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All North American City of Heroes servers will be taken offline for back-up maintenance on Tuesday, July 27th and Wednesday July 28th, 2010 from 6:00am to 8:00am Pacific Time (8:00 to 10:00am Central time / 9:00am to 11:00am Eastern Time).

They will then be taken down for an extended maintenance on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 between 4:00am and 4:00pm Pacific Time (6:00am to 6:00pm Central Time / 7:00am and 7:00pm Eastern Time).

Please be aware that these maintenances will also affect our European servers since the Auction House and Mission Architect will also be unavailable.

We apologize for the inconvenience this will cause some of you and are appreciative of your understanding and patience during this necessary downtime.

To discuss this announcement, please go here.

We have received reports of issues logging into the NCsoft Account Management page. Investigation is still underway and customer data is being collected via tech support. To expedite this process we highly encourage customers to contact support with their IP address and traceroute (e.g. tracert secure.ncsoft.com) results.

Thank you for your patience with this matter.

To discuss this announcement, please go here.

Bienvenue Elsyd mais là en l'occurence, la discussion mérite un petit verrouillage.

Well done Gorbified! That's some refreshing skills you've got there for posting a mere minute after my last post!?!

I've sorted out your title so all you need to do is PM me your chosen code.

There will be more opportunities to get a costume code but expect Ebil-o to mislead you again in the future!

Please note, it seems 2 of the Mercy Island names haven't made it into this week's Wordblock (namely Burke and Marino). I have updated the above post to reflect this.

This contest is organized by NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited, who are identified in more detail in Section 9 of this document (the “Sponsors”).

1. ENTRY

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. IF YOU ARE ENTERING THIS CONTEST AS A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS CONTEST SHALL BE VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY UNITED STATES LAW.

This is a free prize draw (the “Contest”) and you are not required to buy any product, or service from the Sponsors, or to be a subscriber to any of the Sponsor's games to enter the Contest.

Participants must follow this method of entry:

1) Accept a physical raffle ticket in person upon arrival at the City of Heroes® San Diego Comic-Con Meet and Greet at the Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego on Friday, July 23rd, 2010. This ticket is considered your “entry.”

By submitting an entry to the Contest, you accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and Conditions.

Any personal information given to the Sponsors when you enter this Contest will only be used to contact you in relation to this Contest. All information concerning non-winning entries will be discarded after the end of the Contest. The personal information concerning the winning entries will be only used in the context of this Contest and use of your entry as agreed between you and the Sponsor. This information will not be disclosed to any third party or used for any other purpose. You may exercise your rights of access and rectification of this information by writing to: cohcontests@paragonstudios.com.

If you are a winner you hereby give Sponsors and their respective divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, and agencies full permission, right and authority to use your likeness, photograph, name, hometown, and any comments that you may make/answer to questions Sponsors may provide, or any other information that you provide about yourself, the prize, the Contest, or City of Heroes® for the purposes of advertising and promotion (in any media, including but not limited to in print media, television, film, video, radio, internet or otherwise) related to the Contest, City of Heroes® or each of the Sponsors, without any further notification or compensation to you other than that set out herein. Winner waives all rights of inspection and approval in relation to the foregoing.

All entries must be received prior to 2:00 AM (CDT), Saturday, July 24, 2010 (the “Contest Conclusion”). Entries which do not conform to these Official Rules and Conditions will not be accepted. The Contest is limited to one entry per person.

The Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, unintelligible or misdirected entries, which will be void. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, can disqualify, from this Contest and/or any other contest conducted by Sponsor, any person who, in Sponsor's reasonable suspicion, tampers with the entry process. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this Contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor's judgment, the Contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or other conditions beyond Sponsor's control, or at Sponsor’s reasonable discretion.

2. ELIGIBILITY

To enter the contest, as of July 23rd, 2010 (a) you must be 21 years of age or older, (b) if you are a minor in your country of residence, you must provide the entry as set forth under 1.1 with your legal guardian's approval and you must provide written approval of your entry to the Contest, and consent to these Official Rules and Conditions by your legal guardian. This written approval shall be provided within 14 days after the receipt of request by the Sponsor, (c) you must have Internet access, an email account and access to a personal computer, (d) you must be a resident of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec) (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prizes), or the European Union.

Employees of Sponsor, and Sponsor’s respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible to enter the Contest.

