Pessimist's Guide to Issue 16

Heh.

The announcement is still to new. I fully expect to hear howls of anguish over the proliferation. Every time the topic of AT crossovers or Power Crossovers happen you have a group complaining about homogenizing the game.

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• Oh come ON! When are they going to give Stalkers Fire Aura?! ‘Cuz nothing says invisibility to me like bright orange flames!

• I upped the difficulty to the max and the Atlas Statue just animated and threw the ball at me.

• I think there’s a glitch in the difficulty settings; I was able to manually enter “0” into all the fields and now when I just walk into the door everything in the map dies and I get the Mission Accomplished message. I wonder if this is what being Blue Steel feels like?

• We need to be able to set our personal view of other people’s powers to Standard! I just played with a guy who was running a force fields/radiation blaster with a shield of every day-glo shade imaginable and rad blasts to match. You need to either let us shut off that stuff or start supplementing my migraine medication costs.

• I don’t think my computer likes the combination of colors I just chose for my powers… my graphics card just burst into flames.

• So I have to look at other people’s choices for their power colors, huh? Most compelling argument for buying a black and white monitor that I’ve ever heard.

• Why can’t I choose Invisible as a color? I want my enemies to be confused as to why they’re taking damage.

• Hey, what’s with this disclaimer on the City of Villains creation screen? “You can now choose ANY color for your villain’s powers… as long as it’s black or a shade of red.”

• Yeah… that’s hilarious… you’re the 6th Thermal Defender today to cover me in pink fire and make “Flamer” jokes.

• So what am I supposed to call my Dark Miasma now that it’s flamingo pink?


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*laughs until tears run down her cheeks*

Steel, you may have just given me the script for my I-16 teaser (if I come out of retirement).

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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You will. You KNOW you will.

It is...inevitable.

S.

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CUT. Geezus, people. Read the script.

That line was clearly 'It is... your destiny.'

Vader isn't going to like this, and I'm not the one telling him we changed his script! I saw what happened to the LAST guy. That's how I got this job!

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No worries. Vader's got a new gig.

//Jack

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The Kickers base.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
-Groucho Marx

Some others that occurred to me:

* "Marty.. I know you love being able to change the color of your Energy Blaster's powers... and the bear ears are really cute too.. but if you yell "Care Bear Stare" one more time when firing I'm going to drag you to a PvP zone!"

* I'm sorry.. I have to quit the team.. no... it's not that you disagreed with me... no it's not how you're leading the team.. but.. your defender put an orange force field around me.. and I'm wearing purple... dear gods man! You've made me CLASH!"

* Customization? okay.. here's what I want for power customization... I want my Defense Debuff power to knock pieces of my opponent's armor off them to show the debuff effect and increased vulnerability... and when I get this power.. I'm putting it on one of my villains and hunting Catgirls in the PvP zones.

* (alternate ending) ... and when I get this power... I'm going to farm Ghost Widow's arc.. over and over and over...

* (alternate ending 2) ... and when I get this power... I'm going to show people the REAL way to win a costume contest!

* Hey... look at this new bit of news from the Devs... They're going to be including a Blue Steel Task Force with Issue 16... saaaaay.. you don't think this has anything to do with the new difficulty system do you? I was wondering why they had that sideways 8 at the top end of the scale...

* Yeah... that's really cute Roy... seriously... You made a character who looks like a gorilla... and gave him spines with yellow customized colors... a banana throwing ape... I can appreciate that... but if you ask me ONE more time if I find it "a-PEAL-ing" I'm going to test the limits of your defensive set.

* I love the new customized pets! I've chosen the Thugs set but dressed them all in lavendar leisure suits... Do you think I'd get generic'd if I named myself Glad S Knight and called them all the Pips?

* Yeah, I LOVE my new Claws Brute!! I don't even have to fight them anymore.. I just show them my build... Every attack slotted with recharge and endurance redux... Superspeed's Hasten ready to roll.. and both Willpower AND Stamina... the last group of enemies I showed it to just started to cry...

* ::sighs:: he's ALMOST perfect... green mist aura... blue flames from my fire aura primary... and I have my damaging fiery aura as a brownish green wave of mist looking stuff... yeah.. but what I REALLY want is customized sound effects... it's a bummer... a nice juicy fart sound and Methane Man would be perfect!


As a side note I deleted my prior post because I went back to re-read the post from which I'd gotten the idea. Upon reading it again I realized that I had, in fact, simply rewritten the original joke in a different way.

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My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw

*Sofar from what I've seen I can't recolour my Robotic minions*

There you go...a little bit of Dooooooom.

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COH/CoV - Virtue
8 Ball - Lev 50 Kin/Energy Defender
The Canadian Fist - Lev 50 Ice/EM Blaster
Omega Ghost - Lev 50 Robo/Dark MM
Ghostfall - Lev 50 Arachnos Crab Soldier

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* I'm sorry.. I have to quit the team.. no... it's not that you disagreed with me... no it's not how you're leading the team.. but.. your defender put an orange force field around me.. and I'm wearing purple... dear gods man! You've made me CLASH!"

