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That all sounds spectacular, @TrixieKixx! Although I will have to think a bit about Thanksgiving dishes... there is no corresponding tradition here in the way there is in north america. Another idea for a future theme: I was looking at Iron Winter and his Bio, and having watched Black Widow yesterday, how about making a Cold War Soviet Hero/Villain Team? I have seen quite a few faboulous characters running around building on such a theme, and have also made a Tank myself built on that premise (staking a claim right now, if we would decide to go for it 😉 ) People, what do you think?

That's a great recap, @Midnyte! Thanks a lot for always taking the effort to do this. I currently do neither find the nerve nor the time to be funny and original about it, so apologies for taking a break. Work is sucking out a lot of my energy, but I am hoping to break free from that in a few months again...

Great thing! I am looking forward to re-view this! Will see if I can hop on the discord as well next time you do this. Maybe need to figure out some audio settings to make it work though. Seemed to be very low volume for some reason that I still haven't figured out.

It does not seem to be brewed by one of the 6 Munich breweries, so you won't find it anywhere at the actual, original Oktoberfest. But it is what you could name an Oktoberfest-style beer, being brewed as a special type of Märzen like the ones served at the Oktoberfest itself. That being said, you should just enjoy it like you want, and have your own little Oktoberfest with it! I am quite impressed with the variety and quality of beer that can be found now all across the US and North America since the Microbreweries and Craft Beer Companies ushered in a real renaissance of the American Beer. Hope you like it!

I will totally sign up for that, Rich! Not finding a lot of playtime right now, so I feel a bit out of touch with the game. Twitch may just fill that gap a bit...

@TrixieKixx Hey Trix, can I ask for a concession for saturday? Again not sure if i can be there in time tomorrow, but if I am, I would like to bring another controller to the action: Haunted Lilac (Dark/Rad). She's the only one I can field in Zombie Dress right now...

OK, looks like I will be there after all. Sending Mr Ponzi Scheme (Mace/ Elec Brute). This is actually my marketeer toon, I don't play him actively. But he features Brains! 🙂

Can't make any promises... sorry....

@TrixieKixx Hey Trixx, I am not sure what our family plans are for saturday, so make me a conditional again for now. I'd love to take part, tho, as I have been the one pushing for this theme 🙂 It is also something to look forward to, which helps to keep me upright right now... I prepped my toon Dark Anaesthetist now and transmogrified him into a representation of a faboulous bavarian masterpiece, the Augustiner Dark! Best thing: I would say even the powersets fit the theme appropriately with Mind Control / Empathy! Hope to see you all there for a nice "Oans! Zwoa! Gsuffa!" - One! Two! Drink!🍻

"This is Halloween! Everybody make a Scream!"

So we are really doing it! 🙂 I don't know how much each of you know about this, besides that it's an excellent excuse to drink voracious amounts of excellent german beer out of ridicoulously large glasses. So this paragraph from Wikipedia sums it up really well, to give you some context. And maybe some inspiration about possible costumes. The Oktoberfest (German pronunciation: [ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst]) is the world's largest Volksfest (beer festival and travelling funfair). It is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is a 16- to 18-day folk festival running from mid- or late September to the first Sunday in October, with more than six million people from around the world attending the event every year. Locally, it is called d’Wiesn, after the colloquial name for the fairgrounds, Theresienwiese. The Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture, having been held since the year 1810. Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations that are modeled after the original Munich event. During the event, large quantities of Oktoberfest Beer are consumed. During the 16-day festival in 2013, for example, 7.7 million litres (66,000 US bbl; 1,700,000 imp gal) were served. Visitors also enjoy numerous attractions, such as amusement rides, sidestalls, and games. There is also a wide variety of traditional foods available. The Munich Oktoberfest originally took place in the 16-day period leading up to the first Sunday in October. In 1994, this longstanding schedule was modified in response to German reunification. As such, if the first Sunday in October falls on the 1st or the 2nd, then the festival would run until 3 October (German Unity Day). Thus, the festival now runs for 17 days when the first Sunday is 2 October and 18 days when it is 1 October. There are currently fourteen large tents and twenty small tents at the Oktoberfest. The tents are wooden[54] non-permanent structures which are constructed for and only used during the festival. Talking about beer, here are some facts about the brewery privileges associated with the Oktoberfest: Only beer conforming to the Reinheitsgebot, and brewed within the city limits of Munich, can be served at the Munich Oktoberfest. Beers meeting these criteria are designated Oktoberfest Beer although the name 'Oktoberfest beer' also denotes two distinct beer styles: a traditional Märzen lager and a paler Festbier that is now more commonly served at Oktoberfest itself. The breweries that can produce Oktoberfest beer under the aforementioned criteria are: Augustiner-Bräu Hacker-Pschorr-Bräu Löwenbräu Paulaner Spatenbräu Hofbräu-München And yes, the Hofbräu also relates to the brewery running the famous Munich Hofbräu Haus. Typical food that is served at most of the tents: - Backhendl (Roast Chicken) - Schweinsbraten (Roast Pork) - Kaiserschmarrn (this is not translatable really) - Schweinshaxe (Roast Pork Knuckle) - Brotzeitbrettl (a wooden board stacked with sausage, ham, bacon, cheese, onions, pickles and radish, served with slices of bread) So maybe that gives you a few ideas. For the record: last year and this year the Oktoberfest was cancelled due to obvious reasons...

