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  1. The folks over at BigDownload have sat down with Melissa Bianco as part of their E3 coverage, and asked her a variety of questions about City of Heroes® and City of Heroes® Going Rogue. Learn about the origins of Going Rogue, Praetoria and its ruler Tyrant, as well as a few hints on the future of CoH beyond Going Rogue. It’s definitely worth a read!

    Please go here to join in the community discussion of this announcement.

    Thanks,
  2. Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun weekly forum game. Every Friday, we’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 we 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 this week's picture!





    Good luck, and have fun captioning!
  3. Congrats Yessu! I am most certainly impressed! Go ahead and PM me with your code preference
  4. Screenshot the Spot!


    How well do you know your City of Heroes/Villains locations?

    Hello, hello and welcome to the Screenshot the Spot forum game where every Wednesday until 4pm Pacific Time (7:00 PM Eastern Time / 12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 Central European Time) you can win your choice of a costume code from past Con seasons and the Forum Title "Screenshot Spotter [date]".

    The object of this game is to be the first to 1). Figure out the location in-game depicted in the screenshot and 2). Post a screenshot that is closest to the one I have posted , with your own character in the place of the character present in the screenshot. Sounds easy right? Well there's a catch. The location isn't going to be as obvious as you might think so make sure you pay close attention to the picture details and hints.

    The Pictures will start out masked and more and more of the image will be revealed as time goes on as long as no one has correctly identified the location by posting their own screenshot. If by the end of the day no one has identified the location, the full picture will be revealed and no one will win for that week (BOOOOOOO!).

    Rules:

    1. Your post must contain a screenshot of the location depicted in the initial contest post, but with your character in the place of the character present in the screenshot.

    2. Screenshots must remain less than 800px X 500px to qualify.

    3. UI needs to be turned off (Menu -> Options -> Keymapping -> scroll to bottom under other "Toggle Screenshot UI")

    4. Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly “Screenshot The Spot” Contest with your screenshot submission.

    5. Your reply must contain a single screenshot. Entries with more than 1 screenshot will be disqualified.

    6. 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:
    Quote:
    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.
    7. To enter the contest weekly, as of January 13, 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.

    8. 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!

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

    10. If you win the City of Heroes® Screenshot The Spot 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 Screenshot the Spot Contest!

    Have fun and good luck!


    Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 - First Screenshot



  5. There were 6 finalists this week that all had a serious chance at being declared the victor. That isn't to say other entries weren't good, but 6 at the final is a very difficult choice. With Avatea's assistance we were able to narrow that 6 down to 2 amazing finalists.

    Finally unable to decide, we had to call in reinforcements to the judging. BAB's proved to have great decision making abilities however, and we're very happy with his choice.

    So without further ado...

    Congrats BackFire!




    According to legend, if Punxsutawney Ocho sees his shadow, there will be at least 8 more weeks before Going Rogue beta starts...

    Aww, shucks!


    Of course, if this were a true reflection of the closed beta this contest would have had to happen sometime around the real groundhog day, so we'll appreciate the humor and know that Going Rogue is growing ever closer.

    Hope you folks enjoyed your sneak peak!
  6. Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun weekly forum game. Every Friday, we’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 we 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 this week's picture!





    Good luck, and have fun captioning!
  7. Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight #13

    Click on the image to download the .PDF file


    Following the shocking events in Issue 12, the new merged Kheldian known as Daybright find that her new status as a "Redeemer" has potentially dire consequences for herself and those around her.

    Special appearances by Lady Grey, Sunstorm, Montague Castanella, and (from the Blue King Studios "City of Heroes" series)... Horus?

    For more information about the Guardians of the Dawn, please visit the official site at:
    http://GuardiansOfTheDawn.wordpress.com
  8. In the style of the World’s Finest and the Brave and the Bold comes a new fan-made series set in the City of Heroes universe entitled The City’s Finest. Just like other team-up comics, each issue of the City’s Finest will focus on a different team up of heroes and villains. In this first issue you’ll be introduced to the Spectacular Sparky, from the Spectacular Sparky comic series and Sin Stalker from the Justice-Knights.

    So enjoy Criss-Cross!

