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No problem. Is Issue 13 the one with the villain cameos? And if so, do you think you could post pics of who got in it?
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It's on the last page - here are the winners!
Big Boa
Fire Ant
Governess Gloom
Grazzt
Honeypot
Mor
Roadkill
San Diablo
Vax
Volcanis
V-X
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As far as Issue 12 not being available yet... Yeah, what's up with that?
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Starting today the City of Heroes and City of Villains character name policy will change.
Previously, names for characters under level 35 on game accounts that were inactive for over 90 days were changed to unreserved status. Data mining has determined that this policy is not needed on an ongoing basis and the program has been suspended. If we need to reenact this policy in the future to free up names then we will give all players 30 days notice before enacting the policy again. We thank all players for their continued support.
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We are thrilled to announce a chance for you to flex your imagination and come up with a gripping storyline for an upcoming issue of the Top Cow City of Heroes comic! Submit a story concept to us and the winners idea will be turned into a script by Sean Manticore Fish!
Timeline:
Submissions can be made from MONDAY, MAY 8th at 8:00 AM CST until SUNDAY, MAY 14th at 5:00 PM CST.
Submissions:
In 100 WORDS OR LESS, give us an idea for a one-issue comic book story. Your story must directly involve something that has happened or is currently happening in the City of Heroes game. We will automatically disqualify any submission longer than 100 words so be creative and concise.
* Each player can only submit ONE IDEA. If we see multiple entries from you, all entries will be disqualified.
* EMAIL submissions to cohsubmissions@plaync.com
* The EMAIL Subject should read Comic Book Storyline Contest Submission
* Please cut and paste your idea into the text of the email.
* Your submission MUST include:
- Your real name
- Age
- Postal Mail Address
- PlayNC Master Account name
- Game account name
Winners:
* The winner will be hand picked by the CoH team.
* Submissions longer than 100 words will be disqualified.
* The winners story line will be featured in Issue # 16.
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Test is still down - they are working on the issue - no ETA.
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The servers are coming up now one at a time. The test server may take a few extra minutes as they bring up the character transfer server and make a few extra adjustements.
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Due to unforeseen complications with server maintenance this morning, the maintenance will be extended until at least 11 am CDT. We apologize for the delay and thank you for your patience as we maintain the servers.
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When we first got these on internal for testing the 5th were bugged.
Link to Screeny of what the 5th looked like before it was fixed:
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I kind of liked them that way. Nothing more frightening than a pair of glowing eyes and shoulder pads in a dark alley. -
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In a PM from Cuppajo she has asked me to try to get a situation where I can get the hijacked pet bug to happen 100% of the time. I will be doing some testing this weekend. If anyone on the Virtue server has a lowbie mastermind look for me this weekend My name will be Hara-Kiri Hokage. At least we might get this thing finally looked at. If you prefer to do some testing on your own please post your results in this thread.
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Report from the Devs is that with everyone's help they got this fixed. No word on when it will make it to live however. -
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Beyond that, we are looking to release another Issue building up the story towards our next retail box, due in 2007. This will include going back and revamping some of the zones from City of Heroes, using everything we've learned from making City of Villains and Issue 7, plus a bunch of other cool stuff including new powersets and an epic archetype. Of course for the retail box we will be creating all-new zones and content based on the results of the forum poll we posted last month. The retail box will be an expansion to both City of Heroes and City of Villains.
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One question, will the next retail box be an Stand-a-lone Expansion or an Expansion pack that one has to have either City of Heroes or City of Villains to use, or has that been determined as of yet?
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Badges are up.
Happy Anniversary Heroes - go get a Vth! -
You can read Statesman's and Positron's 2nd Anniversary Address here.
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We are proud to introduce our newest community team member, Cricket.
Cricket was a Sr. Game Master for City of Heroes and City of Villains before joining us as an Associate Community Coordinator.
She will be your primary contact for board moderation issues and will also be helping me with community stuff around here such as making announcements, answering questions and poking people to restart the character transfer tool.
We anticipate her being a great asset to our team with her superior game knowledge and excellent customer service reputation. Please give her a warm welcome and maybe a nice avatar contest.
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Heroes and Villains are invited to come get your groove on at our Silver Age, 1950's to the 1970's theme party to celebrate two great years of crime fighting action!
The morning of April 28th we are going to toss all you cool cats a free costume token for some stylin threads to pay homage to the superheroes of old! Take all day getting ready (without violating any copyright laws) and then come get funky at the Pocket D. We hear some VIP heroes might be stepping out to dance with you, so don't miss out!
And don't worry, we'll throw you another costume token on the 29th so you can get back into your street duds and ready for action.
SI Radio will be broadcasting throughout the evening letting you know where a VIP has been sighted and who is wearing the sharpest outfits.