3. DURATION

The contest period begins at 9:30 PM (CDT) on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 and ends at 2:00 AM (CDT) on Saturday, July 24th, 2010.

4. SELECTION OF WINNING ENTRIES

The winning entries will be drawn at random by representatives of the Sponsor. Tickets will be drawn from a raffle box sometime between the hours of 9:30pm – 2am (CDT) on July 23rd, 2010. You must be physically present at the Hard Rock Hotel , San Diego location to win. Winners will be notified in person and announced on the official City of Heroes® web site on or about Friday, July 30th, 2010. Any and all decisions of the judges or company representatives shall be final and binding in all respects.

5. PRIZES

1) Prizes description

The prize breakdown is as follows:

Forty-three (43) First Place Winners Will Receive One (1) of the following:


• One (1) ATI Radeon 5870 Video Card (Estimated retail value: $499.99)

• One (1) ATI Radeon 5870 Video Card (Estimated retail value: $499.99)

• One (1) ATI Radeon 5870 Video Card (Estimated retail value: $499.99)

• One (1) ATI Radeon 5850 Video Card (Estimated retail value: $299.99)

• One (1) ATI Radeon 5850 Video Card (Estimated retail value: $299.99)

• One (1) ATI Radeon 5850 Video Card (Estimated retail value: $299.99)

• One (1) ATI Radeon 5850 Video Card (Estimated retail value: $299.99)

• One (1) ATI Radeon 5850 Video Card (Estimated retail value: $299.99)

• One (1) ATI Radeon 5850 Video Card (Estimated retail value: $299.99)

• One (1) Razer Lycosa™ gaming keyboard (Estimated retail value $79.99)

• One (1) Razer Death Adder™ gaming mouse (Estimated retail value $59.99)

• One (1) Razer Death Adder™ gaming mouse (Estimated retail value $59.99)

• One (1) Razer Death Adder™ gaming mouse (Estimated retail value $59.99)

• One (1) 60-Day Game Time Card (Estimated retail value $29.99)

• One (1) 60-Day Game Time Card (Estimated retail value $29.99)

• One (1) 60-Day Game Time Card (Estimated retail value $29.99)

• One (1) 60-Day Game Time Card (Estimated retail value $29.99)

• One (1) 60-Day Game Time Card (Estimated retail value $29.99)

• One (1) 60-Day Game Time Card (Estimated retail value $29.99)

• One (1) 60-Day Game Time Card (Estimated retail value $29.99)

• One (1) 60-Day Game Time Card (Estimated retail value $29.99)

• One (1) Set of 8 Hero Pins (Estimated retail value: $25.00)

• One (1) Set of 8 Hero Pins (Estimated retail value: $25.00)

• One (1) Set of 8 Hero Pins (Estimated retail value: $25.00)

• One (1) Set of 8 Villain Pins (Estimated retail value: $25.00)

• One (1) Set of 8 Villain Pins (Estimated retail value: $25.00)

• One (1) Set of 8 Villain Pins (Estimated retail value: $25.00)

• One (1) Hero T-Shirt - Large (Estimated retail value $20.00)

• One (1) Hero T-Shirt - XL (Estimated retail value $20.00)

• One (1) Hero T-Shirt - XL (Estimated retail value $20.00)

• One (1) Villain T-Shirt - XL (Estimated retail value $20.00)

• One (1) Villain T-Shirt - XL (Estimated retail value $20.00)

• One (1) Villain T-Shirt - XXL (Estimated retail value $20.00)

• One (1) City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Map (Estimated retail value $0.00)

• One (1) City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Map (Estimated retail value $0.00)

• One (1) City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Map (Estimated retail value $0.00)

• One (1) City of Heroes Going Rogue™ O-Card (Estimated retail value $0.00)

• One (1) City of Heroes Going Rogue™ O-Card (Estimated retail value $0.00)

• One (1) City of Heroes Going Rogue™ O-Card (Estimated retail value $0.00)

• One (1) City of Heroes Going Rogue™ O-Card (Estimated retail value $0.00)

• One (1) City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Inlay (Estimated retail value $0.00)

• One (1) City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Inlay (Estimated retail value $0.00)

• One (1) City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Inlay (Estimated retail value $0.00)



Estimated Total Prize package value: $4,069.79


2) Prizes awarding process

Random drawings will occur at the event. Winner must be present to win. If a winner is not present at the time of drawing, or is successfully contacted by Sponsor and:

(i) refuses or is ineligible to accept the prize

then Sponsor reserves the right to conduct another random drawing to award the prize (a “Substitute Winner”).

