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  1. 12 hours ago, Bananiac said:

    10/14 - Halloween Event (Any Elvel - Pocket D) - "Halloween Costumes or ToT Temp Costumes" - Dr Kane's House of Horrors/ToT in Khalisti/Whispered Rumor Tips - Any AT

     

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    Put me down to start with Crystal Moonstone - Stone/Stone Scrapper

    And then I have several more to rotate.

  2. 12 hours ago, Bananiac said:

    Sounds good, @Burnt Umber! Lets roll with the Halloween tide then next saturday!

     

    I do a sign-up page, let's keep Theme simple: "Halloween" costumes. Either make one for your toons, if you like it. Or just use the temps from ToT, we will be wearing those anyway for the badges and to get the "Whispered Rumor" tip. 

     

    Meeting at the usual time in PD. Let's see then if we go directly to Kane, or if we want to run a few rounds of ToTs first.

    Thanks so much for organizing this. I kind of dropped the ball, when I said I was going to do it. I'm happy to finally get the pictures posted from Saturday!

  3. Dr. Quaterfield TF"Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (Unity and Justice and Freedom, from the 🟥🟨Anthem)

    German National Day Celebration

    Black-Red-Gold Costume theme - Any AT

    Saturday, 10/7/2023

     

    We had 6 players sign up, and 2 joined as we began

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    Leading today's adventure, Captain Hammerfall, tanker by @Bananiac

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    @FrauleinMental , controller, representing the German flag

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    Frau Rammstein, sentinel by @Midnyte

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    Casualty of War, dominator by @Princess Cecilia

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    Atomi Hiroe, controller by @Burnt Umber

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    Fire Bricker, corruptor by @Jaxman100

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    @Milrop's tanker, Joey Joe Joe

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    Taking notes

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    Waiting for our comrades to arrive

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    What's this..... zombies, you say!? 
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    Everyone springs to action

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    Frau Rammstein's powerset colors are theme-compliant 😄 
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    We sent the zombies away... time to celebrate
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    The whole team has gathered
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    Onward to our first assignment from Dr. Quaterfield
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    Frau Rammstein was apparently obsessed with shooting off fireworks....
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    All aboard!
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    One of many little successes experienced today
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    I know I'm winning when I see the soles of their shoes
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    Or flat on their backs
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  4. 1 hour ago, Burnt Umber said:

    It looks like I'll be able to do the Dr. Q today.  So, I'll put out that, if folks need some inf. to get the team teleport, I can foot the bill there.  There's a P2W vendor in the Firebase near Doc. Q.

    So glad you can make it today, and what a generous offer. 🙂 

  5. On 10/5/2023 at 11:37 AM, Bananiac said:

    If you are talking about "Oktoberfest Beer", this is wrong in almost every way 🙂 

     

    🤣 Fantastic! This is exactly the kind of info I was hoping for!

     

    On 10/5/2023 at 11:37 AM, Bananiac said:

    Kehrweider is from Hamburg, basically as far away as you can possibly get on the opposite end of Germany from Munich. Thus doesn't qualify as "Oktoberfest Beer", as only Breweries actually located IN Munich do get that privilege. They also apparently aim for a stronger, craft-typical hoppy taste in this specific beer, which is kinda opposite to how the traditional Oktoberfestbeer is made. Which has a stronger malt content and is very mild on the hops, making it a bit sweeter and more "quaffable"! Also, therefore doesn't hold up as long, so don't leave it standing around any longer than you must.

     

    Thank you for the great explanation. I know I've heard you mention that before but could never remember the details. I love the word "quaffable" !

     

    On 10/5/2023 at 11:37 AM, Bananiac said:

     

    That being said, if you are looking for a nice beer to be had at some kind of Fest in, say... Oktober, you are probably not doing anything wrong here! I like both the Kehrweider and the Sierra Nevada beers that I have had so far quite well! So enjoy it! And "Prost", my dear!

