A Waken
Topic: Ding Ding the Bitch is Dead
In: Boards ► General ► News ► Global
Bakuda (Verified Cape) (Proud Villain) (Original Poster)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
The Simurgh is dead.
What do we win?
Also first. Suck it bitches.
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Pull_THE_Other
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Yeah, but why are we hearing about this from Bakuda?
3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
We now have video coming to us from the fight. Some sections have been censored by Veda but she's releasing the battle to the press. Especially the end of it where Newtype and dozens of her suits are dogfighting the Simurgh into the atmosphere.
Peskimist
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Endbringers can't die.
DraglesForever
Posted on December 17, 2011:
This video just hit too. The Simurgh slamming into the ground while Newtype strikes a pose. God damn. Even the Endbringers aren't immune to her.
CanConfirmed (Confirmed Can)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Peskimist, Says who? Look at the videos. Simurgh seems pretty dead to me.
FinishKim
Posted on December 17, 2011:
What a fucking day. Some capes declare themselves their own state. A whole bunch of monster capes run havoc through the country. Newtype does something weird. Again. Is it New Years yet? I need beer.
DoubtingDebbie
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Unless it's all fake. Can't trust anything these days.
MayayaWho
Posted on December 17, 2011:
A Simurgh plot.
Confidently1ncorrect
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Yeah. Why is Bakuda announcing this?
Space Nutz
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Did no one else see the announcement from Veda?
Veda (Verified MI) (Administrator) (Original Poster)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
My apologies. I was unable to openly communicate while my servers were being transferred to orbit. I've restored my connection in the past few seconds. Very disappointing to see how many people are breaking the forum rules. I was only out of the room for sixteen minutes twenty-two seconds.
SleepsUnderRocks
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Wait what did Veda announce? Veda, what did you announce
AJ Jeager
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Veda launched herself into space.
Xpected Surprise
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Seriously?
Pounce-of-Fate
Posted on December 17, 2011:
It's all a Simurgh plot. No way an Endbringer is dead. Even Newtype isn't that BS.
winged_one
Posted on December 17, 2011:
PRT is now confirming that the Simurgh is dead.
Now I need a new gimmick.
IT Charlie (IT Crowd)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
I work at AT T and we're turning some of our old cell sats back on. She's not up there.
Either Christmas came earlier or we're all about to die. Either way I have eggnog.
Real ?s
Posted on December 17, 2011:
How can people watch the videos and think it's fake? Who let the Wards go into this alone?
Holup
Posted on December 17, 2011:
If she's really gone… fuck. This changes everything.
3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Putting it mildly. Where was the Protectorate in all of this? An Endbringer is dead and they weren't even there.
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Holup
Posted on December 20, 2011:
Wait I'm confused. How is that Newtype's fault?
BashingF
Posted on December 20, 2011:
What horseshit is this?
Hans88
Posted on December 20, 2011:
Because she clearly had a plan to kill the Simurgh and she didn't tell anyone. Doesn't that make you wonder?
Idahoe
Posted on December 20, 2011:
Makes me wonder when she's going to come around here and clean house. We've had a villain for years but there's no heroes to deal with him.
Nopatients
Posted on December 20, 2011:
I still don't see how the hell anyone makes Newtype the bad guy here. You people need to pull your heads from your asses.
Hans88
Posted on December 20, 2011:
because Newtype had a plan and she didn't share it because she wants all the glory for herself. Look at her posing when the Simurgh falls. That shit is so fake. And now she's put her death machine in space. How is anyone supposed to stop that now?
CosmicSkeptic
Posted on December 20, 2011:
Is she really going to build space colonies? That sounds kind of crazy.
GiantD
Posted on December 20, 2011:
Maybe she is crazy. Some of us have been calling her crazy since she appeared.
Not Potato Man (Verified Potato Man)
Posted on December 20, 2011:
Idahoe, you seriously complaining about Potato Man?
Seto Kyaba
Posted on December 20, 2011:
Second rate posters with third rate opinions.
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Office Drunk (Unverified Cape) (Watchdog)
Posted on December 20, 2011:
Can't believe one of them is dead.
Duchess
Posted on December 20, 2011:
Fucking figures. Every villain in Brockton bay. The Butcher. The Nine. Girl's a bloody juggernaut.
_
Posted on December 20, 2011:
We still lost all those cities. If they could die why did it take this long to kill one?
CosplayFool
Posted on December 20, 2011:
This is it. I can feel it. That point where everything changes.
K_Cardashian
Posted on December 20, 2011:
Everyone always thinks everything is about to change.
■■■■■est Void
Posted on December 20, 2011:
_, Yeah. Think so.
3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on December 20, 2011:
An Endbringer is dead, and that's just one of like, a half dozen things that happened this week. Azrael is dead. Broken triggers all over the world. Something weird is happening in China. Word is that the Senate is talking about pulling the cord on the Protectorate.
PerfectPorkChop
Posted on December 20, 2011:
What's happening in China?
D_of_the_E
Posted on December 20, 2011:
3ndless, Why pull the cord on the Protectorate?
Djibriloholic
Posted on December 20, 2011:
Because who needs tax payer funded heroes when Londo Bell is doing the job better for free?
Topic: Second Coming of Scion
In: Boards ► General ► Discussion
Silent Panic (Original Poster)
Posted on December 19, 2011:
So there's a new Scion.
That's a thing.
What the fuck has this week been seriously? Anyone know what's up with this? Any good drugs?
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RegretsPeaking
Posted on December 22, 2011:
There was an original Scion?
Gomenasorry
Posted on December 22, 2011:
Dude what rock are you living under? What country do you live in?
SurferGurl
Posted on December 22, 2011:
Just saw her fly by, I think. Big golden streak in the air. Just flew over LA and went off toward the ocean.
TanHoser
Posted on December 22, 2011:
Apparently this one's a chick? Is she related to the original or something? What's she done?