The Substitute Winner will be contacted as mentioned above and required to comply with the prizes awarding process described in this Section 5.2.

In the event the Substitute Winner cannot be contacted as mentioned above or does not comply with the prizes awarding process described in this Section 5.2 for a given prize, any such prize will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of the prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income taxes), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 21 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.

6. GENERAL CONDITIONS

You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor's decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the Rules are final.

In the event that you are resident in the European Union, nothing in these Official Rules and Conditions shall limit or exclude Sponsor’s liability for death or personal injury from Sponsor’s negligence or fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsors shall not be responsible for any liability, loss, damage, cost or expense sustained by you arising out of, or in connection, with your entry into this Contest or use of the prize unless caused by the Sponsors due to gross negligence or intent.

7. WINNERS LIST

The winners of this Contest will be posted on http://www.cityofheroes.com no later than Friday, July 30th, 2010. A list of winners can also be obtained by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to City of Heroes® San Diego Comic-Con Meet and Greet Raffle Contest, NC Interactive, Inc., 1501 4th Ave. Floor 20. Seattle, WA 98101, USA. Residents of Canada and Europe may omit return postage.

8. SEVERABILITY

Should any condition contained in this Contract prove unenforceable, void or incomplete, the validity of the other conditions will remain unaffected.

9. SPONSOR

This contest is sponsored by NC Interactive, Inc., 1501 4th Ave. Floor 20. Seattle, WA 98101, USA 1501 4th Avenue, Suite 2050, Seattle, WA 98101 and NCsoft Europe Limited, Moccatta House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4DU, England (Company No: 05165702)

© 2010 NC Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. NCSOFT, the Interlocking NC Logo, City of Heroes®, and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated.

This contest is organized by NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited, who are identified in more detail in Section 9 of this document (the “Sponsors”).

1. ENTRY

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. IF YOU ARE ENTERING THIS CONTEST AS A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS CONTEST SHALL BE VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY UNITED STATES LAW.

This is a free prize draw (the “Contest”) and you are not required to buy any product, or service from the Sponsors, or to be a subscriber to any of the Sponsor's games to enter the Contest.

Participants must follow this method of entry:

1) During the 2010 San Diego ComicCon, starting from 5:00pm (PST) on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010, to 5:00pm (PST) on Sunday, July 2th, 2010, come by the NCsoft booth, and have your San Diego ComiCon badge scanned by an employee of Sponsor. Your San Diego ComicCon registration information must include:
A. Your first and last name
B. Your age
C. Your e-mail address
D. Your location — city, state/province, country
E. A contact phone number (this will only be used if we cannot contact you by email regarding this Contest)
F. Your full mailing address
G. If you are a winner, you must send an email to Sponsor at cohcontests@ncsoft.com with the following statement. Please note that you will be disqualified as a winner if this statement is sent to Sponsor prior to the prize being awarded and within one (1) day of you being notified that you are a winner.

“I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown and any comments which I may make about myself, this Contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities.

By submitting an allowing my badge to be scanned for the Contest, I accept and agree to be bound by the Official Terms and Conditions
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...24#post3044424.”

These terms and conditions will also be posted at the NCsoft booth during the 2010 San Diego ComicCon, from 5:00pm (PST) on Wednesday July 21st, 2010 to 5:00pm (PST) on Sunday, July 25th, 2010.

Alternatively, submit a note card to Sponsor during ComicCon with the following information:

A. Your first and last name
B. Your age
C. Your location — city, state/province, country
D. Your e-mail address.
E. A contact phone number (this will only be used if we cannot contact you by email regarding this Contest)
F. Your full mailing address
G. Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present.

“If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown and any comments which I may make about myself, this Contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities.

By submitting an entry to Contest, I accept and agree to be bound by the Official Terms and Conditions
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...24#post3044424.”

By submitting an entry to the Contest, you accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and Conditions.

