I can't log in because I just start crying.

And I'm of a completely different mind on the subject.

They're stealing my beloved game from me, and so I am going to make the most of the time that I have remaining. I've been logging in every single night, playing my butt off. I start or join TFs(and SFs!) almost nightly on Virtue.

I'm spending as much time as possible with my characters. They sprang to life from my imagination, and many of them have a special place in my heart. My toons from fantasy games translate almost perfectly from one fantasy game to the next, but the superhero genre works a bit differently. I tried to remake my main(a Mind/Fire Dom) in CO a few years back as their "Inferno" AT, but it didn't work out at all. And I've had this happen with a few other characters as well(And CO toons usually don't translate to CoX either). Almost all of my characters here will die a final death on November 30th. I will miss them dearly.

Every time I log in, I make a note of taking in the sights and sounds of our beloved cities. Sometimes I'll just hover for a minute, enjoying the sunset in Talos Island or the music in St Martial. I find myself noticing the finer details, like the trains riding on their tracks or the fact that some dev spent his day at work putting paintings on the hospital wall all those years ago. In a little over thirty days, all of that hard work and wonderful ambiance will be forever destroyed by the collective whim of dispassionate shareholders. I'll be dammed if I'm not going to give this painting one last look before it gets unceremoniously thrown on the fire.

There's no reason now to hold back on any of my assets, and that has enabled me to complete the IO builds of three of my characters so far, with another I'll have completely setted out within the next few days. That will leave me with two others characters that I plan to get as close as possible with the money and merits I have remaining. Of course, donations are always welcome.

I cried when I logged in my Defender on Aug 31. I've cried a few times since, and know that I will cry a few times more before the end. But I'm going to keep playing, and you should too. If you have any transfers left, come on over to Virtue where we're still keeping the lights on until the power shuts off. We'll run an Eden Trial...Or a Mortimer Kal.

Anyone up for a Lady Grey?

One other thing you can do is get in to demo recording. One thing I'm doing at the moment is demorecording in every zone so that I've got the code for each area to put into files I create later. There are two reasons why this is a good thing to do and learn about (and once you get your head round it, it's very easy)

Firstly, demo files can be played back without a server connection, so as long as you have the client installed, you can still visit Paragon City (or the Rogue Isles) even after the end of November.

Secondly, and in some ways more importantly, if you press F2 you can fly around the zone freely. If your demo capture is relatively short, you'll see the same objects and NPCs performing their captured routine over and over again, but the camera position won't reset.

Ok, it's not the same as playing the game proper, but in many ways its better than screenshots or video capture because there is that extra level of interaction available to you. It's also worth looking in to making a back up copy of the game client so that you can restore it should the worst happen.

I know what you mean.

"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

I agree with you and share your pain.