EXTRA! EXTRA! INVASION!
By
Angry_Citizen,
Posted on: 2007-07-24 09:05 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
WOOOT NEW ISSUE ON MY DAY OFF!!!
now have to explain to my date while Ill be late..
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Read all about it in this special edition of the Paragon Times! Extra! Extra!
PARAGON CITY, Rhode Island, July 24 The citys morning calm was shattered by air raid sirens just after 10:00 a.m. The Vanguard issued an all-alerts broadcast on the Emergency Alert System declaring, AIR RAID! PARAGON CITY! THIS IS NO DRILL!
Read the full article here.
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Small nitpick? I thought the Rikti were not nuclear energy capable, having other technology in its place?
Or am I misremembering the high level respec mission?
Still here, even after all this time!
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Pet peeve:
[quote...]they will attack any large group on site.
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I believe you mean on sight. You know, when you see something.
Crazy English language. 
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Argh! Curses! I blame Rikti mind-control powers!
I'll get it fixed shortly.
(You're always welcome to PM typos to me)
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Reports have come in from around the world...San Jose, Orange County, Santa Monica, Brighton...
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I wasn't aware California constituted most of the world. 
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Got an Enigma Prize in my pocket for anyone who figures out my logic. 
cheers,
JS
The dull crump of detonating Rikti munitions reverbrates through the Gutter. Rivulets of crumbling masonry, shaken loose by the distant blasts, course from the broken walls as Arachnoid mutants eye the darkened sky ominously. The shriek of distant alarms carries from Spider City, broken intermittently by salvoes from wall-mounted missile launchers and answering fire from dropship plasma cannon. Smoke rises.
A hooded figure emerges from a ramshackle lean-to among the old debris. Slightly built, the figure's narrow shoulders are slumped yet somehow tense, somehow containing a coiled, impatient energy. It moves slowly, hesitently, picking its way through the rubble to a higher point, seemingly to observe.
Yet when it raises its face to the skies, it is evident that it cannot be observing anything: eyeless sockets, crudely stitched shut, seep blood. From the ruined mouth, similarly stitched, shuddering, pain-wracked breaths wheeze softly. Fresh blood mingles with the crusted remnants of previous flows, the legacy of a hundred wounds that never heal, yet never kill. Frozen in a single moment of impossible agony, pain fills the figure's world, defines it. What cannot possibly be alive lives.
For a long moment, the figure turns its hideous, mangled face towards the line of dropships. Then it raises its trembling hand in in an unmistakable gestre of denial, of rejection. A single word hisses from the ruined mouth.
"No."
Without moving a muscle, the figure's bearing somehow changes. Within its pain-wracked mind lies a core of iron, a burning will beneath the insanity. The Zen master Lotus In Shadow slips effortlessly into Shikantaza state. The trembling hands become rock steady. The mangled, tortured body becomes at once rooted deeply to the earth and weightlessly agile. Her straight-bladed katana glides from its scabbard.
"No."
"And in this moment, I will not run.
It is my place to stand.
We few shall carry hope
Within our bloodied hands."
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WOOOT NEW ISSUE ON MY DAY OFF!!!
now have to explain to my date while Ill be late..
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Tell her straight up. If she says "Cool" marry her!
"Samual_Tow - Be disappointed all you want, people. You just don't appreciate the miracles that are taking place here."
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(You're always welcome to PM typos to me)
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Where's the fun in that?
Be well, people of CoH.
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Reports have come in from around the world...San Jose, Orange County, Santa Monica, Brighton...
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I wasn't aware California constituted most of the world.
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We here in California have always been saying that.
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WOOOT NEW ISSUE ON MY DAY OFF!!!
now have to explain to my date while Ill be late..
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Tell her straight up. If she says "Cool" marry her!
