'll submit it to the programming staff.

[/ QUOTE ]

FYI, if you didn't know, some of these powers have been bugged for over a year.

It's amazing how effective Castle is, and unfortunately, it makes the rest of the Devs look rather negligent, when I see that easily 2/3 of the bugs squished in the last few months are due to Castle looking into the matter. I just wish that there were a few more like him on staff, looking to fix problems, rather than more designers, who look to create more powers/content/whatever. I'd rather have a little bit less game and have it be working right, than have more and have it be buggy.

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You're absolutely right, Blacksly! For fixing/debugging problems, Castle's either the best or most visible dev there is. Honestly speaking, I'm shocked that some other dev hasn't done what he's doing right now already. It seems like a no brainer if you play this game alot and try to have fun with it.

More than any other dev, I honestly think Castle has the "Player's Perspective" down. It's very easy for him (methinks) to see things from our side of the fence. And that's what makes him so insightful about what we want, imho.

Arc Salvo: Okay hold one sec guys, we can't just rush in blindly vs these Nemesis, they've got these ranged aoe's tha-
Teammate1(charging in): Shut up, Arc Salvo, you lame*$% Viewtiful Joe wannabe! What do you know?!
Teammate2(also charging): yeah, ST#& arc salvo u PWR RANGR U!
Arc Salvo: *sigh*

 

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Hush!!!!! He just told the blasters that he would look at their issues. My lvl 39 Blaster is my new "main" and doesn't want him distracted with everyone bugging him about bugs.

And next, my true main - lvl 50 Tank - wants him to look at the tank issues (although I think the defense change and moving-target bug fixes will go a long ways for them).

So everyone else just leave him alone. He's mine. You can't have him.

 

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Looking at blaster issues? He just started to scratch the surface of defender issues. He looked at our list, responded to each and every point, and by doing so revealed some relatively major imbalances that basically end up with defenders getting shafted. Look at his post in the defender forums for details.

 

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Castle is insanely awesome.

Dawnslayer on Virtue.

 

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Castle challanged Chuck Norris to a duel - He WON!


@Catwhoorg "Rule of Three - Finale" Arc# 1984
@Mr Falkland Islands"A Nation Goes Rogue" Arc# 2369 "Toasters and Pop Tarts" Arc#116617

 

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A man wise in the ways of the world once spoke these words:

To be the man, you've got to beat the man.

_Castle_ not only beat the man, he bloody one-shotted him.

"If you're going through hell, keep going."
Winston Churchill

 

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Yes, _Castle_'s doing a great job and has earned many well deserved Kudos!

I really like his system with the consolidated threads and responses, it works quite well. Even when the news isn't good (as Arrow just found out ) knowing someone has taken a look at the issue goes a long way towards keeping people informed and keeping discussions on track.

Many kudos _Caste_, keep it up!

 

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Castle challanged Chuck Norris to a duel - He WON!

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He is truly a Lesbian among Hellions.

 

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Hope this doesn't get him deluged with PMs. But OTOH I felt he deserved public kudos.

After reading the thread about Increase Density, where he talks about the mode of buffs (Replace vs default), I sent him a PM asking if we could have some powers fixed:

Smoke Grenade, Smoke, etc, lose debuffs for a second when replaced, in order to avoid stacking. As did O2 Boost, and as did Burn. In contrast to other powers like Clear Mind, Practiced Brawler, etc, which can be reapplied without dropping their buff (or debuff).

His reply was very helpful:
[ QUOTE ]
It's a bug. I'll submit it to the programming staff.

[/ QUOTE ]

FYI, if you didn't know, some of these powers have been bugged for over a year.

It's amazing how effective Castle is, and unfortunately, it makes the rest of the Devs look rather negligent, when I see that easily 2/3 of the bugs squished in the last few months are due to Castle looking into the matter. I just wish that there were a few more like him on staff, looking to fix problems, rather than more designers, who look to create more powers/content/whatever. I'd rather have a little bit less game and have it be working right, than have more and have it be buggy.

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He is around here a lot I find him to be a good dev wish ALL the devs were a bit more like him but the other devs are just as good since they are working hard making the game

 

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Castle challanged Chuck Norris to a duel - He WON!

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Castle dueled Chuck Norris and out of respect for Castle's hard work on our behalf, Chuck only broke HALF of Castle's bones instead of round-house kicking Castle's head off.

That's a ringing endorsement.

Then Chuck Norris snuffed out Statesman like a candle, using a fart.

 

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;wonders what to do to lure _Castle_ to the dom forum....

Spines/ D A lvl 50 Scrap, stone/wm lvl 50 tank, Kat/reg lvl 50 Scrap
Grav/Kin lvl 50 Cont, Fire/Enegry lvl 50 Blast
Warshade lvl 50, PB lvl 39, nightwidow lvl 50, crab lvl 42
plant/thorns lvl 50 dom, ice/fire lvl 40 dom, grav/nrg lvl 41 dom

 

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He is around here a lot I find him to be a good dev wish ALL the devs were a bit more like him but the other devs are just as good since they are working hard making the game

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And yet ironically some of the player base will roundly trash him, demand apologies from him, and phrase their posts to him in a very acidic manner.

It boggles my mind.

..:boggle:.. <----- see?

 

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Castle challanged Chuck Norris to a duel - He WON!

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I met Chuck Norris once.

Once.

(Thanks, folks!)

 

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Castle challanged Chuck Norris to a duel - He WON!

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I met Chuck Norris once.

Once.

(Thanks, folks!)

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There were no survivors.

~Gabriel

 

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Castle challanged Chuck Norris to a duel - He WON!

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He is truly a Lesbian among Hellions.

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Indeed indeed.

Arc Salvo: Okay hold one sec guys, we can't just rush in blindly vs these Nemesis, they've got these ranged aoe's tha-
Teammate1(charging in): Shut up, Arc Salvo, you lame*$% Viewtiful Joe wannabe! What do you know?!
Teammate2(also charging): yeah, ST#& arc salvo u PWR RANGR U!
Arc Salvo: *sigh*

 

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And yet ironically some of the player base will roundly trash him, demand apologies from him, and phrase their posts to him in a very acidic manner.

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I find that people talk a lot tougher when they aren't face to face. Ah well, I am sure the devs have developed thick skin (or dare I say tough hides ).

 

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I met Chuck Norris once.

Once.

(Thanks, folks!)

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"You shouldn't hang me on a hook, Johnny. My mother hung me on a hook once. Once." - Joe Piscapo as Danny Vermin in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Ah, old movie quotes abound...

CuppaJo: **waves wand - you are mesmerized by the shiney bouncing Positron**

HypnotizerZero, Psyche-Delia, Twilight Samurai, Burning Rubber, Ignitrode & more...on Virtue.

AMD x2 4600+/7950GTKO/2Gb PC6400/Win2kPro

 

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Castle challanged Chuck Norris to a duel - He WON!

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I met Chuck Norris once.

Once.

(Thanks, folks!)

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So did I, I shook his hand in the In-N-Out Drive-Thru as I handed out his order. Small world...

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Castle v. Godzilla - Castle

Castle v. John Wayne - Castle

Castle v. Ronald Reagan - Castle

Castle v. 1985 Chicago Bears - Castle

Castle v. DITKA! - PUSH!

Castle v. Fidel Castro - Castle

Castle v. Statesman - Statesman (He's the boss and uberized his character - haxxor )

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