Comments on: City of Heroes Costume Contest

City of Heroes Costume Contest

tranquileye — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:05:07 -0800

By: Perigee

Perigee — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:12:21 -0800

"Hello. Superman here. I'm hear today to enlist the public's help on a growing menace: people wearing tights that shouldn't. "There's a lot more to being a superhero than just superpowers or a flashy catchphrase. Like the ability to pull off the spandex look successfully. "There's no shame in accepting that not everybody can successfully adapt certain looks. Overweight women in halter tops and hip huggers, for example. Or old men with comb-overs. We need to accept our limitations, so we can successfully fulfill our destinies with the gifts we are given. "Yet thousands of people each year make the poor choice of adopting the garb of a superhero, while maintaining less than super-physiques. The result... well, take a look for yourselves. "I think you'll agree that it's time to leave the lycra to those who can handle it. Let's stamp out super-embarrassment in our lifetimes. Thank you."

By: gnutron

gnutron — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:12:54 -0800

oh sweet jebus some of these are funny. de-inforces my desire to play that game, tho. some of the characters are quite amusing - 'big package' and the 'silver slacker'

By: tranquileye

tranquileye — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:19:01 -0800

The game's fun. And my costume is just a dark suit, fedora hat, and glowing purple eyes.

By: geoff.

geoff. — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:20:38 -0800

So when you sit there and wonder who the hell has the time to get up to those insane levels....

By: skallas

skallas — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:27:12 -0800

I played it for a month, and frankly the most fun I had was hitting the random button on the costume designer for a half hour. Shame I didnt do any screen captures.

By: skallas

skallas — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:29:48 -0800

And faithful to the culture of online games, I'm pretty sure this female hero is really a man.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:55:40 -0800

But, on the other hand, this one is all woman.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:56:47 -0800

Weird. That link is a redirect. Second to last row, left.

By: linux

linux — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 15:16:16 -0800

Yeah. I sort of paused and enjoyed the Diva 7 shot myself. Quite accurate, even in physique... costume wise easy to match, but the thong was off. Paragon Dragon wins for closest costume, closest pose, and closest background.

By: linux

linux — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 15:16:47 -0800

Oh, and by the way, this makes me even more unwilling to subscribe to a massive.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 15:32:57 -0800

Hee. Reminds me that I havn't played in awhile. Need to get my Ice/Axe to 30!

By: skallas

skallas — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 15:34:29 -0800

Come on, Diva 7 isnt a player, she's a model someone hired or asked to pose for this contest.

By: biffa

biffa — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 16:50:59 -0800

There are days I'm glad someone invented computer games to keep some poeple off the streets.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 18:04:15 -0800

Lightning bolt! Lighting bolt! Lightning bolt!

By: djwudi

djwudi — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 21:24:47 -0800

All of a sudden this costume from Halloween at the Vogue here in Seattle makes a lot more sense to me (not being a gamer, I had no frame of reference to work from).

By: chrid

chrid — Sun, 07 Nov 2004 07:05:10 -0800

[this is awesome]