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QFT!!
lol
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The dull crump of detonating Rikti munitions reverbrates through the Gutter. Rivulets of crumbling masonry, shaken loose by the distant blasts, course from the broken walls as Arachnoid mutants eye the darkened sky ominously. The shriek of distant alarms carries from Spider City, broken intermittently by salvoes from wall-mounted missile launchers and answering fire from dropship plasma cannon. Smoke rises.
A hooded figure emerges from a ramshackle lean-to among the old debris. Slightly built, the figure's narrow shoulders are slumped yet somehow tense, somehow containing a coiled, impatient energy. It moves slowly, hesitently, picking its way through the rubble to a higher point, seemingly to observe.
Yet when it raises its face to the skies, it is evident that it cannot be observing anything: eyeless sockets, crudely stitched shut, seep blood. From the ruined mouth, similarly stitched, shuddering, pain-wracked breaths wheeze softly. Fresh blood mingles with the crusted remnants of previous flows, the legacy of a hundred wounds that never heal, yet never kill. Frozen in a single moment of impossible agony, pain fills the figure's world, defines it. What cannot possibly be alive lives.
For a long moment, the figure turns its hideous, mangled face towards the line of dropships. Then it raises its trembling hand in in an unmistakable gestre of denial, of rejection. A single word hisses from the ruined mouth.
"No."
Without moving a muscle, the figure's bearing somehow changes. Within its pain-wracked mind lies a core of iron, a burning will beneath the insanity. The Zen master Lotus In Shadow slips effortlessly into Shikantaza state. The trembling hands become rock steady. The mangled, tortured body becomes at once rooted deeply to the earth and weightlessly agile. Her straight-bladed katana glides from its scabbard.
"No."
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"Invasion, huh? Nice weather for it."
"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."
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Pet peeve:
[quote...]they will attack any large group on site.
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I believe you mean on sight. You know, when you see something.
Crazy English language.
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Argh! Curses! I blame Rikti mind-control powers!
I'll get it fixed shortly.
(You're always welcome to PM typos to me)
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Reports have come in from around the world...San Jose, Orange County, Santa Monica, Brighton...
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I wasn't aware California constituted most of the world.
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Got an Enigma Prize in my pocket for anyone who figures out my logic.
cheers,
JS
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"Site" could also be read as "they will attack any large group on location", right? So it's not automatically "incorrect". ;-)
My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
"The tip of a shoelace is called an aglet, its true purpose is sinister." The Question
Cryptic/NCSoft offices?
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Reports have come in from around the world...San Jose, Orange County, Santa Monica, Brighton...
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I wasn't aware California constituted most of the world.
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San Diego Con ......
and an invasion ........
Lots of fun all at one time.
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WOOOT NEW ISSUE ON MY DAY OFF!!!
now have to explain to my date while Ill be late..
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Tell her straight up. If she says "Cool" marry her!
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QFT!!
lol
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What if she says "What? Date's cancelled. I need to be online tonight."
You show up on her doorstep with your computer, a toothbrush, and a ring.
Story Arcs I created:
Every Rose: (#17702) Villainous vs Legacy Chain. Forget Arachnos, join the CoT!
Cosplay Madness!: (#3643) Neutral vs Custom Foes. Heroes at a pop culture convention!
Kiss Hello Goodbye: (#156389) Heroic vs Custom Foes. Film Noir/Hardboiled detective adventure!
I got tingles when I read: [ QUOTE ]
In another part of the zone, Castle led an attack on a Rikti destroyer with Soul Train, Tundara, Skarmory, and Lady Z, but they were overwhelmed by a group of Rikti priests.
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Durn Priests!
Thanks for putting my name in there. 
I really was enjoying the article up to then, but that solidified it's awesomeness for me.
d=^_^=b
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Read the patch notes for all the new cool stuff (and fixes)...
http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/patch_notes.html
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Yay!: ** Miniskirt 1 tweaked a little. Reorganized skirts and added new Pencil Skirt and Leather Versions.
Boo!: ** Critters with area of effect Confuse powers have had the duration of those powers greatly reduced.
