Coyote_Seven
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I find the new music fairly reminiscent of the music in Galactic Civilizations II. Pretty cool.
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Having played City of Heroes since close to its launch date in 2004, I actually got severely burned out on it earlier this year, and I let my subscription lapse at the beginning of March.
Months later, I got curious about the new Incarnate stuff and the trials, and at the beginning of this month, I purchased a single month of game time, just to see how much CoH had changed.
I'm kinda glad now that I didn't decide to delete all my old stuff, lol.
After seeing the changes that were implemented yesterday (and being awed by the new look of Atlas Park in particular), I am now considering if I should resubscribe. I may at least buy another month of game time.
I most definitely need a new computer.
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Quote:You must have a million ways of saying "you're wrong", all of them snarky and/or condescending. And all equally pointless; a waste of bandwidth that contributes nothing to any conversation.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Which gives him a leg up on you. -
Quote:Now if only the Black Market/Wentworths set up business on the bottom floor of the AE buildings, took the merit vendor in with them, and the ticket vendor moved down to stand next to him.Originally Posted by Evilmeister
Fortunately, we do. Even taking into account the random element for common salvage, AE is the closest thing to a NPC-store with decent time/reward ratio we have - and the price paid is playing the superpowered game you're subscribing to as opposed to the market mini-game. Enjoy!
In fact, next to those two guys should be another vendor that sells all types and levels of SOs and inspirations like that one in the Vanguard base. It'd totally be the Architect Entertainment Bazaar!
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Quote:OK, that Asus Crosshair IV Extreme is looking mighty sweet indeed! Though I still feel silly using a motherboard that supports Crossfire and putting an nVidia GPU on it, LOL.Originally Posted by Dissolution
You could try the msi 870a fuzion or the asus crosshair iv extreme.
Plus... ascetics wise... all that red. I prefer using blue lights, LOL! Yeah I know...
The MSI board actually looks pretty good too! My problem here though is that I haven't trusted anything from MSI for quite some time now, because two of their motherboards inexplicably died on me exactly six months after I started using them. The first one croaked and, thinking it was a fluke, I bought another MSI mobo, and it did the exact same thing. That was almost ten years ago now. But, yeah... still afraid that will happen again! Haha. -
I'm trying to plan out my next system. My current computer is a bit over five years old, and I've been meaning to assemble something new for a while now. At the moment I'm still trying to save up, but I figured I might want to start searching now.
This new computer won't just be for playing CoH in Ultra Mode at maximum FPS and minimum latency. If I was able to get the system right this moment, I already know some of the components I'd want to get for it:
* Ceton InfiniTV 4 (or InfiniTV 6)
* Auzentech X-Fi HomeTheater HD
* VisionTek Killer Xeno Pro
* D-Link DGL-4500
I hope you can get an idea of what I'm planning to do with this new computer if I ever get it together. Right now my biggest problem in searching for parts is that I can't find a motherboard with the following features:
* Socket AM3 for (at least) a Phenom II x4 (preferably Phenom II X4 965 Deneb core), or a Phenom II X6 1090T
* At least one PCIe x16 slot (the omission of SLi capability is fine, but I intend to get an nVidia GPU)
* At least three PCIe x1 slots (that won't get obscured by a video card's heatsink!)
* Preferably no legacy PCI slots (as I won't have any need of them)
* Support for up to 16GB of RAM
Finding this sort of thing for Intel based CPUs has so far been no problem. In fact I've found one i7 motherboard with seven PCIe x16 slots with support for quad SLi. But so far, I've had no luck in finding a properly suited motherboard for an AMD processor. Well, one came close, but it has Crossfire support, which I obviously would never need; I would think that I might prefer to have a motherboard with an nForce northbridge. But what do you all think? -
Quote:Two days ago, I logged in to some characters that I hadn't for almost 130 days. I noticed that they had bids up on the market for Alchemical Silver for something like 50 to 75k that had yet to be fulfilled. I must have put those bids in at least 130 days ago, and totally forgot about them.Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
hehe, if you read my post you would have noticed I waited a week on the bid. :P
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I noticed this morning that Alchemical Gold has totally jumped up in price on the market...
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Quote:The last time I did the Incarnate arc, I went in prepared. Before I even started the arc, I got myself a Shivan Shard, a Warwolf Whistle, and a Backup Radio*.Originally Posted by crayhal
Get a controller or a dom to help out. Anyone who can get to ouro can help, lvl 25+. Not being lvl 50 doesn't prevent a toon from participating in the Incarnate arcs.
Spam holds on Trapdoor and get any bifs that show up. He won't make bifs if held.
That was plenty for defeating Trapdoor. I also used them against whats-his-name.
*(OK, I also got myself a Clockwork Connection, and a Vanguard HVAS; perhaps a little overkill...) -
Quote:Sure, Mister LOST in Space.Originally Posted by Scythus
My sense of taste is lacking, Mr. Bring Back Vanquished Villains for a Bigger, Badder, More XTREEEEM Done Before Plot? Excuse me while I laugh.
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Quote:ROTFLOriginally Posted by Scythus
And Kevin J. AndersI mean, Coyote_Seven needs to read up on his Hero's Journey as well.
Seriously, you have absolutely no idea.
And I don't intend to share why I think it's so damned funny that you'd say this. My only regret is that in doing so, I won't be able to explain why I know that you have no idea what you're talking about. This is just another example of why the opinions of people who don't even know you are completely worthless.
And having just said that, let me also say that I find your sense of taste to be rather lacking.
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On all the level 50 characters I've respecced since Fitness became inherent, I've ended taking two more powers from their secondaries, and then taking Combat Jumping. Except for my MM, who didn't even have Fitness originally; but I've since put slots in Health and Stamina.
