JKCarrier

Agreed. Shadowhunter's lunging pose is okay, but Penny looks like she's hovering in mid-air doing pilates.

Only true since around the 1970s, I'd say. Here is a listing of the comics that were on sale during one month in 1955. Note the large number of "funny animal" and romance comics.

That's an even more recent phenomenon, stemming from the influx of artists in the '90s who lacked even the most rudimentary figure drawing skills. Good artists like Adam Hughes or Frank Cho can draw a glamorous, idealized lady without twisting her into a pretzel or making you wonder where her internal organs went.

That's a bit "chicken and the egg", isn't it? Are comics aimed at boys because girls don't read them, or do girls not read them because they're aimed at boys? Would a slightly more reasonable depiction of female characters automatically send the guys running away in horror?

"Other media are bad, too" is not much of a defense.

Although isn't it interesting that with all those beefy hunks in Avengers, the one who seems to be causing the most fangirl swooning is Tom Hiddleston...

In the case of customer feedback, I'd say quantity matters a lot more than quality. If enough people dislike something, it doesn't matter how reasonable or eloquent their opinions are...it'll get changed. (See: the Keyes Trial)

Bingo. I just shake my head when people who are obviously expert players with builds tweaked to the nth degree act as if they represent the average player.

I still consider those things hard.

Or gives up on running them. If everyone was "content" with the trials, we wouldn't have gotten Dark Astoria.

(Edit: Not to mention the trials that have gotten nerfed because everyone was so "content" with them)

If they played it like the miniseries a few years back, where they're bounty hunters who specialize in bringing in super-villains, it could work. And it would give them a chance to bring in some of the low-level villains who are a fun part of the Marvel Universe, but haven't had much representation in the movies so far.

Armstrong also had a recurring role on "Moonlighting", and played record exec Ahmet Ertegun in "Ray":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvY7h...eature=related

There was a lot of speculation and concern about the possibility of F2P before it was officially announced:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=242926

See also Postron's comments here:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=263900

"Two examples I can give are the new VIP-Only server, where subscribers can play without non-paying players simply because we saw that as an oft-requested feature, and the ability to return as a Free player and create a brand new character, not be forced in reactivating (or worse deleting) old characters that are still on your account. "

The VIP server was something the community requested...there was a fear among some that the incoming hordes of free players would create an unpleasant atmosphere, and they wanted the option to avoid them. I don't think there was ever any indication that you'd get special perks for playing there.

Not to mention the voice of Cave Johnson in Portal 2. "I punch those numbers into my calculator and it makes a happy face."

The best part about this is, judging by history, the chances are pretty good that someone will hit the wrong button, and it'll be free Titan Weapons for everyone!

No doubt. Still, from what Black Pebble said on the Ustream, it sounds like some not-insignificant percentage of the playerbase is not using the market at all, and this is a way to nudge people into at least opening it up and having a look. Nothing wrong with that, of course.

Even so, as long as the chance is less than 100%, I am reluctant to spend real money on it. At the Pummit, they floated the idea of players being able to sell their unopened Super Packs at the auctionhouse. I would be ok with risking INF on a random roll.

Crazy conspiracy theory time: Could this be a sneaky way of introducing tech that could later be leveraged for PvP? A new arena? Players taking on "roles" that kinda sound like something out of Team Fortress? Hmmm....