Heroic Pet Peeves

[iggy880]

This thread was popular when I made it on the original boards' whiners ward. To give you a reminder, this is only for your pet peeves that are game, or hero related only. And to help you more, here is the definition of a pet peeve:
pet peeve
n. Informal

Something about which one frequently complains; a particular personal vexation.

So I'll start it off.

Mine is people who's origin, and powers don't seem to really make sense or have any basis. Like a natural fire blaster, I mean if you inherently have the ability to summon and attack with fire then you probably are a damn mutant. Same with like a natural claws or spines scrapper, you do not natually have, or train yourself to make pointy objects piece your flesh, and technically, regeneration would be mutant too if you look at Wolverine.

[MikeKAY]

Mine is people who's origin, and powers don't seem to really make sense or have any basis. Like a natural fire blaster, I mean if you inherently have the ability to summon and attack with fire then you probably are a damn mutant. Same with like a natural claws or spines scrapper, you do not natually have, or train yourself to make pointy objects piece your flesh, and technically, regeneration would be mutant too if you look at Wolverine.

A friend of mine owns a set of "Natural Claws." They are pretty damn cool.

[sheld0n]

Well, technically, aliens fall under "natural" too, because it's normal for their species to manifest such abilities.
And then there's this whole Dragon Ball deal, where everyone has super powers, but only some can unlock it.
But otherwise, i have to agree with you man, it does tend to look a bit weird.

As for my pet peeve, its the tram. Ive gotten somewhat used to it now, but doesnt it seem a bit unheroic to use public transportation like that? :rolleyes:

[Masked Revenger]

Some people take a particular origin so they can fight a particular set of bad guys right away.

My pet peeve is bad hero names. I don't have a problem with periods or dashes after or before a name, but I mean really bad hero names. Like "Hawt2Trawt," or "MeLuvULngTme." WTF?!? And at level 30, no less! Ugh!

Chris

[Randomus]

I like the tram. Promotes environmental consciousness. :)

[The Widowed]

Mine is people who's origin, and powers don't seem to really make sense or have any basis. Like a natural fire blaster, I mean if you inherently have the ability to summon and attack with fire then you probably are a damn mutant. Same with like a natural claws or spines scrapper, you do not natually have, or train yourself to make pointy objects piece your flesh, and technically, regeneration would be mutant too if you look at Wolverine.
Aside from the alien race rationale mentioned above, bear in mind that Naturals can use some technical devices or some magic items...as long as the technology or magic doesn't account for the majority of the Hero's superhumanity...superhumaness...whatever. Someone who throws fire around because of a life-sustaining suit of powered armor or cybernetic limbs and endoskeleton would be Technology; Someone with a multi-headed flamethrower attached to his wrist would probably be Natural.

My Origin pet peeve are the folks who have Mutation Origins yet when you go into their bio it's "He was mutated by this toxin" or "She was transformed by that radiation treatment". Hello! "Mutation" means "I was born with it" and "Science" means "Something out of a college science lab went goofy and turned me into that".

Maybe it's just me, but mutant origins seem like a cop-out to me, like the creator couldn't be bothered to think up a reason for the person to become abnormal, so he just made them abnormal to begin with. Didn't somebody here say that Stan Lee created the X-Men (and mutants in general) because he got tired of coming up with good origins? :rolleyes:

[Randomus]

It's not that he got tired, he just said it was easier that way. ;)

[The Widowed]

Correction noted. :D

[Impact]

My only heroic rant: When people ask for help and don't say thank you. Talk about something that REALLY gets me ready for CoV....

[Blackbat]

On the Origin topic, I think it's only limited by your imagination. I can make a hero that shoots staples from his fingertips and can manifest double sided tape from his wrists and classify him as Natural with the right backstory and bio. I don't have to follow what other people think is natural, or what the popular belief is.

[The Widowed]

I just noticed something. Why is this in Paragon Party Place instead of City Hall? City Hall should have its own Ranting section too. :|

[Akamaz]

I dunno.

I hate l337 names.. even S EA M U S (who speaks l337 in character) has his name spelled normally.

[MikeKAY]

I just noticed something. Why is this in Paragon Party Place instead of City Hall? City Hall should have its own Ranting section too. :|

I have no objections to this being in City Hall, say the word and I'll move it.

[Malibu Sally]

I still get irked when I see a blatant ripoff character. They seem to come in waves every couple of months. It's been a while since I've seen a "w0Lv3ereeeen" or "The Tique" but they and others like them will appear again sooner or later.

It irks me more that I fear to report them.... after all Malibu Sally comes dangerously close to stepping on the IP of Mattel and the Simpsons and I'd rather not call too much attention to myself. :rolleyes:










If only I had come up with a better idea for a character like Widdy did.

*runs off and makes a "Widowed" ripoff..... teh wId0de :P

[Masked Revenger]

I still get irked when I see a blatant ripoff character. They seem to come in waves every couple of months. It's been a while since I've seen a "w0Lv3ereeeen" or "The Tique" but they and others like them will appear again sooner or later.

Here, here. Lately, it's been "Green Arrows," or "H@wk-Eye."

I don't mind a hero based of someone, like a Captain America homage or something, but blatenly ripping off another hero is just lame and lazy.

Chris

[Jade_Dragon]

Well, my Green Archer sounds like a rip-off of Green Arrow, but when you look at her she's obviously the Archer from Gauntlet Legends. Although if I ever get called on it, I'll just change her name and her appearance slightly. I mean, I like her look, hopefully I can just shift around some colors and it won't be so obvious.

As for Natural heroes having powers, if your bio can explain it, then there's no problem. Joe Everyman is the perfect example of a Natural Controller, and intentionally so, there's nothing there that can't be explained by sleight of hand and illusion. However, if the Natural hero can't explain it sufficiently in his bio, or doesn't bother with a bio at all, then that's worth having a pet peeve about.

Personally, I believe Natural to be entirely determined by the backstory. As I've said before, the Natural origin isn't where your powers came from. It's WHY you chose to have powers in the first place. The Natural is unique in that he didn't have superpowers fall in his lap, as with all other origins. He sought it out. So if you're Natural and don't have a backstory, you've missed the point just to begin with. :D

My pet peeve is blind invites. Particularly those who invite you again two minutes later. You know they weren't paying any attention to who said yes and who said no, they're just clicking on names at random, and hitting invite.

Or when I'm going through Hollows to a mission door and get blind invites. I'M LEVEL 31, YOU MORONS!!! I'M NOT INTERESTED IN A FROSTFIRE MISSION!!!

