desviper wrote:

People out there irl tryna look like supervillains

Don't let all the black fool you... you could use all sorts of happy Teletubby rainbow colors on these outfits to switch things up. :)

desviper wrote:

You gotta link for these?

Depending on which browser you're using you should be able to right-click on any pic and select something like "Properties" or "View Image Info" to get the URLs for them. Or you could just "pretend" you're going to quote my post in a response and get the links from my post.

desviper wrote:

yeah the images don't link well to the articles.

Do you mean they aren't showing up on this webpage? I wasn't seeing any trouble with them here. Then of course I doubt I'd bother to post them here if I was having any trouble with them myself; kind of goes without saying I suppose.

Foradain wrote:

I think what he means is that the urls of the images don't provide complete information on the articles. The second seems to be from GQ, the third from the Daily Mail, but that's all I get.

Oh yeah I guess as "fashion pics" they were probably originally associated with news articles and/or online magazines. I just found them as individual pics (not via related articles) so I didn't pay much attention to that.

desviper wrote:

Ahhh, I assumed it was from a press release of a specific fashion show

Yeah no worries. I don't think the pics were related/connected to each other beyond the general theme and all the blackness. I'm not even sure they're all that new - I think I saw that the first one was from like 2013.

desviper wrote:

For super broke warriors:
[img=300x300]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/461370881395130380/548725720881561630/MCI-3086.png[/img]

I first thought "why bother with just a few bits of metal like that" but then I imagined maybe this is an example of armor from a fantasy world where for some reason iron is very rare. In such a scenario this could be a piece of armor from a wealthy knight from that world. ;)

desviper wrote:

I generally covered the backside with a cape.....

...you horndogs :p

Ah but the wind can be a fickle mistress...

[img=600x600]https://oedimdecor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mujer-super1.jpg[/img]

Lothic wrote:

Brand X wrote:

And here I was, always moving the camera around to see my character :p

No one said you couldn't do that. But honestly how often -did- you do that? ;)

desviper wrote:

Every chance I got?

Brand X wrote:

All the time. Multiple times in every play through.

I'm surprised everyone else wasn't doing the same :p

Well I can't speak for anyone else but I almost never spent time doing that - I was too busy -playing- the game. ;)

Seriously though I remember spending probably hundreds of hours tinkering with all of my costumes for all of my characters so I got a huge amount of "facetime" looking at my characters from all different angles including the front. I guess by the time I got down to actually playing the game I didn't need to spend any serious amount of time spinning the camera around to see what my characters looked like at that point.

Cyclops wrote:

I think the boob window is something you add to existing pieces

This is an interesting point. We know the Devs have mentioned that they want to offer costume items with the "infamous" boob window but I'm not sure it's going to be something that can be added (or more accurately cut out) of ANY other existing costume item. Honestly something like that - being able to "customize" any given item with optional tailoring details - would be bloody amazing!

No, I think what we're more likely to get is several "hardwired" items that come "pre-boob windowed". We'll probably get at least a spandex top with such a hole as well as other "dress tops" and/or "t-shirt" tops with that hole already pre-cut.

Again the idea that we'd be able to select ANY existing item and modify it to be "boob-windowed" would represent an amazing degree of flexibility that I honestly can't imagine would be within the realm of what would be possible in this game. For what it's worth I'd love to be proven wrong about that. ;)

desviper wrote:

I'm compelled to point out that this was the limit for power girl windows in the Old City.

[img=400x400]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/28/01/78/280178cf00d358081b4769cc5c9f9194.png[/img]

Now, I find this to be a bit much, but that's how far it was taken.

And in that CoH case it was definitely part of that one unique, unmodifiable costume item. Being able to "boob window" any item was certainly not possible in CoH and likely won't be possible in CoT either.

Now certainly the topic of the "boob window" itself it a contentious one. Regardless of your personal stance on it we already know the Devs of CoT have confirmed they are planning to allow/include examples of it in with the rest of the available costume items. If I had to guess whatever CoT's "version" of it will be it'll likely be relatively subdued along the lines of this:

[img=400x400]https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11132/111329300/6566868-3884133-3094518557-37584.jpg[/img]

If you think this is a "bit much" just remember that in the scheme of things this example is far, far tamer than alternatives that could be had. *shrugs*

desviper wrote:

I still think it's a bit much :p

That's fine. I'm STILL saying it could be far, far worse all things considered. I consider this a "compromise solution".

desviper wrote:

I say charge for anything skimpy, you horndogs will cough up ;p

I'd have no problem with keeping anything like this as cash-store fodder. I expect I'm going to dump a ton of money into the store regardless. :)

If memory serves you had to pay extra for the "witch top" you showed as the CoH example of this.

