Comic Relief
A carnie pack would be close enough to a clown pack >_>;
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That aside, I´d really love an electric guitar as a weapon.
Or maybe as a temp:
Pull out guitar -> play a powerchord -> enemy gets fried by a lightningstrike from above
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then make it permanent and I´ll buy it
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114. Ahrouns do not appreciate my particular brand of humour, so I should stop bleaching bulls-eyes in their fur.
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Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Whatever ends up getting made for this, I thnik it'd be a good idea to aim for a release around April 1st, to help the marketing.
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City of Heroes comics and artwork
A giant eyeball as a head. Useful for Rularuu-themed characters. Or fans of the Residents.
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Both with and without hats.
Garden shears for Dual Blades
Sports-themed helmets and head gear.
A motorcycle, for use with Titan Weapons.
Camera for a head.
Serpentine arms. And a snake-head for hands.
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Oi! I'm not daft you know, I'm so not going to follow ANY links that could risk me ending up on a Killer Klowns video. That damn movie caused my whole problem!!
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So you suffer from Coulrophobia, that´s most likely not funny for you.
Not wanting to sound mean or something... but sorry, it´s just too hilarious (for me) when people really are afraid of clowns.
For your own sake, stay the hell away from me.
"A clown is funny in the circus ring, but what would be the normal reaction to opening a door at midnight and finding the same clown standing there in the moonlight?" -- Lon Chaney, Sr.
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Ah good memories... maybe one night I´ll do it again.
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114. Ahrouns do not appreciate my particular brand of humour, so I should stop bleaching bulls-eyes in their fur.
Because of costume part ideas like brain-in-jar and a possible brainslug, I've started to think a lot more about humorous/silly/kitschy costume themes. ...
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From an out of character standpoint, having variety and humor is good for the players. While when looked at realistically some (many?) parts of Paragon are pretty grim, for many players CoH is escapism; being silly in the face of (simulated) danger is a good way to blow off frustrations in the real world. If I've had an enormously stressful and frustrating week in the real world, I'm far more likely to be interested in doing something lighthearted in CoH than anything involving difficult moral choices and shades of dark gray.
The folks I've played pen & paper superhero RPGs with over the years have certainly had a fair share of deadly serious moments, difficult moral choices, and so on; but many times the sessions we look back on most fondly are the ones where things got (or started) silly, particularly when it was mixed in. And there are interesting vibes that you can get when you cross silly and serious, whether it's a superhero who has been gifted with powers that are more strange and mysterious than actually useful trying to save the day anyway (Greatest American Hero, Legion of Substitute Heroes, Inferior Five, etc.); or whether it's the reverse case of a normally fearsome and very serious threat being reduced by being put into a silly situation they're not expecting to deal with.
Then there's the point that serious costume parts plus either inspiration or desperation in mixing and matching can lead to things much more or less than the sum of the parts. A gorilla bestial outfit can be pretty terrifying, and an aquatic pack with an old-fashioned diving helmet could be played for horror as well as straight... but when you put the diving helmet on the gorilla, describe it as a Robot Monster and name it something like Ro-Man Extension XJ-9, you've got a character who will be remembered for years to come, although probably for the wrong reasons
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We've also potentially got far more costume slots than ever before; I can certainly see some of my character having less-serious outfits for certain occasions. Even grimmer characters may choose to have a silly "alternate ID" they use specifically because no one would believe it was them.
From an AE perspective, being better able to create episodes reminiscent of the 1960s camp Batman villains (remember, at the time this was "the biggest TV phenomenon of the mid-1960s", one of only two shows to have original prime time episodes twice a week), characters similar to those from "The Tick" (in any of its three major incarnations), and so on would be awesome; if people don't want to run those stories, they have no obligation to do so.
Miuramir, Windchime, Sariel the Golden, Scarlet Antinomist...
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The towel cape did give me an idea of a person who uses everyday objects to try and make himself look like a superhero. For example when children uses a towel as a cape, or curtains as an outfit and a pillow as a shield . . .
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And did the part I made bold make anyone else think "Carol Burnette"?
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A chef set:
- A few styles of chefs hats.
- Various pots/pans/kitchen items for hats.
- A variety of kitchen knives for bladed weapons.
- A wooden spoon for a club.
- Pots/lids of pots for shield.
- A variety of fish for weapons.
- This for a shield:
- Clown gun (with and without the "bang" flag).
- Oversized shoes.
- Oversized bowtie (all genders).
- Silly hats.
- Whiffle bat.
- Insect antennas.
- "Sewer" parts (could also be used to improve the Lost faction)
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I have always wanted a Tinfoil Hat.
