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I am kinda bummed that work kept me busy and tired, and I didn't see this until it was too late to donate.

Still, the community is great for getting it done so quickly.

Really Hard Way is the last badge FemFury needs. Ever!

So, any attempts, I'll be making it to as many attempts as I can. With Ultimate inspirations, and maybe some of those Amplifiers from the Paragon Market. And some team inspirations. Whatever it takes.

Congrats and well done!

Giving only credit to another game is within their legal rights.

But is an unsatisfactory resolution to me, and will leave me with worse feelings regarding the whole matter.

I will mitigate my bad feelings by telling myself that I would have gladly paid those extra dollars that will be outstanding and un-refunded to paragon studios over the last 8 years.

Still, I should burn a lot of my Paragon points on my Premium accounts on something or other before the end date....

Heck yes.

And if it includes a way to easily share Mission Architect missions with friends and community, then Double Heck Yes.

Zwill is talking live now.

Already, he's nearly choked up once.

Right now, all I can say is good-bye to all of you crazy, wonderful people on Justice.

Maybe I'll write more later. But for now.... it's a been a pleasure and an honor. Thanks everyone.

Yeah, that expresses it pretty darn well.

Kudos, sir. That's the way art should communicate.

And dang you for making me cry a bit at work.

Big thanks to all the Architect community.

I think MA Arc Finder was the global chat channel I found most engaging and interesting to chat on, back in it's heyday.

Special thanks to Venture and PoliceWoman for reviews that both motivated me to improve my arcs, and gave them great exposure.

Of course, thanks to all the other reviewers who gave my two arcs the time to look over and critique.

I had bought more MA slots, and I have literally half-a-dozen half-finished arcs on my hard-drive. Real life kept me from following through on making those, and by the time I was able to get back to them, I was a bit down on the current state of the MA system. Of course, I now regret giving up so easily. The problem with setting aside a creative project because you'll have time for it later is: someday, you may not be able to do it anymore. And with CoH shutting down, that someday is now.

Thanks to all the wonderful writers and architects who entertained me with great arcs. I tried as many of the arcs on MA Arc Finder global chat as I could. And I tried to play every arc that had a thread in the MA section of the forums. So many good stories, too many to list.

I want to single out Chesire Cat. I played those Astoria arcs early on, and that was the point that I really thought that the players could do unique and interesting things with the MA system, taking CoH beyond what the Devs alone could (or would) do. That was the moment I said "this is gonna be cool." From that point on, I made sure to read every review I could, and really follow how the Mission Architect would unfold.

Sigh, I'm proud of at least one arc. Such a shame to think of it going off into the ether. And all the other arcs, of all the other great writers, also going away....

One of the worst parts of CoH shutting down.

FemFury is only one badge short of having all the badges she can possibly get at this time, but it's The Really Hard Way.

I'd love to get that, but not sure if it will be possible in current environment. And I'm trying to remember when my VIP was supposed to renew. I might lose access to Trials before the servers shut down...

I think there might be one or two of the newer storyarcs I haven't played (Trilogy, the latest SSA), so I should get those out of the way.

Other than that, after 8 years, I think I can say I've just about done it all in this wonderful game. I should be content with that sense of achievement at some point, once my sense of anger and loss over CoH going away finally passes.

Maybe I should take people through my Mission Architect storyarcs, see if I can get my Dev Choice up to 999+ plays. I once had a plan to "tour guide" teams of people through that arc, and pay everyone a 1 Million INF "storyarc bonus" at the end of the run. Considering INF has a time limit now, I doubt that bribe would get people to give up their limited time, now....

I'll definitely contribute to Kickstarter (or similar) for the cause.

Yeah, Justice server rocks.

I'm sure all the servers are just fine, in their own way.

But Justice never gave me a reason to ever really try any of those other servers out... that's how great it's been for me on Justice.

Can't cry now. I'm at work.

After work, I'm sure I'll get misty eyed.

Some of these threads I've read have had me letting out a tear or two the past few hours.

IF the license on the Cryptic engine was only for 5 years, with no clearly spelled out renewal option in the contract... then someone screwed up monumentally in the contract negotiations.

Also, if that were the case, you would think NCSoft would have seen it coming, and things wouldn't have been as abrupt.

Plus, wasn't Paragon working on another game for NCSoft?

Seems more likely that NCSoft took a financial hit, and as part of their grand restructuring plan to make the bankers happy, they had to show how they were streamlining and refocusing on their core business elements.

I could be wrong, though. Maybe there was a major goof-up.

Thanks for all you've done to help this game and it's community.

I really want to be more eloquent and specific about how great you are, how wonderful the devs are, and everything... but I really have to investigate this mysterious salt water that keeps showing up on my face. Really distracting when I try to type.

Best regards, and well wishes for the future, good sir, and the same to the whole Paragon team.