Well this was an interesting find -
Admittedly this is a story about WoW and not CoH, but given the penetration that the "Leeeeeeroy!" meme has achieved in the MMO world I think it's an appropriate link. Whether you want to read a big, six-page article about the Leeroy Jenkins phenomenon and the very normal dude behind the "legend," I suppose that's another question entirely . . .
The reporter actually went into the game to interview "Leeroy" himself. As well as, apparently, conducting a follow-up interview him at his home IRL later.
The money quote?
"Santa brings presents and happiness, while I bring death and mild irritation."
-Logan
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"Wake up! Time for SCIENCE!"
-Adam Savage
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Was reading Acyl's cool bit about the island. Also remembered Bob's 4 Corners and the Alaskan guy with the chunk of land refitted to take on asteroid mining.
Suddenly something hit me -
First a question. Both meta and technical.
How big a chunk of land can handwaved devices lift? Is there some sort of upper limit?
Let's cut to the chase here - could someone crazy enough and determined enough and with enough connections and patience lift an entire CITY off the planet?
I'm not seriously considering this as a story element. It was really just - It struck me that someone somewhere might think of that. In fact that it might be yet one more reason why governments are so paranoid about handwavium.
Basically - something of a mind experiment to consider. Follow the premise down to one of the more extreme conclusions.
Now - ramp up the paranoia even further, into the socio-religious aspect.
What if the city that rises up out of the gravity well -
- is Jerusalem?
-Logan
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"Wake up! Time for SCIENCE!"
-Adam Savage
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Hmmm. Kind of a warped thought for you--Doug jumping into 'virtual' worlds..that is, ending up in places like the Encom System (or the Kingdom Hearts variant. ;-) ), Mainframe, or the Matrix (on the *inside*, not out in the 'real world'). Come to think of it, Doug making comparisons between the two Hexes would be great by itself. ;-)

The fortunate ones
To be fast and free and young
I want to count myself among
The fortunate ones
We won't be denied
We know that time is on our side
We've got the passion and the pride
We won't be denied
* This generations
With fire in our eyes
Strong are the ties that bind us
We don't need no alibis
** Nothing's gonna stand in our way
Nothing's gonna stand in our way
Nothing's gonna stand in our way
Not tonight
We want it all
And tonight we got the call
We're running high but we won't fall
We want it all
We won't be denied
Like a breaker at high tide
We're gonna take this sweet joy ride
We won't be denied
Grew expectations
Moments in the sun
We've waited all our lives
And now we know our time has come
** Repeat
Nothing's gonna stand in our way
* Repeat
** Repeat

Hmmm. Immediate reaction to this one would be a 'Speed-Brick'--speed (flight maybe?) with high toughness/body transformation (being naked and silver *completely* optional ;-) )

Sometimes when your hopes have all been shattered
And there's nowhere to turn
You wonder how you keep going
Think of all the things that really mattered
And the chances you've earned
The fire in your heart is growing
You can fly, if you try leaving the past behind
Heaven only knows what you might find
Dare - dare to believe you can survive
You hold the future in your hand
Dare - dare to keep all of your dreams alive
It's time to take a stand
And you can win, if you dare
Everybody's trying to break your spirit
Keeping you down
Seems like it's been forever
But there's another voice if you'll just hear it
Saying it's the last round
Looks like it's now or never
Out of the darkness you stumble into the light
Fighting for the things you know are right
Dare - dare to believe you can survive
The power is there at your command
Dare - dare to keep all of your dreams alive
It's time to take a stand
And you can win, if you dare
Dare - dare to believe you can survive
You hold the future in your hand
Dare - dare to keep all of your dreams alive
The power is there at your command
Dare - dare to keep all your love alive
Dare to be all you can be
Dare - 'cause there is a place where dreams survive
And it's calling you on to victory

Not really quite sure what powers this one would have--my first reaction would be a combination of *multiple* purchases of Superluck and Daredevil (ala GURPS 4th), but on second glance I'm not sure if that quite fits...