RegretsPeaking
Posted on December 22, 2011:
Gomenasorry, America?
Holup
Posted on December 22, 2011:
How the hell have you not heard of the Gold War?
Jessicarter
Posted on December 22, 2011:
TanHoser, she was there when the Simurgh died.
Kraggy Craig
Posted on December 22, 2011:
Whoa, is this how the Simurgh died? I thought Newtype did it?
Onlooksie
Posted on December 22, 2011:
Newtype did do it according to everyone and the video they released, but you can see a golden lady flying around during the fight so she was there.
Disco PickNick
Posted on December 22, 2011:
Mildly freaking out. I was pretty young when the Gold War happened but I lived in New York city at the time. That shit was real.
Tt
Posted on December 22, 2011:
And now the first Eidolon is back too. No way that's a coincidence.
RegretsPeaking
Posted on December 22, 2011:
There's a first Eidolon? I thought there was just the one.
Advocate of Knowledge
Posted on December 22, 2011:
You seriously need to use google bro
Char (Verified Intern) (Celestial Being)
Posted on December 22, 2011:
She's calling herself 'Zion' not 'Scion' though Taylor says she is related to the first one.
InsideScoop
Posted on December 22, 2011:
Char, any inside hints you can share?
LoonyLoosey
Posted on December 22, 2011:
Has anyone talked to her? Is she about to go wreck another city?
MericiousM (Guy in the Know)
Posted on December 22, 2011:
Let's hope not. We've actually been fixing Behemoth's crap over the years, but Manhattan? Manhattan is still lethal if you set one foot in it. Literally like a few seconds there and you're dead. We're lucky whatever it is can be kept completely in check by tinker-tech or all of New York would probably be dead by now.
Char (Verified Intern) (Celestial Being)
Posted on December 22, 2011:
Taylor says she's the first one's daughter "sort of." I'm not really sure what the "sort of" is for. She doesn't seem to talk much though she's flown in and out of Brockton Bay a lot the past week. She's pretty fast when she wants to be. The only people she seems to talk to are Taylor and Veda though.
RegretsPeaking
Posted on December 22, 2011:
I just googled 'Gold War' and seriously what the fuck how did I not know about this?
IllnFormed
Posted on December 22, 2011:
The people in this world god damn
Topic: Chinese Civil War
In: Boards ► News ► PHO Daily
Dally (PHO Daily) (Original Poster)
Posted on September December, 27 2011:
Reports continue to surge that civil war has broken out in China. These reports appear to be coming from government sources in India and Southeast Asia. Western states have yet to officially comment.
Sparse and bad quality video has been filtering onto the internet despite the country's national firewall, depicting riots and battles between police, military, and capes. In a single instance the People's Communist Party of China (PCPC) and the Reform League (RL) have claimed to have taken control of cities in the southwest of the country.
The Indian government had reported a flood of refugees fleeing the country.
Dally for PHO Daily. PHO Daily is a volunteer service provided for the board and not a paid position. Don't be dicks.
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3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on December 29, 2011:
Was there no warning this was coming? How did it happen?
Admiral Tsao
Posted on December 29, 2011:
No idea. Not a lot is known about how the Yangban operate.
Something's happened that's causing the group to splinter and that's led to a lot of fringe factions in China rising up and trying to retake the country.
Wuxia Enthusiast
Posted on December 29, 2011:
There's pictures emerging of someone fighting the Yangban with a suit; link.
Cape-a-Palooza (Verified Groupie)
Posted on December 29, 2011:
Is that a Gundam?
Dr. Wevil
Posted on December 29, 2011:
It looks like a Gundam. With a freaking dragon arm.
WC Observer (Veteran Member) (Guy in the Know)
Posted on December 29, 2011:
That's Laiyo. He appeared in LA last year.
SE Honda Civic
Posted on December 29, 2011:
What's he doing in China? Is he part of Celestial Being?
RombaGuy
Posted on December 29, 2011:
I think he's originally from there. Guess he went back and is joining the rebels. He's not part of CB, but he's admitted that Newtype's suits inspired his.
CE87
Posted on December 29, 2011:
Who runs China if the Yangban lose?
Dally (PHO Daily) (Original Poster)
Posted on December 29, 2011:
No idea. There's a bunch of different political movements coming up. It's all basically repeating the 1920s and 30s right now. Communists. Nationalists. Democrats. Capitalists. They're all fighting the Yangban now but they'll probably end up fighting each other before it's over.
Topic: Fate of the PRT
In: Boards ► News ► PHO Daily
Dally (PHO Daily) (Original Poster)
Posted on September January 7, 2021:
Rumors are continuing to mount that the PRT is likely to be disbanded before the current congressional session ends.
Several PRT Directors have been seen coming and going from closed senate chambers and the secret courts created to manage parahumans and protect secret identities have been a flurry of activity. No official statements have been released amid a flurry of questions from the media. Yet, the rumors are spreading like wildfire and when asked officials pointedly don't deny them.
This comes at the tail end of years of controversy, scandal, and apparent failure to fulfill its core function of responding to parahuman crises and threats. Recent events have presented a flurry of questions as to the PRT's effectiveness. Public outcry has mounted rapidly since the 'Gold Morning' and the failure of government agencies to effectively respond to or resolve a succession of emergencies. Many point at Londo Bell and Celestial Being as the true heroes of the events, culminating in the death of the Simurgh at Sanc after the PRT's leadership had chosen not to deploy the Protectorate to the city.
Amid it all, the fate of the Protectorate remains uncertain with Senator Clyne of New York commenting that 'if there is no PRT, there is no Protectorate.'
Dally for PHO Daily. PHO Daily is a volunteer service provided for the board and not a paid position. Don't be dicks.
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Holup
Posted on January 14, 2012:
Doesn't really seem fair. Not to dismiss other heroes, but the PRT is huge. They're doing stuff everyday and most days everything is fine. No one can stop every disaster.
