A call to the pessimists and doomsayers.

After leaving CoH since the announcement on Aug. 31st that it would be shutting down and going through my mourning phase, I come back to find a huge effort to try and save City of Heroes. But what I also find are several people responding to the effort with nothing but how much many of the ideas to try and save CoH are useless and won't work.

To all of you pessimists and doomsayers... You need to understand the situation here. The CoH community has absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing this. Whether or not these ideas will actually work is irrelevant. No matter what anyone says, these people will continue to fight tooth and nail to the bitter end because they have nothing to lose in doing so.

Me personally? I don't believe these efforts will work. I believe that CoH will eventually fall. But despite this, I'm not going to sit around trying to tell people how useless their efforts are. What does this accomplish? Absolutely nothing. So what if the efforts are useless? I'll still support what everyone is trying to do as much as I can, if only to say that I take pride in supporting CoH even in its final moments.

TL;DR: Got any better ideas?

I think some of the ideas, like spamming emails to people like Gaben and Penny Arcade are silly and just overall look completely unprofessional and antithesis to the cause.

While it would be nice if some miracle happened and CoH were saved, I don't believe anything like that will happen.

But I won't stop telling people to quit doing whatever they're doing, not because I think their efforts are useless but because THAT effort would be useless.

And just another thing to think about. If we are not successful, what will you have to complain about then?

There has always seemed to be a vocal element of our community who exist solely to cry "DOOOM!!!" They may be naysayers, but the are CITY naysayers and I ask them to pitch in as much as they are able, if they have not already done so.

Once we have saved our game, then you can go right back to doing what you do. In fact, we'll kind of miss you if you don't. But you'll be able to look around and think "It's all DOOOMED... but not today."


Just a thought.

I like to think of myself as a realist. I don't overhype the success of the game when comparing it to other NCSoft titles and will point that out. I'll point out that in-game advertising had been tried before and advertisers simple don't come knocking because you are offering to host ads.

I understand that getting NCSoft to sell the assists to another company is the goal here. I'm still playing. On other forums I include the #savecoh twitter tag in my sig. I was at the rally Saturday. I've signed the petition. I've voted in the poll. I registered on CNN to recommend the iReport.

What I'm not doing is expecting a miracle or a "Hail Mary" as the clock runs out or Bruce Willis setting off the bomb at a the last second. I hate to see the game go. I hate to see the forum go. But all things end someday and someday seems like it will be sooner than later. I just want to cherish the memories I have and take the time I have left to make a few more before the anti-matter wave hits us. I'm preparing myself for a loss that I don't want to happen but I know must happen eventually.

We aren't in hospice care yet, we may yet go into remission again, our friends and family are praying for us but there isn't much more that the doctors can do. I think it's better to prepare for the worse and hope for the best than just the latter. If that makes me a pessimist or a doomsayer in some people's eyes, so be it.

I will say this as it just seems appropriate:

Whether the Save CoX movement succeeds or fails, I am still proud to be/have been a member of this community. I just feel like these circumstances had united us more so than we ever have been before.

VIVA LA RESISTANCE!

We make boom at Red River later?

To the OP.

I have sent my emails and petitions as I was urged to do so, but I'm being realistic here.

I don't expect any reprieve for my game.

Because of that I am taking steps to exit the game with my head held high - and that of my characters if I was being honest.

I sincerely hope that the IP is bought over, but I will carry on as if 30th November - or earlier is the end of days for the CoX Universe.

Whether the #SaveCoH campaign works or does not... I know that I have done everything I can to help save the first MMO I have ever played and still play.

Not doing anything will not save this game, but there is a chance that doing something/anything will... I will continue to do something/anything I can

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paladiamors I love you, I Burnt the Toast!

If I really think about it I think CoH is doomed.
Not beign sold to another publisher, no code released, and of course will be off 30 of november as we've been told.

But Im amazed, this community is so awesome that at least I think Paragon studios staff would keep a good memory about the game and its community of truly heroes.

Seems to me the issue is really with those who are offering up half-baked reasons for why the game is shutting down, sprinkling in heavy doses of their own personal biases and vitriol along with it.

I don't mind the sentiment of saving the game, but I'd really like to see an honest, realistic effort that might actually work, rather than using the shotgun approach and hoping the target gets hit by trying anything. We have a limited time to do this, so spit-balling every conceivable option isn't really productive.

I also think that doing more than protesting in Atlas is in order. Playing the actual game as much as we can will show people we're serious, more than just logging in and going AFK while an emote plays.

You guys are awesome, I really mean it.

I just dont want to keep my hopes too high, because the bad news affected me in a bad way... I always loved CoH but never thought a closing of the game would make me feel sad like I do. Im really sad and unmotivated! But...

I guess we have to keep fighting some more for Paragon!

Villains aren't taking it lying down, either. To quote Ghost Widow:

"It is unthinkable. But such is the nature of villainy, don't you think? To do the unthinkable, to challenge the impossible, to conquer all before you and make destiny your own."

I don't know whether the game will be saved. But I'm glad to do even my small part to challenge the impossible.

I'm immune to close talkers, but I do have to get things off've shelves for them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=299knTdX-Wo