For those of who who do not already know: You can find a revised and updated version of the much-lauded Mids' Hero Designer for the Homecoming Relaunch of CoH at the Homecoming forums - https://forums.homecomingservers.com/top...-designer/

It's the same engine as before. Just new and Improved!

...there is a sequel. Or yet another sequel, if you admit the other two exist.

Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss to return in new Matrix film

My mother is not doing well at all.

She's been told that her congestive heart failure won't get better and that she can have 2 more years dealing with the stresses, both on herself and her family, of dialysis... or die on her own terms in about 2 weeks.

She's chosen the latter. Her transplant doctor/nephrologist basically told her that her passing is likely to be one of the gentler ways to go. But she's still going, and I'm going to miss her terribly.

And... one of her favorite covers:

I was reminded of this song after watching the latest Epic Rap Battle of History




Power: creates a replica of The Calypso, handy for when Doug needs a ship on short notice.

Thanks to Bolsonaro (Brazil’s homegrown Trump) the Amazon rainforest has been on fire for several days.

Now, the way I understand it, if the forest loses upwards of 25% it will trigger a feedback loop beyond any hope of restoration.

The rest of the world is not far behind.

And just to pre-empt the climate denialists: “I’ll take your opinion and put it in my bank account to see if generates some interest.”

Under the Parliamentary system in Canada, elections are relatively rapid - it hasn't even been called yet and we know we'll be voting in October. So best to start a thread now - why wait for the rush?

So yeah.  The thing with Aaron's passing left me understandably paranoid.  The night before last, I had what felt like a terrible case of gas and was attempting to write it off as such, but it just kept getting worse and worse.

It turns out my paranoia was well founded - I have Appendicitis, and it's already perforated, causing an abscess in my abdominal cavity.

Fortunately, I came in when I did just before things could get real bad for me, and now I'm on some nice opioids and potent antibiotics.  The game plan is that since it's already abscessed, it's better to just clean it out and let the appendix heal - we'll be doing that tomorrow.  Then I'll be sent home to recover, and then later on come back for the actual Appendectomy.  In the meantime they're keeping a close eye on my to make sure my condition doesn't suddenly deteriorate.

Fortunately, this isn't costing me anything because I'm on VA Healthcare.  The only thing I worry about is missing out on classes, which starts on the 26th.

Your jewish population is being awesome.

Avast just quarantined cityofheroes.exe, and says its scan verifying it's safe will take 86 minutes.

Mainly because it's a rare file.

Okay this is a take on my INV/SS tank, going for Psi resist and recovery, incidentally capping everything else for resists. This uses Pine's version of the hero builder. Sadly the link tries to open Mids with a weird datablock...

The Block is a dirty liar, it's supposed to go in Pines' version.

• (A) Impervium Armor - Psionic Resistance
  
• (3) Impervium Armor - Resistance
  
• (7) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  

• (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (3) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (9) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
  
• (33) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
  
• (34) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage
  

• (A) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage
  
• (5) Hecatomb - Damage
  
• (15) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge
  
• (34) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (37) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative)
  

• (A) Gladiator's Armor - Resistance
  
• (5) Gladiator's Armor - Resistance/Rech/End
  
• (13) Gladiator's Armor - Recharge/Resist
  
• (37) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)
  

• (A) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
  
• (7) Numina's Convalesence - Heal
  
• (25) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge
  
• (46) Numina's Convalesence - Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (9) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance
  
• (17) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (29) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge
  
• (46) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
  

• (A) Aegis - Psionic/Status Resistance
  
• (11) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
  
• (11) Aegis - Resistance
  
• (40) Aegis - Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage
  
• (13) Perfect Zinger - Taunt
  
• (31) Perfect Zinger - Taunt/Recharge
  

• (A) Aegis - Resistance
  
• (15) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
  
• (31) Impervium Armor - Psionic Resistance
  

• (A) Impervium Armor - Psionic Resistance
  
• (17) Impervium Armor - Resistance
  
• (25) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  

• (A) Absolute Amazement - Stun
  
• (19) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge
  
• (19) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown
  
• (42) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage
  

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  
• (21) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
  
• (21) Luck of the Gambler - Endurance/Recharge
  
• (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown
  
• (23) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (23) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (34) Overwhelming Force - Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Celerity - +Stealth
  

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  
• (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
  
• (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
  
• (40) Luck of the Gambler - Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
  
• (29) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
  
• (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
  

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  
• (31) Recharge Reduction IO
  

• (A) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP
  
• (33) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime
  
• (33) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance
  
• (43) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance
  

• (A) Might of the Tanker - Recharge/Chance for +Res(All)
  
• (36) Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (36) Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (36) Might of the Tanker - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (37) Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  

• (A) Gauntleted Fist - RechargeTime/+Absorb
  
• (39) Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (39) Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
  
• (39) Gauntleted Fist - Damage/RechargeTime
  
• (40) Gauntleted Fist - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
  

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  
• (42) Endurance Reduction IO
  

• (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
  
• (45) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
  
• (45) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
  
• (45) Doctored Wounds - Heal
  

• (A) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage
  
• (48) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (48) Ruin - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (48) Ruin - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  

• (A) Ragnarok - Damage
  
• (50) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown
  
• (50) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge
  
• (50) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Quickfoot - RunSpeed
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Run Speed IO
  

• (A) Miracle - +Recovery
  
• (43) Miracle - Heal
  

• (A) Jumping IO
  

• (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
  
• (46) Performance Shifter - EndMod