The frightening consequences of electroshock therapy
I'm a middle aged government attorney living in a rural section of the northeast U.S. I'm unmarried and come from a very large family. When not preoccupied with family and my job, I read enormous amounts, toy with evolutionary theory, and scratch various parts on my body.
This journal is filled with an enormous number of half-truths and outright lies, including this sentence.
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City of Heroes
I've been playing this online game called "City of Heroes" for about a month now. My main character is "The Mesa Mystic", an archeology student who acquired mystic powers from the spirit of an ancient Indian shaman who lived in Arizona.
Here's a picture.
(Those damned lawyers are everywhere)
In game terms, the Mesa Mystic is a controller. He is weak and has very little offensive power, but he has the ability to lock enemies in rock and volcanic fumes that so that others can attack them. He also has some healing abilities,can increase the effectiveness of attacks of his allies, and summon rock spirits to fight for him. Here is a picture of him in action:
Combat is more fast paced than in World of Warcraft, which I played before. The picture looks pretty chaotic, and most of the reason is my character at work. In this picture, he has created a mini-earthquake, which is causing the one of the villains to bounce up and down; another villain in the background is fossilized, preventing him from attacking; and yet another has been infected with radiation sickness (the glowing greenish yellow sparkles) which make him easier to hit.
A classic example of a controller from comic books is Professor X, who does much of the same things that Mesa Mystic does only with mental abilities. Other archeotypes include the tank who can the brunt of the damage. (think The Thing, the Hulk, or any other very strong character); the defender, who increases the defense of the heroes and may heal them (think Sue Storm from the Fantastic Four with her force fields); the Blaster (think the Human Torch), and the Scrapper, who is a close up fighter with a decent defense (think Wolverine or Batman).
At level 14, all characters have the option of acquiring a travel power. They can either fly, superleap, supersprint, or teleport. Each of them has its pluses and minuses. Mesa Mystic is a teleporter. Teleportation drains a lot of energy, but it is potentially the fastest power in the game. Mesa can use teleportation to effectively fly. He focuses on a point in the sky within his range and teleports to it. When he reaches that first point, he has less than a second to focus on another point and teleport to it before he starts to fall. Fortunately, this is superhero land, not real life, and falling isn't quite as bad as it is in real life. Fall twenty stories in this game and you lose 95% of your health, but you don't die. Falls of 20 to 30 feet are trivial.
Acquiring that travel power was an amazing point for me. Teleporting to the top of a skycrapper or just moving through the air is just the most incredible thing. Here's a shot of Mesa Mystic in mid-air, probably about 400 or so feet up.
The versatility of character appearance is one of the strengths of the game as well. You can make your character male or female, tall or short, thin as a rail or as bulky ss The Hulk. Costumes can include metal armor, robotic suits, or medevil grab, antenna, beards, hats, horns. Faces and hair can be modifed and costomized. Just for heck of it, I tried to make myself as a superhero scrapper. Here's me getting ready to put the smack down on a street punk.
The features aren't quite right, but it is still reasonably close. Here's a picture of me standing next to a superheroine who calls herself "The Desparate Lady". Bout my only friend in the game -*sniff*. j/k
Two of the funnier characters I've seen in the game were "Senior Citzen" and "Winnie daPooh" Senior citizen in a skinny, grey skinned and white haired guy in a brown suit with white shoes. His battle cry is "Hey. Get the heck off my lawn." Winnie daPooh looks like Winnie after some dieting and steroids (although he still is a bit rounded). This version of Pooh has nasty Wolverine type claws. "Mommy, Pooh is scary."
Not every superhero is possible in the game. There aren't any webs to sling, so you can't make spiderman, there's no superstretching so Mr. Fantastic is out, and there are no bows so Hawkeye or the Green Arrow are out. (although there are assault rifles).
Overall, the graphics aren't as good as World of Warcraft's and the social system doesn't have the same built in structure, but the game is fun. If you happen to be on the Triumph server and are in need of rescue, call for the Remarkable Petrifying Mesa Mystic, and I will teleport in, call up some rock spirits, petrify your foes, and save the day (maybe).
