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I'll be there. We were talking about maybe starting to run some TFs. I know I said I wasn't keen on running Posi, but I changed my mind and would be OK with starting part 1 tonight if everyone is going to be there, and if you guys want to.

Excellent write up by the way, Starflier!

As long as they don't horribly mis-cast the role of Death, I'll give it a shot. If they hire Kristin Kreuk or that girl from the Twilight movies to play her, I'm out.

To me part of the thing about Tanks is, who in comics represents a tank?

The Blob?

Unus the Untouchable?

...?

When I rolled my first tank, I was thinking Incredible Hulk, or Superman, and I think that's probably what a lot of people expect. There are very few "invulnerable" characters in comics that can't also punch you halfway to the moon, so when people with the wrong impression see how "weak" Tanks' attacks are, they just get frustrated and/or disappointed.

I'm not talking about 8th stringers like the kid in Freshman who had to stay borderline alcohol-poisoningly drunk for his power to work, I'm talking about headliners.

For me, it would have to be the Human Torch. That power is just way too dangerous to have in reality. I don't care how much control you have, you burst into flames enough times and you're bound to make a mistake and hurt/kill someone.

Runner-up, but only in a world where I'm the sole super-being would be Rogue. In the Marvel Universe, I'd be ok with having her power, because aside from the occasional fist bump, I don't like people touching me as it is. If I suddenly gain her powers in this reality though, that would suck. What, am I going to absorb Julie from Accounting's amazing cooking skills, or Harold from Enginnering's ability to hit a softball?

I consider myself a comic book fan, and a geek in general. I go to at least 2-3 comic book conventions every year, and haven't missed 2 SDCCs in a row since 1997.

I had never heard of Scott Pilgrim before the ads for this movie came out. Maybe that's why it floundered at the box office - because unlike Batman, Spider-Man or The X-Men, most geeks didn't know who Scott Pilgrim was.

Or, maybe I'm just old and out of touch. I'd only barely heard of Kick ***, but I went to see that one because it looked more interesting than Scott Pilgrim.

The late summer release also hurt Scott Pilgirm, as did the economy, and the ever-rising price of movie tickets. Last I heard, this was one of, if not the, worst summers at the box office in like the last 10-15 years.

As for Serenity, I still say Joss shot himself in the foot on that one. In the months leading up to its (again, LATE SUMMER) release, he went around the country and showed the movie to like 2/3rds of the people who were breathlessly anticipating it's release. Dummy.

By the way, let me just say to all those players out there who enjoy playing Tanks, and who play them well - Thank You!

Haven't really given Khelds or Soldiers of Arachnos a fair shot, so I'll leave those out of the discussion. Aside from that, on a scale of 1-10 I tend to get the following enjoyment out of the other ATs:

Scrappers -10
Blasters/Dominators - 9
Brutes - 8
Corruptors - 7
Defenders - 6
Controllers - 5
Stalkers - 4
Tanks - 2
Masterminds - 1

Can't imagine they'd consider larger team size a crowd pleaser considering how often people ***** about not being able to find a team at all.

Pretty sure this is all about adding Apex to the game in some fashion. Trainer? TF contact?

A haiku business?

The things I've screamed at my monitor would make Rex Ryan blush.

I'm so bummed. Last night I toggled on the Ghoul costume I got from SDCC and... I just stood there. Sure I looked like a ghoul, but I didn't act like a ghoul.

When we first got these, if you toggled the power on, you not only looked like a ghoul, you also ran like one and growled/snarled like one. It was VERY cool. The downside was that the costume didn't follow any of your attack animations, and I guess that's why they fixed it.

I wish they hadn't though - running around freaking out like a berserker zombie more than made up for the fact that I didn't raise my arms when I used Fire Blast. Ah, well.

Congratulations
I am jealous of you all
Want that costume code

Ha! Thanks for the props, Sailboat.

I see lots of great names in the game, but I can never remember them when it comes to threads like this. The best name I can remember seeing off the top of my head is Fortunata Cookie.

The time-travelling villain in the Magic Man arc blueside is fun too.

I never got one either.

No problem. Sounded like no one had taken you up on your offer, so you still needed someone. Glad to hear you don't.

If you still need an owner, and it doesn't have to be an Infinity player, I'll join. I think my team is going to suck in my other league this year, so maybe if I join this league, I'll still have some fun with FF.

I didn't win anything. I see someone from my hometown, and someone from close to where I live now each won a 30-day jet pack though.

Congrats to the winners, of whom I was not one.

Remember, our new time is 7 to 9 starting with tonight.

Oh and hey, look at that, yet another Tuesday patch to slog through before we can play.