Djibriloholic
Posted on January 14, 2012:
Good riddance
Waiting41t
Posted on January 14, 2012:
This is going to end wonderfully.
LegendFan1
Posted on January 14, 2012:
This doesn't make any sense. How is anyone going to keep parahumans in check without the Protectorate? I know people love it but we all know the whole hero and villain thing is a load of bull, right?
This was always about whether or not the people with powers were going to take over the world and start stepping on the rest of us.
TrueBlue
Posted on January 14, 2012:
Prepare to be stepped on. Blue Cosmos kept trying to warn you idiots but all any of you could see were comic book heroes instead of tyrants.
Posted on January 14, 2012:
I know an Endbringer is dead, but Blue Cosmos falling apart and getting investigated by every law enforcement agency on two continents is what really brings a smile to my face.
Holup, the sad reality is that people don't notice when you do everything right. When you do everything right they wonder if you've done anything at all. It's especially true in public service.
Tootsiepop Hacksaw
Posted on January 14, 2012:
, idk I think anyone or anything that engages in child killing getting what it deserves makes me happy. Only difference between Blue Cosmos and an Endbringer is BC doesn't have an excuse for being sacks of shit.
Magnisastic
Posted on January 14, 2012:
The only difference between a BC shill and a dog is that the BC shill chooses to come wagging when its master call. Dogs don't know any better.
Grumblier
Posted on January 14, 2012:
Maybe we should go back to talking about what the fuck we do now?
What comes after the PRT? The story Dally links says 'a new regulatory agency.' Regulatory? How is that supposed to work?
HillMole (Guy in the Know)
Posted on January 14, 2012:
It's not that complicated honestly. The word around DC is that Alexandria was a few steps away from being in a position to take over the country and that terrifies everyone.
She didn't obviously and only a few BC shills have even suggested she planned to, but the possibility is enough. The PRT was given a lot of freedom to do as they pleased because it was convenient. No one in congress had to take a hard position on anything so long as the PRT was around to point at.
No one wants to just remake the PRT and the Protectorate. They want something different that will make them a lot more comfortable.
Hangry
Posted on January 14, 2012:
Because everyone knows the thing that really matters is how comfortable the politicians are.
N-Paine
Posted on January 14, 2012:
I know right? What a crock.
Djibriloholic
Posted on January 14, 2012:
What do they care? When the capes take over the rich can just buy them off. It's the rest of us who get fucked.
3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on January 14, 2012:
This is a bunch of good people getting screwed because those at the top were corrupt. Tale as old as time.
Real ?s
Posted on January 14, 2012:
Who is going to deal with villains without the Protectorate?
Weld (Verified Cape) (Irregulars) (Londo Bell)
Posted on January 14, 2012:
I've been talking with some of the Wards. They're going their own way, keeping the team together whether the PRT or Protectorate will support them or not.
Veda (Verified MI) (Administrator) (Original Poster)
Posted on January 14, 2012:
I have spoken with members of the Senate to discuss taking over coordination for Endbringer battles and S-Class crises. While the loss of the Protectorate and PRT will hurt these efforts, there is no shortage of experience among heroes who have been doing it for years and my own abilities are very applicable for mass coordination.
AllSeeingEye
Posted on January 14, 2012:
Some of the Protectorate teams are looking to stick together too. Talk about going corporate or whatever they need to do to fund themselves and keep doing what they're doing.
Some heroes are right assholes. They only do what they do for money or for a power trip. Not all of them. Plenty are just people with power who want to do something good with it.
Hans88
Posted on January 14, 2012:
Maybe what we need to get rid of is heroes.
0 Factor
Posted on January 14, 2012:
Or maybe we just need better heroes.
Topic: Alexandria Hearings
In: Boards ► General ► News
Dally (PHO Daily)
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Former Chief-Director Rebecca Costa-Brown concluded her third day of Congressional testimony today, giving notably vague answers about who in the PRT and Protectorate knew about Cauldron and in what ways they were involved.
Answers given seem to imply she gave names in closed-door testimony on the condition they not be made public. Senator Byron of Oklaham was accused by peers of attempting to breach this agreement several times.
Most notably Costa-Brown concluded her testimony by accusing Eidolon (the first one) of being aware of all Cauldron's activities and an active participant well before he retired from the Protectorate. She further identified Eidolon as being the cape known as 'Teacher' who actively sabotaged the PRT and Protectorate.
When questioned Eidolon (still the first one) said that he did work against the PRT and Protectorate but only because the Triumvirate were corrupt and refused to stop even after they'd achieved their original purpose.
When asked, he identified their purpose as the defeat of Scion (also the first one) who planned to destroy the world.
Alexandria has yet to comment on that claim.
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Kobra Cai
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Well this is all getting more fucked by the second.
3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
I get the whole innocent until proven guilty but investigations were launched on the Triumvirate when accusations were made their way and Eidolon isn't even denying he's Teacher.
Is the Triumvirate being corrupt a justification for everything he did? People died.
Stark Japer
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
And now he says he saved the world.
The fuck has been going on this whole time? Feeling seriously left out of the loop.
Very Concerned
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
But now there's another Scion. Is that one going to try and destroy the world?
The Tenno is a Lie!
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Maybe he was an alien the whole time.
Zero (Unverified Cape)
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Very Concerned, Important question.
Pamimania
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Why is this the topic instead of Alexandria confessing to basically everything?
Champion_Online
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Because some people have nothing better to do.
Onomonoseeya
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
I'm still not getting it. This Eidolon guy doesn't seem bad and if he was Teacher then he was trying to stop the corruption right?
1mportant Pointer
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Is replacing corruption with corruption really a change worth applauding?
Awesome Possum
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Maybe expecting people to stick to the rules while fighting people as powerful as Alexandria is asking too much.
