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  1. (As a brief aside; do not consider me seriously for the contest... I already have the pack... I'm just having a little fun here...)

    Drone 74382 had always been a diligent bee. He took his nectar processing job very seriously and was proud of his accomplishments both in volume produced and taste quality of his product. He would have continued on his entire life satisfied with his lot had it not been for the germination of a simple idea in the hive's middle management.

    "Let's give them rewards for production!" said Drone 54284 excitedly.

    "Rewards aren't in the budget," responded 39992 with a roll of his antenae.

    "They don't have to be REAL rewards," 54284 said with a wicked tilt to his mandibles. "We'll call them 'recognition rewards' or something silly like that. Just titles and a little piece of wax with a ribbon or something."

    Drone 74382 was inspired by these new medals and patches that were awarded. Later, as he earned more and more of the useless little things, his inspiration became obsession. He had to have more of them! He drove himself mercilessly, earning Recognition Rewards in volume, taste, artistry, life time achievement and all other categories.

    He became a legend. And in that hive he would ever-more be known as... The Honey Badger.
  2. See? Now THIS is how to wake up in the morning after going to bed with a nagging problem.

    Thanks a lot!
  3. Okay... So I dual box occassionally, running both my accounts on the same computer at the same time.

    This was never a problem with the old Launcher but the new NCSoft Launcher won't let me open two instances of the game at the same time.

    I've tried the standard "Click the Play Game twice" it just takes me back to the game in progress. I have tried clicking the City of icon in my start menu... takes me back to the original game. I have tried "create a desk top shortcut" from the Launcher and then clicking the short cut... no dice.

    Has anyone figured out how to get the Launcher to dual box yet or is this something I need to take to tech support?
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Twisted Toon View Post
    I would comment that Steelclaw could come up with a list of possible April Fools jokes for CoX...
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    Originally Posted by Clave_Dark_5 View Post
    Oh please, oh please, DO IT DO IT DO IT!
    Now you know who to blame...

    * Take the Atlas Statue and mix it with the vomit emote used by Infected and those poor Pocket D patrons... every so often anyone standing under his mouth gets a bath.

    * Every official office in the game (City Hall, Arachnos Building in Port Oakes, Universities, etc) will suddenly become just like regular government or school run offices... you will have to stand in line and wait your turn to get to the person to whom you need to talk. The lines WILL move... just not very quickly.

    * The Incarnate Job Fair... all the gods will set up kiosks in the public areas of each arena to try to attract potential level 50 servitors to their cause. Actual pitches will be heard if you click on them as well as signs and t-shirts with slogons on them. "War isn't Hell... War is Shard Drops! Ares in '11" and the like.

    * A building to be erected in one zone each in Paragon, Rogue Isles and Praetoria. The building will have a chintzy neon woman by the marquee. The sign at the front reads "Tonight only! Ms Liberty, Ghost Widow, Swan and War Witch all on the main stage!" When the door is clicked the clicker gets the usual "You can't enter" message but they're name is sent out in broadcast with the message "HeroX has tried to get in to the girly show! Naughty... Naughty... NAUGHTY!" Oh, and the next time that player tries to talk to a female trainer, contact, etc that woman will give them the cold shoulder and say only "pervert" in their conversation window.

    * Notice of the Well... at random times during April Fools level 50 characters will see a large wishing well appear in the distance. If they put their cursor over it it will indeed read "Well of the Furies." As they get closer to it, it vanishes.

    * Notice of the Well part 2... Any newly created character who goes directly to the game without first passing through the tutorial will receive the message "Your bravery in facing the challenges ahead without guidance has attracted the attention of the Well of the Furies!!" At that point the character will undergo rapid fire level dings... one after another in very fast procession... until they reach level 50. At that point a razz-berry sound will be heard and the words "APRIL FOOLS!" will flash on the screen.. and they will revert to first level.

