Call to Action: Contact NCsoft Directory

Emails sent to all three addresses. I stressed the importance of the community (and how it should be allowed to continue) as well as my personal and professional stake in the game, all in a 100% positive way. I hope it helps.

Okay, I sent this out to all three of them:

Dear Sir,

I am sorry to bother you, but after two weeks of constant media attention concerning NCSoft’s impending closure of City of Heroes, NCSoft has still made no public response or alternative offer to continue on with the CoH franchise via sale to another publisher, so here I am.

I just want you to know that eleven people in my family have all played City of Heroes for over eight years since it has launched. Three generations of gamers in my family (grandparents, kids, cousins and grandkids) have found an online game like no other that allows us endless customization and role-play opportunities, as well as endless content to enjoy together. Not to mention that the community in CoH is outstanding and we team with pickup groups there and make new friends constantly!

Please consider selling the City of Heroes IP to another publisher or investor and quickly, before the Paragon Studios developers find other jobs and the team is lost forever.

It is apparent through the world news that Korea’s MMORPG business is in an upheaval and beyond that, since Nexon’s 14.7% stock buyout, you need to focus your energies on what they want too. But please don’t forget the thousands of North Americans and Europeans who have paid you for eight years to play your game. If it gets shut down permanently, they have nothing to show for all those years of time and money spent.

And also do not forget NCSoft’s prior history of game shut-downs: Tabula Rasa, Auto Assault, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, etc. I’m sorry to say your company is getting a bad reputation for not supporting your multiplayer games in North America and Europe, and I wouldn’t be surprised if all the negative media attention concerning City of Heroes’ closure hurts Blade & Soul’s sales here.

I am trying to be reasonable, especially in light of the fact that CoH’s closure and Paragon Studios’ layoffs occurred *after* Guild Wars 2 had already launched—largely seen here as a way to avoid a boycott of the game by City of Heroes players.

Please reconsider killing off City of Heroes: At this point that means selling the IP, game, servers and accounts/cash shop or as much of the game as humanely possible to another publisher. The new publisher would get a built-in loyal fan base of players right away, and NCSoft would get some much-needed (especially in light of Blade & Soul’s impending release here) good publicity.

Thank you for your time,

Denice Cook and family
Devoted City of Heroes fans

To the naysayers,

if you read the post you'd understand that nothing has changed, and you be needing to knock on some doors to get some attention.

Thanks TonyV for being a hero in all this. Very impressed!

Should we use Google Translate to turn our emails into Korean?