All I Really Need to Know I Learned from CITY OF HEROES

In response to all the doom and gloom permeating the forums lately, I figured I'd try to bring some levity. Admittedly, my lists aren't nearly as good as Steelclaw's are, but I gotta start somewhere.

Feel free to add to this list - I want to make a poster of it eventually.

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ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM CITY OF HEROES

I don't drive nearly as bad as I think I do, compared to the drivers in Paragon City.

Time really does fly, and days can pass in a matter of minutes. Twenty, to be exact.

It doesn't matter if I'm in the best shape of my life, I am still morally obligated to take the elevator everywhere I go.

I am not, however, morally obligated to hold the door for anyone.

Learn Estonian at the earliest opportunity or be considered illiterate regarding plaques.

Always get the MAXIMUM cell phone plan I can afford - I'm going to need it to keep calling my contacts. And always go for the maximum G network, for when I dial ancient Rome.

Carrying a host of automatic weapons when trick or treating is perfectly acceptable.

The only recipes I ever need to memorize have nothing to do with food.

When it comes to home repair, don't bother fixing anything. Just throw it out and buy new.

And stacking furniture is a totally valid way to decorate.

When rescuing civilians on the street, just sigh and let them run into the building that I've been dispatched to clear of Council, Nemesis, or whatever other group is hellbent on destroying it.

Feel no guilt for this, because civilians are invulnerable.

If a cop shows me his badge, don't ask, "Hey, I'm trying to reach 1400, can I have this?" They don't count.

The slogan "The sun never sets on Praetoria" is a lie. It is, however, entirely true in Cimerora.

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Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

You got me rolling here:

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It doesn't matter if I'm in the best shape of my life, I am still morally obligated to take the elevator everywhere I go. I am not, however, morally obligated to hold the door for anyone.

Not really my forte, but...



Really high falls might almost kill you.

Blimps are not for riding

Body paint is acceptable if you are exceptional.

Being a super hero is not easy, but it's so much fun.

Hammer Space is handy. Except for when you're doing something else, but don't want the item in your hand to disappear.

Everything would be better if I could record everything, play it back and change whatever I wanted to.

Anyone and anything that I command is likely to have the attention span of a gnat, so be prepared to repeat those commands over and over and over.

Fluorescent lightbulbs make great, fancy stairs.

If you're determined enough, you can make a pipe organ out of anything. [will place image here]

Flying is as amazing as you imagined.

People with names that begin with the letter M are keeping track of you.

Oranbega taught me that Turkish prisons are not the worst.

And...

There are some great people online.

that sometimes the best way to acomplish a mission isn't the most linear version

That some NPC's need to be buttstroked (as in GUNBUTTS) and sent straight to the hospital instead of being allowed to help

The Worst offenders of the above point inevitably are dual pistol wielders, from before when DP was actuall usefull.

If the skies suddenly change color, stand under a bridge, or next to the big truck, someone or some force is trying to end the world.

Never question the ability of Architects and Construction builders to somehow fit a massive multi-level base with miles of corridors and generators into a 2 or 3 story building.

That 20 meter cave will hide a Oranbegan ruin with caverns larger then most apartments.

MAGI's vault can't be trusted, neither can the Bank's vault. But you can trust the Vault in the Base to store your valuables.

Certain items can spontaneously start glowing and going whoo-whoo-whoo and give you neat stuff if you give them a thump.

If it glows, don't drink it.
If it fizzes, don't touch it.
If its a girdle of power, thimble of might, helmet of strength, belt of beauty, don't wear it.
If its a couldren of love, run away. FAST!

In any one working day, you can encounter a dozen 'gods', 'demi-gods', 'demons', 'devils' and other celestial beings. Don't insult or tempt them.

Corporations aren't to be trusted. Particularly Portal and Crey. (They must have excellent PR and lawyers to remain in business.)

Don't wear Leather near Snakes.

Arcanaville is never, ever, wrong.

Drink Enriche.

Being first just really means 'having to wait for everyone else...' (any of my characters that teleport)

Knowing more just means 'having to explain it to everyone else...' (me, as a lore hound)

Knowing 'wife aggro' is unavoidable, whether or not her main is a Tank. (Thank you, Wolf Bait- my wife)

PuG's are just a way of meeting friends you haven't met yet. (the few times I've been pleasantly surprised)

Never follow anyone who prefaces their actions with "watch this!" (too many times)

Nobody is worthless, even the worst PuG can always serve as a bad example. (same)

People can surprise you, even in the worst PuG's (the rare exception)


EVERYONE In Paragon City-
You ARE the hero- in game and out. Never forget that. No matter who and what you played. Thank you.