Any personal information given to the Sponsors when you enter this Contest will only be used to contact you in relation to this Contest. All information concerning non-winning entries will be deleted after the end of the Contest. The personal information concerning the winning entries will be only used in the context of this Contest and use of your entry as agreed between you and the Sponsor. This information will not be disclosed to any third party or used for any other purpose. You may exercise your rights of access and rectification of this information by writing to: cohcontests@ncsoft.com.

If you are a winner you hereby give Sponsors and their respective divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, and agencies full permission, right and authority to use your likeness, photograph, name, hometown, and any comments that you may make/answer to questions Sponsors may provide, or any other information that you provide about yourself, the prize, the Contest, or City of Heroes for the purposes of advertising and promotion (in any media, including but not limited to in print media, television, film, video, radio, internet or otherwise) related to the Contest, City of Heroes or each of the Sponsors, without any further notification or compensation to you other than that set out herein. Winner waives all rights of inspection and approval in relation to the foregoing.

All entries must be received by 5:00 PM (PST), Sunday, July 25, 2010 (the “Contest Conclusion”) and must be in English. Entries which do not conform to these Official Rules and Conditions will not be accepted. The Contest is limited to one entry per person.

The Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, unintelligible or misdirected entries, which will be void. Use of a false name, mailing address, or email account will disqualify an entry and the individual who submitted the entry. Sponsor is not responsible for hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections, server unavailability due to technical, capacity constraints or other issues, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled or delayed electronic or other communications. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, can disqualify, from this Contest and/or any other contest conducted by Sponsor, any person who, in Sponsor's reasonable suspicion, tampers with the entry process or the operation of the web site. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this Contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor's judgment, the Contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or other conditions beyond Sponsor's control, or at Sponsor’s reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.

2. ELIGIBILITY

To enter the contest, as of Wednesday, July 21, 2010 (a) you must be 13 years of age or older, (b) if you are a minor in your country of residence, you must provide the entry as set forth under 1.1 with your legal guardian's approval and you must provide written approval of your entry to the Contest, and consent to these Official Rules and Conditions by your legal guardian (This written approval shall be provided within 14 days after the receipt of request by the Sponsor), (c) you must have Internet access, an email account and access to a personal computer, and (d) you must be a resident of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, and excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec) (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prizes), or the European Union.

Employees of Sponsor, and Sponsor’s respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible to enter the Contest.

3. DURATION

The contest period begins at 5:00 PM (PST) on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 and ends at 5:00PM (PST) on Sunday, July 25, 2010.

4. SELECTION OF WINNING ENTRIES

There will be up to three winners. The first winner will be announced starting 5:00pm (PST) on Friday, July 23, 2010. The second winner will be announced by 5:00pm (PST) on Saturday, July 24, 2010. The third winner will be announced by 5:00pm (PST) on Sunday, July 25, 2010. The one winner will be drawn at random by representatives of the Sponsor by 5:00pm (PST) on Friday, July 23, 2010, Saturday July 24, 2010 and Sunday, July 25, 2010. Winners will be announced at the NCsoft booth during the 2010 San Diego ComicCon. Winners will be announced on the City of Heroes web site on or about Monday, November 01, 2010. Any and all decisions of the judges, shall be final and binding in all respects.

5. PRIZES

1) Prizes description

The prize breakdown is as follows:

Three Winners Will Each Receive:

• One (1) Razer Carcharias Gaming Headset (Estimated retail value: $79.99)
• One (1) Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard (Estimated retail value: $79.99)
• One (1) Razer Naga Gaming Mouse (Estimated retail value: $79.99)
• One (1) ATI Radeon 5870 Video Card (Estimated retail value: $499.99)

Estimated Total Prize package Each Value: $2,219.88


2) Prizes awarding process

If a winner cannot be contacted via the email address and/or address, as applicable, he/she submitted with their entry to the Contest, or refuses or is ineligible to accept the prize, then Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize to the next highest ranking entrant (a “Substitute Winner”).

The Substitute Winner will be contacted as mentioned above and required to comply with the prizes awarding process described in this Section 5.2.

In the event the Substitute Winner cannot be contacted as mentioned above or does not comply with the prizes awarding process described in this Section 5.2 for a given prize, any such prize will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of the prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income taxes), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.

6. GENERAL CONDITIONS

You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor's decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the Rules are final.