     

     

    Oans, zwoa, drei, g'suffa! The Sierra Nevada "Festbier" was very delicious! (Incidentally, I had always bought some Thelonious Monk beer on that shopping trip which was very good too. It gave me an idea for a symphony controller named "Thelonious Monkette" or maybe /Monkesse.... or some such female version of Monk.... I wish I'd thought of this for our clergy theme, I might have gotten some inspiration from naming my character Thelonious Nun 😆)

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  6. 3 minutes ago, FrauleinMental said:

    I don't know the TF inside and out, but I'm relatively familiar with it.  It's mostly Rularuu and Crey.  Don't count on stealthing much (the eyeballs ignore stealth, as do the frequent ambushes).  There's a lot of travel back and forth between the City and the Shard, so Team Teleport is really useful.  Indeed, the proliferation of transportation powers is the main reason this TF can be done in 2 hours instead of 8.

     

    Sounds great! We'll go into it fully stocked with team transporters, mission transporters, assemble the team.... steamrolling the missions, oh and a relaxed mood so that we're prepared for the length of time. 🙂 

  7. On 10/5/2023 at 2:37 PM, FrauleinMental said:

    The ToT event, whenever we run it, might work better with a theme like "Wear a ToT costume" since you get tips from knocking on doors in a costume power.  You could even show up not having one, since you'll probably get one pretty quickly from knocking on doors.  We could almost make a tips badge run as the event, though I'm not sure if the tip gives the badge to everyone or just the tip holder.

     

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    We could do a "Before and After" theme of it.  "Before" is a plain costume (like plain tights), and "After" is with an active costume power.

     

    All get the badge choice when a team does a tip mission together. I usually solo them at -1 diff, running to the very end boss, and just completing it. Since you have to run it so many times on each character. But hey, to soak up some XP it would be fun to run them as a team too! We'll throw that option into the mix on the date we do the Halloween theme, and then we can decide in the moment.

  8. On 10/5/2023 at 11:15 AM, Bananiac said:

     

    The Halloween Event has kicked off (and I already have 2 new freshly baked level 50 toons 🙂)

     

    It's been so much fun! I've been doing the PI ToT league every night..... many new shinies for my characters. 😄  Even a successfully-run banner event, which is not so easy to get on Indom. And we even did a Kane trial one night. Thanks to @Milrop & Cece and all the others who are keeping Indom above water. 💜

     

    On 10/5/2023 at 11:15 AM, Bananiac said:

     

    and I would propose to have a themer event just running this stuff (Kane, ToT, Banners, Tips, AVs). Don't know if we want to give it a theme (other than "make it look halloweeny" maybe), I am fine with just running through some toons with you. Was lots of fun last year farming all those PAPs! Could look at 14th to do that, or the 28th (which is closest to Halloween itself).

     

    Love this idea! Doing seasonal events together is my fave, because it's just all so... relevant. 😄 

    I agree, no costumes necessary for this, because we'll be switching into the costume powers for ToT to get tips, or for the badge in Dr. Kane's trial.

     

    On 10/5/2023 at 11:15 AM, Bananiac said:

     

    Theme-wise, I want to promote my "It's water, but it's not"-Theme (1 powerset must be Water Blast, only make it look like it's something else but water). Could do that on the 21st with ITF. I am happy to lead that as well. 

     

    I love this theme! So tempting to do a vampire with red blood splashing everywhere. And thanks for the suggestion to do ITF on 10/21. I'm going to gather up your ideas and make a list of October themes to post.

     

    On 10/5/2023 at 11:15 AM, Bananiac said:

     

    For the remaining date I propose to go "It's raining Cats and Dogs" (Costume needs to have wolf/cat/feral pieces and theme, powersets should be the usual suspects: claws, savage, beasts MM,  maybe spines or staff). So either the 14th or 28th, depending on what we want to do next week. 28th would be a good opportunity to do another Shard TF or Ice Mistral (which I personally like a lot, and it's also one that is not done very often).