[The Widowed]

If only I had come up with a better idea for a character like Widdy did.

*runs off and makes a "Widowed" ripoff..... teh wId0de :P
Ah. For a moment there, I thought you were going to come up with "Marie O'Pants". :D

[Kurai Inago]

There are Plenty of "Natural" Explainations for powers. Examples
Claws= Wrist or Finger Mounted Blades, or hell, Knives held between the Fingers.
Fire= Small Flamethrowers Or Perhaps PyroKinesis, which could be a learned talent.

As for my own pet peeves, I think I'll come up with some later....

[Meltman]

Minions that have holds. I think that's self explanitory.

[Bari Jon]

Bossy little teammates that have to plan every little bitty thing in a mission. And people who complain "You didn't heal me!!!" when they go around corners or out of line of sight.

[Malibu Sally]

Ah. For a moment there, I thought you were going to come up with "Marie O'Pants". :D

*waits for Esbat to chime in with his newest.... Mary No'Knickers or perhaps Mary O'Knockers.* :p

[The Widowed]

Bossy little teammates that have to plan every little bitty thing in a mission.
We're just trying to make the mission n00bproof, that's all. :P

[Bari Jon]

We're just trying to make the mission n00bproof, that's all. :P

Who you calling a n00b? And your bossiness is appropriate because it does keep some of us from dying. :D I am talking about those people who think they know how to play the game better than anyone else, but still get the entire team killed constantly.

[Jade_Dragon]

Who you calling a n00b? And your bossiness is appropriate because it does keep some of us from dying. :D I am talking about those people who think they know how to play the game better than anyone else, but still get the entire team killed constantly.

A true leader is worth his weight in gold. A leader who thinks he knows how to play the game but doesn't should probably have gold weights put on his chest until he suffocates. :D

[Krypto]

I mean if you inherently have the ability to summon and attack with fire then you probably are a damn mutant.

The story behind my Fire Tank is similar to that of a Peacebringer. And I figured, if a PB could be natural and shoot energy beams, my Tank could be natural and have flames surrounding her. :P

[The Widowed]

Who you calling a n00b? And your bossiness is appropriate because it does keep some of us from dying. :D I am talking about those people who think they know how to play the game better than anyone else, but still get the entire team killed constantly.
Of course, it helps if they listen too. Even sticking around for a second or two would be nice.

[typing]"Ooh...two Fakes and a Warhulk, all purple. Let me corner pull..."
*entire team runs off and charges the Fake Nemeses, leaving Widdy in the dust*
"...the Warhulk away from the Fakes and HEY! Wait up!"
*carnage and Hero deaths ensue* :rolleyes:

[Bari Jon]

Of course, it helps if they listen too. Even sticking around for a second or two would be nice.

[typing]"Ooh...two Fakes and a Warhulk, all purple. Let me corner pull..."
*entire team runs off and charges the Fake Nemeses, leaving Widdy in the dust*
"...the Warhulk away from the Fakes and HEY! Wait up!"
*carnage and Hero deaths ensue* :rolleyes:

And the funny thing is, they died, and then at the very next corner didn't listen again. :D

[The Widowed]

And the funny thing is, they died, and then at the very next corner didn't listen again. :D
Oh, yes. Oh Goddess, do I hate that too.... :grr:

[coldcut]

A true leader is worth his weight in gold. A leader who thinks he knows how to play the game but doesn't should probably have gold weights put on his chest until he suffocates. :D

I resemble that remark.

http://www.creyindustries.com/viewhero.php?id=2169

[iggy880]

There are Plenty of "Natural" Explainations for powers. Examples
Claws= Wrist or Finger Mounted Blades, or hell, Knives held between the Fingers.
Fire= Small Flamethrowers Or Perhaps PyroKinesis, which could be a learned talent.

As for my own pet peeves, I think I'll come up with some later....

I see the wrist based blades or whatever as tech then, as it is a tech enhancement

[Meltman]

How would blades mounted on your wrists be considered tech? That's like saying that a sword is tech.

[Druid]

Is a light saber a sword? What about any other laser weapon, or a vibro blade. Those sound like technology to me.

[iggy880]

It would be tech if they have to pop out Melty. I mean it is a mechanism, so technology

[Malibu Sally]

I'm still flummoxed trying to picture some nimrod holding knives between his fingers.:P

[sheld0n]

The difference between Natural and Technology is this: Are you a hero because youre so talented using a device, or because this device is so powerful?
Its all up to the bio.

[Malibu Sally]

The difference between Natural and Technology is this: Are you a hero because youre so talented using a device, or because this device is so powerful?
Its all up to the bio.
So a hero who can use an ordinary butterknife to eviscerate an enemy without him or noticing is "Natural" and a hero who requires Lacerate-O-Max 5000, Plutonium fueled Mega Bowie Knife to do the same thing is "Technology"?

Got it. :lol:

[Yin]

I tend to dislike heroes who mix and match powers. Like Fire Blast and Electricity Manipulation. What the hell is that? You rarely see a hero in any universe able to control two things like that. That's like the Human Torch being able to shoot electricity from his fingertips. You know what I mean? Though if you're a Controller it's understandable. There is no unified theme whatsoever in the Controller sets, but the rest of them seem to mesh alright. But yeah. That's about it. Heh. Doesn't bother me THAT bad, but I do get a little annoyed when I see it. But oh well. Heh.

[Blackbat]

I think if we didn't mix and match powers, the game would very boring.

Captain Atom is a good example. He controls energy/radiation in all it's forms.

[Bari Jon]

This is game is about each person's view of what a hero is, so maybe in the universe that they created, mix and match powers work just fine. You know what really annoys me? Homage and knockoff characters. Get some creativity and do something original. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but it's still just that... a pale imitation.

[sheld0n]

So a hero who can use an ordinary butterknife to eviscerate an enemy without him or noticing is "Natural" and a hero who requires Lacerate-O-Max 5000, Plutonium fueled Mega Bowie Knife to do the same thing is "Technology"?

Got it. :lol:

Precisely. ;)

[Jade_Dragon]

I'm still flummoxed trying to picture some nimrod holding knives between his fingers.:P

Gloves with knives mounted on it. Actually, the Claws in the game kind of look like those "ninja claws". Although the popping out part is hard to explain. :D

[Cryogentic]

A Freddy Kruger glove

[Jade_Dragon]

So a hero who can use an ordinary butterknife to eviscerate an enemy without him or noticing is "Natural" and a hero who requires Lacerate-O-Max 5000, Plutonium fueled Mega Bowie Knife to do the same thing is "Technology"?

