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Originally Posted by Ironblade

What kind of card do you lose for misspelling 'bosom'?

Originally Posted by docbuzzard

Though you seem to have a fixation on nationalism.

Originally Posted by docbuzzard

Which of course I never implied, but don't let that get in your way. The U.S. has roughly five times the population of the U.K. On that basis alone, success in the U.S. is appreciably bigger than success in the U.K.

Originally Posted by docbuzzard

Also, not to be unkind to the UK, but success there and success in the U.S. are a bit different in scale.

Originally Posted by Rock_Crag

Fair enough. A solid argument. While I believe that... impact a show had on it's watchers
is an important measurement by which to judge a program.. I don't feel it should be the only factor. I don't believe nostalgia should play that important of a role. Because people can be impacted by a show... who's quality was actually rather poor at the time.
Otherwise... the original BSG would be getting much more credit than the new adaptation of it.

Originally Posted by Zombie Man

And the robot to human mapping is OK with you, then?

Originally Posted by Rock_Crag

May I ask why you feel this way? Personally, I feel that Lost was one of the better written shows out there, let alone one of the better written *Scifi* shows. Their character development alone absolutely destroys half of the shows on your list.

Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn

I think he's supposed to be one of Apocalypse's Horsemen. But I'm not sure which.

Originally Posted by Hyperstrike

Fanny (Donbot's Wife) as the Scarlett Witch

Originally Posted by Tymers_Realm

It's Sunfire

Originally Posted by Rylas

Leela as Rogue?? You lose a nerd card for mistaking the Phoenix as anyone else.

Originally Posted by Rock_Crag

I disagree with the people saying Lost doesn't deserve to be on the list.

Originally Posted by Casual_Player

Part of the reason I posted this, other than its awesomeness, was to tap the group mind and name them all.

I'll start:
From the bottom, left to right:
Zoidberg as Wolverine
Amy as Pyslocke
Fry as Cyclops
Hypnotoad as Havok
The Professor as... the Professor (X)
and Nibbler as Lockheed

Originally Posted by BrandX

It's a good influence sink.

Seeing what the 88's have done, it just makes one realize how much influence is out there and can be gotten by those who are willing.

Originally Posted by Clebstein

I already do this, but when the seven other people on my team are all friends from global channels it's hard to keep track of who is who. I don't want to keep referring to them by their character name or having to check globals all the time.

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

But again, that brings up the question of - "So what?"

So someone burns a few billion on the conversion. Does it *matter* that they made 150 million Prestige with a better rate as opposed to 40 million, just to make up some numbers?

They're at the top of a pointless list. So what?

They get to dainty up their base a bit faster. So what?

Why should everyone *else* be penalized - and I don't think you'll find many that say that isn't a highly punitive rate - because a *few* might be able to rush getting a *second* large meeting room or something? It has no effect on anyone else, and if it's designed as an INF sink (which, really, it is,) it has so far failed pretty miserably overall because *of* that rate.

Change the rate to make it more attractive to use, pulling more INF out of the system so some private bases can be made more "homey" more quickly.

There really *isn't* a downside here.

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

So, you'd be perfectly happy if, say, you just worked up an Inv/SS tank... only to have INV completely changed? Say, they decide Inv needs an aura that has a *physical* AOE effect on the enemies, and turn Dull Pain into Safety Zone, which does an AOE Knockback instead of the heal/hp boost?

Or maybe take Kinetics and turn Fulcrum Shift into a sort of Group Fly?

"Oh, I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about minor changes." If you're talking about changes to magnitude, the ever popular-to-whine-about request to change KB to KD, or changes like Electric Aura got (which changed a power *name* when they turned Conserve Power into Energize - END discount to END Discount *and a heal,*) you're not having a problem with the cottage rule. If you're talking about (say) Hide losing its end cost, you're not talking about the cottage rule. The base purpose of the power stays the same.

Do you know WHY (hint, *especially in this day and age of sometimes very expensive IO sets, for instance,) the "Cottage rule" exists? And exactly how many times it's been violated? (Once, *maybe* twice - Fold Space getting removed completely, Wormhole being moved into place and Gravity getting a pet is the only single instance I can think of, and that was an Issue 0/Issue 1 change.)

Little history for you:
When the devs added a fifth power in the Patron (and later Epic) pools, they didn't do so because they thought "Oh, a fifth power would be great." No. In beta (closed, at the time,) they *flat out replaced* a slew of powers. For instance, my Ice/Psy/Mace Dom had her Disruptor Blast just *replaced* with a Personal Force Field. I had no use for it, they removed a source of damage, and irritated the hell out of me. And that was one of several "we think it's useless so we're going to replace it" powers. They got a VERY good, firsthand reminder of why they should NOT just do outright power replacements, as most of those in the beta at the time were calling out for blood.

You'll notice five powers in those pools now, which by *increasing* choice is a FAR better solution.

Also, you don't "get" what Null does. NULL DOES NOT CHANGE THE POWER. He removes ONLY a movement buff *from you.* The power itself is the same - and, frankly, was useful before *AND IS STILL USEFUL* (just ask a Stone tank what they'd think if the devs just did a universal removal of the speed buff from Speed Boost.) Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes.

Remember, your "terrible" power is one that someone else *likes* and *uses.* The devs have to have a very good reason (such as a power directly counteracting an AT or powerset's abilities to a debilitating degree) before they'd likely look at it. "I don't like it when other people knock back a target," for instance, is not that sort of issue.

Originally Posted by Mr_Body

Only time I used to have this issue was on my older video cards with some dark powers and Electric Control. Anytime say a Dark Armor toon or a fluffy would be on screen, my frame rates would dramatically drop. Anytime I teamed with or played Electric Control and AOEs from that powerset were thrown around, my screen would fill with really bad graphic animations and I swear I had single digit framerates.

Then I upgraded to a new computer and better video card and all that went away. My suggestion to you, post your system specs in the technical forums and ask there for help. Also in the meantime, make sure you have the latest drivers that currently work with the game. Newest isnt always the best. Stick with the latest drivers that are confirmed to work properly with the game and beware updating unless absolutely needed.

Originally Posted by HotFlash

Due to finances I am going to have to cancel my account and take advantage of the free option for a few months. Don't care if don't get any special rewards or what not as I have several heroes that need to continue on to 50. My question is if you are only allowed 2 heroes to play on the free option how is it determined which two you get to play. I play entirely on Freedom and I don't feel like re-rolling a hero on another server and going thru the grind all over again. Any ideas or has anybody heard how this will be implemented ???

Originally Posted by VoodooGirl

Please fix it. I know this topic has been brought up ad nauseum but it's worth resurrecting this horse for another beating ;-) Is it hard to make the inf to prestige ration 1:1? Could it be fixed in a small patch?