The first 100, where are they now?
By
Montaugh,
Posted on: 2012-09-01 23:30 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Well, I am not one of the First 100.... But I was part of the second wave. Been here ever since. 
Still have me first toon, a Ss/Inv tanker.
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By 2003, there were already dozens of MMOs around. I was already jaded then, and I am jaded and grumpy now about people implying MMOs started around the time WoW was released, while to me it was right about the point when the golden age ended. | No one was jaded or burned out on previous MMOs as MMOs were new |
CoH did a great job at keeping the innovative and fun parts of early MMOs alive for a while, though.
@Shotty Mario was here on Day 1 but he doesn't log in much anymore. You might still see him on Infinity on one of his Dominators (Relentless Desire, Dark Mistress Amour) and so on.
His first toons were an Invuln/Axe Tanker, Lost Woodsman and a Storm/Elec Defender, Lightning V5.3 on Champion.
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Years ago Zloth made a post asking how many of The first 100 were still around, at the time quite a few answered the call. Now nearly 9 years after the initial beta started (ok so it was December but we won't make it until then *sniffs*) its time to find out who is still around once more.
To those who don't know who the first 100 are.... we were part of round one beta, the first 100 players to ever have played city of heroes. I can't recall if we were self named at the end of round one beta or if the devs called us that, I want to say it was the devs but that was nearly 9 years ago.
All during beta we were rather close as a group as we shared something that was unique to city of heroes and being part of that small group of initial testers. I've tested in other MMOs and other games but nothing has ever been like being there for the initial days of CoH. No one was jaded or burned out on previous MMOs as MMOs were new. Most of us had nothing to compare the game to. We all wanted to make our heroes and didn't care as much about the mechanics of it but how it felt and how they played. We had a level of communication between us and the devs that you can only get from a small community experience. Bonds were formed and experiences that can never again be had were jointly shared. To me it was something to be proud of, which I know some may feel foolish but I am proud of the fact that I was a member of the first 100, and I will try to be one the last 100 when the servers are shut down. Has a nice synergy to it...
We are in the final weeks of the game so I thought it would be nice to see how many, if any of us are still around... and maybe get together one last time for one final coin shot.
Well obviously I'm here... and I played as Controller Grav in beta.
99 left to find... come out and answer the call one last time...