    The City's Finest


    *PDF* *Issuu*
  9. Congrats Obsidius, on a great entry!



    TheOcho reporting LIVE from Mighty Mart, where launch day for the new Going Rogue expansion has been met with heavy crowds, with shoppers pouring into the streets to get their copy. In the words of one shopper, 'It's all Jacked up.

    Go ahead and send me a PM with your costume code request!
  10. It would be terrible if some official employee went in to this thread and suggested that for humor value digital manipulations of this picture could be posted. Absolutely terrible.

    I would never do that. Never.
  11. Happy Birthday EMpulse!

    As a surprise, one of our sister studios sprung for a very special treat for the young lady.



    Some days work is a bit weirder than others.
  12. Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun weekly forum game. Every Friday, we’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 we 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 this week's picture!





    Good luck, and have fun captioning!
  13. Amazing effort both of you, You do of course have the right answer. As the official rules have nothing about edits (and I can review a time and change log of any edits you do make) I award this to Mephistroth! Congrats!

    Please PM me with the code you desire.

    Thanks,
  14. You folks are sharp, but not quite what I need yet. Hopefully this will make things a bit clearer.

  15. Screenshot the Spot!


    How well do you know your City of Heroes/Villains locations?

    Hello, hello and welcome to the Screenshot the Spot forum game where every Wednesday until 4pm Pacific Time (7:00 PM Eastern Time / 12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 Central European Time) you can win your choice of a costume code from past Con seasons and the Forum Title "Screenshot Spotter [date]".

    The object of this game is to be the first to 1). Figure out the location in-game depicted in the screenshot and 2). Post a screenshot that is closest to the one I have posted , with your own character in the place of the character present in the screenshot. Sounds easy right? Well there's a catch. The location isn't going to be as obvious as you might think so make sure you pay close attention to the picture details and hints.

    The Pictures will start out masked and more and more of the image will be revealed as time goes on as long as no one has correctly identified the location by posting their own screenshot. If by the end of the day no one has identified the location, the full picture will be revealed and no one will win for that week (BOOOOOOO!).

    Rules:

    1. Your post must contain a screenshot of the location depicted in the initial contest post, but with your character in the place of the character present in the screenshot.

    2. Screenshots must remain less than 800px X 500px to qualify.

    3. UI needs to be turned off (Menu -> Options -> Keymapping -> scroll to bottom under other "Toggle Screenshot UI")

    4. Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly “Screenshot The Spot” Contest with your screenshot submission.

    5. Your reply must contain a single screenshot. Entries with more than 1 screenshot will be disqualified.

    6. 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:
    Quote:
    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.
    7. To enter the contest weekly, as of January 13, 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.

    8. 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!

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

    10. If you win the City of Heroes® Screenshot The Spot 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 Screenshot the Spot Contest!

    Have fun and good luck!


    Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 - First Screenshot



  16. Hey Folks,

    I know a lot of you are curious about the new enhancements, and I wanted to give make sure you folks are fully informed.

    What are these new enhancements?

    Will of the Seers:
    + Increase the damage of your power and reduce its recharge time by 16%.
    + Your power now has a chance to cause additional Psi Damage


    Clockwork Efficiency:
    + Increase the damage of your power and reduce its recharge time by 16%.
    + Your power now has a chance to additional Energy Damage


    Might of the Empire:
    + Increase the damage of your power and reduce its recharge time by 16%.
    + Your power now has a chance to knock down opponents


    Resistance Tactics:
    + Increase the damage of your power and reduce its recharge time by 16%.
    + Your power now has a chance to cause additional Smash Damage


    Syndicate Techniques:
    + Increase the damage of your power and reduce its recharge time by 16%.
    + Your power now has a chance to cause a Lethal Proc


    How do the enhancement bonuses work?

    Much like Invention Origin Enhancements, these enhancements provide an unchanging bonus towards the respective effects. This is affected by Enhancement Diversification like any other enhancement.

    What about the chance to cause damage?

    From levels 1 to 20 the enhancement provides a chance to cause a small amount of additional damage. After level 20 this chance will no longer occur.

    I hope this clears any confusion up.