Got it. :lol:

As sheld0n said, precisely. :D

The thing is, the Natural hero may use that Lacerate-O-Max 5000, Plutonium fueled Mega Bowie Knife. Take it away from him, though, and he'll still kill you. Take it away from the Tech hero, and he's helpless.

Another way I like to think of it is, if the Tech does the thinking for you, it's Tech. If you do the thinking, it's Natural. If you have a submachine gun that aims, fires, and reloads for you, it's Tech. If it's high tech, but the reason it kills in one shot is because you have the training to put a bullet between the target's eyes, it's Natural.

Magic is actually the same way. Tech, Magic and Natural are all kind of related in my concept of it. You can use the tech or magic if you are a Natural hero, to get the job done. Often the Tech or Magic origin uses you. :D

[Kinetix]

Gloves with knives mounted on it. Actually, the Claws in the game kind of look like those "ninja claws". Although the popping out part is hard to explain. :D

http://www.warriorquest.com/torashuko.jpg
http://i-am-awesome.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/9001.jpg

They could be spring and hinge loaded where they fold back and when you want they fling forward.

[Jade_Dragon]

I tend to dislike heroes who mix and match powers. Like Fire Blast and Electricity Manipulation. What the hell is that? You rarely see a hero in any universe able to control two things like that. That's like the Human Torch being able to shoot electricity from his fingertips. You know what I mean? Though if you're a Controller it's understandable. There is no unified theme whatsoever in the Controller sets, but the rest of them seem to mesh alright. But yeah. That's about it. Heh. Doesn't bother me THAT bad, but I do get a little annoyed when I see it. But oh well. Heh.

Actually, Sandy is Electrical/Fire and has a pretty good reason for it. It actually goes back to her origin, the game character she was originally based on has both fire and electrical attacks. However, the fire is essentially close range, while electric is distant. (She also had a Ray attack, but two out of three isn't bad)

Since she's a cyborg, though, it's simple enough to have her just have electrical and fire emitters in her hands. She can use napalm at close range, to keep foes at bay, while she has longer range with arcs of electricity. And her sword is actually a combination of fire and a force field, holding it in the sword shape.

Actually, I like Gabe's interpretation of her fire being plasma, which unites it all under electricity. But I agree, it's all about the background, and if you can't come up with a background that ties all those powers together, then you probably shouldn't mix and match in the first place. :D

(And now that you can have things like Archery/Electric and Trick Arrow/Rad, it's bound to get even more ridiculous. :D)

[Jade_Dragon]

http://www.warriorquest.com/torashuko.jpg
They could be spring and hinge loaded where they fold back and when you want they fling forward.

Right, those things. :D

You actually don't REALLY have to assume that the claws actually spring out, though. That's just graphics. But heck, don't get into that. :D (Where does that Assault Rifle come from, anyway? You could say when you "pop" your claws, that you take them out and put them on, but it just doesn't show that...)

[Malibu Sally]

Right, those things. :D

You actually don't REALLY have to assume that the claws actually spring out, though. That's just graphics. But heck, don't get into that. :D (Where does that Assault Rifle come from, anyway? You could say when you "pop" your claws, that you take them out and put them on, but it just doesn't show that...)

That is NOT someone "holding knives between their fingers". That is a picture of some blades mounted on a frame being held in the hand.... BIG difference. :P

[Remianen]

Hands down, blind invites. I'm generally always open to teaming on any character. But I prefer to know WHAT and WHERE the team's actions are involving. I don't like the Hollows pre-14 so to get an invite and find out the mission is there, would force me to back out. That's not necessary if a tell is sent "Missions in the Hollows". Then I can decline and not get my hopes up.

Another peeve of mine is characters with no bios. Under level 10, I can understand since that's usually the "try out this powerset combo" period. But beyond that......

On the subject of origins, I can understand how some could see mutant as a cop out. But none of the other origins appealed to me in any way, shape, form, or fashion. Being born different also allows for far more depth to a character, as well as a much more satisfying catharsis potential, from the writer's perspective. My first MA/regen scrapper is Natural origin but for the life of me, I can't find a way of justifying her abilities that satisfies me. Swiftshrike (my second MA/regen who is a mutant and 15 levels higher than Sintera) regens on a level reminiscent of some amphibians. If she lost an arm, she'd have it back inside of a week. I don't care how much training and exercise you do, you won't ever be able to go from death's door to fully healed in under 5 minutes. That's just not believable at all, to me. Besides that, dealing with and helping "at-risk" kids is something I'm very familiar with in RL so it fit the overarching story better to have them be mutants. I have a magic origin hero (Spiritshrike - katana/regen) whose backstory supports that angle. Also have a science based hero in Lady Ion (http://www.creyindustries.com/viewhero.php?id=13624), whose story fits that origin very well. (Her Crey bio is heavily edited, condensed and translated into layman's terms, since her full backstory is 21 pages in Word and a friend helped me with a lot of biochemical jargon) I prefer the mutant origin since it allows me to plug in new characters to the existing story a lot easier. That way, I can spend more time developing the character as a character (personality traits, motivations, interaction with teammates/family, etc). That makes for both a more compelling and interesting individual story as well as adding spice to the overarching one.

Just my view though. :)

[iggy880]

Another one of mine is those random invites. I mean you're not LFT, you don't even have a searching thing in the text space, and then they send you and invite, not even a tell before. At least ask before random invites people.

[Malibu Sally]

Another one of mine is those random invites. I mean you're not LFT, you don't even have a searching thing in the text space, and then they send you and invite, not even a tell before. At least ask before random invites people.
I find the surest way to avoid blind invites is to activate your "looking for team" flag and actively advertise yourself as seeking a team. No one will want you within 20 miles. Works wonders for me. :D

[suburbanhell]

I dunno.

I hate l337 names.. even S EA M U S (who speaks l337 in character) has his name spelled normally.


Major 0bvious is spelled that way out of necessity, not by design. someone had already taken Major Obvious when I moved over from Liberty to Virtue.

[iggy880]

Sad but true Sally. Just from the way you make it from the higher levels, it sounds like it's impossible to get a team as a blaster.

[Malibu Sally]

Not impossible. Very difficult, but not impossible.:)

[Yin]

I think if we didn't mix and match powers, the game would very boring.

