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  *Real* Close
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 03-09-2007, 05:48 AM - Forum: The Legendary - Replies (11)

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

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  Corners Well, Poor Acceleration
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 03-09-2007, 04:59 AM - Forum: Fiction - Replies (6)

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


"Daddy! Daddy!"I looked up from my book to see my daughter Luna dashing across the yard, the sheet of paper in her hand half crumpled by her grip and flapping in the wind of her passage. As I carefully marked my place and set the book aside, Luna dashed through and scattered the flock of chickens that had claimed the grassyedge of the yard as their private zone. I barely had time tobring my lounge chair to its full and upright position beforemy daughter jumped into my lap, laughing."Hey there, sweetheart," I said through laughter of my own asI wrestled playfully with her for a few moments. "What's thebig rush?" I added as I scruffled her long, loose hair -- darker than my strawberry blond, but much lighter than hermother's auburn.She squirmed out of my arms and stood up straight with as muchdignity as a four-year-old can muster. "Captain Aunt Kat tol'me to tell you 'Late news from the Ri... Rialto,'" she stumbledover the unfamiliar word, then held out the wrinkled paper stillclenched in one slightly grubby fist."Captain Aunt Kat did, huh?" I asked as I smoothed out the sheet."Uh-huh!" She nodded vigorously. "And Lord High Dark Admiral Overlord Uncle John..." She stopped, scrunched up her face, and counted on her fingers. "Lord High Dark *Sith* Admiral Overlord Uncle John," she then corrected herself, "said it sounded like fun.""Did he now?" I studied the paper -- a barely coherent messageabout a convention to be held in a few days. Well now. I stoodup and stepped out from under the tree to look up into the sky.Beyond the transparent 'wavium dome both sun and moon shone downon us, and between them I could see the occasional flash as lightreflected off a fenship. I nodded slowly to myself. "Might beat that," I murmured. "I suppose it's finally time to meet theneighbors." I looked down at Luna. "Let's go talk to Mommy, seewhat she thinks. And then...""Town meeting!" she screeched with a wide smile, spinning aroundwith her arms outspread. I caught her before she could spin herself dizzy and fall over."Yeah, probably, sweetheart. How'd you know?""Mister Mayor said that's the best way to decide." And she gavea little "and that's that!" nod.I snorted. Ever since the AIs had first booted, Luna had taken to them like a politician to lobbyists. I suppose it had something to do with being four and seeing what looked like TV characters who could see and talk to you. She had been entranced and delighted and loved them all, even Gaia, who was the most standoffish of the four. A week after their activation, she'd amused us no end by asking when they were going to come out of the TV sets, and we had to explain to her the difference between meat-people and electron-people. She listened carefully to Kat and Alison, and nodded solemnly when they asked her if she understood, but I'm not sure she *really* understands it yet.Either way, though, she talks to each one every day, when their schedule and task load allows for it. And since the Mayor tendsto manifest most often on the bridge -- or Town Hall, as he callsit -- it's not surprising that he'd made a comment where Luna could hear it. And the Mayor was Luna's favorite -- as far asshe was concerned, he walked on water. Or at least a reasonabledigital simulation thereof.
(ETA: The message subject, btw, is the working title for this story. I should've mentioned that.)
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow

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  Sad panda Foxboy
Posted by: Foxboy - 03-08-2007, 11:26 PM - Forum: The Legendary - Replies (14)

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

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  It's still funny though...
Posted by: itsune9tl - 03-08-2007, 10:48 PM - Forum: Other People's Fanfiction - Replies (1)

[Image: eek.gif]
sigh...
stupid cat...
Move this to the ROTFL, Part II thread please
from the Nightstar Schlock Mercenary forum...
Without attributations...

Quote:
I cannot think of too many invertebrates that qualify as attractive to human astetics. With the exception of perhaps butterflys and Jelly fish, most of them fall under either repulsive, or too different to even form an astetic opinion of. The trick though, is distinguishing between unattractive, and threatening. While a toad may not be attractive, it isn't threatening. Conversly, while a Jaguar may be quite attactive, I'll just stay in the car for now, okay?
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what are you worried about? its not like it is going to eat you or something....
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Ironically, the car he's hiding in is also a Jaguar.
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Which has already eaten his wallet...

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  0 Prestige
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 03-08-2007, 05:25 PM - Forum: The Legendary - Replies (9)

The last few times I've been on and checked out the supergroup window, I've spotted a couple of toons who have been members of the Legendary for a while but apparently have never run in SG mode, because they have earned exactly 0 prestige for the group. And I'm not talking about people who're close to the 120-day limit -- I'm talking folks who have frequently been on within the last day or two each time I've checked.
I'd really appreciate it if, when you check the SG display and see that one of these people is logged in at the same time as you, if you would send them a /t and urge them into SG mode. I don't care if they run part-time or full-time, as long as they throw a little prestige into the pot -- otherwise they're making use of the base and the equipment there without giving anything back. Anyone who persists in staying out of SG mode will be kicked. And you can warn them of that, too.
Thanks.
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow

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  Promotions
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 03-08-2007, 05:21 PM - Forum: The Legendary - Replies (7)

Shizuru, Lora'Lai -- I'd like to get together with you and discuss a new round of promotions. If you check out the membership roster thread, you'll note that our upper ranks have thinned out quite a bit from attrition, and we have a huge number of folks in the lowest rank. I think we need to evaluate folks for promotion and build up our cadre a little.
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow

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  Archives?
Posted by: Kokuten - 03-08-2007, 09:58 AM - Forum: Website - Replies (3)

Bob,
If I provide the archives (.zip, .rar, .7z?) will you up them to the website for easy one-click downloads? I was just looking at DW II, and as lazy as it sounds, I didn't wanna download all those individually again, so I figure it makes perfect sense to volunteer to be the 'archivist'.
Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

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  Is it too early for a 'next gen' story?
Posted by: robkelk - 03-08-2007, 07:14 AM - Forum: Fenspace - Replies (5)

As has become typical in early March in the last few years (those who know me well will know why), I'm in a bit of a funk, and not much use for writing
anything remotely upbeat. (Edit: Which means my collabaration with Griever is still just sitting
there - sorry, Griever.) But I've got an idea for a maudlin Fenspace story. Thing is, it's set much later than any story yet told. Not by a year or
two, either - it's about two centuries down the timeline...

I'll probably write it anyway just to get it out of my system. (Heck, I've already got the first line down: "If I'm lucky, this will be my
last transmission."). But "writing" isn't "posting". Would I be stepping on anyone's toes if I posted it once it's done?

-Rob Kelk
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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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  Policy Change
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 03-07-2007, 10:39 PM - Forum: Forums - Replies (2)

About six months ago, I changed things here so that you had to register to post, because of a flood of spam posts that hit us. Well, it being half a year, I'm willing to take the risk and open us up again. If we get hit with spam posts once more, I'll go back to registered-only permanently, mind you, but for the moment at least I want to try to get back to the slightly more freewheeling environment we had at this time last year.
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow

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  Federal Express Drivers
Posted by: hmelton - 03-07-2007, 09:22 PM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - Replies (6)

I just recieved a package shipped via Federal Express.
As I was paying the driver he had to borrow a pocket knife.
In the following discussion I learned that Federal Express drivers are not allowed to carry anything with which it is possible to defend themselves.
What do you think of this?
Anyone a Federal Express driver?
howard melton
God bless

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