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City of Villains
Jul. 11th, 2006 07:26 amSo, I've reunited with an old college buddy to play City of Heroes and City of Villains.
He had a villain on Victory named "Mister Existential". A level 15 Mastermind. He has three minions he calls the "Beatnik Boys": Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Heidegger. I am amused.
So I created his sidekick, Ms. Objectivist, and patterned her after Ayn Rand. Her battle cry is "Meeeeeeee!"
Good fun. I don't think my buddy knows that Ayn Rand wanted to call Objectivism something else, namely "Existentialism", but since the name was already taken, she was stuck with Objectivism. Don't be surprised if Ms. Objectivism eventually seeks to destroy Mister Existential. Hmmmm.-
Also from the City of Heroes pettiness files:
I was adventuring as Miss Redd, my level 14 Defender (now 15, thankyouverymuch) a few days ago. A group invited me out of the blue. I was promptly teleported to their location, hundreds of feet in the air. When that happens, you see your character fall to his/her near death. I was teleported over two groups of bad guys while I was in mid-run. The fall takes all but one hit point. I was not enthused.
I'm all in favor of practical jokes, but only for people you "know" and have come to build a bit of a working relationship with. The person who teleported me was so cocky about doing it that I was annoyed to high heaven. After a brief banter where I asked politely why I was teleported in midair, and mentioned I nearly died from the presence of powerful "bad guys", this person was not remorseful in any way. So I advised that I would heal her last. She brightly replied, "I can heal, too!".
I said nothing and we continued on our mission. Our first fight was pretty rough and I was keeping all the other folks alive. I noticed that the hostile teleporter was getting pummelled and losing her hit points. I continued to concentrate on the others 'cause, you know, she can heal, and watched her die. After the melee, I resurrected her, because I'm not that vindictive. But I made my point.
He had a villain on Victory named "Mister Existential". A level 15 Mastermind. He has three minions he calls the "Beatnik Boys": Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Heidegger. I am amused.
So I created his sidekick, Ms. Objectivist, and patterned her after Ayn Rand. Her battle cry is "Meeeeeeee!"
Good fun. I don't think my buddy knows that Ayn Rand wanted to call Objectivism something else, namely "Existentialism", but since the name was already taken, she was stuck with Objectivism. Don't be surprised if Ms. Objectivism eventually seeks to destroy Mister Existential. Hmmmm.-
Also from the City of Heroes pettiness files:
I was adventuring as Miss Redd, my level 14 Defender (now 15, thankyouverymuch) a few days ago. A group invited me out of the blue. I was promptly teleported to their location, hundreds of feet in the air. When that happens, you see your character fall to his/her near death. I was teleported over two groups of bad guys while I was in mid-run. The fall takes all but one hit point. I was not enthused.
I'm all in favor of practical jokes, but only for people you "know" and have come to build a bit of a working relationship with. The person who teleported me was so cocky about doing it that I was annoyed to high heaven. After a brief banter where I asked politely why I was teleported in midair, and mentioned I nearly died from the presence of powerful "bad guys", this person was not remorseful in any way. So I advised that I would heal her last. She brightly replied, "I can heal, too!".
I said nothing and we continued on our mission. Our first fight was pretty rough and I was keeping all the other folks alive. I noticed that the hostile teleporter was getting pummelled and losing her hit points. I continued to concentrate on the others 'cause, you know, she can heal, and watched her die. After the melee, I resurrected her, because I'm not that vindictive. But I made my point.
