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  Speaking of TFs...
Posted by: Render - 02-19-2008, 08:36 AM - Forum: The Legendary - Replies (16)

Does anybody want to do Positron's TF? Or not really -want- to, but want the Task Force Commander accolade? Feeling masochistic enough to brave the Shadow
Shard TFs?

I ask because Badb has the Summon Teammates temp power (for two days of in-game time) and it'll be a while before I get the Veteran Reward, and I hate to
waste the chance to stealth the hard missions at the beginning of Posi, or use it to speed up Shard travel... and because I've been toying with the idea of
trying to start a regular (or irregular) Task Force / Trial night. This would happen next week or later if it does, so as not to conflict with the Statesman TF
run.

Thoughts? Is a Task Force Night a good idea? Are there other TFs/Trials that would benefit from this temp power in the hands of a stealthy character?

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  For Ankhani: Fury Character Concept
Posted by: Acyl - 02-19-2008, 08:01 AM - Forum: The Legendary - Replies (2)

Mainly for Ankhani's attention, though if she hasn't made a firm decision yet, I'm sure folks
are welcome to chip in... earlier today, Ankh was thinking about making a SS/Elec brute, with the concept that the Circle screwed up some sort of summoning or
binding ritual and pulled in a Fury instead.

(I did note at the time that the Furies already have an interpretation in CoH canon, the Three Sisters, but eh.)

Costume-wise she didn't have any definite ideas, though. I suggested some kind of fanciful warrior aesthetic, partially armoured - this is kinda what I
meant. Probably not my best designs because I'm tired as hell and need sleep, in fact probably crappy designs, but, eh, general idea ya know?

[Image: furyconcept.jpg]

Yeah, okie. That's it. I'm done. z_z *hops to bed*

-- Acyl

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  Is it a bird, is it a plane?
Posted by: Acyl - 02-18-2008, 05:28 PM - Forum: General DW Chatter - Replies (5)

This is...a totally odd idea, but I haven't been able to shake it from my brain for a while now.

I'm not sure what circumstances would lead to this, but bear with me for the moment. Let's say, hypothetically, for whatever story reason... Doug needs
to make a dogs-of-hell-are-nibbling-at-my-ankles the-world-is-at-stake blistering race across the planet or something. Across an ocean, across a continent, I
don't know.

But with constraints. Possibly he's got to stay within high atmosphere. Possibly follow a certain path. I dunno. But some mad desperate-as-heck dash across
an aerial route.

Would he be able to set up a playlist for that? A series of flight power songs, following one after another? I'm a Pioneer chaining into
Queen's Don't Stop Me Now, followed by...I dunno, Elton John's Rocket Man, R.Kelly's I Believe I Can Fly...

How smoothly do power songs transition, once one stops playing and the other picks up? Will there be a second or two of bumpy turbulance or even
freefall between songs?

Will his metagift kick him in the teeth for attempting a stunt like this?

'cause I'm thinking, whatever the limitations, it could be a really good sequence for a Stagger at least...

-- Acyl

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  [rough draft] Astroball
Posted by: robkelk - 02-18-2008, 06:33 AM - Forum: Fenspace - Replies (14)

Since Comrade Fnord asked about it...
This is very much a work-in-progress.



[size=larger]Astroball[/size]

The object of Astroball is to score points by putting a one-meter ball into an opposing team's goal zone. One point is scored every time a player does this.

Rules

The game is played in a three-dimensional "field" one kilometer long and one-quarter kilometer wide and high. Thirty-five obstacles are allowed to drift randomly within the field (any that reach an edge of the field "bounce" back into the field). Five-meter-diameter goals are positioned in the centre "wall" of each long end of the field. One referee is present on the field, in a distinctive one-person ship.

Teams are made up of five players, each in a separate one-seat vehicle. At the beginning of a half, or after a goal is socred, the players are arrayed in three lines on their half of the field. The line nearest the center of the field is made up of the forward and the flanker, who are expected but not required to play offensively. The second line is made up of the blocker and the fielder, who are expected but not required to play defensively and pass the ball to the forward or flanker. The third line is the goalie (who is not required to tend the goal).

