Pretty much as the topic says: what are some odd things that remind you of City of in odd ways.
For me, I've been replaying Bioshock: Infinite lately, and it's made me think of Nemesis a lot, I can't help but think though that Fake Nemesis bosses would be/have been kickass if they got a makeover that made them like Nemesis versions of Motorized (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHlNyOc5iW8) Patriots. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPijJjOnLbY) (Warning: because it's BS:I, the second link contains racist remarks) But seriously, just imagine going through a mission with Nemesis, clearing out the regular soldiers and the screen starts shaking out out comes a motorized Nemesis with a giant Gatling gun (possibly with some electromagnetic dynamos to let him keep his forcefields), shouting Nemesis-ified versions of the quotes in the second link.
I've been playing through Mass Effect 3 and the Cerberus combat engineers strongly remind me of Malta operation engineers; they are paramilitary commandos that deploy automated turrets in the middle of battle.
When I played Dungeon Defenders, the SFX for building constructs reminded me of that temp power from Croatoa that did massive damage vs. fey. I forget what it was called, but it was that runic handblast thingy.
Recently, while running through the Nightmare lands on Voss I was instantly reminded of new Dark Astoria. You'd think Perez Park, but I guess the ambiance, the monsters, and the way the trees were tangled up looked more like Mot's tentacles.
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Mott's Clamato has always made my stomach turn just to look at it, and when Mot moved in to Dark Astoria the two forever became entwined in my mind. I always envisioned the red war walls as being regular war walls coated in this nasty gunk.
Yep. Tomato juice flavored with clam broth. It's a thing. :-\
Quote from: Triplash on September 11, 2013, 03:34:43 PM
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Mott's Clamato has always made my stomach turn just to look at it, and when Mot moved in to Dark Astoria the two forever became entwined in my mind. I always envisioned the red war walls as being regular war walls coated in this nasty gunk.
Yep. Tomato juice flavored with clam broth. It's a thing. :-\
yeah that stuff been around for a while. I know a lot of people that use it to make Bloody Mary drinks.
And a few use it as an old "hangover cure".
and I have to wonder who in their right mind thought that mixing clam juice and tomato juice was a good idea...
Right...hangover cure... that explains it.
Quote from: JWBullfrog on September 11, 2013, 05:24:53 PM
and I have to wonder who in their right mind thought that mixing clam juice and tomato juice was a good idea...
Right...hangover cure... that explains it.
And there you have it, folks.
Every time I see some sort of plaque, my first inclination is to click on it...
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The DS version of Spiderman unlimited has the CoV menu song, though that's not weird. The beginning of the Incredibles when Mr. Incredible meets up with frozone especially makes me think of city, but the movie as a whole does.
Also the name Mot is everywhere. I hear it in shows and games all the time. . . and wikipedia shows why http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot_%28Semitic_god%29
Sitting down at the games machine. I know, cheap answer, but really; the little notebook I wrote IO shopping lists in is still there, the City of Heroes icon's still on the desktop, the labels above the function keys to remind me what type of inspo each one fires off in my custom keymap... Computers should be seen and not heard, but I'm sometimes tempted to have it play the leitmotif for the Gish at login time.
There are certain parts of my hometown (Tacoma, WA) that remind me so much of CoH. The streets, the buildings...even the blue dumpsters!
We live in Ireland. The Fir Bolg and Tuatha Dé Danann are all part of Ireland's mythological history. I'm constantly reminded of Croatoa. In the Irish language, 'Fir' is the word for 'Men' so needless to say anytime we see 'Fir' on a men's restroom door, we are all reminded.
Also, every time we drive by an electrical substation, the whole family is on the lookout for Clockwork.
Quote from: makjwalton on September 13, 2013, 06:18:04 PM
Also, every time we drive by an electrical substation, the whole family is on the lookout for Clockwork.
Hahaha! Now I'm gonna be doing that too! ;D
Quote from: Triplash on September 13, 2013, 09:07:53 PM
Quote from: makjwalton on September 13, 2013, 06:18:04 PM
Also, every time we drive by an electrical substation, the whole family is on the lookout for Clockwork.
Hahaha! Now I'm gonna be doing that too! ;D
And Gremlins.
It's not odd because most of the time it's actually from CoH
Sound effects... Particularly when I watch the Justice League/JLU animated series (and a number of the animated movies- makes me wonder if those sounds were chosen on purpose?) though I hear them other places in media as well.