    Thanks,
  17. Gamestop and Razer have launched the Gamestop/Razer City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Complete Collection promotion. For a limited time, early reserve customers at Gamestop will receive unique Going Rogue items. Find out more at the Gamestop/Razer City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Complete Collection promotion site.

    To join in the official discussion, please go here.

    Thanks,
  18. Gamestop and Razer have launched the Gamestop/Razer City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Complete Collection promotion. For a limited time, early reserve customers at Gamestop will receive unique Going Rogue items. Find out more at the Gamestop/Razer City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Complete Collection promotion site.
  19. The City of Comic Creators is proud to announce the latest issue in their C.C.C. Compendium...

    C.C.C. Compendium #5


    (Please click on the link to view the PDF file)
    * From the pages of GGRRR (Guys & Gals Ready to Rock & Roll) we take a quick peek into the origin of Neo-Chamber.

    * Next up, several members of the Guardians of the Dawn are interviewed on PNN, including their newest member. But is there more to this new member than meets the eye? (This segment includes a special celebrity appearance.)

    * Finally from the pages of the Justice-Knights, we take a look at Stalktress and her mentor Sin Stalker as they hit the streets hunting down monsters... including the ones on the inside.

    Special thanks go to Night Hornet, Battlerock X, and Sin Stalker for their contributions.

    Be sure to check out all of the resources available at the CCC website - http://cohcomicindex.com - including access to our WikiMedia directory and links to dozens of different fan-based comics for you to further expand your appreciation of the City of Heroes.

    City of Comic Creators
    By Fans, For Fans

    __________________
  20. Congrats Gorbified, you are a Screenshot Spotting machine!

    PM me with your costume code desires.

    I was sure this was gonna go 3 screenshots too.
  21. Screenshot the Spot!


    How well do you know your City of Heroes/Villains locations?

    Hello, hello and welcome to the Screenshot the Spot forum game where every Wednesday until 4pm Pacific Time (7:00 PM Eastern Time / 12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 Central European Time) you can win your choice of a costume code from past Con seasons and the Forum Title "Screenshot Spotter [date]".

    The object of this game is to be the first to 1). Figure out the location in-game depicted in the screenshot and 2). Post a screenshot that is closest to the one I have posted , with your own character in the place of the character present in the screenshot. Sounds easy right? Well there's a catch. The location isn't going to be as obvious as you might think so make sure you pay close attention to the picture details and hints.

    The Pictures will start out masked and more and more of the image will be revealed as time goes on as long as no one has correctly identified the location by posting their own screenshot. If by the end of the day no one has identified the location, the full picture will be revealed and no one will win for that week (BOOOOOOO!).

    Rules:

    1. Your post must contain a screenshot of the location depicted in the initial contest post, but with your character in the place of the character present in the screenshot.

    2. Screenshots must remain less than 800px X 500px to qualify.

    3. UI needs to be turned off (Menu -> Options -> Keymapping -> scroll to bottom under other "Toggle Screenshot UI")

    4. Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly “Screenshot The Spot” Contest with your screenshot submission.

    5. Your reply must contain a single screenshot. Entries with more than 1 screenshot will be disqualified.

    6. 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:
    Quote:
    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.
    7. To enter the contest weekly, as of January 13, 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.

    8. 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!

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

    10. If you win the City of Heroes® Screenshot The Spot 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 Screenshot the Spot Contest!

    Have fun and good luck!


    Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 - First Screenshot



  22. Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight #12




    A member of the Guardians of the Dawn dies. And that is just the start of the story.

    Special appearances by Doc Quantum, Sunstorm, and a "mystery guest".

    For more information, please visit the offiical website at:
    http://GuardiansOfTheDawn.wordpress.com
  23. Congratulations this week on a great entry Moonlight_NA! You had people in the office laughing out loud. Tough to judge, but thanks for the laughs all of you.



    The City's new parking meters have drastically cut down on parking violations.


    Go ahead and PM me Moonlight and let me know which costume code you'd like!
  24. Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun weekly forum game. Every Friday, we’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 we 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 this week's picture!





    Good luck, and have fun captioning!
  25. Congrats Orion! Pm me and we'll get you all hooked up.