Sorry, wasn't able to go. This sounded really interesting, but life is having its own ideas right now...

Can't make any promises, and if I can make it, I may have to drop out early if it takes too long. We'll see...

Screen2gif is my goto tool for things like that. 👍

Okay, I made up my mind. Sign me up with Fire Foxx, Fire/MA Blaster. Was reading something on reddit about Martial Arts and remembered how much fun that is as a secondary on a blaster! And if we are gonna do a 2nd run, I will have Monsoonia ready for that, my Storm / Water Defender. This should be fun!

@TrixieKixx I naturally got a few choices to choose from, but not sure what qualifies... How about a Centaur character, would that be considered beastly enough? Archery / Energy Sentinel... Reptiloids? Storm / Water Defender Could always go for my Foxy Fire / MA Blaster Oh my, they are ALL so much fun to play, I wish I could bring them all.... Edit: Just found even another Centauresque Character, Archery / Storm Corrupter, that has been waiting for a run-in for so long I totally forgot about him. But right now I would actually lean towards the Defender, she is quite a treat!

Super cool pics there, @Midnyte! Nice assortment of hot bikini babes, we should do this more often! 🙂 How did you do that pose lying on the side? That looks almost artful in its arrangement! I only have taken pictures that look like yours, so not much to add from my side. Just one thing that is fitting to this event: Nothing beats taking a relaxing dip into the pool after a hard days work of smashing things!

I am now at a point - after stuffing 2 toons with full Pocket Cash applying the practices that the generous folks of this Forum have laid out - where I think I have a good overview about the values and yields of the most important common and rare IO set pieces. Now when I start a new toon (or dig out one of the many idle ones) I start to craft once the recipes start dropping, taking the cheap ones to make them expensive. That usually gets things going much earlier than what I did before, because every one becomes self-sustaining early on with what they have and is not relying on Inf dropping or outside help. And once cash starts flowing, everything else becomes easy. It's a great feeling!

Ahhh, shame! I missed that one! Looks good! Making plans for the 18th, hope to be there again tanking.

@Midnyte Those are great pics! Even with all the pets around, still nice to see everyone. Also nice line-up of pets, funny how well our guests fit in! I will not be doing a recap this week, somehow my screenshots didn't got taken, or at least I can't find them anymore. Work's really exhausting, and I'm just not mustering any nerves to sit down and be original this time. But Kahn was really fun, I enjoyed every moment of it. And it finally took my signature toon to 50! That was a great feeling of accomplishment! @TrixieKixx For saturday I am also considering to show up with an ocean-themed toon: Lord of Waterdeep, King of the Atlantide Rifts, Master of Ebb and Flow, Staff/Bio scrapper and in dire need of a relaxing day at the beach!

Wow! Looks like I missed an epic adventure! We went out to the Cinema yesterday - for the 1st time in like 1,5 years - to watch the new Dune movie. Which was awesome and something I had been looking forward to do since the news broke that there will be a remake! But when I came back later and logged in, I saw you guys still teaming in my friendslist. I had no idea you must have been still on the Reichsmann at that time! 😄 Persistance Badge to all of you!🏅

I hope I can make it to this. But may be busy on Sunday, can't promise...😔

@TrixieKixx I will be bringing the Bananaplant for their final stretch to Level 50! She will have Bananiac in tow, her Plant/Rad Controller toyboy! 🙂

Hey Rich, I had a thought... How about doing some Patron Arcs on one of the future Wicked Sundays? I am asking for purely personal reasons, because I've never done those and am looking at one or the other now for some of my new-born 50ies builds. I am pretty sure you would know how that works, right? 😉

Alas, I have been summoned to do the bidding of my masteresses today and thus will not be able to Numinate with you folks. You go on and blast away, and I will take care of things over here today. Maybe I will drop in later today to see if anything would still be up. Will see when I get there...