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Exactly. OnLive is just a gaming proxy. Not really a benefit for those with high-end rigs, but their main angle is to have a slim client, probably connected to an HDTV and an Internet connection, using a gaming controller or mouse/ keyboard via USB. The main draw is that people can play high-end computer games without owning a high-end computer (because you'll be using theirs by remote).

I could see games like CoH using this tech to great advantage, especially for those who want the eye candy like Ultra Mode without puring hundreds our thousands of dollars into a new rig (or having to migrate their data from an old rig to a new one). I can't see any harm in allowing CoH to be used through this service, since Paragon Studions ?NCSoft would still be hosting the game servers, with OnLIve just hosting remote high-end client rigs.

2:00 - Why does Special Super Jump Guy have Purple Triangles like he's some sort of AV? Incarnate System perhaps?

If I couldn't get my current name to be my red name, I would go with Infernal.

A lot of good captions this week. Tough competition. Congrats Moonlight_NA

How much do I have? Enough.

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Serge told the hero he could help by taking out some of the Clockwork's "minions" that were waiting right outside the door...

The GR release date for Amazon.com hasn't changed... yet, at least. Could just mean that somebody needs to be updated on a release change. Hopefully not though... my next college semester is not looking fun, at least as far as the planning stage goes. Would like some play time before it starts.

Both are excellent points.

Let's say you have an onion. You clone that onion X amount of times, so you have X amount of the same identical onion.

Each onion represents a copy of Earth. You can call one onion Earth Prime, another can be called Preatorian Earth, etc. etc. So you have all of these identical onions with different names. We'll disregard the differences in people on these worlds for the time being.

Now, each identical onion has layers. You can call one layer the Physical Realm, another layer is the Psychic Plain, another layer is the Netherworld, another the Spirity Realm*, etc., etc. So each onion has these different layers, realms, quantum states, whatever you want to call them.

So yes, even though you have all of these alternate Earths, each one has different plains of existence, so to speak. So the Spirit Realm of Praetorian Earth or Warwolf Earth may be completely different than the Spirit Realm on Prime Earth. Sure, not seeing a ghost of a Praetorian PD cop in our spirit world could just be chalked up to programming, but more likely it's because his spirit resides in the Spirit Realm of Praetorian Earth.

But just like the Physical Plain, there may be ways to connect the other layers of each onion to the same layer of other onions, and travel between the the different plains of existence between each world.

* Technically Croaotoa is in the Spirit Realm (AFAIR)

Agreed. It's not like we're selling a ton of boxes at the moment. And new players only have to pay $20 to join. Obviously, box sales will go up in July, but I doubt that only a third of the current total is from subscriptions. It is probably at least half, if not two thirds at the moment.

As long as it doesn't count for the 5th location this year, more power to ya Bay Area peeps Sounds like an easy decision with little overhead and a readily available audience

My crab spider is named Hunting Machine, but that's because he's a robotic prototype to replace weak human Arachnos soldiers. YMMV.

Make sure that heat sink is dust bunny free too. Overheating cards can shut down and do other weird things, eventually becoming permanently damaged.

Speaking for my main villain Iron Reign:

1. What motivates them?
   Revenge, plain and simple. Revenge against the Malta for burning him. Figuratively and literally.
2. Is it money? Power? Or something less granular?
   No, just revenge. Notoriety, money, and power were just side effects.
3. What are his beliefs?
   He's a nihilist; he doesn't believe in anything, except himself.
4. Do they consider themselves "evil"?
   More like "morally ambiguous." The ends justify the means.
5. Are they connected to your hero in some way?
   Not at all, except that he's a "villain" of the Rogue Isles, as are many others.

As for the Supreme Villain of the CoX universe? Lord Recluse is up there, but his overly-complex mechanizations have too many points of failure, like the Web for instance, or Project DESTINY, and are therefor his downfall.

I have to go with Mender Silos. Is he Lord Nemesis? Maybe, but if he is, he's certainly learned that the only thing more devious than "plans within plans" are" plans within plans with the face value of complete sincerity about the welfare of mankind and the future (and past)". If anything, Mender Silos could very well be Lord Nemesis Enhanced. Steam suits are great for intimdation, but a nice warm smile and a handshake make it a lot easier to insert that dagger in one's back.

Remember that you'll need beacons for it too. CaptA's guide covers that too.

Aside: I wasn't aware that the name "Gilgamesh" was available again (he used to be a red name in days long past), but that's a different topic altogether.

Edit: Ah, because it got changed to Gilgamesh_NA and Gilgamesh_EU when we moved forums, of course.