Red_Gren

Sorry to hear you're going Smoke, but you do have to do what you think is best. So, I'm glad to give you a heartfelt goodbye from the game & wish you, Ele & the family my best wishes for... well... everything!

What time were you thinking of running Monday? Since it's a holiday, I might even be able to help!

I said I'd be willing to help & I still am, however, I won't be able to do so this weekend. Good luck!

I'm game!

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I killed you there a few days ago, just saying.

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Daaaayum!!! Con hit him so hard he messed up Kor's power supply???

That's messed up!

No wonder "our community is falling to pieces!!!"

It's all Con's fault!!! *grabs a torch & rope* String 'im up!!!

Yeek! Sorry to hear that Mess!

What time were you thinking of starting this TF on Tuesday?
I know you said you don't play normal hours, but if I can swing it, I'd like to help out if I can.

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That is my line.

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I [u]KNEW[u] there was something wrong with Iggy's characterization of Kat in his story arc! I just couldn't put my finger on it!

NOT ENOUGH STABBITY STAB STAB STAB!!!

Iggy, if you're reading this, please correct this oversight!

Awesome.

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Nivienne posted in the other one.

I smell doom for Talia.

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But... but...

Tal's has purty colors & bolding & stuffs...

Oh sure. [u]NOW[u] you tell her...

Oh. That was [u]SUPPOSED[u] to be punny? Thanks for explaining that Manoa, I wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

Edit: Fixed the above after reading Textilian's post.

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Eating poop™ can make you sick. Film at 11.

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Eating FAKE poop™ can make you sick, Film at 11!

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You just can't win.

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You should not be eating fake Poop™ anyway, fake Poop™ is usually manufactured in China and may contain trace amounts of lead as well as other chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer.

Only consume authentic licensed Poop™.

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You're having way too much fun with this...

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Unpossible!!! See post above!

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You're right. Also, I've long wanted to name a villainess that.

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I don't remember the details, but with regards to the "rights" of criminals, I think I remember a school was successfully sued for damages because some burglars fell through a skylight.

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Babylon 5, I loved my Babylon 5.

4 seasons of plot, things from season 3 were seen in the background of the pilot, everything tied together by the end of season 4.

Then TNT bought it, wanted another season, and more or less killed it.

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Uhm... it was originally supposed to last 5 seasons. I was going to give my recollection/summary of what happened, but IMDB's trivia sums it up nicely, so here ya go:
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The series was conceived to run for five seasons as a sort of giant video novel. This plan was nearly shelved when it appeared B5 was going to be canceled after the fourth season. J Michael Straczynski pushed forward much of the material he had planned for the fifth season into the fourth, and even filmed the planned series finale for that year. When word came that the fifth season had been granted after all, the series finale was held back and used in its proper place.


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Please note, I'm not arguing that the 5th season wasn't disappointing, just with the part where you say the blame lies with TNT. I'd blame the guys that told Straczynski that he had to wrap it up in season 4 rather than telling the story the way he had wanted to originally.

A buddy sent me a link to this article. I had the privilege to visit Mr. Littlefield's collection on several occasions. One time he even gave us the tour himself, so it was awesome to hear the stories about some of his acqusitions first-hand. (i.e. the SCUD missile launcher customs SNAFU & the incredible stroke of luck in acquiring the Panther.)

"Tanks" for the Memories; Jacques Littlefield Passes Away
Jim Goldman, CNBC
Tue, Jan 13; 2:48pm ET

Silicon Valley is no stranger to legendary figures: Apple Inc.'s Steve Jobs; Intel's Gordon Moore; Hewlett and Packard.

And there was Jacques Littlefield, a 59-year old bon vivant who used a big chunk of his massive, Utah International mining inheritance to amass one of the world's greatest private collections of military vehicles.

And he housed his 230 tanks, missile launchers, armored cars and personnel carriers on the Pony Tracks Ranch, his sprawling, 430 acre compound atop his very own hilltop in bucolic Portola Valley, California.

I made several visits to his home preparing a profile about him for our program "High Net Worth" last year, even taking my 7-year old son Jeb with me on my last visit, because how could you not take your kid along for a private tour of the ultimate toy collection. Jacques was kind enough to indulge Jeb and his endless questions about the tanks, particularly the rocket launchers, and he could not have been more gracious. Jeb asked adult questions; and Jacques treated him like one. Jeb likes to learn; Jacques loved to teach and it was fun to watch.

Jacques Littlefield died last Wednesday after a decade-long battle with cancer, leaving behind his huge collection, and lots of questions over what will happen to it next. He joked with me that he had signed a pre-nuptial agreement with his wife that spelled out that if they were to get divorced, it wasn't a question of whether she would get any of his collection: Instead, she would have to take the ENTIRE collection!

When I asked him whether he was "obsessed" by tank collecting, he told me that, "Obsession would be way over 230 vehicles. 230 vehicles will be just a start. When I get serious about this, I would lose my amateur status," he laughed.

