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Week in review

2005-08-22 doycet MMO & Computers 8 comments

As noted here, managed to mess around with CoH a bit over the last week, despite rampant having-a-babyness. Notably: Got

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Risus Mystery Men

2005-08-22 doycet Links & Resources

The Risus – MYSTERY MEN Website What is Risus? Risus is a complete FREE Role Playing Game (RPG) designed to

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Firefly stuff

2005-08-17 doycet Links & Resources 3 comments

Jamie Chambers, the creator of the Serenity RPG posts on FIREFLYFANS.NET about the upcoming launch of the highly anticipated game

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Highest Compliments

2005-08-15 doycet MMO & Computers 5 comments

Something I should have mentioned before, which just occurred to me. Hype and Syn dinged 37 sometime early Friday evening

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Weekend summary

2005-08-15 doycet MMO & Computers 4 comments

As noted here, dinged Hype/Syn to 37 and 38 this week, and picked up Greater Ice Sword on Hype, because

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CoH screenies, just cuz they’re funny.

2005-08-10 doycet MMO & Computers 4 comments

When Respec, as a function, first came out on test. Also, more recently, two Synapse teams get ambushed by Babbage

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I5: Stealth

2005-08-09 doycet MMO & Computers 21 comments

I5 Stealth Discussion Look, it’s right in the description of the change: Basic Stealth Powers (Pools, temp powers, and Powers

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Your word for the day…

2005-08-09 doycet Musing 12 comments

captious: (adj) disposed to find fault or raise objections. That is all.

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I5 changes: MA/SR

2005-08-08 doycet MMO & Computers 4 comments

Had a chance to mess around a bit on Test with my entirely non-optimal MA/SR build (Strat). A few quick

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Fire Tank: i5 Test Server musing

2005-08-08 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

* Increased the recharge time of Burn (about x4. Decreased its damage (about 25%). Also, current iteration of the AI

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Seven Super(s) Days

2005-08-08 doycet MMO & Computers 6 comments

As noted elsewhere, HT and Shock both dinged 50 this week, so that was really the big news. Lots of

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Shock Dings 50

2005-08-06 doycet MMO & Computers 3 comments

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Critical Mass

2005-08-04 doycet Links & Resources 6 comments

MMORPGS and the Dunbar number This all leads me to hypothesize that the optimal size for active group members for

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Feed the Wiki!

2005-08-04 doycet Links & Resources

Please be advised that the link for the RSS feed for RandomWiki is now http://random.average-bear.com/Site/AllRecentChanges?action=rss

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Hang Dings 50

2005-08-03 doycet MMO & Computers 6 comments

Click to embiggen. Update 873 hours on HT. Considering I started right around New Years, that works out to around

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What’s in a name?

2005-08-03 doycet Links & Resources

Seventh Sanctum – Name Generators Whole pages of them. Much recommended — a few excellent superhero ones, for example, and

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Might as well, since I have time

2005-08-02 doycet Links & Resources 2 comments

Please be advised that RandomWiki will be locked vs. editing while I upgrade to 2.0. This upgrade will allow for

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Because I need *this* shit today…

2005-07-28 doycet Links & Resources 5 comments

RandomWiki has been vandalized. If you grok wiki at all and understand the ‘restore’ function, I’d ask your assistance in

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Dings in Review

2005-07-25 doycet MMO & Computers 13 comments

As noted, here, since the last update to the Wiki records on the 19th, Hype’s dinged 33, 34, and 35.

