Texarkana
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CoH is taking forever to update....27%......
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Quote:Awesome, thank you!Originally Posted by Yydr
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Nice pics, looked fun ( ' :
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Mime (featuring the ever popular control power "trapped in a box")
Poison Pen/Wit (Scrapper Set, Patron Powers from Cyrano D'Bergerac)
Glare (includy Steely Gaze, Evil Eye, and "If looks could kill")
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Quote:okie, I'm sold and logging into the tivo website to schedule thundercats to record.Originally Posted by Steelclaw
I respectfully disagree.
(NOTE: For those who have not yet seen the new Thundercats cartoon and want to, do NOT read beyond this point due to SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS!!)
I just watched the new revamp of another 80's cartoon Thundercats. Not only did they show war, bigotry and racial prejudice, they ALSO included death as a primary focus of their pilot episode.
Indeed, they had what amounted to attempted genocide that quite nearly succeeded.
Death is part of the current cartoon scene. The present audience for cartoons is NOT the same one it was when I was a child. For one thing, more and more adults watch cartoons today than ever before. Also, the influence of Anime and Manga has made even the young viewers want more meat to their cartoon.
Thundercats handled the death about the same way I would if I were re-writing Dungeons and Dragons. They did not SHOW death unless it was pivotal to the plot, but instead inferred it. You saw a bridge filled with people. You saw the bridge explode and then only saw two people get up after the explosion.
No flying body parts. No brain hitting a wall and slowly ooooozing down it. But still, you got the idea. People died. People were killed.
The audience is older. The methods are smoother. I feel that the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon could be updated in much the same manner Thundercats has been.
On a side note, if you have not yet seen the new version and you loved the old Thundercats, I heartily recommend watching it. When Lion-O held up the Sword of Omens and said those words for the first time I had gooseflesh.
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Quote:Harry Potter has made its way onto a number of banned reading lists (yes, they still exist).Originally Posted by Nericus
Yeah, I could see the D&D cartoon being updated, but I suspect that many of the old "D&D = satanic influence over kids" arguements would also return. Then again these people probably either didn't blink an eye over Harry Potter, or else would condemn Harry Potter also.
As to Thundercats, I liked the reboot. But as to death in cartoons back in the 80's the original Thundercats started with them escaping Thundera as it exploded. Genocide in the 80's pilot too. -
Quote:I appreciate you checking. I was following the Freedom announcement thread for a while, but it did get overwhelming at one point, yeah. ( ' :Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
There was a redname post to the effect a couple weeks ago, you'll be fine. I'll see if I can dig it up for you real quick.
Edit: Can't find it, too much communication to sift through since Freedom was announced.
While the level of communication is, of course, amazingly awesome, it does make it hard to pinpoint specific posts. 
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Quote:Originally Posted by Jasra
Billing Cycle, in this case, means the day each month that you would be charged if you paid only 1 month at a time, *not* the day every 3/6/12 months when you actually get hit up for the money."Billing Cycle" is the time between getting bills, that's universal in business. Otherwise, I'm very much hoping you two are correct in your assertion of when the point allowance is disbursed, I just wouldn't assume it....never assume ( ' ;Quote:Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Tex, "billing cycle" means the day of the month that your subscription starts/ends. Even if you do a multi-month subscription, the money you give them goes into a pool that gets pulled from automatically every month on that day.
So you'll still get your points every month on the day that you would currently be awarded Vet Rewards (only, every month instead of every 3 months).
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Quote:Appreciate the clarification, Z! I hope there will be some reconsideration about Paragon Points -- given this plan, I as a VIP would actually be penalized for being so loyal and get no point alottment until 2013, likely about 16 months after freedom goes live / ' :Originally Posted by Zwillinger
For those asking about Reward Tokens and multimonth subscriptions: As of now, the current plan is for you to receive all of your TOKENS up front however your PARAGON POINTS will be doled out each month on your billing cycle.
