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Stepping on a Lego?

Everyone hates Praetorians, their leader was named Tyrant for crying out . . . oh you mean in relation to thigs outside of story . . . got it. Still Everyone hates Praetorians.

My 50 was in KR last night (I still remember the present pattern) and I click they were uber grey (don't remember level) but I do clean them up because they are still probably at the high end of the level limit for that zone and could cause problems for some hero. Plus I have so many alts that have zero winter event badges that I need the Horde kills anyway.

And its fun to play too.

This is how Sandmen did it.

It was glorious fun and made me feel warm in many places. Ran around clicking presents and killing the spawns for the badge then got some Baby New Year Action (ick) then got me a Winter Lord Trial and the other one with the Mistress of Secksi Winter. I love the Winter Event and missed it last year due to hospital and the year before because Japan vacation so I need badge-ville on all my alts, though I am pacing myself so as not to end up in the hospital again due to stress induces Cardiac incidents 🙂

I was looking for a Frances Xavier Cross.

Shivers. Yeah I ran into some of those recently. Not money.

Frank Masterson from HR, terrible boss to work for. Countess Crey actually told him to take it down a notch at a meeting once. But yeah, Carnie Master Illusionists are a pain in the buttocks. Paragon Protectors are dreadful solo and when they pop MoG or moment of whatever else; suck clock starts. Ruin Mages are terrible. But yea, Frank Masterson, constantly nagging about updating your contact information and harping about timecard closure in Deltek, and the paperwork nightmare with regards to the travel claim. I know he's a Nemesis automaton.

We Nukems have a seasonal costume. Ear muffs, scarf, Santa boots and gloves with our stylish school uniform.

So that's where Galactic Glasses came from. Now I know where to send the Tomahawks.

I mentioned this during the Beta but it was hard to describe so I dug through my old screenies from Champions Online (not as good as CoH but had some nice costume options). Rifle Cradle for long-arms:

Neat but still not as creepy as Elf on a Shelf.

Mercs has improved. I don't feel bad about myself when I play them now and might even say I enjoy them now (and I have demons). DP is fun even if damage isn't spreadsheet awesome. Most of my characters play well enough with SOs but IOs are essentially a must. I have Set IOs on some (full or partial) but ZERO Purples. Oh yeah, my sonics are also fun to play now.

Why does everyone see this as a bad thing. 🙂 It was a valuable resource that kept your home warm. It was originally given in the days of Sinterklass (and before him Saint Nicholas) as a practical gift to those who were naughty as opposed to sweets (or coins) to those who were nice.

Good Sir or Maam, could you assist me in extricating my horse-drawn carriage from this quagmire by using your gasoline powered vehicle which I am hesitant to adopt usage of.

This response is not sarcasm, it's sincere. That was was some real knot in your throat Hallmark channel stuff right there. Made me take a moment and think about things. Merry Christmas.

Monty and Captain Canada are both true boosters on Excelsior. Monty runs the game show so its a fun distraction and to be honest, wants you to win because he often gives you second, third and fifth chances if you are also having fun. I watch the people play his game and some are chatty and get it while others know what's up and just play along for the cash and Monty, well he just drives on, no judgement; a true game show host. Captain Canada is a drive by donations guy in the Canadian-color theme suit not Santa) and a million from him on a starter character even if you have alts you can transfer from makes a difference. He doesn't care if your character is alt number sixty, I've flat out said to him, hey its cool man I have other alts and he was like "I don't care I give to everyone". There is a story with him and his old Super Group which is a little sad but I will leave that to him to tell. Boosters come in all forms in and out of game and those different flavors are why I still love playing CoH because a bad day in Paragon City is still a good day anywhere else.

Rally around the flag as it were. It was why people gave their lives to keep the flag flying in a battle in the old days of war because it acted as not just a positional beacon for the force but a motivator to fight. Flag-Fu Melee Set

I love it and I like the fact that several powers require you to be on the ground. Sometimes thematics matter and being close to the earth makes complete sense. I ran my Rock Blaster Krystala up to 50 extremely fast and had a ton of fun doing it. The animations and the effects are fun and yes, the combos (building up enough seismic to get orange rings) to strengthen other effects actually flow well for me unlike by DB sword swinger and pre-recent issue Beam Sentinel. I have never suffered an inability to mow through enemies at and was the first Blaster I actually upped the difficulty on while leveling because of the survivability (No Set IOs either, not until 50). Love.

The Following Is My Opinion and By No Means the Only Opinion When I was younger and far more likely to lash out "inappropriately" at things I disliked I would have totally been destroying those horrid inflatable pieces of $h1t. If you are going to decorate, then do it for real and stop taking shortcuts. Easy (read lazy) decorating options lead to this whole more is better concept (which is wrong) and conversely cheapen everything. It takes me several hours to do the outside which is comprised of the following: - Three (3) symmetrically aligned fake Christmas trees with lights and balls. - Three (3) Large Christmas Tree Balls (Size of Basketball) with lights spaced evenly around trees. - Three (3) Christmas Presents (milk crates wrapped with weatherproof material and lights) spaced evenly around trees. - Blue Blanket Lights on the Box Shrubbery (2) - One Garland with Lights strung over Garage. - One wreath on house front door. Spouse used to do a Nativity on the the other side of the garage but fallen Catholics are fun in their inconsistent application of faith so we don't do it any more. BUT I AM NOT A GRINCH (Yelling Intentional) My indoor tree is effing fabulous and it takes five hours to do and seven to take down. Its glorious and it makes me tingly in several places just thinking about it.

I watch that specific episode every Thanksgiving day. It's still the best Thanksgiving episode of any show and even though it was totally the seventies it still holds up because of the delivery.

Gwyneth Paltrows severed head?

Trailer parks are like that 🙂