Paragon Times Exclusive: Statesman's Task Force

SpaceNut · 05-02-2007 05:29 AM

Any particular reason this disappeared off the main page?

("this" being the news blurb on the main CoH site linking to the newspaper article)

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Jagged · 05-02-2007 05:51 AM

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Sirs,

What is Stateman and the Paragon Times thinking about?

Don't they realise they are endangering the lives of heroes by publishing this information? We should not be handing out information helpful to the enemy in our national papers!

regards,

Angry of Independance Port

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Donathius · 05-02-2007 08:13 AM

So what's with these "Lonbgow" characters? Some sort of new covert (well...not anymore) division of Longbow? Or maybe they're a bunch of wannabes...

Casey_Newton · 05-02-2007 08:35 AM

The name Longbow was already taken.

UnSub · 05-02-2007 08:37 AM

It was actually meant to be 'Longbrau', which is Longbow's beer division, but a sub-editor screwed it up.

Arctic Sun · 05-02-2007 08:59 AM

For a slightly different perspective on the story, check out Top Down Paragon's radio coverage, available in streaming or downloadable versions.

Huge *thanks!* to DJ Jester and w00t for putting this together!

cheers,
JS

MichaelMalach · 05-02-2007 10:18 AM

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For a slightly different perspective on the story, check out Top Down Paragon's radio coverage, available in streaming or downloadable versions.

Huge *thanks!* to DJ Jester and w00t for putting this together!

cheers,
JS

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hehehhehehehehehehehehe that made me giggle on the inside

Az'rial · 05-02-2007 10:26 AM

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No offense to anyone but is it me or is Stateman's speech sounding something along the lines of what President Bush gave to the public before invading Iraq.

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It's not just you. For crying out loud, who writes Freedom Phalanx's dialog, Kyle Sampson? "Balance of power"? "Weapon of mass destruction?" Flat-out lies about how we don't know "yet" if Statesman's brother in law is "building a rapid strike force"? "If we fail to get the job done in the Rogue Isles, Arachnos will certainly follow us here?"

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No, no. If States were taking a page from the Bush playbook, then to fight Arachnos, he'd be sending heroes to take over Middle Earth.

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/em spit take.....Buggers, you almost made me ruin my puter with that statement Gotterdamung. Unfortunaltly, that statement is way too close to the truth

beowulfe · 05-02-2007 10:29 AM

Pfft. See, this is the problem with Heroes ... it isn't a doomsday device, it's for making MOAR PIES!!!

Silly heroes. Pies are for villains.

Kitsune9tails · 05-02-2007 10:42 AM

Nice radio coverage! But Statesman sounded a bit too like Darth Vader for my tastes...wasn't Patrick Warburton available? Or was that Jack Emmert's voice!?

Sister Psyche's voice, on the other hand, sounded great!

All in all, W00t! And thanks for a new article! Hope it's the first of many, Arctic Sun. I missed you.

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InfamousBrad · 05-02-2007 11:02 AM

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That's an interesting article....since I arrested ARBITER SANDS last week....who the hell let him out?

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Oh, please. Arachnos invented the emergency teleporter. Their emergency teleporter system has so much longer range and penetration than yours that it's not funny. Besides, where'd you have him teleported to, when you arrested him? The Zig? Oh, please. The single most realistic thing about City of Heroes is the level of competence displayed by Paragon City's most visible "public/private partnership." The Zig can't even keep the Clockwork King locked up, so like heck they're going to keep a top Arachnos government official locked up, one whose partners (like him) have the power to go back and edit history.

Or maybe the US traded him back to Arachnos for Manticore, in a spy exchange. That'd make some sense.

BackFire · 05-02-2007 11:07 AM

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For a slightly different perspective on the story, check out Top Down Paragon's radio coverage, available in streaming or downloadable versions.

Huge *thanks!* to DJ Jester and w00t for putting this together!

cheers,
JS

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uhm...is Erica related to Dr. Girlfriend?

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Arctic Sun · 05-02-2007 11:34 AM

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uhm...is Erica related to Dr. Girlfriend?

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No, Dr. Girlfriend's voice is much deeper and sexier.

She's not even related to Lord Fanny, though it might be a closer guess.

cheers,
JS

Obsidius · 05-02-2007 12:38 PM

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For a slightly different perspective on the story, check out Top Down Paragon's radio coverage, available in streaming or downloadable versions.

Huge *thanks!* to DJ Jester and w00t for putting this together!

cheers,
JS

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uhm...is Erica related to Dr. Girlfriend?

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No, but there is an uncanny resemblance between Statesman and DJ Otto Plair... (perhaps it explains Otto's attitude)

Jester · 05-02-2007 01:26 PM

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No, but there is an uncanny resemblance between Statesman and DJ Otto Plair... (perhaps it explains Otto's attitude)

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Now I'm not going to say that they are infact the same person, however I am going to say that there is no conspi..........................

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*bright flash*

I'm sorry what was I doing again?

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Obsidius · 05-02-2007 01:47 PM

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Unknown_User · 05-02-2007 04:58 PM

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No offense to anyone but is it me or is Stateman's speech sounding something along the lines of what President Bush gave to the public before invading Iraq.

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It's not just you. For crying out loud, who writes Freedom Phalanx's dialog, Kyle Sampson? "Balance of power"? "Weapon of mass destruction?" Flat-out lies about how we don't know "yet" if Statesman's brother in law is "building a rapid strike force"? "If we fail to get the job done in the Rogue Isles, Arachnos will certainly follow us here?"

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It just dawned on me that Lord Recluse is Stateman's brother-in-law. So some how all the heroes of Paragon City are getting involved and risking life and limb over some family spat.

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Sandolphan · 05-02-2007 09:19 PM

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No offense to anyone but is it me or is Stateman's speech sounding something along the lines of what President Bush gave to the public before invading Iraq.

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Fire_Chief · 05-03-2007 06:53 AM

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Sirs,

What is Stateman and the Paragon Times thinking about?

Don't they realise they are endangering the lives of heroes by publishing this information? We should not be handing out information helpful to the enemy in our national papers!

regards,

Angry of Independance Port

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Sooooooo...that would make the Paragon Times the New York Times

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Marcian Tobay · 05-03-2007 09:00 AM

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Read the full coverage here.

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Sirs,

What is Stateman and the Paragon Times thinking about?

Don't they realise they are endangering the lives of heroes by publishing this information? We should not be handing out information helpful to the enemy in our national papers!

regards,

Angry of Independance Port

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Sooooooo...that would make the Paragon Times the New York Times

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Oh, you conservative lil *fist wave*

DJNor · 05-03-2007 09:12 AM

Cool audio! That James Stark, he sounds like a PRO!

Arctic Sun, thanks for posting here. Can't wait for more of these!

Ethereal_Savior · 05-03-2007 11:28 AM

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For a slightly different perspective on the story, check out Top Down Paragon's radio coverage, available in streaming or downloadable versions.

Huge *thanks!* to DJ Jester and w00t for putting this together!

cheers,
JS

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Statesman sounded like Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat to me, which was a bit awkward. It sounds unnatural in an awkward way, but considering that Statesman indirectly gets his powers from Zeus, I suppose it should be fitting for someone that's practically a demigod. Maybe it's just the echo effect that makes it feel strange.

Sister Psyche's VA is alright. I feel like it's a little off from what I would've expected, but imagination is rarely something that can be duplicated in real life. Even with this feelings, I can't think of any other way for her to possibly sound that would be better suited to her personality and characteristics.

I was going to post a half-hearted gripe (in another topic, of course) over the lack of anything about Sister Psyche in the invention system (considering pretty much everyone else has at least one item based on them, including Malaise), but her prominence in the "news announcement" makes me feel like a jerk for it, so that's dropped :P .

All in all, thanks for all the hard work. The way I see things shaping, I expect that I'll be much more interested in CoH in the coming months than I have been for the past year.

Megajoule · 05-03-2007 02:13 PM

This is Statesman. You think he's gonna trust a bunch of rookies? (Yes, level 45-50 characters... like I said, this is Statesman.)

Like Siren's Call, this is just a bit of misdirection. I'm sure he plans to go in himself (with a few of the Phalanx, or maybe not) and kick Stefan's [censored] while Spider-Boy and his lieutenants are hunting for those eight diversions. Of course, being Statesman, he'll screw up somehow and actually need those eight to save the day. Then he'll grumble about it like an old man.

In closing, I'd like to thank Jack and all the folks at Cryptic for the thoroughly inspirational way they've portrayed the setting's flagship character. I wouldn't have made this post if not for them.

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BlueHeeler · 05-03-2007 03:21 PM

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Sirs,

What is Stateman and the Paragon Times thinking about?

Don't they realise they are endangering the lives of heroes by publishing this information? We should not be handing out information helpful to the enemy in our national papers!

regards,

Angry of Independance Port

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Sooooooo...that would make the Paragon Times the New York Times

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Hehe nice.

Yay for the new Paragon Times article, keep them coming!

Lady Athyna · 05-03-2007 04:33 PM

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The Paragon Times covers Statesmans Task Force.

PARAGON CITY, Rhode Island, April 30 A stalwart Statesman addressed the heroes of Paragon City today at an early morning press conference in front of City Hall in Atlas Park. He was accompanied by several members of the Freedom Phalanx, including Numina and Sister Psyche, and called the conference to discuss the ongoing threat of the Rogue Isles.

Read the full coverage here.

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Sorry if this is late, I've been away but... ZOMG! The Times is back!!!!!!!

Yay!