Baddude

Ah, the antics of Freedom Squad (Victory Server) and it's various members... If hilarity doesn't ensue, then you get a face full of awesome!

Character: Red Blaze

The things heroes do when the rent is due

Red Blaze descends on a pack of Hellions

Ok, I've been on patrol a little too long tonight...


Character: Dark Ghost

Patroling for crime

Ok, let's call this a draw, guys...


Character: Cryoknight

Consider yourselves honorary members of my fanclub


Paragon City Tour

I think the Outcasts are in bed with the Hellions...

Ever had one of those moments where you turn the corner into one group while being chased by another? Yeah ... bad day, but good screenshot!

I guess they really wanted that new costume slot

Hey! A perfectly good clockwork!

Unholy alliance ... or showdown of titans?

Time to get deep-fried you hippy!

When you gotta go, you gotta go!

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Hate to say it, though, but didn't he miss the submission deadline by four hours?

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I'm pretty sure he sent it in on time. I think the time stamp is set to a different time zone on the Hyper Comics site. Boy, I hope so!

Thanks for all the comments, I'll be sure to let him know! Incidentally, if you happen to bump into Johnny Rapid on the Virtue Server ... he NEVER breaks character. It's pretty fun to watch.

Just wanted to make a quick plug for my friend's comic, The Adventures of Johnny Rapid! It's freaking hilarious.

I'm trying to think of a way to describe the character of Johnny Rapid, but I can't do him justice. I'll just let him speak for himself:

"Ah, Paragon City! The once-chaste jewel of the Rhode Island shoreline has succumbed to the skanky vices of crime and lawlessness! Luckily, there is still one protector who remains astride her great bosom, determined to restore her virtue to innocent days of ... Hmmm...perhaps I have over-extended the metaphor a bit ..."

I tried to make a submission myself for the contest but couldn't quite get my act together. Any comments are welcome, I'll be sure to pass them along!

Just goes to show you, even the most epic of adventures can be made extremely mundane.

The following is based off of a friend of mine's dream after a night of too much City of Heroes ... you'll notice all the emotes and whatnot are CoX, and as this is related to all MMORPGs (and really funny) I wanted to post it here. He's a big "Lord of the Rings" fan, hence the nature of the dream.

P.S. I didn't know where else to post this ... if you know of a better place, let me know!



Aragorn rides into the main gate of Helm’s Deep, dismounts his horse, and weaves his way through a crowd of NPC’s until he finds Gimli.

Gimli – Dude, what happened?

Aragorn – You mean at the warg battle?

Gimli – Yeah

Aragorn – dam mapserver error

Gimli – suck

Gimli – we waited there for like 10 minutes

Aragorn – yeah, perfect timing

Aragorn – I ended up restarting, and when I came back, I was in this river, like 5 miles away!

Gimli – ugh

Aragorn – So I had to use my summon horse scroll to haul <bleep> over here in time

Aragorn – I was saving that for when we have to go to Minas Tirith!

Gimli – well, we already sold the loot we picked up over at the armorer’s over there.

Aragorn – How much?

Gimli – The prices here are terrible

Gimli – I think it was 47 gold

Gimli – Legolas kept the Warg hides, though, I think he knows a place to get a good price for them in Lothlorien

A young Rohirrim boy clad in rags comes bounding across the courtyard, jumping up and down and calling out loudly

Rohirrim boy – LVL 3 SQUIRE LFT

Rohirrim boy – LVL 3 SQUIRE LFT

Rohirrim boy – LVL 3 SQUIRE LFT

Gimli – That guy’s been doing that all day

Aragorn – he probably just wants some free equipment

Gimli – Yeah

Aragorn – stupid newb

Gimli – lol

Aragorn - ; )

Aragorn and Gimli make their way to the keep, where Legolas, Theodin and Eowyn are standing near the portal to the Glittering Caves map.

Seeing Aragorn approaching, Theodin emotes “point”, and Eowyn emotes “cheer”.

Legolas – NO WAY!!!!!

Theodin – Dude, we totally thought you had rezzed back at Edoras and were totally looting the place!

Aragon – Nah, mapserver error

Theodin – suck

Legolas – suck

Legolas – lol

Theodin - : )

Eowyn – I’m glad you’re back, Aragorn! : )

Aragorn – thanx

Eowyn – Is there anything I can do for you?

Aragorn – uh, do you have any healing potions? I used all mine up

Eowyn – I’ll go buy some for you

Aragorn – kewl

Eowyn - : )

Aragorn emotes “thumbs up”. Eowyn leaves for the potion shop.

Legolas – Dude, she is totally into you!

Aragorn – eh

Legolas – what’s the problem? She’s totally HOT!

Theodin – totally

Aragorn – she’s ok

Gimli emotes “dance”

Gimli – ooooooh yeeeeeeaaah!

Aragorn – you know she’s not really a chick, right?

Legolas – Aw, come on! How do you know?

Aragorn – law of large numbers. How many of the chicks around do you think are ACTUALLY chicks?

Gimli – who cares? She’s HOT!

Theodin – she’s totally a chick

Aragorn – how do you know?

Theodin – bc if she were a dude playing a chick, she’d be all in breast plates and bikini briefs

Legolas – totally

Theodin – that’s how you’d know if she was really a guy

Legolas – You should ask her out, man

Aragorn – Dude, my gf is on this channel!

Gimli – come ON! Arwen hasn’t been on for like a month!

