Remidi

I have tons of loyalty... to CoH. I have none to NCSoft, and have no intention of playing any of their other games. Any perks they added to my refund would have been a waste of time, though I suppose it would have been nice for anyone willing to try another walk through the meat grinder.

Same here for me, too.

Before CoH, I played for a while in Sims Online. But I didn't consider that an MMO so much as a chat room with interesting graphics. I bailed when it became obvious the game was floundering, because the game the players wanted to play and the game the devs wanted us to play were two different things. (Wonder if Jack... nah.)

When some friends asked me to join them in CoH, I flat out refused. As far as I was concerned, MMOs were where obnoxious people hung out to constantly harass the less experienced. That's still my opinion of most of them. "There's no PVP," they said. "It's really fun and laid back." Finally my now duo partner offered to buy me a copy of the game if I'd give it a try.

Now I'm hooked, and there is nothing else out there that is anywhere near as good. Because what made me love CoH was the people. Not this mechanic or that powerset, just the way I was treated by the people in the game. I've seen so many threads with people shilling for other games, and I have seem endless discussions of game features, but I hardly ever see them mention the community.

The only revenge I have planned is to go back to my single player games that nobody can take away, and never spend another penny on anything NCSoft has anything to do with. Nice and simple.

Rather than try to remember specific fights, I'll just put that my personal moments were back in the days when my server had a community of people who regularly ran Katies. It always gave me a warm glow when I would join a team and someone would say, "Oh, good. Remidi is here!"

Just to throw a quick point into the US vs Japanese car issue, I should also point out that it took American car makers a while to realize that not all cars are driven by large American men. When I was shopping in the early 80's for my first car, I gave up on the US models after running into so many that I couldn't drive because I couldn't reach the pedals. I am 5'2", and with the driver's seat run all the way up I was barely touching them with the tips of my toes. When I pointed it out to a dealer, he actually had the nerve to say, "Don't you have a boyfriend to drive you places?"

To be honest, I really don't think NCSoft has someone monitoring the forum to scurry back to their CEO/board to report what we're saying. And there is no way they wouldn't expect to have people complaining about the situation.

That being said, two weeks is too short a time to expect any news. It takes time to line up investors, come up with a business plan and learn if you have a pool of talent willing to take the risk of working for a start-up. Business moves slowly.

I suggested splitting the contacts list into tabs so we could find active contacts easier.

The problem with voice chat is that there are too many people who can't tolerate silence. So they have to fill it, and fill it, and fill it with inane garbage.

I'm another one of the 'not an MMO person' crowd. I struggled mightily when my friends tried to talk me into playing. To me, MMOs were the gathering places of obnoxious 14 year olds whose primary joy in life was making other people miserable. I had no desire to step foot in one. My now duo partner finally managed to persuade me by pointing out that the only PvP (at the time) was in the new Arenas, which meant I couldn't get ganked every ten feet, and if I would give it a try she would buy the game for me.

I tried it, and I'm still here. I don't want to go anywhere else. Where else is there to go to? I'm not here for superheroes per se. I'm not here for the online environment in general. I'm here because of the community and the friends I've made here. They won't be in any other game.

I'm back in, and everyone is celebrating.

Virtue fall down and go boom.

Hell yes. Without a moment's hesitation.

In a fit of insanity, yesterday I stopped and bought a handful of lottery tickets. Yes, I am that desperate.

I'm not really interested in playing CO, but I think it was very gracious of them to extend the invitation. Thanks to the CO people who expressed their sympathies.

When the idea of someone else taking over the game was first floated, I instantly wondered if it would mean starting all over. And I cringed at the thought of losing all that time and work, not just on my alts but on our supergroup bases. The hours badging and crafting, all gone. But after thinking about it, yeah, I'd do it all over again. I wouldn't have done it the first time if it wasn't fun.