In the even that you are resident in the European Union, nothing in these Official Rules and Conditions shall limit or exclude Sponsor’s liability for death or personal injury from Sponsor’s negligence or fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsors shall not be responsible for any liability, loss, damage, cost or expense sustained by you arising out of, or in connection, with your entry into this Contest or use of the prize unless caused by the Sponsors due to gross negligence or intent.

7. WINNERS LIST

The winners of this Contest will be posted on http://www.cityofheroes.com no later than Monday, November 1, 2010. A list of winners can also be obtained by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to The City of Heroes Going Rogue™ San Diego ComicCon Raffle, NC Interactive, Inc., 1501 4th Ave. Floor 20. Seattle, WA 98101, USA. Residents of Canada may omit return postage.

8. SEVERABILITY

Should any condition contained in this Contract prove unenforceable, void or incomplete, the validity of the other conditions will remain unaffected.

9. SPONSOR

This contest is sponsored by NC Interactive, Inc., 1501 4th Ave. Floor 20. Seattle, WA 98101, USA 1501 4th Avenue, Suite 2050, Seattle, WA 98101 and NCsoft Europe Limited, Moccatta House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4DU, England (Company No: 05165702)

© 2010 NC Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. NCSOFT, the Interlocking NC Logo, City of Heroes, City of Heroes Going Rogue, and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated.

Submissions open on Mondays only from 10 AM Pacific Time (1 PM Eastern Time / 6PM GMT / 19:00 Central European Time) until 5:00 PM Pacific Time (8:00 PM Eastern Time / 1:00 AM GMT / 2:00 Central European Time) between January 11, 2010 and July 26, 2010).

Welcome to our "Search the words, save the world" forum mission!


A super computer turned evil codenamed Ebil-o is attempting to take over our most powerful nations' computer systems and exterminate us puny human beings (how original, huh?). However, every week, a short window of opportunity allows us to break into Ebil-o's matrix and reset the timer leading to our undoubtedly apocalyptic end!

How do we do that, I hear you ask? Well, we happen to have an anonymous little helper and each week, he or she snail mails us a word search puzzle containing anywhere between 10 to 15 words related to City of Heroes related theme (Ebil-o likes City of Heroes; apparently, it helps him unwind after a long day hard at work planning to get rid of humanity).

Each week a new theme will be passed along and you will need to find the exact number of words you’re being told exists within the block of letters you are given.

Your opportunity to save us all is through a word block located at the bottom of this post.

The goal is to be the first one to find the words based on the theme (without being told what they are), circle them in the word block (using Paint or an equivalent program) and then list them below it.

If you are the first one to answer with the correct words, you win and only then will we be able to input the words into Ebil-o's matrix, thus delaying our impending doom. As a token of our gratitude, we'll give you the "Ebil-o FTL [date]" forum title as well as 1 (one) costume code amongst the following ones:

• Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
• Freakshow Tank Boss
• Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
• Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
• Knives of Artemis Lt.
• Praetorian Clockwork

Have fun…but not too much as each week we’re counting on you to save the world!

Rules

1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly " Search the words, save the world Contest” with your submission.

2) Your reply must contain a number of words or names that will be defined every time this contest is run. Please refrain from posting more than the number of words indicated in every contest post. Only post the correct number of words or names, even if you notice duplicates..

3) Your reply must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:

If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.

4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 11, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.

5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count! Also, once you have posted your entry, do NOT edit it as any edit will disqualify you from that day's forum game.

6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines and to the Contest Official Rules and Conditions.

7) If you win the City of Heroes® Search the words, save the world Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.

If there is not a winner by the end of the day, I will post the solution.

This week's word list consists of 13 Names related to NPCs located in Mercy Island, Cap au Diable and Grandville.

PLEASE NOTE that only last names have been used.



Monday, July 19th, 2010 - Word Block






Good luck all, and don't forget that the fate of the world is in your hands!

The North American Training Room will be unavailable from 12PM Pacific Time (3PM Eastern Time) on Monday, July 19th, 2010 until 12PM Pacific Time (3PM Eastern Time) on Monday, July 26th, 2010.

We apologize for the inconvenience during this downtime and thank you for your patience during this downtime.

Patch notes for build 1800.201006040036.8T.

