Social Media Sites offline

At the same time that the servers go dark, all of our social media sites will be offline as well. This includes Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Twitch.TV and these very forums.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...T235959&p1=283

Thank you,

Jessie

Does that mean the facebook page will be deleted? so that other can recreate it?

Can the final Twitch TV Broadcast be posted ASAP then?

We'll miss you.

And the final broadcast has been posted. Thanks Hitstreak!

The forums going down at the same time as the game is sad.

Hurricane Sandy + Schoolwork piling up as a result of it has made it so I cannot play CoH in its final days.

But after I finish this paper, I think i'll spend Thursday after class playing CoH for maybe the last time D:

Anyone set up a forum for CoX refugees to go to?

well alright then. good information to know.

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Originally Posted by mauk2 Evil_Legacy became one of my favorite posters with two words. "Kick Rocks." I laffed so hard. Never change, E_L!

Thanks, as always, Hit Streak.

I hope it's okay if I inform everyone that...
Coinciding with the pulling down of all of these sites...
I will be pulling down my pants and waving my butt in NCSoft's general direction.

I'll miss almost everything.

Thanks for staying with us up until the end.

@Kyuu

fLlck !

Thanks Hit Streak. You rode it out til the end with us.

you know hit, you did a thankless job for what probably felt like far longer than it was. I appreciate that. It's a shame that it had to end like this, and you probably felt like the punching bag of a company that pissed off most of the people you worked with. my sig stands, ncsoft and their other games can burn for all I care, but you did an admirable job for a bad situation. and i wish you well.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

Hitstreak - you've done a fantastic job and a heartbreaking and thankless one at times.

I myself got frustrated with the Twitch talks because you were in a position where you couldn't say anything. If I came off as rude or obnoxious in any way due to my frustration, I hope you'll accept my apologies. I truly have nothing but the greatest respect for you.

You are a true and noble hero to the last. Don't let anyone tell you differently.

I remember when I first joined Paragon Studios. I think we had around 9,000 fans on Facebook. That's pretty bad for a game as popular as COH. A lot of it was that as a Studio, we just weren't that experienced or comfortable with leading in social media. You'd think it'd come first hand considering how social we were.....

In the matter of a few short years, Andy, Jessie, the entire community team managed to create a real presence on social media. Facebook, Twitter, Twitch....all of those places had their own feel and identity.

What some studios won't share with you is that in order to make themselves look better, they'll "buy" Facebook Fans+Twitter followers. Some times you'll see that some game went from having 10,000 fans to 100,000 fans in a matter of weeks. Most of those are dummy accounts, bought from out of country.

Well we didn't pay a dime to go from 9,000 to over 56,000 in less than 3 years. Some may say it's because, well....we couldn't afford it . But the truth is our community team gave players a reason to want to follow us on social media.

You guys probably know by now how challenging it is to market an 8-year old game with a non-existent budget, but I'd say it's even MORE challenging trying to lead a community when you have less than $0 to spend. You have to keep not only your current players engaged, you have to constantly reach out to new players and find ways to get them to join this awesome family....and you have to do it with nothing but your passion and smarts.

As we can all see today, Andy, Jessie, Kevin, Tia, and the rest of our community were up to tackling these obstacles and quickly overcoming them. It didn't take long for the rest of NCsoft to notice just how active our social media sites were, and the incredibly innovative ideas the community team kept coming up with. That's why you may have noticed that once you saw the COH team do it, other games would slowly try to do the same.

We had (and still have) the BEST community and the BEST community team. And Jessie in particular deserves our praise and thanks for the heart-breaking and herculean work he's had to do the past couple months to keep the game going strong. He may not have been there from the start, but Jessie is the one who is making sure that the torch is being lit until the very last second, and then some.

Thank you Jessie.

I still wish you had a real marketing budget to work with.

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Originally Posted by Black Pebble I remember when I first joined Paragon Studios. I think we had around 9,000 fans on Facebook. That's pretty bad for a game as popular as COH. A lot of it was that as a Studio, we just weren't that experienced or comfortable with leading in social media. You'd think it'd come first hand considering how social we were..... In the matter of a few short years, Andy, Jessie, the entire community team managed to create a real presence on social media. Facebook, Twitter, Twitch....all of those places had their own feel and identity. What some studios won't share with you is that in order to make themselves look better, they'll "buy" Facebook Fans+Twitter followers. Some times you'll see that some game went from having 10,000 fans to 100,000 fans in a matter of weeks. Most of those are dummy accounts, bought from out of country. Well we didn't pay a dime to go from 9,000 to over 56,000 in less than 3 years. Some may say it's because, well....we couldn't afford it . But the truth is our community team gave players a reason to want to follow us on social media. You guys probably know by now how challenging it is to market an 8-year old game with a non-existent budget, but I'd say it's even MORE challenging trying to lead a community when you have less than $0 to spend. You have to keep not only your current players engaged, you have to constantly reach out to new players and find ways to get them to join this awesome family....and you have to do it with nothing but your passion and smarts. As we can all see today, Andy, Jessie, Kevin, Tia, and the rest of our community were up to tackling these obstacles and quickly overcoming them. It didn't take long for the rest of NCsoft to notice just how active our social media sites were, and the incredibly innovative ideas the community team kept coming up with. That's why you may have noticed that once you saw the COH team do it, other games would slowly try to do the same. We had (and still have) the BEST community and the BEST community team. And Jessie in particular deserves our praise and thanks for the heart-breaking and herculean work he's had to do the past couple months to keep the game going strong. He may not have been there from the start, but Jessie is the one who is making sure that the torch is being lit until the very last second, and then some. Thank you Jessie.