Good old Halloween


Captain_Photon

 

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The only problem with Halloween (apart from the fact that they've gone and made the event all complicated and flashy) is that it's dark all the time. Not only does that get old after a while, it means the lighting was very poor for this pic:



Yup, that's Cap in his favorite Halloween costume, presumably annoying his old colleague Positron somewhat. I think he's earned it, frankly, given that Posi made him change his name back in '04. (No, seriously. When I first made that character, there was very little info on the signature characters outside the game itself - there was no ParagonWiki or anything - and I didn't know there was one named Positron, so I called my Energy Blaster "Captain Positron". At around level 7 I got a nice note from Customer Service telling me, in effect, "UR PWNT NOOB! Pick a new name!" In-character, I've always felt that Cap, who is now a Hero of the City and a member in good standing of the Freedom Phalanx Reserve, takes the occasional opportunity to give his old buddy Posi a little good-natured ribbing about picking on the new boy from out of town like that. )

Here's a better look at the costume Cap's wearing:



I think I got pretty close, if I do say it myself.


 

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Only way to be closer, is to be a bit taller and use the Perplex pattern in neon.

Weird that they asked you to change your name though. I had no idea that happened.



 

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Originally Posted by Thirty_Seven View Post
Only way to be closer, is to be a bit taller and use the Perplex pattern in neon.
Yeah, I hadn't realized how big Posi is. Cap's not exactly a little guy, and, well, you see the difference.

(Not sure about the pattern, though. I mean, he's dressed as Anti-Matter, not Posi, and last time I saw him A-M's texture was just the grey-to-blue Blend. Mind you, I haven't seen him in a while, maybe they've updated him like they did Posi?)

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Originally Posted by Thirty_Seven View Post
Weird that they asked you to change your name though. I had no idea that happened.
It's against the TOS, if you squint - hang on, let me find the exact phrasing:

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Originally Posted by City of Heroes User Agreement
You may not select as your Character Name the name of another person, or a name which violates any third party's trademark right, copyright, or other proprietary right, or which may mislead other players to believe you to be an employee of NC Interactive, or which NC Interactive deems at its sole discretion to be vulgar or otherwise offensive.
I guess someone saw me and petitioned, and the GM whose desk it landed on decided I might make people think I was, uh... the (at the time) deputy lead developer? I dunno the logic there, exactly, but that was the clause they cited.


 

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon View Post
(Not sure about the pattern, though. I mean, he's dressed as Anti-Matter, not Posi, and last time I saw him A-M's texture was just the grey-to-blue Blend. Mind you, I haven't seen him in a while, maybe they've updated him like they did Posi?)
If you were going for Anti-Matter, then you are spot on. I only suggested Perplex because it has a tech-y line sorta thing going on.

Also, many NPCs are freakishly tall compared to your average 6-foot tall hero.



 

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon View Post
(Not sure about the pattern, though. I mean, he's dressed as Anti-Matter, not Posi, and last time I saw him A-M's texture was just the grey-to-blue Blend. Mind you, I haven't seen him in a while, maybe they've updated him like they did Posi?)

I think if they're going to be updating Praetorians, they'll start with Mother Mayhem.