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3 hours ago, Ravenplume said:
Here's Pyrefox with his pets. And his origin is that the airman he sent to supply for a can of turn signal fluid, actually brought back a can of radioactive turn signal fluid.
That was his airman's origin as well, a rather cute bug gal registered as Deja Thorax.
Mort Walker would be proud. And hey! a couple of callbacks to one of my favorite shows as a kid. We almost got a quality fan-project reboot of it on YouTube, but sadly, only the pilot was made.
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42 minutes ago, Go0gleplex said:
Got a surprise with an Echo of Ghost Widow Pet today after popping a capsule just in front of Ivy in Neutropolis...she only lasted a few minutes but kicked a lot of mob bootie while she lasted.
Yeah, my rising dominator got the surprise of an Echo Stateman who proved to be a superb tank and aggo holder, speeding up my process. No holding back on the lightning, either. Curiously, I thought he'd only last 4 minutes but he kept reappearing, even after a reboot of the game. I'm not complaining.
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Oh, incidentally, Superherohype.com was quoting Cameron Monaghan as saying the sets look phenomenal, to the point that he was coming in on his days off just to admire everything. He feels this third film's look has again reinvented the look of TRON, just as the second film did over the first. Appropriate, given computer technology's rapid advancements.
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13 hours ago, ThaOGDreamWeaver said:
Thing from DisneyStudios Insta…
…how this works plotwise, your guess is as good as mine, but this is A Good Thing.
Had to wonder if he'd be back. Bridges improves my hope for the movie. If "Ares" is a continuation, rather than a reboot, they've got to explain how the game universe survived what supposedly was an Armaggedon explosion of creator and creation. I'm suspecting we'll hear that Flynn tapped into his full user potential and either did a complete reboot/wipe, or somehow contained the blast to a localized area. Which means Tron should be back as well, though without Bruce Boxleightner, unless he joins a growing list of actors who outright lie about participation in a movie.
Hmm...the helmet is a generation 1 helmet. Wonder if that implies a reboot of either the game universe or Flynn? Whatever they do with Bridges, he can't stay in the series if they keep rolling them out every couple of decades. Flynn's going to pass on at some point. Then again, he might be merely the narrator of the movie.
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10 hours ago, DarkonCOH99 said:
Well Let's See On My Bots MM I Got:
Assault Bot: Groucho
Protector Bots: Chico and Harpo
Battle Drones: Zeppo, Gummo and Margaret Dumont
Lore Pets
1: Abbott and Costello
2: Laurel and Hardy
3: Hope and Crosby
4: Lucy and Ethel (seers)
Looking for my next ones still need Martin and Lewis
I seem to be followed by a bunch of comedians....
Incidentally I tried to do the Scooby Gang originally, but it seems "Scooby" was a reserved word on Live. Might have to retry on HC.
I learned a lot about the black & white era comedy groups when I did a thematic art project back in college. I'm impressed that you not only got all the Marx Brothers, but also their female lead. Many have never realized there were more than 3.
Don't overlook the Ritz Brothers. They're sadly not as well known, but they were something of a counterpoint to the Marx Brothers.
Of course there is also all six of the Three Stooges: Moe, Larry, Curley, Shemp, Joe Besser, and Curley Joe Derita. Emil Sitka, their long-time collaborative partner, was considered to be the 7th Stooge, and had been announced as such, but illness in the aged team prevented him from ever playing a stooge onscreen.
There's also all the Our Gang members, generations of them, and Fatty Arbuckle and Joe E. Brown, who, while not a recognized established team, did work together on occasion. And you could always lump the 3 individual greats together as a "best of" set: Charlie Chaplain, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd.
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2 hours ago, cranebump said:
Was on two YIn teams last night.
On BOTH teams, the leader instructed the team NOT to click the glowies in the reactor room until the room was cleared from Clamor's first appearance. The leader had to do this to stop someone (never found out who) who'd already started the process. BOTH times.
Now, after receiving said instruction, someone clicked the last glowie anyway.
On BOTH teams.
(sigh)
I rarely get upset by this kind of thing. But, by the second run, I was a bit tired of my poor little Arse/Arse Dom getting ganked by the next wave. Didn't quit, though. And, thanks to some big insps, I'm pretty sure I was one of 2 people actually targeting a "I'm hidden in waves of Freaksh*t" Clamor during her return (that beeyotch hits hard, man).
