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Here is the "teaser" for the "teaser". I can't say I'm seeing anything in here to get me excited for this film. I'll remain cautiously optimistic, but from what I've seen so far, the costuming looks more like bad cosplay than film quality. Hopefully the story doesn't suck. Hans Zimmer just okay??? I'm going to vehemently disagree with you on that. The man is a modern day Mozart in my opinion. He has written some of the best film scores of the last 30 plus years. The man has a seriously impressive body of work. Everything from Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Interstellar, Man of Steel... even his work on Megamind is classic. Don't get me wrong, I love the John Williams work on the Donner Superman. It's a timeless classic. As far as ethereal, I mean, come on. This is one of his masterpieces in my opinion.

I don't believe we need a formal mechanism to make policy change requests. This isn't a democracy, it's a passion project run by volunteers who are sharing their labors with us. I think the HC team should set policies they are comfortable with and make the most sense for them. They have the final say and what they say goes, whether we agree with it or not. With that said, I do agree it would be nice to have more communication from them. More communication is always better, but I can fully understand why they choose to remain quiet, and I don't fault them at all for it. From my perspective, they have engaged the community at large on several big changes over the years. We all may not like the decisions they make on any changes, but they do ask for our feedback.

I'm not trying to change your mind. You're certainly welcome to express your thoughts and suggestions here as much as you like. I'm not the one requesting others "stay out of it" though.

I'm sure they're delighted if people enjoy their work, but that doesn't mean that they're working for us. The Suggestion forum is polluted with all kinds of requests and suggestions for things that players would like to see. Barely any have been implemented ever. As for who puts hours of their lives into something for free? People who are passionate about their hobby and love what they're doing. You probably can't see this because this subject is close the chest for you, so you've lost objectivity, but were they to censure you now, they'd look like the bad guys. I'm sure there will be people here who'd use it as a rally cry to condemn HC and the GMs for it too. A GM and a Council member did reply to the thread with answers to the questions raised. They may not have quoted you directly, but they both did directly answer the topic of discussion.

It certainly reads that way to me, I'm sorry to say.

None of which is going to change the outcome. I know you're grieving and upset about not getting what you hoped for, but arguing with the HC people isn't going to change anything.

This proceeds from a false assumption that everything HC does is for us and not for them or for their own enjoyment. I don't think you making the request makes you entitled. Your overflow of posts and threads campaigning for something that isn't going to happen in an attempt to bully and guilt HC into adding a NPC of your friend into the game is what makes you come across as entitled. You asked and got a GM and Council member response. The response isn't what you wanted to hear, so you're going on the offensive to try and badger HC into a result that you want. I know you're trying to hide behind "I'm doing this for the community", but it's not coming across that way. Also, I'm not dismissing your idea. As I've said before, I think there should be a way for everyone to memorialize a friend or loved one here, but that shouldn't be everyone getting a NPC in the game. There was a thread linked in one of the other discussions requesting @Heracleagetting added to the game in Cimerora after he passed. I don't recall anyone in that thread complaining about the lack of HC response, or suggesting how unfair it was that the request wasn't acted upon favorably, or that it has to be done because it was done before, so that's only fair. They made their request, let HC consider it, then moved on. No complaining, no flood of posts. Nothing. They understood the request wasn't approved and respected that decision. It's not a "gotcha", it's the simple truth. Yes, HC is maintained by volunteers. Yes, that means they can do whatever they want whenever they want for whatever reason they want. Can you criticize them for their decisions? Sure. That doesn't mean they have to take your suggestions or criticisms and make changes you're demanding because you want them to. Ultimately, if you don't like how things are run here, there are plenty of other servers to try out. I'm not saying that to be mean, it's the simple truth. HC has never asked for an echo chamber, nor do I believe they feel they're entitled to one. I think they're doing the best they can with what they have in the free time they have. They're never going to be able to please everyone, and I'll be honest here, I don't think they should even try. I'd rather they work on what is important to them, what they feel like working on and what gives them the most satisfaction. Getting pressured to deliver on what others are demanding of them starts making a passion project into a job, and that's not a good thing. Is everyone going to always align with and like changes being made? Of course not. That's never going to happen. I'm sorry, but I disagree. I don't think it was handled poorly. You all got more "official" response than others ever did. Again, other request threads for memorials have been made before, and no one went nuts screaming and complaining about lapses in communication or favoritism or precedence or whatever. That entitlement seems to be unique to these threads here. I really am sorry you all lost someone you cared about and I'm sorry that HC isn't going to deliver what you wanted here. Criticizing HC for not doing what you want them to do isn't good either.

Good to know and thank you. Well, it wouldn't be empty or dead, it would just have less people on it. I'm sure the HC people and their friends and family would still log in and play together if there were no one else. Remember, this server had a much smaller population prior to going public. Other CoX servers are out there with much smaller populations as well and they're all still getting development effort on them. It was a much smaller architecture before the game was forced to go public. Remember, they didn't have a choice per se, since someone broke NDA and announced its existence. A lot of the legal effort behind getting a license was to make sure the people involved were covered legally, not any of us. Not to rehash history, but the code for this game wasn't shall we say purchased legally. I'm not criticizing anyone as its totally understandable that they wanted to protect themselves. Objectively, the current setup here is for our benefit, not theirs. They needed crowdfunded donations if we wanted to continue as they weren't going to bear the financial burden of paying for a larger architecture out of their own pocket, nor should they. I'm not at all suggesting they would, but HC could turn off public access to the servers tomorrow if they wanted to, condense to a single server and make it invitation only again. We already know it was affordable for a small group of people to pay for out of pocket, and it could be again. I agree, donations do not come with any expectation of authority, nor should they. It does seem to me though that there are people out there who feel entitled to something here because they made a donation or run in game events and such. I don't think anyone is entitled to anything here, nor do I believe that we should be dictating what HC does or what they work on. Again, this a volunteer group working on a passion project in their free time who are graciously sharing their work with us. I'm sure they all love having us all around, but they don't need us.

