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Quote:I see nothing wrong with that costume. Nice work.Originally Posted by Nyx
A Touch grainy, and definately not Lady Death. I was inspired, but I would not take rip off a toon
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My first character on my own account, was a Fire/Fire Blaster named Flamin' Fred. He was deleted a few months later. I was unimpressed with his costume once I had gotten my graphics issues resolved. I still have my second character created on my own account. a Dark/Dark Defender named Dark Dave. he was made a few days after Flamin' Fred. But, I made a few minor alterations to his costume and wasn't unimpressed enough to delete him. Over the years, I have created well over 100 characters. But, I've only deleted, maybe, a dozen of them.
Yes, I have come up with better names for many of my characters. Dark Dave and Flamin' Fred were let's-see-what-this-game-is-about characters. Neither of them really had a back-story. Although, Dave did acquire a bit of a back-story as he progressed.
Arilou was my first main character with a back-story and my first 50. Most of which was made long before containment and done mostly solo. Not bad for an Illusion/Force Field Controller, if I do say so myself. -
Quote:I'm sure you would get a lot of use from that button.Originally Posted by Steelclaw
* Self-Serving Button... This click will export all the data regarding your character's activities and achievements to specified fields in all your spreadsheets, there by eliminating the need for constant data entry... ... what?
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Quote:Where I come from, we called sodas coke. We all knew what the others wanted. So, when the question "you want a coke?" was asked, we'd say sure. and I'd receive a Dr. Pepper. I only called it a DP once. I stopped right after I was given a Diet Pepsi.Originally Posted by War Witch
Pop - I don't drink soda, I drink pop.
Ok, what positions do you have there for someone with janitorial, fast food, security, office experience?* I want to join in your game night fun.Quote:Originally Posted by War Witch
I[*]That people showed up at my game night last week! (It was great fun! More on that in a second.)
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I'll probably have another one sometime when it's a bit warmer. Ironically, we didn't play Poker!
*That was just the short, short, short list. It would probably be easier to list the jobs that I haven't had as opposed to the jobs that I have had.
The good thing about having a wide range of job experiences is that I can do most anything.
The biggest problem with a wide range of job experiences is that I haven't held the same job for more than 5 years at a stretch.
That makes getting jobs where they want 6 or 7 years experience rather difficult. -
Quote:To quote a famous smuggler...Originally Posted by Roderick
Queue Steelclaw's List of option settings that didn't make it into the NC Launcher!
Quote:Originally Posted by Han SoloIt's not my fault! -
I recall an incident several years ago where a guy had mentioned on the boards that he had a character get generic'd, and he had appealed that decision. Despite the CoH character, and Illusion controller if memory serves, not even having Super Speed, or a costume even remotely resembling any of the Flashes various costumes, the ruling against that character was upheld all because of the name itself. It seems that Dark Flash, although there isn't an actual DC character of that name, was deemed a trademarked name.
Other than that one incident, I haven't really heard any real horror stories about trademarked names in CoH.
Well, other than the obvious \/\/01\/3r33n or |-|ulk clones. -
Quote:There wasn't a list.Originally Posted by Mr_Right
I... I'm lost. I opened this up seeing it was a Steelclaw thread, thinking it was going to be humorous. I feel let down somehow, and I can't pinpoint how exactly.
:looks at Steelclaw nervously:
Not that that is a bad thing, mind you.
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Quote:Fixed that spelling error for you.Originally Posted by beyeajusOjai!
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YaY, Overtime!
Now I can pay for another year of CoH/V/P for a single account.
I don't really like working overtime though. It cuts into my playing time.
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Quote:I said I would make a comment, but I didn't actually...Originally Posted by Steelclaw
Now you know who to blame...
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Quote:I love that description of Time.Originally Posted by Eiko-chan
Post in more threads so I can look at your avatar more.
I think David Tennent was the only one that could have pulled it off as well. -
Quote:I would comment that Steelclaw could come up with a list of possible April Fools jokes for CoX, but he would probably take that as a challenge and then want to find a replacement for...Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Contract work, my friend. A once-a-year contract gig to write the COH April Fools' joke. You start work March 31st, and your contract ends April 2nd.
Any bets as to what this year's April Fools joke will be? We've had visual sound effects, text-based game, City of Sidekicks...
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Quote:Originally Posted by Steelclaw
21) How to restrain your urge to strangle Twisted Toon for challenging Steelclaw to make a list about Alpha-Bits.
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Quote:Now that you've come up with 42 topics, have a bowl of cereal.Originally Posted by Steelclaw
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.
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Quote:I will have to say that I think Taxibot Belle is awesome. I've met her on Infinity a few times.Originally Posted by Taxibot_Belle
Hey! We're still here! You should come see me sometime on Infinity! I love helping out the heroes there. Just yesterday, I greeted two heroes who are new to Paragon City. One liked my jet pack, so I took him to the person in Firebase Zulu who sells them and give him enough to get one. I think he really appreciated it!
Belle, as always, I appreciate what you and the rest of the Taxibots do for the community.
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Quote:Which Beanie Baby trauma?Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
Ah, I just said "they're for my wife" and everyone there gave a somber nod of sympathy. They still remember me from the "Beanie Baby" happy meal trauma.
I suffered through more than one during my stint as a McDonald's employee.
I will tell you, I was severely traumatized.
Concussions, contusions, paper cuts from burger wrappers. Oh, the humanity!
And that was just from working in the Drive-thru!
I was glad I didn't work the front counter.
Cowboys ride horses, not ponies.*Quote:Originally Posted by Golden Girl
What's with the ponies/horses = girly thing? Manfully manly men used to ride horses all the time in the old days
I l ike horses too, by the way.
My gramps used to own a few, and I got to ride them when I was a yute.
*Unless they're "little people" then they might ride Shetland ponies.
WooT! I'm a manly man.Quote:Originally Posted by Silver Gale
It is also unmanly to be under 6 feet tall. The standards of masculinity in our culture are arbitrary, constricting and occasionally contradictory.
I was born and raise din Oklahoma. Cowboy country. I love horses. I just can't afford to keep any. Plus, I don't think the State of California, or the county of Ventura would appreciate me keeping a horse in my back yard. In addition, I think the horse would be as miserable as I am when the trains blow past the house with their horns blasting away.Quote:Originally Posted by Golden Girl
What's that got to do with anything?
I'm just saying that guys should be more into horses, as they've been into them in the past - and it'll also score them bonus points with a lot of girls -
Quote:Careful, it could be a @Nemesis_CoH plot.Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
Hey wait a minute, a couple of those are more than 140 characters. Also, Westin Phipps isn't on Twitter, but @LordRecluse, @EmperorCole, and @Nemesis_CoH all are. Though they haven't tweeted in a while. Must be planning something.
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Quote:That was how I read it at first.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Do not confuse with "Sleep with a character."
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Quote:Do we really have to try?Originally Posted by Steelclaw
Are you TRYING to give me ideas for another list?
I'm sure you could find 42 topics to make lists of just from pouring yourself a bowl of Alpha-Bits.
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Quote:Once I win the lottery (pshh, right!) I'll quit on my own too. Can't guarantee the good terms part, at least with some of the people involved.Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
I wasn't let go, i quit on my own. And on good terms, as i'll be going back there in my new job to fix their instruments.
Which reminds me, i'm grateful for the 50% increase in salary
Contract security (Burns, Pinkerton, Allied Barton) is a thankless job. -
Quote:Last time I had Sonic was when I stopped by there on the way to Disneyland.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
I just discovered 5 Guys a couple of months back. Sadly we don't have an In-n-Out around these parts. Heck, we finally got a Sonic, some 40 miles away still, but it's closer than before. Been seeing commercials for Sonic for like 5 years now but never able to try one. Still haven't, not crazy enough to go 80 miles round trip for a burger and shake.
Now that I know about the In & Out "Message" I'll have to go there more often myself. I might have a burger for dinner (or is that supper) today.
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Quote:Do high level Tip missions. You'll get to "help" Frostfire and Miss Thystle take down an automaton of yourself.Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
Oh, I fully expect Nemesis to create an automaton of me. I've gunned down his soldiers by the thousands. I can't help it, they line up in those neat little rows and I have Full Auto. And to add insult to injury, I do it with one of his own guns. Which I earned by gunning down the elite soldiers he had so lovingly crafted to mirror his own glorious self.
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Quote:It's only about 400 miles from me, through the snow that never falls in southern California. I should be able to make it in a couple of weeks. It would be sooner, but I'd have to drive slower because of all the SoCal people that had to stop in the middle of the road to gawk and wonder what the white stuff was.Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
*smirks*
I personally suspect there are two documents at Paragon Studios. One is the shortlist of people they'd hire if they could (whether from the community or other companies where they have professional colleagues, etc).
Then there's the blacklist, which means DO NOT HIRE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ON PAIN OF DEATH. My name is most likely at the top of the list.
And allow me to set the record straight - I MIGHT be the most prolific COH videographer, but I'm not the best. And I can assure you, there are by no means, not even via the new math or in Arcanaville's most convoluted non-linear equational attempts, one thousand five hundred thirty two forumites who'd be insane enough to picket the PS offices on my behalf. If there were, I would do everything including walk on water if necessary to get to Mountain View and film it. And laugh.
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Quote:At least you got something on your last day.Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
I'm grateful for the friends i made at work. I did my last day today, moving on to a new job. They gave me flowers, chocolate, and there were lots of hugs and tears. I'll miss them!
I'm also grateful for my new job, it's going to be so exciting.
I got shoved out the door, after just half a days warning.
Fortunately, my new job is less stressful and more enjoyable.
I don't really have a list of things I'm grateful for. I'm just an ungrateful lout, I guess.
Although, I do appreciate WarWitch's willingness to talk at us players.
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Quote:That was the first thing I noticed.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
A lot of people probably aren't yet aware she even has a head.
Actually, it was the hair.
Still a head detail though.
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Quote:<<Originally Posted by Venture
If this is what they like to see in stories then there is no chance of talking them out of it, any more than you could (e.g.) convince a muddleheaded deviant who prefers pie of the obvious superiority and wholesomeness of cake.
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The cake is a lie.