Captain Atom is a good example. He controls energy/radiation in all it's forms.
I guess it's just me then. Heh. All my characters have a unified theme. Even with Controllers, if I choose a Mind Controller I'll go with Force Fields and RP it as Telekinesis or something. Heh.

[The Widowed]

Ah, here's the topic.

Here's a peeve that has been steadily growing all along. Even though it may sound kind of petty or stupid, I'm getting annoyed with all of the "Barefoot" Heroes I've been seeing around lately. I'm not talking about the ones who choose that option for footwear (or lack of it); Even the older warhorses like the Widowed and Krypto have costumes with which they go barefootin' around from time to time (though usually more for utility than anything else; Many martial arts styles mandate training and practice with bare feet for the sake of mobility and maximal flexibility of the feet, and uncommon is the swimmer who goes swimming with boots or shoes on).

No, I refer to the ones who feel some inexplicable need to incorporate it into their Hero name. I've come across a Barefoot Huntress and a Barefoot Ash in the past fortnight alone, and there have been about three or four others in the year-and-a-half before that. Such unshod Heroes are usually female, of course. Foot fetishists abound.

Really. How many established superheroes out there follow this trend? They're not called the Barefoot Hulk, the Barefoot Submariner, the Barefoot Beast or the Barefoot Namorita, after all. Maybe my opinion's completely off-base here, but if your Hero's very identity hinges on the state of going around without shoes or socks, perhaps it's time to put a little more thought into your character concept.

That's just my three cents, adjusted for inflation. :rolleyes:

[Malibu Sally]

...if your Hero's very identity hinges on the state of going around without shoes or socks, perhaps it's time to put a little more thought into your character concept.
Drat. There goes my idea for a Barefoot SS Trooper. :shinner:

[The Widowed]

I hope you run your little bare feet right across a caltrop patch, you smartypants. :P

[Malibu Sally]

I hope you run your little bare feet right across a caltrop patch, you smartypants. :P
"Tiptoe Through the Caltrops" dosen't work for me. :P

[Yin]

People who don't pay attention to what the leader says, and goes off and does their own thing. For instance, if the leader is a Defender, and he asks the Tanker to tank the left side of the map, and he goes and aggroes the center of the map, also pulling the left and right sides, it messes the entire thing up.

[Lawmaker]

Petty, but...

People with names in all caps for no particular reason... or no caps at all...

:)

[WingedAvenger]

Blind invites don't bug me. Clicking the "No" button is way faster than typing out a conversation with another player to figure out if I want to group or not.

What DOES bug me is the fact that those of us who do NOT have the Looking For Team tag up still show up in the LFT window, meaning that people can still use it to see who's online and ungrouped. Every time I play, I usually get a handful of people asking me if I want to join them, despite the fact that I am clearly set to Not Looking. News Flash, people: If I'm looking to join a team, I'll set my LFT tag to the "On" position. Until then, leave me alone.

That goes double for the guy who I had last week sending me tells every 5 minutes asking me to join him, despite the fact I told him no several times (but apparently didn't listen or was too lazy to remember I had already turned him down).

[The Widowed]

Petty, but...

People with names in all caps for no particular reason... or no caps at all...

:)
Preach on. Everytime I see a "riffraff" or a "terrible toyman" or a "LORD OF BONES", I want to choke my monitor. It's almost as annoying as names suffixed or prefixed with various combinations of characters, a la "XxX.Malachi.XxX". (Yes, I know why they do that, and it still ticks me off.) :rolleyes:

That goes double for the guy who I had last week sending me tells every 5 minutes asking me to join him, despite the fact I told him no several times (but apparently didn't listen or was too lazy to remember I had already turned him down).
He just thought you were playing hard-to-get. :D

[Malibu Sally]

Preach on. Everytime I see a "riffraff" or a "terrible toyman" or a "LORD OF BONES", I want to choke my monitor. It's almost as annoying as names suffixed or prefixed with various combinations of characters, a la "XxX.Malachi.XxX". (Yes, I know why they do that, and it still ticks me off.) :rolleyes:
Dammit! Now I can't create "Barefoot -=XxXmALachIXxX=-" either! Thanks for totally ruining the game, Wids. ;) :D :P

[ChairLegOfTruth]

People sending me tells when I'm teamed, asking me to invite them to the team. 9 times out of 10 it's not my team, it's already full and I have no clue as to who these jokers are. So I usually refer them to to the team leader and let them make the decision. If it is someone I recognise then I'll ask them to be invited directly but that's less than 10% of the time.

Of course all that's secondary to morons who send me tells when I'm teamed asking me to join their teams. I mean they know I'm already teamed (because they can't send me invites) but they assume that I'm dying to team up with them. NEWSFLASH: if I don't like the team I'm with I'll quit at the earliest opportunity. I have, infact, called people "Debt Magnets" and just quit, usually as I head off to hospital. Now I don't do this every time I die on a team as I can frequently get a grasp on just how useless my teamates are from the team chat before I get to the mission. However there are sometimes when people can talk the talk but not walk the walk...

However what really really gets my goat is the search function. I parse a search while trying to recruit for a team and I get a "this is not a complete list" and only 3 people on it are not already teamed. Hello Statesboi! I don't want people who are already teamed I'm trying to form a team of my own and I'd like to only be able to see unteamed characters! :mad:

[The Widowed]

Dammit! Now I can't create "Barefoot -=XxXmALachIXxX=-" either!
That would be "-=XxXbArEfOoT mALachIXxX=-" actually...even if I'm fairly sure that's more than 20 characters. :P

*usurps the Smartypants*

Thanks for totally ruining the game, Wids. ;) :D :P
I'm always pleased to displease. :lol:

[Bari Jon]

I have, infact, called people "Debt Magnets" and just quit, usually as I head off to hospital.

But... but... debt is good! Isn't it? :D

[The Widowed]

Rise, O great thread. :)

*wonders why the spiders were looking at this thread*

You know what's a good pet peeve of mine?

People who want to kill off the Knives of Artemis.

Those poor ladies are just misunderstood. So are their caltrop patches. :D

[iggy880]

*Shocked that this thread was remembered, and lives on*

One of my pet peeves is people who haven't ever payed attention to group backstories, then think that the enemies need to be changed. I've had to many comment on how the enemies should be changed but never cared about the background that made them work, you can only comment if you know what they're supposed to be.