    * Random chance when signing on to ANY MA arc of the player/team appearing on the Pocket D map where all the female heroes and villains are dancing on the raised platform in the center of the dance floor. Floating where DJ Zero usually does is Positron. The team can stay there as long as they want but as soon as one person plants a foot on or floats above the ramp or platform the message "You have accidentally accessed Matt Miller's private MA file... you must leave immediately." After which everyone will be diverted to their originally chosen MA mission.

    * Anyone entering Boomtown will be sent to a cut scene. They will see a completely built city zone complete with parks, tall proud buildings and gorgeous skylines and vistas. Statesman will smile and wave to everyone then announce "With the cutting of this ribbon I hereby open New Baumtown!" The moment the ribbon is cut the scene shifts to a Rikti Mothership hold where a dozen Rikti are struggling to push an immense bomb out the back of the ship. On the bomb is stencilled "G:BF" The cut scene ends and the player finds himself in the usual Boomtown. In the chat window is a final statement from Statesman: "If you build it... they will come."

    * In the costume creator any selection of the "skin" variety will result in a random message such as "The game rating has been changed to General Audiences, please choose again", "Quick... Picture your mom wearing this! Oooh... that'll stay with you for a while" and so on.

    * When you go to the trainer to level up an option will appear at the very top of the list saying "You have leveled up to level X, but as a gift from Paragon Studios would you rather advance to level X+1?" When the cursor comes within a half inch of the line it will jump to the bottom of the list. And then back up to the top when the cursor comes near it again. If you have just leveled up to level 50 this will not occur. Instead the level up line will list your "current" level to advance to as 49. Clicking it will still get you the normal level 50 level up screen though.

    * Wentworths inventory lists will have personalized items for sale specifically having to do with your character. Salvage: "HeroX's Little Black Book.. Blank" Recipes: "HeroX's Home Made Jumbalaya" Enhancements: "Grow Inches In Just 3 Days claims HeroX!" You can bid for them but no matter how much you offer it never quite seems to be enough to actually buy them. Once April 1st is over with you get all your inf back.

    * Replace Atlas's Globe with a giant pokeball.

    * Whenever you activate your travel power the arrow buttons will become mirrored to move you in the exact opposite direction they normally do for the first five seconds of activation. To avoid killing the character, this would not happen in instanced missions or in hazard zones.

    * The CoH Website announces that you will be able to have product endorsements on your costume or in your super base if you so desire. You simply choose which company (Coca-Cola, Pepsi, AT&T, Verizon, etc) you wish to be involved with and you will be sent to a small list of options. It will be set up as a micro-transaction with part of the money going to the company in question and part to NCSoft. For example if you choose Geico you might get Gecko Print on Cape: $0.50, So-Easy-A-Caveman-Can-Do-It Face Option $1, Non-Combat Gecko Pet: $2.50, Gecko Costume Temp Power: $3 and so on.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Legree View Post
    Put The Wretch Strike Force in the game... as the next level of Incarnate content.

    (yup, villains only)

    Still my favourite piece of Steelclaw writing.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
    Er, no. I have too many other videos (The Most Interesting Man in Praetoria, CoVideoHell, The Wretch Strike Force, Game On, and umpteen music videos) that I want to work on, so Issue 20 will just have to get along without one.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
    ::smiles then walks away whistling innocently::
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    Water-Wiggle huh?...
    Uh-oh... Red Name!

    ::Stuffs Translat-O-Tron into closet::

    Move along... nuthin' to see here...
  7. Here I am again with a handy-dandy, slightly randy, rubber bandy, free van candy translation of the recent Intrepid Informer 2 article by my patent-pending Translat-O-Tron.

    Enjoy...

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    Hi everybody and welcome to the 2nd issue of the Intrepid Informer!
    Yeah, I got dragged into doing another one. So much for hoping marketing had a short attention span.
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    This week, we are very excited to introduce you to another member of the City of Heroes team whom you wouldn't have heard much about yet but we can tell you he has been working hard in the background to make sure we deliver outstanding graphics into the game.
    The Zigg work-release program has coughed out another inmate in our direction. After we cleaned off the sludge he seemed somewhat presentable. We’ve unchained him from his cubicle long enough to have him do the dog and pony trick routine.
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    Gilbert Martinez is one of our art leads and he has been working on City of Heroes for a little while now.
    Gil is his name, we’ll get around to giving him a “hero” name sometime soon. Hmm… with a name like “Gil” I suppose we could go with Fish-Man or Water-Wiggle or something like that.
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    You may have met him if you were at the City of Heroes Bay Area Meet & Greet back in November 2010,
    When he escaped his cell. Luckily for us he stowed away in the catering truck for the meet and greet.
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    in which case you would have noticed Gilbert wearing one of his awesome hats!
    Major baldness issues this guy…
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    But hats are not Gilbert's only source of brilliance.
    You wanna talk brilliance? Try seeing him WITHOUT a hat on a sunny day… burn your eyes out.
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    He is first and foremost an artist and he has worked on an amazing array of features that will gradually make it into the game throughout the next content updates.
    Actually, he is first and foremost a living walking solar panel. But he can serve as an artist until we can figure out where to stick the plug to harvest his energy.
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    Talking about amazing visuals, Gilbert's team have made a tremendous creative effort in order to come up with a particular feature that will soon make its way into the game: the Floating Fortress.
    Gil’s team spent a lot of time with Fisher Price toys in a kid’s wading pool. After they were accused of just being three year olds on company time and dime, Gil started going on about this Floating Fortress thing. I swear… the big wigs here react to alliterative titles the way crows react to shiny objects.
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    Without further ado, please welcome Gilbert Martinez who will give us more details on that intriguing new environment.
    Without further ado, please welcome Gil “Water-Wiggle” Martinez who will do his best to justify his paycheck.
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    The Floating Fortress Art Process: Part 1
    by Gilbert Martinez
    The F.F.A.P. part 1… the Ffap?! Oh dear gods! Please, don’t let any of the Forum Yahoos realize the acronym for it…
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    Hi folks,
    D**n you, Steelclaw…
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    First off I just want to say how honored I feel to be part of such a fantastic group of game developers here at Paragon Studios. I couldn't ask for a more talented group of people to be working with and I hope you all are as excited as I am to see the content we are building. I also feel humbled to be writing to all of you who play our game
    First, I’d like to brown nose…
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    and am excited to share with you some of the behind-the-scenes work that goes into making the content you love to play.
    …and then I’d like to subtly convince you that you love content you haven’t even seen yet.
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    I thought it would be fun to focus this week's topic on the exterior environment art for a feature you will see in Issue 20. The design team challenged us to build a "floating city composed of stolen ships". How cool is that?
    After a small misunderstanding and police involvement the design team clarified that they wanted us to DRAW a representation of a floating city composed of stolen ships… not actually go out and steal ships to build said floating city. I still think we could do it if given half the chance. If it just hadn’t been for those alarms on the nuclear submarine we’d have been golden.
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    We were excited to oblige and the images you can see below show how the original paper design translated into the final game.
    Not as excited as those MPs on that naval base were…
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    The image above is a top-down 2D map of the Floating Fortress exterior created by our intrepid designer John "Protean" Hegner.
    Sure… he gets Protean… I probably won’t get a red name at all. Or worse, they’ll take up Steelclaw on this stupid “Water-Wiggle” thing.
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    This map provided the environment art team with the layout of the "floating fortress" as well as the type and number of unique and instanced assets that were needed. John also provided documentation on the mission story, gameplay moments, and photo images of the type of military naval ships that would have to be built. Those of you with military backgrounds who noticed that the new battleships in Independence Port look very familiar can thank John for bringing a little bit of naval reality into the game.
    Yeah, John was with us on the Naval Base raid. YOU might thank John for the new realistic ships in Independence Port but the rest of us still aren’t talking to him. I mean really… I can appreciate wanting to do your job well but… COME ON… Taking flash photography of battle ships while we’re doing a night mission to steal a nuclear submarine?!? What were you THINKING?!
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    Bringing the Floating Fortress to life in 3D was put into the capable hands of Senior Environment Artist Ryan Roth. A large bulk of the exterior zone work involved kitbashing existing art assets into a menacing conglomeration of steel and ship parts.
    Ryan “KitBash” Roth… that doesn’t sound too bad… until you figure Kit as short for Kitten… yep.. that’s right… Ryan “Kitten Basher” Roth… definite red-side add-in…
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    We also roped in Character Artist Eric Chyn to help with the outer protective walls. As you can see in the next two screenshots, it all turned out quite beautiful!
    Since he was already chained up nearby we got Eric Chyn to help with the outer protective walls. Unfortunately security caught him digging and our escape attempt was foiled.
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    Anybody that wants to commend the team for its hard work can tell Ryan Roth in person at Pax East 2011 where he'll be part of the panel representing the City of Heroes artists.
    Ryan “Kitten Basher” Roth will be at Pax East 2011 and extends his personal invitation to Steelclaw, who is rumored to be planning attendance, so the two of them can “discuss” this translation.
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    Our job in the Art Department is to bring the design team's ideas alive in our game through art while making it as beautiful as possible within the time restraints we are given.
    And let me tell you how hard it is to draw wearing manacles!

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    This can often be a daunting task but our team always strives to give our players the biggest bang for their buck.
    Until they found out that is illegal… except in Nevada.

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    That being said, at the end of the day it is all about fun and one of my favorite tidbits in this area may appeal to those of you who like your fun delivered inside of Easter eggs. Somewhere hidden in this zone are a few hapless fishermen just waiting for your heroic arrival. Happy hunting.
    I don’t advise playing the Captain Sig mini-game though… Unless you like grind missions that go on forever and ever and ever… The Time Bandit mini task force is much more fun.

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    In Part 2 of this article I'll share with you all the art process involved in bringing the interior ship areas of this zone to completion. See you then.
    After reading this translation the possibility of a part 2 being published drops by about 45%.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Twisted Toon View Post
    Do we really have to try?

    I'm sure you could find 42 topics to make lists of just from pouring yourself a bowl of Alpha-Bits.
    1) Future Prophecies Discovered During My Casting of the Bits

    2) Legal Justifications Alpha-Bits has for suing every cereal company whose cereal is in the shape of the letter "O".

    3) Why the bits falling out randomly does NOT teach my child the proper order of the alphabet.

    4) "Vowel movement" and other Alpha-Bits related puns.

    5) Hydrogenating Coconut and Palm Kernel Oil for fun and profit

    6) The Yellow Corn Flour Incident and other Post Prejudices.

    7) "Manufactured on equipment that processes wheat" and other DUH moments from Post.

    8) Possible reasons why the serving size should change according to the eater's age.

    9) "My sodium increases when I add milk... who's salting the cows!?" and other nutritional conspiracy theories.

    10) Ways to entice Vanna White into your vehicle using a trail of Alpha-Bits.

    11) Reasons why the vowels should be marshmallow bits.

    12) Definitions of the word Post that have NOTHING to do with cereal or even anything remotely edible.

    13) Reasons why Alpha-Bits throws the ol' "don't play with your food" directive right out the window.

    14) "My Alpha-Bits told me to do it" and other excuses for your tri-state murder spree.

    15) Milk alternatives for your cereal bowl.

    16) "You can't eat until you spell chrysanthemum" and other cruel pranks to pull during breakfast.

    17) OCD and the dangers of pouring a bowl of Alpha-Bits.

    18) "Dewey Decimal's Donuts" and other ideas for word-related breakfast treats.

    19) How to use Alpha-Bits to spice up your next presentation to your boss at work!

    20) The Alpha-Bits Font and other useless downloads.

    21) How to restrain your urge to strangle Twisted Toon for challenging Steelclaw to make a list about Alpha-Bits.

    22) The toy at the bottom of the box; harmless plastic or an effort to undermine family values?

    23) The complete list of things you WILL NEVER be able to trade in your Post box tops for...

    24) "My dog ate my suicide note" and other reasons why leaving messages with Alpha-Bits is ill-advised.

    25) The Alpha-Bits / Alpha-Slot connection. (I had to make at least ONE that had something to do with CoH)

    26) Reasons why your weird kid only eats the Q's.

    27) "Dollars and Cents" and other cereal ideas for equal representation of the keyboard.

    28) "My kid can only spell in upper case letters" and other complaints about the Alpha-Bits learning method.

    29) "You must have dropped the box" and other Customer Service excuses about why the letters are out of order.

    30) The complete list of words your parents will get angry with you for spelling in your cereal.

    31) Proper stretching exercises to use before attempting to eliminate Steelclaw before he lists again.

    32) "Times New Roman" and other Alpha-Bits off-shoot products.

    33) "The Ten Thousand Monkeys and Ten Thousand Boxes of Alpha-Bits Shakespeare challenge" and other bad contest ideas from Post.

    34) "Those? Oh, those are ... umm... punctuation... commas and periods..." and other bad explanations of the broken pieces at the bottom of the box.

    35) "Morse Code Cereal" and other communication-based cereal concepts.

    36) Reasons why a list of 20 Alpha-Bits related lists would have been much more reasonable than a list of 42...

    37) "Why 8 boxes of Alpha-Bits does not make an Alpha-Byte" and other obscure nerd jokes.

    38) "How many words can you make from your bowl?" and other ways to force your kids to eat soggy cereal.

    39) "I could actually be PLAYING the game now" and other realizations that occur when you're this deep into a silly list.

    40) "My box had no R's in it!!" and other crank call complaints with which to phone the Post Customer Service lines.

    41) Cheek Lacerations and other reasons why pointy breakfast cereal isn't much fun.

    42) "Omega Bits" and other apocalypse related breakfast cereal ideas.

    Sheesh... why do I do this to myself? I'm going to go take a nap.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Yomo_Kimyata View Post
    I accidentally read the title as "Things Not to Say During Your CoX Intervention."
    Are you TRYING to give me ideas for another list?
  10. Possible uses for the new Floating Ship City map...

    * You go into a ship for a normal mission but when you exit... OMG! We've been ship-napped!

    * Super Bases will now be allowed to be ocean-going ships as well as underground fortresses... the map is Fast Eddie's As-Is Ship Emporium and Bait Shop!

    * This is the step off point for the new BP Oopsie Task Force...

    * Like so many games before it, CoH will now incorporate the time-tested Fishing Mini-Game for finding various loot drops.

    * The Floating Ship City will actually be a zone event... when it floats into a zone all heroes need to try to get up onto it... there you will fight Man of Aqua who is ticked at being the most useless super hero of all time and looking for vengeance... Unfortunately for him he realizes too late that being able to summon fish telepathically is pretty useless in a FLOATING swimming pool.

    * Ain't no floating city man... this here's Lusca's new pimped out ride!

    * Hover vehicle cruises into Atlas Park... centers itself over the Atlas Statue.. robotic arms drop the ships to either side... where Happy Funco employees begin scrubbing and lathering it up... then, to the vast enjoyment of all the heroes below.. the water reserve release rinse cycle (patent pending) washes them all away to the sewers entrance.

    * Coming this Spring... the Paragon Floating Aquarium! Starring Sham-Pu!
  11. A few short thoughts from our favorite Morale Director...

    * I don't know why dog and cockfighting are so popular what with all the children available.

    * Oil and water might not mix; but oil and ice on a sidewalk can provide hours of entertainment!

    * Got a Get Well card today; she probably wouldn't have sent it had she known I threw my back out kicking a puppy.

    * Note to Self: Small child screamed upon seeing me again today; practice fake smile in the mirror tonight - still too predatory.

    * Every dark cloud has a silver lightning bolt inside ready to blast 40% of your body's water content into steam.

    * Fusionette wandered into my clutches today. I let her go. Some prey are just too easy.

    * Reminder: Get more candy for the van.

    * Spent afternoon removing all but the gray and black crayons from the boxes before shipping them to the orphanage.