COMBINED

Mission Architect

• The attack powers in the Earth Assault, Mercenaries, Ninjas, Necromancy, Robotics and Thugs power sets were note scaling correctly for custom Archvillains. This has been fixed. The attacks will do considerably more damage at lower levels and slightly less damage at high levels.
• In Mission Architect, the rewards granted for defeating Archvillain class enemies has been changed as follows: Any Archvillains of level 25 or less will grant the same rewards as a Boss.
  • The restriction against putting existing AVs into missions at below their minimum level has been removed. Any existing AV that appears in a mission at below their minimum level will grant the same rewards as a Boss.

Mutant Pack Fixes

• The costume change emotes Dimensional Shift, Rapid Boil and Energy Morph were not playing correctly for characters that were running some toggle powers. This has been fixed.
• Changed the slash command of the Energy Morph costume change emote from "/cce # ccpodperson" to "/cce # ccenergymorph".

Global Email

• Fixed an issue with global emails expiring before the 60 day limit.

Gameplay

• Fixed several rare crash bugs.

CITY OF HEROES

• None.

CITY OF VILLAINS

• None.

The North American & European Live Servers will be offline for an extended maintenance on Thursday, 15th July 2010.

Start Time: 6AM Pacific Time (9AM Eastern Time / 2PM British Time / 15:00 Central European Time)
Expected Duration: 3 hours
Expected Finish Time: 9AM Pacific Time (12PM Eastern Time / 5PM British Time / 18:00 Central European Time)

Patch notes will be available after this downtime.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!

COMBINED

Gameplay

• Fixed several rare crash bugs.

CITY OF HEROES

• None

CITY OF VILLAINS

• None

We are pleased to announce the 3 winners of the Razer™ City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Developer Q&A who will soon be receiving a Razer Naga™ Gaming Mouse for sending their question to us!

Curtis T.
Port Lavaca, TX
United States of America

D. Maugez
Beauvais , Picardie
France

Pete Vargas-Mas
Rockville, Maryland
United States of America

Congratulations to all three winners! Thank you for participating, we hope you enjoy your brand new gaming mouse!

Join in the Community discussion here!

We are pleased to announce the 3 winners of the Razer™ City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Developer Q&A who will soon be receiving a Razer Naga™ Gaming Mouse for sending their question to us!

Curtis T.
Port Lavaca, TX
United States of America

D. Maugez
Beauvais , Picardie
France

Pete Vargas-Mas
Rockville, Maryland
United States of America

Congratulations to all three winners! Thank you for participating, we hope you enjoy your brand new gaming mouse!

I see we have a a returning winner there. Well done Stargazer! Your title has been updated and I'm waiting for your PM to let me know what code is of interest to you!

Actually I was hoping I'd get the day off to celebrate the day of the apple-trees (fête des pommiers in French) but unfortunately it won't be so *sigh*

So there will be a forum game next Monday after all :P

Submissions open on Mondays only from 10 AM Pacific Time (1 PM Eastern Time / 6PM GMT / 19:00 Central European Time) until 5:00 PM Pacific Time (8:00 PM Eastern Time / 1:00 AM GMT / 2:00 Central European Time) between January 11, 2010 and July 26, 2010).

Welcome to our "Search the words, save the world" forum mission!


A super computer turned evil codenamed Ebil-o is attempting to take over our most powerful nations' computer systems and exterminate us puny human beings (how original, huh?). However, every week, a short window of opportunity allows us to break into Ebil-o's matrix and reset the timer leading to our undoubtedly apocalyptic end!

How do we do that, I hear you ask? Well, we happen to have an anonymous little helper and each week, he or she snail mails us a word search puzzle containing anywhere between 10 to 15 words related to City of Heroes related theme (Ebil-o likes City of Heroes; apparently, it helps him unwind after a long day hard at work planning to get rid of humanity).

Each week a new theme will be passed along and you will need to find the exact number of words you’re being told exists within the block of letters you are given.

Your opportunity to save us all is through a word block located at the bottom of this post.

The goal is to be the first one to find the words based on the theme (without being told what they are), circle them in the word block (using Paint or an equivalent program) and then list them below it.

If you are the first one to answer with the correct words, you win and only then will we be able to input the words into Ebil-o's matrix, thus delaying our impending doom. As a token of our gratitude, we'll give you the "Ebil-o FTL [date]" forum title as well as 1 (one) costume code amongst the following ones:

• Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
• Freakshow Tank Boss
• Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
• Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
• Knives of Artemis Lt.
• Praetorian Clockwork

Have fun…but not too much as each week we’re counting on you to save the world!