Doesn't matter. Right now, it's at the sole discretion of the people who are maintaining the game. I'm sorry that list doesn't include your friend.

Good point. I didn't think of that. Agreed.

I can understand the frustration here, but I will add - and I absolutely don't mean this to be insulting so please, do not take it that way - your remarks are coming across with an air of entitlement. I can understand why GMs and Council folk want to steer clear of these discussions because it should be abundantly clear that they'll never be able to please everyone. Objectively, and whether this is a good thing or bad, this server belongs to the HC team. We are here at their pleasure, not the other way around. This isn't a commercial property anymore, so it's not like a commercial product in that it's not reliant upon a thriving community to keep the lights on. The people on the HC team are the ones maintaining the code, handling all of the support requests, managing finances and the rest, all on their own time. If God forbid some of the volunteers running this server should pass on, I have zero objection to HC memorializing that person in game. HC is a volunteer group who are graciously sharing their efforts with the rest of us. This server doesn't belong to you, me or anyone else that isn't handling the code or doing everything else that needs to keep this operation running. We can all disappear tomorrow and HC will continue on. It will still be there for their family and friends to enjoy whether any of us are here or not. I'm not saying this to be mean, it's just a simple fact. Let me be very clear - I am in no way, shape or form suggesting that the people on the Council or HC are cruel or heartless or in general don't care about us or the community. Far from it. As I said, they're graciously sharing their love and passion for the game with us when they really don't need to. It speaks volumes about how they feel about everyone, and should be obvious to anyone here how much passion they have for this project with how gracious they are with their free time in sharing the game with us. They deserve our respect and thanks. I know it's something I need to do better at myself, and I'm trying to do better myself. I'm very sorry for your loss.

This seems more problematic than anything in that it would allow people to edit these text files on their local machine and add whatever they want. Who determines which is the "correct/official" file for everyone to use? Better to just use the existing text objects already in the base editor, tedious as it might be.

First, thank you for taking the time to reply to the thread. It's appreciated and I hope that your response helps those who felt you're all ignoring everyone feel better. I hope they now know that you're indeed listening. I'd like to throw my support behind the hologram idea for bases as it makes this accessible and fair for everyone. It puts creating memorials where it belongs; in the hands of the players. Players can determine how best to honor their loved ones and friends without putting any undue burden on you all, and you avoid the inevitable arguing over who gets included and why. I do have some questions and concerns about the hologram idea though. How do players get access to a deceased players character costume in order to recreate it for the hologram? How is it determined what player(s) get access to the costumes to add the hologram to their base? Will any player be able to add the likeness of any deceased players character to their base, even if they didn't know them? Potentially, a player may not have wanted their character included this way. Is there a way for players to opt out of this program so they will not be included? Potential issues with competing memorial bases for someone as to which is the "official" one and which aren't Overall, I think the hologram idea for bases is the best route to go.

How so? I think you're ascribing negativity where there isn't any. I'm also in the camp for using bases for creating player memorials. They can be customized however people see fit and can be shared with everyone. HC coming up with a policy to determine who is or isn't "worthy" enough isn't going to lead to anything good.

I think what we're getting is alternate universe Tony Stark, not Victor Von Doom. Hydra won and Tony Stark became Dr. Doom instead of Iron Man and Chris Evans will be Hydra Cap. I can't help but do an eye roll and groan reading about this. I agree, news of Scarlett Johansson joining the cast isn't far behind. Marvel/Disney already knows Captain Falcon: Brave New World is going to be a disaster and there's really nothing on the slate to generate any excitement, so they're throwing money at the original actors to get them back. The MCU died after Endgame in my opinion. They got lucky with Spider-Man since then, but even that's beginning to play itself out.

In this case, if Group Fly was disabled as the default, the opt in to enable it would be selection of the power itself from the flight pool. Soon as you've selected it as part of the leveling/power selection process, you're granted the hidden power to enable it. If you respec and remove it, the hidden power is removed.

Bots look cool with rocket boots?

I see. So long as you're ok, the other people on the team/league can go screw. Got it. And people wonder why MMs with group fly get kicked from teams...

And what if your use of Group Fly is negatively impacting the survival and damage of everyone else on the team? Or doesn't that matter? That's part of playing a MM though.

Ascendant took my spot in Steel Canyon, now I can't use it anymore. I demand he be moved! 🤣

This was fun for a while, but did get old quickly and I'm glad they did add the aggro caps. The game is much more interesting with aggro caps than without.

Same here.

To the people who complained about this - some famous words of wisdom from a fellow Canadian.

Yup. Another fine example of Hollywood churning out movies no one asked for.

My brother took the nieces and nephew to see this. He said it stunk and wished he could get that 2 hours of his life back. No. Thank. You.