What My Six Year Old Has Learned From CoX
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Posted on: 2008-02-19 08:05 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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>_> I realized recently while watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, why I don't like Tennant as Who....
Because he's EVIL Barty Crouch Jr. EVIL EVIL EVIL!
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Bah! Who trumps Harry!!! 
*hides from all the Harry fans* 
There I was between a rock and a hard place. Then I thought, "What am I doing on this side of the rock?"
Yesterday, my three-year-old sat on my lap as I played my (L24) Bots/FF Mastermind. His comments were "Need more robots" and "I like Bubbles".
Then he grabbed the remote for the stereo and started pointing it at things going "PewPew Pew".
I did this mission a week or two ago. Here's my picture.
I really liked the Disco Trolls as a custom critter group.
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I know 'bumping' is bad, but I'm Jonsing for a Sister Flame update.
Thanks for bumping.
I was looking for this thread to add to my "subscribed threads", but forgot which forum it was in.
I played the arc. Wasn't as long as I thought, which is a good thing.
Had fun reading the little descriptions.. good lulz
Wyvern de Veridi with Sister Flame
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Don�t say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. - R.W. Emerson |
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Great thread, I will team with a kid anytime on pinnacle
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Originally Posted by Impish_Kat
Thanks for bumping.
I was looking for this thread to add to my "subscribed threads", but forgot which forum it was in. I played the arc. Wasn't as long as I thought, which is a good thing. Had fun reading the little descriptions.. good lulz Wyvern de Veridi with Sister Flame |
Same thing here. It's been a PITA trying to get some threads I enjoyed back to Subscribed status again.
I'm gonna have to rerun Sister Flame's MArc mission at some point. It was enjoyable.
Thank you for the time...
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Originally Posted by _Wyll_
As I sit here to wait for the servers to come back up, it struck me that I could write a little post about Sister Flame.
Sister Flame is the online handle of my middle daughter, currently six years old. She's been playing City of Heroes since she was 4 and 1/2. It was only over the last year we began to team together with my two accounts and have a lot of fun. I thought I let you know what Sister Flame has learned from CoX. |
Been a while that we've (the EU) been able to read about Sister Flame but not post back. A heartwarming tale - hope she's still enjoying the game!
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Has it already been a month since the last update?
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Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
I know 'bumping' is bad, but I'm Jonsing for a Sister Flame update.
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On another note, thanks to whoever bumped this awesome thread. Of course I knew about it before, but with me being a Euro player, this is the first time I'm able to post in it.
The adorable factor of this thread has international appeal!
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well, when you think about it, ANY game can teach you something. this is why when I have a kid, I intend to have them play games like the Legend of Zelda series, Ico, and other games that can get them to think. I ADORE puzzle-solving games and strategy games. give me a full battalion or regiment (whatever the 40 or so you can have in one go is) of 2/3's Elite Longbowmen and a 1/3 mounted archers in Age of Empires 2 and I could be damn near unstoppable. the point is, learning will always happen, and an enjoyable activity that teaches you something is alright by me.
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Originally Posted by Angry_Citizen
Nice post
brought me a smile. CoH: The educational MMO. |
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(too lazy to click on another post so I quoted myself) Hmmmmm Sister Flame and you are on Freedom? I think I have actually seen that name go across my screen a time or two, but didn't think anything of it. now I have to curb my tongue, knowing there are such small children around. and feel free to ask for about anything from me in-game, Hochroter Drache loves helping out new players and young children. the kids around early teens tend to annoy me with their "drama" and the fact that some bring a sense of "spoiled-ness" with them however, so it's refreshing having a player that loves the game regardless of their age, and who isn't in a rush to get their character to the lvl cap as fast as they can. kudos to you and a tip of my figurative hat to the little lady |
Originally Posted by HochroterDrache
well, when you think about it, ANY game can teach you something. this is why when I have a kid, I intend to have them play games like the Legend of Zelda series, Ico, and other games that can get them to think. I ADORE puzzle-solving games and strategy games. give me a full battalion or regiment (whatever the 40 or so you can have in one go is) of 2/3's Elite Longbowmen and a 1/3 mounted archers in Age of Empires 2 and I could be damn near unstoppable. the point is, learning will always happen, and an enjoyable activity that teaches you something is alright by me.
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Originally Posted by Melancton
The Bronze Monitor pulled the fallen Troll partway from the floor and leaned his metallic face close to the snappy yellow hat brim of his captive.
