galadiman

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I actually saw a lot of people in the Galaxy City building last night on Infinity, which is unusual even for the pre-Posi-post world. So I don't know if I'd let a sample size of one dictate your opinion.

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That seems to be exactly what you just did or attempted to do.

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Hmm, so it is.

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Well, not to pick a nit here, bu showing there is a contradiction to a generalization is not necessarily subscribing to the opposite point of view.

Norp: "There's a Glarb over there, looks pretty Narb. Looks like Glars are Narb. I don't like Narb things, so I won't try any more Glarbs."
Gorp: "Well... there's a Glarb right over there that isn't Narb... maybe if you try another Glarb, it won't be Narb?"
Norp: "FLARGLEFARB!"

Great Fight Night last night! I may have to turn in my "I hate PVP" card soon...

Nice letter. /agreed.

Well, I Like the MA. And Posi did not hurt me in my feelings.


To steal directly from the most appropriate source:

The Mission Architect Will Not Be Televised
You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,
Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the Mission Architect will not be televised.

The Mission Architect will not be televised.
The Mission Architect will not be brought to you by Xerox
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.
The Mission Architect will not show you pictures of Nixon
blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John
Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat
hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The Mission Architect will not be televised.

The Mission Architect will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie
Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The Mission Architect will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The Mission Architect will not get rid of the nubs.
The Mission Architect will not make you look five pounds
thinner, because the Mission Architect will not be televised, Brother.

There will be no pictures of you and Willie May
pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts.
The Mission Architect will not be televised.

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being
run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.
There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy
Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and
Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion.

Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville
Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and
women will not care if Dick finally gets down with
Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The Mission Architect will not be televised.

There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
news and no pictures of hairy armed women
liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom
Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.
The Mission Architect will not be televised.

The Mission Architect will not be right back after a message
bbout a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
The Mission Architect will not go better with Coke.
The Mission Architect will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The Mission Architect will put you in the driver's seat.

The Mission Architect will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The Mission Architect will be no re-run brothers;
The Mission Architect will be live.

(All credit to Gil Scott-Heron, the writer of the original piece)

HB Chumly!

"Hello Kitty"-pult!

FWOOM! RRRRRAAAAAWWWWWWWwwwwwrrrrr...(fip)

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paint their armor bright pink

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LIGHT RED!

Can we get hi-res Pics of the "Going Rogue" Video characters?
(like the ones of the other characters, Statesman, Sister Psy, etc.)

I like the girl, I think she's purdy.

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I'm not asking for 1 billion tickets, hell I'm not asking for 9999 tickets, but if the mission is hard and takes a well tuned 8 man team to get thru, then it should reward accordingly.

hey if you are all about stories and RP and all that and for you the MA is the reward.....more power to ya. You play the game the way its fun for you and I'll play it my way.

let me rephrase it for you Player, at 1500(or less) there is little incentive other than inf (which I'm sure is on the next thing on the nerf bat list) for me to even take part in the MA. I'm not here to release my inner Bard. I got that out of the way 30 years ago playing PnP D&D in the version 1.0 days. I am here to have some enjoyment, interact with my gaming buddies, have some laughs, and do my part on whatever team I am on.

When I put in the work, I expect to get something in return

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It is possible, maybe, that there are actually other people who WANT to tell stories, and still others who WANT to experience those stories.

Shocking, I know, but there is a chance that 'you' are not the only person in the universe. Consequently, since there may be SOME people who want to experience these foolish 'Bardy' trivialities.

Now, On the other hand, I think 1500 is too low. But that does not mean I can't look at BOTH sides of the situation, and temper my responses with a little common sense and think of others as well as myself. Just sayin'.

You're totally joking, right?

O. M. G.

http://www.cityofheroes.com/goingrogue/

HB, Dude!

I steal your sig for my own non-private use, without your express written consent, or the express written consent of Major League Baseball.

I dunno how easy it is, or how hard... I leave it up to the Devs to make the "cost/benefit" analysis. I'm just here to play da game.

Righto, Rachelthulu. Sorry I was unclear.

The arc I wrote has one glaring limitation… the fact that the object I want to use as both a clicky and a destructible object is only available as a destructible object. I was only able to find a few objects that are in both categories… could this be added as a feature/option/etc?

[edit: i.e., making all items that are 'clickable' also be 'destructible', and vice versa...]

Please correct me if I am mistaken or missed something. Thanks and have a great day!

Arc Name: Coming Unglued
Arc ID: 6015
Faction: Heroic
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Linarra
Difficulty Level: Easy/Medium
Synopsis: Something has “dislocated” this dimension from the other dimensions…
Estimated Time to Play: 35min - 1 hour
Notes: 3 missions. Small maps. No missions are ‘kill all’; can be a quick set of missions or longer at your discretion. Story based. Crey enemies, with a few ‘surprises’.

I played your arc #1388.

I liked this arc VERY much. Great intro, good dialogue, good custom mobs. Good short map choice, in all, very nicely put together. Would love to hear your critique of my arc, if you get time - #6015, "Coming Unglued". Thanks for a great arc!

When your mayor's name is "Spanky Rabinowitz", it HAS to be good!

These are my pet peeves (YMMV):

Arcs that KILL YOU DED because I wanna! HAH!

Arcs with incredibly convoluted stories that require reading every single line of walls of text to make sure you understand what is actually happening. (riddle stories excepted)
(there's a balance between story and TMI)

Arc Name: Coming Unglued
Arc ID: 6015
Faction: Heroic
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Linarra
Difficulty Level: Easy/Medium
Synopsis: Something has “dislocated” this dimension from the other dimensions…
Estimated Time to Play:35min - 1 hour
Notes: 3 missions. Small maps. No missions are ‘kill all’; can be a quick set of missions or longer at your discretion. Story based. Crey enemies, with a few ‘surprises’.

I fixed the obvious mistake (the sendoff dialog). (I wouldn't call that a minor nit - thanks for pointing it out... Forgot the Point of View there!) I also rephrased the mission exit dialog, but left them in because I like the feedback feeling they give.

As for the "how you're feeling" text - I left that in there, because I think it provides a helpful connection for the player to feel as though that they are affecting the world in some way, and as though something is happening to them.

We all know that that is an illusion, but that is the point of telling a story with this MMORPG medium - to provide an illusory personal experience, rather than to just watch a story from the outside, and I think that helps.

If that's not your take on it, well, I know I can't please everyone, so I'll have to take my lumps where they come.

Thanks very much to you for playing my arc and taking the time to critique it.

Thanks for the feedback - it's late now, but I will fix some of the things you mentioned. (actually fixed some... see next post)

One question - how would you simulate player immersion? The 'how you're feeling' text was there to let the player know what seemed to be happening around them and to them, and to put the player 'inside' the experience and give a little (emotional) weight.

I found this pretty effective in the "Revelations" arc, though I wouldn't recommend that one for some frustrating factors (maps, too many kill-alls)...

GREAT Video.

Arc Name:Coming Unglued
Arc ID: 6015
Faction:Heroic
Creator Global/Forum Name:@Linarra/galadiman
Difficulty Level:Easy/Medium
Synopsis: A time slip has misaligned our dimension with the rest of the alternate dimensions.
Estimated Time to Play: 3 missions, 25-45 min

Currently has Crey enemies, and simple maps. Planning a custom faction at some point in the future, with more detailed maps.