Hmm. Surprised not to have seen any Transformers: The Movie songs here...three in particular come to mind, too.
You got the touch
You got the power
After all is said and done
You've never walked, you've never run,
You're a winner
You got the moves, you know the streets
Break the rules, take the heat
You're nobody's fool
You're at your best when when the goin' gets rough
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough
You got the touch
You got the power
When all hell's breakin' loose
You'll be riding the eye of the storm
You got the heart
You got the motion
You know that when things get too tough
You got the touch
You never bend, you never break
You seem to know just what it takes
You're a fighter
It's in the blood, it's in the will
It's in the mighty hands of steel
When you're standin' your ground
And you never get hit when your back's to the wall
Gonna fight to the end and you're takin' it all
You got the touch
You got the power
When all hell's breakin' loose
You'll be riding the eye of the storm
You got the heart
You got the motion
You know that when things get too tough
You got the touch
You're fightin' fire with fire
You know you got the touch
You're at your best when when the road gets rough
You've been put to the test, but it's never enough
You got the touch
You got the power
You got the touch
You got the power

My thought on what power it might give...basically it makes Doug go Super Seiyan--enhanced speed, strength, and defence, with an energy-based multipower projected from the hands (possibly with a Body of Metal--if not the whole body, the hands at least). But it'd have a major downside of being *severely* draining no matter how long the song is used, leaving Doug weak or unconcious afterwards--used as a back-against-the-wall last resort, but to be avoided otherwise.
Hmm. I'll post the second song in a separate post....but the third one, 'Instruments of Destruction' (in either the original, or the TF:tM forms--there's some lyric changes between the two, in particular swapping out the word 'seduction' for something more kiddy-friendly), I have the feeling would end up on the 'Do not use' listing. ;-)

This is...slightly off-topic for the boards. It should probably go to General, really - but it concerns a member (or members, depending on how you slice it) of the Legendary. And the content of this post is basically extracted from a rather lengthy discussion on our global channel.
I was asked to post this by Horned Dragon. If you're not aware, HD is a shared account (or collective). The players are JC, Mitch, and Steph.
A lot of you have already heard this, but for those who weren't online...

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[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: ECI*, Apoligies, tired, been comforting Steph most of the day, she's at her friends house now though.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Comforting? What happened? (If I'm not butting in where I shouldn't)
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Nah, not at all, we feel like you guys, and girls, are good friends of ours. Steph's boyfriend dumped her.
(...)
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Stupid reason too...from what we gathered, Boyfriend thought "Our relationship isn't 'passionite' enough, so I'm going to see other girls to find the 'passion' I need"....We'd like to hurt him actually, and we don't want to purposely hurt alot of people..
(...)
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Agreed, Valles...Steph was -crushed-, in all the time we've known her she has -never- cried. -NEVER-. and he broguht her to tears...
(...)
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Ah hell...He called Steph on her cellphone...She's non to happy...
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Excsue us a moment, we need to stop Steph from killing him.
(...)
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Alright, back...I don't we've ever met anyone as stupid as this guy...
(...)
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: I mean, honestly, who the hell does -that- to a girl, and then call back spourting stuff about wanting to make up, and make-up their relasinship...she went -ballastic- when he suggested that they could put a bit more 'passion' into it...Ugh...
[The Legendary] Acyl: Did he at least try to apologise?
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: No! He says it was -her- fault! -HE- wanted the apology!
[The Legendary] Render: Um, what?
[The Legendary] Glalev: this is the first time I hear about this guy and I already want to kick his ass