"Chompy is getting hungry," he said, cocking his head toward his huge Venus Flytrap, "so I will only ask once. WHERE IS SISTER FLAME?" "Hah! You hero!" said the fallen Troll, "You bluff! Me no talk!" He was pretty smart for a Troll. But after a quick application of Seeds of Confusion, he was singing like a canary... ====================================== The Bronze Monitor indeed succeeded in freeing Sister Flame and helping her take down the mastermind behind the plot. What a fascinating look at CoH through eight year old eyes. Speaking as one who likewise had to interpret his kids' storylines into various media (I often had to take dictation to provide the written captions for the pictures they had drawn for their "books"), I for one feel the anticipation for this particular arc was well-deserved. Woot for Disco Trolls! Sidestep's costume was another highlight. It is interesting to me that all of the minor plot threads were resolved along with the main story. Bravo to Sister Flame and her Faithful Scribe! |
Since we can now put images in our posts, I will use the opportunity to show off the souvenir of Sister Flame's arc that I took, as well as have the happy effect of returning this post to the top of the list.
Link to Utterly Humongous and Wildly Out of Place Imbedded in Post Image:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5316/...andsisterf.jpg
"How do you know you are on the side of good?" a Paragon citizen asked him. "How can we even know what is 'good'?"
"The Most High has spoken, even with His own blood," Melancton replied. "Surely we know."
Wow, has it been a month all ready? Seems like time flies when you're not playing a lot of CoX.
Only have a quick update for you all and a little story to tie you over. Once the fall hits, I imagine Sister Flame and I will be playing a lot more CoX instead of doing silly things like playing soccer, swimming and catching frogs.
Once again, I got stuck in the passenger seat as my eldest and Sister Flame decided they wanted to play CoX. Sitting in a little computer chair while watching my daughters play the computer reminded me of the 8 bit NES days, where I would sit behind my cousins, waiting for a turn to play Super Mario Brothers.
It sucked then and it sucks now. 
Anyways, my eldest wanted to do something different with Sister Flame and CoX. A lot of ideas were tossed back and forth. Hide and seek? See who can switch on hover closest to the ground after jumping off a building? Running a few AE missions? Visitting the Hollows?
A lot more ideas were tossed out, but they decided upon a little "Mirror Mirror" game. My two darling daughters made two identical toons and called them each Crush 1 and Crush 2. They then proceeded to run around Atlas Park mimicing each other and drew a few stares as well as some choice comments such as:
"You two related?" *my eldest said 'Yes, unfortunately'. Sister Flame never got the joke.*
"Thought my video card was acting up."
"Wow. Deja vu."
"You duo boxing?"
In the end, it was a thirty minute distraction that provided them with a lot of fun and some good sibling bonding.
As for detailed Sister Flame news, she really likes the pictures people take of themselves with Sister Flame in her AE mission. She is a bit embarrassed at all the attention, but she is also a bit proud too. I've been nagging her about doing another AE mission (either a sequal or a Disco Troll arc), but she's not sure if she has a really good idea for another one. I explained to her that power customization is coming and she is pretty keen on that. She's very much in the "every color should match" mindset and I know she would like to tweak a few of the power colors.
I also showed her pics of Miss Liberty at Comic Con. She thought that was quite cool and wondered why I didn't take her to Comic Con. It wasn't until I explained the distance and wait times at the Con that she kind of got discouraged. I didn't dare promise to take her when she was older because she will hold me to it.
That's about it for now. Sister Flame sends her best and hopes you all are having fun.
Wyll
The Elementals - Brother Frost and Sister Flame
Who Is Sister Flame?
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That reminds me.
Darkness and Fire
This is Sister Flame and my main on Virtue, Dominus Nox.
Right before we beat seven kinds of crap out of every Troll and rogue Clockwork we could find
"Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." --Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Originally Posted by _Wyll_
As I sit here to wait for the servers to come back up, it struck me that I could write a little post about Sister Flame.
