Nightphall

You know....now that I think about it......of all the names I've tried that were already taken, I don't think I've ever seen any of those characters. I was told by a few that the name probably isn't a real character, and that the person just didn't want anyone else to have it, or something like that.

For example, like once of my choices earlier, that I missed: Someone creates Intense, but leaves him at level 1 and never plays him, preventing anyone from getting the name. (Unless you use Entense, but that isn't the same)

There's one exception, and it was a Knightblade that I met on Champion a few years ago. He'd had the character since beta.

I agree with this last bit. Before the DCnU announcement, I used to go to my comic shop a LOT (they had D&D materials as well). I don't think I saw anyone in there under the age of 19, including times when kids were out of school. And this was before the economy went under.


You know what....I gotta agree with this one too. I started reading comics when I was 7.....and 20 years later, I like it when my comic matter is still the same: good guy vs bad guys and superpowered action.

I noticed it a lot in the late 90s, but some of the stories became along the lines of something you'd see in NYPD Blue, Homicide: Life on the Street, or any other cop drama.....heck, some superhero stories made me go "why isn't this in Batman instead?"

I like those stories, but the inner child in me says "I don't want to see my superheroes involved in that"

Oh joy. Marvel hero treatment.


Also: I hear that the reboot was an attempt to "appeal to younger readers who would be thrown off by seeing Batman #893"

Why is this just now a concern, as opposed to all of us who used to be a younger audience? For example, when I started reading comics, it was around Knightfall and The Death Of Superman. Well past 400 issues for both Superman and Batman. Not once did I feel left out because there were so many other back issues. Especially with the advent of the internet, which made what little problem I had with it go away.

Ugh. I'll go back to reading DC when they go back to the old universe.

I know this is off topic, but it is SO true. I know folks who get every new game they see, and play about 10% of them.

Now to get BACK on topic.


I started April 16, 2006, shortly after Issue 6 released. I had known that the game was in development well before then, and when I was in Security Forces training, I saw someone playing it on his laptop. Since I started:
-Started the game on a less than stellar laptop. I was going to get a desktop at first, but the guy who was going to go with me to get it was hanging out with his girlfriend at the time and I got impatient and went alone
-Bought a PC dedicated to this game (which died in 2009)
-Met my then girlfriend now wife
-Separated from the military after four years (I got tired of never being at home)
-Daughter was born
-Built a new PC from the ground up (after the old one croaked, taking the motherboard and PSU with it)
-Upgraded from 250 GB HDD to 2.5 TB HDD (and I still think even that isn't enough)
-Stuck with one character for 2 years before I made any others
-YES, I did Comm Officer farms, which made IO-ing my Dual Blades/Willpower brute very quick and easy
-Speaking of that, I did monkey farms too, for the influence. Really
-Went to school for 2 years using my GI bill
-I got a new car
-Moved away from the family a bit to work in North Dakota after a town there flooded
-Wife got a job in Arizona, where we now currently live. I have a view of a massive lake and the Utah border. It's not very green like growing up in North Carolina was, but I would not trade the view we have now for anything

This here.

I've never read Preacher but I have heard of this.

I go through the exact same thing. It's annoying, because people don't take you seriously when you look younger than them.

I have said the same before, many times.

Most normal people lack the training needed to come out alive in these types of situations.

Now a former special forces operative, FBI or CIA Agent, former military or the like, I wouldn't worry about as much, as they've more than likely been up against much more than some common street punk, and have the training to ensure they aren't taking on more than they can handle.

I honestly forget what episode it was, or maybe I read it somewhere, but Data stated that TV pretty much didn't make it past the year 2040*, which is why modern music/entertainment died out.....or something like that.

As for classical and jazz, it seems those are the types of music other species like the most from humans. I wouldn't expose another species to rap or country, for example.


*To be honest, if networks keep going the direction they're going now, it may be much earlier....LOL

I should have stated as such.

Durability: I can take a lot of damage and keep going compared to heroes without it. (Wonder Woman, Spider-Man)

It is still possible to injure them though......people with swords have cut Wonder Woman, and skilled enough martial artists can hurt Spider-Man, though he doesn't make it easy with superior agility and Spider-Sense. (Knowing where to hit instead of how hard)

Invulnerability: With few exceptions, no form of attack can hurt or damage me. (Superman, Juggernaut)

No need to explain that one.

It's true that players do come back all the time.....even the ones gone for years.

The problem at the same time however, are the former players who have names that people want, but have been gone for years and have no intention of returning.

Example: I've added the name Intense to my friend list in hopes that I can one day meet him/her to try to get that name. That was way back in 2006, and that character has still not logged on. At anytime of the day (or night).

Actually.....other mediums do this as well. You can be super strong and punch a brick wall, but with no invulnerability.....you may break your hand in the process.

Either that or a space marine.

That's........not entirely accurate.

A rescheduled 2XP weekend? Fine, I can deal with that.

The Memory Leak however, is not welcome and must go.