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Equation/Arbiter Fabulous will NEVER run out of material to 'critique', now.

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"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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I predict a lot of Dennis Learyesque rants about "whatever happened to fire-colored fire?" And pull up your pants!

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Those rants will be balanced by those who are looking forward to finally getting electricity-colored electricity.

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*Electrocutes himself investigating the closest outlet with a screwdriver*

I'm sorry, electricity isn't wanting to show its true color right now.

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OO OO....I wanna create a new character and name him Captain FabUlous!

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Sorry, it is not inevitable, nor is it my destiny. It is a very strong possibility at this point, admittedly, but it is not certain.



Not the least of which is that all my spare time these days is going toward stuff that actually earns me money (finances are problematic for us right now). Regrettably, making COH trailers does not fit in that category.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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Sorry, it is not inevitable, nor is it my destiny. It is a very strong possibility at this point, admittedly, but it is not certain.



Not the least of which is that all my spare time these days is going toward stuff that actually earns me money (finances are problematic for us right now). Regrettably, making COH trailers does not fit in that category.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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That's too bad... You are a true artist.

I guess I won't send you that idea I had for an awesome battle scene where villains and heroes team up against a new powerful mutant villain all set to the song Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden...

Ah well...



Heh

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My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw

Steelclaw....THERE ARE NO THERMAL DEFENDERS




There Thermal Controllers


JJ

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I delete more 50s, then you'll ever have.
http://www.pandora.com/people/jjdemon

So, on one of the few times when everyone is happy and everything is looking positive, you want a negative reaction?

I can handle that for you.

Why is it that when things go well, somebody has to start a thread with a back-handed insult against anyone who ever had a concern in the past, as if any previous worries or complaints were entirely rabid and unreasonable? Isn't insulting the imaginary opposition also in and of itself a negative thing? Didn't your own actions actually get the negativity started in the first place? But of course, the thread is filled funny stuff, so any actual pessimism on the part of the OP is apparently justified.

Not that I feel that way myself, but I just wanted to hook you up. Enjoy.

Lewis

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Random AT Generation!
"I remember... the Alamo." -- Pee-wee Herman
"Oh don't worry. I always leave things to the last moment." -- The Doctor
"Telescopes are time machines." -- Carl Sagan

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I upped the difficulty to the max and the Atlas Statue just animated and threw the ball at me.

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I think he'll throw the ball at the AE building first!

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* I'm sorry.. I have to quit the team.. no... it's not that you disagreed with me... no it's not how you're leading the team.. but.. your defender put an orange force field around me.. and I'm wearing purple... dear gods man! You've made me CLASH!"

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Equation/Arbiter Fabulous will NEVER run out of material to 'critique', now.

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Cat: Are you crazy? We can't go in there!
Lister: Why not?
Cat: Orange with this suit?

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my lil RWZ Challenge vid

Great thread.

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So, on one of the few times when everyone is happy and everything is looking positive, you want a negative reaction?

I can handle that for you.

Why is it that when things go well, somebody has to start a thread with a back-handed insult against anyone who ever had a concern in the past, as if any previous worries or complaints were entirely rabid and unreasonable? Isn't insulting the imaginary opposition also in and of itself a negative thing? Didn't your own actions actually get the negativity started in the first place? But of course, the thread is filled funny stuff, so any actual pessimism on the part of the OP is apparently justified.

Not that I feel that way myself, but I just wanted to hook you up. Enjoy.

Lewis

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You misunderstand..

I love the people who complain about the game.

I love the people who adore the game without ever questioning it or seeing any flaws at all.

I love the flaws in the game itself.

I love the perfections in the game.

I love the people who take the game too seriously.

I love the people who don't take it seriously enough.

I love optimism, pessimism, realism, schism and several other isms to boot.

I love the devs, the players, the supporters and detractors, red side, blue side and the upcoming Going Rogue Purple Side.

Why do I love these things?

Because I love to find the humor in things... and all these things are RIPE with it.

Now... if you think I'm laughing at you... You're wrong... What I'm really... REALLY trying to do... is laugh WITH you.

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My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw

Here's a good one. I can paint my house a different color, yet it is still going to be a refrigerator box under the bridge.

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Sorry, it is not inevitable, nor is it my destiny. It is a very strong possibility at this point, admittedly, but it is not certain.



Not the least of which is that all my spare time these days is going toward stuff that actually earns me money (finances are problematic for us right now). Regrettably, making COH trailers does not fit in that category.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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That's too bad... You are a true artist.

I guess I won't send you that idea I had for an awesome battle scene where villains and heroes team up against a new powerful mutant villain all set to the song Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden...

Ah well...

Heh

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A lot of folks have asked me to make videos for them coz they have spiffy ideas - only problem is, they usually want me to make them for free.