    * Got more fan mail from Gomez Addams today; really should remember to write him back.

    * I was up to my knees in visitors today... do you have any idea how hard it is to get blood out from under toenails?

    * I need to write a stern letter to parents about properly feeding their young healthy food. Some of my poor crocodiles have been getting belly aches.

    * I just realized that I accidentally scheduled the Orphans of Grandville picnic the same day as my meeting with Captain Mako. Well, at least I won't have to provide him with snacks.

    * Renewed my license today. Clerk gave me a funny look when I asked if they had to be mine upon agreeing to the organ donor sticker.

    * Attended Lord Recluse's birthday party today. Convinced Wretch to sing Itsy-Bitsy Spider. Unfortunately it looks like he'll survive.

    * Ghost Widow admited that she WOULD date me if I were the last man on earth. I'll have to work on that.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    It's been a quiet week here in Lake Woebe...
    Okay... bonus points... anyone who likes Prairie Home Companion can't be all bad...
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    • Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya...
    • So I have this idea...hear me out...World of...Lady GAGA...Online.
    * Yes, as a matter of fact I do have a reference... Zwillinger said I'd be perfect for this job...
  14. Should you ever be called in to interview for a developer or team position with Paragon Studios here are a few things you should probably NOT say...

    That's me... trying to help prepare you for life's little surprises...

    * The only thing I can't take is criticism... as long as everything I put into the game is universally adored... I'm golden!

    * Yeah.. I lost my last job because of a sexual harassment suit... but don't worry.. as long as you don't have a chick in charge there won't be a problem...

    * How do I feel about meetings? Do you read Dilbert?

    * I would love to work for your art department! My skills are exceptional! I just have two words for the game's future art direction... Fan Service!

    * Yeah, my writing so far has consisted of a lot of Slash fi... er... Fan Fiction. In fact, I have a great idea for a story line involving Statesman and Synapse...

    * My qualifications for the job? I've got a 50 for every AT and powerset combination in the game... I can quote character dialog from every story line in the game... and I once played the game for so long my internet service providor arranged an intervention.

    * I know I don't have an appointment but you have to admit I'm the best videographer you've seen since the game began... I know I don't have an appointment... What makes me think I have the right? The one thousand five hundred thirty two forumites standing outside your offices right now chanting "Michelle... Michelle... Michelle..."

    * Oh come on... just imagine the horror that would sweep the forums if they saw the name Westley.... in RED.

    and finally...

    * Steelclaw: "I'd be willing to accept part time work... no no... I mean EXTREMELY part time work... even less than two days a week... more like one day... a YEAR... just April Fool's day.. that's all I ask... give me April Fool's day! What? Security? Oh, that's original, like I haven't been thrown out of a building before!"
  15. Write a list of "Things that I'll Do Now That CoH is Gone"...

    ...


    What?
  16. Steelclaw

    Hai guyz...

    Security... SECURITY!!
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Blunt_Trauma View Post
    "Is that an icicle in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
    * I'd let you check for yourself but the last person who did was into Frost Bite... and I'm still recovering.

    * If there were an icicle in my pocket it wouldn't matter if I was happy to see you or not... brrrrr...

    * Did you know your tongue can stick to an "icicle" in cold weather? True story.

    * Yeah... sure... that's an icicle in my pants' pocket... and your mom had an icicle in each of her shirt pockets last cold day we had.

    * "Is that an icicle in your pocket?" "Yeah" "So how's it hangin'?" "It's a Nor'Easter."

    * Bet your a** it is... sunk the Titanic too...

    * No, that's my "South Pole"...

    * Oops... my mistake... now it's my North Pole... guess I AM happy to see you!
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano View Post
    Animal fur is available only on the Monstrous hand option Steely
    Awesome! Thanks for the info! Now I'll have to go spend ANOTHER Veteran Reward free tailor coupon for my Taurean Titan character...
  19. Just bought the pack.. loving it so far..

    For the most part.

    Love the heads, no problems there except for some minor problems caused by such thick necks clipping with shoulder items... I can live with that..