     

    Sounds great to me. I'll wait to see if others have some thoughts or preferences. I'll put in my vote for Ice Mistral, which I really like too.

     

    Later tonight, I'll make a separate post with all these delicious October theme ideas. @TrixieKixx will be so proud of us when she gets back from vacation!🤗

     

     

  9. On 10/5/2023 at 10:44 AM, Bananiac said:

    I am not too familiar with the TF, but happy to take the lead this time anyway.

    See ya in Firebase Zulu! Bring all the Teleports you can get!

     

    Thanks for the reminder about teleporters!

    And thanks for volunteering to our fearless leader. I mean, any of us can do it of course, without prior knowledge of the task at hand, but in my case I am always on the lookout for good picture opps, and being old and feeble-brained it's too much responsibility, especially because I'm usually still half asleep 😄 😄 

  10. 10/7 - Dr. Quaterfield (40-45 - Blue Side - Firebase Zulu - Black-Red-Gold costume theme - Any AT)

     

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    1) @Bananiac: Captain Hammerfall - Shield/Energy Tanker

    2) @FrauleinMentalFraulein Mental - Mind/Kin Controller

    3) @Burnt Umber: Atomi - Grav/Rad Controller

    4) @Midnyte: Frau Rammstein - Beam Rifle/Invulnerability Sentinel

    5) @Milrop:  Joey Joe Joe - Shield/War Mace Tanker

    6) @Princess Cecilia (Cece): Casualty of War - Dark/Energy Dominator

     

    We may need more damage! I could switch to a melee toon, although she might not be of German heritage but she'd be glad to come in costume!

     

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  11. Positrons 1 and 2 - Famous Scientist Discoveries - Any AT

    Saturday, 9/30/2023

     

    This was a really interesting and challenging theme. We had 6 players sign up, and 2 joined in the moment.

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    Einstein-Automaton, brilliant controller by @Bananiac

     

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    Crystal Moonstone, baby scrapper by @Midnyte
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    @Burnt Umber brought tanker, Strata Smith
    It was fun doing geology research, eh? 🙂 

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    Robt Hooke, brute and cleverly researched by @FrauleinMental
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    Doc Braun, time defender (need it be said? 😄) by @Milrop
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    @Princess Cecilia presented with Yavanna in a beautiful costume
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    Dr Cherenkov by @Lividus
    Not sure of the exact spelling and it didn't appear as a game account name to tag here, but we're glad he joined us!
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    Few Good Men joined us in the final moment before we began!
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    @Bananiac welcomes our recruit!
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    Successful completion of Positron part 1, despite being a bit disorganized with the CoT ambushes 🙂 All in good fun!
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    Positron part 2... the traditional Faultline donut poses 😄 
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  12. On 9/28/2023 at 6:32 AM, FrauleinMental said:

     

    I'd thought it'd be cool to go to Crater Lake, which is on the main path (around 90% obscuration), and maybe get some interesting pictures.  But I have enough other stuff going on that I don't want to travel any more right now, so I'm staying home in Alabama (around 55%).

     

    There are a bunch of events being planned for the total eclipse on 8 April 2024, and I'm a few hours' drive from the totality path.

     

    Right! Crater Lake is one of the viewpoints I see mentioned a lot in my astronomy groups. Thanks for that, I'm putting it in my travel spreadsheet. 🤓

  13. On 9/24/2023 at 12:02 PM, FrauleinMental said:
      • There's a chance I may miss this week, since the annular solar eclipse in the southwestern US is also midday on the 14th.

     

    I was trying to plan for that, as well, and have been following the travel news and trips offered. I had hoped to view it in Albuquerque but then abandoned the idea because too much going on in my life for another trip out there so soon, plus it's the same weekend as the Balloon Fiesta. Where do you plan to view it?

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  14. @Bananiac, sounds great! You can be in charge of Dr. Q on 10/7 for your German flag theme. Thank you!
    @FrauleinMental, also sounds great! I'd appreciate it if you run the Positrons this weekend. Also thanks for the nice October list of possibilities and the research you did. More on that when the time comes.

