TheOtherTed

*lays down a beat* I'm TheOtherTed and I'm here to sa- oh, wait, that's not what you meant.

*Snap Click* Reporting to be reported, Sir!

Think of the word "alleged" as a CYA word. It implies very little, but it's better to be safe than sorry. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the HC staff dropped the word in the Wikipedia page themselves.

Just watched a snippet of one of Conan's podcasts in which he talked about how he used to get the lyrics to popular songs completely wrong. So I figured I'd make a thread about it, because, you know, you need to know. I can't remember any instances off-hand of my own guilt in this. I have no doubt that I am guilty, several times over, but I can't remember anything specific. So I'll tell you about the time I caught a college buddy getting lyrics wrong, called him out on it, and realized that his version was actually better, in a way. Here's the song in question: The couplet in question start at 1:21: For all those born beneath an angry star, Lest we forget how fragile we are My buddy thougt the first line was "For I was born beneath an angry star..." Being the territorial Sting fan that I was, I initially roasted him for it, but, while doing so, I realized that his two-word change completely refocused the entire song in a direction that actually worked, though darkly. So I apologized with a beer and a fist-bump.

I hear ya. Putting bugs and awkward writing aside, though, my first and still greatest issue is with the lack of replayability. Sure, I can start a new playthrough as a Druid to shake things up a bit (for some reason, my brain doesn't "get" D&D druids), but I'll still be playing through the same scenarios and the same dialogue in more or less the same order as my Rogue, my Paladin, my Warlock, etc. That said, I'm still getting fair mileage out of the game, so I wouldn't rank it as one of the worst values I've bought into. It just doesn't support alts in the way that so many other games do.

For me, I'll add that the powersets and character concept play off each other before I consider the character "signature," but I get that's not everyone's thing. With that in mind though, here are the few signature characters I can call to mind, by AT: Scrappers: Street Justice / Willpower - a 1940's private eye who got science blapped into the present. No super powers per se, just moxie and grit. Martial Arts / Ninjutsu - a former enforcer on the Pacific Rim who crossed her employer, but ended up in the Zig before the axe dropped. Blaster: Archery / Martial Combat - a descendant of Molpadia, an Amazon who killed her injured queen before Theseus could have his fun with her. Controller: Illusion / Dark Affinity (Ill/Emp on live) - a ghost-like being who haunted the Hollows for a while after the Hollowing. I still have no idea what she actually is. Brute: Pipe Wrench / Manhole Cover - a Valkyrie who's taking an extended vacation from slinging mead for ungrateful Einherjar. Mastermind: Robotics / Force Field - my one and only attempt at playing MM. Basically Hans Moleman from this clip, but with teeth. I should have signatures for Corruptors, Tanks, and Defenders, given how much I played those ATs either here or on live, but none really come to mind.

Whoops, I read that KS completely wrong - just saw "A of A" and got all excited. There was an older video game called "Ace of Aces" that ran on MS-DOS, but from the footage I could find, I couldn't say whether I played that or "A of P." Ah, well, nice nostalgia kick regardless.

Just found out that "Ace of Aces" is getting a Kickstarter resurrection. I don't remember the name, but I do remember a WWI dogfighting game that I played the heck out of on a housemate's PC in the early 90s (when a 286 computer was kind of a big deal). Poor kid - between the three of us mooching gamer schlubs, I don't think she ever got any playtime on that rig. Anyway, any fellow oldbies out there remember if there were other similar games around that time?

Yeah, my second thought was that the character animations (except Indy) seem to be heavily based on the Half Life's G-Man. My first thought, though, was that the title is at least as ripe for sophomoric humor as "Star Trek: Discovery."

Weird. I just checked it out on (barf) Microsoft Edge, and I get a similar deal. Might try Chrome, but Google has given me the heebie-jeebies since the Youtube / Google Plus nonsense. As for the name, when people ask where I got it (no one has yet), I answer "Two Teds, and anthopology class and an object lesson in dominance hierarchies." I have other origin stories, but that one's my favorite. Will be sure to watch Dilbert, though - hadn't thought about it in years!

Random side note - once again, I am unable to see images posted through imgur, and this time it's not a VPN issue. Also, right-clicking to reload, or to open the images in a new tab doesn't work. In the latter case, I just get the old "The image cannot be displayed because it contains errors" message. I've noticed that a similar thing is happening on the Baldur's Gate 3 forum, though it takes the form of [Linked image from i.imgur.com] that can't be clicked, re-loaded, or opened in a new tab at all. Is this an imgur problem, or is there something I can do through Firefox or Windows Defender or something?

Yep, there's a reason the Butlerian Jihad wioll haven be happened. ...patiently waits for no one to get both references...

Arguing with analogies (even good ones) is a bad idea. You end up chasing each others' tails and, in one poster's case, claiming victories that aren't. And as strangely entertaining as this thread may be, I think all positions that could be stated have been stated. IMO this thread has run its course. Time to step away and/or start putting people on ignore.

This random video randomly popped up in my youtube feed this morning. Still digesting some of its points, but it might be relevant to this convo - or at least tangentially related. Long story short, she discusses why recent science fiction and fantasy books seem to be so heavy-handed about their messages (note lack of quotes or the word "the"). Disclaimer: I haven't read any sci-fi more recent than William Gibson's All Tomorrow's Parties, so I have no idea how heavy-handed more recent writing has been. Definitely noticed it in visual media, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9aJ-sSGuA

MMOGames.com ranked CoH as #4 for ERP out of a selection of 12 MMOs (WoW ranks 12th), and I have no doubt we have Pocket D to thank for it. Link: https://www.mmogames.com/articles/archives/listed-12-mmos-great-for-erp/ Obligatory image that nobody really wants to see: