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Firespray_uk

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You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

You grimace in the travel agents when your wife sks, "Fancy MALTA?"
"No they're full of sappers"
" What's a Sapper?..."

You pull out that old 70's T-shirt from the wardrobe that looks not disimilar to your main costume on COH

you evolve extra strong index finger from a strange fascination for clicking a mouse for some reason.

Trolls from Lord of the Rings now have a new reason to be tough, "they take drugs".

you begin to read the plaques at the feet of statues , just by habit

Feeling tired after a long day at work and genuinely thinking "god, my end bar must be low I need a rest"

When you hear someone in the street come out of the bank and moan that they're in debt by "two K" and you go up and laugh at them for being wimps.

Standing in a queue, wishing you had power push to knock the old people out of the way... Or better yet, sizing up a group in a pub for maximum Nova damage

When you ask a mate to give you influence

When you don't see a bus for ages and curse Statesman in the streets

When you actually dance like one of the /em dance

you have a metal chair in front of your computer, with a permanant impression of your back side, and your mouse has a dent on the left button when you have clicked on it so much.

the hamidon is green.

when you try and stand in front of a truck and see if it pushes you to the side (warning do not try this)

When, upon finding the remote control that fell down the back of the sofa, you say "found the glowie".

You admire the Circus when it comes to town, not because of the acrobatics and death-defying, but their strange resemblance to CARNIES

your gladiator team consists of jurassik, anti-matter, babbage, dreck, dreadnought red kronos 02, nemesis, lanaru the mad and the hamdion.

you asked for advice from leeroy jenkins about being able to die, coz its been just so long..

You get freaked-out when you get a phonecall from a company called Icon.

you give a low level player 5 million inf, then say "its only pocket money".

you see a green ship in RL and go to it expecting ghosts to be around it.

You have to deal with a first aid issue and you use the word "healer"

You have a 2-day-long playlist on your i-tunes ntitled 'COH'

You act out your hero's powers when drunk!

You do all night sessions, leave your charachter afk, go for a trip to McDonnalds for breakfast then carry on playing until you faceplant on your keyboard

when you're coming out of the pub drunk and phone your mate for a TP home

You ask the local clothes store if they take infamy or influence.

you watch a zombie movie and call them "vhazilok wannabes"

you see pictures of the millennium dome and think "so there's the London arena"

You get in a lift and are surprised that it takes you to more than one floor.

You walk into a parking lot and don't see 3 Outcasts trying to break into a car.

You make Tsoo jokes - "It's Tsoo hot in here", "Don't be Tsoopid"

You keep sizing up buildings to see if you can climb up to the roof to check for an exploration badge.

When you name your hamster 'Hamidon'

Keep em comin'!!

02/26/06 03:50

Madclergy

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

Is this a remake of the other thread with the same title? oh well guess I can post more here...

When you wake up at 5 in the morning to play coh, when you don't have to be to work till nine.

When instead of asking how old someone is you ask them how many hours they have logged. When they say "Idk" you say "Find someone with the letter N as their first letter in their first name" and when you do, you actually ask. [Warning: This may get you slapped, pummeled, beaten, mugged, or stared at. Do not attempt in dangerous gang territories, or if you do make sure your nova is recharged first, that was my mistake]

When your credit on this site is better than your credit rating in real life. [*raises hand*]

You have forgotten what color the sun is

Work gets in the way of "Real Life" [*raises hand again*]

You wish they had CoH 101 in your school, because you know you would get an A. What a gpa booster

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02/26/06 07:02

LordXenophon

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

You start calling first year police officers "newbs."

You give a training lecture to the newbs and use CoH examples.

You refer to the SWAT team as "the AR Blasters."

You complain about how much prestige is deducted from your paycheck.

You refer to martial arts class as "scrapper school."

You're thankfull that your RL rent is less than your SG base rent.

You have "inspiration slots" in your desk, which hold your candy bars, tea bags, Advil, breath mints, instant coffee, etc.

You stop wearing your gun when you go to the ghetto, in favor of a T-shirt with a star on the chest.

You buy an old car for $600 just because it looks exactly like one you saw in CoH.

You ask the guy at the pet store if he has miniature pandas.

You hear someone installed new AV software and you panic and start rounding up a team to defeat it.

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02/26/06 12:11

GameHead321

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

You Dont even know the difference form The circus and Carivel of shadows.

Your mother tells you to do your homework and you say" okay i ill stop Herd killing and go do missions".

You switch over to WoW. Dundundunnnnnnnn

City of Heroes
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03/06/06 13:34

DarkSide_UK

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my reason

when your mate is showing you his new car and you take an instant dislike to it because the last 3 letters of the registration are "C0T"

You log on to MSN when on a romantic trip to Paris with the Girlfriend to ask one of your CoH/V buddies if you've 'missed anything' and then stay on chatting till 4am

all ure fault Firespray, all ure fault! and no the Wine and Stella had nothing to do with it.... She was asleep dagnamit! asleep! ;P

03/07/06 05:04

Solaronn

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

You're watching a movie (Transporter II) and you see the hero running down a staircase on the outside of a building, and all you can think of is how much it looks like those staircases in Kings Row.

"Solaronn" (With way to many alts and servers to name)

Your results:
You are Superman

Superman		95%
Green Lantern		80%
Spider-Man		70%
Hulk		70%
The Flash		70%
Supergirl		64%
Robin		52%
Iron Man		50%
Wonder Woman		49%
Catwoman		45%
Batman		30%

You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.

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03/12/06 16:27

Death_Conqueror

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

You spend an entire lunch hour discussing the finer points of newbs in Raids with some friends from WoW.

You begin to compare the ATs from WoW with the ATs from CoH. "Really? you come out of nowhere and kill someone quickly? that sounds like a stalker..."

You choose to spend the night with a gunslinger working on the Immortal badge instead of going to prom.

Everytime you look at a math problem, you flash back and run calculations in your head of how much damage you can take in a hour.

You can visualize at least 3 different ways of getting to Perez Park from Peregrine Island, without looking at your map, asking directions, or using your SG teleporter.

When someone is injured in gym, you scream out "MEDIC!!!!!!!!!" then pull out your wallet, as though it's the aid other power.

Death!! Mayhem!! Destruction!!
Victory Server:
Death Conqueror: lvl 50 tanker - Invunerable/fire tank (now officially retired, except in badge cases). [red] The badger of Victory [/red]

Conqueror Of Death - lvl 50 Fire/Invul Brute - Shadow Raiders

Triumph:
DC Zapper: lvl 50 Triple Elec blaster

03/12/06 18:24

LordXenophon

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

You hesitate to enter a clock store because you don't want to aggro them all at once.

You see a mortuary and the first thing you think of is the mish where the Vahz are stealing bodies from one through the sewers.

You're in Perez Park looking for Bone Daddy's to mug for the Bonesmasher badge with a toon that's almost made 50

Your global friends list is full.

You have a supergroup of 1 just to have a cool SG name over your head and it has a base with teleporters.

You forget that some people get stuck in Grendel's Gulch.

You check out a girl on the street and your first thoughts are about her "costume."

You can tell what AT a player's 50 is by how he plays his Warshade.

You have keybinds for non-combat emotes, such as dance and ledgesit.

You always use the back elevator at work.

You are so used to the tight fit of superhero outfits that you think the formal clothes they make you wear to work look "frumpy."

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03/15/06 01:07

xtreme_hippy

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

When you arrange starburst based on the type of inspiration the represent, now I wonder who'd do a thing a like that...oh yeah, starts with "F" and ends in "irespray".

Defiant:

CoH
Esprit - level 50 Empathy/Energy Defender (*glee*)
Transverse - level 36 Rad/Rad Defender
Crescent Kick - level 45 MA/SR Scrapper
Mental Block - level 35 Kin/Psy Defender
Phantom FLow - level 44 Illusion/Kin Controller

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03/15/06 06:14

Firespray_uk

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

QUOTE

When you arrange starburst based on the type of inspiration the represent, now I wonder who'd do a thing a like that...oh yeah, starts with "F" and ends in "irespray".

*whistles innocently*

I'll get you back for that one...

03/15/06 06:28

Firespray_uk

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

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You hesitate to enter a clock store because you don't want to aggro them all at once.

I choked on my coffee reading that one!

You have been in every 'civilised' zone, seen a whole lot of bus stops, seen lots of cars and trucks but never, not once, seen a bus.

Halloween rolls round and you suddenly think the Fir Balog have escape Croatoa and wonder how many pumpkins you need to smash to get the badge...

You laugh when a 'troller' attempts to confuse Lusca into attacking herself and gets beaten, twice.

You exemplar to do a Taskforce, not to help get rid of 280K debt but because you need the badge.

You take a new alt and join your own SG just so that you can get all the exploration badges in all the zones in SG mode to help with the base teleporters...

The tree moving in the wind could be a Devouring Earth...

You start to think your partners mother and Greater Devoured have so much in common

You've had so many costume changes in Icon nothing you try looks right and you WISH they would add some new stock with each issue just to give a little more variety.

You don't do the armoured bottoms as it makes your ass look huge and your thighs fat. (Oh my god I'm so guilty of that one)

The work term "punching the clock" always makes you smile and you secretly enjoy punching the blasted thing over and over ...

When you meet the AV on a taskforce, take them down in less than 60 seconds and the entire team ignores the rest of the room to discuss 'how much of a wimp' he was on the chat channel before leaping into action to get beaten by 'mere' council soldiers and finding it funny.

When you work for 'The Council' you always wonder where the Cor Leonis train and if you can get onto the Galaxy Training Scheme. Scarey thing is I DO work for 'the council'...

Your desktop is arranged with the following -
Coffee mug space
Soda cup space
Emergency chocolate stash
notebook with required badges listed
Smokes (if you do) and ashtray
A pen and pencil for notes
Mobile phone space
/em command list on the wall
a note to remind you to go to Atlas Park for a costume contest at 8pm on the 16th
Reminders for birthday cards 2 weeks before the birthdays
Takeaway menus for 2 pizza places and a kebab place, all of which are on speed dial on your mobile AND home phone

You see a column of smoke from a fire and think, kool temporary power if I turn up - and a badge too.

03/15/06 07:12

LordXenophon

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

You make a new toon on your free 14 day trial account just to pass stuff between toons on your main account.

You upgrade the free trial account and level your temp toon to 50 so you can powerlevel yourself.

You get a third account so you can be your own bridge.

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03/15/06 11:26

DieselJester

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

When you go to sleep, you're constantly dreaming about playing COH.

You intentionally let your wife sleep in on the weekend just so that you can beat her to the computer before she has a chance to play HER toons.

COH/COV becomes a topic of dinner conversation.

You start reffering to online characters (PCs and NPCs alike) as if they were real.

Pesky little things like Eating, Sleeping, and Working begin to interfere with your play time.

You hear a song on the readio and think that it'll make a nifty theme song for your hero.

FREEDOM SERVER
FlashFire., Lvl 20 Mutation Blaster. Mega Corps.
CounterStrike., Lvl 18 Mastermind. Leauge of Malevolence.
Swinging Fist, Lvl 18 Mutation Tanker. The Forever Men

PROTECTOR SERVER
Dr. Astatine, Lvl 27 Magic Defender. -No SuperGroup-

03/15/06 15:47

LordXenophon

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

The number of warshades on your account is greater than 1% of your total toons but less than 3%.

You can find all the badges and plaques in Dark Astoria without using either your map or your notes.

You have unusual toons which came to you in your dreams.

Your friends and family can always tell when you didn't quite hear what they said, because you glance downward and to the left.

Your mid-life crisis was triggered by your toon's ability to leap over barbed-wire fences.

The pin-up girl in your cubicle is a hot CoH toon.

You ask "do these pants make my butt look big?" and everyone knows you're making another alt.

You see the sun reflecting off of a trash can and think that means it's a clue.

You want to type something out of the game (such as to post here) and have to remember not to hit backspace first.

Even after reading all these, you thought of another one and hit backspace...

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03/15/06 23:34

Firespray_uk

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

You walk into the staff canteen, spot gren jello on the counter and start looking for: Hydra, Vazhilok, Kraken or freak out thinking that Hamidon has started multiplying.

It gets to 2am, you're on teamspeak and realise that you are interviewing at 9am, have to get up at 7am and aren't likely to get to sleep til 3am. (I feel so crappy today)

You finish the first interview, have an hour to wait for the next one and the first thing you do is check the forums to see what you missed.

You list you're an admin on the two city of gameamp sites on your work profile under 'achievements' and get emails from other UK players at work who have actually read your profile.

Coffee becomes you CAB for the day, and as with a CAB, it takes 2 or 3 before your end bar is full and ready to go.

03/16/06 08:24

Agnostic

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

QUOTE

It gets to 2am, you're on teamspeak and realise that you are interviewing at 9am, have to get up at 7am and aren't likely to get to sleep til 3am. (I feel so crappy today)

I hear you...ugh. I was up till 2 am and had to be to work at 8 this morning. But on the plus side, Pyralis is finally 37! Whoo!

You get to work and the first thing you do is check the gameamp forums and screens...(I am sooooo guilty of this)

You installed CoX on your laptop (even though it runs like crap on it) just so you can play anywhere theres an internet connection.

You start calling Skittles, 'inspirations'!

Triumph
Heroes
Pyralis Lycae - 50 Fire/Fire/Elec Blaster
Johra Penndragon - 13 Katana/Regen Scrapper
Chiani Kyouryoku - 18 Inv/EM Tanker
Agnostics Avatar - 14 Storm/Dark Defender
Lt. Wallace - 16 AR/Dev Blaster (Paragon SWAT!)
Prince Striker - 10 Peacebringer

Villains
Camiyal Nocturni - 21 Dark/Dark Brute
Mathias the Fallen - 11 Thug/Dark Mastermind
Rhubara - 22 Energy/Kin Corruptor
Urikai - 21 SS/Energy Brute
Cameron McCabe - 12 Elec/Elec Brute

03/16/06 09:11

Phase_of_Echoes

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

- you miss one night of gaming and NC Soft contacts you to see if you are alright.

- you refer to your friends and family members by their toon names over the phone.

- you sit at work and try to figure out if you can get COH on a jump drive.

- you actually worry that NC Soft will kill the servers to COH before you get to play all your alts to a decent level.

- you refer to spending time with your loved ones as running their missions!

*** STARBUCKS COMING SOON! ***

03/16/06 09:54

Firespray_uk

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

You speak to your family on teamspeak more than the phone as its cheaper....

03/16/06 12:28

DieselJester

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

You refuse to upgrade your computer to a new OS due to the fact that you like the lower OS better, but then leap at the chance to upgrade when you learn that COV will only run on Windows XP and not ME.

You miss a couple of days on your SG forums and they all call your Cell Phone to check up on you.

You figure you can play now and sleep later. (Who needs it anyway?)

You have a caffeene I.V. drip set up next to your computer so that you can play longer.

Server Maintence is the bane of your existance.

You refuse to play any other computer games just because "it just isn't City Of Heroes".

You hear a ding in the elevator and you immidately turn to the closest person in and say 'gratz'.

03/18/06 08:44

BoinkBunny

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

You go to a convention and the first thing you do is look for badges.

04/13/06 11:24

Shadow_Menace

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

when you look on a can of shaving cream and it contains pvp, and makes you think about sirens call.

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04/13/06 11:28

singularity

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

when you find a satan-worshiping place, think hellions are inside, kill all of the people inside, and return to your contact after recieving a big green MISSION COMPLETE!

***THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED***

04/13/06 12:12

LordXenophon

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

QUOTE

You go to a convention and the first thing you do is look for badges.

Hey! It was a law enforcement convention!

You know you've played too much CoH when...

You have a CoH toon based on each of your RL pets.

The first web page you check at the library is GameAmp.

You open CoH to check your e-mail.

You visit an old boyfriend you wouldn't want to see otherwise just so you can see if one of your toons on his account has any e-mail.

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04/13/06 12:41

BoinkBunny

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

QUOTE

You go to a convention and the first thing you do is look for badges.

Hey! I only posted 1 about you!
And besides, I had to go to Jeff's for my CD's anyway!

You play CoH all night until you only have 4 hours to sleep, then you get up 3 hours later so you can squeeze some CoH in before work.

You have a "Honk if you hate Statesman!" bumpersticker.

You have a toon by the same name on every server and they're all 50.

Nobody can keep up with you in Outbreak.

You spent 2 hours logging in all your alts and fixing your chat windows after the last patch when you could have done an Pwnz mish.

You park your alts by Paladin spawn points, rave spots, Lusca spawn points, buildings that catch fire, etc. and log into them from time to time, instead of camping.

You start calling people you only date once in a while your "alts."

You sit down to wright 2 or 3 of these and all this comes out!

04/24/06 10:45

swissarmy68

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

I was at softball practice last night and someone said "I need to be careful, I don't want to pull a hami."

Instead of the hamstring muscle my, immediate thought was "No, we cetainly don't want to pull the Hami, we don't have enough people here to take it down!"

04/25/06 14:48

Sunshine

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

-ur convinced that u are a superhero (i must just be a blaster, coz that beating i got today still hurts!)
-Mom sez u cant play, but she never sed u cant Forum...
-u go for days without eating or sleeping, and when u finally crawl out of ur room on the 5th day with a skin condition from lack of light, bedsores from sitting in the same position day after day, and ur starving and parched for water. what u then do is eat a quick lunch outside and rush back in to see what u missed.
-uve stumbled upon a build that can successfully solo hami.
-u make new toons when u dont feel like taking a large team several hours to lvl. u do this one a regular basis.
-u begin to say ur main's battlecry everytime u get the sense that u might not survived (i was called into the principals office the other day, and when i heard my name i blurted out "Disco Inferno!" really loudly. it was great.)
-u get ppl on a tf team and kick them out just so u can "paint the map"
-u play ur music for mishes in a certain order, and if anyone part takes too long, u freak out. u also have special theme music for every specific toon u r, bad guys u fight, AVs, the contact u r seeing, and u have it timed so that the appropriate music will cue at the right time w/o u haveing to mess with it. every second u waste on iTunes is a second u will never be able to play again.
-u try bizarre builds, thinking u can catch all the pros with their pants down and make a killing in pvp(sonic/ice blaster , here i come!)
-u havent heard the latest news because no one posted it on Gameamp.com yet

Thanks to Death Fetish for kicka$$ siggy!!!

04/25/06 16:04

singularity

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....

you go to a place that sells drugs, they ask you if you want some, and you say "I don't have enough influence to buy those."

***THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED***

"Probably the saddest thing you'll ever see is a mosquito sucking on a mummy. Forget it, little friend."

05/26/06 19:23

Arconas

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RE: You Know you've played too much CoH when.....