Okay. Having to write a "goodbye" sucks. Like an oil tanker full of overclocked Hoovers.
So I'm gonna do this with the snark that's served me so well, and ticked off no few people, over the years.
You don't want to see me blubbering right? I'm ugly enough to stop a clock on GOOD days!
Anyhoo, here I go *Pops Rage and dives into the scrum.*
I've been using and building computers since before I started Kindergarten. I'm 39 now. Yeah. Do the math. Depressing huh?
Anyhoo, I've been gaming almost nearly as long.
Was big into the FPS scene for more than a few years, even helped run one of the largest, most frequent LAN parties in the Chicagoland area for a couple years.
During that time I really REALLY stayed away from MMOs. I was fairly rabid about bringing up the "Rent to Pwn" argument.
I'd also been a comics fan for 20-ish years at that point.
I'd seen CoH when it was first announced. Thought "Ooh! Interesting. But an MMO. NAH!"
Saw it again at various cons I'd worked. And noticed it when the advertising stuff went into the game *cue nerdsnob disgust*.
Anyhoo, for multiple reasons, including having completely changed careers and having gone back to school, I stayed away from the game for a good long while.
But, back in 2008, I was feeling fairly financially secure, I'd just built a new box, and was looking for something to play.
Walking through Fry's the one day and come across the Good vs Evil Edition. I figured "What the hell. Free month! Not like I'm going to sub or anything..."
Yeah... I know. Open mouth. Insert foot. Insert other foot. Push till you taste buttock...
I've spent a hell of a lot of money on this game. But, considering all the money I was spending on self-diversion PRIOR to that, it's a drop in the bucket and has actually contributed to my personal savings over the last 4.5 years. And that's even factoring in the stupid amount of Paragon points AND the trip out to California this year for the last Player Summit!
And, strangely enough, I met a lot of GREAT people in this game over the last few years. Strangely, mostly because I'm somewhat antisocial. I can kinda fake the whole "sociable" thing when I have to (from years of working at cons and having to deal with various unbearable people without offending them). But I genuinely liked a lot of these people and went out of my way to socialize. Dare I call them "friends"?
Some of these people were on other servers. But the main body of friends were here, on Protector. It just happened to be the first server in the list when I fired up the game. But it's become home in the last four years.
I could probably eat up my entire word count in this post just thanking people (and still miss a bunch of people just as deserving). So I'm just going to offer a blanket "thank you SO much" to every Protectorite here.
And I've done just about everything you can do in this game. And I've enjoying pretty much all of it. Yeah, some of the things were fairly terrible (taking 90 minutes to sand down Reichsman's HP in a Khan, PVP, and the occasional raid or TF or trial gone sideways). But, instead of simply putting my fist into the monitor (not that I didn't come close a couple times), I was able to stay positive and soldier on. Mostly due to the humor and help of you guys. My fellow heroes.
Even if the continuing plans to rescue this game from oblivion all come to naught, nothing (short of MASSIVE head trauma...) will make me forget my time as a hero here. The game, and the shared ethos of the people playing it have made me a better person. Not necessarily a "good" person (I STILL get barely controllable urges to nuke parking meters, newspaper dispensers and mailboxes when I go downtown), but far better than I was when I came to the game.
Again, a thanks to all the players and staff at Paragon for giving me the chance to experience Paragon City for myself.
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
Okay. Having to write a "goodbye" sucks. Like an oil tanker full of overclocked Hoovers.
So I'm gonna do this with the snark that's served me so well, and ticked off no few people, over the years.
You don't want to see me blubbering right? I'm ugly enough to stop a clock on GOOD days!
Anyhoo, here I go *Pops Rage and dives into the scrum.*
I've been using and building computers since before I started Kindergarten. I'm 39 now. Yeah. Do the math. Depressing huh?
Anyhoo, I've been gaming almost nearly as long.
Was big into the FPS scene for more than a few years, even helped run one of the largest, most frequent LAN parties in the Chicagoland area for a couple years.
During that time I really REALLY stayed away from MMOs. I was fairly rabid about bringing up the "Rent to Pwn" argument.
I'd also been a comics fan for 20-ish years at that point.
I'd seen CoH when it was first announced. Thought "Ooh! Interesting. But an MMO. NAH!"
Saw it again at various cons I'd worked. And noticed it when the advertising stuff went into the game *cue nerdsnob disgust*.
Anyhoo, for multiple reasons, including having completely changed careers and having gone back to school, I stayed away from the game for a good long while.
But, back in 2008, I was feeling fairly financially secure, I'd just built a new box, and was looking for something to play.
Walking through Fry's the one day and come across the Good vs Evil Edition. I figured "What the hell. Free month! Not like I'm going to sub or anything..."
Yeah... I know. Open mouth. Insert foot. Insert other foot. Push till you taste buttock...
I've spent a hell of a lot of money on this game. But, considering all the money I was spending on self-diversion PRIOR to that, it's a drop in the bucket and has actually contributed to my personal savings over the last 4.5 years. And that's even factoring in the stupid amount of Paragon points AND the trip out to California this year for the last Player Summit!
And, strangely enough, I met a lot of GREAT people in this game over the last few years. Strangely, mostly because I'm somewhat antisocial. I can kinda fake the whole "sociable" thing when I have to (from years of working at cons and having to deal with various unbearable people without offending them). But I genuinely liked a lot of these people and went out of my way to socialize. Dare I call them "friends"?
Some of these people were on other servers. But the main body of friends were here, on Protector. It just happened to be the first server in the list when I fired up the game. But it's become home in the last four years.
I could probably eat up my entire word count in this post just thanking people (and still miss a bunch of people just as deserving). So I'm just going to offer a blanket "thank you SO much" to every Protectorite here.
And I've done just about everything you can do in this game. And I've enjoying pretty much all of it. Yeah, some of the things were fairly terrible (taking 90 minutes to sand down Reichsman's HP in a Khan, PVP, and the occasional raid or TF or trial gone sideways). But, instead of simply putting my fist into the monitor (not that I didn't come close a couple times), I was able to stay positive and soldier on. Mostly due to the humor and help of you guys. My fellow heroes.
Even if the continuing plans to rescue this game from oblivion all come to naught, nothing (short of MASSIVE head trauma...) will make me forget my time as a hero here. The game, and the shared ethos of the people playing it have made me a better person. Not necessarily a "good" person (I STILL get barely controllable urges to nuke parking meters, newspaper dispensers and mailboxes when I go downtown), but far better than I was when I came to the game.
Again, a thanks to all the players and staff at Paragon for giving me the chance to experience Paragon City for myself.
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.