so, grenades are not removed when a character is ko'd? wasn't sure about this when i played this evening. (frag grenade onto a roof + knocked off roof into opposing red hulk = EPIC)

It appears to me the 1 additional damage is at the same time as the normal 2 damage. The reason I say that is that it does not say anything about 'after damage dealt' or 'after actions resolve.'

You do not lose them. The number of grenades in your pool is set at the beginning of the game, then you can lose and add grenades throw game effects, but you don't lose grenades on KOs.

You would need grenades in your own pool, but I love the mechanic and will be employing it on a regular basis.

As soon as you realize that just because it does or doesn't make sense, has no bearing on whether it is "by the rules", you will be a much happier person.

Believe me, I know where you are coming from and I am the type of person that it has to make sense to me. Heroclix, sometimes it doesn't make sense.

Last night at the venue I was playing at the judge said that when throwing a grenade all the characters had to be within the 5 square range to be affected by the grenade. Is this true?

No. The square you throw to has to be within 5 squares.

Do all the characters getting hit with energy explosion splash damage have to be within the character's range value? (the answer is no)

That's exactly what I thought.

Quick question. Rolling a crit miss on a grenade toss. Would you take 1 damage from this since it isnt a normal attack that would deal damage? I would assume you do take the damage I just want to clarify.

It is not a "no damage" attack, so you would get pinged.

Of course, all secondary effects that don't hinge on characters being hit would still apply, which is nice. Makes the Ink grenades an assured bit of damage against figures that you know can't get away.

Thank you. This happened to me the other day and I took the damage. Just wanted to make sure for the future. "No damage attack" makes a lot of sense to me.

Someone earlier had questioned the timing of placing tokens.
Was this addressed yet? Apologies if I have skimmed over it.
My question deals more with the basic mechanics.
Do you place, for instance, the hindering marker from the Ink grenade regardless if any of the attacks hit?
Question that came up at our FLGS tonight.
Our understanding is that the token/tokens would be placed as a result
of targeting the square, and that the attack roll has no bearing whatsoever.
Would this be correct?

That's correct, and asked in the FAQ I compiled - so you can look up cases of deputies confirming the answer.

According to the forum directory, this thread has a new post today, but the last post I see in this thread is my post on the 10th.

I've seen that happen sometimes. Don't know why.