So, for those of us stuck at work, is it safe to assume that the event has in fact started?
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Reports have come in from around the world...San Jose, Orange County, Santa Monica, Brighton...
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Got an Enigma Prize in my pocket for anyone who figures out my logic.
cheers,
JS
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Although I know I'm not the first, I had to respond:
Cryptic is in San Jose.
NCSoft have offices in Orange County, Brighton (England), and Santa Monica (and a lot of other places).
Also stuck at work until 6pm Pacific... 
But, yay!, I can now get a bunny tail on FooFoo!
Jim
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Reports have come in from around the world...San Jose, Orange County, Santa Monica, Brighton...
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I wasn't aware California constituted most of the world.
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Got an Enigma Prize in my pocket for anyone who figures out my logic.
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Is it because of George Clooney?
Cryptic likes to feel special?
California is one of the worlds largest economies? Still in top 10 I think.
You secretly hope Paris Hilton runs into a Rikti EB?
The ensuing battle is going to cause California to fall into the ocean and raise your property value in Arizona?
Be guessing?
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Reports have come in from around the world...San Jose, Orange County, Santa Monica, Brighton...
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Got an Enigma Prize in my pocket for anyone who figures out my logic.
cheers,
JS
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Although I know I'm not the first, I had to respond:
Cryptic is in San Jose.
NCSoft have offices in Orange County, Brighton (England), and Santa Monica (and a lot of other places).
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That's my guess also
Although there are some celebs that should be melted IMHO, so in this vein, I welcome our new alien oppressors!
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Reports have come in from around the world...San Jose, Orange County, Santa Monica, Brighton...
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I wasn't aware California constituted most of the world.
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Got an Enigma Prize in my pocket for anyone who figures out my logic.
cheers,
JS
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There is a Santa Monica located in the Phillipines, an Orange County in several different states, a San Jose in several different countries including Costa Rica and Argentina, and a Brighton in England (As well as Australia, Canada, and New Zealand).
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Reports have come in from around the world...San Jose, Orange County, Santa Monica, Brighton...
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Got an Enigma Prize in my pocket for anyone who figures out my logic.
cheers,
JS
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Although I know I'm not the first, I had to respond:
Cryptic is in San Jose.
NCSoft have offices in Orange County, Brighton (England), and Santa Monica (and a lot of other places).
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That's my guess also
Although there are some celebs that should be melted IMHO, so in this vein, I welcome our new alien oppressors!
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Yeah Cryptic is in San Jose, CA. NCSoft offices are in Austin, TX; Brighton, England; Tokyo, Japan; Shang-Hai, China; Bangkok, Thailand; Taipei, Taiwan; and Seoul, Korea. All of which are listed.
I'm assuming Orange County, CA; Santa Monica, CA; and Osaka, Japan also have NCSoft offices.
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Reports have come in from around the world...San Jose, Orange County, Santa Monica, Brighton...
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I wasn't aware California constituted most of the world.
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Got an Enigma Prize in my pocket for anyone who figures out my logic.
cheers,
JS
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You are hoping that California will sink into the Pacific Ocean and all the land I bought in desert will become beachfront property making me a billionaire overnight. Just as I planned.
...
Wait,
That was my plan right?
I always get my world domination plans and my instant millionaire plans confused.
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I got tingles when I read: [ QUOTE ]
In another part of the zone, Castle led an attack on a Rikti destroyer with Soul Train, Tundara, Skarmory, and Lady Z, but they were overwhelmed by a group of Rikti priests.
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=@_@=
Durn Priests!
Thanks for putting my name in there. I really was enjoying the article up to then, but that solidified it's awesomeness for me.
d=^_^=b
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Read my first post in the thread. I called it. I knew you would enjoy it.
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Pet peeve:
[quote...]they will attack any large group on site.
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They are aliens...what do they know of site vs. sight.
Just to get this straight. It is a sight before it is a site. right?