     

    Halloween event should be starting soon so we can squeeze in some ToT together or some Dr. Kanes trials. Maybe hook up with the league at Bates Motel (or Motel 6 as some call it) in PI. Usually near the beginning of the event it's easy to get on the PI ToT league with all the methodic tping to the north islands for GMs, and if we're lucky, a banner event!

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  15. 15 hours ago, TrixieKixx said:

    Hey Themers!

     

    Just a reminder that I will be out of the country for the next three Saturdays. I need someone else to lead next week and the full month of October. I'm not going to put up the sign-up sheet for next week as I won't be around to edit the board.

     

     

    Thanks for the reminder! I posted the sign-up sheet, so that's done. Does anyone want to run the Posi 1 & 2 next week on 9/30? I am no expert on blue-side stuff, haha, but I don't mind taking a stab at it if no one else can do it.  😄 I'll decide who to bring, and update the sign-up sheet.

     

  16. 9/2 - Market Crash (Level 40-50 - Purple Side - Khalisti Wharf) - "Mr. Robotic" - Robotic costumes - Any AT

    9/9 - Katie Hannon (Level 30-34 - Blue Side - Croatoa) - "Witchy (Wo)man" All witch/warlock costumes - Any AT

    9/16 - Barracuda (Level 45-50 - Red Side - Grandville) - "In love with a Preacher (Wo)man" Clergy-themed costumes, e.g. Priests, Nuns, Buddhist or Zen-Monks, whatever works for you in terms of religiously inspiring or related stuff. Since we're dark side, make them dark and unholy! One of your powers must be Dark related.

    9/23 - Terra Volta Respec #1 (Level 24-33 - Blue Side - Independence Port) - "Sentinels of the Galaxy"

    All-Sentinel Team. Guardians of the Galaxy-Inspired costumes

    9/30 - Posi 1 & 2 (Level 8-15 and Level 11-16 – Blue Side - Steel Canyon) - "E=mc²" Take a historic scientist and their discovery as a theme for a toon (costume and powers). E.g. Albert Einstein - Gravity / Time Controller. Or a Cyborg with Stephen Hawking's head/brain-in-a-jar. You get the idea...

     

    Sign-up Sheet:

    @FrauleinMentalRobt Hooke - Titan Weapons / Dark Armor Brute

    @Bananiac: Einstein Automaton - Grav/Time Controller

    @Midnyte: Crystal Moonstone - Stone/Stone Scrapper

    @Milrop: Doc Braun - Time Manipulation/Radiation Blast Defender

    @Princess Cecilia (Cece): Yavanna

    @Burnt Umber: William "Strata" Smith - Stone/Fire Tank

     

     

     

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  17. On 9/16/2023 at 1:50 PM, TrixieKixx said:

    Why didn't anyone tell me I had the wrong name/location for the event tomorrow 😄 OMG!!! I just updated it here and in our theme team chat 😄 

     

    Because we're not paying attention! :::50 lashes with a wet noodle to all of us::::

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  18. 9 hours ago, Bananiac said:

     Midnyte for sure takes the win on this one. To find that look resembling her dress must have been quite a challenge 😄 

     

    Thank you, it was a challenge indeed. I tried many different patterns until I found the closest one. I had so many issues... my black leggings, grey sandals, silver duster... I got as close as I could. And I disagree on the winner .... I was thinking both of you excelled at finding costume pieces that exactly matched your IRL "characters" 😄  Even down to Trixie's green cashmere sweater 😍   Oh and your pecs and abs under your shirt! ooh la la! 😄 

  19. On 9/13/2023 at 10:29 AM, TrixieKixx said:

    Those turned out so good! I can't believe we were able to find costumes that matched our outfits worn that day!

     

    I believe it! We are clever folk... hell, we could even "create a mnemonic device using stone knives and bear claws" !

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