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This issue should now be fixed. Please let me know if there is further inconvenience being experienced on the Training Room and thanks all for your patience

Apologies for the inconvenience, I'll pass this on to see what can be done.

Seaborn was not in my list, it would have been too long! I blame Ebil-o for interfering! And Ge was my personal best I think.

I'm preparing something as brutal as a T-rex mum for next week!

Hi Sephir866, check your private messages, I've just sent you one

No worries, it just means you'll be able to win next week

Considering the weirdness of this week's word block, I think we have a winner! Culex has posted the disclaimer, the list of words as well as an image of the word block with the correct words highlighted.

I'm sorry Ms. Mesmer, all your were missing was the list of names!

Also, luckily, Ebil-o is in a place that doesn't observe the change over to winter time

Thanks to all, next week will be hard but I'll try and make sure there aren't too many irregularities!

Culex, can you PM me what costume you want and whether you want a North American or European code.

PLace the url between the [IMG] and [/IMG] tags.

Example: [IMG]url[/IMG]

And Photobucket is your friend!

What if I said that I got cross-eyed and actually included Fish by mistake in the list of invalid names? Ok I did just that, Fish is actually a valid name!

Apologies all, now I'll just wait for TheOcho and Niviene to read that and make fun of me until the end of times...

It's nice of you to offer but the tool I use is really not that bad, I'll just have to be more cautious!

No, it isn't. Bell, Ku and Lin were not in the list of names I used to generate this word block.

Ok, I see this week's word block is being rather facetious. Let me clarify a couple of things:

1- We are looking for contacts' last name as it appears in the game so it can be a Surname or in the case of some Asian names, the last part of their name. Example: If we take someone randomly called Park Yoona, Park is the Surname but I am looking to get Yoona as it is the name that is positioned last.

2- Bell, Ku and Lin aren't in the list. I did not input those names when I generated the word block.

3- Once a name is on your list, it can't be listed a second time (I understand Boyd appears twice for some reason).

4- Seeing as this week's puzzle was a bit out of the ordinary, feel free to post a second time, even if you've posted in this thread already!

I hope this is making it a bit easier!

:S I'm sorry, we are still looking for a winner. It looks like the Word Search generator has also introduced a couple of random words and names (I find the coincidence quite disturbing actually).

And I'm definitely getting the hang of this game!

Submissions open every Monday 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!

Super evil computer Ebil-o is definitely not pleased this week. 5 minutes is all it took a mighty fine hero to crack the code last week. As a result, this week, the Atari 800XL is getting sacrificed on the digital altar to appease Ebil-o's wrath...a little anyway.

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.

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!

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.

Monday, February 1st, 2010 - Word Block



This week's word search is a bit different. You are looking to find 10 words that are Hero Contacts' last name*.

Please note:

1- *We are looking for contacts' last name as it appears in the game so it can be a Surname or in the case of some Asian names, the last part of their name. Example: If we take someone randomly called Park Yoona, Park is the Surname but I am looking to get Yoona as it is the name that is positioned last.

2- Bell, Ku and Lin aren't in the list. I did not input those names when I generated the word block.

3- Once a name is on your list, it can't be listed a second time (I understand Boyd appears twice for some reason).

[/B][/U]Good luck all, and don't forget that the fate of the world is in your hands!

Good news! Due to popular demand, free Character Server Transfers have been extended until February 28th (at 11:59 p.m. PST / 2:59 a.m. EST / 11:59 p.m. GMT / 00:59 Central European Time)!

We know a lot of you have been using the service to hop between servers to participate in in-game events, meet up with friends, or just explore and experience new communities. We also know that you've been asking for the opportunity to continue doing it! So, consider your wish granted for another month.

For those of you who haven't fully taken advantage of this limited time offer, here are a few things you should bear in mind before initiating a character transfer to a different server:

• Transfers are not available between North American and European servers.
• You will be able to complete up to 6 transfers a week (7-day period) per account.
• Not all possessions will transfer over with your character so be sure to read the corresponding Knowledge Base article (US or UK) before you decide to transfer a character.
• Super-group affiliation, Prestige and access to your Supergroup base items will be lost.
• You may lose your character's name when transferring from a server.

We hope you keep transferring away and enjoying yourself!

Join in the Community Discussion here!

Good news! Due to popular demand, free Character Server Transfers have been extended until February 28th (at 11:59 p.m. PST / 2:59 a.m. EST / 11:59 p.m. GMT / 00:59 Central European Time)!

We know a lot of you have been using the service to hop between servers to participate in in-game events, meet up with friends, or just explore and experience new communities. We also know that you've been asking for the opportunity to continue doing it! So, consider your wish granted for another month.

For those of you who haven't fully taken advantage of this limited time offer, here are a few things you should bear in mind before initiating a character transfer to a different server:

• Transfers are not available between North American and European servers.
• You will be able to complete up to 6 transfers a week (7-day period) per account.
• Not all possessions will transfer over with your character so be sure to read the corresponding Knowledge Base article (US or UK) before you decide to transfer a character.
• Super-group affiliation, Prestige and access to your Supergroup base items will be lost.
• You may lose your character's name when transferring from a server.

We hope you keep transferring away and enjoying yourself!

I've had reports that the North American Training Room wasn't available at the moment. Could those of you still encountering this issue PM me with the extension you use? To do that, right-click on your CoH shortcut, click on Properties and paste what you have in the Target box into a PM. Also could you please include a screenshot of your launcher?

Many thanks and sorry again for the nuisance!

Wir haben eine 2010-Kalenderübersicht nicht angekündigt, aber dieses Jahr wird sehr beschäftigt sein, das kann ich bestätigen. Entschuldigung für die Unannehmlichkeit.

Alle Server werden einen Event (vielleicht nicht den Rikti-Event aber einen Event) bekommen, aber sind die Spieler auf Zukunft bereit dazu? Das könnte gefährlich sein!

It should be fixed now, please let me know if there is further issue with the display.

And congratulations again to the winners!

Let me look into that and get it fixed!

Our Holiday Contest Winners are in!
Once again, you have shown us how creative and ressourceful you are and, while the selection was tough, it definitely felt like many were inspired by the Holiday theme!
So without further ado, here are our 6 overall winners!

Our Holiday Contest Winners are in!
Once again, you have shown us how creative and ressourceful you are and, while the selection was tough, it definitely felt like many were inspired by the Holiday theme!
So without further ado, here are our 6 overall winners!

We believe that the Carnival of Shadows are entering Justice, get ready all!

Recent Intel suggests the Carnival of Shadows party will be delayed by about 30 minutes on Justice. We think they haven't received enough drinks for the number of guests that they expect. That is a very serious issue there...

Always happy to help, sorry we didn't catch that sooner!