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Quote:I desperately wanted the /facepalm one, but I have never been able to attend SDCC.Originally Posted by Texas Justice
I don't have the 3 werewolves shirt unless they gave it out at the Pummit. I may just have that one after all. Will have to check. Otherwise, I have all of these as well.
I also have the /facepalm shirt that they had at the SDCC in 2010(?) even though I wasn't there. Thanks again for that one Black Pebble.
Michelle
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I've updated the initial post list with the names I've gotten via PM and in-game. Please let me know if any corrections need to be made (or if you can help me fill out player info, such as RL name or whatnot).
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Someone really needs to beat Virtue's record... 41 in 60 minutes.
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Oh, wow... I've seen the final cut and it is IMPRESSIVE.
Michelle
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I have my inaugural HeroCon 2008 t-shirt, the HeroCon 2009 t-shirt, the Freem t-shirt, the Statesman Hero t-shirt, the 5th anniversary t-shirt, the two FPS t-shirts, and the 3 werewolves t-shirt.
Michelle
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Quote:That was stress. This is pissed.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I'm pretty sure that we beat the Freedom stress test for I21.
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Don't forget to let me know when the finished demofile is on Dropbox. I have plans for this!
Michelle
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Do what you can, and then send me the demofile... I ramped up my own computer so I'd be curious to give it a try.
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I'll see if I can't get folks to crowd under Atlas as well and around the sides... what a shot that'd make...
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The rednames are clearly having fun with the rally...
First they turn everyone in AP1 into Statesman...
Then they turn them all into Recluse, complete with /em plot...
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Quote:You and me both, Doyenne. I'll hold them down, you thrash them. Though I reserve the right to take a turn doing the thrashing myself.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
One of these days, if we had more time, when I felt I could finally take a break from being involved with the powers team**, I would have switched to trying to work with the writing team, because I do love to write (can you tell) and I love the idea of writing stories, and building a consistent lore. I would have loved to be able to sit down, across from the writers, with the lore bible in my hands ...
... and beat them senseless with it until they made a consistent origin of power backstory.
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Quote:Their respective stories...Originally Posted by Mad Grim
Numina isn't dead, War Witch very much is.
She got half her face melted off.
The reason she's still around probably has something to do with the whole Witch thing. There were apparent similarities between kheldians and whatever WW and her coven were. Something to do with weird psychic energy. And alien ghosts.
Though my memory may be fuzzy.
War Witch, per the Blue King comics, was murdered by Requiem, after he'd committed the heinous crime of destroying the spirits of her 'coven'. (On the psychic plane, there existed several women whose knowledge and abilities War Witch could tap into with enough effort and with their permission. War Witch referred to them as her 'coven' sisters, fellow witches throughout history who were guiding her on her path toward becoming a hero.) She died in Apex's arms, but her ghost rose, transcending the bonds of mortal flesh and becoming a spirit like her coven.
Numina, on the other hand (according to her bio), had 'possessed' via astral project the body of a supervillain to prevent him from destroying the world... unfortunately, her physical body was destroyed in the process, so she had nothing to return to. She remained trapped inside the Red Threat until he was killed during the Rikti War, thus setting her astral form free. As such, unlike War Witch whose spirit continued on after death, Numina's soul never got that far in the first place.
During the events of the first 3 Top Cow comics ("The Day the Powers Went Out"), Numina lost her powers as well (her ability to resurrect, as well as her ability to become corporeal) until Positron released the Flames of Prometheus back into the world, restoring her power.
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All that being said, in Issue 19 of the Top Cow comics, Positron was working on a means of reversing War Witch's condition. Ironically, it would have been more appropriate for him to do that for NUMINA, as she was the one trapped in intangibility, while War Witch was actually a ghost. Which might explain why he was unable to find a way to 'reverse' her current condition - he was coming at it the wrong way.
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You'd never guess I was a lore junkie, would you?