(Probably good for me, though. I'd been cruising on that character all the way through her current level before being reminded just how squishy I still am).
Had similar Yin TF experiences yesterday. On one of them, a team heavy on light-defense archetypes was getting the job done slowly, admirably, but just barely hanging on, and it was crystal clear they could not take on more at the time. They were in the entryway fighting two groups, their backs turn to Clamor's re-entry point, and some chucklehead decides to run to the consoles and activate her group without alerting the team. Half the team died in the next 15 seconds. I demanded to know why they were so impatient they couldn't have waited just a few more seconds. No answer, but the guilty party very quickly exited the team after the eventual finish.
The one I ran after that, would have been a duplicate situation, but I was ready for it this time. I ran over to the farthest console from the door and acted like I was interacting with it. The witless chaos lover trying to activate the consoles got three of them but backed off when he saw I was "dealing" with the fourth, and instead jumped back into the fight. I waited until he was well clear then rejoined the fight. Once we cleared them, I sauntered back over and activated the console. 😉
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6 hours ago, Scarlet Shocker said:
Surely to be technically correct it should be "district" rather than "city" given that it is a part of the greater Paragon City as a whole? Or do we consider Brooklyn or Croydon to be cities in their own rights?
I do know of cities (with their own mayor and other political leadership, and perhaps their own infrastructure system: water, sewage, etc.) considered part of the greater city either adjacent to them or surrounding them. The city of my birth has three such cities adjacent to its borders, and while the residents will tell a local that they are from one of these specifically, when referencing for someone not local, they name the big city to say where they are from, since all four (and some unincorporated areas that tend to be thought of as towns) are considered the greater area of the biggest city.
If I recall correctly, isn't the "London, England" that we foreigners reference actually greater London, and there's a City of London inside, complete with its own mayor and governing system?
The one thing I'm reasonably sure we haven't seen is "evidence" that at some point Astoria had its own mayor. In fact, several plaques in the area instead reference Mayor Spanky Rabinowitz, whose leadership was over all Paragon City according to references elsewhere. Based on that, your thought that Astoria was a "district", or perhaps more properly a "borough" of Paragon City seems to fit. Like Brooklyn, NY, it could have had it's own district attorney and court system, but would answer to the Paragon City mayor's office.
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That's a nice reminder of how far the graphics have come. I know we got that mirrored surface effects the same time we got Gun Fu, but these shots remind me of just how much the rest the graphics have gradually improved over the years. Or perhaps, just how much my video cards have improved. LOL.
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3 hours ago, Shenanigunner said:
Neither the server tray nor the Razr tray are of much use. There have been multiple discussions and both are so locked to certain functions and actions and so forth that they're best left in the dustbin.
The server tray can be disabled by that all-knowing PITA Null the Gull, and is best done so.
I didn't realize that and it's good to know. I once tried reworking the position of enhancement tray 4 to sit over the original 3, but gave up because the server tray kept popping up, covering it. Now I might be able to change that.
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9 minutes ago, Glacier Peak said:
It's the Dark Astoria introductory arc.
8 minutes ago, lemming said:If you do the mission from Captain Nolan or Threatening Arachnos Message, that's what happens. You get those mission contacts when you open up your Alpha, and that leads you to Heather's arc
Ah, I see. I've never initiated it, only aided others.
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I used to have Razor mice, back when ball mice were still a thing. To this day they were the most durable mice I had. One, the Boomslang, lasted about 5 years of constant gaming. After Razor sold, however, I got one new Razor mouse (Copperhead?) it lasted 1 year, and that was it for me and Razor. Sad, 'cause I really loved them.
I'm hard on mice, even gaming mice, so I don't go for the elite ones with a crazy number of buttons on them and a hefty price tag. If I can get two years from a gaming mouse these days, I'm content. In fact, I'm probably going to replace my Logitech gaming mouse soon, as it's started doing occasional funky things in the game. It's been close to two years. I had a couple of Corsairs before it, but they only lasted about 6 months each. I decided not to waste more money on Corsair.
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5 hours ago, DougGraves said:
Do you tend to favor active powers that make you feel like you are doing something or powers that you know are more effective even if you can't see it or feel it?
