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Quote:Yeah that's exactly what made me spit soda, "hearing" Matt's voice.Originally Posted by Frost Warden
Best thing about that line? I totally heard in Matt's voice. Well played.
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Quote:I've been playing this game long enough to know that the phrase near future means longer than 6 months to a year developmentwise. Under a year they start using variations of "Soon".Originally Posted by Snow Globe
After some research, I don't think that they are fixing the name-space issue. More likely he was keeping silent because of Issue 21.
That post was from June 16, 2011 (closed beta for Issue 21 started 10 days earlier, 4 days before Issue 21 was openly announced). You do realize that most likely reason why Zwillinger wasn't talking about the reasons at that point was that Issue 21's features were to be announced, right? Including the Free to play aspect of the game and the fact that accounts will be playable even without subscriptions. -
Quote:What was there to take care of? The humans basically destroyed the planet fighting the machines. Machines they built themselves. The humans were responsible for creating the whole situation.Originally Posted by Agent White
Not that we really saw the machines taking care of the planet either.
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Quote:Actually that post has convinced me to see MiB3. I was going to pass on it but nerdrage reviews like that always peak the publics curiosity. Just like how that dingbat whose boycott of "Married with Children" because she found it offensive actually backfired and got it the ratings spike it needed to become a huge hit.Originally Posted by Chrome_Family
thanks for contributing? I thought this thread was for the people that saw the movie to discuss it and give their opinion? not assumptions by folks who never saw it?
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Quote:Smatter? Truth hurts? I guess you really hated the Matrix when Agent Smith accurately described the human race.Originally Posted by Matuse
I greatly dislike how humans are basically treated as idiot vermin without any creativity or personality. We can't progress our own technology, and our highest echelon creative types aren't people at all, so apparently we can't pull that off either.
"Id like to share a revelation that Ive had, during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you arent actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with its surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply, and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and we... are the cure." -
Quote:Originally Posted by I Burnt The Toast
See the conspiracy theorist in me takes that as they are looking into some new naming feature....which is why this is not being looked into. Hmmmm
I'm with you on this. Which is why I'm willing to wait and see what it is they "won't" tell us right now.Quote:Originally Posted by Snow Globe
Hopefully that reason why will make this issue meaningless. -
Quote:If you have a link where the devs said that please provide it because this is the first I've heard it worded that way.Originally Posted by BrandX
They don't think to seem it's worth the resources and efforts for power pool customization and furth customization of primary/secondary powers.
Should we stop requesting it?
There's a huge world of difference between them saying they'd like to do something but can't because of limits on their time and resources, (which is what I'm thinking they actually said unless you can prove otherwise) and they are not going to do something for reasons they won't discuss.
So they aren't going to do it, and they aren't going to tell us why.Quote:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
We are following this thread and taking your feedback into account all.
However, to be perfectly clear: We are not currently planning another name purge in the near future. There are reasons for this, which I am not at liberty to discuss at the moment. -
Quote:Respectfully I refuse to equate running a program that's already developed, installed, and run twice in the system to be a drain in resources. In my opinion that's like saying turning on the computers every morning at their work stations is an effort which equals resources.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
effort = resources.
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Quote:Well technically it doesn't cost the company anything to do either. The cost of the storage space for the characters in question was paid off long ago, and the cost to develop the script to free up the names was also paid off long ago.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Which they are, by not wasting resources on jacking their customers names.
What it boils down to is whether or not the devs think it's worth the effort to run the script again, and from their responses to us they don't, and they don't plan on running it at any time in the forseeable future. -
Quote:You've been using French words all your life, you just didn't realize they were French. You've even used some of them trying to make your arguments in this thread.Originally Posted by BrandX
If Paragon was in France, I'm sure I'd be using french names/words.
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Quote:Originally Posted by DarkGob
I carry a torch now. Torches are cool.
Damnit!! I really didn't want to spit soda on my monitor.
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Quote:English is like a kleptomaniac Kender of languages.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
I pointed out the large % of words of French derivation some while back, so that at least can't surprise our language purist. =P Ya never know what your gonna find in it's pockets or who it originally belonged too.
