In the interests of keeping the Master from unleashing hell on some poor unsuspecting Architect, I humbly submit "Cancelled in Three", now re-engineered following Leese's review with rather more squishy-friendly mobs, and with all-new dialogue for the final boss.
The Master may deign to take an interest in the following information, which may be of use in his investigation:-
Arc Id: 34608
Morality: Neutral (The Master's insights into whether this arc is sufficiently Neutral would be most welcome).
Level Range: 40-54
Missions: 3 (incl. 1 Defeat All, no timed missions)
AVs/EBs: 2 (if the Master investigates alone, I would expect them to pose a mild challenge, but I'm certain they shall bow before his robotic might)
The hook: When Walt Kurtzberg, a Paragon City comics industry insider, informs you that your comic is to be cancelled, you must investigate why and stop yourself being "Cancelled in Three"!
Notes: I would hope that the Master engages his humour chip before commencing his investigation. Failure to pre-activate the humour chip may result in dangerous levels of tedium. If the Master detects any elements of the missions which cause his humour chip to malfunction or otherwise deactivate, this humble supplicant would be grateful if the Master would inform him so *even if it is the last thing this humble supplicant hears!
Cancelled in Three - MA ID #34608. Please play and comment! Top 10 placing in Projectionist's MA contest!
I don't know if Master Zaprobo would do the things that are done in my arc - it's a little bit Westin Phippsy, but he might enjoy it.
"Through Rose-Tinted Glasses"
ID: 101681
5 missions, 2 AVs/EBs, lv40-50
"Elspeth Wallace is a senile old lady. Elspeth Wallace knows many secrets. Elspeth Wallace thinks you're Manticore... wait, what? This could be weird... but profitable. (2 Signature AV/EBs)"
"The Hamidon is a what what of what?" - Brian the mission guy.
I suspect Total Domination is the kind of thing Master Zaprobo is looking for. He will probably need to recruit a gang of lackies unless he can solo AVs though.
I really should do something about this signature.
You may enjoy Mercytown (ID: 6017) Zaprobo, as you'll be working with fellow mad scientist Dr Krylov. 
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Submitted for your approval Master Zaprobo, the Fall of Arachnos (Part 1) - Et Tu Sands. Its the first of a three part saga (parts 2 and 3 currently in development). ID Number 97374.
Life is one big practical joke that we as the human race have yet to see the punchline to. Once you work that out the rest is easy.
MA34608 - Cancelled in Three
For the illiterate: An enjoyable diversion from your lab work, though linear in plotting
Rated: 74% Entertainment Value
So, the hapless @JamieB is the first to step into the arena with their opus "Cancelled in Three". A fictional piece set in the cut and thrust intellectual world of the comics industry. Yes. Well... I soldier on regardless.
As this is my first foray I attended in person since my lab assistant was out of the office and my heavier duty AI's in for servicing. I brought a platoon of ZR Autonomous Assault Systems and my trusty ZR Aegis Transponder with me.
We open on the enigmatically dressed Walt Kurtzberg who duly dispels all thoughts of an evening of evil masterplanning and insteads sends me to a Comic Convention. Not even a science symposium! Worse yet, the booking agent needs dissecting for setting the whole affair up in a warehouse!
Still, fighting the hordes of Pests, Cosplayers, Messageboarders and Goths was nothing if not satisfying on a purely spreading mayhem basis! The Cosplayers were remarkably eagle-eyed - able to see my platoon of ZR Autonomous Assault Systems at an actual human distance! I would wonder how my Stalker unit Assault ZR-Beta would have faired... At the crux though, it would appear that Paragon Comics has been subject to a hostile takeover...
Note for self: Audit the AI on Protector ZR-5 who seems to have exited the convention with a broadsword, a shirt, and some form of plush toy with tentacles. Recommend to Dr Darkespark that we reformat it's personality chip.
Next up, the story took me along to the offices of Paragon Comics. Here, I discovered office workers with a penchant for toys - replica laserswords, rifles and recurve bows. The office culminated in a meeting with The Publisher whose Dark Miasma powers and horde of Thug-ish lawyers did little to hinder my progress beyond a chuckle at his witticisms as he was cut down. A barrel of drugged ink identified the "nefarious" plot du jour.
After having my suspicions on mindcontrol ink confirmed by Walt it was on to the Paragon Comics publishing centre to stop a special mind controlling issue being published and to meet with the new owner of the company. The click-whirring of the first foe was remarkably familiar, as were their rifles (where do those Automatons secrete such large weap... note to self: self terminate that train of thought).
