Discussion: Announcing Visual Sounds!

gSOLO · 04-01-2008 04:50 AM

Hmm, perhas they could create special chat bubbles. Then you can just create macros / binds for your powers.

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Pax__ · 04-01-2008 04:51 AM

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Thanks i guess. And i play like 1 month, so lol just sign in the forum right now. Anyway im laughing here ....almost lol.

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To your credit, you're laughing NOW. Some might have stayed ticked-off, moreso for having been fooled. You'll get along just fine here, if you can pull up and say "argh, they DID get me, har, har" instead of staying upset. ^_^

meiguess · 04-01-2008 04:52 AM

heh, you will have to get up early to fool me Dev's...of course i have the advantage of been a day ahead
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XaoGarrent · 04-01-2008 04:52 AM

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Freem!

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Freem.

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Don't make me have to dig up the Turn Signals on a Land Raider comic to counter this...

Laser + Freem = Them

Bah too late you made me do it...
FREEM!

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Hey, thats pretty good.

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Actually, I'm pretty sure Phil Foglio was using Freem as a sound effect in his comics years ago, way before Colbert. But I'm too lazy to dig through my collection to be certain.

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I'm sure it's been used by plenty, but Colbert is a riot, when I think of FREEM, I think of him.

_Rose_ · 04-01-2008 04:53 AM

not fair. seriously. i woke up- smoked my cigarette- and said, lets see whats going on on the forums. i read this, and i was like cooool.... then i come to comment, and realize wait- it's april 1st- and im half asleep. sigh.. no fair waking me up LH

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Silence!!! I kill you!

XaoGarrent · 04-01-2008 04:54 AM

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Hmm, perhas they could create special chat bubbles. Then you can just create macros / binds for your powers.

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OH JESUS, I once met a player that had a fire blaster that said FLAME ON! every time he used flares. That got annoying FAST. You can forget about that idea.

eSeraphim · 04-01-2008 04:55 AM

I was so excited I almost IMed a friend to tell him to come back to the game for this great feature... got me till the last line...

Well done

Lady_Dee · 04-01-2008 04:56 AM

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Please use this thread to discuss the below announcement:

NCsoft NorCal is proud to announce a new feature for the City of Heroes® and City of Villains® games; that of Visual Sounds. Visual Sounds are based on the comic book staple of onomatopoeia, or the use of a word to replace a sound. Classic comic book examples are Pow and Ka-Boom! in colorful bubbles while heroes and villains are slugging it out. City of Heroes takes a huge stride forward by replacing simple sounds with the exciting new visual medium of Visual Sounds.

Click here to read the full announcement!

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OMFG <face palm>

Great and come Issue 13 everything is going to have signs everywhere saying what is what.

Yes, I'm being sarcastic.

gSOLO · 04-01-2008 04:57 AM

Create a new chat channel and or allow users to filter chat messages that have this special font used in them. :nodnod:

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Soleau: Ice / Icy / Ice / Core: Ice / Fire / Pyre / Wind / Eclipse / Flare / Corona
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Solo Space

Gotterdamurung · 04-01-2008 05:01 AM

That's it!

I am SOOOO sick of the devs ruining this game!!!1!

First of all, this absolutely destroys my roleplaying of my characters. I like to pretend that all of my characters have completely silent attacks; that's why I built my new computer with no speakers or headphones, geniuses!

Secondly, this is terrible for all non-english speaking players! It's bad enough trying to translate the regular stuff, but what are the chances that my English to Latvian dictionary is actually going to have "Freem" and "Biff."

Why do the devs hate us?!?!

This kind of careless corporate attitude is exactly the reason that I'm signing up to be a Virgle Pioneer. To heck with quitting and going to CO; I'm leaving all you bastids behind and starting fresh. We're going to have our own Superhero MMO! With blackjack! And hookers!

In fact, forget about the blackjack and the MMO.

Xionian · 04-01-2008 05:05 AM

heh...
Heheh...
Haha...
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!
AHHHHHAha...
ECk.. *Cough Cough* funny...

would have been better if you just made the change and didnt tell anyone tho.

