Colosseum Station Discussion, AKA Universe Bar OOC Options

[Warlord Mike]

I was trying to straighten my head after having it spun aimlessly from that last post...

On a somewhat-related-yet-not note, Jalis, has JTH spoken to you recently? Just wonderin' is all.

[fishloaf]

Whew, new post is up. This one took alot out of me, but I think the result was worth it. Hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.

Heh, its Soul Edge. I'mma tell Sophitia on you.

This post has been edited by fishloaf: Aug 27 2009, 06:07 PM

[JoshTigerheart]

On a somewhat-related-yet-not note, Jalis, has JTH spoken to you recently? Just wonderin' is all.

No. Was I supposed to? I've been busy returning to college, just now finishing up the first week of classes.

[Warlord Mike]

No. Was I supposed to? I've been busy returning to college, just now finishing up the first week of classes.

Oh. Heh heh... ^^;

Firing off a PM to you right now...

[Shlimazel]

Yo gang, taking care of my ASW projects today and will write a post for the bar.

[Warlord Mike]

*glee* =D

I'll be lookin' forward to it, Admiral!

[Shlimazel]

And there we have it; the amazing survival of Delphis and the destruction of the Facilitator. Just one question remains; How did Delphis survive the explosion?

[fishloaf]

He found a refrigerator to hide in?

[Warlord Mike]

He found a refrigerator to hide in?

I suppose that could be a case of "Fridge Logic?" (lol, bad pun) XD

That said, I shall submit my section, posthaste!

EDIT: And it's up! Go look!

This post has been edited by Warlord Mike: Aug 29 2009, 05:23 PM

[just smile and n...]

Heh, its Soul Edge. I'mma tell Sophitia on you.

"Come with me to hell!"

What a good game.

There's no soulcalibur to save you this time

[JoshTigerheart]

Here's something interesting for those following my story. For anyone following City of Heroes/Villains, they'll know that they released a Mission Architect that allows players to make their own missions. I started on a mission arc about my storyline here, except set in the City of universe. I didn't finish it due to some limitations in designating exactly which powers my custom enemies had, but I did create a couple of villains. Today was the last day I was playing for I let my account expire, due to ports for logging in being blocked from my dorm. Consequently, I took screenshots of all of the notable costumes I had saved. I had made costumes of both Admiral Samir Stukov and his apprentice, Rand. They're not 100% accurate to how I envision them, but they're fairly close. I also did one for CK-061, but apparently I missed a key when going through the list on him, so I don't have a screenshot of him. I'll either need a friend to get a screenie of him or wait until reactivation weekend. Anyway...


Admiral Samir Stukov

Admiral Samir Stukov, in uniform, of course. In-game, he's a Katana/Electrical Blast arch-villain (an arch-villain is one of the toughest classifications of foes) and uses a Talsorian Katana, which is essentially an energy katana. I should have gotten a screenshot of him with it. Instead, below, I'll show you a screenshot of the weapon itself. Katana/Electric Blast isn't possible for a player character to wield. The closest you could get would be a Stalker with a Ninja Blade and the Mu Mastery patron power pool.


Rand

Rand. Doesn't he look friendly? He's Dual Blades/Gravity Control arch-villain, the latter power set allows him to fling players around, or objects into players. Like Samir, he uses Talsorian weapons.


Talsorian Katana

Samir's weapon. Note Samir's was red.


Talsorian Dual Blades

This guy is using Rand's weapons, and matching colors too!

This post has been edited by JoshTigerheart: Aug 30 2009, 08:41 PM

[fishloaf]

How bout some good guys, Josh?

There's no soulcalibur to save you this time

As a Yoshimitsu player, I've always been beyond saving. When a fight starts, you mash on the B+K and A+B commands with everything you've got and hope for the best.




"Talk to the hand!" *commits seppuku then flies like a helicopter, skydives and gets huge chunk of life upon landing.*

This post has been edited by fishloaf: Aug 30 2009, 11:14 PM

[just smile and n...]

As a Yoshimitsu player, I've always been beyond saving. When a fight starts, you mash on the B+K and A+B commands with everything you've got and hope for the best.


"Talk to the hand!" *commits seppuku then flies like a helicopter, skydives and gets huge chunk of life upon landing.*

WAWAWAWA Pull you out of the air with a vertical attack and drag you forward into a grab. Also look at my awesome pants

[JoshTigerheart]

Good guys? I didn't make any for the mission arc since the players would be the good guys. Plus, the options for civvies are rather limited, which leaves out a few characters. But, I did make one character in this as a hero...

