Another reason to keep CoX alive

Once again, one of my beloved virtual communities will be scattered to the four winds. City of Heroes/City of Villains, as of Nov. 30, 2012, just a few days after my birthday. I'm not ashamed to say that it carried through some very tough times in my life off and on these past eight years and I would really hate for it to be discontinued, especially since the reasons are not justifiable enough. If there's a will and there is, I believe that there is a way to save it.

This sorrowful news that hit me almost a week ago brought me back to the day where we lost Uru Live. Like NCSoft, Ubisoft had decided along with Cyan that it wasn't financially viable as a source of profit. But what they didn't realize that in the few short months that we had created a family and this online virtual interface using avatars gave to us so much more than just entertainment. For some, Uru Live gave them back their sense of freedom as this video so aptly conveys.

GoG Mysterium 2004 presentation


I can't say for sure that when Cyan Worlds saw this video that it was the deciding factor to bring about Until Uru, a solution that enabled us to once to gather in a virtual cavern several months later for the next following two years before GameTap recognized its significance. Even though it was shut down again after a little more than year, Cyan launched its own servers once more and Myst Online: Uru Live is running to this day for new and experienced players alike, dependent on the kindness of others through donations.

Just like the wonderful collaboration of the Guild of Greeters who created this video for the 2004 Mysterium in Toronto that was so well attended, our CoX community needs to demonstrate that this game after 10 years, including its years in Beta, that it is more than just entertainment, it is also part of our way of life. We need something like this video to demonstrate this fact and hope against hope that NCSoft still has a heart to see that City of Heroes/City of Villains is worth so much more than just figures on a spreadsheet.

Myridean2k4
aka Bombshell Blonde/Mountainess II/BladeMatrix and so many others on Virtue
@Jewel

Thank you.

Just so you know, no matter what NCSoft does to try and kill CoH, there will be a player funded and run attempt to create some kind of online superhero experience, even if it just starts off as a shared virtual space for avatars and a chat program.