Guess who's back? That's right! It's Hiro! And boy does he have an update for you!
Two, actually. And they're both about...clothes? Well, okay. Here we go.
First off, big announcement. Do you enjoy art? Do you like stuff? Do you enjoy wearing shirts that proclaim artistically your love of stuff? Then you're gonna love our t-shirt designs! Check out the announcement here for more info!
The venerable Dr. Tyche is kind enough to regale us with a discussion of fashion-consciousness and what it means for the aspiring costumed vigilante. Take a read here:
Death is something oft dismissed in the comic book world. I mean, seriously, how many times has Jean Grey been killed? You'd think Xavier's School would have their own in-house mortician. But what does this mean in terms of game mechanics? What should happen if our heroes suffer defeat? Venture ponders this and invites comments on our forums!
http://cityoftitans.com/forum/limited-penalty-death
Ahhh, PvP. Three simple letters that can stir feelings of excitement, contempt, and crippling anxiety. Every MMO has their own approach to PvP, some more unique than others. How could we make ours uniquer than everyone else's? Pandemonum presents an idea here:
http://cityoftitans.com/forum/different-approach-pvp
Lastly, the multi-limbed. Truly, two arms can be limiting. How many of us haven't spent time wondering what life would be like with two, four, twelve more appendages? ...I'd have to get new shirts... What limits might this bring to the game? What challenges? Can it even be done? Discuss while I go cut new sleeves into some clothes!
http://cityoftitans.com/forum/4-armed-people-because-coders-dont-hate-me-enough
Video of the Week:
Everything is better with British narration. Every. Thing.
Do you like silly characters? Better yet, do you /play/ silly characters? Toss your ideas, or have a good laugh at some others brought to us by Criminus!
Teleport! One of the most awesome powers out there (says Hiro) but so tough to do mechanics-wise. Kamikaze shares some ideas in this thread. Discuss them and add your own!
Do you like Star Wars? Do you like Jon Stewart and/or Stephen Colbert? Do you like helping starving kids? Would you like a role in the new Star Wars movie? If you answered "YES!!!" to any or all of the above, WATCH THIS VIDEO.
Ladies and gentlemen and non-binary gendered lifeforms from across the galaxy, welcome to your (late-ish) Sunday recap
Weekly Update
As the world recovers from the Soccerball Championships, many of us remain hard at work (or hard at not-working). This week, for your reading pleasure, we give you a look into some lore, with Tales from the Underworld: One Night in Charleston!
After you give it a read, head on over to the forum to discuss, and also see if you can spy the special little surprise left by one of our favorite physicians...
City of Heroes is considered a classic game by...well, most all of us. But what, specifically, made it so special, so /fun/ for you? Empyrean kicks us off with a discussion here!
One thing that so few games have been able to properly replicate? SG/VG Bases! What are some ideas to make them more than a place for amazing RP and talent to be shown off? Lord Nightmare shares a few ideas here: http://cityoftitans.com/forum/player-bases-more-just-thing-look
With July 4th out of the way, many people are starting to look forward to Christmas! And who can blame them? Everyone just loves receiving gifts! But should we be able to send our special friends some electronic tokens of our effection? Er. Affection? syntaxerror37 poses such a question in this thread!
What a crazy few weeks it's been for all of us here at MWM and the City of Titans team! Vacations, rock music, rain, mud, and lots and lots of hard work! What have we been doing since last we updated you?
Updates
Check out a short version of our new Glossary, wherein we explain some terms you're going to be hearing a lot more of! Mole Men, Martians, EPIC MONSTER BOSSES, oh my!
Should Villains be Valued or Mocked and Beat Up Relentlessly? Check out a very interesting discussion regarding both morals, treatment of others, and game mechanics all started by "desviper" over here:
I wanted to take a moment to thank all of our active community members for being so diligent pointing out attacking NEMESIS spam-bots. It really makes our jobs a lot easier. While I'm told I don't have the power to make any promises, I'm going to disregard that and make each of you a promise! For everyone that reports a spam-bot, I, Hiro of house Antagonist, will give you one (1) FREE THIRTY (30) seconds of game time on release!!! [Ed. Hiro can't actually do this, please ignore him, he's been exposed to the sun way too much this month.] [Shadow: I blame myself actually. This is clearly the strain of managing the last week and a half without the balm of my presence]
Did you like the new DevSpotlight format? We'd like to hear from you! Did you hate it? Well go to- I mean. We'd still like to hear from you! Head over here to discuss it:
We don't want to forget our amazing RPers! One of the hottest and most active forum RP threads I've ever seen was started by Gladatoria. Take a read even if it's just to see the scope that the writers have incorporated!
This week also saw a few new interviews. Check out what we said to our friends at Rolling 20s (starting at 2:02:00): http://ow.ly/xRwPe And our interview with Connor from MMOfallout.com: http://ow.ly/xSGvF.
Hazard zones - do you love them or hate them? Plexius is a fan, and would like to see us include them in City of Titans. What do you think? http://cityoftitans.com/forum/hazard-zones
And Radiac wants to know if there are any symbols that will be considered 'taboo' for costumes and bases. How do you draw the line between realism and offensiveness when it comes to symbols and sigils? http://cityoftitans.com/forum/forbidden-art.
Around the web
If you don't watch anything else on the web, watch this:
A very big, very important and looked forward to update landed Wednesday! Our June State of the Game update by our resident bossman Warcabbit! Read all about it here:
It seems small when you first think about it...but doesn't our hair (or lack thereof) really say something about us? Check out this oldie but still going strong goodie from ZigZag simply tilted: Male and female hair!
