Honoring of Back Alley Brawler and the 8 at Galaxy City tonight?
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ArwenDarkblade,
Posted on: 2010-10-07 15:05 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Agreed. Be well and godspeed.|
Originally Posted by Casual_Player
Statesmonkey sez: The gathering was awe-inspiring. Great to see all you folks out there in game for once, even for as sad an occasion as this.
Thanks for the hard work, BaBs and other Unknown ex-Devs! You were a big part of why CoH is so fun! /em salute |
Looking forward to the screenshots tomorrow.
Well, I intended to post screenies, but mine came out really dark. And some idjit (that would be me) forgot to turn off the UI in the screenshots.
Sorry all.
It was a fantastic turnout and a nice tribute to a really good guy.
Thanks Chris.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Here's the best ones I got...
The Salute
The mass monkey dance
KABOOM!
Was going to post the (long!) whois from who was there at one point... but there's that whole forum rule bit about other players. >.< Let's just leave it at "lots."
We'll always carry a torch for BaB. Yes, that's corny. He'd have wanted it that way.
I'm still incredibly sad over this. 
@Arwen Darkblade
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I have 74 screenshots from tonight, in various poses and angles if anybody would like a copy of something.
Thank you everyone that showed up tonight for this. I hope BaB truly gets the message how much he is loved and will be missed.
And to all the people that shall not be named, who were invisible tonight. Thank you for coming.
I took a lot of images.
My photobucket album here. I'll try and update it soon. 
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Don't forget that he had a normal private game account as well as his red name account, so it's quite possible he'll still play, even if he'll never let on who he is |
Originally Posted by ArwenDarkblade
I'm still incredibly sad over this.
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@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
was still going even now, saw a few familiar faces.
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Names similar to "Fortress" and "1-less-than-9"? |
Originally Posted by Mermoine
And to all the people that shall not be named, who were invisible tonight. Thank you for coming.
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@Golden Girl
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I'm well aware. However, his contributions to this game were invaluable. He understood and was connected to player culture like no other dev. He *got* us, listened to us, and interacted with us. Not having him contribute to the game as a dev is a huge loss for CoH, and it will never be the same. |
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Don't forget that he had a normal private game account as well as his red name account, so it's quite possible he'll still play, even if he'll never let on who he is
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And that is why I am sad.
@Arwen Darkblade
Proud Member of Hammer of the Gods and Sanguine Syndicate
Arc ID #86194 "Cry Havoc"
Arc ID #103934 "Dr. Thomas' First Day"
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This. Hugely, this.
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Originally Posted by ArwenDarkblade
I'm well aware. However, his contributions to this game were invaluable. He understood and was connected to player culture like no other dev. He *got* us, listened to us, and interacted with us. Not having him contribute to the game as a dev is a huge loss for CoH, and it will never be the same.
And that is why I am sad. |
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I think one of the reasons he posted so much was that as well as being a nice and friendly person, he was also responsible for a pretty non-controversial part of the game - he could show his face without being bombarded with questions/demands about the his area of the game - but people like Castle have a harder time because their area of the game creates more angst among more players |
Originally Posted by ArwenDarkblade
I'm well aware. However, his contributions to this game were invaluable. He understood and was connected to player culture like no other dev. He *got* us, listened to us, and interacted with us. Not having him contribute to the game as a dev is a huge loss for CoH, and it will never be the same.
And that is why I am sad. |
Another example is War Witch - she used to post a lot more when she was the zone designer - but now that she's the lead designer, in addition to being busier, way more people are going to be way more likely to ask/demand things from her.
And with endgame content being a delicate subject too, Positron can't post much either
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
I guess I was a little late for the party. But there were still plenty of people lingering.
Another good way of honoring him would be to call him BAB, and not BaB, BABS, BaBS, Babs or BaBs
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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But "BABs" just sounds right.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Another good way of honoring him would be to call him BAB, and not BaB, BABS, BaBS, Babs or BaBs
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Formerly "Back Alley Brawler"
Thanks to everyone who showed at the tribute. It was the most moving moment I've had in Paragon City
To everyone who saluted, danced, held torches, and exploded: It was great fun on a sad day
Good luck to the Missing Nine. You will all be missed
There is no such thing as an "innocent bystander"
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You've never used WASD or the arrow keys?
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Originally Posted by BigFish
It was the most moving moment I've had in Paragon City
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@Golden Girl
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Melancton Tribute, a fresh lvl 1, could not Rest and had to kneel, and could not self-destruct at the end. But I could hold torches and PraetorianSalute, so it was all good. I enjoyed seeing folks in-game whose postings I enjoy reading. Steelclaw showed up as a girl, and when I remarked, "You look taller in the Forums," he came right back and quipped, "Butcher, too."
It was good times marking a sad occasion.
"How do you know you are on the side of good?" a Paragon citizen asked him. "How can we even know what is 'good'?"
"The Most High has spoken, even with His own blood," Melancton replied. "Surely we know."
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... must... not... create... SuperGroup... call Missing Nine...
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Originally Posted by BigFish
Thanks to everyone who showed at the tribute. It was the most moving moment I've had in Paragon City
To everyone who saluted, danced, held torches, and exploded: It was great fun on a sad day Good luck to the Missing Nine. You will all be missed |
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Indeed. The shift from "In loving memory" to "Irish wake" was swift and appropriate. I greatly enjoyed it. |
Originally Posted by Melancton
It was good times marking a sad occasion.
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Also, here are the people that made Back Alley Brawler tribute characters. Keep in mind some of them had names like "Goodbye BABs". Unfortunately, whoever took this picture was too foolish to leave names on:
Reactivation Week-End?
REACTIVATION WEEK-END?!?!
LEMME MAKE A SMALL SUGGESTION ON WHO YA SHOULD BE FARGING RE-ACTIVATING!!!
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
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This! So very much THIS!!! |
Originally Posted by Steelclaw
Reactivation Week-End?
REACTIVATION WEEK-END?!?! LEMME MAKE A SMALL SUGGESTION ON WHO YA SHOULD BE FARGING RE-ACTIVATING!!! |
(Even if it was BAB's choice... THIS!)
I'm really sorry that I missed this.
I made a tribute to him and parked it in Galaxy City anyway.
Much love and respect for our champ, CB aka BAB.
And thanks for putting this together, Marcian... Next time, call me on the Electric-Phone!!!
@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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Well, the girl-BAB all the way to the left was "In Honor of BaB," my tribute girl. I logged her out next to Back Alley Brawler and there she shall remain <3
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Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
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Marcian, thanks for setting this up.
I hope BaBs and the nameless 8 have a chance to see how much we appreciated their hard work at this gathering.
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