Those have been out for a couple of months now... also, if you swing by the Rooster Teeth website, they have an outtakes video there as well.
Ever since they showed these, I've been curious how effective it was as a marketing strategy - got us great exposure because the Red vs Blue contingent is huge, but not sure how many of them decided to give CoH a go as a result.
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Those have been out for a couple of months now... also, if you swing by the Rooster Teeth website, they have an outtakes video there as well.
Ever since they showed these, I've been curious how effective it was as a marketing strategy - got us great exposure because the Red vs Blue contingent is huge, but not sure how many of them decided to give CoH a go as a result.
Michelle
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I would like to know how well they worked, too. Same with the "I'm a Hero/I'm a Villain" campaign. As humor goes, they had merit... but attracting folks to play the game... I dunno.
Quite frankly, your preview videos are what I would think would be the sort of thing that would attract gamers to want to play. The Invasion and the Midnight Hour ones were quite intriguing, exciting and looked cool, which is the message we are trying to get across... right?
So if I were to suggest that you get the gig for the next ad campaign, I am afraid it would go the same place the "Let Troy Hickman Write the City of Heroes Comics Continually" suggestion went. 
Now if the those ad campaigns were referenced by thousands of new subscribers as being why they signed up, well shut my mouth, but if those had been MY only exposure to CoH, never woulda happened for me.
But I recently saw a CoH ad on Scott Kurtz' PvP, and I heartily concur with that placement.
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As far as the "I'm a Hero/I'm a Villain," I thought those were a bit more CoH than the Captain Dynamic ones, primarily because they were so tongue-in-cheek.
And I agree with you on Troy's writing for the comics - "Smoke and Mirrors" had to be my favorite of the bunch. Now that Paragon Studios has David Nakayama on the payroll, they should have him team up with Troy and start putting out comics again!
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378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
They should revisit those I'm a Hero/I'm a Villain commercials when Rogue comes out.
"I'm a hero."
"And I'm a villain."
"No wait! I'm a villain too! I'm on your team now, buddy!"
"I'm... er... suddenly thinking about becoming a hero...."
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Is Captain Dynamic an official CO* character?
It'd be great if he appeared in-game. He could be intentionally used for comic relief, kind of like a cross between Ambush Bug and Uncle Marvel (from the old Fawcett/DC Captain Marvel stories, you young whippersnappers!).
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Is Captain Dynamic an official CO* character?
It'd be great if he appeared in-game. He could be intentionally used for comic relief, kind of like a cross between Ambush Bug and Uncle Marvel (from the old Fawcett/DC Captain Marvel stories, you young whippersnappers!).
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He's not, although he's wearing actual costume pieces that you can do in game. So there could conceivably be someone who made a Captain Dynamic-like character.
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In retrospect the Captain Dynamic videos are more tragic than anything else, as the player base overwhemlingly voted with its feet in favor of being Captain Dynamic over writing and playing legitimate story arcs.
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And I agree with you on Troy's writing for the comics - "Smoke and Mirrors" had to be my favorite of the bunch. Now that Paragon Studios has David Nakayama on the payroll, they should have him team up with Troy and start putting out comics again!
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Provided Hickman's not too busy writing his new series, Twilight Guardian, after winning the Top Cow Pilot Season competition last year.
Hahahahaha... wow.
I didn't have sound when these came out (no headphones) and I forgot to go back and watch them until now <,< <3
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And I agree with you on Troy's writing for the comics - "Smoke and Mirrors" had to be my favorite of the bunch. Now that Paragon Studios has David Nakayama on the payroll, they should have him team up with Troy and start putting out comics again!
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See, that was also part of my Modest Proposal--- Hickman and Nakayama was the team I wanted to see going forward. And clearly, I was not alone in those sentiments.
So, okay, maybe it should be a series of graphic novels as opposed to a regular publication on a timetable.
I am sure many folks have cool characters with great backstories... but could we translate those into a comic without the results being the same as the last two CoH comics? Bless their hearts, those guys can come up with good stories, etc., but the pacing and the dialogue they came up with... let's just say it shows that it ain't easy to do it well.
I could name quite a few CoH "amateurs" such as yourself that ought to be recruited for marketing and other duties, having proven their skills in well-received efforts. Captain Dynamic and "I'm a Hero/Villain" were clever, but for me, the message ought to be "fly, blast, deflect bullets, punch, shoot, burn, freeze, mesmerize and do lots of other cool things as a superhero!" Maybe it's just me, but your videos convey that message wonderfully, in a motif that is appropriately exciting, ominous and exhuberent.
Since the only reward you get is for folks to say they like them, it is most fitting to say I like them. 
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Okay, check out the "videos" part of the main page on cityofheroes.com. You'll find Captain Dynamic episodes one, two, and three.
I just found these, but if you haven't seen these yet, check them out. Hilarious!
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