Help save city of heroes

CLICK THE ABOVE LINK TO HELP DUE YOUR PART TO SAVE C.O.H!!!!!

Using that in my sig!

Please do keep having hope but you must be realistic.

What does a list of names 15k names (some are probably doubles or unlegitimate, yet to be proven) mean to a Korean internet company? The millionaire man who owns the company shut it down for a reason, a list of names won't mean anything to him.

Only way to save it will be someone to buy the game, license, patent, entire-company off NC Soft.

Not trying to dissuade your hope but if you do wish to save this game, you must think bigger and not like an American who collects names.

BTW have you read some of those public listed names? They are already obviously fake. You guys will lose credibility.

I'd like to save this game as much too but I just don't agree with this strategy

NC Soft is just a financial funding company that copyrights the games also. They don't have to hold onto this game.

You're all trying to save this game with a petition, but the quesiton is what will the list do? Get what rolling if the money is not available.

Let's say the bank will no longer loan you money for school/mortgage, will you send a petition?

Be realistic, do something bigger. You're all being very defensive because obviously all you know how to do is sign a petition, and you couldnt even read the names that are fakes/doubles.

Anyway, regardless, I signed it 3 times, once as real and twice as fake names and funny you didnt spot them

Don't know what the numbers will even mean because most mmos have a 6 digit subscription-worth number. This petition is still under 20,000.

08Sep2012

Neil Gaiman, John Kovalic, John C. Wright & Mercedes Lackey Support Save City Of Heroes Campaign




Author:Jonathan LesterCategory:NewsTags: City of Heroes, Neil Gaiman, Paragon Studios, Save Paragon City!
The fan campaign to save Paragon Studios and prevent City Of Heroes from shutting down is going from strength to strength, with several high-profile authors pledging support to the cause. Stardust author Neil Gaiman, Sci-Fi writer John C. Wright and bestselling fantasy author Mercedes Lackey have lent their voices to the endeavour, both in terms of tweets, blog posts and even direct pleas to NCsoft themselves.

We previously reported that the Save Paragon City! campaign had secured celebrity endorsement, but we know know the extent of their support thanks to another statement from coordinator Tony Vasquez.
Neil Gaiman and John Kovalic (notable Webcomic artist) have retweeted messages of support to over two million followers, originally sent from players desperate to 'save their home.'


John C. Wright (Chronicles Of Chaos, The Golden Age) posted about City Of Heroes on his personal blog, saying "this is practically the only online game I play. Between work and novel writing, I usually only allow myself to play on Wednesdays. Any kind hearted persons out there, please sign the petition."
Mercedes Lackey, an avid City Of Heroes player and prolific bestselling author, personally wrote to the CEO of NCsoft, literally promising to use her fame to help keep the game afloat - with no payment expected in return.


"This, like so many other letters, is a plea to save Paragon Studios and the City of Heroes, City of Villains, and Going Rogue games. And like so many others, I could tell you about the thousands of hours I have spent there with friends, the thousands of dollars I have spent within the games, or even how this game allows my husband and I to “meet” and play nearly every night with my father in law, the retired, and multi-medaled Master Sergeant Jim Dixon formerly of Delta Force. I could even tell you how this game is the only one ever to interest him."


"I am going to make you an offer. I am a multi-award-winning, New York Times bestselling fantasy and science fiction author. And I will offer myself and my likeness to endorse and advertise, exclusively, all NCSoft products for a minimum term of five years and a maximum term of ten years, for no compensation or payment, if you will make it possible for the game and Paragon Studios (even in a reduced capacity) to continue to function, either once again under the NCSoft umbrella, or until a new owner comes forward."
"I had in mind something like this: Advertisements with a photo of myself, imposed over a transparent image of one of my more striking characters, both of us in the same pose. Text: “I am New York Times bestselling fantasy author Mercedes Lackey. Creating fantastic realms is hard work, and when I relax, I like to play in someone else’s world. I play NCSoft Games. Anything else is unimaginable.” The tagline for the ad campaign would be “NCSoft: anything else is unimaginable.”


Thanks to a threefold plan, celebrity endorsement and an inspiring degree of passion and coordination, Save Paragon City! is providing to be infinitely more than 'just another' fan campaign. We wish them the very best of success, and will keep an eye on whether NCsoft and Paragon Studios acknowledge their efforts. Naturally we've reached out to NCsoft for more than a standard form reply.

NCSoft would have to be literally insane to continue with their current plans regarding City of Heroes at this point. For that reason I am not overly hopeful...

You may never know what results come from your action...
but if you do nothing, there will be no result.

wait, how many petitions are going on? Would it be better to consolidate them? And probably not good to publically admit using fake names. Kind of chips at the credibility of a petition.

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Originally Posted by mauk2 Evil_Legacy became one of my favorite posters with two words. "Kick Rocks." I laffed so hard. Never change, E_L!

Ooooo. I see.

Now mind you I havent read any other post yet but maybe this has or has not been addressed. Do this game really have a large enough portion to actually make it work? I mean usually when going against a corporation, especially a publically traded one, a petition usually have to have at least 40k-50k people before the secretary at the door even looks at it and about 100k before any of the decision makers even give it two seconds? I'm sure even though this decision seemed "all of a sudden" to Paragon Studio and the gaming community, Im sure they had meetings about this action with their "investors". I mean realistically, a 50k game community, when some of their other offering is multiple times larger and one that even surpassed that before being released, is small beans.
I have a feeling that the heads of NCSoft and the investors dont really give a hoot where these 30-50k players go. They know some will fuss but will buy their other offerings, and others will disappear into the night but this is after most giving, what, a few grand a piece into their pockets over the years? At this point it, they might have already figured they made a killing off us and we are no longer needed. From the past situations, this seems to be the case.

But if this petition thing do work, then it will be very national gaming community news worthy at least.

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Originally Posted by mauk2 Evil_Legacy became one of my favorite posters with two words. "Kick Rocks." I laffed so hard. Never change, E_L!

I will be discussing the shutdown of CoH and how social media is being used to help save it on KRNV (Reno, NV) live tomorrow (Sept 12, 2012) at 11am Pacific via Google+ Hangout. Visit their Google+ Page to view the hangout:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/118209080840351347370