Effective. My sole goal is to put that sucker down, preferably hard and fast. I don't care whether that means ZOT! with a bolt of lightning or hitting him with a whiffle ball bat as hard and fast as I can. Down and staying down is effective. Yeeting him into the air 4 times is colorful, but if he still gets up with 1 health point left and fires more shots, I'm not really as effective as I feel.
EDIT: There is one moment when feeling takes over: when the guy come behind me, seemingly from nowhere, and kidney-shots me. For those, I feel a good sandpapering of the concrete walls with their skin for a bit will really make me feel good. Then I'll get all "effective" on him.
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4 hours ago, Krimson said:
Destroyed? Based on what? Most of the place is intact.
What triggered the message? Did just entering Raimi Arcade (presumably for the character's first time) trigger this, and if so, why does it say "fallen into"? I don't remember Raimi Arcade specifically. Is there a broken open area there?
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1 hour ago, Grouchybeast said:
2013 was the year after the shutdown. (Although I guess it was the year that the secret server was 'opened again to limited civilian entry'.)
Close enough for grenades, as they say, but I do thank you for the correction.
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10 hours ago, Glacier Peak said:
They backwards engineered the Mediporter technology.
8 hours ago, Greycat said:... isn't that actually backwards, or am I remembering the lore wrong...
1 hour ago, Scarlet Shocker said:I was being slightly facetious in my original post (genuinely only a little) and I do recall something about the Rikti being the original developers of the mediporters.
Yep, the Rikti were first. From the wiki article:
QuoteThe MediCom Network is derived from technology developed by Portal Corporation researchers[1] following the Rikti War. Based on Rikti technology,[2] the medi-porter is a small portable device that can be applied as a patch onto a person's body which communicates with MediCom nodes spread throughout the City.
Operating word is "derived", I think. That suggest that though we got something up and running, the Rikti's devices are still more advanced. Who knows what that means, however. Long before this thread, I'd always assumed the reason for seemingly endless hordes is that the Rikti, like us, pull their troops at point of collapse and give them a complete recharge spurring them into the battle again. The also wear power suits which may serve as life protection units not unlike a certain red-clad war lord in a very cheezy, often-referenced video-game movie.
1 hour ago, Scarlet Shocker said:So let's assume this scenario for a moment: Rikti are stranded in their mothership, and related underground tunnel complex. Heroes decide to take them down a peg or two and bomb the crap out of their ship, beat the hell out of their crew and teach them a lesson.
In Game Lore is that a single event or is it truly a repeated thing? If it's the former, why isn't it repeated since Heroes seemed to get the wood over the Rikti. If it's the latter why not go inside the ship and ensure Rikti no longer present a threat to Earth and Humans. Earth is for humans after all, billboards tell us that. This seems like yet another of the loose ends in the game that requires further development. And if the Rikti mediporter tech is so good, why haven't they made greater incursions outside of their existing confines?
Why not go inside the ship? Because as much as they've advanced into the ship each effort, humans have yet to figure out how to get the shield/boarding repulsion system completely disabled. Redundancies kick in and repulse them each time. If Vanguard ever figures out how to get out of the "bowl" and past the access points deeper into the ship, theoretically, humanity should be able to neutralize the threat, but then, no one knows what waits below. It could be a single greater defense, or perhaps a series of defenses each as tough as all the others. And remember, heroes barely won the war. If not for the success of the strike team disabling the dimensional portal, the ending would have been very different.
I'd also note that Rikti are trickling through a lesser dimensional rift, the same one that brought the Honoree through, if I recall correctly, so that's more reinforcements, though not the horde as before. Still, its enough to keep Vanguard and its allies, still rebuilding super-powered numbers years after the war, from getting the upper hand.
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On 4/26/2024 at 4:32 AM, Trike said:
Speaking of Norman Rockwell style, here’s a sampling of some I had Bing make using that prompt:
Bing engineers must have made some adjustments to the A.I. I've not noticed any extra or distorted figures in your pictures of late.
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Sometimes keeping an archive of experimental costumes helps. Frustrated in trying to come up with a look for my new Mind Control/Psionic Assault dominator, I dove back into my saved old creative experiments, pulled out a spectrum one, and started tossing a little of this and a bit of that together like a Sicilian grandmother cooking. The results caught my fancy. The chains are a visual representation of his ability to bind. The fishbowl helmet, well, I just liked it, though in after thought the look might have been subconsciously influenced a little by Mysterio.
P.S. - We really could use the Malaise pattern in the boots category.