A Fake Nemesis, therefore, was no great surprise as the new owner. This plot seems a little simplistic from what I've seen of Lord Nemesis in the past... though well I know how your own robotic creations can wander off with their own agendas. The foolish robot was summarily beaten down - only once being able to breach the shields from my ZR Aegis Transponder.
MZ's Conclusion: A story arc that was light on plot twists, medium to high on humour, solid on plot overall and I only find myself wishing for more interaction with the Nemesis Automatons for research purposes!
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OOC Mini Review:
Overall I enjoyed the arc, and the in-mission jokes and especially the Fanboys' descriptions. I found the Paragon Comics staff descriptions fairly weak apart from the Editorial Assistant and The Publisher's dialogue. The clues were well written and the souvenir a definite keeper.
Suggestions for Improvement: Re-review the character descriptions for your NPC's and pop in a line or two about their powersets and how it relates to the NPC (I liked the thematics of the Goths but their IC info gave no indication of their abilities). Maybe pop in a patrol or two to make the con seem more lively and give the attendees more personality. Same for the Comics Office. The printing house was fine due to the amount of destructible objects and associated chatter involved there making it much more lively.
That's one colourful review, keep them coming.
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I bow before your might, Master!
Great review, both your writing and the points you made - lots to mull over and I'll definitely implement as many of your auggestions as will fit in my remaining 3.5K 
Cancelled in Three - MA ID #34608. Please play and comment! Top 10 placing in Projectionist's MA contest!
Mad Science, you say?
Why not try:
Vernon von Grun's Extraordinary Extradimensional Excursions
by @Igor Blimey
Arc ID: 115174
Featuring the one, true Mad Scientist - Vernon von Grun!
DUM DUM DUDDA DUMMMMM!!!!!
Humbly submitted for review.
I'd be grateful if the good (or should that be mad/bad/evil?) Doctor would consider the following. My apologies that it does see you acting as a freelancer, and not quite your own boss, but hopefully it is suitably evil for you.
arc name: Marketing Opportunity
arc id: 83747
morality: villainous
4 missions, lvl 30 to 40
Discrete freelancer required to market Crey services to parallel dimension. Applicants with dynamic, go-getting moral framework preferred.
By my mohawk shall ye know me!
my toons
Funny: Ee-Ai-Ee-Ai-Oh! #3662 * The foul-mouthed Handyman! #1076 * City of Norms #132944
Serious: To Save A Single World (#83744) * Marketing Opportunity (#83747)
MA101681 - Through Rose-Tinted Glasses
For the illiterate: Excellent entertainment despite an unrealistic initial premise!
Rated: 78% Entertainment Value
Well, today sees myself and my lab assistant at a loose end so we decided to see what "illustrious writer" has bestowed his gifts upon us, their unsuspecting public. So, @Leese would have me looking "Through Rose-Tinted Glasses"? Not truly my colour, but let us see what unfolds...
A fictional tale, the hologram resolved into an elderly lady by the name of Elspeth Wallace wearing said-titular glasses. One can only assume that she is blinded by them as she was under the mistaken delusion that I was Manticore... never the one to ruin a good narrative, nor to disappoint the lady I played along.
It seems she wanted to retrieve some baubles that President Marchand had secreted in some caves prior to his assassination. While the period of history (pre-Arachnos) holds little interest for me, I dutifully had my lab assistant access the Datastream with me to watch the scene play out.
It would seem that Arachnos were likewise searching the tunnels which were infested by those vile Arachnoid creatures. Baubles were an apt description for all that we found - jewellery and not much else. Of course, the fact someone else had been rummaging was... curious. And the Arachnoid King? Yes. Well.
Going back to Ms Wallace, it would appear that one of the rings belonged to her. The sight of it loosened her tongue enough to let slip that she had a list of locations that Marchand had stashed his valuables. She pointed out the one location that he had told her she was never to forget.
On arrival, it appeared that all the Arachnoids in this cave had been purged and Arachnos troops had taken up resident. Working our way past them we finally discovered something truly intriguing - an elderly computer. Alas, the security was tight enough that even I and my vast intellect could not breach it onsite but it did identify itself as Project Ragnarok. A palpable plot hook!
It is here that the story picks up a-pace as I decide to no longer pursue the myriad of baubles a frightened man may have stowed away for a rainy day but rather to investigate the presence of a system named after a mythical apocalypse. I love a good doomsday weapon, more so if its attached to a better robot!