3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Maybe we should be concerned while he's running around and building a hero team he says is supposed to replace the Protectorate? No one's saying send him to the gallows but maybe we shouldn't give him the keys to the city.
HavierHastel
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
So what?
The Protectorate needs replacing.
KamaKamaKameleon
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
I prefer Londo Bell.
Lazy Lama
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Same.
Lion'el
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Londo Bell has too many villains in it.
Vice-Prince-Viceman
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
People keep saying that and I keep not getting it.
So the PRT and Protectorate were corrupt. This new guy is saying that. Newtype has been saying that. She said it the first time she talked about why she wasn't arresting Bakuda.
How many people are only villains because a corrupt system screwed them over?
EDIT: Fine old guy whatever.
The LAW
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
That's no excuse.
DanceDanceXecution
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
The Tenno is a Lie!, is that you ancient aliens guy?
Ancient Aliens Guy (No, Really)
Posted on Janurary 7, 2012:
Just because someone starts talking alien doesn't mean they're mean.
Scion an alien? Preposterous.
Topic: The Titans
In: Boards ► General ► Discussion
Scorpius (Original Poster)
Posted on December 29, 2011:
So these guys have yet to say much of anything publicly but they keep popping up the past few weeks.
Who are the Titans? How do we know they call themselves that? Well we kind of don't. The name is coming from a speech given by a guy claiming to be the original Eidolon. When the Protectorate's disbanding was announced he responded by calling for a new group of 'Titans' to be formed and the name has kind of stuck.
Since then his un-officially named group has been going around kicking the ass out of the Elite and a lot of other villain groups. Lots of Protectorate members and some vigilantes and rogues have been joining up.
Most importantly, or interestingly, there's some kind of feud growing between the Titans and Londo Bell.
Discuss.
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Letgoma
Posted on December 17, 2011:
It would help if the Titans had literally any PR but they don't seem to.
Confidently1ncorrect
Posted on December 17, 2011:
PR is a waste of time.
Scorpius (Original Poster)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
If this guy is the original Eidolon, doesn't that mean he was in league with the Triumvirate back when all that human experiment shit went down?
Neo-Leo
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Yeah. Are you watching the Alexandria hearings? That shit is crazy. They were literally kidnapping and experimenting on people with 'formulas' they didn't understand. And where did the stuff even come from? She keeps giving cryptic answers to that question and just says 'Doctor Mother' knew but she's dead. Who is Doctor Mother?
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Confidently1ncorrect, Says someone who doesn't care what anyone thinks.
Never trust anyone who doesn't care what anyone thinks.
ThatFingGuy
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Who cares what other people think?
Schwartz Bruder (Unverified Cape) (Londo Bell)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Doctor Mother was a mystery figure who first appeared about 25 years ago. Not clear if she was a cape or not but Alexandria was her bodyguard before capes became common knowledge.
Djibriloholic
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Man shit is so wild now. There's just capes flying around everywhere.
Real ?s
Posted on December 17, 2011:
How do you know that shit Bruder?
Zero (Unverified Cape)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
The real question is how does Bruder know anything.
3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Djibriloholic, almost like it would be nice for there to be some organization that was sort of accountable for its actions, isn't it? Some team maybe. A bunch of heroes banded together in some league but with some oversight to try and keep them somewhat in line. Not perfect I know but nothing is like 1000% times worse. Right?
The Sauze
Posted on December 17, 2011:
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
Rosh Eye
Posted on December 17, 2011:
… Anyone got the burn unit on speed dial? We have a fire hazard in here.
Takahashi
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Why aren't all these capes just joining Londo Bell? Almost everyone in New York is.
Funny Internet Name
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Newtype has too many villainous friends for our tastes.
Fight'n Spanish
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Saw some of these guys blow out a building yesterday and it was crazy. Huge fight with like thirty capes. Never seen anything like it it was crazy.
MC Gamer
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Newtype is like one cape though.
LyricalLou
Posted on December 17, 2011:
There are a lot of former villains in Londo Bell now. A bunch of them are jumping ship to the good guys now that they know who will be coming for them.
Justice4ever
Posted on December 17, 2011:
That and she's shielding them from justice. Also, is the above an indication the Titans are going to start talking now?
Zero (Unverified Cape)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Another good question is why is every hero in New York joining Londo Bell.
Topic: Gold Morning
In: Boards ► North America ► General Discussion
Acolyte of G (Original Poster)
Posted on March 27, 2012:
This is the third thread for discussion of the 'Gold Morning.'
For those unfamiliar, this is different from the Gold War which sometimes got called Gold Mourning by Blue Cosmos and other groups a long time ago. This refers specifically to the golden light field generated by Newtype during the broken trigger crises in November of last year.
Newtype did post a reply in the first thread before it was locked;
"I'm still trying to figure out exactly what it did. The modifications to the particle field were intended to combat the broken triggers and fix them, but it never occurred to me that everyone would end up receiving signals both from me and everyone else around them. My power can handle communications technology but brains are a bit more complicated than that."
Yes, that comment is incredibly cryptic. So are most of the responses she's handed out about this and with so much going on it's very much slipped to the wayside as a big deal. Those of us who experienced it though are having a harder time letting it go.
It's hard to put into words how much being in 'the haze' when it happened has changed things. My mom was a pretty bad alcoholic, but after Gold Morning she quit cold turkey and keeps apologizing profusely for how much she put on me. There's honestly too many similar weird stories that have cropped up since and I could never describe even a fraction of them.
So here we are, to talk about what happened and how it's changed things.
Please don't break the rules this time maybe? Five pages of rape/death threats is the most absurd and heartbreaking thing I've ever seen and I watched the Gold War happen from my bedroom window.
Mod Notice: The last two threads were locked for rampant rule violations. To run down the obvious; Newtype is a minor and PHO rules forbid sexualization of minors on the board. Death threats are also a violation of PHO rules. So are rape threats. So are threats to overthrow the government. Seriously people, take that shit to 4chan if you're so immature. They like your garbage there.
