False Hope

There's no way of saving everything what we had, and/or were about to get with issue 24. This past weekend, whenever I've been able, I've been focused on preserving as much as I can for myself, to look back on later. I've also been reaching out to others to try to stay in touch, whatever happens.

But I'm also not going to speak against anyone trying to do more than I can. I know what the odds are, but I admire the effort, the commitment, the spirit. And if they do succeed in some measure, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

You can have my "false hope" when you pry it from my cold, dead hands, *******. I will not give up on this game. Like the others, I will continue to fight.

If you're falling off a mountain, you may as well try to fly.

Reach for the stars and regret not one bit of effort.

A cannot help but think of a quote from one of the greatest movies of all time.

I didn't want to have to post something like this here because the wound is still pretty fresh for some, but here goes...

Hope is the other face of denial. Even if it were possible to get NC Soft to backtrack on their decision, they've already disbanded Paragon Studios and those former employees are already looking for other jobs. Plus, there's no guarantee any of them would want to work for NC Soft anyway. In other words, Humpty Dumpty has fallen off the wall!!!!

The very best you can hope for is a COH server emulator. I don't want to discourage you from doing that. In fact, I think it would be pretty cool myself.

You guys are going through the grieving process. I understand that. I'm grieving too. Everyone is. Some of us were more invested in this game than others. It will take some people more time to work through this.

Everyone take care of yourselves.

At this point, I would give the odds of any producer making an offer for COH that'd be accepted from NCSoft as being slim to none.

That being said, I do not think the efforts of Tony and the others are being wasted.

Sometimes miracles happen.

And even if they don't, what this may tell NCSoft and the other producers out there is that there at least a niche market for something like COH and there are people out there willing to fight for the game.

That kind of loyalty is something I'd think any company would like in an increasingly competitive market.

COH may be doomed, but the best parts of COH-- the features such as the costume creator, the ease of teaming, super sidekicking, etc-- may live on in some other game somewhere.

That's worth fighting for. This community is worth fighting.

Nothing says we should go gently into that good night...

I tihnk most of us know if we cant somehow get NCsoft to sell the IP or even rent it out to somone that things get difficult, I felt the same way a while back depressed, ther eis no hope. Sure we have a 10% chance at best but thats better than nothing.

Maybe this effort will be fruitless, and maybe we will fail to save paragon city. But at least we can hold our heads high and say that we went down fighting instead of just throwing up our hands and walking away without even trying. And if we do go down in flames then I say we get as many fans, players, and devs together that we can at a comic-con or a last hero con and give paragon city the rip roaring sendoff party that it, and we, deserves.

I almost forgot...! I DO have something else to say - it's the quote in my signature. Taken from the good General's telegram, sent from the frontlines of battle whilst surrounded by the foe.

He went on to win.

Better to have false hope, than to have no hope at all.

With a force of 500,000 men the Nadir stood before the gates of Dros Delnoch. The most powerful fortress ever build. Because of politics the fort was poorly manned and now the end was nigh.

Druss a 60 year old hero, fat now with a bum knee and shoulder climbed down the first wall and approached the Khan of the Nadir. The Khan welcomed Druss to his camp as was the custom for a peaceable meal. Druss sat and they discussed the coming battle and the Khan said,"If you open the gates I will spare every man."

Druss replied,"I know you would for I admire you and wish I had served under you."
The Khan mused,"Yet you will not open the gate and so 30,000 of your men will die."
Druss snarled,"Many of your dog soldiers will also lie dead!"
The Khan smiled and said,"I expect nothing else but why must so many men die?"

Druss smiled now and replied, "If I showed up at the Dros and it was empty and the gate open do you think I would allow you to enter without a fight?"

"Ah, I understand now and yet it saddens me," the Khan sighed.

Druss stood up and declared,"I will stand because someone must always stand when they think wrong is being done. Whether you fall at the first blow or not doesn't matter."

Druss was right and I have always stood whether it was popular, costly to myself or had other consequences. I will do what I can to both make the remaining days for the players fun and heroic and I will do what I can to save a vestige of this fine game even if it is just the joy of the fight.