Dark_Respite

Originally Posted by Venture

Anti-Matter was ready to deploy a weapon of mass destruction in a civilian area (again, his own) heedless of any potential for civilian casualties. He also personally accellerated the flow of time in two dimensions condemning any inhabitants to violent insanity. Depending on the scope of the phenomenon the casualties in each case would range from thousands to trillions. Again, this is just what he's done in game; it is more than reasonable to assume that he is directly responsible for or complicit in multiple crimes against humanity, many perpetrated against his own people.

Originally Posted by NaoGal

Ah, I loved that episode...

Also, as a slight counter-point to something that was said here...
If a man had to sacrifice 50,000 people in order to save 5,000,000, does that make him an irredeemable murderer?

Or could the argument be made that...
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?"

Originally Posted by CoX_Zombie

...Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no
basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power
derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical
aquatic ceremony....you can't expect to wield supreme executive power
just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just because
some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me
away!

Originally Posted by Captain-Electric

Originally Posted by SlickRiptide

But that's the point I'm making. If the above is true and Matt has more or less made it official policy that the above is true, then what's the harm in just giving us the whole backstory instead of hoarding it like a chest of pirate treasure? Why do we have to guess the answers to basic questions like "Who actually founded Freedom Corp. and what was its original mission?" or even "Who currently runs Freedom Corp?" or "What state is it currently in now that its headquarters is so much meteor rubble?"

Galaxy Girl has the most extensive bio of any hero outside of the Freedom Phalanx, and she'd beat most of them out too if it wasn't for the _Freedom Phalanx_ novel. Even so, that bio amounts to a few paragraphs. The average NPC hero is fortunate to get more than a couple of sentences. We still know zilch-all about Hero Corp. and we only know anything about the Midnight Club because it became integral to the game environment. If you want to know what the background of the Midnight Club would be like (and was like in the earliest issues of the game) if it had not become integral to the game, then just ask yourself what you actually know, and can verify in-game, about the Dawn Patrol?

We have been told multiple times over the years that this world has this rich history and had that history hinted at in dribs and drabs as evidence of this supposed depth. We never get the actual history, though. The zone history plaques and certain exploration badges are the closest we've ever come to realizing most of what we know about the game world (and now Matt has assured us that what we do know doesn't necessarily matter anyway because that's old stuff written by somebody who doesn't work there any more and therefore no longer relevant). We're assured that there's a hearty meal here, but all we're given is snacks.

Basically, it's all frosting and no cake.

I realize that I do not represent the majority in caring about this and so I don't expect things to change. I just wish that the studio would see their way clear to once again hire a story content creator like Arctic Sun who does care about it and wants to put the effort into expanding it and elucidating it.

Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel

Anti-matter: NO! WE ARE NOT ORDERING CHINESE FOOD AGAIN! WE HAD IT LAST NIGHT!
Russel: WELL YOU ALWAYS ORDER PIZZA WITH BELL PEPPERS! YOU KNOW I HATE BELL PEPPERS!
Anti-Matter: THEN JUST PICK THEM OFF THE PIZZA!
Russel: JUST ORDER HALF OF THE PIZZA WITHOUT BELL PEPPERS!
Anti-matter: WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO TO HELL!
Russel: YOU FIRST!

Originally Posted by Agent White

Anti-matter is still alive as per the Minds of Mayhem trial. Speaking to Metronome he laments that we didn't kill Praetor Keyes.

No mention one way or the other about any of the other unknowns.

Originally Posted by Zwillinger

Michelle,

Sometimes...just sometimes...there is more to a story than a simple black and white answer to things. And tomorrow on Twitch, I'll be more than happy to share...the rest of the story.

Originally Posted by Zombieluvr

Yay! Zwillinger just verified that King's Row, Skyway, and Boomtown are getting revamped into Vigilante/Rogue zones!!!

Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum

I thought "researching Incarnates" was just the excuse he used when Numina caught him downloading videos of scantily-clad heroines?


It seems that some people will go pretty darn far to maintain their cover stories.

Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim

... for a guy who's lived in a tin can most of his life and presumably doesn't work out, Keyes is built like a brick ****house.

Originally Posted by Olantern

Soap opera-ish, and thus probably anathema to Forum Story Preferences, but I kind of like this ... if nothing else, it ties up a loose plot thread.

(Yes, I'm aware General Forum Belief is that Ms. L's father is Hero One, and that there're things in-game that support this belief.)