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  AE Author/GM Requests
Posted by: Baseload - 01-26-2010, 01:05 AM - Forum: Mission Design - Replies (19)

Theres something that has been sitting in the back of my brain in regards to AE and new content for CoH.  I've noticed time and again that that once you've gone through alot of the content, it's mostly old hat and, for some, not all too interesting if you can start to memorize the missions.  Also, Wouldn't folks love to see content geared towards their own characters?
In these regards, my brain thought it might be interesting to have other people write AE arcs for other player's toons.  In a way, allowing a randomness for character advancement you may not find in either repeat grinding, writing your own toon's AE arcs, or just writing Fic (Not that there's anything wrong with Fiction...just sayin...)
Would anyone be interested in doing this sort of thing?  Or even one or two people to test the idea and see how it works?  I'm not suggesting we have folks make endless grind/farm maps or fill a map with bosses just to challenge someone.  but rather, content driven stories for one shot runs geared towards specific characters.  Try to help put that RPG feel back into the MMO
What do folks think?

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  A bit of CoH Humor
Posted by: Baseload - 01-26-2010, 12:34 AM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (6)

Found this browsing the CoH LJ group.

http://xenonsworld.blog.ca/2009/11/25/a ... s-7454169/

Funny!

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  Patri-ette
Posted by: Logan Darklighter - 01-25-2010, 10:24 PM - Forum: The Legendary - Replies (16)

Just a shout out - you got noticed by a member of the LJ CoH community.
And the alternate -Nette ideas are adding up. You should take a peek over there. ^_^

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  [Background, RFC] I blame Mal
Posted by: robkelk - 01-24-2010, 11:33 PM - Forum: Fenspace - Replies (6)

But that's okay, because I'm sure Mal blames me in return.

Since somebody put them into Fenspace by putting a "page does not exist" link on the "VVS Factory Ga-38" page, I figured I should start a writeup for this 'Dane organization.

This part is reasonably safe to run with, I think:

Quote:{{stub}}
The '''Solomon Space Agency''' was formed in the early days of space colonization in order to take advantage of the fact that the Solomon Islands have not signed the Outer Space Treaty. The agency's purpose is to commercialize space travel, space exploration, and space-related business on a large scale.

Headquartered on Choiseul Island (the northernmost non-atoll island of the Solomon Islands), the SSA maintains three launch pads, a fully-modern vehicle assembly facility, and a research compound dedicated to hardtech space travel.

This part, not so much... so I want the Collective's opinion before posting it to the Wiki:
Quote:== Solomon Space Agency known staff ==

=== Ground Crew ===
Isao Nasuda (Director)
Dr. Satsuki Asahikawa (Mission Crew Doctor)
Motoko Mihara (Chief Chemist)

=== Mission Crew ===
Yukari Morita (pilot)
Matsuri Morita (pilot)
Akane Miura (mission specialist)
--
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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  What is this thing and what happens if I poke it?
Posted by: Jinx999 - 01-24-2010, 11:26 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (1)

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/ ... ious-chimp

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  The best webcomic of the decade...
Posted by: robkelk - 01-24-2010, 07:01 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (17)

The Washington Post is running http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic- ... me_to.html]a poll as to which webcomic was the best of the 2000s. Nominations are closed, and some good strips (such as http://www.gpf-comics.com/]General Protection Fault) didn't make the cut. When I heard about the poll, I though, "hey, I'll just ignore the ones I don't read - that should narrow it down to two or three, right?" Silly me...

Here's the list:


I voted, saw the current results, and was completely unsurprised at which two strips are in the lead. The one I voted for is currently tied for ninth place, alas.

(I would have made this a poll here, but we're limited to 20 choices...)
--
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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  [Technology, RFC] Roughrider's Cool Cuke Reactors
Posted by: Black Aeronaut - 01-24-2010, 03:46 PM - Forum: Fenspace - Replies (6)

robkelk Wrote:
Quote:How
would I compete against antimatter reactors using nuclear reactions?
Hrm...
Don't be there when it goes off.

Luckily for you, this is something that the Midnight is good
at...
This got me going on this train of thought.  Bear with me here...
The engines do just fine.  The design is absolutely wonderful when it comes to getting maximum bang for the buck , thus making them nearly peerless in the field of propulsion technologies.  The issue that I've got my mind on is energy throughput of the reactors.  A normal fission reaction can't hold a candle (literally!) to an anti-matter reaction.  Therefore, it stands to reason that Fenspace!Ben would have to come up with a new sort of nuclear fission - either something radically different and probably highly dangerous... or a wholly different method of capturing the energy (some means of direct-energy conversion perhaps).
I'm opting for the former as it would fit in with well within the Handwavium's abilities.  I also wouldn't put it past the 'Wave to make the reaction process more efficient.
*Thinks for a moment, adopting the pose of The Problem...*
Here we go.  A reactor that utilizes direct conversion of radiation bombardment and thermal energy into usable electricity (or electro-plasma for the Trekkies out there).  Additionally, the fuel comes in the form of traditional fuel rods... but with a twist.  The fuel is progressively expended, turning to completely inert components as it passes through the reactor, much like burning a candle.  There is not radioactive waste whatsoever and the remnants can be easily reprocessed into useful materials like DU ammunition (with the added benefit of being totally inert - no more worries of radiation poisening from ammo handling).
The name?  Cool Cuke Reactor.  The housing, due to it's thermal conversion, is cool to the touch even when running above red-line (the danger there being that you might cook-off the whole damn stack).  Therefore, it's cool as the proverbial cucumber.  Also, it's a cool nuke, therefore Cuke = Nuke.  I know, terrible pun, but it works.
Thoughts?

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  Concept bike... [yum!]
Posted by: robkelk - 01-24-2010, 03:35 AM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (6)

http://variousmotorcyclebestpicturegall ... cycle.html]Yamaha Tesseract

I'm told that it runs on hydrogen.

It's got four wheels, and they all stay on the road when you lean into a curve.

Either Skuld's been visiting, or somebody's let the handwavium out of Fenspace...
--
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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  The latest ultra realistic modern warfare game
Posted by: Jinx999 - 01-23-2010, 12:50 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (2)

ultra_realistic_modern_warfare

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  Okay, this is kooky.
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 01-23-2010, 05:51 AM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (2)

Website of a guy who claims he visited a parallel earth where the Beatles never broke up and CDs never caught on.  Includes downloadable zipfile and mp3s of a Beatles album that never was.  I haven't listened to it yet, so I can't vouch for it.  But the story's weird enough to intrigue and amuse folks here, I'm sure.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

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