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[Super Firebug]

Someone has definitely declared o-pun season on bad wordplay.

[skoogmik]

Someone has definitely declared o-pun season on bad wordplay.

Groan again...  I'm mad that I didn't think up that one. ;)

[Triplash]

For everyone getting antsy at "August at the earliest", the actual estimate was "two more months of negotiations, minimum" in early July. Which might mean we get a vague "done with competence testing, back to negotiations" kind of statement some time this month if everything goes smoothly (which would be great news if we did! That's a big hurdle to be over if & when they do, because NCSoft's concerns about whether the buying team can run a good game and run it profitably has always been a huge part of their reticence to sell).  But probably late this month - like, last week of the month late - and it could just as easily be early September before we hear anything from the negotiation team. The only way we'd have news this fast is if the negotiations suddenly bombed - which might happen if the testing fouls up and tempers start sparking, but is definitely not what we want.

I know it hurts, I've been lurking this thread for months & just found my old login for this. But there's a while of "no news is good news" territory yet.

I don't know what the rest of you are reading, to take this as some kind of cynicism or troll post. What I got from it was more like, "I know it's hard to be patient, but these things take time. Business moves slowly, so don't focus on August as being any kind of solid deadline; it's more like a hopeful estimate. If we hear *sudden* news it could likely be bad, so let's take a breath and wait while the good news takes its time getting here."

I just wanted you to know that not everyone took it the way that some seemed to, Mack. From the way I read it at least, I agree with you.


Edit: It seems that the post people were talking about was a different one which got removed, so now it just *looks* like they were talking about Mack's. Well alrighty then, good stuff. Carry on! ;D

[Deadflame2]

I don't know what the rest of you are reading, to take this as some kind of cynicism or troll post. What I got from it was more like, "I know it's hard to be patient, but these things take time. Business moves slowly, so don't focus on August as being any kind of solid deadline; it's more like a hopeful estimate. If we hear *sudden* news it could likely be bad, so let's take a breath and wait while the good news takes its time getting here."

I just wanted you to know that not everyone took it the way that some seemed to, Mack. From the way I read it at least, I agree with you.

Uh...Unless I'm blind, I didn't see anyone accuse AnElfCalledMack of being a troll.  There was however, a post by someone about....nothing.  (Which was pointed to as being troll-ish)

Edit It looks like the original troll posting was nuked.  Or I can't find it.  So now it looks like some of the responses are towards Mack.

[dwturducken]

Just another random thought, and I apologize if it's already been asked, but:

Many of us still have our CoH/V folders on our computers, or we've transferred them to replacement computers. Would one of the knowledgeable members here have any thoughts on what might be done with those, once the new version of the game comes live? I know mine has a lot of user data in it, though likely nothing worth using for authentication.

I would imagine that the new installer program would simply "update" the old data away, but I don't know that much about how this stuff works. :)

[FlyingCarcass]

I, for one, see this waiting period as a good time to get through some of my game backlog before CoH eats up my leisure time once again. Finally finished playing through Baldur's Gate 2 over the weekend, great RPG series that.

[Triplash]

Uh...Unless I'm blind, I didn't see anyone accuse AnElfCalledMack of being a troll.  There was however, a post by someone about....nothing.  (Which was pointed to as being troll-ish)

Edit It looks like the original troll posting was nuked.  Or I can't find it.  So now it looks like some of the responses are towards Mack.

Ohhhh!! Well that makes much more sense then. I thought it was weird for folks to take a post like that so badly, heh.

[Ohioknight]

Ohhhh!! Well that makes much more sense then. I thought it was weird for folks to take a post like that so badly, heh.

Yeah, I saw it before it got taken down -- that's actually pretty funny. 

You take back that reasonable comment AnElfCalledMack!!!

[Blackstar5]

Yeah, I saw it before it got taken down -- that's actually pretty funny. 

You take back that reasonable comment AnElfCalledMack!!!

Here here, how dare you offer a voice of reason.

[Super Firebug]

Before we get too far away from bad jokes, the reverse-mortgage commercial, with Henry Winkler, just ran on my TV again. I'd never try them; if he's advertising it, it has to be a Fonzie scheme!

[Fridgy Daiere]

/e facepalm

[Triplash]

Before we get too far away from bad jokes, the reverse-mortgage commercial, with Henry Winkler, just ran on my TV again. I'd never try them; if he's advertising it, it has to be a Fonzie scheme!

https://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz55/KansasCrawford/Funny%20Pics/OneHanClapping_zps87c1f89c.jpg

[Goddangit]

I used to have a few extremely long jokes I told.  Here's the short version of one.

In the days of the old west and steam engine trains, there was an engineer who didn't take kindly to people riding for free on his train.  When someone was found with no ticket, he'd throw them off while the train was still in motion.  After many were seriously injured and several were killed, he was arrested, tried and convicted of murder.  The judge sentenced him to die in that new contraption, the electric chair.

The date of his execution came and they asked if he had any last requests.  He said, "Yes, I'd like a five cent Dr. Schmucker cigar."  So he smoked the cigar, they take him to the chair, strap him in and throw the switch.  Nothing happens.

After some debate, they decide they aren't using enough power.  They decide to use all the power in the city.

The date of his execution came...  [As above but he gets a ten cent Dr. Schmucker cigar.]

[They use all the power in the state, he requests a 25 cent Dr. Schmucker cigar.]

[They use all the power in the country, he requests a one dollar Dr. Schmucker cigar.]

Finally they decide to release him, but they want one question answered first.  How was he able to avoid being electrocuted?  Did it have something to do with the Dr. Schmucker cigars?

"No," he replied, "I guess I'm just a poor conductor."

[Blackstar5]

this is tsoo bad.

[Fanta]

More bad jokes! If I could come up with one that wasn't dirty I'd post it. Nothing comes to mind right now :D

[darkgob]

Professor infamous for puns told one today after seeing today's Google Doodle (birthdate of John Venn, creator of the Venn diagram).

How old was John Venn when he died?

A gram.

[Nealix]

https://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz55/KansasCrawford/Funny%20Pics/OneHanClapping_zps87c1f89c.jpg

Is that Han's outfit for the new star wars?  Otherwise it just looks like one Harrison clapping...

[Angel Phoenix77]

this is tsoo bad.

I see what you did there :D

[ukaserex]

A Dual Pistols Corruptor walks into an Arachnos bar. He looks around and sees the joint is empty. "Where's all the Spider guys?" he asks the bartender.

"Gone to see the hanging," the bartender replies.

"Who they hanging?"

"Some Stalker named Brown Paper Bag Pete."

"What kind of name is THAT for a Stalker?" the Corruptor asks.

"Well," the bartender says, "Pete took Brown Paper Bag as his secondary: brown paper bag mask, brown paper bag tights, brown paper bag cape."

"Never heard of that secondary," the Corruptor says. He thinks about it for a minute, then asks: "So what're they hanging him for?"

"Rustling," says the bartender.

Um...Doc...
Humor like that must be some indication of higher intelligence. As such, I've something for you to ponder.

What would you do if there were no such thing as hypothetical situations?

[Ouul]

What would you do if there were no such thing as hypothetical situations?

INTERPRETIVE DANCE.