Should this change we'll let you know.
Perhaps, you could discuss a one-time upfront payment when Freedom goes live and then dole out paragon points at each billing cycle thereafter? -
Quote:This explains the jump in auction price tonight....Originally Posted by Unknown_User
Here's part 2 of today's Freedom Friday Facebook Q and A
Q. Through the new reward system will we be able to get some of the old stuff you cant get anymore such as the old CoH deluxe pack with the VIP badge, power slide and the Cape of the 4 winds?
A. The perks from the COH DVD Collectors Edition and the City of Villains Collectors Edition are currently exclusive to those boxed editions. We have no plans to give these out through the Paragon Rewards Program, nor through the Paragon Market at this time.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Redlynne
I just want a character planner that does the job of Mids' in an iOS app I can run on my iPad.Actually, yes. I appreciate the hard work you and your team (past and present) have put into the Titan Network and City Info Tracker, but there's just no way I could ever trust installing your software on my machine and that it wouldn't be picking off keystrokes. I'd much prefer a CityVault solution originated and maintained by Paragon. Alas, my loss, my gain.Quote:Originally Posted by TonyV
Does it have to be developed by NCsoft/Paragon Studios?
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You can sign me up. Gamma-Knife to the rescue!
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I was glad to slip in on a team (Midnight Spike's) -- it was team devastation, just cutting everything down. Great night, need to update some ENHs before the next run though ( ' ;
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Ignore, saw a follow-up quote.
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Quote:I think this is what it comes down to. CoH is definitely not built for everyone, particularly Achiever types that have the single goal of just "finishing". Not that there's anything wrong with that, or the min/maxing crowd -- it's a playstyle, but just not necessarily a sustainable one in an mmo.Originally Posted by New Dawn
I have no lesser heroes, they all contribute to the same vision. Could be time for the OP to find new pastures until writers block passes.
One of the reasons I happen to play the game is for the uniqueness of the pick up groups I run into. Some teams are damage heavy, some rely on the tanks or debuffing, or some other combination. How the hero I'm playing at the moment fits in and contributes to the synergies is what I enjoy.
Perhaps the OP, if s/he doesn't want to take a break, instead focuses on a different type of min/maxing -- rather than focus inward, focus outward on overall team output in terms of buffing or debuffing? Just thoughts.
Some of us look past the numbers and just immerse ourselves into the hero of the moment (i.e., the concept), filling in the story. It's no longer electronic chess, but a story of King's Bishop and the struggle to defeat the invading White King..... -
Nice job, wish I could have been there / ' :
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You can pop me on as an alt too, using Slickhawk (kat/regen scrapper), although no guarantee. I can use the Mo and the Notice of the Well though. At this rate, we may very well have enough to run a 2nd team ( ' ;
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Got it and forwarded, thanks!
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Thanks, all set!
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Played through Cause and Effect, enjoyed it -- more comments to follow directly to you.
Dyne of the Times appears to have some sort of error -- can't get into it. -
My first thought is -- I need to replace my 8800gt before issue 21.....
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Quote:Definitely let us know if you are successfulOriginally Posted by Strike_Hawk
I see what you all are saying. Just because it says "Retail" doesn't mean it was the original retail box every time. So maybe once I bought the original box, once the villains box, once the AE edition box, etc.
I am almost positive I have purchased the original retail one more than once. I think I am going to pull the trigger on one of these and be the guinea pig. I have a buddy getting into the game at the moment, he is on a trial account so even if the code doesn't work for me I will just give it to him and I know that will work for him.
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you saved every original game box, proudly displaying them on a shelf...or perhaps you're just a hoarder.... ( ' :
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Quote:Not over, just likely that's the code assigned to your facebook account.Originally Posted by Sax_The_Slayer
Interesting. . .it didn't ask me.
I went back to the CoH website, but I keep getting the same code. Maybe it's over?