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Posted by: OpMegs - 10-14-2009, 01:56 AM - Forum: The Legendary
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Brace yourself for the
apocalypse as our annual Halloween Event returns to City of Heroes®
! Legions of Zombies, Werewolves, Jack-o-Lanterns, and other foul denizens are preparing to descend upon Paragon Cityâ„¢ and the Rogue Islesâ„¢. This
year they're bringing even more powerful allies! The apocalypse is deadlier than ever as mysterious monstrosities are joining forces with the
Eidolons, Shivans, and others. Paragon City and the Rogue Isles could be in terrible peril, and only the greatest Heroes and Villains can turn back the
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As if our Heroes and Villains didn't have enough
foul-smelling fiends with rotting flesh to deal with during a zombie apocalypse, this year, Heroes and Villains have to come up with new
strategies to tackle a new terror. When Haunted Sigils appear, destroy them quickly and prepare for wave after wave of relentless foes.
Only after all the foes have been defeated will you be rewarded with a ghoulish surprise. It's a trick and treat! |
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The greater the
challenge, the greater the reward! This year our Heroes and Villains receive new trick or treat prizes. Everyone who completes the various stages of the
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| Teasery Goodness The Second |
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Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 10-14-2009, 12:06 AM - Forum: Drunkard's Walk XIII: Glory Hound
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One burger and most of the fries later, I had determined several
additional things about my latest stop.
First, like the vast majority of the worlds I had visited, this
version of Earth had no metahumans. I'd been hopping from
timeline to timeline for at least a hundred and fifty years,
probably more, as best as I could determine. (A few of the
worlds I'd visited seemed to exist in a timeless "eternal now" in
which duration was an entirely subjective thing. And to be frank
I still couldn't be sure just how many months I'd spent training
the Sailor Senshi, thanks to Usagi playing at silly buggers with
both time and my memories there at the end.) Unfortunately,
after all those decades I *still* had no clue why Homeline and a
handful of other universes were the odd men out when it came to
true metahumanity. I resolved to spend some time discovering
what this world might have in common with all the others, if I
were here for more than a couple days.
Second, among the divergences from Homeline was Sunnydale itself.
I'm a California boy, born and bred, and even if I *am* from L.A.
I'm not so self-centered that I don't still know the rest of the
coast. Sunnydale sat on the same patch of land as Santa Barbara
back home. Not precisely -- its town center was maybe a mile or
so from where Santa Barbara's was when I left, and the city
limits were a good deal smaller. Which was because it only had
about one-sixth the population of Santa Barbara, best as I could
recall. So not really a straight analogue, even if it *did*
still have the same area and zip codes. Likewise, what had been
Santa Barbara County back home was Sunnydale County here.
The geography was a bit different, also. Again, if I were
remembering right, the north edge of Santa Barbara ran right up
against a line of mountains and chaparral, including a big
national forest. Here, though, there was a wide, broad desert
between the city and the mountains -- the one I'd landed in.
Usually geography doesn't vary *that* much between versions of
Earth, so that was pretty weird. Especially since the rest of
California seemed to be more or less unchanged. I wondered if
maybe the tether-thing had something to do with it.
The weirdest thing about Sunnydale, though, was that the paper
had a 4-page obituary section to match its giant economy supply
of cemeteries. And not big obit articles, but the usual one- or
two-column-inch, tiny-type "thus-and-so died, services at J.
Random's House of Embalming on Tuesday" things. There was the
usual variety of causes, including the gonzo ones that, if they
make it into the paper at all, offer the careful reader the
opportunity for guiltily inappropriate laughter. In this case it
was an accident with a barbecue fork.
So I laughed. When I read the first one, that is.
By the fifth, I wasn't laughing any more.
By the tenth I was frowning.
And when I finished the obits, I swore in every language I knew
plus a couple I didn't. According to the paper, in the previous
week at least fifteen people -- none of them connected to each
other in any way that I could determine other than residency in
Sunnydale -- had all died from neck wounds inflicted with
barbecue forks, evenly split between "accidents" and "gang
violence". Another half-dozen or so had been victims of "animal
attacks". And several more had been coyly attributed to an
unspecified "neck trauma".
Bull-fucking-*shit*.
I should have known when I saw how darkly-aspected that tether-
thing was.
This gods-be-damned town had *vampires*.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
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Posted by: Logan Darklighter - 10-13-2009, 09:22 PM - Forum: Build Advice
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It's been a while since I posted anything about C8's build. Double XP weekend allowed me to make at least one major tweak (the 5th Hecatomb Slot). But there have been others over the last few months and I haven't documented them. So here's his build as it is currently. Any comments on or brickbats?
Might there be any way to incorporate the new Power from the Body Mastery pool "Physical Perfection" into this mix? Would that be desirable? Or superfluous?
