I actually started playing this game in December of 2004, after I was told by a stranger at Gamestop (EB Games actually, I think) that he'd played the beta and it was fun. During that first month, I remember being online when someone on the team started breaking the news of the tsunami that devastated southeast asia just after Christmas.
I remember shelving the game for over a year because I didn't have time for an ultra-addictive video game.
I remember coming back in February of 2006 for the Valentine's day event, playing with villains.
I remember being invited to my first SG a month later.
I remember the multitude of super-teams running on Freedom, Virtue, Justice, etc, getting to level 50 in just a few weeks.
I remember my first Hami-Raid at level 45 and the week of play it took to recover all that XP debt.
I remember meeting my girlfriend on that game. She turned her life upside down and moved halfway across the country to be with me, and it wouldn't have happened if we both hadn't being playing City of Heroes.
I remember trying the server transfer, having duplicate characters on two servers because of it, mentioning it in the forums and getting awarded the Bug Hunter badge for my efforts.
I remember being a badge hunter, running everything I could to get that next badge, sitting in Arena heal teams for months to get all the healing badges on my blaster.
I remember popping in from time to time after life got busy, wondering how much more awesome the game got as time went by.
I remember trying game after game after game and never finding anything as socially satisfying as City of Heroes.
I remember reading the press release about the imminent closure of the game, feeling the rush of hope as the campaign to save it started, only to fall on the deaf ears of NCSoft.
I remember the last few weeks, trying to find teams to run the trials I haven't run yet, and only barely finding enough to fill a single team. It makes me wonder how many will be on for the upcoming events and the final night.
I remember reading about others migrating to new games. I thought that would be after this was shut down, but apparently, it's happening now.
In the future, I'm sure I'll remember back on the funnest game of my life, and wonder if there will ever be anything like it again.
I actually started playing this game in December of 2004, after I was told by a stranger at Gamestop (EB Games actually, I think) that he'd played the beta and it was fun. During that first month, I remember being online when someone on the team started breaking the news of the tsunami that devastated southeast asia just after Christmas.
I remember shelving the game for over a year because I didn't have time for an ultra-addictive video game.
I remember coming back in February of 2006 for the Valentine's day event, playing with villains.
I remember being invited to my first SG a month later.
I remember the multitude of super-teams running on Freedom, Virtue, Justice, etc, getting to level 50 in just a few weeks.
I remember my first Hami-Raid at level 45 and the week of play it took to recover all that XP debt.
I remember meeting my girlfriend on that game. She turned her life upside down and moved halfway across the country to be with me, and it wouldn't have happened if we both hadn't being playing City of Heroes.
I remember trying the server transfer, having duplicate characters on two servers because of it, mentioning it in the forums and getting awarded the Bug Hunter badge for my efforts.
I remember being a badge hunter, running everything I could to get that next badge, sitting in Arena heal teams for months to get all the healing badges on my blaster.
I remember popping in from time to time after life got busy, wondering how much more awesome the game got as time went by.
I remember trying game after game after game and never finding anything as socially satisfying as City of Heroes.
I remember reading the press release about the imminent closure of the game, feeling the rush of hope as the campaign to save it started, only to fall on the deaf ears of NCSoft.
I remember the last few weeks, trying to find teams to run the trials I haven't run yet, and only barely finding enough to fill a single team. It makes me wonder how many will be on for the upcoming events and the final night.
I remember reading about others migrating to new games. I thought that would be after this was shut down, but apparently, it's happening now.
In the future, I'm sure I'll remember back on the funnest game of my life, and wonder if there will ever be anything like it again.
My Guide to the Hero-side Venomous badge
(622 Badges on my badge-guy)
number of lvl 50's: 24
number in the 40's: 3
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