vulpish_one

I'll be honest--I'm sitting on my haunches now, waiting to see who all TonyV hits with that press release they've been drafting. I may then have a few suggestions for sites that don't get caught in the first pass. Turning the press release into an iReport, though, would be a good first step in my book.

Even if they're pointing and laughing, they're still pointing. This is a case where very little would be "bad" publicity; if we got a three-minute human interest story from CNN's odd-story reporter, do you think the people we want to make an impression on would be saying "Look at those losers she poked fun at?" Of course not. They'd be saying "Those fans got their story airtime on CNN. Maybe we should look at picking them up..."

Now, the public at large might think we're weird forever after, but we were (largely) comics and video game nerds beforehand. They thought that already. And now that I think about it, we are just one good PR stunt away from getting the aforementioned reporter--whose name escapse me--to produce a story about us.

Please let us know what sites are getting press releases.

Honestly, if this catches fire, it could potentially become embarrassing for NCSoft in North America...which is bad for NCSoft's shareholders and changes the business logic slightly.

I didn't read the whole thread, but I want you to know that I have a great deal of respect for you right now.

I don't get my hopes up often--I find that optimism (or pessimism) keeps me from seeing the world as it really is and preparing accordingly. But when you say it, I almost believe it.

Anyway, the game had its flaws--what doesn't?--but they weren't fatal flaws, singularly or in aggregate. What "went wrong" was that nothing lasts forever.

What about the Phalanx?

Edit: Or the Vindicators. They had the cooler group name, anyway.

In fact, NPR's "Monkey See" blog might be interested in just telling our story as it plays out. The human-interest angle would be thought-provoking--especially since the video game reviewers there seem to be interested in advancing the idea of "games as art," focusing on games like Spec Ops: The Line and Persona 4 Arena.

I sent a message to "Monkey See" inviting them to review our past--highlighting Real World Hero as an example of our community's outreach--and come talk to us in the present.

That actually plays to our advantage. That means one more day to pad Gabe Newell's inbox and our petition signature total. It makes us look even more dramatic.

Extra Credits will be all over this story like white on rice...if we, the citizens of Paragon City and the Etoile Islands, actually pull off that miracle. It would validate one of their recurring messages: games are more than games. Games change lives. I know this one has changed mine.

I wonder if the Titan Network has started soliciting video game news sites yet? If we could get one of them to do a "human interest"-type piece on the fandom and especially the grassroots efforts to keep the game alive in some form, it could really be a windfall for the cause: it would legitimize our efforts to outsiders, and possibly introduce more parties to NCSoft, CoH, and the thought of purchasing the IP and/or code.

We should bounce that off of the folks in the Titan Network threads. They look like the best clearinghouse for coordination at this point; if anyone else is trying to contact media sites, they'd be the ones.

I believe the OP's intent was to try to convince Blizzard to put in a bid on the CoH IP and code, not to advocate a boycott of NCSoft.

Edit: I see the title of the thread on the Blizzard forums now, and I get what you're getting at, too.

Unless you're on an account that's paid up through November, you'll lapse into Premium status at some point.

Me? I'm paid through February.

The Well chooses to focus on fewer and fewer potential Champions as time pases...