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I did not bampf BAB. (Actually, that sounds rather lewd. Not that Chris isn't an attractive guy, but MrsBAB would rip my head off.) I HUGGED the man quite extensively (it might almost qualify as a glomp from sheer enthusiasm), but I did not bampf him. Bampfing is reserved solely as my forum travel power where I appear because someone mentioned my name in a post that I found interesting.

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Actually, we did. There was extensive discussion on the matter, some powers were pointed out that were not consistent, and they were changed. This was on the previous forums, though, and quite a while ago.

I stand corrected with solid numbers. /e tips hat
Meh, given I tend to keep my team so buffed to the gills with my empath I tend not to notice it and this is while attacking too.

Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

To be fair, neither of you were right. It's not 1.2, and it's not "about 5 seconds," but it is pretty long. It's practically Total Focus every time you buff someone, and that's just silly.

As a side note, it'd be funny to replace CM's cast animation with Total Focus just so we can feel how long it is.

Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

The amount of time that the animation for Clear Mind is flagged as rooted is 1.1 seconds. The activation/cast time is 3.1 seconds, but that's a separate thing from rooted/non-rooted. The activation time would prevent you from using another power, but you can still move around. Rooting through the sequencers prevents both.

I'm not entirely sure why that is so high. Looking at all of the powers that use that particular animation, and the activation time is kind of all over the place. Lemee check with Castle when he gets back and see if we can't make that a bit more consistent.

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That would be cool.

There's a lot of "all over the place" stuff from back in "the day" like that really. A lot of powers and animations seem to have been done entirely by ear, without ever taking the cast times into consideration. We've had tweaks on down the line like when the Blaster powers got standardized, but there are still a bunch of wacky inconsistencies. Would be a nice start to begin ironing out those bumps.

As long as it doesn't cut into normal development time, anyway. I know you and Castle have to get back to fixing bases and animating PvP.

Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BnOUOkcr9c

Actually, BaB already took several passes through the game reducing animation durations for things that were rooting longer than the cast time implied (or in some cases worked with Castle to increase the cast time to be consistent with the animation time so its not misleading). There's still a few more of those, but not as many as there were a couple years ago.

I'm sure taking a closer look at powers with the opposite discrepancy - cast time much longer than animation/root time - is on his list of things to do. Or will be very shortly.

You can try to attempt to replicate the walk by leaning slightly forward and taking short strides with one foot landing directly in line with the other, or even better with the left foot landing just slightly to the right of the right foot.

However, if you are male there are usually certain biomechanical impediments to attempting to reproduce the walk that walking stride aren't likely to overcome, but may increase the amusement factor.

I have reproduced this exact technique several times just as a gag (and never for more than a few steps at a time) and I have to say that there actually ISN'T any other way to walk if you step like that but to jiggle. No, it's not pretty at all, especially on a guy, but that was kind of the point of me doing it.

It's also an INCREDIBLY CRAPPY way to walk, because balance is all over the place and it takes significantly more concentration and coordination to pull off than just a straight, normal walk. And that goes double for me, because I walk in real life a lot like how the Male model runs, with almost no leg swing side-to-side and almost no arm movement.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

That... was awesome.

Originally Posted by Nethergoat it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!

Fanservice?

I think you mean "wiggle" - you can wiggle and jiggle together, but with the right support you can also wiggle with no jiggle, or with the right walk, jiggle with no wiggle

I was born a male with unusually wide hips. Several women have pointed out that I have "the wiggle" going

Hasn't hurt me with the ladies on the dating front

Well, I was only suggesting the best way to reproduce the most exaggerated form of the walk for a man. I should point out that you'd probably be off-balance even attempting to reproduce a normal female gait. You'd probably snap your own legs off attempting to reproduce an exaggerated female gait (performed by a woman).

agreed.time could have been spent doing something other than walk, i mean come on...this is more important that other issues? lol

And what should the animators spend their time on?

Well... you know how the technology's now in place for powers to have more than one animation? There you go.

That might be scheduled work for after GR

I asked BaB to spend time on Indian Music Video dance moves but he told me he was too busy. Now I find out he was wasting time making walk cycles. I'm so insulted.

It wasn't even moon-walking or anything. The man has no sense of priorities whatsoever. I don't even think BaB wanted a walking power, but he was caught staring at women's butts at the mall and had to make up a quick excuse. "No honey, its research I swear" indeed. If the Man Show was still on the air Going Rogue would probably be full of trampoline emotes.

You know, I still haven't even gotten that I9BetaSecretHandshake emote yet.

Cool. Not as cool as Tunak Tunak Tun, but still cool.

If you could standardize all the CM-like powers at 1.1 second cast time, that'd be great, and my Therm would love it...

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