Fourscore and eleventy years ago...

Ok, maybe not THAT long ago, but six years ago I started playing this game, having never touched a computer OR roleplaying game before in my life. I had grown up first with the Atari, then the NES, but that was about the extent of my gaming. So when my husband bought this game at launch, I was scornful at first. I mean, computer roleplaying games?? Those are for gaming nerds, amirite? And I am NOT a gaming nerd, no sir. Well... I didn't used to be...

I am, however, a GINORMOUS comic nerd. I have been surrounded by superheroes since I was a kid. I love everything about comics, from the cheesiest Superman stories to the grittiest indy books. It's one of my favorite story mediums. When my husband made me sit down and play with the character creator, I was hooked. I believe my first character was a catgirl, haha. We played on the Protector server at first, until I got sick of the grind, and almost left the game.

Then, I found this server, and roleplay. There was a wonderful, awesome player on Protector who would roleplay with me in whispers, and she is really the reason I got interested in it. We had to RP in whispers because not many people RP on Protector. She ended up coming over to Virtue a little while after I did, and she's still here to this day, and is still one of my best friends in the game. But I digress.

The reason for this post is because I got my tanker, Dead End Allie, to 50 tonight. Technically, she is my oldest Virtue character, though her badges won't reflect that, as she went through a couple rerolls. But, she was the first character I rolled here, back in 2005. She was also the last character I had to get to 50, to have one of each AT, both hero and villainside. I'd like to stress that none of them were powerlevelled, unless you count spurts of double XP weekend, and even then, I may have only gotten a handful on any given character. Mostly I just got by on large teams and sidekicking.

Since playing CoH, I've played a couple different MMOs... and I always come back to this one. Because it's fun. And the community (yes, that's all of you!) is awesome. I am really looking forward to Going Rogue and the new content that will bring.

Sorry this is so long winded. I'm gonna close with a list of my characters, most of them I still play. Now that I have one of each AT at 50, I'll likely focus on RP and story writing until Going Rogue comes out.

So, thanks again to this wonderful community. The best PUGs are on Virtue, by far. Thanks to everyone in the CapeRadio channel for their help with my various characters!

Heroes at 50:

Titanium Falcon Claws/Invuln/Body Mastery Scrapper
Zephyr Starr Empathy/Dark/Psi Defender
Lil Nova Energy/Energy/Force Blaster
Amazing Zatala Illusion/Kin/Fire Controller
Dead End Allie Invuln/SS/Body Mastery Tank
Isaura Darkstar Warshade
Aurora Lightblade Peacebringer

Extras at 50:

Lacey Liberty Empathy/Energy/Power Defender
Red Luna MA/SR/Weapons Scrapper
Toxic Marrow Spines/Regen/Body Mastery Scrapper
Princess Mera Katana/Invuln/Body Mastery Scrapper


Villains at 50:

Craftswoman Bots/Traps/Mace Mastermind
Black Cataclysm Dark/Dark/Soul Corruptor
Vikki Vines Plant/Thorn/Leviathan Dominator
Dearth Dual Blades/Regen Stalker
Lady Domino Dark Melee/Willpower/Soul Brute
Operative Grayshade Arachnos Widow
Operative McCourt Arachnos Soldier

Heroes and Villains Under 50:
Blue Marksman TA/Arrow Defender
Holly Harlequin Ice/Therm Corruptor
Migraine Mary Mind/Psi Dominator
Martin Brynstan Demon/Pain Mastermind
Tatiana Vladof DP/Devices Blaster


Ok, did I win?? Should I uninstall now??!

Every time you have fun playing the game you win.

It's only once you uninstall it that you lose.

Technically I suppose you could 'retire undefeated'.

I don't think I could ever really leave this game... not until they pull the plug anyway.