Redlynne wrote:

[img=200x200]http://www.spinnyverse.com/comics/2010-12-03.jpg[/img][img=200x200]http://www.spinnyverse.com/comics/2010-12-06.jpg[/img]

I like how the driver talking about the "downsides" of having boob windows is sporting more "boob window cleavage" in this scene than the first girl. ;)

desviper wrote:

Lothic wrote:

desviper wrote:

Though I'd smile if they were all transactional:)

You keep making that point like it would be a "funny trick" or some kind of "punishment" to stick it to the "horndogs" as you call people interested in these things. Why would you care either way?

If anything if it turns out there's a particular item in the game that everyone else buys except you (because it was "too racy" for you or whatever) then all that extra money will likely pay for new content that you will get the benefit of. Based on that you should quit calling us "horndogs" and we'll start calling you a "freeloader". ;)

Unfortunately, It'd be sensible to reward buying that kind of content with more similar content so I probably wouldn't benefit from it in the end either.

We know that the CoH Devs specifically told us that they were able to implement new power sets based on the sale of some of their Super Booster update packs so I seriously suspect that the sale of [b][i]any[/i][/b] cash store content in CoT (including the so-called "horndog items") would likely benefit [b][i]everyone[/i][/b] in the long run.

Of course you do have a point that if the "horndog items" sell the best they'd probably keep making more of that to sell. But again that can only continue to help you, the "freeloader", because as long as you keep avoiding the "horndog items" but STILL continue to get the spill-over benefit you'll be playing on easy street. ;)

desviper wrote:

But who wins the moral arm wrestle between horndog and free-loader is subjective :p

I don't see it as "subjective" at all. From my point of view I want to help this game succeed so I could eventually see myself being motivated into buying almost -anything- they sell. Conveniently since I'm quite sure -anything- this game ends up selling will be very well within my tolerance/comfort level I expect to have no hangups with anything. Remember this game is going to be "Teen" rated so -nothing- will actually be "Mature" in the slightest.

To be fair I don't really care how many of you "freeloaders" out there will avoid buying things for whatever your silly reasons. It's your money to spend - spend it how you like. Just remember when you get to play that brand new TF or try out a new power set you'll have us "horndogs" to thank for it because we had no qualms buying whatever there was to buy. Enjoy the moral high ground you cheapskate! :)

Foradain wrote:

In Sahira's defense, she's not planning on seeking out bad guys (at least, not to fight them ^_^) while Heather is.

Fireheart wrote:

Sahira's 'powerset' is sewing and cleavage. She is not a super-being who has to worry about villains with weapons. She's 'support' for her friend Spinnerette, who got mutated by the experimental gadget that the men are discussing.

Good gods people I was just making a joke here. I understood the comic and the fact that Sahira is not the "superhero" in this situation. I just thought it was funny that the person lecturing the other person about the "problems" with boob windows is herself practically falling out of her own top. ;)

To me it's kind of like the parent who tells the kid not to smoke while they are themselves smoking. Get it? :)

Redlynne wrote:

Lothic wrote:

Get it? :)

Your ... "joke" ... only makes sense by ignoring context of the relative power levels of the characters involved.

1 is a new superhero wanting to figure out her crime fighting costume.
1 is a civilian who was neither dressed for nor wants to fight crime.

But that's fine, we get it. The joke is on you, Lothic, for doing everything you can to take things out of context and distract from understanding that your "joke" ... isn't.

My "joke" only requires you to SEE that the person who's talking bad about boob windows is herself almost literally wearing a boob window outfit herself. It's simplistic hypocrisy at work and that's what makes it "funny".

It requires NO knowledge of the characters and/or situation going on here at all. You guys realize people can wear or not wear boob windowed outfits REGARDLESS of powers or not right?

My gods people lighten the F... up please...

Fireheart wrote:

In a way, Sahira has so much cleavage that a 'window' would be redundant. However, the conversation is certainly apropos for anybody wearing 'bulletproof' anything. Somewhat in context, Spinnerette was a nerdy young college student, before being super-ized, so her hunger for sexiness is only natural. She's NOT thinking things through, so Sahira is 'forced' to be the 'adult' in the conversation, somewhat against 'type'.