[The Widowed]

*Shocked that this thread was remembered, and lives on*

One of my pet peeves is people who haven't ever payed attention to group backstories, then think that the enemies need to be changed. I've had to many comment on how the enemies should be changed but never cared about the background that made them work, you can only comment if you know what they're supposed to be.
Like how some accounts in CoV place Martin Henri in the 20th Century (with a sister who's alive and well today), while other accounts say that he lived centuries ago, binding Bat'Zul into the big horny mountain or dispersing some cult or somesuch? :think:

Martin Henri's a friggin' Highlander, man. I'm convinced of that now. :p

[Spademan]

Er... I've found that I hate it when, in a character's name, they use a lowercase L to replace and I (or vice versa).

That's just annoying to figure out when sending tells or inviting to teams or whatever... especially with

IIII BLACKWIDOW IIII... er... IIII BLACKWIDOW LLLL... uh...

I dunno.

[Knightward]

I just find it funny when people send me tells asking to team when I'm not the leader and am in the middle of a SF/TF.

Enough so that I only let them in on a tiny bit of that information at a time.

[Green Tower]

People who attack while others are afk.

[Dr Jack Wolfe]

I gotta say the "Can I join your team" thing outta nowhere when I"m on the leader does irk me after the first 10. Its usually someone who is looking for a SK or bridge (bridge right?) Why ask me? Who are you? Now if its one of yoose guys I'm usually more then happy to put a word in, but what the heck makes these people choose me?

[Malibu Sally]

The "I have sprint on constantly because if not, I'm wasting my time" mindset drives me up the wall. I guess it is a subcategory of the "I have to earn X amount of experience per minute or I'm wasting my time" mindset.

Seriously... I see so many players trying to race through missions. Most of them are the same ones who have to take breaks to recover endurance. I think this is really at the root of the obsession to get Stamina.(which is another peeve of mine)

[Grae Knight]

I gotta say the "Can I join your team" thing outta nowhere when I"m on the leader does irk me after the first 10. Its usually someone who is looking for a SK or bridge (bridge right?) Why ask me? Who are you? Now if its one of yoose guys I'm usually more then happy to put a word in, but what the heck makes these people choose me?

Yeah, what is up with that? I just noticed it over the past couple months. Instead of tells for me to join their team I get tells for them to join mine. I usually ignore them because if I was actively recruiting for my team they would hear from me.

My pet peeve, players who ONLY play villains or heroes and go on and on about how boring the other is or how crappy the other sides archetypes are. Then when you try to discuss it with them their highest hero or villain is level 20.

[USA_Steel]

My biggest peeve (in addition to most of what has been said) are scrappers who act like they are in competition with the tank. The whole mission becomes a race to see who can aggro what, first. Of course, this is not just scrappers, some other AT's try the same thing.

Of course, nothing is more rewarding than seeing the scrapper or other AT go down in one hit after you warn them 15 times. Always brings a smile to my face:) Yes, I do have a sadistic side ;)

[Ledgerdemain]

My biggest peeve (in addition to most of what has been said) are scrappers who act like they are in competition with the tank. The whole mission becomes a race to see who can aggro what, first. Of course, this is not just scrappers, some other AT's try the same thing.

Of course, nothing is more rewarding than seeing the scrapper or other AT go down in one hit after you warn them 15 times. Always brings a smile to my face:) Yes, I do have a sadistic side ;)

I tend to be rather aggressive with with my Scrapper Requiem., but I do not try to compete with the tanker for hate...that leads to hot instant death. If my aggressiveness gets me killed...that is my own fault.

Here is my gripe...missions that turn out to be timed missions, but gave you no warning to begin with. Now, I know that there are very few of those anymore, but it still irks me when it happens. You take the mission just to get it onto your tray, and then...boom! timed mission for you, and then you usually have to do it.

[RedSwitchblade]

My biggest pet peeve is when people don't listen.

Like, this PUG last night.

The hostage glitched on the elevator.

I told them MULTIPLE TIMES to stop moving.

Nobody did. I had jackasses in and out of the elevators furthering the problem.

*STAB STAB STAB STAB*

Another thing that really toads my wet sprocket is people who say L2Play. Just in general. Arrogance exuded without discretion flips on my rage like a cat stuck in a moving clothes dryer.

[The Widowed]

Another thing that really toads my wet sprocket is people who say L2Play. Just in general. Arrogance exuded without discretion flips on my rage like a cat stuck in a moving clothes dryer.
"Toads my wet sprocket". That's actually an expression? I thought the band which came up with that name was just being stupid. I need to find an excuse to say that now. :D

And yes, I despise the "L2Play" thing too, with people throwing it around like it's one of Sega's old advertising campaigns. At least Krypto has the sense to say it only in jest...don't you, Bertbear? :P

[RedSwitchblade]

"Toads my wet sprocket". That's actually an expression? I thought the band which came up with that name was just being stupid. I need to find an excuse to say that now. :D

And yes, I despise the "L2Play" thing too, with people throwing it around like it's one of Sega's old advertising campaigns. At least Krypto has the sense to say it only in jest...don't you, Bertbear? :P

Toads my wet sprocket was said once on Futurama, and I love it.

[Rael]

For me its team leaders that set a mission the team assembled cannot handle without a tactical nuke. For instance. Team leader is 45 tank, missions set to invincible, team consists of nothing higher than 43 and three or four sk's. We enter a Malta mission, where the minions are red to the tank, purple for everyone else, and the healer is a 24 emp Def, sk'd. After the second group wipe in 5 minutes, I say he needs to reset at a lower difficulty level. His reply is "quit bein' a *beep*" Naturally I found another team to play with, but man this seems to be happening more frequently lately. I started a emp/arch defender two days ago, and my first group was L4-5 with the leaders missions already set to unyielding. Yep, I was a L2 empath trying to heal that. What is up with some people?

[iggy880]

For me its team leaders that set a mission the team assembled cannot handle without a tactical nuke. For instance. Team leader is 45 tank, missions set to invincible, team consists of nothing higher than 43 and three or four sk's. We enter a Malta mission, where the minions are red to the tank, purple for everyone else, and the healer is a 24 emp Def, sk'd. After the second group wipe in 5 minutes, I say he needs to reset at a lower difficulty level. His reply is "quit bein' a *beep*" Naturally I found another team to play with, but man this seems to be happening more frequently lately. I started a emp/arch defender two days ago, and my first group was L4-5 with the leaders missions already set to unyielding. Yep, I was a L2 empath trying to heal that. What is up with some people?

Totally agreed, now I stay usual on unyielding as a blaster who pretty much does good teams. Sure its been at 38 with teammates at least like 34+...and then I let it change if they want. All about willingness to change.


