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Offline Lionus

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1960 on: August 14, 2010, 10:42:24 AM »
Yeah, I found the emotes. It's slightly annoying that some of them seem to be on infinite loop. :lostit:
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1961 on: August 14, 2010, 10:54:09 AM »
all you need to do to stop them is just move the char....
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1962 on: August 14, 2010, 12:48:13 PM »
Please...don't get me started on that BS about second life..STO is not even close. Having social skills and off duty clothing is hardly a grounds for comparing it to that. It always amazes me how uptight people are in MMO's, if they have skimpy clothes or options like that the conservatives come out of the woodwork and compare it to Porn or something. GET A CLUE! STO is "NOT" second life, or anything even remotley close just because of a few options to relax and have an off duty party mode. Even starfleet officers need to unwind and relax and they DO do these things because they ARE people y'know! jesus F-ing christ!

Defensive much? It's a game, relax! There's no point getting worked up over fiction through any means, you'll just wind up annoyed, tired and fed up with it. Went through the same thing a long while ago back when EQ was the "in" thing.

I can actually see where Kirk is referring though (Even if jokingly). Cryptic know people will buy a game to "not" play it (It happened with City of Villains before they sold it, too). They're one of the few companies left that make MMO's who know that a majority of their subscribers are social, after all, that was their whole market for the game during production; social/casual gamers. The game isn't nearly at the point where they should divert time from more content to trivial things like emotes though, as there are a number of people who are playing for stories (As evidenced here several times). You'll find Rp'ers are quite creative when they lack certain things/emotes, it's the magic of improv.



On a related subject... There are purchasable emotes?  :facepalm: Cryptic are getting far too carried away with trying to sell things. Next they'll sell colour swatches for your ship.  :funny The looped emotes I'd wager are as such for a reason. It kind of makes sense to make a tricorder keep scanning, rather than a quick 3 second sweep of the hand.

tl;dr: It was built as a social game, some people like social games, others don't, and there was nothing wrong with Second Life either in this regard.

P.S: Have offers for 'other' types of roleplaying in exchange for latinum or whatever the currency is in STO cropped up yet?  :P

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1963 on: August 15, 2010, 09:00:37 AM »
Yeah i realised i over reacted i only got that way because this was not the only place people did that it was happening in game and on other forums to.

Just before i read Kirks thread, i was at a social gathering with players dancing as T'pon Kane in that outfit i posted pic, the Cardassian player "DJ Damar "one of subspace radio's Dj's, made an on the air comment about how the outfits make us look like "porn stars" and i flipped the hell out on him so bad he made an on the air apology to me.

Anyways, The Gamestop jumpsuit with the open zipper female top with cleavage was on the forum poll vote for upcoming outfit it beat T'pons enterprise catsuits and 7 of 9's by a mile, it will be coming as will 7 of 9's suits.  NOW that being said, i won't deny it is an obvious appeal to the male subbers thing but i will always defend the right to do so because it actually bothers me "more" the atitudes of the conservatives over reacting to it than the existance of it in the first place.

BTW if you scroll down to the banner i made for the ffleet i am in that i showed THAT is the upcoming jump suit. I do agree its a bit much but then again was it logical for 7 of 9 to strut around in her catsuits? No. Or T'pols? No. But Sex sells and it is what it is.

I am defensive of this issue because i am tired of a hippocritical society where its ok to depict warfare and violence in a game and kill people, but we cannot god forbid have a hint of our sexual nature as human beings and the fact we actually enjoy skin or female bodies. THAT is why i am taking such an issue with this stance i make. The Hippocracy of the double standard. War and violence is okaay in video game, sex or skin is "unnaceptable". Sorry- i will NEVER agree with that.

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1964 on: August 15, 2010, 09:14:30 AM »
it's just a game.. if you take it that seriously, perhaps you should take a week off from the game and reconsider your importance values..  :nono:
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1965 on: August 15, 2010, 09:29:52 AM »
I know its a game dude. But when your trying to enjoy said game and these issues "pop in" they can kill the fun also. But you may be right about taking a week off from it.

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1966 on: August 15, 2010, 09:53:28 AM »
Who said anyone who doesn't like it is a conservative? Where do you get off assuming like that? Have a smoke, and an alcohol of your choosing and do some soloing or something. As was said, it's just a social game, you should'nt give a [expletive] what other people think.


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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1967 on: August 15, 2010, 10:22:21 AM »
If people are making statements about a little skin being to much in a game, chances are pretty good the conservative label is accurate, it does not mean other reasons for not liking it cannot apply, but i am also not wrong, Yes there will be people who do not like them for any number of reasons but YES it is a "conservative" view if you do not like them FOR the reasons i stated, whether you agree with that is your choice. It is not an insult to call someone conservativ e, but the "view for the reason of over reacting that showing skin is inappropriate" IS a conservative  view.

Conservative- "disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change. "

I am not saying the people who agree with the view are all in all conservative i simply am stating that THAT view and stance about the skin and costumes is a conservative view. The opposite view, mine, is a liberal view. I am not a Liberal in general at all- at times i can be downright conservative. But if i believed or argued that the costumes were "pornographic" or made remarks like that i would be making a conservative argument regardless.

Please note that i am in no way trying to make this some flame war--i explained my position calmly only so i could explain why i said what i said so you all would understand where i was coming from, not to debate or argue, i am not bashing anyone, i am not insulting anyone, i was simply explaining in a bit of a over dramatic i admit fashion-where my head was at the time.

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1968 on: August 15, 2010, 10:59:26 AM »
It is not an insult to call someone conservative,

Depends who you talk to. ;)


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...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

Offline Lionus

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1969 on: August 15, 2010, 11:03:22 AM »
Okay, you two.. Cut it while you still can. :dontcare:
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Remember, remember me."

Offline Tuskin38

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1970 on: August 15, 2010, 11:53:05 AM »
Can we get back to talking about the game? Ok technically we are.. but you know what I mean.

Also I wasn't trying to make my character sexy, I was trying to make her look Casual :P as in everyday clothes

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1971 on: August 15, 2010, 12:20:08 PM »
 :D Rant dropped   :evil:

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1972 on: August 15, 2010, 03:45:06 PM »
Ive got three ships now!!! ( i got so filthy stinking rich I bought one of each) This is a quicky preview of my science (and primary) vessel, thw U.S.S. Lockeed, NCC-973811
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1973 on: August 15, 2010, 04:36:00 PM »
nice little ship!
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1974 on: August 15, 2010, 05:26:59 PM »
Ive got three ships now!!! ( i got so filthy stinking rich I bought one of each) This is a quicky preview of my science (and primary) vessel, thw U.S.S. Lockeed, NCC-973811

I believe the correct spelling should be U.S.S. Lockheed, no ?
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1975 on: August 15, 2010, 08:58:25 PM »
oops...

ANYWAY...

No Pics.. but im currently off-duty on risa with MK2 dual pistols in my pockets, a personal cloaking device, tai-kwon-do moves, a MK4 pulse rifle, MK4 energy harness armour under my clothes, and a MK3 personal shield, (as well as 4.7k and change in latnium)...so...

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1976 on: August 16, 2010, 09:04:17 PM »
so to start this thread off i thought id get some screenies of me on STO during a romulan mission(whihc overspawned on romulans and mad my team mate angry :funny ) and as i was fighting i got some coll and some just plain weird shots of my character....

some of them are cool angles, and some(like number six....) just have some weird glitches cryptic need to address in this sort of mission combined with intermittant server non responses.

Offline JimmyB76

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1977 on: August 17, 2010, 07:34:09 AM »
might be best to keep it all in the main Star Trek Online thread...
otherwise we'd wind up having two discussion threads, even if one is moreso about screenshots...

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1978 on: August 17, 2010, 09:16:36 AM »
Out of curiosity, did you not happen to notice the Reman with the disruptor behind you? (That's what the outfit looks like to me.)
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #1979 on: August 17, 2010, 05:59:18 PM »
lol it is a reman, i forgot to mention, the server was acting up so it sort of glitched my character up, and jimmy it put it here purely as somewhere to show your screenshots, nothing else...