If there was a GI Joe MMO, this is what it would look like
by Shawn Schuster 
Aug 20th 2009 at 3:00PM
Filed under: Betas, Super-hero, Screenshots, Fan art, War, Humor, Champions Online
With the recent GI Joe movie hype, and the simple fact that I'm a ginormous GI Joe fanboy since I was probably 6 or 7, I decided it might be fun to see how close I could get on recreating GI Joe characters from my youth in Champions Online. We've paid homage to this amazing character creator before, but we just can't get enough! Follow along after the jump (warning, large pictures ahead!) to see if you can name the five characters I created. This is not an official competition, and the only thing you'll win is my respect and love. Isn't that totally worth it?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
JP said on 3:17PM 8-20-2009
Zartan, Flint, Kung-fu, Bazzoka ... but I can't get the last one for the life of me. Unless it's a Dreadnaught, whose names escape me.
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Fisty said on 5:37PM 8-20-2009
Kung Fu...
You mean Quick Kick.
snowleopard233 said on 3:22PM 8-20-2009
These remind me of the GI Joe PSA redubbs that came out a few years ago.
Body massage machine go!
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derella said on 3:28PM 8-20-2009
Porkchop sandwiches!!!
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HouseDecados said on 3:42PM 8-20-2009
Body Massage!
James Egan said on 4:12PM 8-20-2009
"Get that kid off my ice!" (Fenslerfilms... still floating around on YouTube)
By the way Shawn, nice job on Zartan.
snowleopard233 said on 4:22PM 8-20-2009
Give him the stick.
DON’T give him the stick!
Russell Clarke said on 3:28PM 8-20-2009
All you need is the one with the feathery hat and you've got the entire Village People.
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Ty said on 3:33PM 8-20-2009
A GI Joe MMO would be awesome! I have been thinking about it since I saw the trailer for the movie during the Super Bowl.
The last one Monkeywrench?
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Kinnetik said on 3:35PM 8-20-2009
The last one is Torch. I'll admit that while I recognized all of them, the only one I could name without cheating was Flint.
I went to YoJoe to identify the rest and reminisce about all the figures I used to (still? probably in a basement) have. Besides all the great Joe figures and loving the animated movie, I laughed at the ones with the soundbite backpacks I had, the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat ones, and remembering all the giant vehicles some of them came with.
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seldom said on 3:38PM 8-20-2009
"With the recent GI Joe movie hype"
You misspelled tripe btw. It helps to proofread.
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Matt said on 3:45PM 8-20-2009
What?
Keen said on 3:53PM 8-20-2009
Cryptic wants the names of all heroes that look like yours. Apparently if you make a hero's costume and name that violates copyrights, bad things happen.
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grover96 said on 4:41PM 8-20-2009
You should tell that to Dr.Doom and Ninja Turtle I saw last night.
ScytheNoire said on 4:43PM 8-20-2009
Nice job. Their character creator obviously has a huge amount of flexibility.
Cryptic should stop trying to make games and just work for other companies make character creators.
Too bad other games don't allow for this level of creativity. Makes WoW's look so pathetic, which it is.
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Brent said on 5:36PM 8-20-2009
Zartan, Quick-Kick, Flint, Bazooka, Torch. Nice work on the costumes!
Yo Joe
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HouseDecados said on 5:38PM 8-20-2009
what's absolutely hilarious about their character creation system is some of the words that you can't put into names.
Bolt - you can't have a character with the word bolt in their name. Now.. I know that Bolt was a character in the comics, but give me one reason I can't make a speedster named The Blue Bolt. There's no copyright issues there whatsoever, and even the most special kid on the short bus can see that.. but apparently the folks at Cryptic are on a short bus of their own regarding character names.
Some other gems that you can't put into character names
Archmage
Umbra
Dragon
valkyrie
Vindictive
Lad
Maiden
and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
The naming rules for this game are SO lame...
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WrrLor said on 5:41PM 8-20-2009
The last one, is it Torch? One of the Dreadnoks, or whatever they were called? Always liked those guys. :)
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bronzefork said on 2:00PM 8-21-2009
awesome! i hope this game doesn't disappoint. i'd really like a nice change from fantasy-style mmorpgs. i'm just not that into mages and knights. i hope that one day, they will create a resident evil-style mmorpg. it could be the most mediocre game, but id probably still invest a lot of hours into it.
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Nyttyn said on 2:20PM 8-21-2009
You should name the third one "Shourlaski" :D
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