Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels' hierarchies?
And even if one of them pressed me suddenly against his heart:
I would be consumed in that overwhelming existence.
For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror,
Which we are just able to endure,
And we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us.
Every angel is terrifying.
-- Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow

Sometimes, hanging out in Pocket D, the Icon Store or Atlas Park will net you some real winners in the weirdness department.
In many cases, it's easier to lock onto a persons name and read their bio than it is to get a closer look at the costume.
But TRUST me, most of these people had costumes that were well up to the task of equaling the weirdness in their bios.
First up, a guy I noticed in Icon. Modi was the name. At the time he was just wearing a t-shirt, jeans and sneakers. Must be incognito. Okay, I'll bite, he's level 50 AND actually has the name locked down without using "creative punctuation! Must have been around for awhile. Let's click the bio and...
Well he's got the whole Norse BRAG thing down, that's for sure.

I was on with Panzer XII in Mercy Island when I noticed a brightly colored Mastermind. Looking closer, I'm thinking... "No... he did NOT just go there..." Clicking on the bio.
"Oh my god, he went there."
That is disturbing on so many levels.

Right! Moving right along! Our next contestant has the seeds of an interesting concept hidden among the detritus of some truly horrendous editing and one of the most unintentionally HILARIOUS typos I have ever seen.
And BTW, why is his name Scion of SORCERY?? His origin is SCIENCE!!

This next one isn't really a bad bio so much as one that is reeking of snark. ^_^
Nope, not much of a stretch at all, really.

This one is one that I've seen around on Virtue server off and on. His costume looks like a wearable version of the palette and design sense from Yellow Submarine. In other words, Peter Max threw up.
Paging Mr. Duke, your pharmacist is here with the GOOD drugs!

Robot Apes! That's what City of Heroes needs! Cybernetic Apes FROM THE FUTURE!!!
Rock me Dr. Zaius, R... r..r..r..rock me Dr Zaius!

So many things wrong here. So much lack of sense. So many affronts to fashion and color. As bad as the portrait is, the whole costume was MUCH WORSE.
I wonder if Dr. Trippy and this guy hang out?

Okay... Is it a Harry Potter spoof? A Willie Wonka reference? All I know is that I'm going nowhere NEAR that cat!
Don't know what to say, just kinda disturbing, really...

But nowhere NEAR as disturbing as THIS guy! I saw him in Pocket D. As if the pink battle armor wasn't disturbing enough on its own, it was the fact that it was only HALF of a suit! The bottom half was nowhere to be found. He's barefoot in tighty whiteys! Good god, man! Put on some PANTS!
And then I read the bio...
No... Just... NO... Not going there, man. Just not going there... that's a dark and lonely place...-Logan
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"Wake up! Time for SCIENCE!"
-Adam Savage
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For those of you who havent stopped by EPU yet,
Rogue Squadron #3 is now available, and yet another shining example of just how much G rocks as a writer.
"I was an Otaku before those kids came along and changed the meaning of the word."
-- HM "Howling Mad" Wilson to more than one team-mate.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

Filed under: Whiplash or face-to-pavement moments for a speedster upon hearing as you zip by...
S.W.A.T. Officer: "I'm not kidding you. Like, FIVE gigantic Lost crammed into a mini. Most hysterical thing I've ever seen."
Have I mentioned lately how cool I think the writers of this game are? ^_^-Logan
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"Wake up! Time for SCIENCE!"
-Adam Savage
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This isn't so much a comment on my costume (as it isn't all that visible in the shot). But more of a comment on costume choices vs power selections.
I would not be wearing as short a dress as Ms Liberty wears if I spent as much time as she did in the air.
Then again, most enemies may not remember the nice view they had after being introduced to her foot.
not the best of screencaps, but the least bad.