A circle forms, everybody comes round
Just to hear the incredible sound
Of a genius smashing expectations
- Jonathan Coulton
A giant toon hammer for TW, maybe with a 10 ton sign on the side... and an evil smiley on the buisness end.
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114. Ahrouns do not appreciate my particular brand of humour, so I should stop bleaching bulls-eyes in their fur.
How about geometric shapes for heads.
A sphere.
A cube.
A pyramid.
With some appropriate logos/designs on them.
Because of costume part ideas like brain-in-jar and a possible brainslug, I've started to think a lot more about humorous/silly/kitschy costume themes. Certainly, players have been making their own 'joke' costumes since the game began, and we routinely pick these sorts of things for our costume contest winners (if you make us laugh, you pretty much win). Didn't want to derail the Costume Workshop thread with this, but if any of you would like to discuss, feel free to post here.
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Because of costume part ideas like brain-in-jar and a possible brainslug, I've started to think a lot more about humorous/silly/kitschy costume themes. Certainly, players have been making their own 'joke' costumes since the game began, and we routinely pick these sorts of things for our costume contest winners (if you make us laugh, you pretty much win). Didn't want to derail the Costume Workshop thread with this, but if any of you would like to discuss, feel free to post here.
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I've always wanted to make a normal guy who thinks he's a superhero, or maybe a poor superhero. Cardboard armor & shield, pots & pans hats/weapons, broom/mop weapons, & gotta have the towel cape (we all did it as kids).
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You know, maybe I just lack a sense of humour of any kind, but I don't really want comic relief in the slightest. I've always seen comic relief as a crutch plot device used by poor writers to balance out the drama of a heavy story where they are incapable of doing so in a dramatically appropriate fashion. Maybe I'm just jaded on the matter, but when you say "comic relief" I think "Chris Tucker" or "Chris Rock" and proceed to jam my TV remote into my face and try to change the channel.
If we're looking to inject more humour into the game - and I'm not as violently against that - then I'd say we should shoot at something that's amusing, but we can still take at least somewhat seriously. For instance, the cute space parasite you had on your Retro Sci-Fi suit may appear to some to be humorous, but it's still a space parasite that has bored through its victim's skull, thus if I wanted to treat it with dramatic weight, I could. A guitar as a Battle Axe option is... Kind of skirting the line. I wouldn't normally think I'd want it, but L4D2's Dark Carnival has convinced me otherwise, in the sense this sort of unorthodox weaponry can bring some degree of levity to an otherwise serious situation without actually breaking its overall tone.
Personally, if we're talking about humorous themes, I'd always want to view them through the lens of dramatic storytelling and a realistic environment. It's less a question of "What would be funny if City of Heroes were a slapstick cartoon?" and more a question of "What would humorous in this fairly believable world without taking us out of the experience?" Goofy Freakshow and zany Rikti ain't it, lemme' tell ya! But I actually honestly do find Flambeaux entertaining just because the in-game world is aware of her ridiculousness and treats her accordingly. She stands out as much because she's funny as because everyone around her is pretty much sick of her shtick.
I honestly don't think I can can suggest actual "comic relief" costumes or themes simply because I don't like comic relief, but let me just say that I don't find the Think Tank in the slightest funny. It's a disembodied brain. I like it so much not because it makes me laugh, but rather because it enables some pretty gruesome characters to exist in a much more visceral way.
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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- Snowman.
- Jack 'O' Lantern.
- Christmas Tree.
- Fishing bobber.
- Dead fish.
- Live fish.
- Model ship.
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Well, first thought off the bat was that I have thought from day one of hearing about Titan Weapons that an impervium statue of Statesman would be *just perfect* for using on Lord Recluse in a States' TF. Because, you know. If *you* can't beat 'em, let *me* beat 'em WITH you. I say a statue because my first instinct was to use Statesman himself as a Titan Weapon for both irony's sakes (Zeus winning the war against the Titans.. ok, maybe that's too much of a stretch to be called ironic) as well as the fact it would make our Primal Earth Cole *much* more useful to have around...
Then I saw the super-rocker pic up above and was reminded, we need a headbang emote with 'throwing the horns' hand motion. I mean, I was REALLY dissapointed when there wasn't an emote of that in the Party Pack. Seemed a perfect fit to me, but NOOooo, just was NOT to be I guess. Fix please? I know it's not exactly comic relief but or costume idea but I thought I'd mention itt while I was reminded of it. And the times *I* would use it would be comedic. I'd try to replace some Sonic powers with that emote if I had it, too...
@Raven Lord, who agrees that Clowns Are Not Funny. (This message brought to you by the Positron Hates Clowns Foundation)
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