After some prompting, the witless Elspeth revealed that Marchand kept journals that Arachnos had long since seized. This sees you going into an Arachnos compound to reclaim the fragments. Dr Darkespark had some minor issues in this mission when facing the compounds' Archivist (likely due to her lack of Aegis shielding - if I don't let her fight on her own on occasion, she'll never learn effective control of her nanobot technologies) but otherwise it was a profitable rampage. The journals reveal the Ragnarok system is a serious of large explosive devices, keyed to Marchand's DNA, designed as a "last resort" for early Arachnos invading the Etoille Isles. Seems that Longbow were also onsite, perhaps likewise looking for the information?
Ms Wallace, upon return, told us that her son (the spitting image of Marchand) has been targeted by Arachnos for kidnapping. It would appear that a scion of Marchand was indeed available for activation of Ragnarok. Unfortunately, on arrival I found that not only was it Arachnos that was after him, but my own Research and Development division - Black Scorpion was in attendance. After a heated debate between myself and the big lug he "agreed" to let me continue the investigation.
There was an interesting snippet overheard from one of the Longbow agents who were likewise trying to rescue Philip - it seems that my arrival was expected. Could it be the wily old lady was actually playing both sides of the fence and was not as near-sighted as she wants to appear...
Regardless, extraction of the Wallace kid was simple and next up it was back to the Project's Computer Cave to activate the device. It would seem that tales of me "impersonating" Manticore had reached the man himself and he came along with a cadre of Longbow to stop me. With a lack of any level of shielding (for delusional fool puts too much technology into his weaponry, and not enough into defensive output - an elementary mistake!) he fell faster than Ernesto.
The Arachnos Team Leader was pitiful and I let Dr Darkespark deal with him while I investigated the computer. Unfortunately, it seems that the network connection from this terminal has been severed though probing of the machines memory banks revealed other terminal locations. Something for another day.
Finally returning to Elspeth to taunt her? Gloat? I'm not sure why we returned at this point. Especially since only now does she take off her paint-covered glasses and actually see who is standing before her. No wily old lady here, alas.
MZ's Conclusion: Excellent premise for a tale though since that doomsday project doesn't exist in the real world, I may just have to create it officially. In Paragon City. What? You think I want to destroy the Etoille Isles? Are you mad?!
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OOC Mini Review:
A very well plotted arc that had enough twists to keep it interesting for the hour and a half of playtime it consumed. A little slow moving in the beginning and a little fizzle at the end as no bombs go off (its a VR machine, exploding at least part of the Isles or a bit of blackmail could have been good!). Not a lot here to improve really - the premise is sound and the execution is fine.
Midway I got the feeling that Elspeth might be cleverly using us as a dupe but that was uncovered to be a false expectation in the final denouement. Shame, would have been a lovely twist to see grandma as an evil genius!
Suggestions for improvement: The contact dialogue does suffer for the final mission where you are describing not going back to the contact when ingame you have to do precisely that - it felt a little incongruous. Likewise, when the dialogue presents you with two choices and it reads "you carry out what you decide", a little more focus on contacts being the ones speaking, not a drive for imposed narrative on the character playing.
Great reviews Master Z!
Could you review mine please? ID is in my sig. Would be great. 
Thanks for the review, Master Z. Really appreciate it.
I did think long and hard about whether the player should get to keep Project Ragnarok in the end, but I decided against it for two reasons...
1) I'd prefer to keep my arcs canon-aligned.
2) If they got to keep it, the best I could do for an epilogue would be "you start planning what to do with it" because some villains would immediately explode the RI, and some would hold Arachnos to ransom, and some would sell access to the higest bidder... and so on. I feel I can make the assumption that a villain would want to control Ragnarok, but I can't assume too much about what they would do with it.
As for Elspeth... I really came up with the story about you exploiting her senility before the Ragnarok stuff. There are plenty of contacts who try to use your villain to their own ends, but Elspeth was intended to be a true innocent.
"The Hamidon is a what what of what?" - Brian the mission guy.
I like what Leese does with the contact dialogue (played the arc with the briefcase in a box, too), it's different and although it's twisting the rules and also reminds us of the limitations of the system (having the contact standing outside the mission entrance doesn't help), it's inventive and suggests that the devs could improve the contact system with a few tweaks here and there.
Please fight My Brute: http://2hero.mybrute.com
Mission Architect 54161 - Michael Mundano, Megan Malloney and the Secret Senate.