Rules

1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly " Search the words, save the world Contest” with your submission.

2) Your reply must contain a number of words or names that will be defined every time this contest is run. Please refrain from posting more than the number of words indicated in every contest post. Only post the correct number of words or names, even if you notice duplicates..

3) Your reply must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:

If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.

4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 11, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.

5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count! Also, once you have posted your entry, do NOT edit it as any edit will disqualify you from that day's forum game.

6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines and to the Contest Official Rules and Conditions.

7) If you win the City of Heroes® Search the words, save the world Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.

If there is not a winner by the end of the day, I will post the solution.

This week's word list consists of 15 Names related to Enhancements.



Monday, July 12th, 2010 - Word Block






Good luck all, and don't forget that the fate of the world is in your hands!

And courtesy of Moderator12, we present you with this week's Creative Caption Craziness winner: Bandeeto!

Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun weekly forum game. Every Friday, we’ll post up a new pic for you to write your most creative caption for. You’ll have until 5:00pm Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern / 1:00am British / 2:00 Central European Time to post it, then the judging will commence. The winner will receive the forum title of “Caption Champ [date]” and the Costume Code of his/her choice from one of the following:

• Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
• Freakshow Tank Boss
• Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
• Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
• Knives of Artemis Lt.
• Praetorian Clockwork

The winning entry will be re-posted in the thread (along with the author’s name), as well as in a thread consisting ONLY of the winning entries as they are picked, so that people can see all the winners at a glance if they want to. It will be your chance to achieve some small measure of forum immortality!

Now just a few rules, to keep things civilized:

1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Creative Caption Craziness” with your caption submission.

2) Your reply must contain a single caption to the picture posted in the thread. Entries with more than 1 caption will be disqualified.

3) Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:

If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.

4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 15, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.

5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!

6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.

7). If you win the City of Heroes® Creative Caption Craziness Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.

Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Creative Caption Craziness Contest!

So without further ado, here is this week's picture!





Good luck, and have fun captioning!

For those of you who are wondering about the former PvP aspect of the Cathedral of Pain, Ghost Falcon has just posted something that would be of interest to you in the PvP forums.

You've heard bits and pieces of exciting things to come, but now it's time to see the big picture! Issue 18: Shades of Gray is on the way and will not only re-introduce a new modified version of the Cathedral of Pain Trial, but will add the Tips System, new costumes, emotes, and badges, a unified auction house, trading across alignments and Mission Architect improvements! Check out the details by visiting the Official Issue 18 Overview Page and get ready for this next free super-heroic content update!

Join in the Community discussion here!

You've heard bits and pieces of exciting things to come, but now it's time to see the big picture! Issue 18: Shades of Gray is on the way and will not only re-introduce a new modified version of the Cathedral of Pain Trial, but will add the Tips System, new costumes, emotes, and badges, a unified auction house, trading across alignments and Mission Architect improvements! Check out the details by visiting the Official Issue 18 Overview Page and get ready for this next free super-heroic content update!

Zebidiah the Zombie hunter is in a bit of a predicament. Allison, the love of his life, has been abducted and he needs help to find her before the unmentionable happens.

She could be held in two different locations, both graveyards no less. One is in Dark Astoria, and the other one could be in Sharkhead Isle.

Find him at 6PM British Time!

Zebidiah the Zombie hunter is in a bit of a predicament. Allison, the love of his life, has been abducted and he needs help to find her before the unmentionable happens.

She could be held in two different locations, both graveyards no less. One is in Dark Astoria, and the other one could be in Sharkhead Isle.

Find him at 3PM Pacific Time (6PM Eastern Time)!

Patch notes for build 1800.201006040036.7T.

COMBINED

Mission Architect

• The attack powers in the Earth Assault, Mercenaries, Ninjas, Necromancy, Robotics and Thugs power sets were not scaling correctly for custom Archvillains. This has been fixed. The attacks will do considerably more damage at lower levels and slightly less damage at high levels.

Mutant Pack Fixes

• The costume change emotes Dimensional Shift, Rapid Boil and Energy Morph were not playing correctly for characters that were running some toggle powers. This has been fixed.
• Changed the slash command of the Energy Morph costume change emote from “/cce # ccpodperson” to “/cce # ccenergymorph”.

CITY OF HEROES

• None

CITY OF VILLAINS

• None