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Sevenar
43 year-old male from Rex, GA


I'm the hardest-working lazy procrastinator in a six-block radius, and that's saying something in Georgia...

I don't know why I got involved with Sponsors vs. Freeloaders, and I must have been crazy when I shot my mouth off about The Sponsorhood, but darnit, somebody's got to set an example for the younger generation. Seeing as how that's apparently me, I despair for the future of the human race.

I also apparently love the sound of my own keyboard. Windbag.
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August 18th, 2009

Champions Online

Back in the pen&paper days of RPGs, my all-time favorite was Champions. It was the only point-based system I've ever played where everything was truly balanced. Attacks, defenses, and characteristics were scaled very well on point value, so there were very few loopholes to exploit to create an imbalanced character. As long as everyone stayed within the campaign's point limits, it worked far better than any other RPG.

When I heard they were coming out with an MMORPG of Champions, I was thrilled. Then I found out that only the setting had been licensed, not the balanced game mechanics I had appreciated so much. Still, the open beta for CO is now underway, and I can honestly say this is the only other game besides WoW that I would consider buying a Lifetime Subscription to.

The devs were the same guys behind City of Heroes, and while I played that one to death because it was the only superhero MMO in town, it suffered from numerous problems. Repitition, no end-game, boring grinds, rigid power frameworks, etc. Refreshingly, the devs actually learned from their mistakes and made CO one of the more player-friendly games I've played yet. For example, when it comes time to level-up and add new powers/talents/points to your character, in most games you are stuck with what you pick, unless you pay gold or some sort of limited re-spec token to undo your mistakes. Not so with CO. When it comes time to levelup, you go to the Powerhouse, pick your particular upgrade, and then you can try it out on their practice dummy rooms first. If you don't like it, head back to the desk and undo it. You aren't locked in to your choices until you exit the Powerhouse. You can also tweak your powers to change the color of your energy blasts and on some powers, change what part of you they shoot out of. (within reason, and in good taste only)

The open beta runs until go-live (Sept. 1) and you can still get in on it. GameStop and Best Buy sell a $5 preorder kit that has a beta key inside, and you get little perks for buying these keys. It's worth five bucks to just take a spin in this one, and if you don't like it, well, you aren't out 50, at least.

Excuse me, I have to go deliver a mighty smiting to Dr. Destroyer....
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Hawkins1701
Hawkins1701
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Posted 2 months ago
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Well, let's face it. RvB is the only commercially-successful machinima series ever produced. Since you actually had the audacity to make money off of being an artiste, your work must be automatically denigrated by the ingrained snobbery inherent in any "academic" critique. (Otherwise, the critic loses -X Tenure Points and must start over as a running-dog imperialist lackey of the unenlightened bourgeoisie. Or whatever it is that the brainless liberals brand those outside their particular ivory towers nowadays.)

On another note, I still need a job. I'm perfectly willing to sell out, even if it means being sniffed at by academics who love the smell of their own farts.

Extremely well said, sir.
LouisWu
LouisWu
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Posted 4 months ago
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It's like having Shirley Temple punch you in nuts.

Yeah... yeah, that's totally the experience I was going for.

armor_ross
armor_ross
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Posted 8 months ago
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Can you help me? I have some video clips showing how I retrieved the Skull from Sandbox, but I dont know how to get it from my X360 to my laptop.

Anything will be of great assistance. Thanks
Elnea
Elnea
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Posted 1 year ago
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Hey dude, long time no see/hear... we gotta talk you me and the Amanda...

;-)

zsgamemaster
zsgamemaster
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Posted 1 year ago
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Gratz on having major fun in scouts.. :-)
zsgamemaster
zsgamemaster
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Posted 1 year ago
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Hugh Hancock's attempt @ Cooking show.. - it's a-ok but it's kinda funny :-)

www.kamikazecookery.com/films/2

Episode 1 - "The Perfect Steak"

Sevenar
Sevenar
Posted 1 year ago
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I think we can hit 100...
Laird
Laird
lolololodst
Posted 1 year ago
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So I brought alot of interest to your journal, how about posting those scripts?
zsgamemaster
zsgamemaster
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Posted 1 year ago
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Billy Connolly on the Banjo.. - thought you might like.. :-)

www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/16/billy.connolly/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
lord_smurph
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Posted 1 year ago
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damn, that 100 posts thing isn't going well
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