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Think'n Hard
Posted on April 3, 2012:
Is the Protectorate or the PRT going to do anything about this?
RoxyRokket
Posted on April 3, 2012:
Haven't been watching the news have you?
Xanadose
Posted on April 3, 2012:
Why would either do something about this? Did anyone get hurt?
StackedStacksStacking
Posted on April 3, 2012:
Why aren't people talking more about this? It affected half the eastern seaboard. That seems like a big deal.
Boston Tom
Posted on April 3, 2012:
I was in Boston when it happened. It was weird and um, not PG rated. Kind of dating my former best friend now? Can't say I'm sad about that but I guess it started out a bit odd before it kind of came together and I'm rambling.
Considering deleting this but idk. I'm not upset. Pretty happy really. It's just a thing that happened and I guess people are sharing those here.
Queen of Queens
Posted on April 3, 2012:
Lots of stories like that going around. I wouldn't be embarrassed. It's been a weird time since the haze happened.
3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on April 3, 2012:
StackedStacksStacking, it was a big rumor on social media right after it first happened but people stopped talking about it for a while. Kind of slipped under the radar with all the other shit going on. It's only recently come back up as people have started talking about it again
StackedStacksStacking
Posted on April 3, 2012:
How do people just stop talking about it?
Acolyte of G (Original Poster)
Posted on April 3, 2012:
Because for a lot of us we were met with hostility when we tried to talk about it so we shut up and only talked about it amongst ourselves.
Holup
Posted on April 3, 2012:
This shit is trippy.
KantzCan
Posted on April 3, 2012:
I was at college when this happened so I missed it. Since I came back for winter break though, it's been weird. My sister used to be so entitled but lately she's been different. Not nicer exactly, but less pushy. It's weird and my parents are acting a bit differently too. None of them will talk to me about it. Is this what's going on?
Djibriloholic
Posted on April 3, 2012:
So half the eastern seaboard collectively decided to keep something secret? And that's not suspicious to you?
True Blue
Posted on April 3, 2012:
MOD: What about 'no death threats' was so hard to understand the first two times?
Scrapyard Dog
Posted on April 3, 2012:
The same thing happened at Sanc.
Queen of Queens
Posted on April 3, 2012:
KantzCan: To be fair, it's probably not that simple. A lot of us don't exactly remember what happened. It's more of a feeling and talking about it is really hard.
Acolyte of G (Original Poster)
Posted on April 3, 2012:
Especially with people being assholes about the topic.
TheRunaway
Posted on April 3, 2012:
I ran away from home after this. Not sure how I feel about it. I just got an overwhelming feeling that home wasn't safe. Never realized how unstable my father is. Not like mom is around anymore and my sister is in college. Kind of torn. I didn't want to leave but staying wasn't safe.
Sister M
Posted on April 3, 2012:
TheRunaway, how do you know it wasn't safe? Are you safe now?
TheRunaway
Posted on April 3, 2012:
I just know. And yeah I'm fine. Staying with my sister while we try to get someone to do something about our father. He's really not stable.
Hans88
Posted on April 3, 2012:
This is sounding like some master shit.
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Queen of Queens
Posted on April 6, 2012:
Yes, I know 'I'm not mastered' is something someone who is mastered would say. For the umpteenth time, I get it. I just don't know any other way to say it. I'm not mastered. I just know it.
Not_Wrong
Posted on April 6, 2012:
Sounds like something someone would say while mastered.
Gonbara Light
Posted on April 6, 2012:
I give up.
Djibriloholic
Posted on April 6, 2012:
I don't get how the people who lived through this are okay with it.
TheRunaway
Posted on April 6, 2012:
We don't know. It was weird and kind of uncomfortable, but I never really felt threatened or in danger. If anything I felt safer than I'd ever felt before.
WannaBeeBest
Posted on April 6, 2012:
I'll give it a try. My mom walked out on us because she 'needed to find herself' but the truth is she just didn't want to be tied down. She only came back once and that was to mooch of my grandmother's death for a few weeks before walking off with my sister's college fund.
My mother was not a good mother.
Last week she showed back up, insisting that she's going to get all the money back and apologizing for bailing on us a decade ago. And I think I believe her. If anything, I feel bad for hating her. She's got some kind of mental illness or something. She gets manic or really depressed sometimes. That's not an excuse for what she did but I don't know. I find it hard to hate her for it.
So far she seemed pretty serious about making things right even if she isn't really part of the family anymore. Too much bad blood right now. No one really wants her any closer than arms length. She's being weirdly respectful of that.
Djibriloholic
Posted on April 6, 2012:
How is people changing their entire attitude not a master power?
Toadally Wicked
Posted on April 6, 2012:
Because someone fixing their shit and making amends must be a master power, yeah?
Queen of Queens
Posted on April 6, 2012:
No one is saying whatever Newtype did isn't the reason. We're saying it doesn't seem like a master power. It's like the guy above explains. It's like everyone just gets things suddenly. Like we walked a mile in someone else's shoes or something.
K. Popper
Posted on April 6, 2012:
Djibriloholic, Can't you just troll off already?
Bright Is
Posted on April 6, 2012:
WannaBeeBest, Similar thing going on with my neighbor. The guy used to beat his wife and kids until Laughter paid him a visit a year or so ago (before she went full hero).
Dally (PHO Daily)
Posted on April 6, 2012:
Gordon Carmen has pleaded guilty to charges he operated a Ponzi scheme from 1995 to 2006. Carmen has been aggressively pursued by Watchdog for the past nine years on accusations he's used parahumans to manipulate the securities market.
He has consistently and repeatedly denied the accusations until his sudden guilty plea and four-hour long allocution today in which he named a dozen co-conspirators and how they manipulated the markets.