Sister Flame is the online handle of my middle daughter, currently six years old. She's been playing City of Heroes since she was 4 and 1/2. It was only over the last year we began to team together with my two accounts and have a lot of fun. I thought I let you know what Sister Flame has learned from CoX. (1) Flame Learned To Read At the tender age of five, I let Flame play on my second account on my laptop beside me. For a while, I had to tell her what the train destiantions were, what the NPCs were saying and what the villains name were. It was only mere months before Flame didn't need my help anymore. We were playing one summer evening and I noticed that she wasn't asking me to read things. I looked over at her screen and watched her for a bit. I was intrigued she knew where to go. "Need any help reading, honey?" I asked. "Nope. I can read nope. That says Atlas Park and that says Steel Canyon. Those are Clockworks, but I like calling them Clickey Clacks." she replied quite happilly. Her teacher was quite surprised at the headstart she had on her reading skills. When I informed the teacher that Flame's headstart was the result of playing a superhero online game, I got the weirdest look. Oh well. Now, at six, I can hear Flame reading slowly over the mission text and the NPC dialogue. She cannot type yet, but if we get on a team together, I usually do the talking for both of us. (2) Attitude Matters; Not Age. From time to time, I get a little impatient with my daughters. I do recall the one evening I was unwell, but Flame wanted to play CoH and wanted to get on a big team. "I'm too sick to play, so you'll have to do it by yourself." I told her, thinking that she'd never figure it out or get booted quickly if she did get invited to a team. I laid down on the bed and closed my eyes to rest. Twenty minutes later, I stretched and asked Flame how she was doing. "Good. I am in a big team." she told me. "Oh yeah?" I asked. "Yep. People keep joinging, but I think they're playing soccer." she says. "Why is that?" "I keep seeing the word 'kick'." I rolled off the bed and scrolled back through the chat. Apart from several comments about Flame's excellent control and attack with her Fire Blaster, I see several conversations/arguments with some idiots who joined the team and did something really stupid. Most of them wound up being kicked by the leader. I also notice that every so often, Flame has written 'ty'. "What's the 'ty' for?" I asked. "Thank you. You type it sometimes. Everytime I see 'Flame', I type it. They like it." I watched Flame play for another twenty minutes. No one in the group had a clue to her age and she played her role as any good team member should: waiting for 'Go' or 'Ready' before attacking, saving her Rain of Fire for large groups and giving inspirations to thoes that needed it. Finally, I had to type a message for Flame. "Thank you all for the team. This is Flame's dad. She has to get up for Grade 1 tomorrow and needs to go to bed. She says you were all great." I still love typing that message and watching the responses. Most are 'lol' or 'what?!'. One time, a player typed 'Wow. I wonder if my poodle could play.'. All in good fun. (3) Playing Coh Is Just Like Playing House a.k.a Imagination Is Power. Flame has always had a decent imagination, but it has improved a lot since she has been playing Coh. She likes to spin stories about her toons and give them a backstory. This has translated well to her schoolwork when she has been asked to do creative writing assignments. She has also developed a healthy curiousity into some of the groups in CoH. Some of the things she has asked me are: "Why do Skulls hang out in Perez Park?" "How come the Clockworks don't attack cars or make nasty cars to attack people?" "Why are Trolls green?" "Where do the Outcasts get their power?" Now, she makes up toons with funny names (to us anyways), but good backgrounds. Among some of her mains are Takes Care Of Pets (A MM with two mercenaries: Cat, Dog), Takes Care Of Bats (A PB with Bat Wings) and of course, Sister Flame (a Fire Blaster with her partner, Brother Frost [me]). So, if you ever run across a Fire Blaster named Sister Flame on Freedom, chances are its my daughter havign fun, but learning many things at the same time. Feel free to team with her, but don't be a "poopyhead" (her words, not mind). Ciao! P.S. She is working on her typing skills, so if you see her say "Go", "Go", "Go" about twenty times, don't worry. It's only 1 of about 100 words she can spell. |
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Even a Villain of pure evil wanted to help Sister Flame! 
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I didn't dare promise to take her when she was older because she will hold me to it.
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So will we.
Wow, I'm glad I was linked to this, I liked reading this story.
I think I've heard of Sister Flame before...hm...
This is awesome, I want to meet her, or at least do her mission!
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Originally Posted by _Wyll_
"Why do Skulls hang out in Perez Park?"
"How come the Clockworks don't attack cars or make nasty cars to attack people?" "Why are Trolls green?" "Where do the Outcasts get their power?" |
because.. these are 100% legitimate questions! I demand answers!
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Ammo switching for Dual Pistols was my idea:
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For haloween you could make her a sister flame costume
if youre near any kind of art schools a friend of mine goes to comic con for anime ,,,she has won many prizes for her costumes she is a senior at SCAD for animation
I ran the arc and really enjoyed it! But her mailbox is still full, so my comment didn't get sent
>_> I realized recently while watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, why I don't like Tennant as Who....
Because he's EVIL Barty Crouch Jr. EVIL EVIL EVIL!
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