Message of 'Thanks'giving to our Devs, Programmers and Community Relations Team!

The U.S. Thanksgiving is this week, and as such, I have much to be thankful for: a steady job (with travel ), great family, kids doing well in college and great friends, online and off. In this same vein, I found myself thinking how much I appreicate the work and effort that Paragon Studios (and NCSoft) have done to make City of Heroes and Going Rogue the outstanding game that it is for me and my family.

I have enjoyed this game for going on 4 years now, and have had a fantastic time re-opening my imagination whilst pounding the bad guys (or good guys) and hanging out with some incredible people online - all at the cost of the small monthly subscription and a bit here and there for a booster pack or two.

To our Devs: Thank you for taking the time and energy to make CoH and Going Rogue what it is today. It has indeed come a LONG way from the day I joined up, and am still entrenched in the incredible fun and challenge this game continues to offer as a result of your development efforts. Your time and sacrfices are well noted by all who know and play this game.

To our programmers, coders and GMs: You may not get the face time the devs or OCR team do, however, a fair majority of us understand that you are the ones the take the devs ideas and napkin-written plans and make them a reality. Without you, this game would be nothing. Our GMs get to deal day-in and day-out with irritated, angry players wanting immediate fixes and answers now, and over the past few years, I've yet to have a negative expereince with a GM. THANK YOU for your patience, dedication and, in my experience, professionalism, that I've come to respect from all of you.

To our OCR team: You are our link to the Devs, programmers, coders and GMs, as well as being our voice when the situation is warranted. You get the brunt of the experience, and with your consistant involvement, have been a shining light in interaction with this outstanding community. We have all had our differences, whether it be threads locked, bans, or what not, however, in doing even these more painful aspects of your job, you're doing what you can to make the community a better place. I have thoroughly enjoyed the impromptu Rikti Invasions, server zone events, gold-title giveaway interaction (like the "Real World Hero" kickoff party; thanks Ocho!), and the incredible effort put forth this year with all the Meet & Greets (did we break a record this year in dev/OCR event travel?). Again, thank you for all the overtime and dedication you put into this.

To our Marketing/Sales group: We, as players, always have high expectations for value and sales in our product. I haven't seen this much incredible effort from this group in my time in the game as much as I have seen this year. Ever. Ads in comics for 'Going Rogue', interviews with New York Post, Best Buy deals, G4 interviews, Meet & Greets, Gaming convention/event interaction, all the sales/promotional work/distribution for Going Rogue, and all of the background effort most don't know you do to keep this game financially viable. Black Pebble, knowing the second he created a forum account that he'd be suffering the slings and arrows of the entire community's input, sacrificed what I'm sure amounted to hundreds of hours of post reading and interpretations from said posts, all trying to glean what he could from us to help make the game better, while taking a severe beating in the process. As a teacher/trainer, I've known others to stand behind a podium, using it as a protective shield, while trying to teach a class of students - it makes them feel safe and invulnerable from any interaction with students; those who 'step away' from the podium and walk in and among the students, interacting with them, asking questions . . . those are the better teachers/trainers; Black Pebble 'stepped away from the podium'. Kudos and thanks to him and the team this year.

TL;DR: A huge 'THANK YOU' needs to go out to Paragon Studios and NCSoft as part of our tradition of giving thanks this Thanksgiving week for all of their dedicated efforts towards CoH and Going Rogue this year; I have MUCH to be thankful for as a result of their incredible efforts!

Happy Thanksgiving, all!

You're a month or so late!!

^_^

Thanks everyone!!! From Devs to Players to Ebil Marketing People...

Enjoy!

I'm thankful for the devs and players that make this game great

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone at Paragon Studios! My next celebrating of the holiday won't be until next year when I'm back home in the 'States, so make me even more jealous by consuming much stuffing, ham, sweet potatoes, casseroles of all sorts, veggies, pies stacked to the moon, and of course fried turkey (Positron knows the ONLY right way to cook a bird )! Fill your bellies, enjoy yourselves, then come back and give us the gift of Issue 19.

A preemptive "happy Thanksgiving" to everyone else as well! Go eat a lot of carbs then pass out watching the Macy's parade.

Happy Thanksgiving, Paragon Studios!

I'm giving thanks for them giving us the game, which keeps on giving in terms of content, community and fun, and given the circumstances I'm given to say thanks for all that giving.

... Yeah! Happy Thanksgiving.

gj devs. thx.