Also, I want to toot my own horn and just say how happy I am that my thread is the longest lasting one in this part of the forum :)

[The Widowed]

Yeah, I hate that particular brand of lethal stupidity too. "Why are we set to Invincible with three Defenders and a Blaster?" "well get more xp taht way" "Great. We'll need it to scrub away this mountain of debt we're racking up." :rolleyes:

Also, I want to toot my own horn and just say how happy I am that my thread is the longest lasting one in this part of the forum :)
You're welcome. :D

[Vendel]

Yeah, I hate that particular brand of lethal stupidity too. "Why are we set to Invincible with three Defenders and a Blaster?" "well get more xp taht way" "Great. We'll need it to scrub away this mountain of debt we're racking up." :rolleyes:





On a similar note. People that can't seem to start a mission unless the team is full. Or have spent at least 10 min looking.

Hey jackass, try this. If we actually do missions instead of standing here with our thumbs up our asses, we might make more exp.

The only time you should wait half that long is if you are trying to start a TF. Not your damn paper mish.

[Grae Knight]

On a similar note. People that can't seem to start a mission unless the team is full. Or have spent at least 10 min looking.

Hey jackass, try this. If we actually do missions instead of standing here with our thumbs up our asses, we might make more exp.

The only time you should wait half that long is if you are trying to start a TF. Not your damn paper mish.

Agreed! I hate waiting around. When I lead a team I get things going and then fill the team while we are in the mission. I have found that teams will stick together longer if you keep things going at a good pace (that and if they are not team wiping at every other mob). As soon as the team exits a mission I like to have the next mission qued up.

[iggy880]

Yeah, I hate that particular brand of lethal stupidity too. "Why are we set to Invincible with three Defenders and a Blaster?" "well get more xp taht way" "Great. We'll need it to scrub away this mountain of debt we're racking up." :rolleyes:

Not to contradict, but unless the level range is vast, 3 defenders and a blaster could do at least fairly well

[Grae Knight]

Not to contradict, but unless the level range is vast, 3 defenders and a blaster could do at least fairly well

I think Wids means 3 empath defenders that think secondaries are meant to be utilized :P

[The Widowed]

On a similar note. People that can't seem to start a mission unless the team is full. Or have spent at least 10 min looking.

Hey jackass, try this. If we actually do missions instead of standing here with our thumbs up our asses, we might make more exp.

The only time you should wait half that long is if you are trying to start a TF. Not your damn paper mish.
Amen to that. Besides, doesn't the team's mission difficulty megaquadruplefy as soon as your team reaches 7 members, let alone 8? I've always had the best times with teams of 3-5. Sometimes, less is more. :think:

Not to contradict, but unless the level range is vast, 3 defenders and a blaster could do at least fairly well
On Invincible, it's better to have a nice gaggle of meatshields to stand behind (read: Tankers, Scrappers or Brutes). Defender crossbuffing is nice--as is a triple-buffed Blaster lobbing volleys of burning death--but that only goes so far once the Freak Tanks come into melee range. A triple-buffed Tanker would be ideal for such situations. :think:

I think Wids means 3 empath defenders that think secondaries are meant to be utilized :P
Secondaries are there for a reason. I refuse to be your personal buffbot, jerk. :P

[Sebastian Kain]

*Wonders if the name Buff-Bot is taken*

[Malibu Sally]

I refuse to be your personal buffbot, jerk. :P
I'll remember that the next time you propose that Madame Nabiha be Bloodywedd's buffbot. :P

[The Widowed]

I'll remember that the next time you propose that Madame Nabiha be Bloodywedd's buffbot. :P
But she's such a good buffbot! :(

[Malibu Sally]

Players who mung up a mission(whether due to a bug or otherwise) and then "lol" about it like douchebags afterward. Then try to pass the blame to anyone but themselves.

[Bluek250]

Players who go AFK every ten minutes during a mission.

Dr. Vhaz is killing all of us just because you couldn't wait to get your ramen noodles!

[Cryogentic]

Players who mung up a mission(whether due to a bug or otherwise) and then "lol" about it like douchebags afterward. Then try to pass the blame to anyone but themselves.

I sooo agree

What annoys me are the people with bios that scream cyboring. I remember seeing one person that had in their bio that they give off a scent that makes people around them sexualy attracted to them.

Also overly cautious people in a mission. I wanna go fast and have fun :(
If it's too easy then it's no fun.

[Nyx]

Pick up teams who don't endeavor to employ any strategy beyond 'LET'S ALL RUN IN AND KILL STUFF!!' -- and usually get themselves killed in the process. I end up porting the bodies back and rezzing people. :sarcasm:

...dude... why did you invite a controller if you're not planning on prepping the battlefield even a little? You'll die less if you let me do my job first...

Maybe I'm just bitter.

Also can't stand pick up teams where no one says anything. I like at least a 'hello' or something when I join, or maybe a 'good job' if we don't all die...

[USA_Steel]

For me its team leaders that set a mission the team assembled cannot handle without a tactical nuke. For instance. Team leader is 45 tank, missions set to invincible, team consists of nothing higher than 43 and three or four sk's. We enter a Malta mission, where the minions are red to the tank, purple for everyone else, and the healer is a 24 emp Def, sk'd. After the second group wipe in 5 minutes, I say he needs to reset at a lower difficulty level. His reply is "quit bein' a *beep*" Naturally I found another team to play with, but man this seems to be happening more frequently lately. I started a emp/arch defender two days ago, and my first group was L4-5 with the leaders missions already set to unyielding. Yep, I was a L2 empath trying to heal that. What is up with some people?

Hmmm... Well, I would probably classify as that type of tank. Basically, I do all missions on invincible. And, I have told many people that I wish that there was a higher difficulty setting than invincible!

For me, I think it is just the thrill of fighting enemies that are tough. But, I also know that I can take it and hold the aggro. If I couldn't hold the aggro, then I would set the difficulty down. Well, I shouldn't just say that I can hold the aggro, because I can also take the beating.

Like anything in COH, flexibility is important. I have seen teams that do need to set the difficulty down, especially at lower levels. So, I can understand your frustration. It does sound like the odds were pretty stacked against you, too. So, I guess I would like to run with your peeve and say that teams that cannot properly assess their capabilities and leaders who are inflexible can really be annoying.

