[Is this guy using...a Smartphone?]

I was going to take a photo of my Blackberry . . . but my camera is in my Blackberry.

 

 . . . and then I remembered:   Mirrors are a thing.

 

AND THEN I remembered that I don't know where the USB plug for the damned thing is.

 

How am I supposed to prove that Blackberry phones are still a thing?  OH!  Woe is me.

[Trick or Treating looks silly in the day time]

That one dad as the Trainer with the pikachu . . . that look on his face says to me:   "Oh please oh please, don't anyone realize that I'm out here for myself, and just dragging the kid along as a prop . . . "

[Is this guy using...a Smartphone?]

Best part of that?   Look at what he's standing next to.

[And the Winner is... ATLAS!]

Just you wait . . . Thursday of next week . . . I have some things to show you . . . 

[Online D&D via Tabletop Simulator.]

You say that, @GM Laufeyjarson . . . but now I'm imagining the technomancer cats from Shadowrun hacking their way in to people's virtual tabletop sessions just to knock over the tokens.

[Let's ungimp Lord Recluse]

Well, with infinite potential realities, if we ever get the tools as players to author whole dimensions within the game, that would be amazing.

I know, I know.  For a lot of players, AE is "good enough" and "under-utilized."  I just feel that its narrative thrust as a virtual reality entertainment system designed to harvest combat data from heroes and villains for the use of Dr. Aeon and the Battalion's spy . . . well, it's less than ideal.  Having tools which could allow players to author entire alternate dimensions would allow a LOT more interesting stories, and would hopefully have more robust tools to create meaningful content.

 

Heh.  Talk about pipe dreams, eh?

[What would you change aesthetically?]

Aye.  Something like that is certainly doable.   I often wondered why it wasn't implemented for the Rogue Isles, honestly.  Swim far enough south from Grandville and you should wind up on the northern edge of Mercy Island's map.

[Save base file]

I believe it has more to do with the bit which @WanderingAries brought up, @Player2.  The base has to be "scrubbed" to make it fair and valid.  There may be other issues too, as I've not personally seen how the process works.

As with most things, it would be great to have a Dev give a solid answer to the questions of "can it be done" and "is it feasible," but we rarely get those for even development items which are high on their priority lists.

[Let's ungimp Lord Recluse]

That too all sounds rather awesome, @Darmian.  Though it also sounds like a major upheaval of the game part of the game.  Could be a great place to start off the story and set the stage for City of Villains 2, or as an alternate timeline/dimension.

[First Ever Homecoming Base Contest!]

I've tried!   I've tried so many times, but apparently I just don't have enough billions of Inf to get any of my bases built . . . 

[Vampire the Masquerade (and Bloodlines too!)]

So . . . my weekly Group was taking a break from Vampire for a bit to do some Rogue Trader, but now we're about to resume the Masquerade.

We have a spot or two open in the group.  Would anyone happen to be interested?

We play on Monday nights, 6pm Eastern.  We communicate through VOIP on Teamspeak (private server, paid for by one of our players) and play on Maptool virtually networked through Hamachi.

We're a socially-progressive-leaning group overall, but we've got our share of socially-awkward-bordering-on-inappropriate word-vomit on occasion.

 

Drop me a line here, or in City of Heroes at @VileTerror if you'd like to learn more or attempt to join us.

Thanks!

[VileTerror's Roleplay Characters as of 2020-04-27]

Last revision:  2020-04-25

 

--- Hero-leaning
CrudeVileTerror, Natural Scrapper:  Dark Melee / Willpower, Level 5
        - extradimensional entity

 

Dirty Mercy, Natural Defender:  Poison / Dark Blast, Level 17
        - a resident of Mercy Island, she uses handfuls of carefully measured and modified bilge water to aid others or harm assailants

 

Toshinori Joji, Natural Soldier of Arachnos, Level 20

        - son of noted scientist Doctor Toshinori Obaro, Joji has dedicated his life to the pursuit of justice by working for a division of the FBSA that doesn't hold any outward status or officially exist

 

--- Vigilante-leaning

Domineering, Science Sentinel:  Psychic Blast / Regeneration, Level 10

        - daughter of a denounced but highly skilled experimental genetic modification scientist, who was born with crippling physical and mental limitations, but through her mother's intervention is now developing super-human abilities at an alarming rate

 

--- Rogue-leaning
Dolorous Dolores, Magic Mastermind:  Necromancy / Cold Domination, Level 10
        - a demi-undead young woman who "makes friends" by animating corpses

 

Academy Guard Silvat, Technology Brute:  Electrical Melee / Shield Defense, Level 14
        - professional security guard for a prestigious Etoile academy, she is the most violent member of the squad, relishing in violence for the sake of violence

 

--- Villain-leaning
Yukimo, Natural Mastermind:  Ninjas / Poison, Level 21
        - adopted child of Commandant Nongratis and serpentine-humanoid hybrid of unknown origins; she has recently been distancing herself from her adopted family, but is still pretty amoral despite claims to the contrary

 

Private Bimbo, Natural Soldier of Arachnos, Level 20
        - child of a Council soldier who defected to Arachons, and then transferred to The Army of Commandant Nongratis on permanent retainer; likes to people-watch in the club scene, but don't assume she -is- a bimbo just because her last name happens to be Bimbo

 

Operative Cudendum, Natural Arachnos Widow, Level 9
        - jokingly called "the Incarnate of Sass" by his peers in The Army of Commandant Nongratis

 

Cold Discipline, Science Corruptor:  Assault Rifle / Cold Domination, Level 13
        - torture survivor who copes with the use of highly regimented systems of discipline while doing harm to others

 

Draugr Chief, Magic Brute:  Broad Sword / Ice Armour, Level 13
        - undead creation of meat and metal tasked with protecting Count Inculcatius (see TemporalVileTerror below) and infused with the spirit of a viking chief

 

C-Girl, Technology Controller:  Electric Control / Radiation Emission, Level 14
        - child of an evil tech genius, she assists her father in his experiments, in the boardroom, and in battle

 

Deathguard Zeta, Technology Sentinel:  Beam Rifle / Energy Aura, Level 23
        - one of several manufactured footsoldiers as a prototypical series of an evil corporation's planned Legion of Doom product line