Discussion: City of Heroes is coming to PAX Prime 2011!


2short2care

 

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Paragon Studios™ will be present at PAX Prime for panels, prizes, playtests, and a Seattle Meet & Greet! Join us the weekend of Friday, August 26 to Sunday, August 28 at the Washington State Convention Center to learn about City of Heroes Freedom™, get some playtime with the all new Issue 21 content, speak to the developers of the number one super heroic MMO, and have a chance to win some awesome prizes!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

SHOWFLOOR: City of Heroes Freedom at Antec Booth #152
Friday, August 26, and Saturday, August 27, 10:00am-6:00pm; Sunday, August 28, 10:00am-5:00pm
We've partnered with Antec to bring you City of Heroes Freedom on the showroom floor all convention long! Stop by booth #152 to play City of Heroes Freedom, chat with the developers, and enter to win a custom City of Heroes® gaming PC designed by Antec! We'll also be giving away a brand new costume code for PAX Prime at the booth: the IDF Ranger!


MEET & GREET at the Elephant & Castle Pub


Friday, August 26, 6:00pm-10pm
Located in the Red Lion Hotel
1415 5th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101-2313
(206) 624-9977

It's a Seattle Meet & Greet at the Elephant & Castle! Come mingle with the Paragon Studios team for food, drinks, prizes and a lot of fun! This event is 18+; valid photo ID is required. Admission will be first-come, first-served, to the capacity of the venue. You do not have to have a PAX pass to attend the Meet & Greet! We'll be giving away IDF Ranger costume codes at the Meet & Greet as well, so if you can't nab one at the Antec booth on the showroom floor, swing by the Meet & Greet!

PANEL: Art of City of Heroes Freedom
Friday 4:00pm-4:45pm
NCsoft Presentation Theatre

Matt "Positron" Miller, Gilbert "El Topo" Martinez, and Nate "Second Measure" Birkholz discuss the art of City of Heroes Freedom, and how the rich aesthetics of the game continue to improve and evolve.

PANEL: City of Heroes Freedom is the Future!
Saturday 11:30am-12:15pm
NCsoft Presentation Theatre

City of Heroes Freedom is the future of City of Heroes. Matt "Positron" Miller, Gilbert "El Topo" Martinez, Colin Brown, and Nate "Second Measure" Birkholz talk about the bold and innovative changes coming with the launch of City of Heroes Freedom.

PANEL: Supporting the Communities Within the Community
Sunday 10:00am-10:45am
NCsoft Presentation Theatre

Community is the backbone of online gaming. So how do community teams keep their players happy? Join Andy "Zwillinger" Belford Community Manager on City of Heroes and Community managers from the Guild Wars 2 and WildStar teams and learn how they manage the needs, wants, and expectations of players in order to build and engage a strong community.

PANEL: Writers' Round Table: You Want to Be a Game Writer? What're You, Nuts?
Sunday 5:30pm-6:15pm
NCsoft Presentation Theatre

Have you ever wanted to write for video games? Maybe you're just curious about who these wordsmiths are and what they do. Mission Designer/Lore expert John "Protean" Hegner of Paragon Studios joins writers from ArenaNet and Carbine Studios to bring you tales of writing for the video game industry!

PAX Prime is jam-packed with Paragon Studios events this weekend, and we hope to see you there!


 

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Go Go IDF Ranger.

FPAAB.

*brohoof*


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Wow. Four CoH-related panels, plus the Meet & Greet, plus they're on the showfloor the whole time. I'm normally not happy that I can never attend these conventions... but this one is really killing me.


 

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Can't wait to see you guys there.


 

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Can't wait to see you guys there.
Will make Saturday, at least.


 

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Congratulations, PS, for putting a massive amount of effort into giving the game and the studio a strong event presence and the player community some very cool things to see and do!

Now, if only I didn't live the other side of the globe...


 

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I won't be at PAX itself, unfortunately, but I *will* be at the M&G, and maybe even bringing brownies!

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I didn't see Aveata's name listed anywhere, is she not going to Pax? you know what that means if she's staying home?

The Coh panels aren't going to be as pretty as last year.


 

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So what time will you be showing up at the Elephant & Castle? I am heading to Seattle on that day for my one day off for the next few weeks.


 

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If anyone gets an IDF Ranger code they don't want, I have a number of the earlier codes I'd be willing to trade for it.

PM me for a list if interested.


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Woo!

I actually have some buddies at Catalyst going to PAX this year! So I might be able to snag my first-ever costume codes for myself!

*dance*dance*



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HAve fun. Maybe you guys can come to the Midwest at some point.


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Sounds great. Since PAX isn't being held over Labor Day weekend this year, maybe you could send someone to DragonCon in Atlanta, too. We hold CoH panels every year there, with really nice turn-outs, despite the lack of support.

How about just sending one person to say Hello?


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aren't they making a big announcement at PAX too? I thought there was something in the Stream Chat about this?


 

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They're announcing the name of the VIP server. Also, I imagine they'll give us a Freedom release date. With booster/boxed copies and free trials retiring at the end if this month, I would speculate on a September release.


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Did anyone tweet the panel today?


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Will there be any live UStream broadcasts from PAX?
I don't know, will there?


 

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Did anyone tweet the panel today?
I've looked but haven't seen anything. If they did announce anything awesome, I haven't seen talk about it.


 

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I've looked but haven't seen anything. If they did announce anything awesome, I haven't seen talk about it.
i'm half expecting another upcoming powerset, costume set, or enemy faction to be revealed.


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I expect any reveals to be from Saturday's panel.

Tonight was just the Art of CoH.
You're right. The only new stuff Friday was a title graphic for part two of the "Who Will Die" signature stories and a shot of old west/high tech costume concept art for gunslingers and saloon girls.

Saturday should have some juicy details.


 

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You're right. The only new stuff Friday was a title graphic for part two of the "Who Will Die" signature stories and a shot of old west/high tech costume concept art for gunslingers and saloon girls.

Saturday should have some juicy details.
Can you post those?


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You're right. The only new stuff Friday was a title graphic for part two of the "Who Will Die" signature stories and a shot of old west/high tech costume concept art for gunslingers and saloon girls.

Saturday should have some juicy details.
hmmmmm Saloon Girls....

Well today will tell the tale.


 

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Can you post those?
They changed the slide just before I could get a shot of the gunslinger concept art. The teaser image is in my camera. I can't pull it off there to post until I get home next week.

I'll take pics today with my phone so i can post them. Internet acess in the convention hall is poor so I probably won't be able to post anything until I'm back at my hotel in the evening.

If there is huge news I'll post something but I can't guarantee pics until later.