Real Life Superheroes Try to Fight Crime
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Anti_Proton,
Posted on: 2010-08-12 13:01 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
I doubt they try to do much real crimefighting, not with those costumes and no weapons.
But for fun, if I were a superhero...
Costume: camouflage and armor (unless urban ops, then civilian clothes concealing armor and gear)
Gear: Hunting rifle, assault rifle, pistol
Abilities: Stopping crime at long distances from safe vantage points. Leaving the area immediately after using the first ability.
I've searched them on youtube, read there comments and things. It's not what you think. They help the needy and the homeless. Occasionaly stopping a mugging. The costume is just for promotion.
It's actually a group of people, I believe they have a website, either that or they all have their own website.
Goodbye. Not to the game, but the players. Goodbye. Everyone, remember to have fun. That's all I can say.
Hmmm...maybe it's time to initiate my Legion X project, just need to contact my friends who agreed that if people ever become Real Life Heroes that we would become their Archenemies.
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Originally Posted by The Lone Hero
Hmmm...maybe it's time to initiate my Legion X project, just need to contact my friends who agreed that if people ever become Real Life Heroes that we would become their Archenemies.
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So to foil them what would you do? Take back the sandwiches they handed out? Fix the crack in the wall from the "Iron Fist"? Dress in really popular clothing and be generally cool?
Wow... just wow... People, let the trained professionals handle the crime clean up. Yes not all cops are good folks but our hopefully most are and at the very least they are trained to deal with this stuff... Reading 20 years of Batman does not change us into "superheroes". Common sense people!
If I had confronted that "drug dealer" in the neighborhood I grew up in I would have been in a fight for sure. All the guy had to do was call the cops first then the cops would have at least had a chance to catch the guy. As it were all our "superhero" managed to do was allow him to escape. DOH!
Aww l'il Shadowhare, he needs to get himself down the gym if he's serious about this crime-fighting lark. Poor kid looks like he'd snap in a stiff breeze.
My favourite from the world superhero registry is Terrifica;
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I would undertake this if I could find martial arts teachers that teach the art how it was meant to be used (or how the arts were originally used), and not the watered down sports competition versions.
And if I had the following:
-Gadgets to help even the playing field when I am outnumbered
-The best body armor money can buy
-Official sanction, so that I can't get into any legal trouble
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I've met some real police officers who say the training they are given usually isn't enough. Now if every police officer underwent Marine Corps type training however........
| Wow... just wow... People, let the trained professionals handle the crime clean up. Yes not all cops are good folks but our hopefully most are and at the very least they are trained to deal with this stuff.. |
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So basically you want police or military training, police or military equipment, and police or military authority...|
Originally Posted by Nightphall
I would undertake this if I could find martial arts teachers that teach the art how it was meant to be used (or how the arts were originally used), and not the watered down sports competition versions.
And if I had the following: -Gadgets to help even the playing field when I am outnumbered -The best body armor money can buy -Official sanction, so that I can't get into any legal trouble |
So we can assume you're joining the police and/or the military?
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Just without the red tape, presumably.
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Originally Posted by Judas_Ace
So basically you want police or military training, police or military equipment, and police or military authority...
So we can assume you're joining the police and/or the military? |
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Originally Posted by Nightphall
Official sanction, so that I can't get into any legal trouble
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I mean really, if a guy tells the cops that are arresting him "Batman beat me up" what cop do you know wouldn't go 
or ?That said, if you see something illegal going on you're allowed to make a citizens arrest (at least in Texas)....assuming you have some way of detaining the individual(s) until the cops arrive.
And of course you'd have to give a report, and depending on the severity of the crime, go to court and testify, etc. Lotta bull$h!t.
What these guys are doing (illegal, crazy, whatever), is kinda cool I think. Stupid, but cool. At least there are people out there willing to do something about a bad situation, instead of stand there and watch/take cell phone pictures and video.
I'd do it myself, but thanks to this game people wouldn't have to look far to find out who I was....
(kidding, of course; that's why I'm joining the police academy)
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How about get a group and put on shows at orphanages and children's hospitals playing the role of the bad guy that the hero defeats and such?|
Originally Posted by PowerStream
So to foil them what would you do? Take back the sandwiches they handed out? Fix the crack in the wall from the "Iron Fist"? Dress in really popular clothing and be generally cool?
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You pretty much made me sound like a jerk with your comment.
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Originally Posted by Night-Hawk07
That's what the mask is for. They can't sue you if they don't know who you are.
I mean really, if a guy tells the cops that are arresting him "Batman beat me up" what cop do you know wouldn't go or ?That said, if you see something illegal going on you're allowed to make a citizens arrest (at least in Texas)....assuming you have some way of detaining the individual(s) until the cops arrive. And of course you'd have to give a report, and depending on the severity of the crime, go to court and testify, etc. Lotta bull$h!t. What these guys are doing (illegal, crazy, whatever), is kinda cool I think. Stupid, but cool. At least there are people out there willing to do something about a bad situation, instead of stand there and watch/take cell phone pictures and video. I'd do it myself, but thanks to this game people wouldn't have to look far to find out who I was.... (kidding, of course; that's why I'm joining the police academy) |
Lets be honest, we wouldn't do it so much for the helping of our fellow man, as much as the opportunity to kick the crap outta someone that really has it coming. Thieves, rapist, child-molesters, and murders seem like the best pray for someone that wanted to hunt people. Like any good hunter, your need to know your pray, know the environment, and any obstacles between you and your target (read: law enforcement). Also like any good hunter, you have to breath, eat, and sleep your passion for the hunt. You are a hunter 24/7 even if that means living in a garbage dumpster for three days for the right moment to strike! Let the cops "find" enough evidence to build a case against your target so they can clean up your mess without leaving anything that could lead back to you. I could go on, but that point is no one is willing to put that much of themselves into the idea to really see it through, because in the end, no matter how careful you are, you will get caught and that is an eventuality that you have to factor in as well.
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If someone wants to play costumed hero in public, I would fully expect Craig's List ads that read
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Originally Posted by The Lone Hero
Hmmm...maybe it's time to initiate my Legion X project, just need to contact my friends who agreed that if people ever become Real Life Heroes that we would become their Archenemies.
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