And the mask comes off.

[BraveStar]

Thanks guys I hit my funding goal yesterday, and a few more people donated after the fact!  The parts will be ordered ASAP.

Just saw this today, but a little extra never hurts. :)

[Minotaur]

I will donate as soon as I get a new card - some moron tried to buy new shoes in Oregon with my card.

I've had mine cloned twice and they tried to buy women's clothes the first time, and designer stuff the second and my bank picked it up straight away as fraud.

Funniest story I heard, somebody had his company credit card stolen on a train, and cancelled it as soon as he noticed a couple of hours later. When he got his bill, he had to explain to both his company and his wife why he'd spent 3 grand on lingerie.

[Arcana]

I've had mine cloned twice and they tried to buy women's clothes the first time

No honey, that was credit card fraud.  Also the five hundred dollars of internet porn and the Ducati.  All fraud.

[Minotaur]

No honey, that was credit card fraud.  Also the five hundred dollars of internet porn and the Ducati.  All fraud.

Err - they were using a physical card in a shop (in a different country in one case) with me still possessing the original, which is what I know as cloning.

[Aggelakis]

... Arcana was "quoting" the lingerie dude talking to his wife.

[Flickershow]

I'm not so much thinking about Batman v Superman as worried about it.  Not that I think it will be horrible, but rather I'm not sure they are laying the right groundwork for future material.  Its little things that add up; for example the battle with Batman and Superman in TDK didn't have an air of ridiculousness because of context: we were dealing with a world that basically looked like Robocop's old Detroit and there was also a sense of finality to that fight.  In almost any other context Batman in a suit of powered armor doesn't really fit the character: its not like he can just strap on the Hulkbuster in one story and then easily forget about it afterwards.  Even if it works it taps into some iconic Batman imagery for the immediate payoff but might sacrifice some of the options for the future: where do you go with Batman after he's literally brawled with Superman with his fists?  And where do you go with Superman when he's gone toe to toe with a guy in a suit of armor?

Suicide Squad is the project I'm most interested to see how it all plays out.  Its the absolute crap-shoot, in that sense sort of Warner's Guardians of the Galaxy.  You get the feeling its either going to be fantastic, or a disaster, depending on how well they take risks and land them.  Leto's Joker seems to be emblematic of that.  At first, I wasn't keen on the direction they seemed to be going in, but I've come around to the possibilities.  Heath Ledger's Joker was a radical departure in some respects and a big risk, but it paid off in spades.  Leto's Joker could be equally risky and equally rewarding: bringing back more of the "criminal genius" element combined with a more physically dangerous Joker, like Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter that primarily plays with people's minds but can, if he wants to, be physically ruthless and dangerous.

Not really germane to the discussion, precisely, but one of the staging areas for the Suicide Squad shoot is just outside my office here in Toronto--so, exciting, and they blew up last night's commute home due to a tardily announced road closure.  As Liz Lemon would say "Things are happening!"

http://www.cp24.com/news/movie-shoot-forces-closure-of-union-station-go-bus-terminal-1.2362803

No I have not seen anyone famous, but I have to say, they're doing massive trailers and traffic cones really well!  If they're still here when the Pan Am Games start, I can only imagine the traffic craziness.  It will give Jared Leto's Joker something real to play off of.  :)

Flickershow

[Netzahualcoyotl]

2 week delay here - bump

:(

[Surelle]

2 week delay here - bump

:(

The other, bigger megathread seems to be doing the trick as an in-house chat while we wait.  I don't really see the point of keeping two chat threads going when they're both just killing time until there's some sort of announcement about the i23 rez/IP lease/etc. 

No big new announcement will be made in either of these threads, let's face it; anything dramatic will have its own announcement thread.  Why wend your way through two chats?  Let this one go.  It was gone fine on its own.   :)

[Solitaire]

The other, bigger megathread seems to be doing the trick as an in-house chat while we wait.  I don't really see the point of keeping two chat threads going when they're both just killing time until there's some sort of announcement about the i23 rez/IP lease/etc. 

No big new announcement will be made in either of these threads, let's face it; anything dramatic will have its own announcement thread.  Why wend your way through two chats?  Let this one go.  It was gone fine on its own.   :)

If an announcement was made for either good or bad news, where would the announcement be made first you think? Here on the boards, Facebook, Twitter or one of the gaming sites like Massively Overpowered, MMORPG or another option I've not thought about?

[duane]

If an announcement was made for either good or bad news, where would the announcement be made first you think? Here on the boards, Facebook, Twitter or one of the gaming sites like Massively Overpowered, MMORPG or another option I've not thought about?

Hopefully ncsoft endorsed press release or published article on a reputable source.  Here... A day or so later. I am certain various emails, forums and websites will be bustling with news.

[Ironwolf]

If an announcement was made for either good or bad news, where would the announcement be made first you think? Here on the boards, Facebook, Twitter or one of the gaming sites like Massively Overpowered, MMORPG or another option I've not thought about?

I would think Massively OP.

[Illusionss]

If an announcement was made for either good or bad news, where would the announcement be made first you think? Here on the boards, Facebook, Twitter or one of the gaming sites like Massively Overpowered, MMORPG or another option I've not thought about?

Why not all of 'em at once? I say let's break the Internet for realsies.  8)

[Abraxus]

I think any way you slice it, when it happens...you will know pretty quickly.  Word like that spreads like wildfire.

[Ironwolf]

I have already promised to start a fund for advertising and seed it with $250 to start it.

[duane]

I have already promised to start a fund for advertising and seed it with $250 to start it.

When the time is right Mr. Wolf, just post the URL for me to send the money too. :-)

[Abraxus]

I would contribute to an effort like that!

[Sermon]

I have already promised to start a fund for advertising and seed it with $250 to start it.

Lot's of games don't see enough response to justify traditional web advertising. I know Path of Exile dabbled in it, but largelty abandoned it after a couple tries. Interviews, features, giving exclusive news bits to different news sites seems to work best. Also, just being on Steam helps some games immensely. Some of the Rock Paper Shotgun people used to play CoH back in the day. Massively(OP) has always been good to CoH (and it's memory) as well.

[Solitaire]

Just noticed Downix paid the forums a visit on the 30th May 2015, first time on the forums since 31st December 2014!

What do you think could of brought Downix to the forums....? Speculation begins or not!

[Angel Phoenix77]

Just noticed Downix paid the forums a visit on the 30th May 2015, first time on the forums since 31st December 2014!

What do you think could of brought Downix to the forums....? Speculation begins or not!

Probably seeing if we have been good kids :) Or checking his messages.

[Surelle]

Just noticed Downix paid the forums a visit on the 30th May 2015, first time on the forums since 31st December 2014!

What do you think could of brought Downix to the forums....? Speculation begins or not!

Well, I hope he at least noted that the "wake me when there's real news" thread is up to almost 10,000 hits now.   :D