I'm sure we can find reasons to yell at each other on this one...
Also, while I was doing a google search, it gave me this...

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Ontario Now Seattle parent 'vindicated' by Supreme Court school ruling - 11 hours ago
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Growing impatient with the slow pace of the American Shonen Jump, I downloaded and read through the entire scanslated series to date.
One thought trumps all my other reactions: The Kyuubi is the only manga character I've ever seen who has the Power Kirby.
--Sam
"I'm taking off the kid gloves, and putting on the very mad gloves."

As I was attempting to set up some skits involving my mastermind, her robots, and a (unfortunately imaginary) block of Muenster cheese, it occurred to me that I was wasting a lot of time.
Writing the script? Easy! (Possibly not funny, but easy). Getting it into CoH? Er.. not so much.
I got to thinking. As anyone can attest, this is a bad thing. After a bit of doodling on scrap paper, I realized that a utility could be written that does not (as far as I can tell) violate the EULA, but which automates much of the headache in creating bind chains, and would allow you to create virtually unlimited chains. You can do that already, of course, but that takes work, and it's easy for me at least to mess up.
My thought is a simple app that maintains 'scripts' for your characters. A script is nothing more than a series of slash commands -- talking, using powers, whatever you can currently do by typing it in the window -- laid out in organized fashion. For example:
1: powexec_name recall friend$$local Minion, don't try to run from me!2: petsay minion "em batsmashreact"
In game, these two commands would, via bind chains, use only one key. Press it the first time, you Recall Friend on your targeted minion and say "Minion, don't try to run from me!". Click where you want the poor sap to appear, then hit the key again, and this time your poor underling cowers in fear as he magically appears where you clicked.
(Okay, lame example, but you get my point.)
All the housekeeping of setting up the files needed to make bind chains work would be done by the utility. Select a character, select a 'script', and presto! you're set as far as CoH is concerned. (Okay, so, you need to 'set up' CoH to point at the first file in the set, but a copy-and-paste line could be provided for that).
It may be that my Google-fu is weak, but I haven't found any mention of such an app yet. Is this something worth pursuing? I don't mean from a financial standpoint, obviously. Would anyone besides my admittedly-geeky self find use for such a beast?
(For the record: yes, I could build such a thing, and may do so regardless of what anyone here says, but I'm wondering if anyone else would get enjoyment out of it )

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

Kon Kon Kokon is a new arrival on American Shores by Koge Donbo, best know for DiGi Charat and Kamichama Karin. It is a romantic comedy in a similar vein to Aa! Megami-sama!
Ren Hinonishi, ace student and closet Japanese Mythology otaku just wants to be popular and cool in the suburban scholl he transfered to out of the mountains. He is desperately trying to impress the girl he has a crush on, Himeka.
He and his best friend, Himeka's cousin Kazune just got perfect scores on a recent test, when a strange Miko (the eponymous Kokon) bursts into the classroom and declares to Ren, "I've come to repay you!"
Ren later discovers that Kokon is a kyuubi kitsune (hence my interest ^^) that he had encountered unkowingly back home in the mountains. Hijinks and other mythological critters begin to show up. Sadly, Ren is trying to rein in his otakudom to be "cool" for Himeka...
Really cute character designs, as expected of Koge-Donbo.
Published by Broccoli Books link
Catalog number BBKKON01
ISBN-13: 978-1-5974-1065-6
ISBN-10: 1-59741-065-9
US cover Price $9.99
Rated E (Everyone)
''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

Looks like we're taking advantage of the move of "cranky" to Politics to try and hammer out the "What's the real deal about Haruhi anyway?" question - since it seems that setting up the flame-shielding might be appropriate, and it looks like there are some increasingly ugly cracks in the "CADU" philosophy. Those who wish to weigh in should probably wander on over and weigh in. Those who wish to avoid the potential unpleasantness - well, we'll try to come back with an answer everyone can live with.

