Haijinx Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 47 minutes ago, PoptartsNinja said: Elaborate? All they do is make troll threads ... TBOD troll threads .. Probably like this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twozerofoxtrot Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Tbf tho, this would make for excellent copypasta.👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougGraves Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 This is a fairly common thought that many ex-MMO players I know have had. The game starts to consume their lives. I play CoH because I tire of it after an hour or two of playing (especially if that two hours is a Synapse TF). But I don't play Civ 5 because that game I can start to play and look up to discover it is 3 days later. And I have a certain sympathy for this post because when I quit Asheron's Call 20+ years ago I made a similar forum post of the Choose Life rant at the end of Trainspotters, 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momentarygrace Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 For me it's books, fiction specifically. I start reading and I seriously can't put something down (if it's good), to sleep, work, etc. Eventually I went to work at a neighborhood library branch - great for getting the books I wanted to read without having to pay for them, terrible for being distracted so much of the time it was stupid. So I stopped reading books. I know. But I had to. Now I read on the internet, fanfiction sometimes, and I have to be careful there too. I stay up reading half or more of the night when I have work the next day. I work at home on my computer and while I am conscientious , I have to be careful not to read or I'm gone. It's addictive behavior, I recognize it, I know, for me, where it comes from so I have to take it seriously. CoH does not affect me *quite* the same way, I can stop when I get tired, I can take breaks for days, if I'm busy with important RL stuff, longer. But when they closed Live, I was depressed for years not to have my vacation location available, and believing it was gone forever. Having it back just relaxes me as a fact of it's existence. So no, we don't all have to leave this too-good game, but each to his own necessity. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go0gleplex Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Right there with ya on the books and fanfic stuff Momentary...though being currently unemployed not a lot of reason to be up at a certain time the next day presently. *sigh* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High_Beam Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 The Malibu is idling at the intersection. 1 Girls of Nukem High - Excelsior - Tempus Fabulous, Flattery, Jennifer Chilly, Betty Beatdown, Totally Cali, Two Gun Trixie Babes of War - Excelsior - Di Di Guns, Runeslinger, Munitions Mistress, Tideway, Hard Melody, Blue Aria Several alts and of course my original from live on Freedom, High Beam Prime (someone else has her non OG name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oubliette_Red Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 3 hours ago, twozerofoxtrot said: Tbf tho, this would make for excellent copypasta.👌 But does it rise to the level of Unique Dragon? 1 Dislike certain sounds? Silence/Modify specific sounds. Looking for modified whole powerset sfx? Check out Michiyo's modder or Solerverse's thread. Got a punny character? You should share it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic_Flea Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Been there, done that, messed aroundI'm having fun, don't put me downI'll never let you sweep me off my feet I won't let you in againThe messages I've tried to sendMy information's just not going in I'm burning bridges shore to shoreI break away from something moreI'm not turned on to love until it's cheap Been there, done that messed aroundI'm having fun, don't put me downI'll never let you sweep me off my feet This time, baby, I'll be bulletproofThis time, baby, I'll be bulletproof 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Shocker Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Unique Dragon said it better 18 years ago 1 There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator but only a fraction of people understand that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saiyajinzoningen Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 @temnix Yes there are other games some MAY even be better than coh but regardless most humans choose a single game like football or baseball or street fighter or call of duty or chess golf or BMXing (is bmx a verb now?) or magic the gathering/Yu-gi-oh/pokemon We know other games exist but we always come back home Its never too late to make a different choice or learn a new game but wherever you go, whatever you do we'll be right here waiting for you 🎸 Its easy to criticize a suggestion but can you suggest an alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovera Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I mean, I can feel it. I originally started playing in I6. Game was good, I had fun, the RP community was lovely. I really got into it. Eventually got bored and went to play Champions Online for a bit, eventually paid for one month in CoH and ended only playing half an hour of the month at seeing the old graphics compared to the hotness that was CO (they had fingers! That flexed! ...we have mittens with lines to suggest fingers). Queue Homecoming coming out. Enthusiastic return, all previous poo poo ing about graphics ignored. Go DEEP into it, sometimes wake up early to play (I tend to wake at around 6-7 and then turn over and keep sleeping but I'd start 'but I could be leveling something!' and more than once got up and booted up the computer). Took about a year to wean myself off and mostly because I tested all the possible combos (my infamous Fire Armor thread a part of it). - Simple guide for newcomers. - Money making included among other things. - Tanker Fire Armor: the Turtle, the Allrounder, the Dragon, and compilation of Fire Armor builds. - Tanker Stone Armor: beginner friendly (near) immortal Tanker for leveling/end-game and Stone Armor framework. - Brute Rad/Stone and compilation of Brute Stone Armor builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabola Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 My CoH addiction doesn't worry me too much. My Mids addiction though? Terrifying... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtjunkie Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 17 hours ago, DougGraves said: But I don't play Civ 5 because that game I can start to play and look up to discover it is 3 days later. Quoted for truth. JUST ONE MORE TURN! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cronus Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 21 hours ago, Yomo Kimyata said: Damn it, you got in there first! You already has all the stuffz I want to haz stuffz too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player2 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 "We all need to leave this game. It's too good." Sure... and we all need to stop breathing because oxygen is too good. And stop eating bacon because it's too good. And stop stopping because stop stopping it, stopper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbiter Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 19 minutes ago, Player2 said: "We all need to leave this game. It's too good." Sure... and we all need to stop breathing because oxygen is too good. And stop eating bacon because it's too good. And stop stopping because stop stopping it, stopper. Hold up a second. Before we rule on bacon we must decide what "bacon" is. There are Brits AND Canadians around. Torchbearer Discount Heroes SG: Frostbiter - Ice/Ice Blaster Throneblade - Broadsword/Dark Armor Brute Silver Mantra - Martial Arts/Electric Armor Scrapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchantica Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/14/2024 at 12:53 PM, temnix said: There are so many multiplayer online games old and new that I detest from the first sight, that are stupid, repetitive, unoriginal, irrelevant in all events, and because of that they are not dangerous. But a great deal of talent was poured into City of Heroes those 15-20 years ago, and that is what makes it too appealing to this day. The strongest asset of this game is its city. Paragon City and its suburbs, the Rogue Isles, are a vision of what a real city could be, to some extent what a real city was. Never mind Shards, floating isles in the sky and Pocket D that tries too hard to be cool. Any team can create otherworldly places. But a believable city that is a pleasure to be in (even without dogs, cats, pigeons, children and old folks) is a real charm. Plus there was Praetoria, and it is also glorious. It had its own style as well: except on posters with Cole the designers resisted the temptation to make it Art Deco, a natural choice for its theme that Bioshock adopted, for instance. They gave it a unique look, and it is still a pleasure to hover over it and look at the line where the distant woods meet the sandy shores beyond the river. And it is because of all these virtues that the game is a honeypot. It sucks away our time. We need to quit it. Not collectively, but everyone needs to make the decision for himself. I'm making this decision, because I'm dreaming away what is left of my life. Now I'm not being coy here or talking for the sake of talking. There are moments of painful awakening when after a very charming time in CoH one runs into some real, true art in life. A dark kind of art or a light kind. Unfamiliar or well-forgotten. Either one is like a jolt. Just now I accidentally noticed Chris Rea's 1989 clip for "The Road to Hell" on a music video service and watched it, and remembered the song. A real city? "And a perverted fear of violence chokes the smile on every face..." For the other kind I had watched "Party Girl" from 1995, with Parker Posey, the day before, and boy, I never stopped smiling. The music is wonderful, she is so beautiful, and even in the opening credits the camera crawls up the stairs past all these weird, wonderful, goofy ravers standing about, talking, transvestites, weed getting smoked, DJs, and the funky tune is climbing all the way through too. And when you see something so genuine and smart and talented you earn to party yourself like that and be with all these people and make independent movies and have fun while you can. So it is reality checks from both sides - the lonesome truth of things and love, ambition, wanting to meet the world. And I am not coming back to CoH to move my tanker around and click on the same three power buttons and then come around these boards and talk about balance or brainstorm for some new clever features any longer. This is all a surrogate. It's a honeypot. Let's give applause where it is due - but then, applause was given those 20 years ago, and get out of here. We will find something to do. Well so I suppose then, we wont see you again. If you found something better to, do then do it. I for one am so glad CoH is back. I played from issue one till the last day. I am back again with the game, city and people I love. This is the greatest game ever made(or will be made) due to the community and spirit here! The devs have created a game ahead of its time and honestly at least in spirit no game has EVER caught up! This game has captured something intangible that all games strive for but none have ever achieved to the extent this game has!....cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchantica Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 20 hours ago, momentarygrace said: For me it's books, fiction specifically. I start reading and I seriously can't put something down (if it's good), to sleep, work, etc. Eventually I went to work at a neighborhood library branch - great for getting the books I wanted to read without having to pay for them, terrible for being distracted so much of the time it was stupid. So I stopped reading books. I know. But I had to. Now I read on the internet, fanfiction sometimes, and I have to be careful there too. I stay up reading half or more of the night when I have work the next day. I work at home on my computer and while I am conscientious , I have to be careful not to read or I'm gone. It's addictive behavior, I recognize it, I know, for me, where it comes from so I have to take it seriously. CoH does not affect me *quite* the same way, I can stop when I get tired, I can take breaks for days, if I'm busy with important RL stuff, longer. But when they closed Live, I was depressed for years not to have my vacation location available, and believing it was gone forever. Having it back just relaxes me as a fact of it's existence. So no, we don't all have to leave this too-good game, but each to his own necessity. That just said it all... cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminara Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 31 minutes ago, Frostbiter said: Hold up a second. Before we rule on bacon we must decide what "bacon" is. There are Brits AND Canadians around. Those are long pork, not bacon. 1 1 Get busy living... or get busy dying. That's goddamn right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeregrineFalcon Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 53 minutes ago, Player2 said: Sure... and we all need to stop breathing because oxygen is too good. And stop eating bacon because it's too good. Ok, I'm willing to compromise on oxygen, but stop eating bacon?!?! Thems fightin words!!! Being constantly offended doesn't mean you're right, it means you're too narcissistic to tolerate opinions different than your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarseedWarrior Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/14/2024 at 12:53 PM, temnix said: There are so many multiplayer online games old and new that I detest from the first sight, that are stupid, repetitive, unoriginal, irrelevant in all events, and because of that they are not dangerous. But a great deal of talent was poured into City of Heroes those 15-20 years ago, and that is what makes it too appealing to this day. The strongest asset of this game is its city. Paragon City and its suburbs, the Rogue Isles, are a vision of what a real city could be, to some extent what a real city was. Never mind Shards, floating isles in the sky and Pocket D that tries too hard to be cool. Any team can create otherworldly places. But a believable city that is a pleasure to be in (even without dogs, cats, pigeons, children and old folks) is a real charm. Plus there was Praetoria, and it is also glorious. It had its own style as well: except on posters with Cole the designers resisted the temptation to make it Art Deco, a natural choice for its theme that Bioshock adopted, for instance. They gave it a unique look, and it is still a pleasure to hover over it and look at the line where the distant woods meet the sandy shores beyond the river. And it is because of all these virtues that the game is a honeypot. It sucks away our time. We need to quit it. Not collectively, but everyone needs to make the decision for himself. I'm making this decision, because I'm dreaming away what is left of my life. Now I'm not being coy here or talking for the sake of talking. There are moments of painful awakening when after a very charming time in CoH one runs into some real, true art in life. A dark kind of art or a light kind. Unfamiliar or well-forgotten. Either one is like a jolt. Just now I accidentally noticed Chris Rea's 1989 clip for "The Road to Hell" on a music video service and watched it, and remembered the song. A real city? "And a perverted fear of violence chokes the smile on every face..." For the other kind I had watched "Party Girl" from 1995, with Parker Posey, the day before, and boy, I never stopped smiling. The music is wonderful, she is so beautiful, and even in the opening credits the camera crawls up the stairs past all these weird, wonderful, goofy ravers standing about, talking, transvestites, weed getting smoked, DJs, and the funky tune is climbing all the way through too. And when you see something so genuine and smart and talented you earn to party yourself like that and be with all these people and make independent movies and have fun while you can. So it is reality checks from both sides - the lonesome truth of things and love, ambition, wanting to meet the world. And I am not coming back to CoH to move my tanker around and click on the same three power buttons and then come around these boards and talk about balance or brainstorm for some new clever features any longer. This is all a surrogate. It's a honeypot. Let's give applause where it is due - but then, applause was given those 20 years ago, and get out of here. We will find something to do. There are many amazing things that are just flat out better compared to many modern and even other old school mmos in city of heroes, no micros and a full fledged true team based mmorpg are my 2 most important when it comes to an mmorpg if I am going to spend time playing one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeraphimKensai Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 2 hours ago, PeregrineFalcon said: Ok, I'm willing to compromise on oxygen, but stop eating bacon?!?! Thems fightin words!!! I fully agree. My doctor prescribed me a diet with copious amounts of bacon. Best doc ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player2 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 4 hours ago, Frostbiter said: Hold up a second. Before we rule on bacon we must decide what "bacon" is. There are Brits AND Canadians around. There is only one correct definition of bacon, and they are wrong. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorDitko Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 5 hours ago, Player2 said: oxygen is too good The Science Museum I worked at got some emergency oxygen stations in case of visitor distress. Our training in their use began with the trainer declaring with theatrical emphasis: "Oxygen... is a DRUG!" Some smartass immediately piped up with "Addictive on the first hit, too!" I've been through CoH withdrawal, back in 2012. I was clean for ~8 years. Didn't like it. 2 1 1 1 Disclaimer: Not a medical doctor. Do not take medical advice from Doctor Ditko. Also, not a physicist. Do not take advice on consensus reality from Doctor Ditko. But games? He used to pay his bills with games. (He's recovering well, thanks for asking!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoneyMaker Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 9 hours ago, Player2 said: And stop eating bacon because it's too good. That's crazy talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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