Neoteny

Hoorah! My nomination finally got through. Congrats and nice interview, Fen!

He was seeing green, where they were merely seeing gray. A gloved hand tilted his sunglasses down a bit as brown eyes scanned the horizon for any sign of difference, any hint of interference. As far as his more-than-mortal sight could tell...

I'm really sick of the hippie-*CENSORED* attitude Zion's been receiving recently. There's too much "oh no, not the Oracle!" and not enough "oh hey, there's still a war on." Seriously. Am I really supposed to flip *poop* every time the stup...

MetaLogic wrote: So Halborn is dying and is looking for a cure in here. Seems like whatever he's dying from is also affecting his mental state. No. He's already dead. Sounds to me like I was right when I said he wanted to put his conscious...

Admittedly, it bugs me when someone notices that you're fighting a data mining spawn and ganks you. But if you're just tapping a regular node, you can stop, drop, and roll into combat pretty easily.

I think that if this story arc is going to be pulled off, we're going to need to get more information and quick. Because you can only keep us in the dark so long before we get bored and start a fire. Part of me enjoys the new conflict with...

The code falls, but no one sees it as the rain lands on the black asphalt with a light pitter-patter. The man in the black high-collared trench coat put the phone down on the receiver as he appeared as unseen as the programming behind the...

ThePigeonKing wrote: Neoteny wrote: odj wrote: ...I don't get it, was this just meant to show how un-stable the current system is or something? o.O ((Most events following the 5th crit are just filler. This is no different.)) Doubtful this...

If you look hard enough, he has posted his picture to these boards before. I'm pretty sure of it.

odj wrote: ...I don't get it, was this just meant to show how un-stable the current system is or something? o.O ((Most events following the 5th crit are just filler. This is no different.))

Congrats, Pyraci! I knew this one was bound to turn up, since the man does just so much.

I'm considering applying for the Community one. I could totally live in San Diego for 8 weeks. But I'd rather do it next year or the year after.

Phluff wrote: MotorZ wrote: I was actually impressed with the last podcast. It seems the website makers screw us over more than the GMs and such. /agree We did get more mentioning in this pod cast than ever before, and they did talk about...

Happy beefday, Meta!

If you listen to the new podcast, there was pretty much a good deal to be said about MxO... But that doesn't mean they said it. They pretty much went "There's a guy running around that could destabilize the System! Look up the storyline re...

Trikraft wrote: I used to play all kinds of metal when I DJ'd on RMC back in the day. If I had to pick five of my all-time favorite tracks..... 1.) Iced Earth - The Reckoning (Don't Tread on Me) 2.) 3 Inches of Blood - Fear on the Bridge (...

Everytime I see this thread, or see the word "game" mentioned, I lose the game. As a matter of fact, I just wake up and lose the game. It's that bad for me

GamiSB wrote: Neoteny wrote: I don't understand, Kiddo. You want the System messed up, so why stop his programs? Jesus... I know I sound like a broken record, but it just doesn't make any goddamn sense. Yeah I know man what the hell....wai...

I don't understand, Kiddo. You want the System messed up, so why stop his programs? Jesus... I know I sound like a broken record, but it just doesn't make any goddamn sense.

This is why I love interlock classes. If you're fast enough and lucky enough, you can pull 'em down from the moon and still whoop their *CENSORED*.

I thought it was weak that both Gray and Hypatia got magically restored just like that... Well, maybe not just like that in Hypatia's case. Anyway, it was cool to see the meeting and I think we all know what, exactly, he's after...

Honestly? Like most Zion missions this subchapter, it was weak. Go to point A, what you're looking for is not at point A. Go see Zion Main Character X, talk to them, get guards, go to point B. Fight a bunch of people at point B only to fin...

If you're saying that Friendly Protocols being Engaged indicates FFA being enabled, then Enemy Protocols being Engaged certainly means perma-PvP. Just something to work with. It's still an awesome area.

I think the truth's going to be about the Intruder...

Cervacius wrote: Awwwwwww *CENSORED*. With the archivist teleporter dude, the fact that no bluepills should be there, and that Rare is taking out the city skyline in the background leads more and more to the conclusion that it's an archive...

Once again, the Accelerated Man is no threat to us in Zion. I don't know why you all (and Niobe, for that matter) are all making such a big stir. Let him cause his problems for the Merovingian and the Machines. System stability and exile s...

Happy beefday PZ! Hope it's a high-larious time!

Shadow-SK wrote: Conceptual Analysis: Biological: Pertaining to biology or to life and living things. In medicine, refers to a substance made from a living organism or its products Interface: Method or piece of equipment for interconnectin...

Stupid sexy Deme with your stupid sexy 3D renders!

You know, if he fried the Architect, then maybe we could get somewhere with some sort of peace negotiation.

I'm going to be a *CENSORED*, because I have a lot. The MS Paint edition! *Made by Void, probably not in MS Paint I got Photoshop somewhere around this point *Made by Mantra *Cropped from a PS job by Olbaid And, of course, the most recent...

The lab environment mentioned sounded suspiciously like the unaccounted for residence of Ms. Danielle Wright. And considering the time of her alleged death in proximity to the time of Zion's destruction as well as the proximity between bot...

I'll be back in school by the time the Vegas one rolls around, and Orlando is closer to me. Sad, it doesn't really have a chance being that it's split between two dates.

Darminian wrote: Ha ha! And here I was actually waiting for something to load.

Just used the first names that came to my head lulz. Post ye own!

Ah, that sucks. I didn't get into that room until after she'd already done her damage (well, when the NPCs are less than half her level, I'm sure she makes mincemeat out of them) and I figured that they were just plants. Sounds like it was...

ThePigeonKing wrote: Programs that are destabilizing the Matrix. He's slowly chewing away at the simulation. Not to mention these accelerated guys popping up on you are really annoying. They all gang up on me and break my shield. Eugh. ......

...So he's... placing programs around the Matrix? ...So what? Why should we care?

He's already been face to face with the Architect... I wonder what he expects to gain from something that's already failed him?

Good article! I always enjoy reading these, and it was nice to see Lyr give Recursion a little representation (and, y'know, this may have been the first time I've ever really seen her out of character, heh).

Well... I don't see the barge anywhere around there, though. Multiple new areas?

My guess is that he knows much more than we do. It seems as if he truly understands the nature and cause of his powers - what makes them function as they do and such. Perhaps this suggests that he knows or understands some of the underlyin...

Hmm. I don't know. I'd be hard-pressed to believe that the Accelerated Man is simply trying to gain Neo's powers. Entirely ignoring the fact that he already seems almost more powerful than Neo, he's said before that he came into the Matrix...

Pyraci wrote: It makes too much sense to put this war aside to take care of this situation, but we can always hope that they'll listen and realize it. It does? I mean, much as I hate to admit it, this guy is really all that's standing betw...

Procurator wrote: Neoteny wrote: Human beings cannot be "accelerated," yet agents can? Doesn't that seem to suggest the absence of the human element in the agents, that they're no longer human? No longer the bluepills that were once taken...

This seems essentially unimportant, though, while reading the transcript, something did occur to me on a somewhat unrelated note. Human beings cannot be "accelerated," yet agents can? Doesn't that seem to suggest the absence of the human e...

MxO_Neopill wrote: The Intruder seems to be living up to his namesake. I believe we need to take him out, somehow.......................maybe WE should be looking for these "resources" he spoke of. I believe a deffinative plan of attack sh...

Wonder what'll happen between Roland and Lock - if Roland will remain commander or if good ol' Jason will be stepping back up. The Accelerated Man is losing my interest, to be frank. I think we've been paying a little too much attention to...

Pssh, you managed to cut me out of all of the shots with Shimada jumping down the building.

Eh, if you were to do it the old way, there wouldn't be anybody there, though. Nor would there be anything for you to really do there, other than take pretty screenshots. I'm guessing if they're implementing it, they're giving it a purpose...

Well, actually it looks like it will be classified as outdoor due to the ability to jump around there, and there seems to be some sort of elevated platform (the bridge?) that will be accessible, judging from the first picture. Oh, and I'd...

Supposin' the barge is a new area sort of like the white halls with the commandos for a new quest item?

Hey congrats Othinn - seems like you really deserved it, and you had an interesting profile there.

Well then, I suppose I lose. Of course, this dickery still doesn't compare to my friend who just texted everybody on his phone for christmas with "The game merry xmas"

I didn't watch it myself, but I'd heard it was "not entirely *CENSORED*"

If you haven't seen it, how do you know how we dress and bathe?

All I'm going to say is that I'll PvP and get my *CENSORED* handed to me, and I won't say a word, because I don't feel it's necessary. It's a fight - you win or lose, there is no in-between state. And as long as everyone is playing by the...

Foxxdie wrote: Pluribus Neo : I'm in it again. Oh snaps. Now that's sexy.

Cropped from their signatures: Merrit MadHattah And here's Torman's avatar on the forums: Eventual has one too, but it doesn't give an accurate depiction of his character since it's some bald guy sitting in a red chair facing away looking...

It looked like a no-contest victory to me, well, except for maybe Portnoy, though I'd have to say I think Peart is better. With a little more time and experience Portnoy may surpass the master, though. It's funny to me that they put Portno...