In Memorium – CoH – Freedom

Continuing a server-by-server look at the alts I played in City of Heroes …

In the midst of much drama llamaing, a group of us got together on the  Freedom server and created the “Hostess Heroes” — a series of snack food-inspired characters:

Bear Claws, Ginger Snap, twinkie Kid, Brownie Points, Cheesy Poof, Bazooka Josephine, Mmm Pie, Just Desserts, Oreo of Justice, Fig Neutron, Otter-Pop, Chunky Style, Creme Puff, Divinity Chu, Hot Fries, Pixie Stick, Pork Rind, Die Meiserzinger, Mooon Pie, Staypuft Marshmallow, J A W Breaker, Thin Mint, Kracker Jaxs …

And a few others, including Ho Ho, my Invuln/Axe Tank.  I was convinced that someone would register a complaint over the name, if not the concept, and I’d come back to find myself as UnnamedHero02347.  But nobody every did.

I also learned that Axe was a horribly, horribly slow power. Yes, great at knockdown, but, damn!

Margie played Princess Peep, a Rad/Rad Defender (the yellow woman in the pix above). She was awesome.

We actually had a regular team night (Mondays), and did a fair number of adventures together.  Things petered out just shy of 30, with changing participation and social circles on- and off-line.

Margie and I also created a pair of Cheetos Cheetahs, including my Chester Cheetah (teamed with Margie’s Chesty Cheetah). We never played them much, but they were still a fun concept.

The HH group, after all the other players fell away, became our default SG for additional toons on Freedom.

Maitre D’mon was a demonic French chef (Zombies/Poison Mastermind).  I loved the name. He was part of an abortive CoV counterpart to the Hostess Heroes, named, of course, “Devil’s Food”.  Margie rolled a number of characters for that, including Brussels Sprout (in the pic above, front right) and Frozen Leftovers. She also created a Zombies/Force Field Mastermind named Day Old Shelf who she ran up to 50.

Two throw-away concepts — Margie rolled up a character named Zestra (after a briefly widely-advertised sexual stimulation gel), while I created Satisfied Partner to go with her.

Kwai Havok, a Dark Melee/Willpower Scrapper I wish I’d done more with, noteworthy for both an awful name and being another Dave clone (with a ponytail, no less).  He teamed up, into the mid-teens, with a version of Margie’s Copper Mountain.

For the record, there was an Al McGordo character (Rad Controller) on this server, too.