Varus Laenas

Him in armor. Not entirely accurate. I never got him to level 35 where I could have unlocked some Roman armor, which would have helped in making it more accurate. The worst offenders are the horns on his helmet. They're supposed to be pointing backwards at about that angle instead of sideways. Anyway, Varus was a Willpower/Dual Blades Tanker in-game, though Invulnerability would have worked too conceptually (came down to a coin toss). Not going to bother grabbing a screenie of his weapons, they were too tiny. Dual Blades didn't have an option for big swords like Varus used.

Varus Unarmored

Varus out of his armor. Much higher accuracy as a result. And, just for fun...

Varus Fencer

Varus dressed in more of a Fencer garb. I was disappointed I couldn't have a hat with a feather in it, but I still had a pair of foils. Every character in the game can unlock up to five costume slots and I had already made my two concept-based costumes, so, I thought, why not?


And while I'm at it, here's Josh Isaac Tigerheart, who I also made as a character. Granted, he was in the Warbird and has only gotten an occasional mention in this bar, but I'm sure some might be curious...

Retro Isaac

The costume based on the character concept I had started the Warbird with. For some reason, this costume reminds me of Luke Skywalker...

Isaac Tigerheart

And the costume he ended with, and still the canon costume. For extra tid-bits, Isaac is a Broadsword/Super Reflexes Scrapper and was my most powerful character. He was my first level 50 (the level cap) and had the most in-game currency invested in getting him the best stuff. He was strong enough to take on some arch-villains by himself, which normally required teams to take down. And I hadn't finished getting everything I wanted for him either, and probably never will now.

Other costumes of his just for fun. I'm missing one of the costumes, I apparently never saved it, and it was one of his best ones too...

Isaac in civvies
In formal attire
As a gladiator
As a roman
Gone to the dakrside


Also, I did make Tiana as a character. But, the options weren't there for what I needed, so the costume is extremely inaccurate, including on important physical details. So, I won't show those in order to not ruin how you see her.


Oh, and as a bonus for everyone who's read the this post (or skipped to this line), I'll be posting again soon.

[Warlord Mike]

Hey all, just popping in to see how everyone's doing. I just had a sudden flash of inspiration to get myself out of a funk.

Master Tigerheart - I have an urgent message for you. Check your inbox, if you haven't already.

[fishloaf]

Also look at my awesome pants

The legend will never die.

[GutlessWonder]

Happy birthday, Josh! I was going to create a whole new topic for you, but since it's been mentioned here, I hope you enjoy it! I certainly wish you all the best.

[Warlord Mike]

(Checks cap'n Tigerheart's Page)

Arr, I missed ye's birthday yesterday! Completely slipped me mind!

So, I raise a stein of rum (even though I can't stands the taste) to ye, an' say Happy (Belated) Birthday, ye salty sea dog!

An' to remind the rest of ye, today be Talk Like A Pirate Day! Arr!

[JoshTigerheart]

Thanks you two. Between eating pie in the cafeteria, dessert at a restaurant, and birthday cupcakes, I think I've had enough sugar in one day for the next week! And yes, birthday cupcakes. My parents wasn't sure if a cake would survive a three hour drive here, so they made cupcakes instead. They are a lot easier to store, however!

[Warlord Mike]

Felt compelled to do some more tvtropes digging. This time, however, I wanted to see how many I seem to fulfill in my writing.

First off the list (and undoubtedly the most somber):

Unfunny Aneurysm Moment. When I wrote about Megan's werewolf mom getting killed in a car accident, I chose it to kinda illustrate that idiots still exist in the 31st century A.D. Cut to nearly a year to the day later...

And I'll just let the previous page(s) speak for themselves. Am I a banshee or something?

Race Against the Clock. Abused frequently to add a sense of urgency. I do try and avoid this, but oftentimes I can't think of any other way to give that "oo-rah" feeling. ^^;

Numerological Motif. The numbers 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10 tend to show up a lot in the posts. 3 and 7 are somewhat more common, though there's one number in particular that has recently become significant in its own right.

Shown Their Work. Before I put ANYTHING down, I try to look at various things to see just how realistic things are. One of particular note is the mighty Titan AEX-4, which I used HYDESim to determine just how big a 5-MT blast is. Needless to say, the result wasn't pretty (the link to HYDESim is there). Additionally, the Chrono-shifter belt that Bowser brings with him during the Huron Mission was based on Einstein's Special Relativity - or more directly, as Bowser notes, the effects of Time Dilation.
As one can imagine, there often comes a point where it turns into "Stop Having Fun, Guys" - thankfully, a few devices, like the Phantasm-Class Cloaking device's Molecular Disruption Unit, fall into a scientific gray area - in that stance, I just take advantage of the fact and proceed merrily on my way. =P

Breaking The Fourth Wall. Subverted, kinda - Akasi points out that we've been writing this stuff the whole time, but his Ensign explains it away by saying that Mike and the others found the Huron Base. I may go back and tempt fate again, though - in fact, I'm contemplating putting up the following dialogue at one point:

MIKE: "...Wow. That was corny. Why are we doing this again?"
BOWSER: "Don't look at me - I'm not the one who wrote the script."
NARRATOR: "A-HEM..."
BOTH: "Sorry."
NARRATOR: "Thank you."