See the full story at PHO Daily.
+Road Edition
Posted on April 6, 2012:
I've been looking to talk to people about their experiences with this event, but getting anyone to talk in person has been difficult. I'd appreciate anyone willing sending me a PM.
AlphaDoug
Posted on April 6, 2012:
So Newtype is even mastering innocent businessmen like Gordie into pleading guilty to crimes they didn't commit. Sounds like capes and the deep state are finally joining forces.
Spitting Truth
Posted on April 6, 2012:
Or, you know. He is guilty and you're a [Mods: No] censored for defending him every day of the week like one of the richest men on Earth is your personal friend.
Hartlander
Posted on April 6, 2012:
I'll never get people who do that. I don't even have an opinion on whoever that is (literally don't know) but seeing anyone refer to a multi-billionaire they've never met like their best bud is just weird. Like, what are you even doing with your life?
3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on April 6, 2012:
Maybe they're just desperately looking for some kind of connection to power and opportunity in a world that constantly denies it to most.
Confidently1ncorrect
Posted on April 6, 2012:
Sounds pathetic.
Compassionator
Posted on April 7, 2011:
Are you really that much better?
Hans88
Posted on April 7, 2011:
Newtype has you all fooled.
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SadFace
Posted on April 19, 2012:
And why are people threatening to murder Newtype for this?
Lustrumite
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Because no matter what they say some men just can't handle a strong independent woman.
True Blue
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Because she's mastering entire cities and all you dupes are falling for it and ignoring us because men are evil or some shit.
Mod Notice: You were warned. Repeatedly in fact. The rest of this post has been deleted and you have been banned. You won't be missed.
ThatFingGuy
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Holy shit dude.
K. Popper
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Making murder threats because it'll get people listening has got to be the most hamfisted excuse I've ever seen. It was less shocking when the go to defense was 'it's just a joke.'
JJJJefferies
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Don't bite my head off, but does anyone else find it super strange? Like really really super strange? Like a bunch of people, mostly men apparently, feel so threatened they're openly fantasizing about *cough* violating *cough* the very humanity of the *cough* woman *cough* who made them feel inadequate?
Fine Vintage
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Oh no. Whatsoever will we do other than make a list so we know who the assholes are.
Lustrumite
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Are you seriously suggesting that some guys have had their masculinity so challenged they're violently fetishizing the murder of the person who challenged their masculinity?
Fine Vintage
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Yes.
Holup
Posted on April 19, 2012:
That's fucked.
EerieEye
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Why does it make sense though?
Lusic
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Because society rewards and excuses assholes to an absurd degree.
The Krampus
Posted on April 19, 2012:
How the hell are dozens of them coming up with the same response? Do they have a group therapy session that involves explaining where Newtype touched their egos and hurt them?
Wheres My Dude
Posted on April 19, 2012:
It could make sense actually. If they were there when Gold Morning happened.
Crimson Index
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Oh shit you're right.
O'Realy
Posted on April 19, 2012:
I'm so lost..
Novel Octopus
Posted on April 19, 2012:
A lot of us who were there it's like we know what people around us were thinking. Like we got a glimpse at how they see the world. Maybe all these guys experienced it too and they're having the same reaction because they all came up with it together when everything happened because they all see the world the same way.
Assailanna
Posted on April 19, 2012:
That's disturbing. Most of what people have been talking about when it comes to the haze has sounded positive. This is profoundly negative and really disturbing.
Lustrumite
Posted on April 19, 2012:
Not sure how much real experience anyone has if they're shocked there are people out there who fetishize murdering people who dare to suggest they're not as great as they think they are. That shit is older than any of us.
Maybe Just Go
Posted on April 19, 2012:
I don't think Gold Morning just let us see the world through others. It let us see ourselves through their eyes. And tiny ego'd monsters can't deal with knowing everyone barely tolerates them.
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Acolyte of G (Original Poster)
Posted on May 12, 2012:
Maybe everyone could just calm down.
Orphian
Posted on May 12, 2012:
I hate how people constantly insist I'm wrong for being unwilling to tolerate horseshit. Maybe the people threatening death to someone should calm down.
Court Contrarian
Posted on May 12, 2012:
I don't think they're saying that.
Shouts at the Sky
Posted on May 12, 2012:
Threatening to kill someone isn't okay.
Acolyte of G (Original Poster)
Posted on May 12, 2012:
I'm not saying it's okay. I'm saying I get it. I get looking around and realizing the world isn't what you thought it was or that it's changing and you're being left behind. Yeah, the people going on about attacking Newtype are horrible, but aren't they horrible enough? Do we really make anything better by being horrible back at them?
Orphian
Posted on May 12, 2012:
Yes. They suck and have to be stopped.
Real ?s
Posted on May 12, 2012:
This is the internet, not a street fight. And if it were a street fight we'd be killing eachother.
Court Contrarian
Posted on May 12, 2012:
I get you. That world needs less of that, not more. Someone can be wrong in every way but they're still a person. We're all dead in the long run no matter what we do. We can do better.
Queen of Queens
Posted on May 12, 2012:
The world needs more compassion.
V is Vendetta
Posted on May 12, 2012:
It needs more justice.
Posted on May 12, 2012:
Justice without compassion is just vindictive and petty.
Corinthiac
Posted on May 12, 2012:
Sounds nice but I don't think it works.
Dat20
Posted on May 12, 2012:
Give assholes an inch and they've already taken the mile and are ready to curb stomp you for being foolish.
Posted on May 12, 2012:
You can be compassionate without being complacent.
Confidently1ncorrect
Posted on May 12, 2012:
Seems a bit oxymoronic.
Webstermedian
Posted on May 12, 2012:
It's not oxymoronic just because you don't know what oxymoron means.
Sodane
Posted on May 12, 2012:
And now the grammar nazis are here to join the actual nazis in nazing everything up.