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[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: We plan to return the favor by makeing him female in certain areas...
[The Legendary] Acyl: Contrary to popular belief, removal of testacles alone isn't enough. You need to create a new orifice, and then reattach the appropriate, er, stimulation nerves to the new areas of tissue.
[The Legendary] NorthFlayme: O_O
[The Legendary] valles: ^_^
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: ...Acyl, why do you know this?
[The Legendary] Render: It's self-evident. The better question would be, 'Acyl, why did you have to tell me that?'
[The Legendary] Acyl: Illustrative metaphor.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Always useful, those.
(...)
[The Legendary] valles: And turning him into a castrati requires careful timing.
[The Legendary] valles: Eunuchs, OTOH, are simple.
[The Legendary] valles: Especially if survival is optional.
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: *Evil grin* That sounds good.
(...)
[The Legendary] Atlantea: You could always use a variation on the "Die Hard 3" method of revenge.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: And no - I'm not talking abotu the part with all the guns.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: I'm talking about the part where the villain made the Bruce Willis' character wear a washboard sign that said "I hate (the "N" word)" and made him walk through Harlem.
(...)
[The Legendary] Jimmy Amp: that dude needs to be beaten severely about the face and neck... with a frozen carp
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: *Nod, nod* We've decided that we're going to make a list "Things to Do to This Guy", anyone that feels like inputting, fine with us...
[The Legendary] Glalev: My recommendation is, same as Jimmy's, but a mackerel instead
[The Legendary] Jimmy Amp: we can alternate between the carp and mackerel
[The Legendary] Acyl: Both at the same time. Blend the carp and mackerel so you have this gooey and messy pureed fish gunk.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Then freeze it solid.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Then use it as a melee weapon.
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: That sounds good. Let's go with that.
[The Legendary] Jimmy Amp: Frozen Fish paste as a weapon.... kinky
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Only..Let's add some blunt-edged icicles to it, eh?
[The Legendary] Jimmy Amp: wrap it in a bag of sharkskin
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: *Writeing all this down*
[The Legendary] Acyl: Eh, that's a lot of trouble...
[The Legendary] Jimmy Amp: don't forget the old 'bar of soap in a towel' trick... beat the hell out of him with a minimum of bruising
[The Legendary] Acyl: Butchers will sell you strange bits of meat very cheap. Like, you know, lotsa bone.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Or a pig's head.
[The Legendary] Acyl: That sorta thing.
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: He's gone from "Questioning Worth It" To "Worth It".
[The Legendary] Acyl: Well.
[The Legendary] Acyl: There is an old and venerable Singapore Army tradition that is technically, and very specifically, banned.
[The Legendary] Acyl: To be employed when one guy pisses off his mates.
[The Legendary] Acyl: See, it's like this.
[The Legendary] Acyl: ...it's called the Blanket Party, by the way.
[The Legendary] Acyl: You wait for the dude to sleep.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Then you ambush him, and cover him in a blanket. Blind, bundled up.
[The Legendary] Acyl: These scenarios are usually like 7-on-one, by the way.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Okay, now, so, you've got a dude who's blind and completely engulfed in blankets.
[The Legendary] Jimmy Amp: that's where the 'soap in a towel' comes from, the Blanket Party
[The Legendary] Acyl: Actually yeah, that's a variation.
[The Legendary] Acyl: The basic thing you do, tho, at this point...
[The Legendary] Jimmy Amp: yup :-)
[The Legendary] Acyl: Well, standard kit includes these wooden sticks.
[The Legendary] Acyl: They're fairly heavy and steel-capped at the end.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Ouch.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Meant to put up basic shelters.
[The Legendary] Jimmy Amp: oooo, caning
[The Legendary] Acyl: But yes.
[The Legendary] Acyl: You just beat the -crap- out of the guy.
[The Legendary] Acyl: That said, the one time my section did this to one of our number...it -was- justified, by the way, though we gave in and stopped short when he pleaded...we all felt guilty, being basically decent folk...
[The Legendary] Acyl: One of the guys had this liquid chemical stuff called Deep Heat.
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: *Writeing this down*
[The Legendary] Acyl: I have no idea what the hell it's actually meant for...
[The Legendary] Acyl: But it gets VERY VERY WARM and burns like heck when in contact with skin.
[The Legendary] Acyl: The idea was to cap the blanket party with a deep heat enema...