Mission Architect 91838 - Constantinople Jones' Family Secret. A One Mission Story arc.
I'd like to submit either of my arcs for the consideration of Master Zaprobo. Details below.
Huh, seems like you've handed me a worthy challenge PRAF - the ambushes have been tough and your third mission (AEONNNNNNNNNNNNNN!) saw me give up for the day due to lack of fieldtest time.
But I'll be back.
Glad to see that you have not given up on the reviewing part!
MA22433 - Total Domination
For the illiterate: World domination in 5 not-so-easy steps! Bring lackies!
Rated: 69% Entertainment Value
So, we have another petitioner for my tender attention to their creation. Seems that @Frosty Robot would offer me "Total Domination" for the mere cost of playing their arc. Ever the scientist, I'm willing to experiment with the concept.
Alas, a mere fictional premise but a hologram of Kelly Uqua forms the starting point for the diabolical plan. It would appear that the Rikti telepathic network is the target and the erstwhile Crey employee/spy is your first step.
The lab she was working in was actually filled with Crey Elite - introducing new stealthed covert agents, Paragon Protectors and ABC Scientists who seemed overly fond of throwing around extreme levels of radiation and not much else. That said, even these elite units were easily dispatched and it was not long before I faced Kelly Uqua herself.
Here began the first problem with this arc when you try to solo it - the ambushes. Wave after wave of them. Crey and Rikti. I had to retreat inside of my Personal Forcefield and let my ZR Autonomous Combat Systems take care of Uqua unaided.
Once captured, and suitably blackmailed she directs you to a warehouse at Area 51 in Nevada to acquire a Rikti Organelle - some form of biotechnology that controls the mental network installed in Rikti motherships. As suspected, it turned out to be a trap.
Fronted by a Vanguard HVAS! Immune to almost all my tricks, I was reduced to taking advantage of its poorly designed gyrostablisers and using a Force Bolt to keep it pinned. Time consuming, but effective when faced with a nasty foe.
After acquiring the organelle, I found that the Security Chief needed "convincing" that I was never there. Unfortunately, he was in a modified Rikti Heavy Suit and was accompanied by members of the US Military. Again, this fight was comparatively trivial compared to the ambushes that assaulted me during it - most especially the sheer weight of troops the Commando Colonels called in. However, after a brief setback, it was doable and the organelle was mine.
Next up.... oh, next up. The first time one of these arcs have thrown me against that most... detestable of Arachnos' scientists. Aeon. My personal nemesis, Dr Aeon. The arc scores bonus points for that alone! Alas, it seems that Aeon had been indulging in more experiments in the form of cloning and Aeondroids. His robotic technologies were nothing compared to my own, but his clones were... tougher than he himself.
Again, once fighting Dr Aeon, the ambushes were the issue and I had to retreat into a Personal Forcefield while my Systems completed subduing the real Dr Aeon.
With the machine now built, I set out to an abandoned WEB Control Node to install the machine and then broadcast a mind control signal across the world. It was here that I was brought up short.
The node was protected by Arachnos Cruise Missiles. Untargettable, undestroyable, high-yield explosives. They proceeded to lay waste to wave after wave of my robots that I was forced to send in first to take the collateral damage.
Secondly, the node was protected by Regent Korol. She shrugged off the damage my ZR Autonomous Combat Systems could output without a break in her own psionic onslaught. It was.... infuriating.
And so, I turned to outside contractors. Calling in my lab assistant Dr. Darkespark, we were ably assisted by two of Arachnos' finest in Operative Sicarius and Arachnocon. A Brute named Kaye Vin and a Corruptor with the colourful moniker "Kiss n Hell" rounded out my new field testers.
After wading through the carnage wrought by the Cruise Missiles, Korol dropped from our own heavy onslaught.
On to the final act, where I was glad to retain my contractors. For it seems a mind control system has alerted all the most powerful psychics across the globe. So, it was back to the node to clear out Capes and defend the Total Domination Machine.
And a who's who of the worlds' psychics it was too - the lesser spotted Malaise made an appearance first off (for less than 20 seconds before he was melted under combined firepower) followed by Sister Psyche and that vile traitor to Arachnos, Manticore.
After the good were cleared out, the "evil" came out to play - Seer Kalinda first attempted to assault us, and after she failed then Ghost Widow charged into the fray. What she was doing there without Wretch as well is confusing to me, but it just made her all the easier to subdue.
