Save CoH - Information Masterpost
How to help!
Corporate
- Just petitioning won't be enough. Call. Send letters.
Quote:USA Telephone:
(512) 225-6359
(206) 588-7200
WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN: "Never give up - Never Surrender!"
In the US:
Mr. Taek Jin Kim, Chief Executive Officer
NCsoft Corporation
1501 4th Avenue, Suite 2050
Seattle, WA 98101
UNITED STATES
In Korea:
Mr. Taek Jin Kim, Chief Executive Officer
NCsoft Corporation
157-37 Samsung-dong
Kangnamu-gu, Seoul 135-090
KOREA- Let's show them how much we care in person. I would gladly join a protest.
Quote:USA Telephone:
(512) 225-6359
Address:
NCSoft (NA/EU)
6801 N. Capital of Texas Hwy, Bldg 1
Austin, TX 78731- Cryptic/Perfect World still owns the *engine* to CoH. Because they own Champions Online, it's unlikely they'll extend the engine license to a competitor. Call them! Change their mind!
Quote:E-mail:
bizdev@perfectworldinc.com
Telephone:
(650)-590-7700
Address:
1001 East Hillsdale Boulevard Suite 800
Foster City, CA
Forum
I will update this as TonyV's own post updates.
Quote:Cross-posted on the Titan Network forum
(snipped) ...- We are heroes. This is what we do.: A rallying cry from the Titan Network, as well as a new forum dedicated to efforts to save Paragon City.
- Titan Network's crowd funding appeal: The purpose is to explore the possibility of using crowd funding to acquire or license the IP, code base, and client distribution rights to City of Heroes. Sponsored by the Titan Network.
- Keep NCsoft from shutting down City of Heroes petition: An effort to convey to NCsoft the importance of keeping City of Heroes active.
- VALVe email campaign: An effort to encourage Valve to acquire City of Heroes. Valve has an extensive distribution infrastructure and City of Heroes might make a good addition to their portfolio.
- NCsoft write-in campaign: Let NCsoft know how much City of Heroes means to you and how important it is for the game to continue on. Remember, the idea is to save City of Heroes, so please do not use it as an opportunity to vent. This will hurt us MUCH more than help us.
- Save our City of Heroes: A Facebook site dedicated to saving City of Heroes.
- City of Heroes Can Not Leave: Another Facebook page dedicated to trying to save City of Heroes.
- Open source the code for City of Heroes: A petition to request for NCsoft to release the code base for City of Heroes as open source.
- Nexon contact thread:
Quote:A thought occurs. Nexon is now the largest shareholder. That might mean they have some pull in these decisions. They may well have been a contributing factor to the shut down decision, but they might be usefull in attempts to get NCsoft to sell.
(213) 858-5930137 North Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004
http://www.nexon.net/corporate/business-opportunities/
Are the different contacts I could find for the company.
The goal in contacting them is to convince them that NCsoft selling the IP would be more valuable than just sitting on it...
Offsite- Titan Network: Save Paragon City!
- Titan Network: Call to Action - Get the word out
- Titan Network: Call to Action: Write to NCsoft
- Titan Network: We are heroes. This is what we do.
- Titan Network: NCsoft write-in campaign
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Great post, very informative and succinct. I had missed some of the developer responses, but this post showed me where they were
Great post, very informative and succinct. I had missed some of the developer responses, but this post showed me where they were
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I'm going to bump this thread because I posted it rather late last night and I'd really like some additional stuff to add here so that it'll be all caught up!
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Let me just debunk the notion that there are 31 days in November.
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Ohh thankyou for this thread its very helpful.
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Thanks everyone for their responses! Please help spread the word! You can link to this thread with http://tinyurl.com/CoHmasterpost
Thanks again! Keep up the contributions!
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Amen.
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Bump! Everyone should know these things, keep us updated!
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Great information! Well-deserving of another bump.
I made a similar thread not too long ago, but it wasn't nearly as thorough or well-noticed. XD Still, if any of the links there are of any use to your Masterpost, feel free to add them! :3
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=296148
Hey all, I've been working on in-game stuff but I was shown an article that covers a lot of this information too. I need to port the information over into the thread itself but here's a link 'til then!
http://mmogrinder.net/2012/09/02/r-i-p-city-of-heroes/
and a sample:
The facts, as we know them, are this: NCSoft has cancelled CoH, and fired Paragon Studios. This came midst announcements of future content. NCSoft has lost money in the past year. Paragon is unwilling to elaborate, and has asked the fans to accept this. Of course the fans are NOT going to just accept this. City of Heroes has one of the most vocal and dedicated MMO fanbases in existence. This is the fanbase that had many people laying into me after I gave their game a POSITIVE review. They are not going to go down quietly. I honestly think fewer people would be upset if WoW was shutting down. Rumors running around are as follows: This is all an elaborate marketing scheme for the new expansion. They say the first two stages of grief are Disbelief and Denial, and nothing illustrates that point more than this theory. This also ties into the bargaining phase, where the mind tries to soothe itself by coming up with REASONS it cant be true. But, |
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That article says "fired" instead of "laid off..." I left them a comment though...