[The Widowed]

Pick up teams who don't endeavor to employ any strategy beyond 'LET'S ALL RUN IN AND KILL STUFF!!' -- and usually get themselves killed in the process. I end up porting the bodies back and rezzing people. :sarcasm:

...dude... why did you invite a controller if you're not planning on prepping the battlefield even a little? You'll die less if you let me do my job first...

Maybe I'm just bitter.
No, no, I hear you. It's even better when you expressly tell them that your Controller/Dominator/whatever has some aggro-free mezzes to cripple some or all of the baddies first, yet they continue gallopping in like a rhinocerous on angel dust. One butthead even said "This is why Dominators shouldn't be on teams" after I Mass Confused a batch of orange-to-red Nemesis goons, then proceeded into a very rude rant about us losing XP because the Nemmies were beating on each other. And my reply was somewhere along the lines of "Hello, stupid. This is your tactical instructor speaking. Enemies who are attacking each other aren't attacking us. And the greater ease of crushing one Confused mob after the next will more than make up for the entire 50 XP that we lose from them hammering each other.

He didn't consider my point of view, of course. :grr:

Also can't stand pick up teams where no one says anything. I like at least a 'hello' or something when I join, or maybe a 'good job' if we don't all die...
I've quit teams just for that reason. If I utter entire paragraphs in Team chat and the only response is silence, that's a bad sign in my eyes. So I leave. Half the time I offer some snippy parting shot like "[Leader's name], it must have been very hard to collect yourself long enough to say 'LFT?' in that almost-blind invite you sent me" or "Well, if we can't bother to talk to each other, then I guess we can't bother to coordinate with each other, can we?" *Quit* :rolleyes:

Yes, I can be a right prick to bad pick-up teams.

[Malibu Sally]

What annoys me are the people with bios that scream cyboring. I remember seeing one person that had in their bio that they give off a scent that makes people around them sexualy attracted to them.
That would be DeathSpider. He "attached" himself to me one evening in Pocket D. Kept dropping hints that he wanted hot cyber. :lol:



Also overly cautious people in a mission. I wanna go fast and have fun :(
If it's too easy then it's no fun.
Here we disagree. I find the obsession with sprinting through the entire mission. with no thought about what may be around the corner, irksome. I have too many characters that HAVE to take the fitness pool for Stamina because the teams they end up on are in some kind of race to finish. :(

[Nyx]

One butthead even said "This is why Dominators shouldn't be on teams" after I Mass Confused a batch of orange-to-red Nemesis goons, then proceeded into a very rude rant about us losing XP because the Nemmies were beating on each other. And my reply was somewhere along the lines of "Hello, stupid. This is your tactical instructor speaking. Enemies who are attacking each other aren't attacking us. And the greater ease of crushing one Confused mob after the next will more than make up for the entire 50 XP that we lose from them hammering each other.

I have a power just like that, but it's one of SIX of my powers that are totally incapacitating. I even use it as a last resort when the tide of battle is turning a direction I don't like. So if I have a half-dozen plus ways to stun things so that they can't attack us, if I can stun an entire group and render them incapable of doing anything other than clutching their heads from a controller-induced migraine, which makes the slaughter oh so much easier and safer, why not let me pave the way?


... you know what's fun? Going to a lower-level area like Striga where you've got two groups of baddies fighting (Like Warriors and Council), and then dropping that mass confuse power on a group and seeing which side is left standing. Sometimes we even bet for XP...

[Gaia]

People who attack everything in sight and debt be damned. Guess what? If I'm one bubble to leveling and I suddenly rack up a load of debt because you're too impatient to wait for a sane strategy that the entire team has agreed to before going around the corner there will be words.

In the same vein "I am the tank" stay back a little while I agro the mob and bring it to you. NOT charge around the sides of me ignoring the fact.

People who kill my defender's anchors even after calling out where the anchor is. The anchor is the glowing green swirly one or purple bubble head one!

Not waiting for the defenders to buff people. This is purely stupid in my opinion especially after they stand there blaming me for not buffing them and they die.

Random asking for teamage. What is up with that? Along the same lines, begging over and over for random teamage. Hate to say this but if you are not in the SG or a channel member or on my lists you are not going on my team. I have to have people I can rely on and understand me as a player. I have taken too many random people as of late and they turned out to be *******s to both myself and the team.

[The Widowed]

I have a power just like that, but it's one of SIX of my powers that are totally incapacitating. I even use it as a last resort when the tide of battle is turning a direction I don't like. So if I have a half-dozen plus ways to stun things so that they can't attack us, if I can stun an entire group and render them incapable of doing anything other than clutching their heads from a controller-induced migraine, which makes the slaughter oh so much easier and safer, why not let me pave the way?
Because it's so much more macho to let the Scrappers/Tankers/Brutes stomp madly through the entire mob of reds and purples, weather a ferocious beating and have a near-death experience or two while the Controllers/Defenders/Dominators all stand around with their thumbs up their bungholes, hur hur hur. :rolleyes:

... you know what's fun? Going to a lower-level area like Striga where you've got two groups of baddies fighting (Like Warriors and Council), and then dropping that mass confuse power on a group and seeing which side is left standing. Sometimes we even bet for XP...
If there was one good thing to come out of the Council uprising, it's that we finally got enemies who would actually hit and damage each other while duking it out. Yet we still have the shadow-boxers all over the place, recoiling from taking a punch two seconds after the punch was thrown and all. So it's fun to "correct" their behavior with a Mass Confusion and watch them suddenly get serious about fighting each other. :cool:

By the way, you don't bet for XP. You bet for Influamy, Inspirations and other trade-worthy goodies. :D

[Cryogentic]

Because it's so much more macho to let the Scrappers/Tankers/Brutes stomp madly through the entire mob of reds and purples, weather a ferocious beating and have a near-death experience or two while the Controllers/Defenders/Dominators all stand around with their thumbs up their bungholes, hur hur hur. :rolleyes:

I usualy just rush in with Cryo. I have valid reasons for that. One is it is an RP thing. Second it helps keep things fun. I can solo groups on an invicible mission when on a team of 8 with her so just running in keeps it more intresting. Obviously dependant on what is in the group. Master illusionist have always been a pain for Cryo,

So I like a fast pace with no resting or planing :P

[The Widowed]

People who attack everything in sight and debt be damned. Guess what? If I'm one bubble to leveling and I suddenly rack up a load of debt because you're too impatient to wait for a sane strategy that the entire team has agreed to before going around the corner there will be words.
It's even worse when the team gets team-wiped, comes back from the hospital and stays together by some freakin' miracle, then proceeds to do the same stupid Charge of the Light Brigade again. Yes, I've been known to say something like "I wanted to join a [Hero/Villain/mixed] team, not the freakin' Light Brigade" whenever this happens. And yes, I've gotten pretty cross when I'm a bubble or two from my next level and I'm all giddy with the anticipation of getting my third costume/a real cape/Eagle's Claw/a third Air Burst in Explosive Arrow/whatever, only for the knuckleheaded Blaster or Corruptor to say "I'll pull", rocket a friggin' Fireball into a mob and either A) stand there stupidly out in the open with his pecker swinging in the breeze and without the least attempt to break Line of Sight, or B) run back into the thick of the team so the rest of us can share AoE Hell with said knucklehead. Suddenly I go down by virtue of somebody else's stupidity and suddenly it's going to take twice as long for me to level and attain my anticipated goodie.

