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Heroes and Villains, mobilize for that one opportunity you have every year to make your voice count!

Vote for City of Heroes in the Best Sci-Fi/Superhero MMO of 2009 category of Beckett Massive Online Gamer Reader's Choice Awards.

Aion and Guild Wars 2 are also present in other categories so here's your chance to support NCsoft games.

Make us proud and vote away!

Don't put your tin hats away too quickly though, as I mentioned on the Guardian thread, threats come and go and one could emerge soon.

Guardian is safe for a little while longer. Well done to all who were able to participate. Threats come and go though so don't worry if you've missed out on this (and this is relevant world-wide).

Villains to Nerva and Heroes to Peregrine Island! Time is running out!

Attention Guardian Heroes & Villains, our Virtue population has bravely fought off a massive Rikti invasion but they are now at your doors in both Paragon city and the Rogue Isles! Join us to make sure Guardian doesn't become a new Rikti World!

Attention Virtue Heroes & Villains, the Rikti have broken through in unprecedented numbers in various parts of Paragon city and the Rogue Isles. I fear without fierce resistance they may be on the verge of establishing a new beachhead. Please join in resisting this alien menace!

Especially if it eats MY food!

I blame: the Rikti in me

I think this is a clear victory by Dollymistress, but thank you to all who gave it a go! I'll have to make it harder next week

Dolly your title is set! PM me your choice of code and i'll give you the code in extremis!

Congratulations!

Join us in the Forum Games section every Monday, Wednesday and Friday as Niviene, TheOcho and me, Avatea, present you with different challenges that can earn you a Forum Title and a costume code of your choice!

Please make sure you pay close attention to their respective set of rules before participating. They will also be located in the Forum Games section and will be stickied for your convenience.

We hope you have fun with us, but enough talking, let's start this Forum Game extravaganza now with ""!

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 15, 2010 and July 30, 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 5 (five) and 10 (ten) 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.
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.


Monday, January 11th, 2010 - Word Block



You are looking to find 6 words corresponding to the following theme: Villain Factions.

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

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Behavioural analysis: in progress
Riktification: in progress
Estimated number of riktified humans: increasing: success

The Training room is now back online. Thank you all for your patience.

To a successful pageant tonight!

Initial post updated, sorry all it is just a back-end maintenance.

The North American Training Room will be unavailable for back-end hardware maintenance tomorrow, Friday, January 8th, 2010. There are no Release Notes since this is hardware related.

The maintenance will start at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (12:00 p.m. Eastern Time) and we expect it to last from 4 to 6 hours.

We will be updating this thread once it has become available again.

We thank you for your patience with this matter.

Target: DumpleBerry
Survivability: Poor

We are aware of a concern over the security of NCsoft Master Accounts and City of Heroes Game Accounts. We would like to take this opportunity to reassure all of you as to the reliability and solidity of the security measures that are in place to protect your personal data. We do however ask for your help to ensure that you never share your login details with a third party and that you do not use the same login details across other games or programs or that you at least change your passwords on a regular basis.

After investigating certain claims regarding current account security we discovered no malicious compromises having occurred in the manner described. None the less, we have added additional logging and security measures to further strengthen existing processes and preventative systems. If you are worried that your accounts may have become vulnerable, we recommend you change your passwords as soon as possible.

We appreciate your concerns and thank you for your continued support.

N'oubliez pas que vous pouvez également me contacter si vous désirez que votre base figure sur le site. Il vous faudra alors m'envoyer un descriptif de votre base ainsi que quelques captures d'écran. Les articles correspondant à la Fondation Maximillien Internationale et la Grand Rue ont été rédigés en mode Roleplay mais ce n'est pas une obligation.

I salute your creativity and attention to details. Magnifique !

The tool has been restarted and is now processing requests. Let me know when your characters have been copied over!

Lorsque je mentionne le fait de ne pas avoir de représentant officiel, je veux dire que nous n'y avons aucun au Québec puisque nos bureaux sont en Californie, Texas et Washington pour l'Amérique du Nord. Le Québec a des règles très strictes.

Pour ce qui est des règles de ce concours, il nous incombe d'éviter toute situation litigieuse en ce moment. Il suffit d'un participant mécontent et de règles non validées pour créer une telle situation.

Ce qui aurait du être un simple concours s'est transformé en parcours du combattant et j'en suis désolée. J'avais choisi ce thème tout particulièrement après avoir visité certaines bases sur Vigilance et après avoir été impressionnée par votre créativité et je suis également déçue que ce concours ne vous soit pas accessible.

Je dois avouer que ça ne m'a pas fait plus plaisir qu'à vous de poster cette ligne d'exclusion. Malheureusement les règles et conditions françaises et allemandes n'ont pas été approuvées par nos avocats, ce qui veut dire que je ne suis pas en mesure de les poster et donc d'ouvrir ce concours à tous. Avec comme impératif de lancer ce concours avant les fêtes, il n'y avait que cette solution. Par contre, je travaille sur un autre concours avec les mêmes lots et d'ici là je devrais avoir reçu les règles françaises et allemandes. Toutes nos excuses pour cette exclusion involontaire.