The company that makes "City of Heroes" has a sequel planned called "City of Villains". I think I'll sign up and play "Brainsalad" when it comes out. I'll have a big head and the special mental ability to control green leafy vegatables. With my army of mutant broccoli, I will take over the world! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Here's a picture.
(Those damned lawyers are everywhere)
In game terms, the Mesa Mystic is a controller. He is weak and has very little offensive power, but he has the ability to lock enemies in rock and volcanic fumes that so that others can attack them. He also has some healing abilities,can increase the effectiveness of attacks of his allies, and summon rock spirits to fight for him. Here is a picture of him in action:
Combat is more fast paced than in World of Warcraft, which I played before. The picture looks pretty chaotic, and most of the reason is my character at work. In this picture, he has created a mini-earthquake, which is causing the one of the villains to bounce up and down; another villain in the background is fossilized, preventing him from attacking; and yet another has been infected with radiation sickness (the glowing greenish yellow sparkles) which make him easier to hit.
A classic example of a controller from comic books is Professor X, who does much of the same things that Mesa Mystic does only with mental abilities. Other archeotypes include the tank who can the brunt of the damage. (think The Thing, the Hulk, or any other very strong character); the defender, who increases the defense of the heroes and may heal them (think Sue Storm from the Fantastic Four with her force fields); the Blaster (think the Human Torch), and the Scrapper, who is a close up fighter with a decent defense (think Wolverine or Batman).
At level 14, all characters have the option of acquiring a travel power. They can either fly, superleap, supersprint, or teleport. Each of them has its pluses and minuses. Mesa Mystic is a teleporter. Teleportation drains a lot of energy, but it is potentially the fastest power in the game. Mesa can use teleportation to effectively fly. He focuses on a point in the sky within his range and teleports to it. When he reaches that first point, he has less than a second to focus on another point and teleport to it before he starts to fall. Fortunately, this is superhero land, not real life, and falling isn't quite as bad as it is in real life. Fall twenty stories in this game and you lose 95% of your health, but you don't die. Falls of 20 to 30 feet are trivial.
Acquiring that travel power was an amazing point for me. Teleporting to the top of a skycrapper or just moving through the air is just the most incredible thing. Here's a shot of Mesa Mystic in mid-air, probably about 400 or so feet up.
The versatility of character appearance is one of the strengths of the game as well. You can make your character male or female, tall or short, thin as a rail or as bulky ss The Hulk. Costumes can include metal armor, robotic suits, or medevil grab, antenna, beards, hats, horns. Faces and hair can be modifed and costomized. Just for heck of it, I tried to make myself as a superhero scrapper. Here's me getting ready to put the smack down on a street punk.
The features aren't quite right, but it is still reasonably close. Here's a picture of me standing next to a superheroine who calls herself "The Desparate Lady". Bout my only friend in the game -*sniff*. j/k
Two of the funnier characters I've seen in the game were "Senior Citzen" and "Winnie daPooh" Senior citizen in a skinny, grey skinned and white haired guy in a brown suit with white shoes. His battle cry is "Hey. Get the heck off my lawn." Winnie daPooh looks like Winnie after some dieting and steroids (although he still is a bit rounded). This version of Pooh has nasty Wolverine type claws. "Mommy, Pooh is scary."
Not every superhero is possible in the game. There aren't any webs to sling, so you can't make spiderman, there's no superstretching so Mr. Fantastic is out, and there are no bows so Hawkeye or the Green Arrow are out. (although there are assault rifles).
Overall, the graphics aren't as good as World of Warcraft's and the social system doesn't have the same built in structure, but the game is fun. If you happen to be on the Triumph server and are in need of rescue, call for the Remarkable Petrifying Mesa Mystic, and I will teleport in, call up some rock spirits, petrify your foes, and save the day (maybe).
The company that makes "City of Heroes" has a sequel planned called "City of Villains". I think I'll sign up and play "Brainsalad" when it comes out. I'll have a big head and the special mental ability to control green leafy vegatables. With my army of mutant broccoli, I will take over the world! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
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