Havanrama
Posted on May 12, 2012:
This is all rather naïve. I live with a pretty backwards family. They don't want to 'be better.' Truth is they like being shitty. They've convinced themselves that being shitty is the only right way to be. Hold out a hand and offer empathy, and they'll bite it off, call you an unamiercan commie, and insist that you're everything wrong with the world.
A Wild Badger (Veteran Member)
Posted on May 12, 2012:
Some people only seem able to get by being shitty and bringing everyone else down to their level.
ZZD
Posted on May 12, 2012:
Ignore them. They don't matter. Decide how you want to live and do the best that you can.
The only true sin is settling for being less than you can be, and letting gravity weigh you down.
Topic: A Message for the World
In: Boards ► General ► News ► Global
Veda (Verified MI) (Administrator) (Original Poster)
Posted on December 17, 2011:
Hello. I am Veda of Celestial Being. For those who do not know us, we are heroes from Brockton Bay in the United States of America and we address this message to everyone on the planet Earth.
At this time, you may be seeing numerous rockets launching themselves into the sky. This is not an attack. It is an offering. The true reason that Celestial Being was created. To offer hope to the entire world.
Once these rockets reach low orbit, I will assemble them and their component mechanisms into a stellar craft. The Ptolemaios will be directly connected to my servers, and devoid of the need for a crew or staff to support, can freely leave the Earth sphere and launch myself toward the asteroid belt.
I intend to land this ship on 511 Davida, one of the largest and most resource-rich bodies in the main belt. Once there, I will begin construction of a fifteen-kilometer cylinder, three-point-two-five kilometers wide, and fitted with a functioning gyroscope and solar array.
Newtype and I predict the construction of this mega-structure would normally take twenty-five years under the most ideal conditions. As I require neither food nor oxygen nor sleep, and can fully automate the process, I will complete the work in ten years.
Once construction is complete, I will tow this orbital colony into the Lagrange One point between the Earth and the Moon, where I will leave it to be used as the world's governments deem fit. By the time it arrives, construction of four additional colonies will be underway.
The space within each colony is sufficient to maintain an atmosphere and rudimentary weather system. Properly maintained, they can support populations as high as one hundred-fifty-thousand indefinitely. They can grow sufficient food and even livestock.
Celestial Being hereby proposes the construction of a massive solar array in high orbit, capable of supplying limitless energy to the world. Connected to the Earth's surface via a trio of equatorial orbital elevators, this ring will allow the transfer of people, power, and material into orbit without the need for rockets or shuttles.
As Celestial Being lacks the authority to make these decisions unilaterally, we leave them to the public and its leaders. I hereby release all the design schematics, material formulas, and plans Newtype, Chariot, the Foundation, and I have devised. With these, any authority with the capability and will can build these structures with or without our assistance, or interference, if so desired.
We offer this to the world, and we ask for nothing in return. Our hope is that this will be a stepping stone. The beginning, not the end.
That we can go forward together, forever toward the light.
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Mathmech (Verified Nerd)
Posted on February 21, 2012:
No. I'm saying the math adds up.
Confidently1ncorrect
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Everyone knows we can't mass produce tinker-tech like this.
Space Nutz (NASA)
Posted on February 21, 2012:
It's not tinker-tech if the math all adds up. They're not lying. Literally anyone could build this with the time, money, and interest. They just posted all the schematics and designs online.
Mathmech (Verified Nerd)
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Gave up a damn fortune while they were at it. There are companies that would risk bankruptcy for some of this tech. The nano-material production methods alone are priceless.
Fashionably Late
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Fashionably Late: Is this what all the rockets were about?
Danger Paul
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Can they even do any of this legally?
Random Loon
Posted on February 21, 2012:
If there's no law against it than it might as well be legal and I don't think there are any laws against any of this.
Giant Goose
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Mathmech, Wait, you mean all this stuff actually works?
KatagiriBill
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Oh, it works. No ones even built anything using the designs yet, but all the math is there and the math is easy to work through. If you know math that is. There are some complicated equations but no ones found an issue yet.
Cape-a-Palooza (Verified Groupie)
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Fashionably Late: Yes. That was Veda launching herself into orbit.
Real ?s
Posted on February 21, 2012:
I thought tinkers didn't understand their stuff? Have they been lying?
3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Been a rumor for a long time that Newtype's power makes her smarter. Like smarter smarter. Doing quantum physics in her head smarter. It's possible she's simply gotten so smart she could figure all this out.
KatagiriBill
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Having an AI probably helps. Veda could calculate everything crazy fast right? There's a working design for cold fusion in here. Do you guys realize how insane that is? Cold fusion is practically the holy grail of energy production
Veda (Verified MI) (Administrator) (Original Poster)
Posted on February 21, 2012:
I can. We have been working on these technologies almost since Newtype began her activities with assistance from other tinkers and some thinkers. We are very confident all of these technologies are theoretically sound and producible in current, or near current, means.
The cold fusion design is actually Win's, though Newtype helped with the math. I'd warn that it has significant drawbacks in heat management and is unlikely to be as promising as hoped at the current level of development. This is a big part of why Newtype and I are advocating solar energy.
Buzz Lightyear
Posted on February 21, 2012:
To infinity and beyond!
Acolyte of G
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Veda, You two are serious about building a ring around the entire planet?
Newtype (Verified Cape) (Celestial Being) (Endslayer)
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Yes.
Edit: Who do I have to talk to to get that tag removed?
+Road Edition
Posted on February 21, 2012:
You want it removed?
3ndless (Guy in the Know)
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Veda can't do it?
Slick Tom (Admin) (Veteran Member)
Posted on February 21, 2012:
Veda's taken a back seat to running the site and user interactions over the past few months due to complaints (unfounded in my opinion). She doesn't do that sort of thing anymore.
Newtype, I'll figure it out. Give me a bit.
