Prodiguy

This game is one of the reasons I'm getting into game development. You're one of the reasons I'm going to focus on story and character development. Thank you, and everyone at Paragon, for all your hard work. You won't be forgotten either.

I remember way back when Cuppa left and everyone changed their names in respect.

I was Cuppaguy. ;P

I want RickAstley to post in here to tell us if he really is or is not Rick Astley. Just in case he is.

Years ago, they'd post the Paragon City Times bit with a picture of a building acting as the paper's origin. I know where that building is in Steel Canyon, I've been there plenty of times on my main character who works there as his secret identity. I plan to be there at the end. It's not as dramatic or heroic as others', but for me I think it suits him well.

I've always been a big fan of superhero media. Comics, cartoons, movies, it all drew my attention. Previously when I played games, it was always a set character or even one with no personality. I used to play FPS games, adventure games, puzzle games, but RPGs just seemed too slow for me.

I got this game around launch and believe it or not, this was the first game I played where you could make your character with any semblance of originality. My first costume was awful- Ring shoulders, brownish-purple tank top, metal pants, shoes, power gloves, the bandana hair style, all of it was shoddy. On top of which I didn't know you could unlink colours so the whole costume looked terrible. Only thing that ever held over on that character was the goggles I picked.

This taught me to be more creative. Eventually, I ended up with a costume I still use to this day, switching out details as new pieces come in but still sticking with the general theme. I even recreated that first bad costume but with unlinked colours and more makeshift items, explaining it away as his first costume.

And that's when it comes to the most important part- RP. I'd never even heard of roleplaying before this game, at least the kind on the forums. When I heard it was basically making your character part of a story (as I read a lot of books especially back then), I was excited. I was also awful, and made so many mistakes it's a little embarrassing to think about. But I was a kid back then, 12-13.

As I continued making very obvious mistakes, the people I was playing with were kind enough to correct me and give me advice. One in particular gave a lot of advice on grammar and spelling that I was making mistakes on. Most of what I learned from roleplaying here on the forums and in-game was unique character development and arcs. I left the forums, but the character I continued developing.

From that, I began simply writing characters out. Making stories based around these characters, giving them purposes and goals and histories. Once I was done with one character, I'd move on to the next. I kept having people critique this to refine my writing skills.

I'm going to a tech university now. Game development. I plan to focus primarily on being a games writer.

If not for CoH, I never would have gone this way. Thank you, Paragon Studios.

I remember seeing the first trailers and thinking 'Wow, this game looks so cool! Flip into a jump and- Wow! Just start flying?!' The way the characters looked, the way the city looked even back then in the old trailers was something I'll never forget.

I got this game around launch. I played it dutifully. 8 years I've spent enjoying this game and playing in this city and talking to all you people.

The saddest part for me is that I unsubbed a few weeks ago purely because I wanted to try out another MMO before it went Free to Play and see how much changed. In the comments when you unsub, you can say what caused you to make that decision. All I wrote down there was 'I'll be back. =)'

It seems that is no longer the case, at least to subscribe. I'll be there the day the game shuts down, whether as a subscriber or not.

Also, Resistance Crusaders team up with Arachnos and Syndicate and betray the Syndicate allies.

Again, your point?