A lot of stock audio sounds weren't exclusive to CoH. Explosions (those are particularly common) electronic beeps, mechanical whirring noises... they'll hit that perfect pitch and it'll remind me of CoH. They admitted many of the sound effects used in the game were stock audio sounds, and I guess I played the game long enough that I learned to associate them with 'our City' rather than just hear them as sounds.
For me they're kind of like the Wilhelm scream. Once you learn to listen for it, it's hard to miss (fun fact- Lucas loved it when filming Star Wars, apparently and I'm pretty sure it's in every movie episode at least once).
If you don't know what I'm talking about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream
It's amazing how many times that sound effect has been used, and in what. Oh, another common one is the sound of a Dispersion Bubble being cast from the Force Field set.
Lyc~
Quote from: Lycantropus on September 14, 2013, 02:21:48 PM
It's not odd because most of the time it's actually from CoH
Sound effects... Particularly when I watch the Justice League/JLU animated series (and a number of the animated movies- makes me wonder if those sounds were chosen on purpose?) though I hear them other places in media as well.
A lot of stock audio sounds weren't exclusive to CoH. Explosions (those are particularly common) electronic beeps, mechanical whirring noises... they'll hit that perfect pitch and it'll remind me of CoH. They admitted many of the sound effects used in the game were stock audio sounds, and I guess I played the game long enough that I learned to associate them with 'our City' rather than just hear them as sounds.
For me they're kind of like the Wilhelm scream. Once you learn to listen for it, it's hard to miss (fun fact- Lucas loved it when filming Star Wars, apparently and I'm pretty sure it's in every movie episode at least once).
If you don't know what I'm talking about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream
It's amazing how many times that sound effect has been used, and in what. Oh, another common one is the sound of a Dispersion Bubble being cast from the Force Field set.
Lyc~
Sometimes it's easier to find and implement stock audio for some things than trying to create the sound from scratch.
Yeah that Wilheim Scream might be one of the most used stock audio sounds out there in movies. I read up on it not long ago and interesting that it was in many movies that I didn't even realize it was in.
Sitting in a hotel in some foreign country - as I am now - always reminds me of CoH. CoH was a saviour for me as I travel so much for work and have so many hours/days/weeks to fill in waiting for planes or meetings or just walking not being able to sleep.
I've still found nothing to replace CoH in my life. It's a sad thing.
The Wilhelm Scream (http://www.wilhelmscream.net/)
When someone shouts "Kaaahhn!", I need to remind myself they're not talking about CoH.
I was driving along, and came across a license plate.
BNP....
And I said to myself "Banished Pantheon." Thanks, Vidiot Maps! :)
Every now and then I see a truck go by from a company called 'Paragon shipping.'
Saw that the big state fair had an aerial act by Galaxy Girl.
My computer keyboard. Really, but not in the way you might think. When I played, I was a power clicker, not a keyboarder except for movement and selecting targets. I always played with my pinky on Tab, my left ring finger on W, my thumb at the space bar, and my index finger on F (Tab/Follow, doncha know). My middle finger was poised to strafe, make directional changes, or drop while flying.
Now, every. single. time. that I'm at my keyboard, I find my left hand in that configuration, regardless of what I'm doing. Like I'm all ready to do battle but then I start typing an email or participating in my college classes.
Not really odd, but always infuriating -- and it occurred before city of heroes even shut down:
The acronyms COH and COH2, which stand for....Company of Heroes. I comes across it all the time and my heart skips a beat. /e facepalm
Quote from: crymsin_lilly on September 20, 2013, 07:16:30 PM
My computer keyboard. Really, but not in the way you might think. When I played, I was a power clicker, not a keyboarder except for movement and selecting targets. I always played with my pinky on Tab, my left ring finger on W, my thumb at the space bar, and my index finger on F (Tab/Follow, doncha know). My middle finger was poised to strafe, make directional changes, or drop while flying.
Now, every. single. time. that I'm at my keyboard, I find my left hand in that configuration, regardless of what I'm doing. Like I'm all ready to do battle but then I start typing an email or participating in my college classes.
I do that to actually. It's my basic computer position.
There's a couple of things that remind me about CoH.
