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  1. theOcho
    Hey All,

    So it’s time to release new Guest Author Story Arc Missions and we want to play them with YOU! Dr. Aeon along with members of the Community Team will be jumping in game to try out the new content and thought it would be fun to invite you along. This batch of Guest Authors has been an absolute blast to work with (even Hickman), and we’re really looking forward to playing their work first hand. But because entertainment is best shared with friends, we’re taking you along for the ride!

    So on with the details!

    This round of Guest Author Missions were written by Mercedes Lackey (arc id: 369275), Troy Hickman (arc id:369271), and Austin Grossman (arc id:369272).

    On Tuesday January 26th at 7pm Pacific (10pm EST) Dr. Aeon will be visiting his old stomping grounds on Virtue to give one of the Guest Author Arcs a play through. Meanwhile, at the same time the lovely Avatea will be doing the same and chumming it up on the Justice server.

    We’ll keep the teaming goodness going on Wednesday the 27th, with Avatea leading the pack at 10am Pacific (8pm British, 9pm Central European) on the Union server. Then, at 5pm (8pm EST) Niviene will jump on Infinity for some fun in the evening. Dr. Aeon will return at 7pm (10pm EST) but this time on Freedom.

    Finally on Thursday the 28th I’ll be logging on to the Champion server at 6pm Pacific (9pm EST) for good times, bacon, and possibly a quote pyramid or two. Dr. Aeon will make his final appearance this round with a trip to Liberty at 7pm (10pm EST).

    Got all that? I didn’t think so. Here’s all the info listed out more clearly for you:

    Tuesday, January 26th
    7pm Pacific – Virtue – Dr. Aeon
    7pm Pacific – Justice – Avatea

    Wednesday, January 27th
    10am Pacific – Union – Avatea
    5pm Pacific – Infinitiy – Niviene
    7pm Pacific – Freedom – Dr. Aeon

    Thursday, January 28th
    6pm Pacific – Champion – The Ocho
    7pm Pacific – Liberty – Dr. Aeon

    So if you get the urge, come join us in game! We’ll do our best to get you on one of our teams (we’ll be accepting appropriately leveled characters on a first come first serve basis). Even if we can’t, however, don’t forget to experience these Guest Author Missions on your own. I promise they are a blast!

    Thanks,
  2. theOcho
    It's time for another round of guest author missions to be released, and we've got some great ones for you to choose from! In order to check out these arcs simply log into the game, find the nearest Architect Entertainment Building, and open up the mission browser.

    Mercedes Lackey –
    “Mystery on the Boardwalk” (arc id:369275) - Unbelievable Man is stuck on the phone with his needy girlfriend, so the Heroic ATemps Temp Agency has sent you over to handle this. It's only a little haunting, how hard can it be?

    Troy Hickman –
    “A Little Night Music” (arc id:369271) - Citadel needs your assistance. The Fifth Column have resurrected the dreaded WWII villain Nachtmusik, and he in turn has kidnapped Jimmy Preston. Citadel needs you to enter the dreamworld and save his young friend...and hopefully the world. You say you're not afraid? You will be...

    Austin Grossman –
    “Return of the Crime Cabal” (arc id:369272) - A routine distress call leads you into the conspiracy between three oddly mismatched villains - a dark wizard, a technologically enhanced agent, and a brilliant scientist. They seek to mingle the forces of magic and science to gain control of an ancient god from deep beneath the Earth's crust. But to oppose the Cabal it is necessary to understand its story, the forces that gave three very different people their superpowers and turned them to evil. The things that brought them together, and the things tearing them apart.
  3. theOcho
    It's time for another round of guest author missions to be released, and we've got some great ones for you to choose from! In order to check out these arcs simply log into the game, find the nearest Architect Entertainment Building, and open up the mission browser.

    Mercedes Lackey –
    “Mystery on the Boardwalk” (arc id:369275) ]- Unbelievable Man is stuck on the phone with his needy girlfriend, so the Heroic ATemps Temp Agency has sent you over to handle this. It's only a little haunting, how hard can it be?

    Troy Hickman –
    “A Little Night Music” (arc id:369271) - Citadel needs your assistance. The Fifth Column have resurrected the dreaded WWII villain Nachtmusik, and he in turn has kidnapped Jimmy Preston. Citadel needs you to enter the dreamworld and save his young friend...and hopefully the world. You say you're not afraid? You will be...

