DING! 48 months in COH today...

My God, has it already been four years since I first got my account?

Wow.

In that time, I have:

• Made twenty-seven teasers, trailers, and other videos related to COH.
• Overcome motion sickness to extend my play time from five minutes to eight hours.
• Written over a dozen short stories, a novel (with one sequel part done and another in the works), and God knows how many character backgrounds for COH.
• Helped bring the word "demorecord" into slightly more public view.
• Partaken in over 250 separate Rikti invasions and STILL will drop almost anything to dash off and lead a team in one.
• Driven 11 hours each way TWICE from Phoenix to San Jose for HeroCons 2008 and 2009.
• Become fodder for Steelclaw's lists, a surreal form of immortality if ever there was one.
• STILL not done every TF and SF in the game, nor played through all its content.
• Wrecked War Witch's attempts at weight loss with my brownies.
• Driven at least one redname to insanity (or at least serious distraction), while becoming partners in crime with a few others.
• Met some truly AMAZING people through the game, and been blessed with their generosity, cheer, support, and sheer FUN.

People do go on and on about how it's the community that makes this game. They're right. I love the game, yes, but thanks to some seriously cool people (first on Triumph, and later on Justice, plus lots of folks on the forums from across all the servers), I still wouldn't trade my time in this game for anything.

Thanks, you guys. I'll see you in-game. Just look for the weird chick with the camera.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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Gratz... and have fun with the next 48.

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@Redcap

ANARCHY = A Society that does not need government
114. Ahrouns do not appreciate my particular brand of humour, so I should stop bleaching bulls-eyes in their fur.

Happy 4th anniversary!

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total kick to the gut

This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.

Congrats!

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Where to now?
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Grats!

I'm still waiting on my next Badge to be awarded to my account.

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Playstation 3 - XBox 360 - Wii - PSP

Remember kids, crack is whack!

Samuel_Tow: Your avatar is... I think I like it

Congratulations... although I'm not sure anything with my name associated can really be considered an "Accomplishment."

Well... perhaps if you survived something to do with me... then that WOULD be an accomplishment.

On a related note, I will be hitting my 48 month point in early August. See, you were right! I AM following you!

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My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw

Congratulations Michelle!

Not too bad for a 'newbie' to the game with only 4 years haha.

Although, you have accomplished far more than some with many years more time than you!

I'm sure the community here all wishes you a very merry congrats because of who you are and what all you have done for 'us'.

Again..

Congratulations!

Cos

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Member of Team Awesome���
Justice Server

Congrats on 48, Michelle. You'll be a Senior before you know it. :-p

Honestly, it's hard to believe it's only four years. It feels like your presence and passion have been around here from the beginning.

Here's to another 48. :-)

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Congrats!

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But still I fear and still I dare not laugh at the madman!

One man's "meh" is another man's "zomg". - Leatherneck

Procrastination meter coming soon.

Happy 48, Michelle! Er, Samuraiko. Er, Dark_Respite...

ah, screw it.

Happy 48, you!

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@Winter. Because I'm Winter. Period.
I am a blaster first, and an alt-oholic second.

That's surprising, it's always felt like you've been around longer than I have, but apparently that's not true - though not by a whole lot. Goes to show how much of an impact you've made to the rest of the community just as the community has made an impact on you.

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Paragon Unleashed Forums
Twitter: @Alpha_Ryvius

Hoping for 48 more months of Samuraiko videos, and more!

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Playstation 3 - XBox 360 - Wii - PSP

Remember kids, crack is whack!

Samuel_Tow: Your avatar is... I think I like it

Congratulations!

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--Arkham : The Blackened Hatter

Virtue: The Iron Judge - lvl 50 Inv/War Mace Tanker.
And his amazing friends: Warman, Dr. Mindfire, Ms Mallet, Papa Cap, Ibis, Ragman, Queen Steam, Rudraksha, Teflon Girl, Kodiakman.

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Personally, I stopped counting at 3-4 Rikti Invasions.

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"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...

I'm not quite sure how many months I have, but I think it's more than 66. I probably haven't done all the TFs, and I know I haven't done very many SFs. The TFs I've done have put me off doing them very often.

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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound

Many buckets of gratz to ye for dinging 4 years. I hope you enjoy many more.

I 'officially' celebrated my 4th year on the 25th of this month, however I won't be getting my 48 month badge until September due to a couple of sub lapses.

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Congrats Michelle. To celebrate, you must bake brownies for and send them to each person posting in this thread.

Give me warning when mine are coming. I need to pick out someplace with cute waitresses that don't know me so that I can try to use the power of the brownies to score points. I have had practice ya know.

And don't worry about not having done everything in the game. I've been here since the head start and still haven't run all of the heroic content, much less the villainous content. Several Trials, TF's and SF's that I'll likely never experience now.

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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.

Black Pebble is my new hero.

Has it been 48 months already? Ya don't look a day over a 6 month vet.

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Congrats Dark Respite, here's to another 48 months.

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Cancel the kitchen scraps for widows and lepers, no more merciful beheadings and call off christmas!

Congratulations! That's quite a journey!

~Freitag

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Kevin Callanan
Community Specialist
Paragon Studios

Congrats Michelle! Coincidentally, it looks like we started playing in the same month on different servers--I reside on Freedom. I've been a huge fan of your videos and stories, and I'm looking forward to seeing you around now that the forums have allowed me to remain logged in Happy anniversary!

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