This news is still hitting me pretty hard. CoH was my first, and only MMO. Playing consistently for 5 years, I was one of those players that went to nearly every event thrown by Paragon Studios since HeroCon2010. This game drew me in, in a way that none other ever has. I've looked at WoW, and TOR, and to me, it just wasn't the same as city...
I've met some amazing people here ... as well as some who were not so amazing. But the amazing kept me here, through the five years. The RP kept me here, and kept drawing me back. Long after many have left, I never did. I was still around. CoH was forever more than just a game. It was community, it was RP, it was story weaving that drew you in, for which I always thirsted for more.
And the fact that the developer community seemed to embrace that as much as the players, was honorable as well.
I remember winning costume codes with the dance emotes contest. I remember winning my keyboard in the emote faceoff. I remember WW yelling at me over UStream *grins* I remember Posi's look of "I knew someone would ask, but I can't talk about that" when I asked about 2xp weekend during one community events in Cali. I remember meeting Cape DJs in person. I remember applauding and cheering to the point of losing my voice as Arbiter Fabulous won a free year of game play.
I traveled far and wide for this game, and I wish I'd traveled more. I miss the players I've met (Tex, and the Justice crew who honorarily took me in). And somehow, right now, it just doesn't seem enough. I can't believe that I won't see the devs, other red names, or players one last time. Heck, I'd been talking to the Cape DJs about attending next year's capecon ... and it ... then this happened.
The phone call I made, to hope and pray it wasn't true, and was some sick joke ... was a call I'll never forget. "No ... it's not a joke..." and in that moment, 5 years came crashing down...
There are no other MMOs for me. I might consider CO, but something that other MMOs lack is the ability to BE City of Heroes. I don't even think my friends can truly understand. City was always more to me, for 5 years and it will always be. I think the only thing I can really consider at this point is forum RP. I manage a forum site of my own, dedicated to my CoH characters. My long time RP partner (3+ years and going) and I are there. If anyone's interested in interacting with @Tanklet, or @AlexanderDrako, we'll probably be there or on Formspring (@tarawc, and @tonyjones51).
Irony of all irony, we'd finally found a group to settle in. The Eternals embraced CoH, embraced RP, and the skies were the limit for building a prominent community future. ... This was altogether too soon...
In any event, I think I'm rambling at this point ... I feel the worst for the devs. This is never the way to go ... ever ... ever...
I'll be monitoring my inbox here, for as long as we have forum access anyway, and will forward contact info to any who are interested.
This news is still hitting me pretty hard. CoH was my first, and only MMO. Playing consistently for 5 years, I was one of those players that went to nearly every event thrown by Paragon Studios since HeroCon2010. This game drew me in, in a way that none other ever has. I've looked at WoW, and TOR, and to me, it just wasn't the same as city...
I've met some amazing people here ... as well as some who were not so amazing. But the amazing kept me here, through the five years. The RP kept me here, and kept drawing me back. Long after many have left, I never did. I was still around. CoH was forever more than just a game. It was community, it was RP, it was story weaving that drew you in, for which I always thirsted for more.
And the fact that the developer community seemed to embrace that as much as the players, was honorable as well.
I remember winning costume codes with the dance emotes contest. I remember winning my keyboard in the emote faceoff. I remember WW yelling at me over UStream *grins* I remember Posi's look of "I knew someone would ask, but I can't talk about that" when I asked about 2xp weekend during one community events in Cali. I remember meeting Cape DJs in person. I remember applauding and cheering to the point of losing my voice as Arbiter Fabulous won a free year of game play.
I traveled far and wide for this game, and I wish I'd traveled more. I miss the players I've met (Tex, and the Justice crew who honorarily took me in). And somehow, right now, it just doesn't seem enough. I can't believe that I won't see the devs, other red names, or players one last time. Heck, I'd been talking to the Cape DJs about attending next year's capecon ... and it ... then this happened.
The phone call I made, to hope and pray it wasn't true, and was some sick joke ... was a call I'll never forget. "No ... it's not a joke..." and in that moment, 5 years came crashing down...
There are no other MMOs for me. I might consider CO, but something that other MMOs lack is the ability to BE City of Heroes. I don't even think my friends can truly understand. City was always more to me, for 5 years and it will always be. I think the only thing I can really consider at this point is forum RP. I manage a forum site of my own, dedicated to my CoH characters. My long time RP partner (3+ years and going) and I are there. If anyone's interested in interacting with @Tanklet, or @AlexanderDrako, we'll probably be there or on Formspring (@tarawc, and @tonyjones51).
Irony of all irony, we'd finally found a group to settle in. The Eternals embraced CoH, embraced RP, and the skies were the limit for building a prominent community future. ... This was altogether too soon...
In any event, I think I'm rambling at this point ... I feel the worst for the devs. This is never the way to go ... ever ... ever...
I'll be monitoring my inbox here, for as long as we have forum access anyway, and will forward contact info to any who are interested.
Forever City ....