Lessons to take from Marcus Cole's death
Heroes may die, but heroism never shall.
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Guys with ponytails are jerks.
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Talking of Michelangelo.
I'm still trying to get over the fact that every time I see Statesman "flop up into the air" as Wade tightens the final thumbscrews that will faceplant ol' Marcus ... HE SCREAMS OUT OF HIS BUTT FIRST before getting flipped over and lighting up from the inside out while spastically writhing in agony as his life force is burned away and his powers stolen!
No seriously! Watch the cutscene again, and pay especial attention to when Statesman first screams "AAAUUGH!" and where the word balloon is pointing at before he flips over and continues screaming (and then goes into his "This Was Your Life" sequence, which actually WAS done very well!). I'm telling you, the timing on the appearance of that word balloon ... and its placement on screen is ... most unfortunate. ![]() |
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Perhaps if I were to make a comment in jest about a number of wooden logs...
Oh dear, I'm thinking in text again, aren't I?
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
- Don't quit Paragon Studios.
- Don't quit Paragon Studios after you've nerfed the entire player base.
- Don't quit Paragon Studios after you've nerfed the entire player base, twice!
- If your last name is Cole, change it.
- If your middle name is Cole, change it as well.
- Always wear a condom in Paragon City.
- If your condom's somehow proven to be ineffective, don't get too attached to its outcome.
- Don't trust your friends to warn you if your daughter's about to get into trouble.
- Don't allow yourself to be made a hostage after i16.
- Don't trust your friends to warn you if your daughter's already gotten into trouble.
- Don't wear a flag as a uniform, it tends to come with a pole up your...
- Don't try to avenge your bullet-proof daughter after she's been gunned down by a ridiculously outmatched underdog you've never even heard of.
- Don't confront the ridiculously outmatched underdog after your impending death's been announced in the forums.
- Don't drink too much enriche if your full-body tights don't have a zipper.
- Always expect the ridiculously outmatched underdog to somehow be in the possession of an obscure ritual from a ficticious classical civilization, which through sheer serendipity will somehow drain you of all your powers. Especially if your last name is Cole.
- Don't tell the ridiculously outmatched underdog that you refuse to kill him.
- Don't trust visions of your dead wife telling you not to fight back when the ridiculously outmatched underdog has access to psychic powers.
- Don't expect hero PCs will actually be able to save you from the ridiculously outmatched underdog post i16.
- Don't expect time-travel to actually work unless it's used against you by the ridiculously outmatched underdog, exception made if you plan to retrieve a stolen urn from the Tsoo.
- Don't pick your nose if you have superstrenght without invulnerability.
- Don't take this too seriously
No seriously! Watch the cutscene again, and pay especial attention to when Statesman first screams "AAAUUGH!" and where the word balloon is pointing at before he flips over and continues screaming (and then goes into his "This Was Your Life" sequence, which actually WAS done very well!). I'm telling you, the timing on the appearance of that word balloon ... and its placement on screen is ... most unfortunate.