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.601
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Cyberman 8: Level 50 Technology Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Martial Arts
Secondary Power Set: Super Reflexes
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Thunder Kick - (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage
- (5) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance
- (7) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (25) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
- (42) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge
- (45) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 1: Focused Fighting- (A) Defense Buff IO
- (3) Defense Buff IO
- (9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
Level 2: Focused Senses- (A) Defense Buff IO
- (3) Defense Buff IO
- (9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 4: Storm Kick- (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage
- (5) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance
- (11) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge
- (25) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (34) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (34) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
Level 6: Agile- (A) Defense Buff IO
- (7) Defense Buff IO
- (13) Defense Buff IO
Level 8: Crane Kick- (A) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge
- (11) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Recharge
- (13) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (29) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (37) Hecatomb - Damage
- (40) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative)
Level 10: Practiced Brawler- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (43) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 12: Flurry- (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage
- (15) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (15) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge
- (34) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance
Level 14: Super Speed
Level 16: Swift- (A) Run Speed IO
- (17) Run Speed IO
- (17) Run Speed IO
Level 18: Health- (A) Healing IO
- (19) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (19) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
Level 20: Stamina- (A) Endurance Modification IO
- (21) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance
- (21) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
Level 22: Dodge- (A) Defense Buff IO
- (23) Defense Buff IO
- (23) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 24: Quickness
Level 26: Dragon's Tail- (A) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage
- (27) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Endurance
- (27) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Recharge
- (29) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Recharge
- (43) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
Level 28: Combat Jumping- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (46) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 30: Super Jump
Level 32: Eagles Claw- (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
- (33) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
- (33) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
- (33) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (36) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (36) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
Level 35: Cobra Strike- (A) Absolute Amazement - Chance for ToHit Debuff
- (36) Absolute Amazement - Endurance/Stun
- (37) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Recharge
- (37) Absolute Amazement - Stun
Level 38: Elude- (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
- (39) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
- (39) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
- (39) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (40) Red Fortune - Defense
- (40) Red Fortune - Endurance
Level 41: Focused Accuracy- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
- (42) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (42) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
- (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
- (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
- (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
Level 44: Lucky- (A) Defense Buff IO
- (45) Defense Buff IO
- (45) Defense Buff IO
Level 47: Evasion- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Endurance/Recharge
- (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
Level 49: Focus Chi- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (50) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff
- (50) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (50) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception
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Level 1: Brawl
Level 1: Sprint- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 2: Rest
Level 1: Critical Hit
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| Looking for technical help re. VPNs |
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Posted by: robkelk - 10-13-2009, 03:35 PM - Forum: General Chatter
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The family is thinking of setting up a Virtual Private Network. Our understanding of VPNs is that they require static IP addresses, which not all of us have...
is this true? If not, what do we need to be able to implement a VPN that allows a mix of static and dynamic IP addresses?
--
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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| HOLY CRAP!!!! HEARTS OF ICE IS DONE!!!! |
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Posted by: Logan Darklighter - 10-12-2009, 07:34 AM - Forum: Other People's Fanfiction
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I wasn't even looking for it. I had long ago given up on Hearts of Ice, figuring that it would remain the ultimate example of a dead and abandoned fic.
I'd taken Krista Perry's site out of my personal bookmarks and stopped checking on it about... mmm 7-8 years ago.
I was perusing TV Tropes and was following up something that lead me to the Dead Fics page - where there was an update that Hearts of Ice was done. Completed.
*THUD*
That was the sound of my jaw hitting the floor. I'm thinking - this has got to be a cruel joke. No way. They're yanking my chain.
Googled up the old site, and wow, it's still there! First thing I see is Krista's announcement that it was done.
I've now finished reading it.
Holy Crap.
HOLY CRAP.
I... just FINISHED... READING... HEARTS OF ICE.
I thought those words would NEVER be written out into a sentence!
Now I have to find the time and go back and read the whole thing again. Cause my memory of the story is pretty sketchy after all this time.
I will say this - the finale of the story -- I'm not sure it was worth waiting a DECADE for...
But it's DAMN good!! Fantastic even!
Still wandering about kinda stunned. It's kinda like... certain things you think are always going to be a constant. The Cold War... the Berlin Wall... the
Red Sox never winning the World Series... Hearts of Ice never getting finished...
Anybody check the thermostat in hell these days? I think Satan is feeling a mite drafty about now...
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| Riot Force Reports: Purrfect Kick - The Chase |
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Posted by: Sweno - 10-11-2009, 09:32 PM - Forum: The Legendary
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Riot Force Reports:
Purrfect Kick
The Chase
Normally I love running.
Whether it's chasing crooks or a nice furry tail, running has never been problem since I changed. Chasing my glimmering hope of freedom is an entirely different feeling.
Not fun at all.
But I keep running, cause I can't win a fight with these people, and peaceful negations were never really an option.
I sprint down the hallway, claws adding to the gouges in the wood floors. All thoughts of stealth discarded, stealth is only useful if they don't know I'm here. And make no mistake about it, they already know I'm here. The only thing I have going for me is that I'm closer to the window than they are to me.
Through the window I can see nice clear night sky. I'm looking out the south side of the building, so I need to get 37 feet past that window before I'm clear of the property, and clear of any charges they can make stick.
That little feeling of hope dies a messy death when I see the impervium grate drop in place.
"Hairballs!" I curse to myself as I turn into the stairwell and head up, they must really have their panties in a twist if they are activating the external defenses. I bail out of the stairway on the 5th floor. There's a good chance one of the grates on the west side didn't come down. I know cause I had to deactivate it when I snuck in here last week.
Unfortunately I'm not quite alone when I exit the stairs. Halfway down the hallway a figure turns at the sound of the door crashing open. Angry scowl? Check. Black clothes? Check. Taser? Check.
Normally a plain human with a taser wouldn't be a problem for me, but I don't have my shield with me. And adding Assault & Battery on top of Trespassing wouldn't be a smart move. So if defending and counter-attacking are not options I'm left with more strategic retreats.
I haul my furry behind down the hallways and try to lose my pursuer in with a few quick turns. The shouts of 'stop!' start to get a little fainter when my momentum is abruptly altered. Getting clotheslined while looking over my shoulder is not my best moment. The arm around my neck doesn't even let me hit the ground before I'm being dragged inside a room that wasn't open a second ago.
The lack of being immediately tasered makes me pause enough to feel, and more importantly smell, the assailant at my back.
"Hey Julie!" I wheeze through my abused windpipe. "Your not still mad a-" I shut up as she gives me a warning bite on the back of my neck. I stay still and glance around the small dorm room.
Standing on a bed across from us is Julie's roommate Kiki, one ear to the wall and a look of concentration on her face. Kiki is a 15 year old egyptian minx and has yet to desire my services. Given the things she already did to her oversized 'bow mortals' t-shirt, I was looking forward to her first heat. After a few tense moments she relaxes and says "Mother Abigail is heading upstairs."
I feel Julie relax against my back a bit. I'm pleasantly reminded that she's snow leopard, and likes to wear as little as possible. But before I can comment on her lack of attire I get another nip on the back of my neck. I take the hint and keep quite.
"Good. See Kiki, males can be taught" Julie said over my shoulder. Kiki just sighed and went back to sharpening her claws.
"Now, I'm not going to hold your dalliances against you. Lord knows Susan is going to be much more pleasant to be around." She snorts a small laugh and continues "Her roommate is probably just as happy as she is right now."
I wisely don't say anything. Staying around to take advantage of Beth's appreciation was the reason I was caught in the first place.
"But we are going to have to live through a lockdown thanks to your lack of stealth. So your going to pay me back." Julie says as her free hand wanders down my front.
Happy thoughts die a quiet little death as a claws find my growing enthusiasm. I freeze, not even moving my head as I hear Kiki laugh quietly at my situation.
"Not now you tom." Julie says without an real heat in her voice "I have next weekend off to 'visit my parents'. And you are going to be mine from friday night to monday morning, I expect to treated as a lady should."
Well crap. This was going to put a dent my bank account. But given that she still had her claws on my tender bits I didn't complain. "Anything for you Julie."
She uncoiled herself from me and walked over to the window, lifting up the impervium grate with no more effort than I would have opening the window. "Now skedaddle fuzzbutt. Next time you get caught I might not be feeling so generous."
I gave her a toothy smile and made my exit. Only pausing to look back once I was clear of the property. As much as I hated it, there were too many things to love in St. Baptiste's school for Catgirls to ever wish any real harm on the place.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
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| Just a little joke |
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Posted by: classicdrogn - 10-11-2009, 06:45 PM - Forum: Other People's Fanfiction
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I'd put this in ROFL but I don't think it counts if I thought of it myself. Anyway...
Shouted in alarm upon noticing the newly awakened/upgraded Sharingan: Oh no! Sasuke, you've contracted a case of Twink-eye!
XD
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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
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| Do we need a VIIOR wiki? |
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Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 10-11-2009, 05:00 AM - Forum: The Legendary
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Just what the topic says. I was trying to remember something about VIIOR earlier this evening, and realized that -- at least as far as I was concerned -- the
thread has reached an information density where I was starting to lose track of who/what/where/when. Would a wiki to organize status and details be useful?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
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