Keep your boxes please

[Joshex]

hey CoHers, I would like to drop in a word here for those of you who own a DVD or CD version of the game installer that was actually from a store or online store.

anything and everything in this category is very important for you to keep, I can't say why as of yet.

this includes:

City of heroes DVD/CD

City of villains DVD/CD

Architect edition DVD/CD

City of heroes Good Versus evil DVD/CD

City of heroes going rogue DVD/CD (not sure if they actually had this)

Again, I cannot stress enough how important it is to keep this.

[FatherXmas]

You missed a few.

[Joshex]

You missed a few.

thanks!

yep, please keep any actual boxed DVD or CD. http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Disc_Releases, looks like everything there except freedom.

and if anyone actually did buy a freedom edition somwhere some how that would be wonderful to know.

[PunkusJR]

Hmm. I might have going rogue somewhere around here  . . . . after some light searching, yes I do ^^ I'll be hanging on to this then.

[Heroette]

I have mine, and I know exactly where they are.

Will be awaiting for further updates.   

[goodtime]

I've been finding the other stuff, manuals, maps, (the PvP comic) and even my hero click figure... but ooh, the discs.

I guess I go hunt some more. 

[dwturducken]

I bought GvE Edition, but I can't find all the components at the same time! If I can find the disk, I can't find the box or the map. Right now, I have the box but no idea where the map or disk are. I'll do some digging, though.

Does it have to be the disk? I haven't uninstalled the game from any of the machines it was on. (The hard drive died on my laptop, so I couldn't save that...)

[Dollhouse]

Still have my CoH and CoV boxes, I'm fairly certain...

[Aggelakis]

thanks!

yep, please keep any actual boxed DVD or CD. http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Disc_Releases, looks like everything there except freedom.

and if anyone actually did buy a freedom edition somwhere some how that would be wonderful to know.

There is no such thing as a "freedom edition" - there was no box associated with the f2p transition.

[Blondeshell]

There is no such thing as a "freedom edition" - there was no box associated with the f2p transition.

That's very true. Freedom is listed on the disc releases page solely for the sake of being thorough as more of a "digital-only reboot version" for going free-to-play.

[Arc-Mage]

If you don't still have a hard copy one can easily still be found on http://www.ebay.com/ for a few dollars. Including new, never opened, not used, never been spun copies.

[houtex]

I hate being teased... But ears are sufficiently pointed forward at this thead.

[batqueen]

I have the Good Versus Evil Edition (Second Release) box and disk, And a double- sided sleeve with an old City of heroes, 2 disk set- the graphic on the front is the old original blue and black city-scape logo, still used on some load screens- couldn't find it on the wiki page... whyyy? 

[Captain Electric]

Oh let me guess.

You're going to build a giant altar out of aaaaallllll of our boxes, and then try to get Prometheus's attention.

Seriously, JoshX? You are SO transparent. Especially when you turn that one super power on.

[Blondeshell]

And a double- sided sleeve with an old City of heroes, 2 disk set- the graphic on the front is the old original blue and black city-scape logo, still used on some load screens- couldn't find it on the wiki page... whyyy? 

Might it be the sleeve from the original CoH box set?

[Blondeshell]

anything and everything in this category is very important for you to keep, I can't say why as of yet.

You didn't specify the minimum threshhold for success here.

/em fingerscrossed

Spoiler for Hidden:

[PunkusJR]

I don't think your collection is big enough there. o_o

[batqueen]

Might it be the sleeve from the original CoH box set?

That's it! that's the sleeve, and disks! My son was the original purchaser, and was just past beta when he started. He always checked out other players badges, to find vets who had been around longer. (quite a few from beta on, actually )

[Blondeshell]

I don't think your collection is big enough there. o_o

Interestingly, 70% of them were found after the game shut down.

If you don't still have a hard copy one can easily still be found on http://www.ebay.com/ for a few dollars.

That's very true, yet only one of many options. Promising results can also be found here:

http://www.ebay.ca
http://www.ebay.co.uk
http://www.ebay.fr
http://www.ebay.de
http://www.ebay.es
http://www.ebay.it

http://www.amazon.com
http://www.amazon.ca
http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.fr
http://www.amazon.de
http://www.amazon.es
http://www.amazon.it

[Joshex]

You didn't specify the minimum threshhold for success here.

