Tenzhi

You can't blame the wounded donkey for braying if its carrot was placed in a minefield.

Why is it that when Spider-man does a 'facepalm' it looks like he's blaming himself for something that probably wasn't his fault?

I like them both equally.

And the 'P Yin' thing deserves a look from both. And possibly a baleful stare from Christopher Walken.

I wasn't only referring to blind invites. I was just pointedly including them under the umbrella of passively-obtained-invites which have all become a great deal less frequent in my experience. Right before Freedom, I'd've said that they were practically non-existent. Since about March, I've experienced a slight increase in them, though nowhere near the activity of those halcyon days.

As for speculations specifically about the drop in "blind" invites, I'd say that the largest drop in frequency for those came when changes to difficulty settings made padding unnecessary.

And I'm speaking here as a 'lump' who passively accrues team invites and has on occasion quit a team when handed the star. There was a time when that didn't much limit the amount of teaming I did. There was a time that it wasn't necessary for me to join a cumbersome number of chat channels or maintain some sort of arduous social network in order to get on a team whenever I logged in. Now, given the nature of the beast it doesn't do much good to complain about these environmental changes, but I'd have as much right to complain about them as anyone would have about any changes that negatively impacted them.

It doesn't specifically matter that it's a gay character. What's important is that it's something bound to be shocking/controversial (whether or not it *should* be considered as such is likewise immaterial).

I wouldn't necessarily complain about it, but I might lament that it has changed from what it used to be. There was a time when the PUG invites - "blind" or preceded by /tell - practically rained from the heavens. For me, that was the golden age of teaming. In my experience, that flow of invites has slowed dramatically. I miss regularly getting those 'silver platter' invites. I also miss Crystal Pepsi and 7UP Gold. ::shrug::

Indeed. No matter what they do with this version of Alan Scott, the original will still be my favourite Green Lantern. However, *because* I like the character so much, it will generally irritate me if/when they do things to him that I don't like regardless of the immutable past.

That's untrue as stated, particularly in regards to the various types that have been added. Also, the devs control both types of drop and could engineer it so that you received XP awards at certain mission points but not from individual mobs as well as make the individual mobs drop the various forms of currency/items.

And it's irrelevant to the point that creating further types of both XP and currency/items serves the same purpose, in any case.

XP is basically currency that is automatically spent. I won't dispute that it works better. Indeed, if the XP was all that was needed for Incarnate abilities I'd probably enjoy the system a good deal more. But adding different forms of required XP tied to specific activities serves the same purpose as adding any other required currency/item tied to specific activities.

Adding further types of XP amounts to nearly the same thing.

While some of them have certainly been "quick", I can't say that any of the existing trials I've been on are "enjoyable".

I wouldn't necessarily say it's "easy". For instance, it's impossible for me to log into the game at this very moment.

When I first saw it, I thought it was only season 3 since the box art was for 'Beast Wars the Complete Third Season'.

I don't think I can watch it again, though. It looks so bad, and I'm reminded how much I hated the whole turning-into-actual-animals thing. The story eventually got past that for me the first time, but now... yeesh.

While your argument for Fear is apt, as I understand it the Hulk's rage is rooted in the powerlessness of a child who was helpless against the actions of an abusive father.

He's clearly influenced by M.C. Escher, Picasso's cubism, and Hieronymus Bosch. By which I mean that the perspective is skewed, the anatomy is skewed, and you can see Hell.

A bunch of people quietly standing around with their face in a menu isn't exactly what I'd call "social". I think "unnecessary graphical congestion" would be a more appropriate term. I'd be happy if they got rid of trainers in favour of a Level Up command/button, too.