Of course, that straddles the line between merely breaking wall four, and vaporizing it outright. And considering the heated feedback I got...so yeah. ^^;;

Large Ham. There's a few points, but I'm a little hazy on exactly how one defines said trope - as such, your mileage may vary.

Satan. Also God, though I haven't had much chance to work in the Big Man Upstairs Himself (though, as shown, Augustine did make an appearance, which sorta counts).

Used Future. The Empire (and the JR/VA) use weapons that should have become long obsolete by that point, like the M-16 and AK-47 - though this is firmly averted by their heavier artillery, like the Omegas, the aforementioned Titan, etc. The reason? Well, to be perfectly honest, I have a thing for nostalgia - and more to the point, if it ain't broke...

Multiverse. Indeed, the Multiverse OF Multiverses - no fewer than 6 different Universes (not including the Imperials) have been mentioned, or have stuff ripped straight from them, including Real Life, Metroid, Zoids, Mario (with a heel face turn, to boot), Nova (obviously), and Half-Life 2 (look hard - it's there!), just to name a few.

Alright, that's enough for now - I gotta get to bed.

[fishloaf]

Everytime I visit TVtropes, it messes with the text size in my browser.

Which is just as well, because I've never read an entry there and then came away feeling like I had gained new insight about that storytelling theme--I just have a snarky new term for it and a bunch of idiosyncratc

• "Seralcard is a perfect example of the trope Morality Chain insofar as the loss of his friend and mentor, Cookie Monster, causes him to abandon Mrs. Peabody's quilting club and take up the mantle of Darth Meanie."
  

• "Actually, no it isn't because Edward by the grace of God King of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine sends greetings to all to whom the present letters come. We have inspected the great charter of the lord Henry, late King of England, our father, concerning the liberties of England in these words: Henry by the grace of God King of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and count of Anjou sends greetings to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, sheriffs, reeves, ministers and all his bailiffs and faithful men inspecting the present charter. Know that we, at the prompting of God and for the health of our soul and the souls of our ancestors and successors, for the glory of holy Church and the improvement of our realm, freely and out of our good will have given and granted to the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons and all of our realm these liberties written below to hold in our realm of England in perpetuity. [1] In the first place we grant to God and confirm by this our present charter for ourselves and our heirs perpetuity that the English Church is to be free and to have all its rights fully and its liberties entirely. We furthermore grant and give to all the freemen of our realm for ourselves and our heirs in perpetuity the liberties written below to have and to hold to them and their heirs from us and our heirs in perpetuity. [2] If any of our earls or barons, or anyone else holding from us in chief by military service should die, and should his heir be of full age and owe relief, the heir is to have his inheritance for the ancient relief, namely the heir or heirs of an earl for a whole county £100, the heir or heirs of a baron for a whole barony 100 marks, the heir or heirs of a knight for a whole knight’s fee 100 shillings at most, and he who owes less will give less, according to the ancient custom of (knights’) fees.
  "
• Except, Nuh-UHHH!
  

I dunno, maybe I'm just being ingnu'nt.



This post has been edited by fishloaf: Oct 1 2009, 06:16 PM

[Warlord Mike]

Fish, try as you may, you can't sneak a Half-Life reference (and very close to what actually happened, to boot) past me - it just ain't gonna work. =P

That said, back to the old grind. (stupid homework...rassa-frassa...)

[dsaf]

Heh, I was just about to post asking if people were alive. I suppose I shall just have to ask only the next question: Should I even bother updating my wiki pages?

[fishloaf]

Fish, try as you may, you can't sneak a Half-Life reference (and very close to what actually happened, to boot) past me - it just ain't gonna work. =P

No sneakin about it, brotha.

I'm actually...not terribly original with my ideas around here. I've ripped everything from Monkey to obscure Sega Saturn games in my never ending quest to waste people's time.

Heh, I was just about to post asking if people were alive.

Alive, but really bored in here.

We should do another space brawl thing. Why waste a perfectly good Colosseum?

This post has been edited by fishloaf: Oct 8 2009, 11:08 PM

[Warlord Mike]

Currently waiting for Shli before I get my stuff underway (Jalis is involved, as well - I've already sent off something to JTH for checking before I get to the other two).

All this, and I'm also doing college... >_<;