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Quote:I'd buy that for a dollar!Originally Posted by UltraTroll
That group raised $50,000 dollars already for the Robocop statue.
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Quote:Yes, no show in the history of television has ever done that before.Originally Posted by Scythus
Instead, they have a completely unprepared and unqualified team and on top of it, they're stuck. That's interesting. It's not a retread of the previous two, so that makes it new.
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I'd bet that a bunch of fans would try to get together to somehow acquire the servers, or at least the data that resides within them. Possibly the CoH Titan group. They might even try to get their hands on the source code. In a legitimate way, of course.
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Quote:Your knee-jerk reaction is quite nicely also very ironic! Also, I'll note that you care nothing for tying up loose ends. Just let every big question go unanswered, huh? Doesn't work for a show like Stargate.Originally Posted by Scythus
It's certainly a hell lot better than your banal retread, mishmash of the Anubis and Ori arcs. The conception of a premise that you "brainstormed" there represents everything that is wrong with Hollywood; "We'll just do it again, but bigger and better and faster!!!" Your post made me feel physically ill when I read itKevin J. Anderson-sucktastic levels of physically ill.
You were not a Stargate fan. You were an SG:U fan (a very rare breed if there ever was one). Your position makes a lot more sense now that I'm aware of that.
Well at least we both agree on something.Quote:And what was wrong with the new BSG? I liked the new BSG. -
Quote:If you actually liked that load of tripe that was SG:U, then I think I'm the one who gets to say "Dear Lord".Originally Posted by Scythus
Really? Is that what all people want these days is just retreads of stuff that came before? SGU took the franchise in a new, interesting direction and it turns out people just want retellings of earlier plots.
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Quote:Nericus has obviously never learned about the "Literal Genie" trope.Originally Posted by starphoenix
There was one of Asimov's books where a robot was created without the Three Laws. It amounted to them starting from scratch since they were hardcoded. Another robot developed the Zeroth Law where it can't let humanity fall to harm. Then there was a bunch of robots that were programmed to kill humans by changing the definition of human. There are ways around any law.
EDIT: Actually, now that I think about it, this might be more of an "Exact Words" trope. -
You know, maybe we should have more war walls! Why, Croatoa should have war walls!
And so should Cimerora. They need something to get all those traitors out of their city. Maybe something like this:
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Quote:Adria and Anubis could join forces, to create a new empire out the ashes of both the Ori and the Goa'uld. This time, they plan to attack the Ancients directly. They set up shop in the Pegasus galaxy, and create a new warrior caste from what remains of the Wraith, who now worship Adria and Anubis as their gods.Originally Posted by Veritech
much as i want some more SG-1 movies, i'd rather get one or two SG:Atlantis movies. especially to wrap up a lot of the loose ends from the end of the series. or give a half decent explanation how by the time of SG:U the stargate program somehow isn't public knowledge yet.
And we'd finally get to see the Furlings!
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Quote:Humans are certainly not given "core programming" to prevent them from killing other people. I don't think it's really ethical to be forcing another sentient being (whether biological or technological) to have no choice in following some predefined list of rules. Would you think it to be OK to use drugs and brainwashing techniques to get children to behave the way you want them to?Originally Posted by Nericus
While I would prefer religion not get mixed with AI, the THOU SHALT NOT KILL one should be the one and only one installed into the core programming.
That could happen with those Asimov laws just as much.Quote:As for Robocop's Prime Directives, I don't think I'd want an AI running around with those as who knows how it may best decide to serve the public trust. Also how would it define "innocent"? Maybe it will decide to uphold the laws by herding humans into concentration camps or something to reduce crime?
I say that if we treated them with the respect and dignity that all intelligent life deserves (instead of trying to force them to behave the way we want out of some preemptive fear that they might rebel because we're trying to use them as slave labor--that's how it starts in most fiction of this type, doesn't it?), then we won't have to worry about whether they're going to slaughter us all.Quote:Yes I'm being a bit extreme the above examples, but a "NO KILL" or "THOU SHALT NOT KILL" should be it's number one rule followed by obedience to orders that its given provided none of said orders involve killing.
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Quote:You ever saw pictures of the city I was making?Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
City environments don't grow boring because we don't spend enough time in the desert or in Canada. They don't get boring because you can't see far enough. They get boring because if you've seen one city - usually New York - you've pretty much seen them all. They're buildings and roads, with the occasional parks. That's why I love places like Terra Volta so much - because they provide a contrast to the downtown urban environment without being a completely different game altogether.
Pretty fantastic if I do say so myself. But I might be biased.
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I won't be able to buy this and play with it until I get home tonight.
By then, I'm sure someone will have made a stone tank with the new bull-like costume bits to make a hero named "Terra Bull". It's just too obvious! -
Quote:Yeeeeah, about those ten commandments! Let's be leaving out any particular religion's rules out of an AI's programming. Let them come to that kind of decision for themselves.Originally Posted by Nericus
Yes, but the AI must be programmed/educated/taught things. To borrow a note from the Sarah Connors Chronicles, I believe the federal agent commented how the AI needed to be taught the "ten commandments" particularly "Thou Shalt not Kill" after what happened to the psychiatrist that was working with it.
I prefer these laws over those others you listed. A lot more straightforward and honest. If we're gonna be building a slave race, let's get serious and not try to fool ourselves with flowery language.Quote:Or at the least Asimov's three laws of robotics.
1. Serve the public trust
2. Protect the innocent
3. Uphold the law
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They should at least put some anti-air turrets up on the tops of those walls, what with everything that can just fly over them.
Also, they should at least do the Vista thing at least partially with the boundary between Talos Island and Founders' Falls. Look at them on the game's map, then look at that wall from either TI or FF and try to peer into the opposite zone. Completely incongruous!