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Just a reminder, this thread is for pet names. There's another thread for character names.
Carry on! 😊
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After running the Penny Yin TF, the TF of the week, many times over 6 days, I can see a need to either relocate the "disembark" spot from the helicopter on the ship in the final two missions, or add a feature that allows for getting past the exceptionally crowded conditions, at times.
I've had multiple times where two or more teams are trying to disembark in the same area, and since our avatars cannot be passed through, those coming out of a mission are stuck until those blocking the entrance move. While it would seem common sense to clear the door quickly, I've run into several who are finishing the TF who just stand in the door doing who knows what. And don't forget this spot accomodates not one but two missions. I had one occasion, and based on the crowd I suspect there were 3 teams occupying the space, where I could not exit for an extended period of time and I still had to take the flight agent to get to the final mission.
Assuming the feature that allows a team to reappear is an invisible, flat layer of some kind, I'd suggest moving it to just outside the helicopter, or to allow the characters some sort of pass-through feature so they can clear the helicopter even if others are blocking it.
This might be looked at as well for other popular points of exit, such as the first helicopter on PYTF, though I find less delay there, probably because there's only one mission using it.
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Honestly not sure what to make of this one, but I'll probably give it a go. There's a lot more comedy in it than any Transformers product I've seen before. I'm not used to hearing the different voices, especially Optimus Prime (or rather Orion Pax), who is always associated with Peter Cullen to me. I'm surprised they didn't acquire Respeecher and a contract with Cullen to maintain the sound of his voice into the distant future. But I suppose if you're going to break with all the old voices, staffing the new cast with 50% MCU alumni helps.
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14 hours ago, InvaderStych said:
Got caught up yesterday, #6 and #7 were very well done.
Am I the only one who found great satisfaction watching Rogue go ... er, um, rogue?
😉 After the way the Fox movies did her so dirty, it's fantastic to see the character done properly.
At the risk of having my Nerd Card revoked:
As to Morph, I has a theory: His ability to mimic powers might be limited to physical abilities, which is why he's not simply pulling the Xavier/Jean card every time. No, it doesn't quite make sense if he's getting them by twisting his DNA, but a little bit of writer's fiat may be involved to keep him from simply being a plot spoiler every time. Even if he could copy Jean's powers, I suspect he'd only get Basic Jean - weren't Phoenix/Dark Phoenix Jean boosted by outside forces? Yes, I know that question is more call to pull my Nerd Card. 😛
I'll answer your hidden contents:
SpoilerTo be fair to the Fox movies (I didn't see the Apocalypse nor Phoenix movies), Rogue is portrayed how she was before she permanently absorbed Carol Danvers powers. Carol Danvers, as in Ms Marvel, roughly the Marvel Comics female equivalent of Supergirl. That was a huge upgrade for Rogue, so her animation portrayal is after the fact. I think I recall them showing a flashback in the 1990s version of the animation, but its been decades since I watched that show, and I might be wrong on details.
You need not have your Nerd Card revoked. There's a host of us who had no idea who Bastion, "the guy pulling the strings" is. I've seen many reaction videos now where people are pondering who he is. In my case, he appeared in the comics after I stopped collecting, and I had no idea until I saw the name "Bastion" in the closed captioning. I'm pretty sure this character is the reason our resident android, Citadel, is named such today. When the game first started, he was named Bastion, and with Marvel's synthetic being existing 8 years in publication before City of Heroes was released, I can see why they'd want a synthetic being with the same name to be changed. From what I gather, and this is a spoiler, Bastion came into being through a fusion of a Mastermold and a Nimrod class Sentinel, though I'm unclear if it was in the future or the present. Probably the former.
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Yeah, I bolted over there, and it does look like it might have been put in at the same time as the Mot plaque. The use of dates and lengthy descriptions seems part of the style of these new ones, and this one has a "tell" in that it lists 2013, the year of the game shutdown. There's another plaque of this bunch, I believe, just north of Synapse in Skyway, the mayor's "moment of thanks" plaque. I'm sure there's more, I've just not run into them yet. Good find, though!
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I don't recall that either, and will go look at it. That's not something recently added at the same time that they added some other plaques around the city like the one in Talos facing the Dark Astoria entrance and describing the Mot attack, is it?
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The next character I sent to collect time capsules got an Echo of Positron, so it seems you're correct.