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Quote:I don't think "add more later" is ever off the table.Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
Possible solution:
Release it as-is with the current pets, and add more options later.
This is assuming that such a thing would even be feasible. But if so, it should be done like that. No unnecessary delays in releasing it, but getting the option for more pets in the not too distant future. -
re:OP Nope.
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Quote:People are stupid.Originally Posted by Liquid
BAB got death threats after Issue 13.
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Sheesh people....when have they *ever* released a full and complete list of the contents of a new Issue with their first posting?
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Quote:That's kinda what bad guys do when they're at that level of power. Invade and conquer/destroy places. Then heroes stop em. The reason heroes care who the villains are (in any story) is because they're attempting to change the heroes' status quo through violence. If the Praetorians stayed in their home dimension, we likely *wouldn't* care about them at all.Originally Posted by Lazarillo
I've tried to explain it several times but even if "Praetorians invading Primal Earth" is a new arc, as a concept, it's nothing we haven't seen other villain groups already do. We have fought most of them already though. Well, we have heroside, anyway. Villains have even less reason to care.
Story content that explains why we should care about who these villains are. Right now there's not much to elicit other than a yawn since it's the same stuff we've seen with the Rikti, with Rularuu, with Axis Amerika, etc... -
I'd agree with Agonus. Just on iconography (no pun intended
) alone, Punisher, and to a slightly lesser extent, Venom are instantly recognizable outside of the comic shops.
As far as Deadpool...he's in the TV spots for the new Marvel vs. Capcom game. There's 20 characters on each side in that game, and he's getting screen time over the likes of Dr. Doom, Phoenix, She-Hulk and Storm. He may not hit icon status, but he's getting the "known outside of comics" bit down....probably because he knows there's such a thing as outside of comics
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Quote:Just a quick aside, there's a *very* popular game franchise about a certain order of knights involved with the Crusades and the secret order opposing them in the near future that is entirely based around this very concept. Both sides have a machine that will allow it's user to relive the memories of their ancestors by reading their DNA.Originally Posted by TheDeepBlue
"The human genetic code, in its natural state, contains molecules that record and store your living memories."
Not as out there an idea as some people seem to think. -
Quote:Originally Posted by DocPhotonic
Brad Jones (aka The Cinema Snob) gives an interesting take on the use and misuse of 3D in modern movies in his review of Drive Angry. He argues that there are two ways in which 3D is used: atmospheric 3D and gimmicky 3D.
Atmospheric 3D merely serves to give the illusion of depth between the background and the characters on screen. Examples include Avatar, The Green Hornet, and The Last Airbender. In many of these movies, the 3D effect is added in post-production, seemingly as an afterthought. Brad argues that atmospheric 3D is a waste of the effect, being either pretentious in the case of James Cameron's movies--or just a way to ripoff moviegoers with higher ticket prices.
Gimmicky 3D, Brad argues on the other hand, is the proper use of 3D. Gimmicky 3D doesn't just give the illusion of depth, it gives the illusion that objects (e.g., bullets, knives, blood, etc.) are leaping off the movie screen and right at the audience's faces, adding to the fun of the movie experience. Examples of this include Drive Angry 3D, My Bloody Valentine, and Piranha 3D.
Here is Brad Jones' review: http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/02/26/...-d-review.aspx
Hmm...can't say I exactly agree with that assessment. Avatar was atmospheric (mostly...some stuff did pop at ya) but didn't come off as pretentious in the film itself. The hype, maybe, but that's marketing for ya. I saw it both 3D and at home, and the 3d definitely was missed at home. The use of the effect was such that it almost felt as if you were in the scenes, not just a diorama-type effect like post production often ends up with. I think it's a bit unfair to lump it in with those other 2, as Avatar (like Drive Angry) was shot in 3d. -
Quote:This.Originally Posted by Starjammer
There's plenty of safe, legal ways to help and protect people without endangering yourself or others, most especially the person you're trying to help. And if anybody wants to wear a costume while doing so, fine by me.
But this guy is attacking "career" criminals. Even if he doesn't get killed in the act, eventually one is going to come looking for revenge.
His own safety aside, how should he feel if a mugging victim or an innocent bystander gets shot while he's trying to show off? -
Quote:....I know what you were thinking, but I do believe that was a reference to another viral video David After DentistOriginally Posted by sleestack
Is this just fantasy?
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Quote:No, but my point was that you, in your hypothetical example, pointed to a black woman as being outside the norm. No other details about her, just black and a female. It's that attitude that explains why being white isn't generally seen as a defining character trait.Originally Posted by Lastjustice
I don't feel being an outsider is something unique to other races. I was named after the book stranger in a strangeland, and that's how I felt my entire life.
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Quote:See that bold bit right there? You just answered your own question from your other post. In America, being white isn't generally seen as a defining trait because it's long been considered "the norm".Originally Posted by Lastjustice
(as someone who feels like an outsider may be they find comfort in another who doesn't belong to the norm too.).