Damn right there's going to be words. :grr:

In the same vein "I am the tank" stay back a little while I agro the mob and bring it to you. NOT charge around the sides of me ignoring the fact.
Scrappers get to deal with that too. "Gee, I'm a Blaster, and the Widowed's a Scrapper, and the Widowed's toe-to-toe with a Steel Strongman and he's trying to stomp on her repeatedly...I know! Let me run into melee and hit the Strongman with my Taser! That way, I can feel like I'm doing something cool, and I can catch hell from the Strongman's PBAoE attacks too, just like the Widowed's doing! Sure, she has scads of Health and real defenses against melee attacks and AoE attacks and stuns and disorients and everything else that the Strongman can dish out, whereas I don't...okay, I'll do it! Hur hur hur! Tally ho!" :rolleyes:

And remember when I went on a rant about corner-pulling and having a stupid teammate run ahead or blast somebody right as the Widowed is taunting somebody or Bloodywedd is charging Psionic Lance and ready to detoggle her Fly and drop behind cover and break LoS the moment that Lance hits the breeze...yeah, that and any other preparations for a proper pull? Yeah. It sucks. Let the front-line Archetypes be the front-line Archetypes and let the pullers pull the freakin' bad guys, you friggin' goons. :rolleyes:

People who kill my defender's anchors even after calling out where the anchor is. The anchor is the glowing green swirly one or purple bubble head one!
That's the problem with Telekinesis: There's no visible indicator of which guy's the anchor. Sure, it's usually the guy in the dead center of the mob that's getting pushed around, but it seems like nobody can tell exactly who's in the middle at a glance. So Bloodywedd'll be doing a nice job pushing her Longbow Katamari around the room and bunching them all up in a corner, and they're all nice and Held, and suddenly the Corruptor kills the anchor, the entire mob's free again and I have to wait for Telekinesis' huge recharge time before I can do it again.

I keep forgetting to make a macro for that too. "Hey, guys! See that $target that I'm looking at? The guy in the pack of losers that's getting pushed around the room with Telekinesis? DON'T KILL HIM!" Something like that. Sheesh. Just make his head glow blue or something. :rolleyes:

Not waiting for the defenders to buff people. This is purely stupid in my opinion especially after they stand there blaming me for not buffing them and they die.
What kills me are the people who tell me and Mary O'Knickers "Wait until after the battle before you call for RA." Well, hell, we're all packed in this tiny room shoulder-to-shoulder with each other, the Fake Nemesis and the Warhulk, everyone's within range of my green and blue auras...why wait? What do you think I'm going to do, buff the Nemesis bosses? I can't think of a better time to give somebody a boost in Regen and Recovery. How about you? :grr:

It reminds me of that one know-it-all fecal brain who had to keep spouting off with "I'm the best healer on this team". "I just healed the other Defender, I'm the best healer on this team." "I have Absorb Pain healing 300 a pop and Mary doesn't even have Absorb Pain, ha ha, I'm the best healer on this team." Yeah yeah, you slotted Healing IO's in all of your healing powers and maxed them out. I'm happy for you. But he kept doing that and pissing me off, so finally I said "Well, Best Healer On the Team, guess what? You get to be the ONLY healer on the team. Have fun rezzing this kamikaze squad by yourself." *Quit team* :cuss:

Random asking for teamage. What is up with that? Along the same lines, begging over and over for random teamage.
It's fun to mess with those people who just can't take a hint, though. >:]

"Captain Lame has invited you to join a team. Do you accept?" [NO]
*a few minutes (or even seconds) later...*
"Captain Lame has invited you to join a team. Do you accept?" [NO]
*a few minutes (or even seconds) later...*
"Captain Lame has invited you to join a team. Do you accept?" [NO]
*a few minutes (or even seconds) later...*
"Captain Lame has invited you to join a team. Do you accept?"

Hmmmm...he wants me to join his team? Okay, I'll join his team.

[YES]

Captain Lame: mish is in talos
Mary O'Knickers: Okie dokie.
*Mary hangs out at Wentworth's in Steel Canyon, buying and selling crap*
*a few minutes pass*
Captain Lame: you coming mary?
Mary O'Knickers: I'll be right there.
*Mary heads to Icon and starts changing her wardrobe around*
Captain Lame: pull the behemoth
Corporal Stupid: k
*Mary decides to leave her costume as it was and heads back to Wentworth's, home of the Deep Discount Inspiration Bundle*
Captain Lame: zzz
Captain Lame: need a rez
*Mary hops down to the University and starts making IO's*
Captain Lame: wheres mary
Mary O'Knickers: I hit traffic. I'm right at the gate now.
Captain Lame: k
*Mary slots the IO's*
Captain Lame: go to hosp
*Mary goes back to Wentworth's and scarfs up some more salvage so that the moment she gets a lucky Mu Vestment drop, that Luck of the Gambler is HERS. Or whatever.*
Captain Lame: pull back guys
*Mary goes to Indy Port and sells some Magic IOs for quick cash*
Captain Lame: need a rez
*Mary goes to Brickstown and starts picking off Crey goons to fulfull her "Defeat 30 Crey" mission*
Captain Lame: mary
Mary O'Knickers: Yes?
Captain Lame: why r u in bricks
Mary O'Knickers: I have Super Speed and I'm taking a shortcut. I'll be there shortly.
Captain Lame: k
*Mary gets into it with a Paragon Protector and finally defeats her through an extensive guerilla campaign*
Captain Lame: who has a wakey
*Mary heads over to Serafina and signs up for a mission*
You have been kicked from the team.
Me: "It's about friggin' time." >:]