Click for larger image.-Terry
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"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint Exupery
"Luge strategy? Lie flat and try not to die." - Carmen Boyle (Olympic Luge Gold Medal winner - 1996)
Mary Sue's theme music
-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

I was supposed to edit and post the next part of the Superball story. Instead I wrote this instead, a Light Errant piece.
It's not technically Legendary fic, since I'm most likely sticking this guy in an old friend's SG. That said, a few of you have already met 'im. So.
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Light Errant: Shepard's Prayer
There comes a time in every young man's life...when he must stand up, raise his head high, and be counted. And get a pair of alien weapons stuck to his arms.
Oh, wait. That's just me.
Sorry.
They tell me Dad was a space hero. News to me. I thought he dealt in real estate. But that's what the gauntlets say.
I guess he didn't really lie. Because if these things are telling the truth, he made the proverbial agricultural property purchase. Somewhere out there.
I'll be honest. I'm not sure how to feel about that. Well, no, that's not true. My feelings are mixed. There's shock, of course. I'm still reeling at the idea of my father being a hero. There's anger. He just flew off into the stars, leaving mom and me. What am I supposed to think?
But.
He was my father. If you'd asked me before, I'd have denied it. But...yes. Yes, I mourn him. In the end, despite everything, he was my father.
And I know...he was a hero.
He was a hero.
The gauntlets are intelligent, kinda, but they're not sentient. At least, I don't think so. It's not like they communicate with me in words or anything. I just...know things.
I know he was Light Errant. That's what he called himself. A beacon of brightness. A crusading knight. And a million other trite advertising-agency phrases that don't mean a thing. They're just words.
I know what he did. And I have no idea how he managed it.
How does someone get up day after day, throwing themselves into danger without a second thought? How do you commit that kind of sacrifice?
Would you die to save your own worst enemy?
I have a feeling, maybe more than a feeling...that's what killed him in the end.
And now, and now, the gauntlets are mine. The power is, quite literally, in my hands.
Quite a kick in the head, huh?
I'm not cut out for this. I'm really not. I'm not brave. I'm not kind. I don't have the compassion. I just don't.
But...well.
I guess it's worth a try.
It's not like I have a choice. Well, I suppose I could forget about everything, put these things down, and walk away. I could do that. I could.
No. No choice at all, really.
There comes a time when you just gotta square your shoulders, put on a costume, and walk out that door. Do your best, far as your moral fibre will take you. And hopefully not get killed in the process.
Ah, well. If I die, it's for a good cause, right? Maybe I can leave my body to science.
Man, I don't wanna know what this is gonna do to my life insurance premiums.
Right.
So, I guess I'm a hero now. Whatever that means.
(Oh Dear Lord, please don't let me screw up.)
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The fic title and last line are references to Alan Shepard, of course. Though he used a stronger bit of profanity.
I actually have about 2/3rds of a longer Light Errant story written. I'll probably finish that after the Superball story. Superball gets an update tomorrow, I promise.

-- Acyl

I didn't even know that Urd's seiyuu had written anything, let alone that it was an Oh My Goddess! novel, until the announcement that the novel's been licenced was brought to my attention...
Anybody know anything about the novel?

-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

Well, Removal time again, and Four have dropped out.
Eldritch Pyre
Big Momma S.
He Who Brings Peace
and
Obsidian Heart.
Schrodinger Black is 119 days inactive and Interactive Muon is 116.
E-Mails letting people know have been sent, but that opens up 4 more slots into the Super Group.
Edward D.When engaging, nothing beats a full frontal.
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In the epic rage of furious thunder
legends create their tales
when the twilight calls and the dark lord falls
our glory will prevail

I finally had the ready cash a couple weeks ago to order the second half of my months-overdue birthday present -- an ASUS graphics card using the nVidia 6800 chipset. It arrived at the beginning of this week... and I finally installed it last night.
Wow. And when I turned back on all the graphics options I'd turned off to get decent framerate, double wow.
Dear gods, why didn't anyone tell me the images I was posting were utter crap?
-- Bob
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Visit beautiful Boston, proud successor to Seattle as
"City Most Scared Of Its Own Shadow

Reading these thread since I started posting, it's occured to me that I probably would enjoy playing the Cities games, there's been 3 main points against me buying them.
1) erratic income - I been working a long string of temp jobs, meaning varying payrates and periods of little or no income
2) too many hobbies, not enough time - nuff said. 8P
3) a near certainty I'd suffer from a bad case of Altitis - I've been a roleplayer for a couple decades now, including superhero-style games. I've got all kinds of old characters lurking in the back of my head. Plus the other day I had the silly idea of a hero called I. M. Canadian pop into my head.
Well, I've finally gotten a full time job, so reason number 1 is fading out of the picture. Now I'm remembering a line my dad has used occasionally, "Lead me not into temptation, for I can find it myself".__________________
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live. - George Carlin.
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin