City of Heroes Petition Reaches 20,000 Signatures
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Ael Rhiana,
Posted on: 2012-09-27 17:49 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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I used to not like it so much either, but now I am finally facing the facts. This game is not going to be magically saved by an online petition. Yes, many people are trying to do great things to save the game and I have gladly pledged to donate spare cash if I can, but people need to start facing facts.|
Originally Posted by Evil_Legacy
Something I said long time ago. But alot of people jumped on my case. Just be careful, they dont seem to like that type of talk around these here parts.
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NC doesn't want to sell this game. They originally bought the partial rights and IP for how many million again? 4 or 5? The playerbase could have done maybe 100 - 200k, I really think that could have happened over time. But millions? No way. And that would be if NC even wanted to sell or was taking offers. Last I heard they were not. I'd love for someone to tell me that such a thing has changed.
The game is gone. That's it. While the game may eventually be rebooted or what have you, I doubt very much that it's going to be anything that we are used to.
Ignore my forum reg date, I have actually been here 7 years...well..veeeeeeery close to. I don't care what people think of me or what I have to say. If people want to hold onto the hope that this game will be magically saved in 2 months, then that is their right. I guess I've stopped wasting my energy worry about it all. It is what it is. If people want to jump on me then that is their choice, I can't control how other people behave.
But really...if people think that 20k sigs on an internet petition is going to do anything...they are sorely mistaken. It won't happen. Sucks to say, but it's the bitter truth. And this is all coming from someone who initially was jumping up and down happily when the petition first cracked 10k sigs in like 1.5 days. Just facing reality is all...as harsh as it is.
"Certain it is and sure: love burns, ale burns, fire burns, politics burns, but cold were life without them." - Romulan proverb
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I think the petition is more important for the news element, than the signatures. The milemarks have gotten the story on the gaming sites 3 times now. First when it began, then at 10k, and again at 20k.
QFT
I mean it's obvious the petition will not stop the closing...as that is a done deal. The petition will not guarantee the negotiations are a success. What the petition does provide is a way of saying "Look these people are wanting the game to stay alive."
The part that saddens me is that I know there are more than 20,000 active CoH players, but thousands of them have not signed the petition. I wish there was a way of reaching out to those who haven't heard about it; which is why I continue to promote it as much as possible. If/when the game closes; whether the negotiations are fruitful or not, I will feel good that I have done everything I can to help save CoH. I refuse to be one of the lazy people who simply gives up. I refuse to be a defeatist.
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Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter
I think the petition is more important for the news element, than the signatures. The milemarks have gotten the story on the gaming sites 3 times now. First when it began, then at 10k, and again at 20k.
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Originally Posted by Paladiamors
I love you, I Burnt the Toast!
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My point too. Are we linking this petition every time we find a new CoH article, column or blog somewhere? I too firmly believe there are many more players that haven't even heard of it yet. In general, only a tiny percentage of gamers even visit official forums. We need to reach out to all those that don't.
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Originally Posted by I Burnt The Toast
QFT
I mean it's obvious the petition will not stop the closing...as that is a done deal. The petition will not guarantee the negotiations are a success. What the petition does provide is a way of saying "Look these people are wanting the game to stay alive." The part that saddens me is that I know there are more than 20,000 active CoH players, but thousands of them have not signed the petition. I wish there was a way of reaching out to those who haven't heard about it; which is why I continue to promote it as much as possible. If/when the game closes; whether the negotiations are fruitful or not, I will feel good that I have done everything I can to help save CoH. I refuse to be one of the lazy people who simply gives up. I refuse to be a defeatist. |
It sure would be great to get most of the 170,000+ members of this forum to sign, and I hope people will continue to sign.
Threads: 187,345, Posts: 4,442,125, Members: 177,218
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yeah that is assuming those member actually come to the forum. If you go to member's list and put the post count from low to high, there are at leat a few dozen pages with members that never made a post. Some might be lurkers though. Many of those members may not even know about the petition. I came across on virtue server, many people who never been to the forum.
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Originally Posted by Healix
It sure would be great to get most of the 170,000+ members of this forum to sign, and I hope people will continue to sign.
Threads: 187,345, Posts: 4,442,125, Members: 177,218 |
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Originally Posted by mauk2
Evil_Legacy became one of my favorite posters with two words.
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The petition is a useful rolling publicity item for our campaign, so we need to keep pushing it.
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"Kick Rocks."
I laffed so hard.