Would it be possible to reverse engineer the game in a similar fashion to what SWGemu did?
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http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...eroes-villains
Otherwise, there have been ideas to making private servers. This is referenced from here: http://mmogrinder.net/2012/09/02/r-i-p-city-of-heroes/
Starting up a private server. This is being seen as the last resort tactic to this campaign, and sadly probably the most likely solution to keeping this game around. It doesn’t seem likely that NCSoft is going to sell the license as much as let it die. The biggest issue of the private server is keeping the same quality the published game had, its inevitable stagnation from lack of new content and the cost of keeping a server up. It’s also possible the host can be smacked by a C&D from the NCSoft legal department (as they are the rights holders, dead game or not). As much as I hope it won’t have to come to that for you all, I can’t help but think, knowing NCSoft’s reputation, that it may be all you have left. Regardless don’t go down without a fight. |
This brings me to another point: Can anyone help gather information from former employees of Paragon Studios? I've included links referencing those who posted in the forums but I'm looking to see if we could get more than that!
Great information!
![]() I made a similar thread not too long ago, but it wasn't nearly as thorough or well-noticed. XD Still, if any of the links there are of any use to your Masterpost, feel free to add them! :3 http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=296148 |
That article says "fired" instead of "laid off..." I left them a comment though...
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And, an update:
I added a few sections and fleshed out some categories. I also improved the formatting a little bit, lemme know if it's accessible.
Unfortunately: Schoolwork will be starting again soon. I'm doing a lot of this collection by myself but I really, really want this to stay reliable and functional. I can try my best but I'm going to be honest - I'll need help from others!
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Thanks again everyone for posting here, it means a lot to have this seen!
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SWGEmu more or less built their codebase from scratch, hence "reverse engineer" I'll be fairly honest, I'd expect there to be legal issues in how you have to use the SWG client, and the fact that the Star Wars IP is not theirs to use.
Thought you might want to add this into your Facebook area. This is, as far as I can tell, the main 'refugee' page we've got set up right now, with a current 646 members, including a few of the Devs.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/CoHSurvivors/
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Everyone that is organizing thank you for all your hard work. As a sign of testicular fortitude against NC Soft I would like to plan a rally/protest on September 15, 2012 at there Seattle Washington office I would like a chance to speak to the CEO of NC Soft and get the real truth behind this and what it would take for us keep COH alive. If you are I interested in showing your support join us. Please feel free to email mail for more information on making a difference.
Cfeakes@gmail.com
NC Soft Seattle
1501 4th Avenue
Seattle WA 98101
thank you all for the fight.
Chad Feakes AKA Blood Pack Virtue Server
Thought you might want to add this into your Facebook area. This is, as far as I can tell, the main 'refugee' page we've got set up right now, with a current 646 members, including a few of the Devs.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/CoHSurvivors/ |
https://www.facebook.com/RIPParagonRefugees
Basic Changelog (newest at top)
09/10/2012
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Here's one more.
https://www.facebook.com/RIPParagonRefugees |
Shall we create a G+ page, too?
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Hey all,
The Perfect World/Cryptic Studios rumor has been debunked by Posi...
http://boards.coh.com/showthread.php?t=295805
Tic-Toc is Posi...
"when i can savagely beat sheep while issuing ultimatums and torturing people, then i may go back into it" -vara nocturne
Not enough Evil...
I take it back NC SOFT is enough evil for anyone...
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Hey all,
The Perfect World/Cryptic Studios rumor has been debunked by Posi... http://boards.coh.com/showthread.php?t=295805 Tic-Toc is Posi... |
Check the second post to see ways you can help! A basic changelog is here!
Hey all! I've seen a lot of information float around and I thought it'd be nice to compile it all together. As much as I'd like to focus on being persuasive about this, I thought it'd be first to get a lot of context. Hence: Gonna make this information master post!
This first post will be updated with information, so post if there's updates, corrections and whatnot. Then, check this post! All help is GREATLY appreciated. Let's start:
Official Announcements
Basics
Specifics