Sorry for posting this here, but I can't post it on Justice. I don't know why they just didn't flip the VIP switch for everyone so everyone could play out the last days with full access. But I digress.
Though I had already said my goodbyes to City of Heroes back in July, I was comforted in the knowledge that I could come back and play anytime I wanted, and that all my favorite characters that I spent time carefully crafting and developing over the years would still be there. Today's news makes me sad knowing that now that isn't the case. All of my creations, and the creations of people I care about, will just be gone. Unceremoniously deleted. I think that sucks.
I owe a lot to City of Heroes. It was a solace and place of comfort for me when I was going through a very rocky marriage and divorce. I spent many hours on Justice with you all, teaming, raiding, shootin' the ****. You were never just pixels on my screen. Never just people who lived in my computer.
I have many great friends I met through CoH. We keep in touch frequently and even visit each other. When my brother, who is also a CoH player, suffered from a ruptured aneurysm last summer, he received so many get well cards and gifts from CoH players. I still have people asking me how he is doing, and I can happily say he's fully recovered and doing quite well.
Most importantly, playing City of Heroes caused me to meet Abraxxus, my boyfriend of the last two years. He is quietly sleeping not 10 feet from me right now (and between us, he's also snoring a bit and it's kinda cute). Though we were friends for many years in game, it wasn't until we met in person at the first HeroCon in 2008 that something romantic clicked. I was newly divorced, however, and didn't act on those feelings for another two years. And now we're very much in love and plan on spending the rest of our lives together, all because of City of Heroes, and Justice in particular.
My baby brother (not the one mentioned above) is getting married tomorrow. He's currently home on leave from the Coast Guard to do so, and in honor of that, I will leave you with the parting I always give him when he goes back to his cutter:
Fair winds and following seas.
Love you all. It was an honor.
@Arwen Darkblade
Proud Member of Hammer of the Gods and Sanguine Syndicate
Arc ID #86194 "Cry Havoc"
Arc ID #103934 "Dr. Thomas' First Day"
[URL="http://tobyfife.blogspot.com/"]Hero Girl[/URL] - my geek culture blog
Sorry for posting this here, but I can't post it on Justice. I don't know why they just didn't flip the VIP switch for everyone so everyone could play out the last days with full access. But I digress.
Though I had already said my goodbyes to City of Heroes back in July, I was comforted in the knowledge that I could come back and play anytime I wanted, and that all my favorite characters that I spent time carefully crafting and developing over the years would still be there. Today's news makes me sad knowing that now that isn't the case. All of my creations, and the creations of people I care about, will just be gone. Unceremoniously deleted. I think that sucks.
I owe a lot to City of Heroes. It was a solace and place of comfort for me when I was going through a very rocky marriage and divorce. I spent many hours on Justice with you all, teaming, raiding, shootin' the ****. You were never just pixels on my screen. Never just people who lived in my computer.
I have many great friends I met through CoH. We keep in touch frequently and even visit each other. When my brother, who is also a CoH player, suffered from a ruptured aneurysm last summer, he received so many get well cards and gifts from CoH players. I still have people asking me how he is doing, and I can happily say he's fully recovered and doing quite well.
Most importantly, playing City of Heroes caused me to meet Abraxxus, my boyfriend of the last two years. He is quietly sleeping not 10 feet from me right now (and between us, he's also snoring a bit and it's kinda cute). Though we were friends for many years in game, it wasn't until we met in person at the first HeroCon in 2008 that something romantic clicked. I was newly divorced, however, and didn't act on those feelings for another two years. And now we're very much in love and plan on spending the rest of our lives together, all because of City of Heroes, and Justice in particular.
If any of you want to keep in touch, e-mail me at arwen.darkblade@gmail.com.
My baby brother (not the one mentioned above) is getting married tomorrow. He's currently home on leave from the Coast Guard to do so, and in honor of that, I will leave you with the parting I always give him when he goes back to his cutter:
Fair winds and following seas.
Love you all. It was an honor.
@Arwen Darkblade
Proud Member of Hammer of the Gods and Sanguine Syndicate
Arc ID #86194 "Cry Havoc"
Arc ID #103934 "Dr. Thomas' First Day"
[URL="http://tobyfife.blogspot.com/"]Hero Girl[/URL] - my geek culture blog