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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Quacktober FAN-FICTION CONTEST ST Michael story Continued ....




ST Michael ID 14267

“All done with the sword and your armor don’t lose your sword this time okay it’s one of kind forged special and specially tempered for you; it is little heavier than last one so keep that in mind when you swing.” “Thank you, Eloy, fine craftmanship as always.” Michael, Gabriel stopped by he said that you are to meet Your Elder brother Azrael in Mexico City to receive further instructions for your mission.” Azrael, I thought to myself he always scared me his gloomy demeanor and appearance and his ferocity brutally in battle was unmatched. He was one sent as last resort when a problem had to be taken care of. Yet he had unexplainable since of peace he gave you when you were around him. As I approached the border to Mexico, I saw people all over streets with decorations and candles and people starting gather in cemeteries. Wait that means it’s almost Día de las Brujas, oh great that’s not good that’s when the spiritual plane vale is its thinnest and the humans our more vulnerable to demon attacks. Ill have be on my guard. I flew to steeple of a Cathedral where he was supposed to be. Where is he should be here. You’re late a Soft,” voice said from behind. “Yikes scared me I nearly fell.” I tend have to have that first impression on the living,” chuckled Azrael. “Now down to what matters,” I’m afraid your current mission will need to be delayed there is an urgent matter.” Just then a huge flock of what appeared to be ducks diving down toward the people gathering in graveyard. “What heck is going on?” The ducks are possessed by minor imps they have taken a liking to terrorizing the people gathering celebrate the passed.” “They are weak don’t put much a fight and struggle to maintain control just about every other word they say is quack.” They our becoming a nuisance though. “Well let’s take care of them,” I said. “Do lets, as he materialized his massive scythe. The thing about his scythe live to tell is that his scythe as invisible blade extended outward from the visible blade which would deceive an unlucky foe if thought they dodge and fine themselves cut into. I drew my sword they were everywhere. “We were QUACK a little QUACK fun!!” “Begone you wretch!” They Started dive bombing and pecking at everyone in sight.” That is a ENOUGH,” yelled Azrael as he swung his Scythe killing over half the flock. “You could have taken care of them on yourself.” No couldn’t they have been attacking everywhere. Just then I heard a loud,” QUACK will be back you little QUACK mark my words QUACK!” “Hurry we need to follow them to find out where they are coming from!” We flew out of the city to a mountain. “Where did they go.” “They went into that cave opening over there. I dove down.” Wait yelled Azrael!” I paused, “why they are right in there we can end this now.” “No that is unwise we will would be fighting on their turf.”” How are we going take care this?” Let’s camp here and take time to come up with a plan, besides it is getting dark.” Just then a torch was descending from the sky it was Uriel. “How goes it my twin,” said Azrael. They did look same but Uriel had more inviting aura he gave off. “Gabriel said you might need a hand.” “Okay,” I Said, “what’s that torch going do anyway they still out number us.” Uriel chuckled not just torch that lights way it shows the truth and will expel the demons from the ducks.” “Have your weapons at the ready make sure there isn’t any stragglers that get away.” I drew my sword. Let’s finish this I yelled!” Uriel aimed his torch in the cave entrance, it lit up the whole cave. I heard loud screams coming from inside,” IT BURNS QUACK QUACK BURNS!” Soon after droves of ducks flew out of the cave. “Here they come! “Yelled Azrael. Soon a swarms of imps came crawling out. I started swinging and jabbing my sword downward.” “Let none escape!” yelled Uriel. As he lifted his torch upward the flame grew big then he swiftly dropped down engulfing the rest in flame. “It is finished.” said Azrael “Thank you both for the help.” “No problem,” said Uriel,” I got head back I’m needed elsewhere.” “Thank you, Michael you were great help as always, I apologize I have appointment I must keep Ill meet you at the same place enjoy festivities stay out of trouble.” Will do,” I said. “Being the angel of death hard work never ends.” And with that he flew off.
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Sunday, July 5, 2020

The Great Clean Up: A How-To Guide

By Starmaster

As you can see, a new event has called all the heroes back into action.

The Great Clean Up.

We are a couple hours into the efforts to pick up after the mess the Demon Jinn left in Bursa, Turkey. That leaves the better part of two days to participate in this epic trash throw-out. 

How can you best benefit from your so-called dumpster diving?

First, you need friends. The more friends the better. If your character doesn't have many friends, go to the FB (Facebook) tab on the main game screen in the right hand corner and tap it. This will take you to the Heroes Rising Players group page. You are invited as a new player to visit this page, say hello, ask questions about the game, and meet other players. A common occurrence is for new players to post a "Hello, I'm (Place Name Here) and I am looking for friends and/or a league" message.

Trust me, having many friends and a good league is a useful advantage to have in this social game. It isn't known as the Just-Me League, now is it? Around here, you will find some super...people who want you to enjoy the game as much as they do.

After you have some friends, you are going to want to press the big button at the top of the page to start your Clean Up Mission. This will place a link to The Great Clean Up to your personal Facebook page. It is important you place the original link on your personal page and keep it easy to access. I will explain the reason for that by the end of this post.

After you have the link on your personal Facebook page, copy the link as a comment in the special Global Clean Up thread by Nick Shapiro. Any posts outside this thread will be deleted to avoid utter chaos. This way it is much easier to follow all the heroes working hard and earning their volunteer service hours. Even BADGE has its bureaucracy.

Other players you have friended can then click on your link, and you on theirs to gain some free rewards. Crystals, Bux, Power Cards, and many other goodies are out there for you to grab and help dispose of. You know the old saying: "One man's treasure is another man's trash".

The rules on the main page of the game will inform you on how often you may post or click links to help out during the clean up. Pay attention to these windows of opportunity, as there are many of your fellow players out there anxious to act.

My suggestion is to copy the links of people you know are on your friends list and add them as comments to your original post on your personal Facebook page. That will make it much easier for you to find them so you can locate them when your next window is open to collect. This could also be useful to use to help keep track of what rewards you get from others.

When you first put your first link into the Heroes Rising Players thread, you might also think about copying the link to your league-mates or good friends directly through Messenger. Friends help out friends, right?

To everyone out there, good luck with the clean up efforts. If you have no clue what the clean up is all about, be sure to check out the Lore tab and read the newest story What we left behind: Part 1. Following is a link to it on the blog page These City Streets, as well. 

Be sure to follow this amazing story. I know I will be.

I hope these small hints and guides will make it easier for you to succeed and get some great rewards from this event. I've already gotten a Dragon's Fury and a Strange Duck Power Card.



Starmaster
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Thursday, September 5, 2019

Art Post: Geo-Kinesis

The rocks obey your very thoughts. With one swift idea, boulders crush your enemies. A simple notion and you save miners from a cave in. It's when you got that headache that the north half of San Francisco lost power and...well, just stay away from big fault lines in the future.

Geo-Kinesis was a fun card to make. Nick had been asking me about doing more close-up images of the heroes in action. This left me with a bit of a problem, how many different powers can you display via a face? I had to stretch myself a little and I realized that I could play around with the background a bit more. Longer, body shots of heroes tend to lead art toward a forward power, showing energy shooting from their hands or eyes, or bullets bouncing off their chest. But, close up, you can see more what's going on behind them.

For this art I had a few things I wanted to approach. Not only was I looking at the close up face of the hero, but I wanted to change from the norm. Instead of a handsome, young hero, I went with a distinguished older hero. Perhaps not the standard person you expect to see in the comic book world. I want to remind the viewer of the art that the story of Heroes Rising is that people are suddenly being given powers, and not just handsome, strong youths, anyone. (Which is why an old lady is blasting lasers from her eyes at the villain in my own fiction.) I also attempted something unique for me, hard coloring and shading, which lends itself to comic book style of art. Finally, I love motion in art, especially for an action based story. The rock in the background is his weapon, it has to be in motion. The shadow beneath gives it lift while the generic background actually shows motion through color variation, size of pattern, and fading. This should look like the moment just before you are blindsided by a ten ton chunk of sandstone.

All in all, I hope you appreciate the various levels this art gives to the power that will grace your own hero in the game.

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