Making contact with an obstacle or the referee's ship is forbidden, and results in a five-minute penalty for a first offence or expulsion from the game for a second offence. Making contact with an opposing player's ship is permitted.

The ball is manipulated with a ship's "grav-grab", a short-range gravity-effect device similar to (but weaker than) those used in the towing industry. Holding the ball for more than fifteen seconds is forbidden, and results in a two-minute penalty. Reversing the polarity of the grav-grab to throw the ball against an obstacle or the referee's ship and bounce it back to the same player is permitted, as is passing the ball to a teammate.

Games take place over 40 minutes, played in two 20-minute halves. The clock does not run when a penalty is being assessed or when the ball is being retrieved from a goal.

Venues

Both Starbase 1 and Stellvia maintain official Astroball stadiums. Stellvia's is the first Astroball venue ever constructed, and is open to anyone who wants to use it. (Reservations are strongly encouraged.) The Trekkies use theirs for Academy pilot training.

It doesn't take much to set up an Astroball field - just a few dozen obstacles, two goal zones, and some field boundary markers. This means any group with a couple of hundred credits to spare can set up a place to play the game.

Pickup games of Astroball have been known to take place in Saturn's rings, using the ice boulders as obstacles. The Fireflies still train there on a regular basis.

Astroball League

The Astroball League was founded in 2011 in an effort to get the game recognized as a Fennish-Olympic sport.

Match Play

The official Astroball season takes place in late-July and August, between baseball's All-Star Game and the North American Labor Day. The season is played round-robin style, with every team playing every other team once.

The two best teams at the end of the season compete for the Machida Cup (1) the week after Labor Day.

(Footnote 1: Apparently, Yayoi Fujisawa insisted on that name for the trophy. Nobody's sure why, since she's never so much as visited Tokyo.)

Off-Season

The rest of the year, a team will get together whenever convenient (or possible, in some cases) for training - honing piloting skills, developing new plays, coaching new players, and tightening up the team's timing.

Occasionally two teams will be able to play exhibition games during the off-season.

League Teams

As yet, there are no professional Astroball teams, because nobody has the resources to devote to a full-time team. These are recognized "semi-pro" teams, which have taken part in match play since the Astroball League was founded in 2011.

The "Original Four"

There were only four Astroball teams in 2011. All four still play today, and are recognized as the best teams in the League.

L5 All-Stations
League champions in 2011
Team colors: orange and white
This is a mixed group from all the Earth-Luna L5 stations; no one habitat has the manpower to field a team on its own. Two players have been on the team since its creation: forward Cal Calrissian (from New Yavin) and flanker Yayoi Fujisawa (from Stellvia).
The team is funded by Stellvia.

Air Force Fighting Wings
League champions in 2012
Team colors: blue and silver
Based out of the Benjamin Franklin and backed by the TSAB, the Fighting Wings are perhaps the most visible 'Dane group in Fenspace. Their truly professional piloting skills and habits (their forward and flanker are wingmen to each other, unlike most teams) are offset by the experimental equipment they are required to use by their superior officers. Their support crew has yet to develop a working hardtech drive or grav-grab, but that doesn't stop them from using Astroball games as test venues.

Academy Cadets
League champions in 2013
Team colors: gold and blue
Backed by the Trekkies, the Cadets are a college team, based out of Starfleet Academy on Starbase 1. They are the only team to individually name their ships; they use shuttlecraft names from the various incarnations of Star Trek. (This keeps feuds over which Trekkies get to use "the good names" to a minimum; they're reserved for official use.)

Crystal Kyoto Knights
Team colors: silver and "rainbow" (there were too many arguments about which Sailor Senshi's color to use for the ships' highlights before they decided to use them all)
The Knights are funded by the Senshi and based out of Crystal Kyoto. They were originally an all-male team, but became co-ed in 2012.

