BafflingBeerMan

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Ok, so I was all giddy like a scholl girl when I read about the weapon customization today. I thought WOW! the devs really amazed me this time. Maybe they don't suck...maybe I'm too hard on them.

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Then I saw this. A complete listing of all the "customizable" weapons with pictures. Are you serious?

Instead of making everyone think this was the greatest issue ever, just to be let down hard....they coulda stated that we would get the same old lame weapons with silly skins on them. Same stupid super soaker just camoflauge, same katana sword....just black or red. Same recycled crap. Nothing has changed. Same old devs.

Tell me I am wrong. PLEASE I want to be wrong! Tell me these are just playeer made crap and this isn't what we are getting........please


EDIT* Ok I was wrong. These are player made mods....hope this isn't what we get though. I am expecting different kinds of weapons, not just different colored skins. I really wish the devs would clear up what exactly they mean my "customizable"

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They are player mods.

Found under the mod submenu, and the site tells you how you yourself can make those modes.

EDIT: Ah, you edited right under my nose!

I am eager to see what the in-game reason is go to the Menders and to time-travel. Is someone mucking up time and we are chasing after them? Possibly, if we take the Paragon Times as clues to the story.

Otherwise, why are we going back in time to help events that already took place and were "successful"?

Not surprised by the Flashback system, but still excited by it.

Very surprised and very excited about the Weapon Customization.

All the other stuff is awesome too!

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If Manti and Recluse are working together to fix the timeline (or to alter it), it must have happened after Manti turned evil. Why pretend to be that violent, make up a story about how you killed your parents, if you were going to fix something? If this was something to do for the greater good, why all the subterfuge?

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Actually, I think I may have an answer for this one.

Imagine you are born into a world very much like the one we live in now, but some crucial event changed your life and you still remember the world we live in now and consider it to be real!.

Manticore was mentored by Back Alley Brawler, but now suddenly the Brawler's all comatose (possibly from some dire mishap Manticore himself was responsible for), but Manticore remembers being mentored by the Brawler. His memory is rich in detail from all the good times they had together that suddenly never happen!

That would tend to make a person a bit insane. They cannot trust their memory because when they compare their internal world to the world around them, there is a major disconnect. They are delusional, and they know they are delusional, but they also know without a doubt that the problem is the external world not linking up with their internal one, not vice-versa.

This would naturally lead to all the problems Manticore is described as having: substance abuse, violent acting out, complete disregard for human life, etc. Even his blunt dismissal of his girlfriend (arrow to the chest is a pretty final way to break up, eh?). After all, from the perspective of his internal world, she's not even real!

So Manticore finds the one person just as insane as he is and joins forces with him: Lord Recluse.

Maybe, just maybe and this is pure speculation now, the main game world is going to become this alternate reality the Paragon Times is hinting at. Only three people remember the world the way it should be: Lord Recluse, Manticore, and YOU! Lord Recluse then becomes the mission contact for villains trying to set things back to normal while Manticore becomes the hero contact.

Or maybe I'm the one who's delusional.

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Still, Manti is not a sheep in wolf's clothing in this timeline/universe, I think. He's been driven crazy by the change, which has affected him so much, he's gone to the darkside. It isn't like he suddenly took some drastic actions to solve his problem, he was involved in BAB's death, he shot his own girlfriend, etc. Why would he be considered a hero contact for this timeline?

Just my speculation will follow.

So he may be working on what we view as the greater good, but to him, he is just obsessed with doing something about his conflicting memories. He is clearly more of a loose cannon in this timeline, a more dirty chracter. I wouldn't even say he is ambigious. If he does have conflicting memories, maybe that is where he got the idea for killing his parents as Protean. But, I don't think he is going to be someone we, as heroes, are going to help.

If Manti and Recluse are working together to fix the timeline (or to alter it), it must have happened after Manti turned evil. Why pretend to be that violent, make up a story about how you killed your parents, if you were going to fix something? If this was something to do for the greater good, why all the subterfuge?

Manti may be a double agent (and hence, not actually be working together with Recluse, rather using him). But I think it is more like "Look how much things are different!" situation than one where Manti is still good. Now whether or not this situation is an altered timeline or a parallel universe (I am hoping parallel universe. Because although the do exist now, we don't really get to explore them past the standard maps we see everywhere) is up for debate.

This is, I think, good news. I love to frequent both the CoH and CoV GD subsections, but the Heroes side definitely was the more popular one.

