Marcian Tobay

Starchasm, I don't know if you hear the word Kawaii enough, but it's a great word for your art.

Fantastic job!

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crap crap crap......they just keep on showing they really don't give a crap about us.

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I'd like to contend that they do. The makers of this game and the community coordinators have been working on multiple projects, including the City Scoop and the PvPEC.

There are several projects in the works, and there always will be.

Just recently (as in earlier this week), we were asked about what we, the fanbase, would like to see next in the game. The options we were given were taken from across the message boards, which they read constantly.

There is an entire thread based on giving us what costumes we want, and the Suggestions section is a constant source of inspiration to the makers of this game.

Does the discontinuing of the comic make us happy? No. I don't think it makes many people happy. They felt, however, that it needed to happen at this time, and I am choosing to respect that.

No, Sexy Jay wasn't working on it (in all likeliness). Nor were the other Red Names, I'd bet. Those are not, however, the entire staff of Cryptic or NCSoft. There are more. Many more. Gaggles more, I'd wager.

The inner workings of this company, such as any company, are too complex to judge solely on what we see on the outside.

I'm not saying don't voice your complains. Voice 'im. They are what tells the Devs what we want and need. I'm just saying that calling it something "stronger than shenanigans" or saying "the devs don't care about us" aren't actually compelling arguments.

I love this game. I'm said to see the comic go (I actually liked the first one quite a bit). I trust that there is a good reason it got canceled, if not for the reason they already stated.

Thanks for the update, but I thought that this was confirmed a while ago?

Is this just a reminder to quell rumours?

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Okay, maybe I'm just being really thick headed, but I can't figure out 8 down for anything. Does anyone else have any hints?

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First of all, Leandro's crossword is a billion times better than anything I could craft.

Secondly, for 8 down, let me put it to you this way...

Dead in the first run of the comics.

Alive in Pocket D.

A Dev in Cryptic.

This name, at any given moment, is being actively represented in those three forms.

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Oh noes! Our thoughtless tampering with the timestream has turned us all into RP'ers!

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You fool! In the past, Miss Kitty had to choose between using the general forums and using the RP Forums! You must have jumped back to that crucial moment and changed her thinking by surprising her!

We can't go back to the alternate future, as it will not ever have existed. The past future is truly a thing of the past.

We're doomed here.

I'm going to miss all my CoH general friends... Boudicia... LivingHellfire... Golden Girl... Prof. Backfire... gone... all gone.

*Creates a time portal*

Then I shall go back in time to before your purchase of that device! Huzzah!

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Heh. I've got copies of the warranty in triplicate, in my ultra-super-secret interdimensional subspace pocket! It's location is so secret that even I don't know where it is!

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Wait... aw shoot. >_<

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*Godmods up a copy of The Marauder's Map v2.0*

Do you really want to do this?

*Blasts Warranty*

Severely, you lack an understanding of godmoding.

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*Puts up anti-forum-godmoding shield*

Everyone really ought to invest in one of these.

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*Holds up anti-anti-forum-godmoding blaster*

And now, dear Skysaurus, I ask you this question: Can a forum godmoder godmod a strategy so grand that not even he/she can godmod it?

*blast*

The frack did you do to that vampyre!?

My goodness!

The... the horror... He wasn't even armed with his Dual Blades! (Vote now!)

You'll have to forgive me. Whilest all you goodie two shoes are off "saving the world" (Try saving it from your facist selves), I've been working almost strictly on the Rogue Isles. I may not know all of your locations.

Ya know, all the times that I've heard this conversation with 3l33t Haxxorx, something's been bugging me...

... and I just got it.

Stan asks "You just bought a new hand? You just went down to Cook's Electronics and said 'Hey, can you give me a hand'?"

Cook's Electronics was originally the store that the Teen Titans frequent in the titular animated series!

Oye. Were you referencing the new store in CoX, or were you referencing the Teen Titans location?

Edit: On second thought, I realize which is more likely. Still, I'm proud that I caught it.

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Also, Leandro, did you try anything involving the costumes you can invent?

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Yep, I tried all the boot names (because there's a "O" near the end) but nothing fitted. hmm.

I got __A_N__O__

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You are thinking Invented Inventions as "Adjective- plural noun".

I promise "Verb - Direct Object."

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Psst.. Ex Libris.. post padding is against the ToS

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Hey, ease up on her, she's ne-

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GET HER!!!!!!!!!!

*Pitchfork Secondary... toggle on!*

Congratulations, Obsidius! Next issue, we'll run all the answers, so you can be sure to double check yourself.

Thank you, everyone for posting your reactions! We're getting lots of great feedback (and I'm getting lots of tips on how to make better clues).

Yes, Behind the Mask is easily becoming a high in demand feature. I'd venture a guess and say more than half the help we've been offered (here and in PMs) is people willing to sacrifice their time to be interviewed.

Thanks again for your support!

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I haven't the first clue what 15 across is supposed to be.
"When someone breaks the rules", and I have _ e _ i _ i _ _.

Managed the rest, though. Even though 5 across is wrong.

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Took me a bit to realize what you meant by that.

Should it be: Fewest Powersets of Default Archetypes, then?

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Greatly enjoyed it. I immediately printed out the crossword puzzle (in greyscale to save ink), and went about completing it. Only have 10 down, 11 down, 16 down and 18 down left to go.

Also, I would love to be interviewed for Behind the Mask.

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So, you enjoyed the picture version? Great!

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Snow_Globe, you rocked out that layout! I'm capturing you for the future crosswords!

What do you think 11 Down is?

This will help raise awareness about how great the artists are here! I mean, I was, like, totally blown away, man.

Great work, Athy!

To the Crossword Solvers:

20 Down has a mispelling. It should read:

A rite of passage for Supers.

Sorry about that!

I have yet to see anyone be on the right track for 18 down...

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The crossword is harder than I expected.

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Yeah, I'm stuck on a handful of answers as well.

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Hm? Which ones are sticking you people? I'm curious as to whether they are "challenging" or unreasonable.

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You people and your vanity!

We're getting requests both in here and in PMs to be interviewed. That's great, except, you all voted that the most important part of the City Scoop was the information on Game Updates.


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As of 108 votes, Behind the Mask in in the lead for favorite section with 18.17%, with Feature News right behind as 17.16%.

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Ah! I should have put "at the time of this post". Thanks for pointing that out.

We love you, too. Very much. You're a fantastic addition to this community.

You people and your vanity!

We're getting requests both in here and in PMs to be interviewed. That's great, except, you all voted that the most important part of the City Scoop was the information on Game Updates.

What it boils down to: "Stick to the game, and only the game... unless my pic is going to be in it."

I love it. I'd be the exact same way.

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I like it. But I have a small problem now... I did the crossword puzzle in pen.

Can Athy recommend a good monitor cleaner?

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ALWAYS do crosswords in pencil!

Wait... did you already complete my puzzle?