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Quote:Ray Kurzweil figures we'll have that (reversed engineered the human brain and built human level AI) by the mid 2020s. Was the Time magazine cover story last week.Originally Posted by Starjammer
They rigged Watson with an electromechanical relay to press a physical button at human speed. However, Watson was still pretty quick on the draw and that usually means winning on Jeopardy!
I doubt Watson can yet pass a Turing test, at least one where the questioner can ask anything they want. As yet, AFAIK, Watson doesn't have any kind of "internal life" so it would not respond well to questions about thoughts, opinions, feelings and the like. It can answer knowledge-based questions all day long (as long as they're not about U.S. cities and their airports, apparently) but it doesn't "think about" what it's answering.
And yes, there are AI prototypes that do the above, although still not at human level cognition. -
"BOOM-shalock-lock BOOM" Furio...and House of Pain
"I assure you, my good man, Nemesis is most definitely 'down with the street'. Word up, my homie, as it were" -
Quote:Pretty much the cover story of this week's Time. Ray Kurzweil figures (due to the exponential nature of advances in the relevant tech) we will have reverse-engineered the human brain by the mid 2020's. Human level intelligence in computers by the end of that decade. By 2045, the quantity of AI created will be about 1 billion times the sum of all human intelligence that exists today.Originally Posted by Venture
Either you are making a dualist argument -- which, at our current level of scientific understanding is not really viable -- or you're being complete irrational.
If consciousness is the result of having a "soul" (and there is no evidence this is the case) then strong AI is impossible and the point is moot. If it is not, then consciousness in an organic brain is only the result of natural processes, meaning the brain is nothing but a computer that runs on carbon chemistry instead of semiconductors. That does not necessarily mean that it is inevitable that we will learn how to emulate it but if we do it would be nothing but bigotry to deny the resultant consciousness all the rights we afford each other.
Oh, and we'll be functionally immortal. -
I'm trying to think of something non-obvious, but I may be AT-blind, since Furio is the main way I learned the game.
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Quote:It its if you've got Rise of the PhoenixOriginally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Rad/Rad Corrs, for example, can arguably be even more dangerous than a Blaster, due to increased mitigation (buffs and heal) and offensive tools (debuffs and damage)
Sure, Blasters have better hitty numbers, but thats not much use if you're dead, now is it?
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Quote:I remember when they said that... they're talking per capita, not just raw numbers of defeats.Originally Posted by Arilou
Correct me if I'm wrong (it was some time) but isn't blasters also among the most popular archetypes? That would certainly skew the numbers.
One would immediately figure solo defenders (or even corruptors) would fare similarily (depending on powerset). (this is probably offset by the fact that defenders, by and large, do not solo unlike blasters)
And defenders and corrs each have an entire powerset dedicated to buff/debuff. It's enough to keep them up more consistently. Blasters just get more damage 'cept for those /dev weirdos
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This is why I think everyone should level a blaster. The game's not quite as easy as some of those raised on melee seem to think.
Also, I don't think I've seen a full insp tray on my blaster while solo in 6 years
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Quote:Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm
*Cough* King's Row, Boomtown, Hollows, Faultline, Dark Astoria
Yeah, and? If the *entire planet* is Boomtown, and someone arguably more powerful and *WAY* less laissez-faire than Recluse is running the planet, whatcha gonna do? -
Quote:um...It's the Incarnate Trials. They're going to be harder than the standard game, remember?Originally Posted by Atomic_Woman
I've read that the mobs in the new Incarnate Trials also have higher base tohit than 50% (that's second-hand information though, I can't vouch for it), and if so one may wonder if it's a move toward balancing with IO sets in mind...
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Quote:Sure it does. On a TF you have the other 7 people to think about. EG may love the hard stuff, but there's other people who may not.Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
If I can play many missions on +1/x4 with little risk of defeat, I should be able to play all missions on +1/x4 with some risk of defeat, with some encounters on +1/x4 presenting a significant risk of defeat. I should not face a significant risk of defeat on every "trash" encounter within the mission. Turning down my difficulty is about as acceptable to me as leaving a mission to buy inspirations (in this day and age of inspiration combining.)
Ok, so when you play content that is supposed to be harder (TFs) you deliberately make it easier? Ok you know what, that makes absolutely no sense. -
Quote:Next you'll tell me they're from AlabamaOriginally Posted by Cowman
Now he's Scott's dad.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Exodus_V
Cruddy cgi, crappy dialogue and weak sauce fight scene...i say the trailer looks awful. first they make Spiderman 3, Xmen 3, FF 1&2 and Wolverine movies and now they are going after my Thundercats...guess I'll suck it up and wait for the reboot!
Relax. It was just test animation, not finished product, and they axed the project. -
Quote:I'd put her about 18, 20 tops, based on appearance there....but not old enough to be the mother of a teen girl.Originally Posted by The_Dude73
They must suck at drawing age then, because that Cheshire looked no older than the rest of them.
And it's pretty apparent what age every one else is supposed to be just by looking at them (with the exception of Supes, of course) Spee...uh Red Arrow and Aqualad are late teens, Robin's early teens, everyone else is in between there.
Don't know much (anything) about Green Arrow's comic history so if Cheshire's old enough there to have a teen daughter, this is just someone using her appearance, or a complete rewrite.