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Less artificial intelligence than actual plagiarism, considering ChatGPT is using the sum total of all human literary data to scavenge phrases from various works written by actual people.

What I've contributed is an honest definition of this so-called "Mandela Effect".

Human memory is faulty. You can either accept that, or you can choose to believe that impossibly complicated fairy tales are reality in spite of the lack of evidence.

I am a jelly doughnut.

Inf on hand, ~500 mil in the mail. Maybe another 500 mil across all my alts if I were to consolidate. I only make IO builds for those level 50's I'm sure I will want to play, the usual cost is ~300mil + 2-3k RM depending on AT(Doms cost a fortune as they hold the most purple sets). I don't fold space, so no need for another 2-3 billion per character.

I see what you mean now, just saying that using boots and gloves or boots and shoulders or w/e, couple of pieces of the same set often look awesome when mixed with other stuff, especially Elemental or Celestial. Unfortunately they look so good it's often hard to choose something else, but yeah just doing a straight up IDF without any changes is kinda lame, I'll give you that. 😁

Humans see beauty in symmetry, so using similar looking pieces is par for the course. Consider that no player actually made their own costume, as we're all using what pieces are available in the game, pieces which were made by actual digital artists. This is the limiting factor to anyone claiming that any look they feel they have made is "mine", or "yours". The only real choices we have are the colors, and which premade pieces we choose to work with. Some pieces fit a costume better than others, but all of these pieces are available to any and all, because none of us actually own any look we manage to create. When HC finally allowed recordings a couple years back(?), I searched to see what people had put up. Low and behold, I found a player who was so impressed with one of "my" looks, and he set about trying to copy it. He got pretty close, but couldn't make it exact. I was amused, as I never thought anyone would want to copy something which "I made". Then I remembered that I didn't actually make it, any more than someone putting together a picture puzzle painted the picture all by themself. You may not agree with me, some of you certainly will not, especially those who see a look and think "They copied me!". I would remind you all that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

I was fortunate enough to grab a good number of desirable names when HC first launched, and on at least one occasion have been mistaken for a "famous" player from Live because I had "their" name. The argument could be made that this other player is "more deserving" of that name than I am, although I would dismiss that argument on general principle. Had they loved this game as much as I do, they would have been searching for info during the blip like I was, and would have found out about HC in time to log in and grab that name. They didn't. It's a hard knock life, for them. Commonplace names get taken up quickly in any game, use that grey matter and come up with something original instead. Add a title, or an adjective, maybe even an adverb to a name, and viola! New original Hero/Vigilante/Rogue/Villain/Loyalist/Resistance. Returning players who feel entitled to certain extremely popular and unimaginative names deserve the mental anguish of not getting what they want for once. There is no reason for there to be 15 Ubermans on the same server, all insisting that they're the "original".

99 problems but wanting to be the only player named Uberman(or whatever) ain't one.

Thought I'd see what I could do with the build you posted, Snarky. I left all the powers you've chosen where they were, just changed up some slots and sets to see what I could do with it. Just some things to consider here and there, far from perfect but guaranteed to be worth every penny paid for it! This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Blaster Primary Power Set: Dark Blast Secondary Power Set: Temporal Manipulation Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Gloom (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime (9) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (9) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (11) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (11) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status Level 1: Time Wall Hamidon Origin:Nucleolus Exposure Level 2: Umbral Torrent (A) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage (3) Overwhelming Force - Endurance/Recharge (3) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (5) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (5) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (7) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown Level 4: Dark Blast (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (23) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance (36) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge (37) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (37) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (37) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 6: Aim Hamidon Origin:Membrane Exposure Level 8: Moonbeam (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (17) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance (19) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge (19) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (21) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (21) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 10: Chronos (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 12: Tenebrous Tentacles (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (13) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (13) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (15) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (15) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (17) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 14: Fly (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%) Level 16: Stealth (A) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 18: Abyssal Gaze (A) Apocalypse - Damage (23) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (25) Apocalypse - Recharge/Accuracy (25) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (27) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) (27) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold Level 20: Temporal Healing (A) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance (33) Numina's Convalesence - Endurance/Recharge (33) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (33) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (34) Numina's Convalesence - Heal (34) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery Level 22: Life Drain (A) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage (29) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (29) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (31) Superior Winter's Bite - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (31) Superior Winter's Bite - Recharge/Chance for -Speed & -Recharge (31) Theft of Essence - Chance for +Endurance Level 24: Time Stop (A) Superior Entomb - Accuracy/Hold (39) Superior Entomb - Endurance/Recharge (39) Superior Entomb - Accuracy/Hold/Endurance (39) Superior Entomb - Accuracy/Hold/Endurance/Recharge (40) Superior Entomb - Recharge/Chance for +Absorb Level 26: Blackstar (A) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage (40) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge (40) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (42) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (42) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (42) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage Level 28: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (43) Recharge Reduction IO Level 30: Time Lord (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 32: Infiltration (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 35: Night Fall (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (46) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (46) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (46) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (47) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (47) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 38: Phase Shift (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 41: Soul Tentacles (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (43) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (43) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (45) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (45) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (45) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 44: Soul Storm (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (48) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (48) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (48) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance (49) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge (49) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 47: Dark Embrace (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 49: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Brawl

The Search function is nice, but what if you don't remember one of the hundreds of names? More a desired QoL thing than a "Get to work now!" thing. 😁

Having hundreds of characters which somehow always get their places scrambled for some unknown reason, is it possible to add a sorter to the Character Selection screen after server login? You could make it sort by AT, Level, or Alphabetically perhaps? I think this would be welcomed by all players, but especially by we few, we happy few, we band of altaholics.

I have no life in real life, so I come to CoH to have no life in Paragon City for a change of scenery.

I've changed my mind. Comic book stories should never change at all. Ever. Put all characters in their appropriate stories, without changing any of the dialogue, costumes, or characters involved. Let's get back to legitimate, historically accurate comic book stories for every movie. Marvel can present the new "old" X-Men!(I just know that yellow and blue look will be a fashion trend in the late 2020's for sure!)

There will likely never be another phenomenon like the Iron Man through Avengers Endgame movies ever again. No matter whether you liked, loved, or hated it, you've got to admit that much at least. There are far too many grown men these days who seem to make a living out of crying about comic book stories and how they have suddenly become political. I would counter that argument with the cover from Captain America #1...

I thought perhaps you could use some Inspirations.

I guess you're right, it was actually a good thing that they shut down CoH as it's been a dying game for so very, very long. Almost makes me wonder what any of us are doing here...

A good leader informs their prospective teammates what goals they have(increased level, speed, casual, kill most, etc) while recruiting for the TF. Even then, most players just read "<whatever TF> lfm", ignore everything else, and do what they will do regardless. If you call out said player, you will be called a poor leader. If you don't call out said player, you will be called a poor leader. If you boot said player, you will be called a poor leader and then panned in General chat for it. If you don't boot said player, other players could quit the team. If you do boot said player, other players could quit the team. The only way to truly "win" is to just have as much fun as you can in spite of those inevitable uncooperative players.

Scene: Summer 2012 Event: The Avengers just broke $1 billion in box office sales, a record for a comic book hero movie. Soon after: NCSoft announces CoH sunset... There is a business lesson here just waiting to be taught, I think?

This looks like a job for... That-Man

I keep banging my head against the wall but it won't open for me!

They prefer to be called the Fifth Column?

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

Bought it, played it some, forgot it. Other than those eyes. Those insane NPC eyes still haunt my dreams. Baldur's Gate 3 makes Starfield look like fucking Sesame Street.