You can't really appreciate the scope of Jacques' collection, its magnitude, until you see it in person. He's got 45,000 square feet of custom-built garage space, and he'd already outgrown it. He had a full-time crew of five restoring these vehicles back to their original luster, tanks that he'd collect from scrap heaps all over the world, spanning warfare throughout the 20th century. And because so many of them are so old, and, well, they're real tanks, finding replacement parts to get these things operational again, is hardly an easy chore, he said.

"Did Michelangelo tell you how many hours the Sistine Chapel would take? Time to go home now. Let's punch the clock! If I can pick up the phone and order parts, I can just go to Toy's 'R Us and buy something and assemble it. But part of the challenge is figuring out what it was, having the difficulties of finding the original parts."

Jacques spent his life living his childhood dream, and had the means to do it right. He started building models as a kid, and quickly developed a passion for rebuilding real tanks. He spent anywhere from $15,000 to $50,000 on the vehicles, and when he's done restoring them, they can be worth millions. He told me back then that he was in it for the history, not the money, and that he was having a blast with his hobby, though not literally.

"Why would you waste money on food or clothes or vacation when you can have this really wonderful piece of machinery," he asked me.

His most recent project: a German tank found in a Polish river, submerged for 40 years, and now brought back to working condition after five years and 10,000 man hours. It's striking; the restoration logistics almost as complex as the logistics to get this hulking mass of machinery from Europe to Silicon Valley. He had even more issues when he tried to import a real SCUD missile launcher after the first Gulf War, which made his neighbors a little wary until he reassured them he wasn't going to be running live-fire exercises on his property.

Jacques lit up that day when I asked him about that first time he got in the cockpit of his first restored tank. "My mouth was sore from smiling. I remember that very well." And Jacques will be remembered well too. His collection may be headed to the George S. Patton Museum at Fort Knox, KY, though no formal arrangements have been made yet.

The tank referred to in the article going out for it's first drive.

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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!

*makes a snort fort* Team Rayvyn Assemble!!!

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*Wants pictures of SNORT fort!*

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You'll never know, cause you're not on my team now
Take that Encyclopedia Brown! *shakes fist*

Everyone else to the snort fort!

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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!

*makes a snort fort* Team Rayvyn Assemble!!!

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*Wants pictures of SNORT fort!*

Whaaat!?! I've never seen one before.

Also: I have the next 2 weeks off. 1 day has been reserved for D&D & french toast. In honor of Bob, I'll make sure we have plenty of bacon too!

Ha! Well played!

Why?

Heh. Which explains why it wasn't done by our resident forum necromancer. Not enough horror with the revivification!

Actually, I believe Ex was referring to those that came over to NCSoft Mtn View from Cryptic rather than who attended the M&G.

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I must ask this, who is the foxy lady in the blue shirt in this picture?

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You'd be rather put out if I sad "an attendee," wouldn't you? Yes. I thought you would.

Actually, I didn't catch her name. That was taken during one of the whooping and hollering spells, sorry.

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Oh I thought she was a Dev or NCSoft person I didn't know about...

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Azrhiaz - PvPEC Organizer

I saw her at the City Scoop table.

Heh. Great minds think alike Marcian?

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Yes indeed, I am aware. I presume you are aware that Shields are NOT coming "as well as" Willpower in Issue 11, despite the fact that Shields were offered along with Dual Blades in the poll and Shields beat out Willpower in the polling?

The point is, Shields beat Willpower in the poll, but we will get Willpower instead of Shields because Shields were too difficult to implement and Willpower was more or less ready. Shields will come along in a futuire release, NOT Issue 11, so we WILL get Willpower "instead oif" Shields, at least this time around, despite what we were offered and what we chose.

Hence, as I tried to make clear, what the players want, ask for, or indeed, pay for is irrelevant... what they will GET is what the Devs feel like doing.

QED

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Do you remember the disclaimer that came with the poll that said even if Shields win, it won't be one of the next powersets?

I do. It appears you do not. Too bad for you. It appears that a memory lapse, or an inattention to detail has caused to to come to an erroneous conclusion.

What the players, want, ask for, & pay for IS relevent. What they GET is what the devs feel they can produce in a given timeframe with the resources available to them. Oftentimes this does not meet player expectations. Sometimes those player expectations are unrealistic. See above for an example of how that can happen.

Aw... dang & after I wrote you should stop almost exploding too. Well... that sucks. Both for you apparently not getting in, & for me shooting off my mouth. You SURE they're gone? You ARE logged in to the forums right? Not just looking at them anonymously? (Hoping you overlooked something so simple.)

Pax, please don't explode! If you can see the boards, you're in. If you can't get into the Training Room, then you should contact Ex to let her know.

She responded to someone's query about variations on this (i.e. seeing the boards & not able to log into test & being able to log into test & not seeing the beta-boards.) and said so. I suck at pointing to specific posts, so do a Community Digest search looking for Ex Libris & this thread & you should be able to find the post I'm talking about in pretty short order.

Now stop that almost exploding & start thinkng about how you're going to go about testing & providing good feedback!!!
(they didn't have a stern smiley)