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I don't get why they don't automatically put generic'ed names on a blocked list anyway. In six plus years of this game's existence, I can't imagine you're the first person to try the name Super Girl.

I've had one name generic'ed, not for trademark reasons, but because it was, I guess, potentially offensive. Funny thing is, it's still available and I could rename that character with that name tomorrow if I wanted. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd almost see this as a form of entrapment.

If there is already a thread showcasing the sketches David did at the 2010 San Diego Comic-con, I apologize. If not, allow me to begin by posting the sketch I was lucky enough to get of my Psi/Mental blaster on Guardian.

I give you, Mr. Piddles and Kelly:





Mr. Piddles, the cat, is the hero. Kelly, the girl, is just the reanimated corpse of his owner whom he couldn't bear to lose.

ETA: In real life the colors on this piece are MUCH more vibrant. The stupid scanner here at work scanned it as a pdf file though and I then had to convert it to a bmp. In the process it washed out the color in the image quite a bit.

I'll probably move a few toons from red to blue, but certainly not all of them. I'll also probably move a toon or two the other way, but not as many.

1. The Prisoner

2. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr

3. Firefly

4. Freaks and Geeks

5. Dollhouse

6. Dungeons & Dragons

7. The Honeymooners

8. Police Squad!

Sorry about the early exit last night, guys. Also sorry that I forgot I wouldn't automatically log out once inside a mission. I figured by entering the mish I could leach off of you guys until the game logged me out.

I realized it wouldn't while the window guy was giving me his sales pitch so when he started taking some measurements I went back to the game and saw you had to kick me from the team. No big deal on my part, just hope it wasn't too much of a pain for you.

I should be good to go for the full two hours next Tuesday.

You know, I could swear I replied to RobertoLyon's question in this thread last week.

Is there a way to tell if one of your posts was deleted for some reason?

Here. Er, there (will be).

Probably going to have to cut out early tonight. I am getting quotes to have some work done on my house and I have an appointment pretty much every night this week. Tonight's appointment is at 7:30, so if Shannon suddenly gets a craving for donuts and takes off in the middle of a mission, you'll know why.

1. Neon Genesis Evangelion

2. Cowboy Bebop

3. MTV's Spider-Man

4. Afro Samurai

5. Freaks and Geeks

6. Police Squad!

7. Archer

8. The Tick

Yep, I'll be there.

On my desk - squid; on my sushi - yellow Post It notes.


After 2-1/2 years, should I finally add an avatar to my forum account?

...and that was the last anyone heard from Avatea.



If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.

Love those costumes - well done!

As for powersets, my first thought was a Broadsword/Super Reflexes Brute. But then I realized that combo doesn't exist, so what about a BS/SR Stalker?

Then when you reach the appropriate level, you can take Mace Mastery and select the Wolf Spider mace for your other symbolic weapon.

I'd offer to join you if you did this on Friday the 6th, but my only level appropriate villain is a Dominator and she doesn't have perma dom. Oh well.

Firefly

Kolchak: the Night Stalker

The Fugitive

My So-called Life

Twin Peaks

Harper's Island

Jim Henson's The Storyteller

Tales of the Gold Monkey

I call my characters "toons" when I don't feel like typing out the word "characters."





It has nothing to do with what that man in the Pluto suit did to me at Disney World when I was eight.

I've been to three of these and they were all somewhat different, but the consistant thing was that there is only one official M'nG per convention. It would however be pretty easy to stalk Positron via his tweets.

- The first M'nG I attended was in San Diego two years ago. For that one, you needed to get an invite from the folks at the NCSoft booth and could only get one if you were an active player, so for that one you had to have a ticket for the convention. It was held at a bar not far from the CC and they gave you two drink tickets upon entering. There were hors d'oveurs (sp?) available if I recall correctly. Mostly that one consisted of standing around and talking, at least at first. I was new to the game and knew noone, so I left after about 20-30 minutes. I guess later there was music and a lot of dancing. Maybe karoke?

- The second one I went to was in Boston earlier this year. You didn't need a ticket to the convention, I think you just showed up. This one was held at a bar near Fenway Park, and I arrived very late to it, so I missed the appetizers, and I don't know whether there were any free drinks. There were pool tables (and maybe dart boards), but no dancing that I know of. The NCSoft folks had brought a lot of purchasable swag with them, which was sweet, and they also raffled off some very cool prizes.

- Last Friday in San Diego was my third M'nG. This one you had to RSVP to in advance, and show up early to due to interest far outpacing room capacity. Again there was free food - appetizers again, but very good appetizers - but no free alcohol (soda and bottled water was free though). The team had set up computers and monitors around the room so folks could try out Nova Praetoria and get a taste of GR. There was no purchasable swag at this one, but they had brought exclusive T-shirts that you could win by playing mini-games announced via Twitter and Facebook. They again held a raffle - two in fact: one for prizes and one for folks who arrived in costume, three of whom won a sketch of themselves from David Nakayama. No dancing this time, but there was background music as usual.


Long story short: All three I went to were slightly different, and each one got to be more fun in my opinion (though I really wasn't at the one two years ago or the one in Boston long enough to really judge them fairly). I'm sure as we get closer to October, Avatea and/or Ocho will post more info on the NYC M'nG. I'm not sure about having to attend the convention - both PAXEast and this year's SDCC were sold out by the time the M'nGs were announced, so requiring folks to attend the cons to get into the M'nGs would have left a lot of people out. I think the NYCC is going to be a blast, and who knows, NCSoft might do a panel or have a booth, and that'd be two more reasons to get a ticket to the show.