/em fingerscrossed

Spoiler for Hidden:

wow impressive!

in reply to others, technically the box and disks could become useful.

Oh let me guess.

You're going to build a giant altar out of aaaaallllll of our boxes, and then try to get Prometheus's attention.

Seriously, JoshX? You are SO transparent. Especially when you turn that one super power on.

not a bad plan but not quite what I had in mind this time lol.

I wish i could speak from my desperation and say "yeah 100% gonna work" but being realistic It might be quite hard to pull this off. and don't hold your breath cause it might take a while.

[PunkusJR]

Interestingly, 70% of them were found after the game shut down.

Hahaha. I guess they are more desirable now huh?  . . . and I made myself sad xD

Anyways! Joshex, whatever you're doing your work is appreciated. ^^

[Kaiser Tarantula]

I've still got my Good vs. Evil Edition CDs and box.

[Phaetan]

Wasn't planning on throwing them out.  Not persuaded enough to go dig them up, either, though.

[Angel Phoenix77]

hey CoHers, I would like to drop in a word here for those of you who own a DVD or CD version of the game installer that was actually from a store or online store.

anything and everything in this category is very important for you to keep, I can't say why as of yet.

this includes:

City of heroes DVD/CD

City of villains DVD/CD

Architect edition DVD/CD

City of heroes Good Versus evil DVD/CD

City of heroes going rogue DVD/CD (not sure if they actually had this)

Again, I cannot stress enough how important it is to keep this.

I am intrigued luckily I got city of still on my comp. plus I just got the collectors ed for city of heroes/villains
btw if anyone is looking for the boxes amazon has them
on amazon there is 1 collectors ed left, 11 regular copies left. this is for heroes.
for villains it is abit better 11 collectors and 1 standard copy left.
if everyone wants I can post the other copies as well. I almost forgot these are for the pc

[MaidMercury]

I haven't thrown out CoH box. Still have that 2007 install disk and booklet.
Also kept 'Going Rogue' which I purchased when I noticed I was being left out of a lot of special missions...Being able to play with Villains was a good addition to the game.


...just don't toss a frisbee at a villain.

[Lucretia MacEvil]

*wonders if Joshex is "in the know" about the super-secret public server project*

[PunkusJR]

*wonders if Joshex is "in the know" about the super-secret public server project*

We all know that's a cover up for a nemesis plot.

[Shenku]

We all know that's a cover up for a nemesis plot.

Nope, it's a Mender Silos plot covering up a Gerhardt Eisenstadt plot that's disguised as a Nemesis Plot to distract us from the real Nemesis plot.

[Triplash]

Nope, it's a Mender Silos plot covering up a Gerhardt Eisenstadt plot that's disguised as a Nemesis Plot to distract us from the real Nemesis plot.

Actually, Nemesis was completely made up to cover the fact that the Nemesis Plot itself was alive. It just hired an actor to play the part whenever it was needed. And by hired I mean built one out of brass.

True story.

[Phaetan]

I have a sudden urge to break out Not a Nemesis Agent and screencap him giving a refutation of these preposterous accusations.

[Nyx Nought Nothing]

i'd have to dig through some crates, but i'm pretty sure i have the complete boxes from most, if not all, City of Heroes releases. Including a couple whose codes i ended up not using because the only perks they unlocked were things i already had. Actually, i think the one Heroclix might've been lost, so mostly complete boxes?

One of my last alts on... agh, can't recall... the main UK server was Nemesis Rogue, one of Nemesis' artificial brain clones who went rogue from the Nemesis collective (or maybe that's just what Nemesis wanted him to think). He used the Think Tank with the brain inside and a steampunk robot body. Never got beyond running around AP blasting things with a Beam rifle before the shutdown.

[cohRock]

Does this count?



ISBN: 0-7615-4516-6

[FatherXmas]

Hey, I got one of those.

[MWRuger]

I got all of those and both prima guides. I still have them where i can see them.

[Eoraptor]

I think I still have my COH/COV box somewhere... I may have thrown it out after it got so old that I was redonloading the entire client after install though...

[GoliathBirdEater]

As someone who's had to severely minimize his possessions over the years as the result of two transatlantic moves during CoH's time of operation, I REALLY hope that the boxes aren't as important as what was on the discs inside them.

[Joshex]

Does this count?



ISBN: 0-7615-4516-6

Sorry, for what I'm talking over this sort of thing wont be as helpfull as the official box and disk with the installer.