Newtype (Verified Cape) (Celestial Being) (Endslayer)
Posted on February 21, 2012:
I'm not interested in celebrating death.
Topic: The Space Cam, Veda Live Stream
In: Boards ► General ► News ► Global
Space Nut (NASA) (Original Poster)
Posted on December 18, 2011:
The thread for discussing Veda's live stream of her long walk to the asteroid belt. This is an official stream hosted from Celestial Being's website and comes straight from the cameras and sensors on the Ptolemaios, Veda's spaceship.
Please take all discussion about politics and 'implications' to the appropriate thread. This one is for nerding out on space.
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Couch Potato
Posted on May 15, 2011:
I've spent entirely too much time watching this stream. And now it's finally going to pay off!
Eagerness
Posted on May 15, 2012:
Any second now. Can we get a count down?
Hustolon
Posted on May 15, 2012:
3
Janiced
Posted on May 15, 2012:
2
Kozmo
Posted on May 15, 2012:
1
Mistimed
Posted on May 15, 2012:
1 EDIT: shit!
Veda (Verified MI) (Administrator)
Posted on May 15, 2012:
Ptolemaios has successfully landed on 511 Davida.
Space Nut (NASA) (Original Poster)
Posted on May 15, 2012:
Grats.
This is a huge milestone and we're loving the data you're sending us by the way.
Eagerness
Posted on May 15, 2012:
What's next?
P&B
Posted on May 15, 2012:
And now, she takes over the world! /jk
KrazyKyle
Posted on May 15, 2012:
Man that was some crazy maneuvering at the end there. Had to rewind and slow it down to keep track over everything. I never realized there was so much dust and debris in the asteroid belt. Guess I always figured it was full of asteroids. I mean it is but you know.
GGerman
Posted on May 15, 2012:
Finally made it. I've been watching this since it went up and it's weirdly addicting. Most of the time it's just a view of space but damn is space a lot fancier to look at than I thought it would be.
Veda (Verified MI) (Administrator)
Posted on May 15, 2012:
I will begin construction of basic facilities and a permanent base. I estimate that this will take approximately five months to complete. Some of Ptolemaios will likely be disassembled, but I'd like to restore it at a later date to begin surveying the asteroid belt in more detail.
Eagerness
Posted on May 15, 2012:
Lots of robots coming out now and getting to work.
DanceDanceXecution
Posted on May 15, 2012:
Kind of hard to imagine building something as big as the space colonies people are talking about in ten years. That seems like it's not nearly enough time.
Mathmech (Verified Nerd)
Posted on May 15, 2012:
It makes more sense when you cut sleep and food out of the equation. There's no need to ship materials either and a lot of time in construction is waiting for things to move where you need them. Veda can rip everything she needs right out of the rocks around her.
Holup
Posted on May 15, 2012:
Looks pretty barren on that rock. Not sure what I expected though. Rock in space is rock in space, right?
Veda (Verified MI) (Administrator)
Posted on May 15, 2012:
I could build some statues of me to improve the view. That was a joke.
The Red Otaku
Posted on May 15, 2012:
Wow those robots are working fast. You already have a basement dug out.
ThePurple1 (Verified HARO)
Posted on May 15, 2012:
Posers posers.
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Real ?s
Posted on May 16, 2012:
So a cape just has a space base now?
Mathmech (Verified Nerd)
Posted on May 16, 2012:
Yes.
TheGreen1 (Verified HARO)
Posted on May 16, 2012:
space race over, space race over. We win! We win!
Mathmech (Verified Nerd)
Posted on May 16, 2012:
Apparently they win.
Djibriloholic
Posted on May 16, 2012:
But is that even legal?
Space Nut (NASA) (Original Poster)
Posted on May 16, 2012:
Why do people keep asking that question?
In case the tag didn't make it clear, I work at NASA. No, I'm not that important. I am aware of a lot though and I can tell you there's no law against having a space base. Why would there be? Who, five months ago, would have imagined anyone on Earth having a space base?
Vanhauser Element (NASA)
Posted on May 16, 2012:
The last time it ever came up was back when Sphere was talking about building cities on the moon and that was just talk.
Justruth
Posted on May 16, 2012:
I'm going to make this simple for all the idiots.
Whether it's legal or not doesn't matter.
Who on Earth is going to go up there and stop it? Arrest Newtype cause she's still here? Good luck arresting the girl who killed the Simurgh. That's a riot waiting to happen and her AI is still in space with a space base.
Time for all the pointlessly salty bastards to move on. They've literally won. You can't stop them anymore. They're the definition of unstoppable.
Zero (Unverified Cape)
Posted on May 16, 2012:
No one is unstoppable.
Mathmech (Verified Nerd)
Posted on May 16, 2012:
Good luck with that.
Lawbider
Posted on May 16, 2012:
This is why capes keep joining the Titans. Newtype's taking over the world and no one is stopping her.
Buzz Lightyear
Posted on May 16, 2012:
Don't we have a thread for that crap? Some of us just want to talk about SPACE.
Dodge (Verified Cape) (Toybox)
Posted on May 16, 2012:
Seriously. The Titans have their own tread for this. The only reason they're not being banned across the board is because they keep accusing Veda of bias whenever any of them get in trouble for breaking the rules even when Veda isn't the one moderating anything.
Hans88
Posted on May 16, 2012:
If you like your robot girlfriend so much maybe you should just marry her.
Dodge (Verified Cape) (Toybox)
Posted on May 16, 2012:
I would if she was into it but I don't think she is.
Djibriloholic
Posted on May 16, 2012:
MOD: This is why we can't have nice things.
Truthbringer
Posted on May 16, 2012:
MOD: And this.
True Way
Posted on May 16, 2012:
MOD: This too.
Only Sane Man
Posted on May 16, 2012:
MOD: Jesus christ people.
RighteousRight
Posted on May 16, 2012:
And now they're taking the Lord's name in vain because they're the devil!