I do note the irony inherent in the conversation, as Lothic was pointing out. Unlike any of the Kryptonians, Spinnerette is not personally bulletproof, so intelligent considerations of Armor are hardly moot. I might also point out that the material for her costume comes from Spinnerette's tailbone-region. Sahira's the one with the home-weaving talents, to actually spin that stuff into threads and make cloth.

I get there's a lot of "backstory" going on here with these characters and considerations of "who has superpowers?" and "who isn't bulletproof?" all become important if you actually want to follow the narrative of the story being touched upon by these couple of out-of-context manga panels. Apparently I'm also the only person on the planet who wasn't intimately familiar with this particular manga as well so if you guys want to charge me with the crime of ignorance here I'm big enough to take it.

I was simply making a cute comment based on what was presented in the pics without regards to who the characters were or what the context was. You don't need to know ANYTHING about what's going on here to SEE that the person lecturing the other about "doing a bad thing" is herself effectively doing that "bad thing" herself. It really was just that simple.

I'll apologize if my simplistic joke about this was too off-putting and/or fell completely flat. For what it's worth I absolutely love Star Trek but I ALSO make jokes about it all the time and couldn't care less if other people joke about it as well. Let's all just take it for what it was and collectively rejoice that I'm not trying to make a living as a comedian. ;)

Project_Hero wrote:

You don't really need to understand anything about the characters or the backstory for those panels. I am only aware of the comic in a name recognition sense and I understood that the person lecturing was either not a superhero, or was one but currently out of costume.

The only way I think your joke would have landed, Lothic, would be if the other person was clearly a superhero in a revealing costume.

For the record it was [b]painfully obvious[/b] that Sahira was NOT a superpowered superhero here. I'm simply pointing out that was a useless bit of trivia for the purposes of the "joke" I was making. As you yourself just said "you don't really need to understand anything about the characters or the backstory" here.

Whether Sahira was a superhero or not doesn't stop anyone from SEEING that she was practically flopping out of her top. Perhaps the real problem here is that most of you guys are over thinking this by many orders of magnitude because you actually know TOO MUCH about this. Keep it simple people.

Seriously, just try to pretend there's no "powers" or "superheroness" going on here at all. Just take this as one woman wearing a very revealing top telling another woman "you shouldn't wear a boob-windowed outfit because it would be bad for you" and enjoy the silly irony of that.

desviper wrote:

[img=200x200]https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/001/625/135891.jpg[/img]

lol... you're going to make me have to find a meme to throw at you when you say silly things. ;)

To be fair I already knew I lost this when I had to "explain" the joke but I also still think anyone who had a "problem" with this is taking all the details and nuances of this way, way, too seriously.

If you don't get the classic archetypal humor of "a parent telling a child not to smoke/drink while they are currently smoking/drinking themselves" then I'm just going to feel sorry for you and move on to something else.

desviper wrote:

You gotta get on twitter, it helps you make a point in under 4 paragraphs :p

And that's supposed to explain why I always see idiotic "tweets" that get posted in 14 parts? ;)

desviper wrote:

Yeah they're rarely praised.

I rarely actually type in "walls of text" regardless. If you think my typical posts are too long you've probably spent too much time tweeting yourself. *mumbles to self* Downfall of civilization and all that jazz...

And now for something completely different...

Kitty armor for our CoT vanity pets!

[img=300x300]https://cdn.thingiverse.com/renders/bb/69/b1/a7/0c/CatArmor_THUMB_preview_featured.jpg[/img][img=300x300]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmId4byVEAA9z0z.jpg[/img]

And there's even a chainmail bikini version for them too:

[img=300x300]https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8474220800/h429F4A30/[/img]

Project_Hero wrote:

Brand X wrote:

Project_Hero wrote:

A chainmail bikini version would probably just be a collar on a cat.

Though I wouldn't be surprised if that was someone's chainmail bikini on cat... Na, way too much chainmail for that to be the case.

Way to assume that bikini belonged to a skinny girl.

#fatshamer

:p

I don't think I've ever seen a larger girl depicted wearing a chainmail bikini.

For this I blame the media.

Oh I'll admit it's not the kind of thing you'd likely see everyday but I have actually seen IRL shall we say relatively "rubenesque girls" attempting to wear various bits of what could be called chainmail bikinis in public. It was... something you don't easily forget. ;)