*rueful laugh* Maybe I should have the forum take up a general collection - "Pay D_R to Make a Trailer for I-16! Donate a dollar and get your name in the end credits... donate five dollars and your toon gets a cameo... etc etc etc"

Yeah, right.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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* Hey... look at this new bit of news from the Devs... They're going to be including a Blue Steel Task Force with Issue 16... saaaaay.. you don't think this has anything to do with the new difficulty system do you? I was wondering why they had that sideways 8 at the top end of the scale...

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Hmmm... Blue Steel TF...

1. First mission... attack Blue Steel with everything you've got. If he thinks that maybe you could have delivered 1 point of damage (if he were a weaker alternative universe Blue Steel, say) then he might allow you to carry out a series of missions for him.

(When first implemented, first mission was to do one point of damage to Blue Steel... but mission could not be completed.)

2. Second mission: Defeat all enemies... in Paragon City. All of them.

3. Third mission: Patrol the world. (Unique map of entire world built to scale.)

4. Fourth mission: Go. Hunt. Kill Rikti. All of them. Everywhere.

5. Fifth Mission: When there are no Riki left, it's time to destroy their home planet, just to be sure. A footstomp should do it... or, since you're not Blue Steel, you may need to run a side mission to gather a planet-destroying weapon.

6. Good. Now that we've got the preliminary parts out of the way, we can get down to the real point of the task force....

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my lil RWZ Challenge vid

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• I don’t think my computer likes the combination of colors I just chose for my powers… my graphics card just burst into flames.

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What colour were they?

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• I don’t think my computer likes the combination of colors I just chose for my powers… my graphics card just burst into flames.

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What colour were they?

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Fire-colored!

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Eva Destruction AR/Fire/Munitions Blaster
Darkfire Avenger DM/SD/Body Scrapper

Arc ID#161629 Freaks, Geeks, and Men in Black
Arc ID#431270 Until the End of the World

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Sorry, it is not inevitable, nor is it my destiny. It is a very strong possibility at this point, admittedly, but it is not certain.



Not the least of which is that all my spare time these days is going toward stuff that actually earns me money (finances are problematic for us right now). Regrettably, making COH trailers does not fit in that category.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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That's too bad... You are a true artist.

I guess I won't send you that idea I had for an awesome battle scene where villains and heroes team up against a new powerful mutant villain all set to the song Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden...

Ah well...

Heh

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A lot of folks have asked me to make videos for them coz they have spiffy ideas - only problem is, they usually want me to make them for free.

*rueful laugh* Maybe I should have the forum take up a general collection - "Pay D_R to Make a Trailer for I-16! Donate a dollar and get your name in the end credits... donate five dollars and your toon gets a cameo... etc etc etc"

Yeah, right.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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I think you'd be a bit surprised at how many people'd volunteer. Especially if it's something you'd enjoy doing (which I think is likely).

Still, I hope things improve for you. If just so you get the time to actually do FUN projects, for the express purpose that they're fun, and not because you're getting paid to do it. Or at least that most of your pay projects end up being fun, as well.

...probably not going to stop us teasing you any, but it's meant with the best of intentions. At least on my end. Promise!

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I upped the difficulty to the max and the Atlas Statue just animated and threw the ball at me.

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This...HAHA

Can't stop laughing at the image of all those frightened people at the costume contest and leveling up just after running AE missions while the giant statue steps on them. At least thats what's in my head.

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I predict a lot of Dennis Learyesque rants about "whatever happened to fire-colored fire?" And pull up your pants!

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Those rants will be balanced by those who are looking forward to finally getting electricity-colored electricity.

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*Electrocutes himself investigating the closest outlet with a screwdriver*

I'm sorry, electricity isn't wanting to show its true color right now.

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*laughs* You've never seen lightning?

All joking aside, I've been close enough to a lightning strike to have been blinded for about a minute from it, and I've been in a house that was hit by lightning and saw electricity jump out of power outlets (one hit my mother's uncle and knocked him unconscious, and left a nasty red burn in the shape of the outlet on his skin).

What I saw in both instances was white with a faint hint of yellow. And that's the color I intend to use for my electric alts, rather than an odd purple-blue.

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"Home is where, when you have to go there, they have to let you in."

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• I don’t think my computer likes the combination of colors I just chose for my powers… my graphics card just burst into flames.

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What colour were they?

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Fire-colored!

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That doesn't quite cut it anymore.

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So, on one of the few times when everyone is happy and everything is looking positive, you want a negative reaction?

I can handle that for you.

Why is it that when things go well, somebody has to start a thread with a back-handed insult against anyone who ever had a concern in the past, as if any previous worries or complaints were entirely rabid and unreasonable? Isn't insulting the imaginary opposition also in and of itself a negative thing? Didn't your own actions actually get the negativity started in the first place? But of course, the thread is filled funny stuff, so any actual pessimism on the part of the OP is apparently justified.

Not that I feel that way myself, but I just wanted to hook you up. Enjoy.

Lewis

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Lewis... Did you actually read the post?

We are talking about Steelclaw!!!

I got cramps from laughing on this!

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