(I hope I used the right to/too. I know it ain't two.)
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Quote:Then I misunderstood and I apologize for that. I've seen posts by other people similarly worded who did mean it the way I thought, I wrongfully assumed your post was another, and I was just trying to keep the accuracy of what we were told by the devs about who would get the rewards up front and why it didn't happen.Originally Posted by Zemblanity
Never said they did. I said it's annoying that the points don't get delivered when you're first billed for your subscription (which can happen any time of the month), and gave an example on why this current delay in point delivery can negatively affect the value of the VIP subscription - by delaying whatever use I might come up with for those points for at least a month.
Anyway, went a little off-topic, Forbin, but I felt that your post was an extension of our previous word exchange a few days ago. If I'm wrong about that, I apologize.
As to the other thread, TBH I completely forgot we were at odds a few days ago, and it wasn't trying to drag anything from there over here. Sorry if I gave that impression. -
This was my original costume before I tweaked it for the contest with new shoulders, a belt, fiery path aura, etc. Had this character for several years. -
Quote:Do you really want to go there Brand?Originally Posted by BrandX
And you know, plenty of people want to use names like "Testament" "Ruin Girl" "Forsaken" "Nuclear Girl" over names like "Komomichi Yuri" "Dark Shadow Black Jackal" "INeedHealer" "Killer Elite Robot Guy" "Helen Fitzgerald"
You know, names that fit more inline with comic book superheroes and having names that fit the GENRE.
Are there exception in the genre for real names? Yes (but in Jean Grey's case, she also had a name, that felt like it go taken out more due to "She's a full adult woman, and being PC means never calling an adult woman a girl" and even now she goes by Phoenix) but they're small in numbers.
If you want to continue to name you characters "Dead Man with Smile" no one is stopping you and others,
Super Hero Comics have a long tradition of creating heroes with odd, satirical, or down right silly names. Some of them have their own comics and others are destined to be supporting characters.
DC names
Bat-Mite
Bad Samaritan
Big Barda
Bizarro
Blok
Boodikka
Bork
Bozo the Iron Man
Captain Carrot
Ch'p
Chunk
Clock
Color Kid
Dan the Dyna-Mite
Darwin Jones
Detective Chimp
Dingbats of Danger Street
Flodo Span
G'nort
Genius Jones
Gnarrk
Jack in the Box
Lagoon Boy
Little Cheese
Major Bummer
Mister Mxyzptlk
Off-Ramp
Pinkt the Whiz Kid
Peter Porkchops
Rubberduck
Scarlet Skier
Streaky the Supercat
Stuff the Chinatown Kid
Marvel Names
Abraham Brown
Answer
Brass
Bling
Blink
Box
Box IV
Briquette
Brother Nature
Brother Tode
Bug
Burner
Butterball
Charcoal
Dirtnap
Dittomaster
Doorman
Doop
Doughboy
Dum Dum Dugan
Elsie-Dee
Fan Boy
Flubber
Hairbag
Honey Lemon
Kangaroo
Left Hand
Nanny
Needle
Poundcakes
Squirrel Girl
Stilt-Man
Sugar Man
U-Go Girl
Widget
Wink
First off I have to ask if you are aware that 80% of the English language has it's origins in foreign languages.Quote:and you can continue to think how it's truely unique, or using forgein languages that leave people wondering what the hell does that name even mean, and continue to think that's special and unique.
Truth is, it's not unique, people were doing that before typical superhero names were taken and now left unused by many
Oh and I'm sure you are aware that there are many people that speak more than one language who play this game. And I'm not just referring to the people that play on our French and German servers. Those people have super hero comics in their own countries and in their own languages.
And I've had quite a few tells over the years from people that recognized the names I was using and had great times teaming with them, all because I chose to be unique and use a name that wasn't trditionally English.
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Quote:I believe the emails will be sent out next week sometime.Originally Posted by SmegHead
Thanks for the info. So I won a free month and a costume code! Righteous!