    My main complaint is that while they DO have an "Animal Fur" option for chest they don't have the same option for Gloves (at least as far as I can tell) which means you have thick fur on your biceps and just below your elbows aaaaaaand it looks like you had a bad Nair accident from that point to your hands.

    And yes, I have to second the disappointment of no animal claws option for the Claws set.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Silver_Streak_NA View Post
    We're debating trying to put in a full LAN area (the cost of 6 PC's is the prohibitive factor), with video projector, so people could play things like, mostly, console games in the store, projected up on the wall. If we do that, maybe showing CoH off a little would generate some interest, and some new subs, even.
    Suggestion: Rent the computers. You can put down the rent as a business expense tax write-off, you don't have to worry about the computers depreciating over time. And when the software industry starts out-pacing your hardware you can just upgrade to a better rental. Also, if it doesn't turn out to be a money-generator for your business, you can always terminate the rental contract. Minimal risk or loss.
  21. I am TIRED of my panther-anthro looking like a mutant squash-faced persian with 3rd degree burns... I am also tired of my minotaur character (whose snout is the raider gas-mask) looking like a severe asthmatic with a coat-rack shoved through his head.

    Yeah, you could say I'm looking forward to this pack.
  22. Man.. I play CoX at work all the time! And surf the forums too! I never even have to worry about anyone walking in on me or anythi....

    Oh... wait... I don't have to work anymore...

    Oops... carry on...
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Melancton View Post
    That you were recognized from the Forums, or that you were recognized and then immediately kicked?

    Ah, your Adoring Public.
    Both actually... several people from the forums have recognized me in-game... most have been gracious and nice in a "let's pat the poor boy on the head because we know he's not all there" sort of way.

    There has been one memorable individual however... who.. upon realizing whom he had just accepted onto his team.. promptly demanded to know if I was capable of NOT saying anything at all during the task force (it was the Posi TF if I remember correctly)... I admited that the chances of me being able to keep my "chat mouth" shut during the entire TF was about equal to that of a flea dying of starvation in a dog pound...

    He kicked me immediately.
  24. ... or... the last thing typed in right before they got kicked from the PUG.

    * All I'm sayin' is that I want an animation for my Rezz that involves chest massage and mouth to mouth resuscitation... 'course if they do that I'm never rezzing another male ever again...

    * Man I hate this waiting in the Reactor... I know! 99 bottles of beer on the wall... 99 bottles of beer...

    * Just because I'm a defender doesn't mean I can't blast... and if you kick one more person from the team I'll get a +5% boost to my damage!

    * @77 h@il ze oooobah 733t Slam-ur-eye sqillz of teh M@zteh-B7@zteh!!11!!

    * As a matter of fact yes... I am that Steelclaw from the forums... (and YES... this has actually happened to me)

    * Pets? Naw... I spent those slots in the Presence power pool

    * Stop killing my debuff anchor first! I don't CARE if I always pick the most dangerous enemy in the spawn to attach it to...

    * Enhancements? wtf are enhancements?

    * An RP team huh..? Okay, how many of the chicks here are being run by guys? I'm smellin' some serious sausage in this group...

    * Meet you in Brickstown? Which AE mission code is that?

    * Slow down! SLOW DOWN! I'm part of the defeat equals delete group! I'm not taking any chances so let me peak reeeeeeeeeal slow around this first corner.. okay... all clear... now no one move ahead of me until I check out the next one...

    * Sorry guys.. this is the first time I've run a Stalker... now... was it Placate.. AS... Build Up? No no... AS... Build Up then Placate? Man this archetype is so complicated!

    * Teleport? I'm a Stone Tanker... why would I take Teleport?

    * I came up with this idea all on my own... I swear! I don't even READ comic books! You mean there's already a character named Wolverine? I bet he doesn't have cool claws like this!
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by NightshadeLegree View Post
    I just finished rebooting my entire roster last week. Five nights and a day in the character creator...

    I fear Steelclaw's madness may be spreading.
    Two of us...

    Two of us...

    Two of us...