Newcomers

Fireflies
Team colors: brown and gray
The Fireflies are based out of Serenity Valley, Ganymede, and are an even mix of Browncoats and Juvies. They joined the Astroball League in 2012.

(need a team here)
Team colors: ? and ?
(backers, home field, team quirks)
They joined the Astroball League in 2012.

(need a team here)
Team colors: ? and ?
(backers, home field, team quirks)
They joined the Astroball League in 2012.

(need a team here)
Team colors: ? and ?
(backers, home field, team quirks)
They joined the Astroball League in 2012.

SOS-dan
Team colors: green and blue, with red lettering
The SOS-dan played in 2012 only. They had a disasterous first half-season, but the mid-season replacement of flanker Mikuru Asahina with Winry Rockbell at least salvaged the team's dignity.
As the name implies, they were backed by the SOS-dan.

(if anyone joined the League in 2013, they get listed here - same format as above)

Sidebar: What about the Wizards?

Hogwarts doesn't field an Astroball team; they're too busy playing quidditch.

Sidebar: Kay and Yuri

The best-known Astroball announcers are Kay and Yuri Lischinsky, based out of Starbase 1. They usually cover Martian weather and Trekkie sports for the Federation News Service, but during the Astroball season, they put that aside and provide live color commentary for every game.

They're the sport's biggest fans, bar none. Kay and Yuri even capped off the 2012 season by getting married in the Starbase 1 Astroball stadium!


So, what are the other Fennish sports like?

 
 
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

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  Batman -- Anime!
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 02-17-2008, 09:25 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (12)

Well, not strictly speaking. But coming out on DVD this summer will be a special DC project -- six anime directors will be doing their takes on Batman, overseen by Bruce Timm and other folks who've generally done well in managing the animated side of the DC Universe.

sneak preview here.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

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  I Can't believe this is still up.
Posted by: Foxboy - 02-17-2008, 08:31 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (1)

A "website" I tried to put together a long time ago... The worst part
is I've forgotten my passwords to upload things, so even if I create new content for it... I can't post it.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

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  Lot's of new 50s -- anybody up for STF?
Posted by: Logan Darklighter - 02-17-2008, 03:18 AM - Forum: The Legendary - Replies (42)

We've had a whole bunch of people hit 50 recently.

Anybody want to schedule a Statesman's Task Force for those who haven't done it yet? ^_^

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  Morgan hits 50
Posted by: His Lovely Wife - 02-17-2008, 01:41 AM - Forum: The Legendary - Replies (5)

! Morgan hit 50 today.

I would like to send huge thank yous to everyone who teamed with me this week to get him there. Especially, WireGeek - as Pooky and Mag; Wire's friends
Vyperpunk and Genau'Goeg; Acyl as Space Mage and Obsolete; Ankhani as Amberlee; Horned Dragon as Stephnie Jenova and Rev as Jackie, and the woman Morgan
would be no where without, the beautiful Bella Fuego.

Thanks again to everyone, I'll be on to help the next person hit 50.

Group Hugs! -Cindy

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  [Note] Convention Thread extraction
Posted by: Cobalt Greywalker - 02-16-2008, 11:39 PM - Forum: Fenspace - Replies (6)

I either got bored, or went insane, because I've gone and Cut&Paste'd the Convention Thread to a Word 2k3 doc. No reformatting, just Posters and
Titles (where applicable).

Anybody want a copy? 'Cause I ain't going to Wiki it and edit to coherency (not that it needs much, but it does need some). If you do, please make sure
a valid email address is in the Contacts thread.

You have 24 hours from this post to request a copy. For information purposes the file ended up 335K and 59 pages.

Ta Ta,

Cobalt (Who can't can't claim being drunk for this, no matter how much I wish...)

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  GenCon files for Chapter 11
Posted by: robkelk - 02-16-2008, 06:28 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (3)

http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/dorkt ... ing&id=532]Press Release on John Kovalic's site.

Looks like they overextended themselves, and are paying the price...

 
 
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

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