Where: Pocket D - All Live Servers (Not Test)
When: 7 - 10 PM CST, Friday, April 28th
What: Silver Age Anniversary Celebration
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IANAL but I think making a T-Shirt with your hero is ok under the acceptable usage clause of the EULA as long as you are not making money off of it (see the second and last paragraph in link). So making the t-shirt is OK, but selling it to someone is not.
My 2 Inf.
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QFT.
Zazzle has their own lawers and issues - they see CoH content as ours and thus won't let you put character stuff up on it because then they would be profiting from our copyright - which is not allowed. -
Come out to our second ever player gathering in Orange County to meet your favorite NCsoft Community Relations representatives, try out various NCsoft games, get a free Monster drink, and maybe even win a door prize! Join the fun at Orange Countys Howies Game Shack on Saturday, May 13th.
There will be plenty of games, a live DJ, drinks, and a few surprises. Give some of our hottest new games a spin including Guild Wars Factions and Auto Assault and check out all our games including City of Heroes, City of Villains, and Lineage II.
Anyone can come and best of all, if you are on the VIP list, attendance is free! Here are some further details:
- [*]NCsoft personnel will be in attendance from 7pm 2am
[*]A special NCsoft pass will be available from 11am until 10pm for the discounted price of $5 to allow attendees to play NCsoft games in the LAN Center (a free Monster energy drink is included!)
[*]For those on the VIP list, the exclusive, totally free play of NCsoft games begins at 10pm and lasts to 2am![/list]
Space on the VIP list is limited, so RSVP by sending an email with your name and the names of accompanying attendees to meetup@ncsoft.com Come on down after 10pm to enjoy great games with great company! Please note: if you arrive before 10pm you will need to purchase the special NCsoft pass for admittance.
Well have further updates on this event over the next few weeks, so stay tuned!
Details:
Date: Saturday, May 13th
Time: 11am-10pm for NCsoft Pass players, 10pm-2am for NCsoft VIPs
Place: Howies Game Shack ( http://www.howies.com )
Address: Kaleidoscope
Mission Viejo, CA
Crown Valley exit and 5 freeway
27741 Crown Valley Pkwy
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Phone: 949-367-0019
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Families that play together, stay together. You can read the article here .
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Being AFK in a PvP zone is not griefing.
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The costume tokens were also handed out during today's maintenance.
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Changes are heading to Paragon City! New communications systems and increased clarity of vision for all heroes will help in their fight for justice. Click here to read more.
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An ABC reality TV show is looking for a family of gamers to participate in their show "Wife Swap."
While we are not sponsoring the show or affiliated with ABC - we know that many of you in the City of Heroes and City of Villains play with your family - so we thought we would pass along the chance to win 20,000$.
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I know I don't post in here very often, but I thought I would share something that fits the topic - and to just let you guys know I do pop in here a lot to read, watch, and admire all the amazing talent we have in the community.
Here at NCsoft we share an office with Destination Games, the development house working on Tabula Rasa, and I often run into a concept artist who spends a large portion of his time drawing concept art for the game in a common area of our building. People will often walk by and gawk at some of the most amazing pencil drawings they have ever seen and chat with Brad as he casually fleshes them out. The thing I have heard him say over and over again is the same as some other people here have mentioned, "almost anyone can draw decently - if they are willing to work at it."
The problem for most of us is that we honestly don't want it bad enough to do the work needed to achieve it. Other things in life are more important to us than learning how to draw - so we do those things instead of drawing.
But boy, oh boy - are we impressed with those of you who DO draw.
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We are looking for a few good heroes... Or Villains!
Our PR department is working with a media source on a story about overseas military personnel who play City of Heroes or City of Villains as a way to keep in touch with their families or friends back home.
If you play City of Heroes or City of Villains with your friends or family back home, or you ARE a friend or family member of one of our men or women in uniform who plays City of Heroes or City of Villains to keep in touch while overseas - please send a PM to CuppaJo to be considered for the story.
You must include your real name, email address, phone number, a good time to contact you and a little information about how you keep in touch via City of Heroes or City of Villains!
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I just sent a PM to cuppa asking if purposefully giving a player debt is considered griefing. Will update when she gets back to me
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The Devs say - No. (Unless something is occurring over and over with the intention to harass, then it may be actioned.)
Ultimately PVE mobs in a PVP zones are hazards of a PVP zone. Players do have control (and options) that will prevent them from being victims of the TP Foe tactic.
Regarding being held, immobilized, slept and then being teleported into a PVE mob: griefing? No.
If a player uses TP Foe and teleports another player into a mob, so that their health is reduced, and then finishes them off with a killing shot .griefing? No.
If a player intentionally uses a knockback power (or Repel or Dispersion Bubble) on another player from the top of the roof to the street below where there happens to be a PVE mob, and the players presence draws mob aggro and dies should the player who knocked back the target player off that roof be actioned for griefing? No.