Well, we'd definitely get lots of hats 
Of all the publishers out there, Valve is certainly a lot better than the alternatives (imagine EA taking over! congrats, endurance will now have to be purchased from the Origin store!)
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So, follow it up? The more emails they get, the more likely they'll at least notice?
As I've said elsewhere: Valve is my first choice of a new publisher. Those guys are awesome.
Now that is something I'd love to see happen.
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Then write them a letter. It might not work, but a handful of emails won't make them take notice - if we flood them, they'll... well, either they'll recalibrate their spam filters or actually look at the prospect, but they'll definitely notice at least, even if it turns out not to be an option.|
Originally Posted by Mad Grim
As I've said elsewhere: Valve is my first choice of a new publisher. Those guys are awesome.
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Also, can someone come up with a boilerplate version of the petition? I mean, the one I sent was a little personal, I wouldn't be comfortable with it being used as a general copypaste.
just show me where to send the email and ill do it
if tony isnt able to get a kickstarter going this is 2nd best option i would like to see
3rd would be private server
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I've updated the OP - I'll probably keep updating it with new stuff as it comes up.
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just show me where to send the email and ill do it
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just show me where to send the email and ill do it
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Edit: Bah, scooped!
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I'd send something but I dunno who I would send it to, there's so many names. (Yeah, I'm not as knowledgeable about the industry as I'd like to believe.)
We need a miracle. Sent my own.
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I'd send something but I dunno who I would send it to, there's so many names. (Yeah, I'm not as knowledgeable about the industry as I'd like to believe.)
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EDIT: Don't kid yourself though, Valve has no reason to pick up a dying, decade old MMO.
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Gabe Newell is the head honcho over at Valve. He'd be the best bet.
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I'd send something but I dunno who I would send it to, there's so many names. (Yeah, I'm not as knowledgeable about the industry as I'd like to believe.)
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Aye. Let me think of something and I'll send it off. 
NCSoft will not just give up the game and the IP. End of. The price to aquire this game is far greater than anyone could ever make back, even if there were a price at all. Which there isn't.
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Maybe, maybe not. Fact is, they're hurting for money, and bad. CoH might compete with their other superhero MMO oh wait they don't have one. And yes, it's a desperate move, but Valve has the financial clout to buy it, and the exposure to make it successful enough to make the money back.
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NCSoft will not just give up the game and the IP. End of. The price to aquire this game is far greater than anyone could ever make back, even if there were a price at all. Which there isn't.
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Sent mine. Now all we can do is...wait. And hope.
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Originally Posted by Quinch
Maybe, maybe not. Fact is, they're hurting for money, and bad. CoH might compete with their other superhero MMO oh wait they don't have one. And yes, it's a desperate move, but Valve has the financial clout to buy it, and the exposure to make it successful enough to make the money back.
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You're asking them to make a simply colossal effort, which is what this is, for very little return. You know what, I think they're going to do nothing and continue to be mind bogglingly wealthy without the effort.
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Yup, Valve purchasing CoH would gain it a massive amount of publicity. It likely wouldn't go through immediately, though... so they might do some work behind the scenes with the codebase before putting it back out there. I'd imagine they'd replace the Paragon Store with their own microtransaction system (since the Paragon Store is actually operated by a third party as it is). They'd probably also add hats. Lots of hats.|
Originally Posted by Quinch
Maybe, maybe not. Fact is, they're hurting for money, and bad. CoH might compete with their other superhero MMO oh wait they don't have one. And yes, it's a desperate move, but Valve has the financial clout to buy it, and the exposure to make it successful enough to make the money back.
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Never know what'll happen. It's certainly a huge long shot... but it doesn't hurt to try multiple different things (and Valve buying CoH is infinitely better than any other publisher I can think of!).
Edit: And I'd rank this as being about a billion times more likely to cause something to happen than a petition convincing NCSoft to un-can CoH. But it takes little effort, and it doesn't hurt, so might as well give it a shot.
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At some point a long time from now you'll realise how utterly ludicrous it is to be trying an email campaign to Valve, so they'll use their own money to brawl over City of Heroes with NCSoft because you emailed them a bit.
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At some point a long time from now you'll realise how utterly ludicrous it is to be trying an email campaign to Valve, so they'll use their own money to brawl over City of Heroes with NCSoft because you emailed them a bit.
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No. I'm not doing that at all.
I'm operating under several assumptions;
- CoH has been, and can still be made profitable
- People, no matter how many, emailing Valve will not make them buy the game. It will, however, make them notice and investigate the prospect if enough people contact them. With their attention, the acquisition will probably fail because there are a lot of factors that could completely invalidate the idea {which you would have probably noticed if you read the email more carefully}. Without it, it will definitely fail.
- Valve knows how to manage a business successfully. They have yet to fail, and they've consistently shown that they understand how much the loyalty of a playerbase can lift or sink a game.
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Hey Debby Downer.
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thank for the link quinch and kitsune
ive submitted an email, now to hope
I've sent mine.
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And mine, as well. I think I write a pretty good business e-mail.
I'll just leave this here.
The email form for VALVe is at http://www.valvesoftware.com/email.php . It seems that the form doesn't react well to links. Also, the spam filter is case-sensitive. If you can't use the form, you can also try mailing Gabe Newell directly at gaben@valvesoftware.com
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Also, can some of the more socially-connected players spread the word as well, possibly even get some sort of concerted effort going, maybe even try and get some of the gaming sites and magazines on board? I would but I don't even have Twitter. If anyone can get a hold of gaming magazine writers and ask them to write about various other initiatives as well, like the Titan Network's attempts of acquiring the IP, the petition and the like.
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Jack NoMind's writing suggestions
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If you don't know what to say, Tremblay's message is funny and to the point, while Angel of Retribution made a more pragmatic version.
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Also do your best to remind them that they'd have a fiercely loyal playerbase that would literally love them forever.