First, if you ever read the back of a "Log Cabin" syrup bottle (unsure if this is more of an East Coast product or if it is distributed countrywide...don't want to assume), you will find that it reads:
Pinnacle Distributors. "Pinnacle" happened to be the name of the server I called "home" and where I met my life long friends. I know that particular server was considered much more quiet than Freedom/Virtue/Infinity servers, but as for the people I met there, especially near the end, even more people made me feel like I was part of a community. I never did say this while I was in game, and for a long time it was difficult for me to post anything without getting teary eyed, so I'll say this now: Thank you to all those who played on Pinnacle Server and made me feel like I was part of the family :-)
Second, every single time I hear the song "Good Time", I can't seem to get this video out of my head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U6gs9d0Kkk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U6gs9d0Kkk)
Whenever I don my Saucony "Peregrine" trail shoes, I wish I was logging in rather than jogging out.
Quote from: makjwalton on September 13, 2013, 06:18:04 PM
We live in Ireland. The Fir Bolg and Tuatha Dé Danann are all part of Ireland's mythological history. I'm constantly reminded of Croatoa. In the Irish language, 'Fir' is the word for 'Men' so needless to say anytime we see 'Fir' on a men's restroom door, we are all reminded.
Also, every time we drive by an electrical substation, the whole family is on the lookout for Clockwork.
I actually knew when that issue was released (Issue 5) that those groups were part of a "real" mythology; that is, they didn't just make them up for the game. I remember thinking, "Wow, they're digging deep for this stuff now." Also, Red Caps and the Unseelie Court existed before City of Heroes as part of fairy mythology. And even Croatoa is a reference to the lost colony of Roanoke in that the only clue that was ever found to their disappearance was the word "Croatoan" etched into a tree. (Although to be honest, I think this whole "Lost Colony" thing is just a fancy ghost story. There was an island south of Roanoke named Croatoan that was inhabited by a Native Americans tribe of the same name, so what the word meant isn't THAT great a mystery.)
I've started typoing brawl as braal after a friend of mine's main. >.>
Quote from: crymsin_lilly on September 20, 2013, 07:16:30 PM
My computer keyboard. Really, but not in the way you might think. When I played, I was a power clicker, not a keyboarder except for movement and selecting targets. I always played with my pinky on Tab, my left ring finger on W, my thumb at the space bar, and my index finger on F (Tab/Follow, doncha know). My middle finger was poised to strafe, make directional changes, or drop while flying.
Now, every. single. time. that I'm at my keyboard, I find my left hand in that configuration, regardless of what I'm doing. Like I'm all ready to do battle but then I start typing an email or participating in my college classes.
I sit down, left ring on A, middle on W, index on D, and thumb poised over space bar (Super Jumper here), right hand on mouse.
Quote from: TonyV on September 24, 2013, 02:07:09 AM
I actually knew when that issue was released (Issue 5) that those groups were part of a "real" mythology; that is, they didn't just make them up for the game. I remember thinking, "Wow, they're digging deep for this stuff now." Also, Red Caps and the Unseelie Court existed before City of Heroes as part of fairy mythology. And even Croatoa is a reference to the lost colony of Roanoke in that the only clue that was ever found to their disappearance was the word "Croatoan" etched into a tree. (Although to be honest, I think this whole "Lost Colony" thing is just a fancy ghost story. There was an island south of Roanoke named Croatoan that was inhabited by a Native Americans tribe of the same name, so what the word meant isn't THAT great a mystery.)
I would make a point of taking my toons through Croatoa. I loved the mythology of the place and learned, through research, about the Tuatha and Fir Bolg. I couldn't help but laugh at the idea of them being rabid looking reindeer and walking pumpkin plants respectively, but I really enjoyed the content. Those red caps were nasty, though! Playing a squishy as I tend to do made taking stealth necessary, at least until after I was done with the zone. :)
I used a Nostromo n52 gamepad and for almost a year now, just for CoH...
have not activated it since the shut down....Been re-reading a paperback, "Freedom Phalanx"
to revisit the game...I noticed a few people here have written their own stories on Kindle format.
..I don't own one, however, I suppose there is some advantage to having one.
Quote from: crymsin_lilly on September 24, 2013, 11:36:16 PM
I would make a point of taking my toons through Croatoa. I loved the mythology of the place and learned, through research, about the Tuatha and Fir Bolg. I couldn't help but laugh at the idea of them being rabid looking reindeer and walking pumpkin plants respectively, but I really enjoyed the content. Those red caps were nasty, though! Playing a squishy as I tend to do made taking stealth necessary, at least until after I was done with the zone. :)
Red Caps, or as I called them, "the militant wing of Travelocity"
The music that is played while you wait in line for Space Mountain at Disney World reminds me of the music just outside of the St. Martial Hospital....not sure if it is exactly the same, but it's darn close :o
Croatoa was my favorite zone, hands down, for almost every reason. Even now I load up Icon and visit.
