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This weekend:

Saturday - Pick a favorite arc written by one of the other MA Super Team Members. We will randomly pick a few to play.

Sunday - Arcs from our "Want the MA Super Team to Play Your Arc" thread.


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Thanks a ton for the great review! I like the ideal of maybe limiting the clue coloring to the title and think that I will change that the next time I update the arc. I matched the clue colors with the title of each mission's briefing because I often have found myself trying to figure out what clue just had dropped.

So far no one else has mentioned any confusion over Sherman's movements in mission 3 and 4, but I will check it out again with a critical eye.

You are correct. I felt that is I had mission 5 happen right after mission 4 people might question the clones being fully grown. PW had an issue with a few months passing, so I will take a look at that too.

Again thanks for playing the arc and for the feedback. I have to tell you that your in game feedback made my day when I got it.


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A full team again today! Great fun! We played:

Two Households Alike by @Venture Arc ID: 126582

The Christmas Zombie Attack by @Desist Arc ID: 353610

The Stop the Generic Plot to do Bad Stuff to the City/World Arc Mission by @mkauf84 Arc ID: 342476



Here is a picture of some of the MA Super team with Santa! (From "The Christmas Zombie Attack")




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1. Defeat All - 95% or more of the time this requirement seems to be tacked on and has no story purpose for being there. It won't stop me from 5 staring an arc, but the odds I will even play the arc are very, very low.

2. Escorts that just take hostages to the exit door for no story reason.

3. Lack of bios on your customs.

4. Over use of any of the annoying power sets like MM pets, Smoke, Confuse, Heals, Self Rez, etc. This is not to say never use those sets, but I have seen missions with every level of custom having a self rez or MM pets. It is just overly annoying.

5. Walls of text. I want story, but some people feel the need to cram every text section full and unless it is amazingly interesting and worthy of the space I get sick of reading it.

6. Adding extra missions to stretch the arc to 5 missions. I see this so often from both new and established authors. There is a paradigm that many subscribe to that states that your arc needs to be 5 missions. It does not! It needs to be as long as the story dictates. Example - In Poor Taste, my arc that won Best Comedy in the PC Awards, features 6 bosses and yet it is only 3 missions long. Why? I originally intended it to be 5 missions long, but realized after I finished the second mission that the comedy would not hold up for 5 missions. So I wrapped it up in 3.

7. Overly large or annoying maps. Bad for finding objectives, worse for escorts and abysmal for defeat all. Layer cake map anyone?

8. Lack of research. Incorrect facts about game lore, character history or even real history. Every one of my arcs (Even In Poor Taste) I spent a lot of time reading about the subject of the arc and learning about it. It is very apparent when someone has not and immediately throws me out of the story.

9. Assumptions about my character or myself. The one I most frequently encounter is the assumption that I am male and like "chicks". So boys please keep in mind that girls and women play this game too.

10. Overly used maps. This is partly a limitation of MA so in and of it self it will not cause me to not 5 star an arc. Honestly though there are some maps that I am sick of and am not happy when I encounter them again and again.

I could go on, but I think 10 is a good stopping point.


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Thanks to all that joined us! We had a real blast!


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Two teams running today with several new faces! We ran the following arcs:

A GOOD TURN: Lost and Found (Act 1) by @Nova Centari Arc ID: 355168

Out of Place by @minimalist Arc ID: 350577


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This is today! 500 million in prizes! Hope to see you all there.

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Happy Holidays Dr. A. and have a great New Year!

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The MA Super Team, a group made of MA reviewers, authors and enthusiasts, have decided to take submissions of arcs for the team to play. There are some limitations and expectation that should be considered before you submit your arc.

- Only one arc may be submitted per author.

- We will select arcs to be played by the team a few times a month.

- Arcs will be selected randomly.

- The MA super Team likes to play arcs that we haven't played before. So if your arc has been reviewed a couple of times, is a DC or PC nominee/winner there is a good chance we won't play it again because we already did so earlier.

- To submit an arc you do not need to play one of our arcs, but if you so desire a list is provided below.

- The MA Super Team meets 3-4 times a week and normally has 5+ players running the arcs we choose.

- Be very aware that the MA Super Team has many tough critics on it. If you are looking for a bunch of easy 5 stars, this is a bad place to look. We are however definitively fair and will be constructive in our feedback.

Any questions just ask here. Submissions are open!


List of MA Super Team Arcs (partial)
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@Backfire - Enter the Father Hat Gang #21391
@Bubbawheat - Matchstick Women #3369
@Clave Dark 5 - "A.E.'s Premium Quality Mission: "guaranteed qualityyyyLOADING ERROR 0.000459" #148476
@FredrikSvanberg - Fear And Loathing On Striga #350522
@Jail Bird - Old Dog, New Trick #81318
@Ozzie Arcane - The Night Big Evil Stole Christmas #348697
@Wrong Number - Have a Blap, Blap, Blappy Day Kids! #2019
@Zamuel - An Arachnos Slumber Party - #335317

* Just a side note. The MA Super Team is open to everyone so why not join us? Our SG and VG are on Triumph so start a character there or why not take advantage of the free transfers and move one over? There are no level or alt restrictions.

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I don't really know if I like the idea of "Best New Author" for a few reasons. First off we are honestly all new authors. Not a one of us has even a year experience. Secondly, as shown here, the term is so open to interpretation that no matter what parameters you end up setting there will be loopholes and people include/excluded that should not be. Maybe it is just too soon for "Best New Author".

Other idea's that might work:

Best Sequel

Best Use of a Cannon Character

Best Big Bad

Best Twist Ending


Another thing, and I have no idea if this is possible, how about arcs that win the PC awards get a PC Award symbol in MA that lasts for a month and gives them a place on page 1? Maybe give the annual ones the year and have a new set every year? If not a page bump, how about a search filter or tab for them?

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I was just on YouTube and one of the recommendations for me was a video of the 30th anniversary of the Disco Demolition. You can find it
here if you are interested.


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Congratulations on the win and the DC.


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Very short night tonight, We did run:

Welcome to Hollywood Act I by @Firestorm Arc ID: 195993 This one we quit after we got part way through the first mission and realized it was a defeat all on a giant map.

Die Count Daddy Macula Die! by @Spiral Architect Arc ID: 10619


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This afternoon we ran a few holiday themed arcs.

A Christmas story by @Figment King Arc ID: 352606

Winter Fun Rally by @Rooftop Hero Arc ID: 350165


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The theme today was favorite arcs. The ones that got played were:

Sky Bandits: Heist of the Golden Man by @Outpost Arc ID: 38098

The History of Statesman by @jjac Arc ID: 219484

Hearts on Fire by @Chyron HR Arc ID: 1472

Hopeless by @TalenLee Arc ID: 29262


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One week from today!


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Best Character Nominee

Name - K-10
Appearances - Old Dog, New Trick Arc 81318, Mission 3 (Ally)


K-10's Origin



K-10 fighting his arch rival Junkyard Dog



K-10 standing tall


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