    Austin Grossman –
    “Return of the Crime Cabal” (arc id:369272) - A routine distress call leads you into the conspiracy between three oddly mismatched villains - a dark wizard, a technologically enhanced agent, and a brilliant scientist. They seek to mingle the forces of magic and science to gain control of an ancient god from deep beneath the Earth's crust. But to oppose the Cabal it is necessary to understand its story, the forces that gave three very different people their superpowers and turned them to evil. The things that brought them together, and the things tearing them apart.

    To discuss this announcement, please go here
  4. theOcho
    Our second winner comes from the January 22nd edition of the contest.

    Congrats Korith on your winning entry!





    Ocho to Positron, I've been investigating this 'cage' consortium for two weeks now, but can't find any evidence of a conspiracy. ... Wait, what do you mean I should be in Sharkhead?
  5. theOcho
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JLove View Post
    Oh God, how can I say this without turning up as an unrecognizable charred corpse along some dusty highway ditch wearing a diaper full of Texas sized fire ants with my eyes replaced with screwdrivers?

    Remember way back in the day when this thread got started and everyone was like “WOW those are great resistance costume pieces, I can’t wait to wear them, splat, splat, splat,” and “Oh super keen, first I changed my desktop to a lolz cat and now my crippling depression doesn’t seem so bad anymore, because I have a reason to live again, I get to wear glowing stuff.” Well, get out a mop and find something sharp. That picture is of a NPC, not a new costume set.

    Me so sorry about that there wasn’t a clearer explanation of what was going on in the screenshot, I really am. But when you get down it and think about this rationally, this is really your fault, you jumped to a conclusion. You know I told you a thousand times not to do that, but I guess I need to teach you another lesson in the silence of the basement, next to the treadmill you don’t use anymore. Looks like you and I won’t be going over to your mothers for dinner like you planned. Canceled! The writing is on the wall baby, you are going to just have to tell the neighbors how clumsy you are, and just deal with it. Let the guilt of your wrong doings lead you on a path to righteousness. You’re welcome.

    See how I turned that around, take a note kids.
    Wow, I know I've been spending way too much time on the forums when I can actually understand Jay's stream of consciousness posts.

    Yes, it would have been sweet, but it does seem that the glowing “Tron-esque” armor is NPC specific. There could be a dozen reasons why it might not work as costume pieces – these things are always way more complicated on the back-end than you might think.

    That being said, your overwhelming response to the armor did not go unnoticed by the Devs, so they are definitely aware that if there is ever an opportunity to bring you costume pieces of this nature, you want them! I wouldn’t be surprised if the wheels in their heads are already turning. I’m not saying that anything will end up coming out of it, but our Devs tend to be pretty good at fleshing out all the possibilities.

    And by the way Jay, we don't have a basement.
  6. theOcho
    Recently our very own Dr. Aeon sat down with GamePro.com to talk about Mission Architect and the second round of Guest Author missions scheduled to be released this week. There’s a lot of juicy info to be had, so head on over to GamePro to find out all about our next three Guest Authors; Mercedes Lackey, Troy Hickman, and Austin Grossman who are about to make their MA story arc debuts!

    Thanks,
  7. theOcho
    Recently our very own Dr. Aeon sat down with GamePro.com to talk about Mission Architect and the second round of Guest Author missions scheduled to be released this week. There’s a lot of juicy info to be had, so head on over to GamePro to find out all about our next three Guest Authors; Mercedes Lackey, Troy Hickman, and Austin Grossman who are about to make their MA story arc debuts!

    To discuss this announcement, please go here.

    Thanks,
  8. theOcho
    Sorry for the slight delay, but we have indeed chosen a winner!

    This week's winner is Korith's entry!



    Ocho to Positron, I've been investigating this 'cage' consortium for two weeks now, but can't find any evidence of a conspiracy. ... Wait, what do you mean I should be in Sharkhead?


    Congrats Korith!
  9. theOcho
    Hey all,

    Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun weekly forum game. Every Friday, I’ll post up a new pic for you to write your most creative caption for. You’ll have until 5:00pm Pacific to post it, then the judging will commence. The winner will receive the forum title of “Caption Champ [date]” and the Costume Code of his/her choice from one of the following:
    Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
    Freakshow Tank Boss
    Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
    Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
    Knives of Artemis Lt.
    Praetorian Clockwork

    The winning entry will be re-posted in the thread (along with the author’s name), as well as in a thread consisting ONLY of the winning entries as they are picked, so that people can see all the winners at a glance if they want to. It will be your chance to achieve some small measure of forum immortality!

