minago

actually it is true they set it up as an elaborate game that took multiple steps and they didn't give hints they didn't promote it on game news sites ...even though it caught on and people eventually found out about it.

it was an ARG "alternate reality game" a scavenger hunt of sorts started in the thread below

portal thread

it was neat, it went like this from what i can remember.

portal was patched
"on the patch notes it mentioned a strange radio signal detected"

people played threw the levels found radios scattered around all the levels if they moved the radios around the maps they would pick up signals ....the radios where producing morse code and some where making a distinctive sound.

people then ran the different sounds threw some Spectral analysis thing and the
people where discovering pictures ..

well from the pictures and morse code people where able to decipher a phone number which lead to a bbs "bulletin board system" when they called the bbs "on a 56k modem i may add " it would post ascii art which was art too portal2.

it was a fun game to figure out and follow

the link i provided shows how it played out from the beginning.

edit oh yeah in the people thread it's like over 2 million page views and about 768 pages?

it was the lack of new sewers too run threw that people complained about.

same from my experience .


that would be awesome .

i would seriously pay for something like that if it was some sort of costume power set pack thing .

mm->http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Powered_Armor_Cops


pets->http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Paragon_...nt#Enemy_types
or
pets->http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Drones

thanks for the story sounds like you had a blast ....i think everyone would like days like that again .

hopefully those plans include taking everything that they did to pvp , out of it.

i added some stuff for snark, but basically that was the gist of it .

i remember it getting taken out and that an exploit was the cause of it ...maybe something else was involved a dev did comment on it back then saying something on the lines of what happened below ,it maybe still on the boards i'm not sure.

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Cathedra..._Trial#History

villains don't run taskforces "it's true".

the first step is admitting you have a problem.

yup i would....BUT i would want it to be more fleshed out like originally when i heard dayjobs where going to be implemented i thought it was going to be something like grand theft auto style like how you could jump in a cab or ambulance or pizza delivery and pick up people and drive them around or just go nuts and drive off a cliff .

where you did mini games,that type stuff on the side .

but son i was disappoint ,when it just revolved around getting a badge when your not playing the game.

so yeah if it was something like grand theft auto's sandbox type play then yup .

it's coming soon along with the moonbase and the already should have come and went storm.

random thought.

i recall not liking the name of that plan "loyalty plan" ...it sounded like being married or in a relationship ...like the game was saying to you.

"if you are truly loyal and faithful then you will give me money and i will stick around for an extra month"

is what i get from it .

then that would make the game very boring and 95% of the boards empty.

that's the spirit!

sure the person had the right he/she is paying a subscription fee and the rules don't state otherwise at least i don't think they do .

but come on now the guy calling him a noob and him being a 69 badge vet the irony alone that's hilarious.

this was back Dec 9 2008 when atari acquired cryptic
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(City of Heroes and City of Villains sold to NCSoft) generating over USD 100 million in lifetime revenues and up to 180,000 peak subscribers.


http://www.mmogamer.com/12/09/2008/i...ryptic-studios

another site that mentions cryptics track record
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/43...ryptic-Studios

feel free to search google /yahoo

"atari acquires cryptic"

it will come up with basically the same thing the mentioning of a 20 million bonus if they release games at a certain time and there track record.

far as the revenue that was a couple years ago so it's been over 100million.

i recall being told that they where short staffed when cryptic was running the show before the sale to ncsoft and yet they where able to add new things then without problems .

back then issue's where what you expected a couple costume pieces a new mission maybe a new zone and or a new feature.

this was before the selling of "costume packs" which inadvertently was told by posi actually helped get content out , in reference to when the villain epic archtype crab spiders where put into an issue at a certain time when it otherwise wouldn't due to "time or manpower"?

ncsoft acquired city of November 6, 2007 so they have had plenty of time and money to acquire extra people ...so manpower , shouldn't be a factor today.


you do have a point ,maybe peoples expectations are to high ?

but then again i don't know .

with about 300 years of comic books out there for source material the fruit on the tree should be a plenty.

no doubt.

yes i'm serious ,i think sunstormers post in this thread was spot on.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...9&postcount=49