With that done, well... I ruled the world. Until the simulation, of course, ended. I found the mission challenging for the most part until I reached the unstoppable Korol - it was a shame to have to call in contractors for the last two missions.
MZ's Conclusion: Well, that was certainly a... challenge. Not an arc for the faint of heart, or the soloist
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OOC Mini Review:
Well, that was the first real tough mission that I faced. I had to pull out the stops for the first three when facing some of the toughest EB's the game has. Unfortuantely, for me, the fourth mission made it feel like the arc fell flat on its face - unkillable mobs from which I was only saved as I was a Mastermind and a fixed L52 AV that had more natural health regen than I had damage output. No heavy marking down on this front as the arc was clearly marked as team content but there was a real disconnect with the difficulty level - it didn't ramp, it leapt!
The final mission did feel epic in scale with one running AV battle to the next. Almost a shame Malaise was so weak as it was nice to see one of the not-so-usual suspects!
Suggestions for improvement: Check spelling - caught a couple of errors (such as the description of the Secuirty Chief in Mish 2 being described as the Security Chef!). The Aeon Clone EB's being used in such quantity were infuriating when the */Regen clone kept popping Moment of Glory and then haring off across the map - consider using them only for ambushes and perhaps a single battle for flavour and just leave the Aeondroids as the primary mob in the area. I would remove the Cruise Missiles completely as they feel broken with no way to fight back against them.
I'm afraid Malaise feels a bit easy as he is actually the pet version from MSTF. The only AV version is Praetorian, and he doesn't have the cool dark illusion powers.
I''ve had some really positive feedback about the cruise missiles, I guess they are a marmite thing. They can be destoyed, and they can be targeted by pets, enabling players to use assist to target them. Ideally they would be fully targetable though. 
Korhol is bugged at the moment and doesn't scale to EB. If you play in a team from the start mission 4 doesn't feel like such a jump.
As for the Aeon clones, you shouldn't have encountered many of them: they are only in 2 battles and the spawn around Aeon himself, and they are all skippable, you only need to defeat Aeon, so any that run can be ignored. Unfortunatly, do to problems with the Cloning Lab, Dr Aeon has had to move to temporary accomodation, which is slightly smaller.
I really should do something about this signature.
You need to be extremely careful when putting ambushes with an EB/AV fight - this is very often an arc killer. I'd suggest keeping it to a maximum of one per opponent, and making sure that the ambushers don't have the likes of blind or confuse attacks.
Also, test it out with a team - three lots of ambushes set to hard on an eight man team will spawn dozens and dozens of opponents, filling the map and making it an extremely annoying and no fun battle!
The whole point of my arc is it's intended to be very difficult. It's designed for players who want a serious challenge. If you can't handle an AV + ambushes don't play that arc, it's not intended for you.
I really should do something about this signature.
Ah good, my review thread still exists.... possibly in the wrong location for the new forums though...
Er, yeah. I think it's supposed to be in the other MA section.
I should probably check mine...
"The Hamidon is a what what of what?" - Brian the mission guy.
Citizens of the Rogue Isles, hated adversaries of Paragon City,
Yes, it is I - Master Zaprobo of Arachnos Research and Development who has breached the so called security of this "forum" to address all you "fans" of Aeon's flimsy entertainment system - the Mission Architect.
I have found myself using the system a little of late and find that there is a depressing lack of fine quality villainry to be had and that which is there is both hard to find and difficult to ascertain its worth.
So, I come to you with an offer... all you authors who think that your tale is one worthy of my attention - contact me with your "story" and we'll see if it can withstand both the might of my ZR Autonomous Assault Systems or hold the interest of the vast villainous intellect that founded Arachnos Research and Development.
I'll be waiting, in the name of SCIENCE!
MZ
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Yes, its a new review thread but this time with a twist. I won't be reviewing your missions from the point of view of myself, but from the point of view of mad scientist Master Zaprobo. Of course, if he deems your mission below his notice he may send one of his robotic creations or allies from ARAD (my varying alts).
Some things that MZ will be looking for...
- Villain or Neutral content (don't expect saving the day to resonate well with him)
- Well written and engaging storylines (he doesn't cope will with just a smashfest)
- Well engineered foes (he's an artist who spent years on his robotic creations, a quickly mashed together foe will irritate him)
The reviews will be incharacter from MZ's perspective and mirrored to Journal of a Mastermind. The forum version here will also have a short OOC review and suggestions for improvements.
So, with the offer on the table, who wants to take up MZ on his offer? Otherwise he may just subject people to his whims!