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Current Blog Post: "Why I am an Atheist..."
"And I say now these kittens, they do not get trained/As we did in the days when Victoria reigned!" -- T. S. Eliot, "Gus, the Theatre Cat"
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Thanks. Try to keep this bumped, guys, the more upvotes we get the more people see it.
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Originally Posted by Venture
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@Rien
I am Lord Omi. Now and forever. They can take our City, but they can't take me.
voted up and posted a supportive comment.
Up-voted and posted.
"If I fail, they write me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart." --- George A. Romero
"If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating" --- Adam Savage
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@Glass Goblin - Writer, brainstormer, storyteller, hero
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be heroes, just for one day
Voted up, and boy is reddit poorly laid out.
I up voted, but just as a warning Reddit is filled with ***-hats. Like, not as bad as 4Chan but they can be pretty bad. So expect a lot of grief and douchebaggery.
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comme...ity_of_heroes/
If you have a reddit account, please upvote. This is the kind of story they might pick up on.
This is my first post. I am truly sorry if this has been posted before. I've been a lurker for a while, but something has drawn me out to post this today.
City of Heroes is closing down.
(For those who want straight-up facts, there is an information masterpost here: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=296401 There is also http://www.savecoh.com/, which is a portal for most of the links here.)
I will keep this short and to the point... I love City of Heroes. It has been in my life for such a long time. I honestly believe we have a change of saving it, too. Please, help us save our world. We are a strong community, and are not just accepting the closure of the most prestigious superhero MMO out there. There is a sense of camaraderie in this game unheard of in the normal MMO community. In fact, I know people who have met in-game... and got married! This game is amazing, and was still being worked on by a team of incredible devs. (For those code monkies out there, their newest project was integrating LUA into the openGL. That's right. A MMO made in openGL.) The SaveCoH campaign has been featured in a huge amount of gaming news sites, even Kotaku and Massively. We also, and I say this with confidence, have the best darn fanbase ever. Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAJlQ6o8p9g
There is a petition that you can sign here: http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...city-of-heroes
You guys don't have to sign the petition, to be honest, but any help you can give us would be so amazing. I just want as many people as possible to know what is happening.
For the next hour or so, I can answer questions. I am sorry if this turns into an AMA, I just want people to know everything I can tell them. I will cover the most common questions in this post.
Question: If it's such a good game, why is it being shut down? Answer: Well, it's because of money. Not because it was unprofitable, but because the profit (yes, it was in the black) wasn't enough for NCsoft. We don't really have a concrete answer, though.
Question: How long do you guys have? Answer: The servers are being shut off on Nov. 30th, over two months from now. We have until then to get NCsoft to reverse the decision.
Question: This is an old game. Everything dies eventually. Answer: That was not a question. Also, fun fact: CoH came before WoW. Are you suggesting we shut down WoW? Because, technically, they're younger than us. Also, even more fun fact: City of Heroes has lived so long with 0 ads. 0. WoW had Chuck Norris, and we still survived. We got our community through the love of the genre and the game, not because of gimmicky commercials or repetitive ads.
Question: Is there any sort of super inspiring video I could watch to fill my heart with love for CoH? Answer: There are two I would recommend. One, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cae81F4qTuE, is a draft of what I would call the best darn video for SaveCoH ever. The second is the render of all the heroes who logged in for the Unity Rally on Virtue. Note it is a composite shot, and I am in there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRsj2DtLCQs
Question: Why do you think reddit will help you? Answer: Because City of Heroes is my home, and I will defend it with my life. I am sure you all would fight if reddit were shut down. I can only beg for your help, guys.
Any other questions I see, I will try to answer. I do not know everything, I am sorry. Everything I say will be backed with evidence. I don't want to tarnish the reputation of my fellow heroes.
Thank you. Thank you all.
@Rien
I am Lord Omi. Now and forever. They can take our City, but they can't take me.