I think merging the two sections will get more of the suggestions and discussions about CoV into the public square, so to speak.

Nielsen's ratings do a favor for Heroes and lets reruns count towards overall ratings:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...id=14&cs=1

Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman) on comparing Heroes to his previous work on Alias:
http://laist.com/2007/09/25/laist_in...erg_heroes.php

Zachary Quinto on "Heroes" vs. "Grey's Anatomy":
http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Sh...20885-sun.html

Director Eli Roth ("Hostel") will write Heroes: Origins episode:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...id=14&cs=1

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I got it. It's all realted to Cloverfield. We will all get to fight the monster in 01-18-08!. And, all our characters will be in the Movie!

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Heh, it also reminds me of another JJ Abrams project, one in which I am a huge fan of: Lost.

There, every single detail is (over)analyzed. This leads to productions errors being lauded as huge clues

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Bah bloody rumor posters.... Hayden isn't dating Milo, she's dating that guy from Laguna Beach.

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Actually, she broke up with him, leading to this story:
Hayden lashes out at paparazzi.

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Didn't the article mention that the virus/drug was stolen from the Crey? Did this happen in our version of events too?


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Yes, it did. Outbreak was stolen from Crey Industries, but was rumored to be "Rikti mutagens."

We should also keep in mind that it's been stated that issue 10 was the beginning of a multiple-issue storyline, so there are undoubtedly seeds planted in issue 10 that will shed light on issue 11 (like the Nemesis/Rikti connection, maybe?)...

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So there is some wiggle room! It could be a Riktim utagen in one timeline, a purely Crey invention in another (that is, if we assume the Rikti aren't a big problem in this alternate reality/timeline).

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I belive the outbreak virus is actually a rikti mutagen, so you still need the rikti.

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Except even if we don't have a war with them Portal Corp and Nemesis still have access to their homeworld which means that any old super villain can get there and back.

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Didn't the article mention that the virus/drug was stolen from the Crey? Did this happen in our version of events too?

Meaning, maybe in this alternate timeline (if it is an alternate timeline), Outbreak was developed by the Crey, not the Rikti, and maybe that is one reason why it has spread so fast and so far.

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However, one thing throws a wrench in this theory: Statesman. How is he free to deliver a remembrance speech during the vigil if I was never around to rescue him from Tyrant?

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If this is truly another dimension/reality, it could be reasoned that Tyrant only kidnapped the Statesman from our reality. Our reality is 1, this new one is A, and Tyrant's is 2B. Tyrant only crosses over to 1, not A.

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Ya know what this is? People have often complained that they don’t feel heroic enough. The Devs, in addition to giving us content, are doing pulling a “It’s a Wonderful Life” and showing us just how heroic/villainous our characters are and everything they’ve accomplished.

Nice.

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Will our story arc souvenirs be rose petals?

What, what, what? Hayden and Milo dating?
http://stylescenes.latimes.com/fashi...-and-milo.html

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I was also thinking that next issue could be related to time travel. We may end up with a whole new set of missions to go back in time, which could allow us to flashback.

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Funny that you mention that, because that symbol theme, Ourburous, was used during the time-travel-like episode of Lost, where Desmond interacts with his past.

Hooray for fanboism!

Mantid, you be one scurvy curr!

Quentin Tarantino turns down Heroes' offer to direct:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a75...roes-snub.html

Tim Kring and Masi Oka talk about fans' disappointment about Season 1 finale and how Season 2 will be better.
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition...1_main.art.htm

Interesting promo for Season 2:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HSqVRUlvOjA

Hayden's Got Milk campaign:
http://www.people.com/people/article...052954,00.html

More on Hayden's and Masi's Got Milk stuff:
http://thetvaddict.com/2007/08/22/hayden-masi-got-milk/

Are we ODing on Heroes?:
http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles...aching_heroes/

Hayden on The Late Show with David Letterman:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Rak0Dcvup3o

Kristen Bell, late of "Veronica Mars", will appear in multiple episodes next season:
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-en...roes/800020672

I am actually kinda mad at the news. Bell was rumored to be up for a part in Lost that had me excited, but then she pulled out because it would be too big of a time commitment. Then she goes over to Heroes. Mind you, I love Heroes, but I love Lost a lot more

Guest star for new season of Heroes was last seen in Bratz movie:
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-ja...news-headlines

Is there a synopsis of the important plot points in each of those comics somewhere? Wikipedia perhaps?