AHA! Had no idea!


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Don't worry, there is a CoH point to this:

Ok... so if you haven't seen it, here is the "Sweep the Leg" music video by a band called No More Kings - really fun to watch if you have ever seen The Karate Kid movie.

Sweep the Leg

So, the lead singer Pete Mitchell is/was a fan of City of Heroes, apparently. He is the very same Pete Mitchell who made some rather famous animations that used to be featured on the City of Heroes media page at this very site, when there were contests for fan videos.



I only found out about this today, because he contacted me on my channel from the No More Kings official Youtube channel, thanking me for posting his animations - which I only did because no one else had them on Youtube. He apparently lost his old stuff and was happy to hear people enjoyed them. He hasn't had time to play lately but said to me that he wants to make more CoH animations.

Here are his City of Heroes animations, which are still hilarious today:

City of Heroes - Justice Avengers
City of Heroes - Justice Avengers 2


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He just asked me to keep it on my channel because he lost a bunch of his stuff. He states he would like to make more CoH animations - you can see the comments he made below the video on Justice Avengers 2.


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very cool!

I love how small the internet can make the world.
Yeah, he was very nice about it. Do to our conversation, I dug around on my machine and uploaded the first part also, and updated all the descriptions for both, linking to each part, and referencing his channel. I already gave proper credit to him without knowing who he was several years ago.


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Am I imagining things or did that video reference Raising Arizona and Back to the Future in addition to the obvious Karate Kid?


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Am I imagining things or did that video reference Raising Arizona and Back to the Future in addition to the obvious Karate Kid?
There seems to be a bunch of things, including Dennis Haskins aka Principal Belding from Saved by the Bell.


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JayboH,

Thank you for rescuing the "Justice Avengers" videos. I loved those things! Great that you got in touch with Pete Mitchell, too. He's got a fan in PA.

Now...where'd I put my rage suit...


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We seriously need to make a SG called "Generic Supergroup 8051" in his honor, haha.

No problem GL... but I have to admit, I've always been more of a Kyle Rayner fan.


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I remember checking out that second video after the contest ended at the time. I vaguely recall it got ranked an honorable mention. Is that correct? Does anyone remember? I never got around to looking up the first video, though.


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I remember checking out that second video after the contest ended at the time. I vaguely recall it got ranked an honorable mention. Is that correct? Does anyone remember? I never got around to looking up the first video, though.
Yeah I remember. I like the 2nd video better also. I am pretty sure it was honorable mention or 3rd place or something.


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Ice cream! *fist bump*


 

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The very first alternate costume I every made was a rage suit for Father Xmas and it's all because of that video.


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Cool!! I remember those videos!! Def. my favorite now and at the time.


 

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The very first alternate costume I every made was a rage suit for Father Xmas and it's all because of that video.
Lol.... going to keep wearing it until I'm out of debt


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Ice cream! *fist bump*
I just realized Omu, the main character, looks exactly like Pete.


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Cool!! I remember those videos!! Def. my favorite now and at the time.
There were a few - another guy had one that explained to youngsters about becoming a hero, where the main character would only light in blazing fire anytime someone would say the word 'Perriwinkle.'


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Neat stuff


I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.

Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.

So sad to be ending ):

 

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Lol.... going to keep wearing it until I'm out of debt
This was back after Issue 2, you know when debt started at Level 5, we could have 10 bars worth, they just introduced The Hollows and sent all level 5s there to run missions clear across the zone of large +5 or higher mobs. Good times ... good times.

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There were a few - another guy had one that explained to youngsters about becoming a hero, where the main character would only light in blazing fire anytime someone would say the word 'Perriwinkle.'
Your Superpowers and You!


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Neat stuff
Yeah, he was very nice about it.


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