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Quote:The image of Posi in hot pants is NOT quite what I was really wanting to see...Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
Well, we know he likes hot pants, so....
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What you need to do is:
Go to c:\program files\ncsoft\city of heroes
Type:
cityofheroes -demoplay FILENAME
And you're good to go.
Michelle
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Quote:Yeah, I'd imagine that an astral spirit's 'default setting', as it were, is incorporeal, but if she tries hard enough, she can manifest by force of will. But that's gotta be seriously draining to STAY that way (I reduce almost everything to Champions/Hero System terms eventually... Costs END to Maintain, Requires Concentration roll, etc).Originally Posted by Positron
The closest thing was the Tier 9 Mecha Armor.
As for Numina's corporealness... It was never said one way or another if she could become solid if needed, and interact with the world. It's only inferred that she's permanently stuck incorporeal... so I emailed Sean Fish to get his take (since it was a key element of the story) and he said "sure, she can do it with enough concentration."
And Arcanaville, when I actually finish the TCOSR series, I want you to vet it for everything I did stupid. I'll send you brownies if it'll help.
Michelle
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Quote:John has flat-out insisted that he and only he is allowed to voice Recluse in my videos. And considering that Mike Kleinhenz (my first choice for Recluse's voice actor) has died, John wins by default. (I have a 'video' of all the voice actors I'd dream cast for this project.)Originally Posted by Ironik
Well, we won't be playing this any more. Let's do it. Your husband can do at least 5 voices.
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Demorecording. Hands down.
Michelle
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Swing by http://www.wanderingcrane.com/Toons_on_Film.html - in the upper right corner is the PDF of my guide for demos.
Michelle
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Quote:Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
One of the reasons why I tried to get the license myself (no joke) to make it. Sure, it'd have been all in machinima (I can't animate), but I was storyboarding a script, figuring out voice actors, and had made enough contacts with musicians that were willing to score any project I wanted to work on.
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_RespiteMore a matter of needing a budget. Voice actors (at least the ones I know and would want to work with) do not work for free, nor do most composers. Plus with enough funding, I could afford to take the year or so off work to focus solely on making this.Quote:Originally Posted by Feycat
You know, you probably still could. Do people care enough to sue a Machinma? I don't think they would...
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How in the world is any video of mine going to match that for sheer awesomeness?!
*sighs*
Michelle
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Quote:Hey, I have every intention of finishing the TCOSR series. This gives me some really good ideas on how to end it.Originally Posted by Mutant_Mike
Uh-oh.. Looks like the squirrels got into the meth again.Quote:Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Very, very interesting... yes, I think I can use this.
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Quote:I'm also working on a "SaveCOH" video (I hope to have it done by the end of this weekend so TonyV and company can start blitzing it on Monday for advertising)... but I'm having to reshoot a good part of my farewell vid because I had a much better idea for a large part of it.Originally Posted by Thor's Assassin
Just tell me when to be on Sam, we are both on Justice anyways and I would love to be of any help I could possibly be.
I have been working on my 'Save the City' video to support the cause. Jusst getting it all together today.
Michelle
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Poets of the Fall's "Locking Up the Sun" was unanimously voted by the leaders of our SG (Star Patrol, on Justice) as our theme song. (I'd actually half-finished a video for it when my hard drive crashed and I lost all the footage I'd shot for it.) The idea that we were the heroes who were 'the [expendable] scapegoats who rock the boat', the 'volunteers to face their fears' was tremendously appealing for us.
As for the songs that come to mind about the closure of COH... they're entirely too depressing to share here.
Michelle
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Very, very interesting... yes, I think I can use this.
Michelle
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One of the reasons why I tried to get the license myself (no joke) to make it. Sure, it'd have been all in machinima (I can't animate), but I was storyboarding a script, figuring out voice actors, and had made enough contacts with musicians that were willing to score any project I wanted to work on.
Michelle
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