Aragorn – No, she’s been on, just at different times than the rest of us

Gimli – whatever, dude

Legolas – you’re just whipped, my friend

Aragorn – [Censored] with that

Theodin – whatever

Legolas – whtever

Theodin – LOL

Legolas – lol! That’s so funny!

Aragorn – hey, listen up, guys!

Aragorn – Coming, in, I saw like 10 thsnd urukai coming this way

Theodin – 10,000!

Legolas – [censored]

Theodin – what level were they?

Aragorn – I think like most of them were lvl 34 or something

Theodin – [Censored]

Gimli – and theyre comin this way?

Aragon – yup

Theodin – [Censored]

Eowyn returns.

Eowyn – here you go

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Healing Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Aragorn – Thx

Eowyn – I also got you a end potion, bc I way your endurance was low

Endurance Recovery Potion added to Aragorn’s inventory

Aragorn – kewl, thx

Theodin – we are so screwed!

Eowyn – Why?

Gimli – how many are logged on in Helm’s Deep right now?

Theodin – like 200

Gimli – <bleep!>

Theodin – and most of em are total newbs

Gimli – What about Gandalf?

Aragorn – He doesn’t get off of work til like 6 am

Gimli – [censored]

Theodin – we are like, SO screwed!

Theodin emotes “cry”. Legolas emotes “shrug”

Legolas – Dude … bail?

Aragorn – NO! I think we can do this!

Theodin – But 10,000 lvl 34 uruk-hai against everyone here? We’ll get crushed!

Aragorn – We hold our for Gandalf. He’s level 50, and he’ll wipe the floor with them when he logs on.

Gimli – What, at 6:00?

Legolas – You want us to hold out until morning?

Gimli – There’s no way

Theodin – Totally

Legolas – I really think we should bail

Aragorn – Never!

Theodin – 10,000 Uruks!

Aragorn – Think of the XP

Legolas – everyone whose here when they arrived are going to get but [Censored].

Aragorn – Then I shall get but as one of them!

Rohirrim boy comes bounding into view again.

Rohirrim boy – LVL 3 SQUIRE LFT

Rohirrim boy – LVL 3 SQUIRE LFT

Rohirrim boy – LVL 3 SQUIRE LFT

Aragorn – Look, if we just stay behind the walls here, ramp up our accuracy, and use all of our ranged attacks on them, we should be

able to hold out for a few hours until Gandalf gets off work.

Theodin – Gamling does have a wicked accuracy buff

Aragorn – Then it’s settled! We make our stand here!

Eowyn – Can I join your team?

Aragorn – um, do you have any buffing spells?

Eowyn – No.

Aragorn – maybe you should team up with Rohirrim boy then

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Also: how about adding some existing badge art to the glass pedestals in place of the SG logo to make Base Trophies, awarded when you get the badge? For example, the Devilfish tentacly circle could be stuck on a smoky glass pedestal that you could then put in your base as a memento of your heroic deeds.

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Trophy cases would rock so hard. The trick would be doing items that are either major (like Devilfish), or non-specific, like a robot arm, or a full trophy rack with multiple stuff on it, or a board with new clippings on them.

I could see something like unlocking items when you get story-arc souvenirs being way too problematic, not only because of the volume of art, but having everyone in your group having one and it just gets messy.

There needs to be more visual in-game results of your heroic/villanous deeds, and bases are a good way to do that. Maybe if they ever do personal hideouts, which is more suited to single-hero stuff.

Hey, does anyone have a screenshot or link to what the arcane Empowerment Station looks like?

Anymore screenshots of the logo items? Kill more Bothans if necessary!

A simple inspiration: 50 influence. A "Smashing Resistance" buff: 11 Material, 11 Power. Being the leader of a small supergroup with thoughts of throwing himself into traffic: Priceless.

Greetings fellow heroes!

Donny Chaps here, executive assistant of the Freedom Squad, located on the Victory Server. As part of our growing public relation efforts, I've been authorized to post these photographs of the new Freedom Squad HQ. While our control and power systems have not yet been brought on-line (...and won't be for some time I would wager...), I hope you enjoy your visit.

Freedom Squad HQ Enterance
The Lounge, or the "Heart" of the base
Our Tech Workshop
Arcane Library and Sanctum
The Ops Room and Control Center


Freedom Squad HQ
http://www.geocities.com/freedomsquadhq

The Freedom Squad!

The Freedom Squad is an organization of heroes dedicated to the preservation of freedom and peace in Paragon City. To become a member of the Freedom Squad requires the deepest commitment, the most serious mind, and two forms of photo-ID.

About Us

If you're looking for a large group to run 4-6 man teams every night this is not the group for you. If you are, however, looking for a casual and fun group of 'roleplayers' to be apart of, and you have a sense of humor, then the Freedom Squad is for you.

Freedom Squad works best as a network of friends to team up with while still maintaining your 'individuality.'

Our Website

If you're interested in joining Freedom Squad, or just want to visit our site, check out the Freedom Squad HQ
The webiste is presented as if it was created by the characters themselves, so there's a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor in there. We add content to it periodically, so check back every once and a while.

* Member Profiles lists all the biographies of our members.

* Print Section has a variety of amusing journal entries, "hero blogs", and newspaper clippings; all "in character."

* Gallery has many screenshots of Freedom Squad members in action.


If you are interested in joining Freedom Squad then you can find out more information on our webpage under Join The Freedom Squad on the index page. Or you can just send a 'tell' or email Mr. Nowhere, Mjr. Glory, or Fail-Safe in-game.