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I’d hate to get in to it with someone who so obviously is a fan of John Byrne’s work. So let me just say that in my VERY humble personal opinion Mr.’s Claremont, Byrne & Austin’s work together on X-Men was superior to the work they went on to produce separately. I believe that together they compensated for weaknesses in each other’s styles. This is not to say their individual work was in anyway lacking. They were simply three great tastes that were even better together. Ice Cream...Good, Chocolate Sauce...Good, Whipped Cream...Good. Combined they were the...The Hot Fudge Sundae of Comics! Editorial my tired bum! It was Jim Shooter’s singular personal call.

If your smart enough to use time travel as a prison... And since this all takes place as setup before the heroes ever enter the picture I’ll just fall back on “It works ‘cause the GM says it works.” Because if someone is actually intelligent enough to build a time travel device he’s not going to be stupid enough to toss an evil super-genius back then to f%(k up the timeline. Besides this is just a toss away episode idea based on the criteria we were discussing. Not as a serious, well thought out game supplement.

I’ll see that and raise you a Veronica Mars/Maria Hill rematch complete with hair pulling, clothing tearing and a final clinch that leads to deep gazes into one another’s eyes and realizations about their true feelings. Depending on HOW MUCH I win by the chapter after that will be on a different website and for adults only. I might even take votes on who ends up being in charge. (If you know what I mean)

“Senior members” would be referring to the people on this site who actually have authority within the Hero Games company. Duke Bushido has already explained to me in a previous post the actual status of the company. If you say that someone in an actual position to put out something with the company logo and not some well meaning guy off the street is on the case than I’ll back off and only offer good wishes and any help that would be appreciated.

Wasn’t this cat played by Frank Gorshin in an episode of Star Trek? It’s a Pushme-Pullyou!!!!!

I think there are several people I’d enjoy calling a “racist douche waffle” just see the confused look on their faces. The cries of “What the hell did he just call me?” echoing as I walk away with a smile.

Maximum security prisons would look at lot more like super-max ones. Or just getting sentenced to super-max would be much more common.

Let me guess. You were under the age of...14? After that point (hopefully) the idea of having somebody throw steel darts at you starts to seem like a bad idea.

Good point. If the potential jailer wanted Destroyer dead then just peel him out of the armor and shoot him in the head.(Like every Bond villain should do) So let’s just say for the sake of this potential episode that they stripped it down to life support only. No weapons, defenses or excessive strength. In this case his intellect and ruthlessness are much more dangerous.

George Lucas originally saw the ending of his trilogy as a fight on the Wookie home world with the inhabitants defeating the Empire. It was to be an allegory for the Viet Cong defeating the U.S. That’s why Chewbacca had a weapon resembling a Montagnard crossbow.

First you’ll have to tell me what the hell that is. And yes, I’ll try anything in the vegetable arena once to see if I like it, as long as it’s cooked. There’s no guarantees though. I’ve tried okra by itself and didn’t like it but I don’t enjoy spinach either unless it’s part of something else like spanakopita or in a soup.

Liver and tripe? I’ve gotta go with what Bill Cosby said back in the day about chitlins. “Nah-Uh, don’t mess around with the lower tract.”

I’ll see your Brussels Sprouts and raise.... all cold vegetables. I’ll eat anything cooked or steamed or used in a recipe, but I can’t stand salads or veggies on a platter for dipping, or any kind of raw plant matter. You may all begin telling me how to learn to enjoy their healthful roughage. You’re all wrong.

Generally in game play you know when something is going badly. When you blow your stealth roll you can hear the leaves crunching underfoot or your shoes squeak in the hallway. Screwing the pooch on your lockpick roll? You can feel the tumblers sticking. But when rolling against the players about things like “Did the guards hear that?” the character should have no out of game info until the stuff either hits the fan or doesn’t. And he shouldn’t be able to look over at the GM’s dice and know in advance what’s about to happen.

That’s classic John Byrne for ‘ya. One splash page and I’m dying to read the whole thing...in color. From the art style, costumes and line-ups I’d guess this to be from somewhere in the late ‘70’s/early ‘80’s.

Again, Marvel got there first. It’s like the South Park episode where Butters evil persona is trying to come up with an evil plan, but everything he thinks of was already done on The Simpsons. Marvel has/had a villain I think, named Gamecock, or something. A semi-Voodoo guy dressed as a black fighting rooster. 🐔 Large claws on his feet were a prime attack. P.S. I just checked the Marvel’s website on Fandom.com. I was right, he was a Captain America villain. Kind of a South American version of Batroc the Leaper. As I said in another thread, if I can be any help in writing or coming up with backstories or any writing duties, please let me know.

Not even friggin’ close. In the words of a great philosopher...”If I don’t get my stapler back, I’m gonna burn this whole place down.”

*Thanks, at least someone said it all outright.* I’d be proud and happy to contribute to an effort to save this game that’s given me so much. Friends, some of my most heartfelt memories, my Godchildren. But I never had the number crunch skills the game requires, and currently health issues keep me from tasks that require long, sustained concentration. If someone ever asked me to contribute to such an effort I could write up histories and background for characters and help write/edit instructional sections. A look at my past posts show I’m still pretty good at putting together this kind of material. I am willing to put my money where my Grand Canyon sized mouth is but someone else would have to take the lead on any project. Just let me know what’s needed.

I voted for someone other than myself, so if I lose by one vote I’m gonna be pissed.

I may have missed it, what did you say your idea for bringing in new players was again?

For inspiration you may want to check out the Comic Book version of Yondu from Guardians of the Galaxy. Unlike the movie version, that whistle controlled arrow of his would first be fired from a bow.

My problem is not with you so I’m sorry if it seemed that way. I’m just getting frustrated with what I see as a lack of caring from the senior members of this board whether or not this company lives or dies. Whenever I talk about a need for a way to bring in new players (like a free downloadable sample game) all anyone goes on about is how it’s actually not so tough to learn the rules. Not if they have any BETTER IDEAS. It’s easy to say “That crate will never get off the ground”. If any of you want to impress me show me a better way to get new players involved. Or at least admit that the clock is winding down and no one is interested enough to do anything about it.

Sending someone like Dr. D back in time even without his armor is a horrible idea. As proof of my opinion I present “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”. How long do you think it would take him to go from being “Sir Boss” power behind the throne to Ceasar of the New Empire. And who knows what that does to the time line? There’s a series of adventures for some GM in this... Some bonehead sends Destroyer back in time and the heroes have to go back and stop him in the dark ages without their tech based powers or gadgets.

I’ll grant you all that, but three sessions at about two hours each is SIX hours WITH an instructor to learn to play. With the D&D and Pathfinder free downloads you can be playing within one hour without any live instructor. Which do you see as easier for someone only vaguely curious to pick up and become interested in? Champions desperately needs new blood, new players to keep the company going. It’s not as if MAJOR companies haven’t gone down the tubes before because the old men at the top kept saying “ We never had to do anything different before, so we don’t have to now.” I would hate to see Hero Games die out because of blindness and willful inaction.

...And with the right barbecue sauce, damn tasty!