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Quote:The devs never promised monthly subscribers they would get their Paragon Rewards at the beginning of the month. It was always at the end.Originally Posted by Zemblanity
Considering we actually *pay* for that VIP subscription, considering new costumes and powersets *used* to be included in the normal subscription and now cost extra in exchange for those 400 points a month (a fair trade IMO, assuming the system works), I think this goes beyond your Nekonominicon yada emo stuff. No one's claiming this is a conspiracy to rob us of our points, either, just a schedule problem in delivery. I really don't get the fuss from your part...
Or are you the type of Neko who orders lasagna or whatever cats eat for dinner and doesn't mind when it gets delivered the following month?
Now Prior to Freedom launching they did say that paid their subs 3, 6, 12 months in advance would get their rewards up front. They were wrong to say that, and on 10/5/2011 Zwill explained how it would work.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...06&postcount=1
Quote:There has been some recent confusion surrounding the schedule for the awarding of Paragon Points and Paragon Reward Tokens included as part of your VIP subscription. When we first announced the details surrounding Freedom, we communicated that players would receive their monthly stipend of Paragon Points and Paragon Reward Token on their monthly billing date. Unfortunately, due to technical limitations of the Paragon Rewards Program and safeguards with the stipend system there have been some adjustments to the cadence of release for these VIP Benefits.
So how will VIP subscribers be awarded their monthly stipends and Reward Tokens?
Lets address your Paragon Points first. If your game account has a bill day between the 1st of the month to the 10th of the month, you should expect your October stipend of Paragon Points on October 11th, provided your VIP subscription continues. Over the next few months, your stipend date will line up with your bill date as long as you maintain the VIP status of your game account. If your game account has a bill day between the 11th of the month to the 31st of the month, you will receive your Paragon Points on your game accounts billing date, as long as you maintain the VIP status of your game account.
The monthly Paragon Reward Tokens are awarded differently. They follow the same schedule as the old Veteran Reward program. This means you may not receive them on the same date that you receive your monthly VIP Paragon Rewards Points. Veteran rewards were calculated based on the time your game account was actually playable with active paid game time, and not just based on your bill date. Just as a temporary block changed your Veteran Reward dates, these types of things changes to your game account will also change the date you receive your monthly VIP Paragon Reward Tokens. You also have to play out the month of game time before receiving the tokens. You may pay for time in advance, but you have to play out the time before you receive your next reward.
We sincerely apologize for any confusion that this may have caused. I know that many are anxious to receive their monthly points, especially in light of our weekly releases in the Paragon Market. Hopefully this post will help set expectations moving forward and allay concerns you have about receiving your points for October.
Thanks!
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Quote:I'd rate the first movie about as memorable asOriginally Posted by Lothic
Even if I do bother to see this one (which was always going to be questionable to begin with because I thought the first one was mostly forgettable)
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If they asked for your email and region I believe you're going to be sent a code for that Rulu-Shin costume.
5. PRIZES
1) Prizes description
The daily prize breakdown is as follows:
One (1) First Place Winner Will Receive:- Two (2) 30-Day Game Time Code (Retail value: $30.00)
- One (1) of play time with a member of the Community team (Estimated retail value: $0.00)
- One (1) City of Heroes Rulu-Shin Costume Code (Estimated retail value: $0.00)
One (1) Second Place Winner Will Receive:- One (1) 30-Day Game Time Code (Retail value: $15.00)
- One (1) of play time with a member of the Community team (Estimated retail value: $0.00)
- One (1) City of Heroes Rulu-Shin Costume Code (Estimated retail value: $0.00)
One (1) Third Place Winner Will Receive:- One (1) 30-Day Game Time Code (Retail value: $15.00)
- One (1) City of Heroes Rulu-Shin Costume Code (Estimated retail value: $0.00)
Seven (7) Runners-up Will Receive:- One (1) City of Heroes Rulu-Shin Costume Code (Estimated retail value: $0.00)
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Quote:The problem is the product doesn't move. Stores can't afford to throw away money on stuff that's just going to sit collecting dust. It's much safer to order it for people out of the catalog.Originally Posted by Dr_MechanoEU
There's been a general shift away from Tabletop games, hell I can remember back when HMV (a movies and videogame retail store) would stock non-gamesworkshop brand miniatures and a slew of tabletop RPGs in one corner.
