Does anyone here even LIKE comic books?
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Posted on: 2011-01-13 16:15 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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I have a vampire-like creature, myself, one that I styled after Castelvania's Alucard, and I'm very happy with the result.|
Originally Posted by ketch
Really, I'm a Virtue player myself and I don't see that many vampires. Of those I have spotted even fewer allude to that particular franchise that must not be named. Of course, I tend to spend my time smashing bad guys in the face rather than roleplaying.
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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.
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Vampires are fairly common, but then again, they are in comics too, so...
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Hoping your not tarring all with the same brush there, floaty |
Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
There's hundreds of the things on Union. Luckily, most of them hang out in Pocket D so they're reasonably easy to avoid.
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Although I know whom you refer to
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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.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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Some are good folks, some less so. However, I have a well publisised hate of vampires OOCly, so the further ANYTHING vampire like is away from me, the better!|
Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Hoping your not tarring all with the same brush there, floaty
Although I know whom you refer to |
That goes treble for elves!!
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So, Vampire Elves are right out, eh?
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Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
I have a well publisised hate of vampires OOCly, so the further ANYTHING vampire like is away from me, the better!
That goes treble for elves!! |
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So which group do i fall into? |
Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
Some are good folks, some less so. However, I have a well publisised hate of vampires OOCly, so the further ANYTHING vampire like is away from me, the better!
That goes treble for elves!! |
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Oh yes.|
Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
Some are good folks, some less so. However, I have a well publisised hate of vampires OOCly, so the further ANYTHING vampire like is away from me, the better!
That goes treble for elves!! |
Devious, pointy eared gits... Elves are not nice.
>_> *Has read his Pratchett*
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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.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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They'd be the Elves Pratchett compares directly to Cats in the same book?
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Oh yes.
Devious, pointy eared gits... Elves are not nice. >_> *Has read his Pratchett* |
I'd like to add to Ironblade's comment that, Ironblade is on Inifinity server and part of an excellent Super Group that, while not an RP group, has been very friendly and helpful in my several years being here. You are welcome to come seek out us out and enjoy the evening.
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Originally Posted by Gangrel_EU
So which group do i fall into?
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@FloatingFatMan
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Fun fact:
Archaic terms for "Man" and "Woman" were "Werman" and "Wifman". "Man" referred to the human in general, while the "Wif" or "Wer" was the gender prefix. It's for this same reason that words like "Handyman" and "Fireman" were gender neutral for a long time. The word "Werewolf" stems from "Werman" - it literally means "Man-wolf". As such, if you really want to use the PC terms for the -wolves, "Wifwolf" is the term I'd use for a female werewolf.
Also, "Wifwolf" sounds amazing. Or maybe it's "Wifewolf"?
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Sounds like a hairy guy who sucks at whiffle ball.
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Originally Posted by The_Overlord
Also, "Wifwolf" sounds amazing.
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I know, isn't it great?
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Originally Posted by Ironik
Sounds like a hairy guy who sucks at whiffle ball.
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"Wifwolf and his flying sidekick, Wiffle Bat."
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Or Airwolf, after it moved to the USA network.
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Originally Posted by Ironik
Sounds like a hairy guy who sucks at whiffle ball.
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Obviously WELL before USA network was actually worth watching
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Or Airwolf, after it moved to the USA network.
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Originally Posted by PlanetStar
I'd like to add to Ironblade's comment that, Ironblade is on Inifinity server and part of an excellent Super Group that, while not an RP group, has been very friendly and helpful in my several years being here. You are welcome to come seek out us out and enjoy the evening.
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Pale with bad teeth? Are you sure they aren't just Brits?|
Originally Posted by FloatingFatMan
There's hundreds of the things on Union. Luckily, most of them hang out in Pocket D so they're reasonably easy to avoid.
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Ha ha! I kid because I love. (Not your food. Good god no.)
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Originally Posted by Ironik
"Wifwolf and his flying sidekick, Wiffle Bat."
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Originally Posted by The_Overlord
Fun fact:
Archaic terms for "Man" and "Woman" were "Werman" and "Wifman". |
Back then "boy" meant "servant", as in "Fetch that for me, boy."
and just to add to the confusion of modern people, at the time male children were traditionally dressed in pink, and female children in blue.
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Originally Posted by Ironik
Pale with bad teeth? Are you sure they aren't just Brits?
Ha ha! I kid because I love. (Not your food. Good god no.) |
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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.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Lack of vampires in comics? You guys obviously never read The Swamp Thing series, lol. That was actually the series that got me into collecting comics as a kid. My collection now collects dust in my garage. Was funny when vampires bit Swamp Thing, they'd be eeeewwww!
Besides that though I remember vampires popping up all through comics. Pretty sure I have one with Superman turned into one.
Anyway yeah the MMORPG setting kind of takes away from the overall "I'm a superhero/villain" when you have so many equals. Nothing you can really do about that though. At heart it is still a game and must function as a game where everyone has equal footing. Who'd play COH if we were all pedestrians.
There was one comic book that kind of reminds me of COH. It was called Dial H for Hero where they featured a new superhero every week I think. You got your superpowers through the phone or something, lol.
Who couldn't love Golden Age comics with such gems as these in them-
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A little late for that i think.|
Originally Posted by PoisonPen
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Kind of like closing the barn door after the rest of the structure burned down.
(Incidentally, have you run into Elric since you're in his home town? The jerk owes me twelve gold royals. Arioch be cursed, but that lad is bad about his debts.)
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Not intending to nitpick, but both of those are Silver Age images (the "boner" comic is from 1951, while I don't know the exact year of the other one, those particular versions of the Flash, Green Lantern, and the Atom were created specifically for the Silver Age, in 1956, 1959, and 1961 respectively)|
Originally Posted by Ramification TM
LWho couldn't love Golden Age comics with such gems as these in them-
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The Silver Age is where most of the well-known cheese comes from, not the Golden Age, which has an entirely different sort of cheese (mainly consisting of Designated Heroes being absolutely brutal to villains, even normal human thugs). To contrast: Silver Age cheese would be Superman being a jerk to Jimmy Olsen in order to protect his secret identity or to teach him a lesson; Golden Age cheese would be Superman threatening to throw a wife-beating man out the window if he doesn't stop, or in several cases actually killing criminals with no repercussions (either legal or ethical).
Really, I'm a Virtue player myself and I don't see that many vampires. Of those I have spotted even fewer allude to that particular franchise that must not be named. Of course, I tend to spend my time smashing bad guys in the face rather than roleplaying.
There's hundreds of the things on Union. Luckily, most of them hang out in Pocket D so they're reasonably easy to avoid.
@FloatingFatMan
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.