    Now just a few rules, to keep things civilized:

    1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Creative Caption Craziness” with your caption submission.

    2) Your reply must contain a single caption to the picture posted in the thread. Entries with more than 1 caption will be disqualified.

    3) Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:

    If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.

    4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 15, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.

    5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!

    6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.

    7). If you win the City of Heroes® Creative Caption Craziness Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.


    Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Creative Caption Craziness Contest!

    So without further ado, here is this week's picture!



    Good luck, and have fun captioning!
  10. theOcho
    From the January 15th edition of the Creative Caption Craziness Contest.

    Congratulations to CoH player Pheonyx for his excellent entry!



    Several protesters shut down the chalet speed run today, claiming that DJ Zero utilizes illegal immigrants dressed as "ski bunnies". One protester's sign stated, "Lapine-Americans need work, too."
  11. theOcho
    One of the fun things about the Creative Caption Craziness Contest is that very quickly we accumulate a number of winning entries that exhibit some of the cleverest wit and creativity that CoH players have to offer. It would be a shame to waste such good material, so in an effort to provide you an entertaining ‘read’ and allow all the winning entries to be found easily in one fell swoop; I have created this winning compilation thread that I’ll add to each week! Enjoy!
  12. theOcho
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pheonyx View Post
    Several protesters shut down the chalet speed run today, claiming that DJ Zero utilizes illegal immigrants dressed as "ski bunnies". One protester's sign stated, "Lapine-Americans need work, too."

    Ashes to ashes,
    Pheonyx
    I would like to congratulate Pheonyx on his entry and as the first winner of the Creative Caption Craziness Contest. Using Latin might be trolling, but French is perfectly acceptable!

    Thanks everyone for the amazing entries, it was a hard choice. There were several close contenders, but that's why there is next week!

    Thanks,
  13. theOcho
    The City of Heroes® Creative Caption Craziness Contest

    Submissions open every Friday only from 10 AM Pacific Time (1 PM Eastern Time / 6PM GMT / 19:00 Central European Time) until 5:00 PM Pacific Time (8:00 PM Eastern Time / 1:00 AM GMT / 2:00 Central European Time) between January 15, 2010 and July 30, 2010).

    Welcome to “Creative Caption Craziness” -- a fun new weekly forum game. Every Friday, The Ocho will post on the Official City of Heroes® Message Board, a picture for you to write a creative caption for. You’ll have until 5:00PM Pacific Time (7:00 PM Eastern Time / 6PM GMT / 19:00 Central European Time) on the applicable contest date to post your submission. After that time, the judging will commence.

    The individual who posts the winning weekly caption will receive their choice of one of the following Costume Codes and the Forum Title "Caption Champ [date]":
    • Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
    • Freakshow Tank Boss
    • Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
    • Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
    • Knives of Artemis Lt.
    • Praetorian Clockwork

    Rules -

    1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Creative Caption Craziness” with your caption submission.

    2) Your reply must contain a single caption to the picture posted in the thread. Entries with more than 1 caption will be disqualified.

    3) Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:

    If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.

    4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 15, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.

    5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!

    6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.

    7). If you win the City of Heroes® Creative Caption Craziness Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
  14. theOcho
    Hey all,

    Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun new weekly forum game. Every Friday, I’ll post up a new pic for you to write your most creative caption for. You’ll have until 5:00pm Pacific to post it, then the judging will commence. The winner will receive the forum title of “Caption Champ [date]” and the Costume Code of his/her choice from one of the following:
    • Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
    • Freakshow Tank Boss
    • Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
    • Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
    • Knives of Artemis Lt.
    • Praetorian Clockwork

    The winning entry will be re-posted in the thread (along with the author’s name), as well as in a thread I will create consisting ONLY of the winning entries as they are picked, so that people can see all the winners at a glance if they want to. It will be your chance to achieve some small measure of forum immortality!

    Now just a few rules, to keep things civilized:

    1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Creative Caption Craziness” with your caption submission.

    2) Your reply must contain a single caption to the picture posted in the thread. Entries with more than 1 caption will be disqualified.

    3) Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:

    If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.

    4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 15, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.

    5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!

    6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.

    7). If you win the City of Heroes® Creative Caption Craziness Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.


    Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Creative Caption Craziness Contest!