VioMeTriX · 04-01-2008 05:06 AM

if this is an april fools....great job.... if this is for real then there better be an option to turn it off or ill quit playing.... all i see it as is a gateway for more lag and distraction.

AnotherDeadHero · 04-01-2008 05:07 AM

You know, I actually thought it would be pretty cool at first

Theater of the mind. Posi, you crack me up.

Clorius · 04-01-2008 05:07 AM

Wow - first Lord of the Rings Online announces a new race of super chickens, now CoH is going to have visual sounds?! What a year!

Rajani Isa · 04-01-2008 05:08 AM

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April Fools! Good one!

*laughs controlably*

.....

This is an April Fool's joke, right? 'Cos...

*looks at it strangely*

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This is great.

But it reminds me, I am scared to go into work today. I currently deliver pizza for a job...

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Police_Drone_TH · 04-01-2008 05:08 AM

It's a shame, really, I would have liked a feature like this in the game. Maybe the public outcry when everyone realizes it was a prank will encourage them to pursue this path?

parkin · 04-01-2008 05:10 AM

Damn You Devs!

I wants it! <Waves fist.>

Ill have to go back to writing the sound effects in marker pen on the screen.

FREEM!

Bionic_Flea · 04-01-2008 05:13 AM

WAIT A SECOND!!!!

Do we get to customize visual sounds and choose our own words and colors? Or are we stuck with what some dev thinks MY powers should sound like?

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Antares_NA · 04-01-2008 05:14 AM

Wow. Had me scared for awhile. Sayyy, about three pages into the comments.

Wow. *Phew*

DarkShrike · 04-01-2008 05:16 AM

*petitions to have freedom renamed Freemdom

Sagaril · 04-01-2008 05:17 AM

So...

How hard would it be for you guys to actually implement this? I want in!

Catharctic · 04-01-2008 05:17 AM

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Best Joke EVER!!!!

They had me right up to the "Sounds being removed" part

I lie. They got me completely. Wasn't till the 2nd post of this thread that the penny dropped

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Same here. I feel like a n00b now. Between this...

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which is being re-christened Issue 12: Pow, Biff, Boom, Bam! in honor of this new system.

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and this...

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as all the sounds in the game are being removed to make room on the players hard drives for the new Visual Sound graphics.

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I should've known better.

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NeoSporin · 04-01-2008 05:19 AM

I am guessing this is an April Fools joke, cuz, after all, we are not the least bit concerned with making CoH/V so pretty, you need a fairly high end system with a really good nvidia card to see it. Players with not-so-robust systems have to turn down the eye candy just to run the game.

So why would we be the least bit concerned about how much hard drive space we are using on our players systems?

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Players can optionally disable the Visual Sounds in the options menu, but are encouraged to keep them on, as all the sounds in the game are being removed to make room on the players hard drives for the new Visual Sound graphics.

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So, at great risk of being a total idiot, I'm gonna call it!
APRIL FOOLS!!!

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Sigh... k, so I'm not the first to call it, even at 8:20 a.m. EST.
Mutter... shoulda read the repsonses first before postin... wound up lookin like an idiot anyway.

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Sagaril · 04-01-2008 05:20 AM

So... how hard would it be for you guys to actually implement this? I want in on the onomatopoeic action!

XaoGarrent · 04-01-2008 05:22 AM

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That's it!

I am SOOOO sick of the devs ruining this game!!!1!

First of all, this absolutely destroys my roleplaying of my characters. I like to pretend that all of my characters have completely silent attacks; that's why I built my new computer with no speakers or headphones, geniuses!

Secondly, this is terrible for all non-english speaking players! It's bad enough trying to translate the regular stuff, but what are the chances that my English to Latvian dictionary is actually going to have "Freem" and "Biff."

Why do the devs hate us?!?!

This kind of careless corporate attitude is exactly the reason that I'm signing up to be a Virgle Pioneer. To heck with quitting and going to CO; I'm leaving all you bastids behind and starting fresh. We're going to have our own Superhero MMO! With blackjack! And hookers!

In fact, forget about the blackjack and the MMO.

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You win this thread. Bender kicks [censored].