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Forces of Nature

2005-07-19 doycet MMO & Computers

In the process of (a) doing ALMOST all of the Shadow Shard Task Force (b) working through the end of

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Just for the sake of having it here to reference…

2005-07-15 doycet MMO & Computers

Now testing in the Training Room – Issue #5! Issue 5: Forest of Dread

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So damn close

2005-07-13 doycet MMO & Computers 5 comments

A few weeks month or so ago, on the CoH forums that I frequent, I wrote: So here’s what I’m

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Weekend in review

2005-07-11 doycet MMO & Computers 9 comments

No FtF game Friday night — we did a little work on the ‘play on the weeknights until it gets

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Or: How to not create a Shoggoth Plot

2005-07-11 doycet Links & Resources One comment

Since this is (a) something that is terribly useful when roleplaying in a ‘systemless’ environment, (b) something that’s caused a

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Weekend in review

2005-07-05 doycet MMO & Computers 3 comments

No game on Friday, which … well, there wasn’t one scheduled — I just thought there was. Syn and Hype

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Week in review

2005-06-20 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

Not much going on this weekend, game-wise. Since updating levels last week, Hype’s dinged 24, 25, and 26. One more

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CoH Beastiary

2005-06-15 doycet MMO & Computers

City of Heroes: Villains: A complete list of CoH villains, with (tres useful) all the stuff each type of mob

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Week in Review

2005-06-13 doycet MMO & Computers 4 comments

Thursday: Dinged 20 with Hype and Syn, got new costumes (dress-up stuff for both of em), and RP’d Syn’s birthday

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CoH: Herding

2005-06-06 doycet MMO & Computers 13 comments

After some HEAVY tanking work this weekend, in which Gilly dinged 18 and Hyperthermian dinged 15, 16, 17, and 18

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Comprehensive Guide to Rapid XP Gain/Debt Loss

2005-05-23 doycet Links & Resources

City of Heroes Official Forums Just to let you all know, I have finished revising and posting version 4.0 of

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Session 09 of our co-op playthrough of Ironsworn: Starforged.

We pause long enough to trade supplies with an old and deeply unsettling acquaintance: Anora Talin, a razor-sharp trader with too much insight and no hesitation about using it. What starts as a resupply stop turns into one of the biggest lore sessions of the campaign so far.

In this episode:

- the precursor map/tablet reveals more strange behavior
- Cole’s importance becomes clearer
- secrets about the Balefire and Cobalt Reach emerge
- a new faction concept appears: The Tethered
- Tinker risks deeper contact with the symbiote
- navigation experiments go very, very wrong
- we end with one of our favorite cliffhangers yet

Thanks for watching/listening along with our little corner of space.

2026 04 14
Sometimes, the story tells you it wants to be something else.
Timefoolery finds us once again.

2026 03 10
See the thing is, I called episode six "Crystal Snails", and then I got Vulfmon's Disco Snails stuck in my head, and then this happened. I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry if you've never heard of Disco Snails.
I'm sorry if you HAVE heard of Disco Snails.
Mostly, I'm sorry to Vulfmon.

Inside every snail shell is a tiny glowing gastropod
Precursors might be dead, or fled: transcended into spacey gods
But here they left behind these shiny slimy buggy bodies
These super freaky guards will slime and kill you as a hobby

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system FLAIL
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.

There's bodies in the airlock, for the snails are on the loose
Watch your step, they're only one inch tall and they crawl right at you
They've synthesize deadly toxins up in their buggy bodies
This downright funkadelic bunch have come to start the party (P-p-p-party)

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system FLAIL
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Their location? In your station
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.
(With apologies to Vulfmon.)

Inside every snail shell is a tiny glowing gastropod
Precursors might be dead, or fled: transcended into spacey gods
But here they left behind these shiny slimy buggy bodies
These super freaky guards will slime and kill you as a hobby

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system fail
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They're not ill-willer, they're just killers...

2026 03 03
Tinker and Quin engage in a time-honored spacer tradition (drinking and conspiracy theories) followed by another time-honored ironsworn tradition (fighting for your life).

2026 02 24 timebolted
We meet Quintin's daughter, and then head out on our main mission. Both of these go exactly as we expected, as usual.

2026 02 17

Music by Kevin MacLeod. Intro by kleber-kgf.
This game, man... this game....

A few notes: the audio is still uneven. I tried a few things, but I need to try a few more. Stay with us and I'll get it sorted, I promise.

2026 02 13
Kiri's symbiote saves him... from something, or for something?
Quinn pulls on the strings trailing from everyone on Providence Station.

2026 02 03
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