    So without further ado, here is our first picture!



    Good luck, and have fun captioning!
  15. theOcho

    Dear Rikti Mods,

    POST-ACTION

    KRM: Amusing.
    Triumph: Temporarily spared
    Cat: Too Far: Gone: Possibly
    Current Targets: Virtue and Guardian: Doomed
  16. theOcho
    To clarify:

    If a green inspiration heals your character for 100 pts, after achieving the 72 month vet reward it will heal for 105. If you get a 10% bonus from an inspiration, it will become an 11% bonus. A nice reward without being game breaking.
  17. theOcho
    This thread is for discussion of the announcement found here.

    Thanks,
  18. theOcho
    The future continues ever on, and we are the brave explorers of it. Having proved ourselves genuine and distinguished ourselves in battle, we have 2 new and exciting rewards to look forward to: the 69 and 72 month Veteran Rewards!




    69 Months: Genuine
    • Genuine Badge
    • Respec given to all characters on account
    72 Months: Distinguished
    • Distinguished Badge
    • Inspirations used by characters with this badge will be 5% more effect (Disabled in PvP)
    • Additional Character Slot
    • 6 Reward Merits



    Congrats to all those eligible to receive them!

    To discuss this post, please go here.

    Thanks,
  19. theOcho
    Video: Approved
    Musical Numbers: At Paragon: Common
    In a Rikti Voice: Singing: Harder than anticipated
  20. theOcho

    Informed: You all

    POST-ACTION

    Target: Acquired

    Guardian: Claimed

    Dibs: Called
  21. theOcho
    Did you miss out on attending Hero-Con and now have an emptiness inside that you just can’t seem to fill? We bet you often think to yourself, “Man, if only I had a 58 second Hero-Con re-cap video and a few podcasts of the event, then my life would be complete!” Well, you’re about to feel whole again because we’ve got some great Hero-Con highlights for your viewing and listening pleasure!

    Available now are some of the most exciting panel sessions given at Hero-con and a short video that covers the entire event in less than one minute!

    Podcast highlights include:

    * Welcome Address and Going Rogue Sneak Peek
    * Walking the Tightrope: Archetypes and Power Balancing
    * To Be Continued: The Evolving City of Heroes Storyline
    * A Whole New World: Praetoria with a Price
    * “Wouldn’t it be Great if…?”
    * Closing Ceremonies


    Visit the Podcasts page to give them a listen and watch the video. We hope you think they’re the next best thing to having been there!
  22. theOcho
    Did you miss out on attending Hero-Con and now have an emptiness inside that you just can’t seem to fill? We bet you often think to yourself, “Man, if only I had a 58 second Hero-Con re-cap video and a few podcasts of the event, then my life would be complete!” Well, you’re about to feel whole again because we’ve got some great Hero-Con highlights for your viewing and listening pleasure!

    Available now are some of the most exciting panel sessions given at Hero-con and a short video that covers the entire event in less than one minute!

    Podcast highlights include:

    * Welcome Address and Going Rogue Sneak Peek
    * Walking the Tightrope: Archetypes and Power Balancing
    * To Be Continued: The Evolving City of Heroes Storyline
    * A Whole New World: Praetoria with a Price
    * “Wouldn’t it be Great if…?”
    * Closing Ceremonies


    Visit the Podcasts page to give them a listen and watch the video. We hope you think they’re the next best thing to having been there!

    To discuss this announcement, please go here.
  23. theOcho
    I would also like to add a personal wish for a very Happy Holiday season to everyone! Happy $holiday_you_celebrate!

    -theOcho-
  24. theOcho
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker View Post
    The server transfer service is unavailable. Now it is, and it's free? So, this just makes me go "Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, what are the blighters up to?"
    We wanted to give out something nice for Christmas. I know this is a crazy idea, but we kinda like you guys.

    We had to take the character transfer service down in order to make the change to make it free, it's not as simple as setting the price to zero. Also we have to test these things of course to make sure that the changes aren't going to do anything bad.
  25. theOcho
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster View Post
    Been too busy playing Blood Bowl to hatch any plots. I was actually planning to spend the weekend playing CoH, ran the tutorial and a few single player one off missions to get used to the interface, then spent the entire weekend doing league setting.
    Is it a straight port from the table top game? If so, my skaven team may need to be reborn.

    Announcer: And there's a great pass from Rat Marino to Jerry Mice, who will make the dodge and bring the ball home!