Disturbingly well made fluff coming out of 4chan's /tg/ boards:
www.ikwiki.com/Vril_World_War_II

I'm suffering from near-terminal altitis. I have, at last count, um... 22 characters across four servers. Most of them are below level 10, most will probably get very little lovin' from yours truly.
Problem is, I can't seem to find one that I don't enjoy playing. Arrgh!

So. Should I continue to spread myself thin? Or, should I pick one or two and focus, focus, focus!
I guess my question could be re-worded as: is there REALLY that much entertaining stuff in the higher levels that I should try to get there quickly, or am I okay taking my time?
Thanks for the input, folks!

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

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Here's my playlist for getting into a Fenspace frame of mind. What's yours?

Space Truckin', Deep Purple - "OP theme"
.strange, Son of Rust - (note prefix dot) biomod theme
Fly (Walking in the Air), Nightwish - for the dream of flight
Eskimos and Egypt, Rammstein - really really fast cars song
The Extremist, Joe Satriani - no excuse is ever needed to include Guitar no Kamisama
The Final Countdown (2000 Remix), Europe - energetic space flight song
Future Girls, Smile.dk - futurist/fast cars song
Magic Carpet Ride, Steppenwolf - exploration song
Magic Dance, David Bowie - Handwavium theme
No Limit (RM Remix), 2 Unlimited - another exploration/'wave song
Sample In A Jar, Phish - for the all the 'wavers rolling their own
Ship of Fools, World Party - another one for the 'wavers rolling their own, and sometimes getting a crit fumble...
Speed King (US Album Version), Deep Purple - fast fast cars song, again, plus the repetition of "See me fly!"
Surfing with the Alien, Joe Satriani - Like I would leave this off?
Wierd Science, Oingo Boingo - another Handwavium theme
You Get to Burning (full length version), Martian Successor Nadesico soundtrack - Nadesico with its Gekiganger fixation is actually a pretty damn Fenspacey series to begin with, so it seemed apropos. If I had a copy of "She Blinded Me With Science" it probably would have displaced it, though.

- CDSERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
For the next 72 hours, Itachi intoned, I will slap you with this trout. - Spying no Jutsu, chapter 3
"In the futuristic taco bell of the year 20XX, justice wears an aluminum sombrero!"hemlock-martini
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

... mentioning I'm working on, in fits and starts? Well, one of the concepts from the beginning has been to have it PG-equivalent with a Triple X add-on pack... I'm not so sure this is a good idea any longer; I mean I'm not sure I've got the right mental attitude. I was working up a Pervert Pack erojutsu side quest, based on getting critter names that are varients on "bukakke" from the generator... I stated from the concept of "Tentacle monster bukkake/breeder fest" and ended at "Tentacled alien tribe's once-per 5yrs. fertility ritual, that the player is an UTTER HEEL if (s)he doesn't have a female character participate in." It's the literal opposite of mindless sex, a human character needed to take part so the natives don't have to use a juvenile pouch-bearer, who's still small enough it would cause brain damage as her pouch swelled with spawn; becoming the tribe's Mother-Priestess also has it's own advantages and a couple of follow-up quests for kick-ass rewards. That's... that's PLOT! ... and Role-Playing! So not the point of the Pervert Pack! Worse, it all plays out like something from National Geograpic, a cultural experience with side lessons in Boka'kai mythology and biology. Actual erojutsu would be relegated to the trials of eligibility before hand, rather than an villiage of tentacle-rape monsters to fight all at once. Okay, so there's random encounters in the surrounding area for that, but that's NOT THE POINT!
Um, actually, I've lost the point entirely. POINT! Heel, Point, come on Point... (whistles)
SERVO: Loook *deeeeply* into my eyes... Tell me, what do you see?
CROW: (hypnotized) A twisted man who wants to inflict his pain upon others.
For the next 72 hours, Itachi intoned, I will slap you with this trout. - Spying no Jutsu, chapter 3
"In the futuristic taco bell of the year 20XX, justice wears an aluminum sombrero!"hemlock-martini
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows