Sunday : 06 November 05
It’s been a pretty good day… even despite the Ravens loss to the Bengals (congrats, ). The early part of the day was lazy. Around 2:00, I headed out for a cup of frozen mocha goodness and to wander around Circuit City. I wound up spending most of my time at Lowe’s. Granted, I had a reason for going – I need to replace the swamp cooler cover – but that didn’t stop me from looking at just about everything else in the store. Go figure. And I wound up not getting a cover. I couldn’t remember what size cover to get. So, there is yet another trip to Lowe’s in the near future.

Back home and then out for a late lunch/dinner at Marie Callendar’s. And since then, it’s been a quiet night in.

The Dark Trespasses of Dhoruba
I installed City of Villains last night and took it for a test drive this evening. Something that NCSoft has done is to have it install in the same directory as City of Heroes. As the programs share some functions, this makes a lot of sense and saves a good bit of drive space. The character generation section is at least as good as – if not a touch better than – its CoH counterpart. The fundamentals are the same, but there are some more… monstrous… templates available for use on your character. If you’re going to be evil, you might just want to look the part. No ifs, ands or buts. I opted to go for a fairly normal-looking character:



In creating Dhoruba (“THOR-roo-BAH”), a Swahili name meaning “storm,” I had to come up with an origin/reason for him turning to a life of crime. In doing so, I also came up for a new reason for Indigo Bolt to be a hero: Dhoruba is Bolt’s younger brother. Dhoruba felt slighted by their parents’ attention to his older brother; he always felt “not quite good enough,” in comparison. So, rather than strive to earn his parents’ favor, he decided to use his abilities to prey upon the weak. As he grew older, he found that earning a reputation for himself wasn’t enough – he decided that his powers also gave him a way to “strike back” at his brother. So, as Dhoruba seeks to gain power and influence and to besmirch his brother’s reputation, Indigo Bolt feels an obligation to “save” his brother… whether or not he wants to be saved.

I spent a few hours breaking Dhoruba out of jail, The Zigguraut, in CoH‘s Brickstown. From there, it was on to Mercy Island, to join the ranks of the Arachnos and to start creating a reputation. By the time that I was finished (for the night), Dhoruba was Threat Level 5.

And I had fun doing it. Subjugating the world is almost as much fun as saving it.

Stray Toasters

  • I took the X-Men quiz that’s been going around. I got the result that I pretty much expected… and says that it fits pretty much for me.
    You scored as Cyclops. Cyclops is the team leader of the X-Men, and a skilled one at that. He loves Jean Grey very much. He’s a strict and sometimes uptight leader, but he believes in his cause and he knows what he’s fighting for… Peace between Mutants and Humans. Powers: Optic blasts

    Cyclops
    		75%

    Jean Grey
    		70%

    Colossus
    		70%

    Rogue
    		55%

    Gambit
    		55%

    Beast
    		50%

    Iceman
    		45%

    Nightcrawler
    		40%

    Storm
    		35%

    Emma Frost
    		25%

    Wolverine
    		20%

    Most Comprehensive X-Men Personality Quiz 2.0
    created with QuizFarm.com

  • Blue.
  • Legion of Super-Heroes #11. Wow.
  • I’m watching The Crusades: Crescent & the Cross on The History Channel. Very interesting.
  • From the “Hell hath no fury…” file: This article.
  • These folks do not look happy.
  • Teen blogged mother’s slow poisoning
  • : I think you’ll appreciate this.
  • …and speaking of Batman, Adam West was a guest on yesterday’s Wait Wait… don’t tell me!
  • : Shadow Lass (v5) and Quantum Queen (from The Wanderers)
  • One likes to believe in the freedom of music…

Quote of the Day
Heard on tonight’s episode of Baby Blues:

Rodney: Did you hear about the sexy pirate movie?
Carl: No.
Rodney: It’s rated Arrrrrr!

And that is it. For tonight, at least.