I can not wait to go back in force. :D
I recently moved to Denton, TX for school, and while exploring the city a bit I saw this:
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Sigh...
I'm currently on the train from Edinburgh to Glasgow, and I just heard a passenger say, "I'm a Galaxy Girl." I think she was talking about the chocolate bar, but still it made me wistful.
My Captain America baseball shirt.
Okay so, everybody remembers the Nintendo Entertainment System right? ...Riiight? ...grumblegrumblewhippersnappers...
ANYway, there was a game for the NES called Skate or Die 2, and its title screen had a voiceover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8TmIxHSBcU) where this guy would say "Skate... or... die. Skate or die. D-d-d-d-die." I played it enough that that voiceover stayed with me lo these many years.
When the Who Will Die arcs came out, I immediately attached that voice to them in my head. So every time I saw the words "Who Will Die?" I automatically replaced them with "Who... Will... Die? Who Will Die? D-d-d-d-die?"
Every now and again that just pops back into my head, with no rhyme or reason. I'll just look up from doing something and find myself mumbling it out of the blue.
"Who... Will... Die? Who Will Die? D-d-d-d-die?"
Quote from: Night-Hawk07 on September 26, 2013, 09:48:06 PM
I recently moved to Denton, TX for school, and while exploring the city a bit I saw this:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BVHrL27CQAAvBE2.jpg)
Sigh...
Wait, wait, WAIT -- So, both Chuck Norris AND Blue Steel are in Texas? Hmmm
Quote from: Triplash on September 27, 2013, 02:20:01 PM
Okay so, everybody remembers the Nintendo Entertainment System right? ...Riiight? ...grumblegrumblewhippersnappers...
NES? You young whippersnappers with your fancy new videogames. In my day, the Atari 2600 was good enough for us. Or even the cassette-tape-driven Commodore 64. And we slept in a cardboard box in the middle of the road, etc etc. :)
I can't hear the Skate or Die voiceover, but I can hear "Blades of Steel!", if I stop and think about it for a moment.
As for true old-school consoles, we had an Intellivision (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision). The one with the bizarre handset controllers that you'd slide an overlay onto telling you what the buttons did each game. I still remember Utopia, an ancestor of modern simulation games like Civ and SimCity.
Quote from: therain93 on September 27, 2013, 02:32:13 PM
Wait, wait, WAIT -- So, both Chuck Norris AND Blue Steel are in Texas? Hmmm
Of course, Texas is home to all that is awesome! 8) Besides I thought Chuck Norris
was Blue Steel.
Or is Blue Steel Chuck Norris? I forget which way it goes.
Quote from: Night-Hawk07 on September 27, 2013, 07:45:59 PM
Of course, Texas is home to all that is awesome! 8) Besides I thought Chuck Norris was Blue Steel.
Or is Blue Steel Chuck Norris? I forget which way it goes.
It
could be one of those Clark Kent/Superman things....
Quote from: Yoru-hime on September 27, 2013, 05:40:13 PM
As for true old-school consoles, we had an Intellivision (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision). The one with the bizarre handset controllers that you'd slide an overlay onto telling you what the buttons did each game. I still remember Utopia, an ancestor of modern simulation games like Civ and SimCity.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. We sold both that and the Atari in the electronics department where I worked, and I remember asking customers a list of questions so I could determine which system would better suit them. I always found the Intellivision controller awkward, though.
Quote from: makjwalton on September 13, 2013, 06:18:04 PM
We live in Ireland. The Fir Bolg and Tuatha Dé Danann are all part of Ireland's mythological history. I'm constantly reminded of Croatoa. In the Irish language, 'Fir' is the word for 'Men' so needless to say anytime we see 'Fir' on a men's restroom door, we are all reminded.
Also, every time we drive by an electrical substation, the whole family is on the lookout for Clockwork.
I remember very much enjoying Evangeline Walton's retelling of the Mabinogion (the paperbacks by Ballantine in the 1970s), hence the CoH version of the Tuatha De Danann always seemed odd to me; I just accepted it as its own thing, rather than a CoH version of celtic mythology. No wonder you're reminded of Croatoa! LOL, re: the family being on the lookout for Clockwork! I hope you find them only in-game. :)