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[The Legendary] valles: Hm. Read Bubblegum Avatar.
[The Legendary] Render: The 'not getting arrested' part is an important consideration in any revenge scheme.
[The Legendary] valles: Then dig up his E and snail-mail addresses.
[The Legendary] valles: Run a search for pr0n distributers, mail-in-catalog orders, etc.
[The Legendary] valles: Fear the power of SPAM!
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Ah... now THERE is something viable!
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Hey! We can do what Valles said.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Signing his real-world address up for free subscriptions and ads of everything you can get is also viable.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Oh! Now THAT's A CLASSIC!!!
[The Legendary] valles: Distribute his phone number in company with, um, the suggestion of unsavory practices.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Advertising his telephone number, home and mobile, in a singles ad is also possible.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Yes.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Gay man seeks companionship.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: And he'll have to explain to the new beau why he's getting subscrptions to Gay magazines.
[The Legendary] valles:
[The Legendary] valles: Glad I could help. ^_^
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Note To Selves: Never Prank Acyl, he'll get revenge.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Heh heh
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Note To Selves: Never Prank Valles either...
[The Legendary] valles: I Know How To Do Research.
[The Legendary] valles: Given that, imagination is unneccessary.
[The Legendary] Render: I'm not sure it's actually illegal to send someone catalogues you think they might be interested in. After all, he wants 'passion' right? It's not -my- fault these companies share mailing info with each other and don't take a hint, officer!
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: *Shudders*
[The Legendary] Acyl: Hmm.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Do you know his -work- phone number?
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Yep.
[The Legendary] valles: Oooooooh.
[The Legendary] valles: That's diabolical.
(...)
[The Legendary] Render: *cough* As the voice of paranoia... (I won't say 'reason') I would like to point out that even if it's untraceable, to you, he may wonder who would be mad at him.
[The Legendary] Acyl: I was about to say.
[The Legendary] Acyl: He may blame it on Steph.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Hmmm... wait a suitable amount of time to put plans into effect?
[The Legendary] Discord-chan: So wait a few months. '.'
(...)
[The Legendary] valles: I'd research the exact laws on each of these aspects of the plan ahead of time, anyway.
[The Legendary] Render: More to the point, you don't want him harrassing Steph.
(...)
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: Ah, That's what we'll be asking Cindy tommrow..Borrowing Bolo the Destroyer...
(...)
[The Legendary] Acyl: Signing his email account up for all sorts of crap is probably gonna be relatively untracable tho.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Especially if you don't do it from home, but from a 'net cafe somewhere.
[The Legendary] valles: Ain't modern technology wonderful?
[The Legendary] Render: *nods to Atlantea* If she's in on it, zing him, probably be the end of it, and a good stress relief.
[The Legendary] valles: Pay for the cafe in cash, though.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: I think you'd have to ask Steph that.
[The Legendary] Discord-chan: Or do it through onion routing. '.'
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Not ANY of us have the right to make that call.
[The Legendary] Acyl: Yeah. If I were to do this, I'd sign his email and phone numbers up on /websites/ that deal in that kinda crap...
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: *Both looks like they're thinking very hard*
[The Legendary] Acyl: And do it from a 'net cafe, where I paid for my time in cash.
[The Legendary] valles: Onion what?
[The Legendary] Discord-chan: I can't really explain it well. Just do a google search for "the onion router", it's pretty cool.
[The Legendary] Atlantea: I'd basically talk to Steph when you think it's appropriate and convenient. Explain that you and friends had a few ideas for a wee bit of payback. Ask her straight up if he's worth it.
[The Legendary] Horned Dragon: *Nod, nod*
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Be sure to let her know that the payback is relatively harmless in itself. But will inconvenience him. Frustrate him. But nothing more.
[The Legendary] valles: Give details. ^_^
[The Legendary] Atlantea: Yeah, even if she says "no", it may amuse her to think that we thought of all of this. ^_^
[The Legendary] valles: 'xactly!
[The Legendary] Atlantea: That alone might make it worth it. I'd rather see her smile and laugh at his expense.

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Evangelia is one badge each away from two Accolades and I would appreciate whatever help anyone can give me to accomplish them.
The first, as Acyl and a few others already know, is the Freedom Phalanx Reserve Member. I just need to get Unveiler -- which is awarded for whacking 100 Fake Nemesis over on Peregrine. Syndesis graciously SK'ed Eva and helped her get about a quarter to a third of the way through that requirement, but I would welcome the help of any of the group's L50s for this.
The second is the Geas of the Kind Ones accolade. I just need to get Cabalist for finishing the Katie Hannon Task Force.
(I'm also one away from Portal Jockey, but that one is Dimensonal Warder, and I'm not likely to whack all the Praetorians any time soon...)
Anyway, any help would be appreciated, especially in forming a TF for Katie Hannon. Thanks.
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow

Just a little more proof that I am, bit by bit, working on contributions to all the various shared worlds here.

My local electronic game store no longer carries CoX game time cards.
And, me and credit cards are not a good combination:
This equals when my game time expires in April...
I'm gone from CoH. It sucks, but I have almost no other recourse.
Sad, sad panda, indeed.
''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