Explaining CoH to the Unwashed Heathens...
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Posted on: 2010-04-08 05:22 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
First in awesome Steelclaw thread.
And I thought Alice was strung out on LSD.
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Well done .. but I also have to ask..
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
And I thought Alice was strung out on LSD.
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seriously .. talking with a caterpillar sitting on a giant mushroom while smoking a hookah doesnt scream LSD to you?
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Whatever you do when you explain the game, don't get into that system you use. 
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Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. EVERYONE knows the proper name for these guys is "Moss Wookies."
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Originally Posted by Steelclaw
* Tuatha de Danaan - Pissed off mutant reindeer
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The Tuatha are such fops. Look at how they puff their chests out, fold their arms, strut about. They're the fanciest monsters. If they weren't busy fighting an eternal mythic war, they'd carry little parasols and cups of tea and wear reading glasses.
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Nah, she was strung out on opium. LSD hadn't been invented yet.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
First in awesome Steelclaw thread.
And I thought Alice was strung out on LSD. |
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Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
Whatever you do when you explain the game, don't get into that system you use.
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On the other hand she handles my eccentricities fairly well... Whenever I start talking about my spreadsheets for the game she smiles... her eyes glaze over as she waits patiently while mentally vacationing on some beach in the Carribean... then when I finally finish she kisses my cheek... pats me on the head... and gives me a cookie.
Mmmmmm... cookies...
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
Ah Ha! So now we see the truth.
All of that obsessive/compulsive *spreadsheets from the underworld* stuff is just a ruse to get cookies...
mmm, cookies...
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* Carnival of Shadows - the result of a guy who was very good with computers but couldn't score a date in a room full of gold-diggers while wearing a suit made entirely out of hundred dollar bills
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Originally Posted by SirFrederick
The Tuatha are such fops. Look at how they puff their chests out, fold their arms, strut about. They're the fanciest monsters. If they weren't busy fighting an eternal mythic war, they'd carry little parasols and cups of tea and wear reading glasses.
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If I were a passable artist, I'd totally draw that.
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While my lady-love and I have many things in common; playing City of Heroes is not one of them... She is of the Hidden Object Search game type which may explain why she says "I'm still searching for a reason" when I ask her why she loves me...
Anyway...
I was wondering how some of you explain the various aspects of City of Heroes to the uninitiated in your life... Here are a few explanations I've used so far...
* Tuatha de Danaan - Pissed off mutant reindeer
* Dark Astoria - abandoned low-budget horror movie set
* Shadow Shard - Wonderland if Alice had been strung out on LSD
* Croatoa - If Walt Disney World had a whole theme park created by Tim Burton
* Red Cap - Lawn gnome infused with the spirit of Chucky
* Firbolg - flaming pumpkin pie like grandma used to make
* Rikti Invasion - slide show of "Our Summer Vacation in Area 51"
* Freakshow - bionic man on a budget OR Tim Allen if he had a medical degree
* Carnival of Shadows - the result of a guy who was very good with computers but couldn't score a date in a room full of gold-diggers while wearing a suit made entirely out of hundred dollar bills
* Knives of Artemis - love seeing men suffer slow, grinding agony as they try to move closer, run away or just stand there looking confused... basically your average woman
* Warriors - hanging around all day pretending they're mythological Greek Heroes and playing with their "swords"... basically your average guy...
* Vahzilok - pulse challenged
* Clockwork - energizer bunnies after you burn off the bunny suit
* Family - I'm gonna make you a stereotype you can't refuse
* Boomtown - a unique fixer-upper opportunity
* Wentworth's - if the IRS ever went private sector
* Paragon City Bus Stops - your tax dollars at work
* Faultline - the contractor estimated two months to completion
* AE Corps - just like the holo-decks in Star Trek... but without the sex
* Hospital Teleporter - the "I've fallen and I can't get up!" lady finally took steps
* PUGs - think "Survivor" but only one person gets to vote
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw