Ulysses Dare

I was looking for a compilation of "facts" regarding Blue Steel and his exploits and couldn't find one anywhere in the forums. So I made this one. Please add any Blue Steel facts you have (and the author if you know it).

"In the beginning there was nothing, then Blue Steel kicked nothing in the face and told it to get a life." Shitaki_Caster

"The Hollows was a cover up; it was really caused by Blue Steel experimenting with Foot Stomp." - Steelclaw

“Nemesis is a Blue Steel plot.” unknown

In addition to many of l sets already described (Animal Mastermind, Clone Mastermind, Shapeshifting, Growth, Shrinking, Swinglines, Clinging, Stretching), I'd like to see:

Enhanced Senses: I want to see through walls!
Desolidification Defense - And then walk through them!
Tunnelling Travel Set - Or go under them!
Object Creation Set: So I can hit people with giant boxing gloves or trap them in cages.

So long Ex. Thanks for playing Ringmistress to this three ring circus. Good luck, you'll be missed.

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I recognized some of the cosplayers (Leeloo, Indiana Jones, Phillip J. Fry, Dr. Manhattan); others, if they were supposed to be references, went past me.

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Just played this one, I also recognized Drizzt Do'Urden and Leela from Futurama. The others stumped me though.

Heh, nice one Posi. Although it really could use a Grue

Hmm, I might have to play with the curved desks.

Yes that's an exercise machine, it was one of my earliest pieces of gym equipment. There is a picture in this post.

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What's the stuff the climbing wall is made out of?

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The wall itself is made from tall rustic wall cabinets turned to face the wall (cubical FTW!). The "stones" are desk lamps.

I've been working on a gym for one of my SGs and came up with a couple of nice pieces:

Treadmill
Climbing Wall

Posi,

Thanks for changing your mind on this one. But even more, thanks for being so open about the process that lead to the decision.

EnnVee, I myself appreciate the Scoop's attention to base building and have no problem with your link posting. I believe most others here feel the same.

Make me nine, then. I actually own the DVD.

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Oky doke. I've doing a bunch more base editing. I'll take pictures of the new factory rooms and stuff later, but for now here's one of the forklifts I have in the base.
Front of forklift
Rear of forklift
With me driving (:

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LOL, I love it!

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Here is a BBQ grill that I made for my patio



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Nice BBQ grill, very creative.

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the military urban transport bus :3
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Great, now the Theme from S.W.A.T. is stuck in my head Very cool job on this and the exo suit.

Thanks for the kind words.

I also made this X-ray display panel for the infirmary in one of my SG bases. I thought it came out pretty well.

X-ray panel

I'm working on a gym/workout area for one of my SG bases and I came up with this:

Weight Machine

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... I loved how that came out, till I realized MANY other things in the game use the same Bulletin Board...

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/o...in/custom2.jpg

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Great! Enhancement shopping right at the tram

I wanted to cross post this thread.
Not my work sadly, but it definitely belongs here.

There's a sleeping dragon in my base!

Here's a cool toy I built for the SG infirmary:
We have a machine that goes *BING*

Also from the "coolest rooms" thread:
Hot Tub

Welcome aboard Synapse and congratulations on your redname.

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And yes, it really is all a Nemesis Plot.

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Oh good, I was worried it was all random

Welcome aboard Sunstorm, and gratz on the redname.

Base Repricing
1) How will the repricing of bases affect you personally?
The new prices will make it much easier to expand both of the bases I am responsible for.
2) Will you dismantle your base to gain the additional prestige from the repricing?
I will swap out the mildly decorated rooms and cheaper control and power items. The more complexly decorated rooms I will leave alone until the next redecorating binge.
3) How long would this process take you if you were to engage in this practice?
3-4 hours for the quick swap out, 40+ hours if I completely redid the bases.
4) What are the positive and negative concerns regarding repricing?
The positive is larger, more functional bases; the negative is having to pay rent on 8x8 bases.
Also the price increase in decorative rooms seems rather punitive, given that they haven’t gained any new functionality.
5) How will this feature affect you long term and short term?
Short term both bases will get a plot upgrade; long term I expect the bases will grow larger than they would have before.

Base Salvage Exchange to Invention Salvage
1) What is the negative effect on your base for this feature implementation?
SG members are now being asked to give up salvage which is potentially valuable.
The base builders will have to purchase needed salvage items from the markets, with the influence/infamy cost borne by them personally.
Buffs from empowerment stations are far less desirable now that they cost you invention salvage.
Because of the personal salvage limit, crafting now requires that I look up the recipe then run to the salvage bins (which are scattered across multiple rooms) in order to craft an item. Before I could just load up on components and then go see what I could craft. The new way just seems clunky.
Finally as artistic note, some of the old base salvage (like the crystal codex) had very cool names and/or graphics. It’s a shame to lose these from the game.
2) What is the positive effect on your base for this feature implementation?
For some of the high end base items, which used to require large amounts of rare components, it appears that the new recipe system will be quicker and easier.
Being able to store invention salvage and share with SG members.
Using the invention system to craft base items seems like it will be more easily understood by new players.
3) How long will it take you to adjust to learning this new system?
Already learned it on test, it took perhaps 30 minutes of reading forums and experimenting.
4) What side effects to this system do you currently see from transitioning the old to new system?
The one click per conversion from base salvage/components to brainstorms is very tedious; a way to automate the process would be much appreciated.
I am primarily concerned with the effect requiring invention salvage (especially arcane salvage) will do to market availability. Unfortunately this is difficult to assess on the test server.
I am also concerned with how willing SG members will be to donate salvage which could be used to their own benefit, either making IOs or selling it. This is especially true of high demand pieces with are rare or necessary for making “power 5” IOs.
5) What security concerns do you have regarding this change?
I’m lucky enough to be responsible for small SGs where the players are all known to each other. If I ran a larger SG we would have to restrict bin access to prevent theft.

Additional Notes:
Both of my SG bases are currently build on 8x8 plots in order to avoid paying rent. Part of the reason for this was that the process of paying rent is 1) tedious and 2) broken. If we are going to have to pay rent, it would be nice if it didn’t involve making my high level characters trudge back to the newbie zone just to pay it. Also fix the rent calendar so that I only have to pay once a month and I don’t get penalized for paying early.

Salvage storage of 30 pieces per rack seems very small, especially given the large footprint of the racks and the limit of 18 per base. Also the fact that event salvage like costume pieces counts against the total limit will probably force us to dedicate one or more bins just to that purpose. It would be very helpful to give special salvage its own tab in the bins, like it has in the characters’ personal inventory.

In addition to what others have said:
Curtains
Window with closed blinds, Window with a view
Desktop computer, Printer
Trees and shrubs that aren't in planters
Hot tub, Tanning bed
Lily pond, Carp pond, Stagnant pool, Swimming pool
Chessboard, Checker board, Card table
Hat rack, Clothes rack, Towel rack
Spice rack, Cutting board, Butcher block, Knife rack
Hot air popcorn popper

Sorry to lose you Lighthouse. Good luck with whatever comes next.

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Event and special salvage CANNOT be put in the salvage bins. Invention salvage only. The special stuff will have to be traded character-to-character.


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Don't have any Halloween Costume Salvage avalable to test this out on but I was able to put Old Base Salvage and Candy Cane salvage into a new Invention Storage Bin ( Brain Storm Ideas as well can go in )

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Old base components can be put in as well.