Now very few brick and mortar stores will stock things like that anymore, hell I only know of one store in London that stocks non-GW brand miniatures these days (called the Orcs Nest) whereas before you'd see them in every little Friendly Local Gaming Shop. -
Quote:The thing I find funny is that for years there has been a vocal group of people on the forums complaining how much they hated the low level hero and villain content because it's too easy and boring, and they begged the devs to create newer more challenging low level content (or give them level bumps so they could skip up it). The devs answered their requests with the harder Praet content and they won't go near it.Originally Posted by Quoll
QFT. Sums up my issues w/ Prae. The only upshot to it atm is the fun of seeing warped versions of the Heroes. Nothing like hanging out w/ the mad dog version of the Brawler.
But all the damned 2min timer mishes
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Quote:Thanks.Originally Posted by Master0fCeremony
account-wide.
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Oh and color me stupid for not knowing this but is that Rulu-Shin code an account unlock or specific character.
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Quote:He's not looking at the torch silly. He's looking at the girl hanging out the window across the street flashing him her bewbs.Originally Posted by DarkGob
He is way too entranced by that torch. I know it's an honor and all but it's not that interesting, Matt. That is quite clearly the surprised "BEWBIES!!!" expression most guys and a few girls get when flashed.
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Quote:Originally Posted by I Burnt The Toast
I am glad profit is not the only reason the devs choose to do things for the game.....otherwise I doubt we will ever see AE changes, anything with bases, etc etc.
I would love to see your proof that if a name purge; with a 3 year cut off were to happen, it would adversely affect the game financially... oh wait..there is no way to prove either side when it comes to financial gain/loss.... So in essence the arguments all boil down to he said/she said...since NEITHER side can definitively prove anything regarding this suggestion and monetary gain/loss for Paragon. As a matter of fact EVERY argument has been conjecture and supposition...for both sides...but you still have a select few who will swear by their claims...irregardless that they cannot PROVE any of it.... just saying
That said... I still stand behind the idea...even though it would have absolutely zero gain for me. The idea of rewarding someone who hasn't played/paid for years...seems a bit silly to me.
I actually discussed this with a friend of mine who runs his own store ...asked him if he had a customer who came in every day for 3-4-5 years and got the same kind of coffee...that he special ordered for them... what he would do if they stopped coming in. His reply was quite simple: Stop ordering the coffee since after awhile it is easy to come to the conclusion that they:
1. Moved
2. Died
3. No longer like his store/products
4. Found a new store/product they like better
When I asked him "but..what if they come back after 3-4 years and said "hey where is that coffee you always ordered for me??" He said he would just stare at them and wonder why the heck they thought they were that important for him to keep ordering something for years when they never bothered to come to his store. LOL
(He runs his own lil coffee/convenience store - his Canela coffee is YUM btw...and he orders it for me LOL... so then he asked me if I was moving or something LOL!)Quote:Originally Posted by BrandX
And that's what it really comes down to. No matter what those against think of the suggestion.
No actually it doesn't. Why you may ask? Simple.
1. Names are not a unique blend of coffee, or rare olives that spoil and have to be continually replaced so they are always available when and if the long absent customer returns. And that's something that could cost a lot of money over time.
2. This is an ever changing and expanding game and the space they use to store the names is inconsequential and has been paid for long ago so it now costs nothing for the company to store them.
3. There is no danger of running out of names. The company doesn't go to Big Lots and buy packages of names for players to choose from and then has to buy more when those get used. The only limits to naming are our imaginations.
Now this ^ is a simple hard to refute argument, because so many of us are attached to our character names we can appreciate the argument.Quote:It's something that could make a current subcribers day and keep them coming back.
Now Im not saying, go the route of "once your inactive the names are made available" but if they've been gone after a certain point of time, free them up.
Now I'm not going to scream an hollar if the devs run the script again. Neither I nor anyone else will notice a difference unless the devs publish a list of the names that get freed up and we watch the conflagration of ensuing nerdrage complaints on the forums. (Just look at the complaints people are making about the name "Freebie Fridays" being inaccurate because it starts 12am Friday British time and not 12am Friday in the time zone they live in as an example of how silly the people can get.)