As someone who's had to severely minimize his possessions over the years as the result of two transatlantic moves during CoH's time of operation, I REALLY hope that the boxes aren't as important as what was on the discs inside them.

it wont be important for /Everyone/ to have a box just more than one person. I think we have it covered, but still keep em if you got em.

[Felderburg]

I know I have a CoH box from 2005, and a CoV box of some sort. I don't remember if I got a Going Rogue box, but I did get the Desdemona mousepad as some sort of perk. Super awkward - I never felt like there was a situation where I would be comfortable having a half naked lady in a vaguely suggestive pose on my desk...

[Zombie Man]

So, when are we going to know why it's important we have these boxes? Will it be in one, two, maybe even five eons from now?

[Sugoi]

I'm sure we'll find out SOON (tm)

Whatever's being cooked up will be worth waiting for if past results are any indication.

[saipaman]

I think the words "proof of purchase" probably fit here.

[Tacitala]

I'm hoping for the "By the dark gods!" option myself.  At the very least I could figure out which deities Mr. Castanella was over there in the Midnight Squad evoking while I was whipping up a cure for the Lost (which Phaetan eventually had one of his alts take on a DFB).

[doc7924]

I have my original CD's / boxes / manuals from COH and COV.

After that anything I upgraded online only.

[OzonePrime]

I have my original CD's / boxes / manuals from COH and COV.

After that anything I upgraded online only.

Same here. Have my Ghost Widow figurine and a couple of comics, still sealed in bag.

[Wyrm]

I think the words "proof of purchase" probably fit here.

That would be my guess as well.

[Aggelakis]

I'm sure we'll find out SOON (tm)

Whatever's being cooked up will be worth waiting for if past results are any indication.

Past results from Joshex? Hmmmmmmmmmm.

[Phaetan]

(which Phaetan eventually had one of his alts take on a DFB).

And to think that they said I couldn't oneshot an Archvillain...

[saipaman]

I hope anything that happens involves Sentinel+ files.

[Lucky666]

Still have the COV box set minus the hero clix figure gave that to my niece. It was manti anyway Thing came with 4 install discs.

[Artillerie]

I get far too sentimental to get rid of my boxes etc, right here by my PC

[saipaman]

I'm currently moving and have actually seen all of the boxes this week.

[Alpha Series]

Proud to say have CoH, CoV collectors edition, GVE, and Going Rogue, all with discs and boxes. Sure wish could use them right now. Never will forgive They-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named for what they have done to us all. Thanks to all of you here for keeping the dream alive. Hope to be working with all of you again soon! Best of fortunes to you all!

[Everfreefire]

And to think that they said I couldn't oneshot an Archvillain...

I recall doing the same thing in the SSA for the Lost Boss, the one with Synapse's powers. Was rather shocked that it worked, at least when I tried.

[Phaetan]

Ooh, nice work!

[srmalloy]

And to think that they said I couldn't oneshot an Archvillain...

On the test server during the testing for Inventions, there were a number of interesting bugs. The 'Touch of Lady Grey' proc (chance for Negative damage) originally was negative damage -- when it went off, it would do a negative amount of damage, healing your target. They fixed that, but broke it differently; when it went off, it would do some absurdly huge multiple of your target's undamaged hit points. Just for giggles, I took the character I'd slotted with the proc out to Crey's Folly, and I did one-shot Jurassik, doing (if I'm remembering the number correctly -- I've got a screenshot at home) '6.0442e+11' points of damage to him when the proc went off on my first attack. Some people were able to get marginally higher damage, but at the time it was amusing to note that the CoH engine was capable of transitioning smoothly into scientific notation when numbers got too big.

I may not be able to turn up all of my boxes; I'm pretty sure I still have the box for CoV ready to hand, with the HeroClix figures still in it. I also made a point of screenshotting my NCSoft City of Heroes account page showing all of the game codes that I applied to my account over the years.

[PunkusJR]

On the test server during the testing for Inventions, there were a number of interesting bugs. The 'Touch of Lady Grey' proc (chance for Negative damage) originally was negative damage -- when it went off, it would do a negative amount of damage, healing your target. They fixed that, but broke it differently; when it went off, it would do some absurdly huge multiple of your target's undamaged hit points. Just for giggles, I took the character I'd slotted with the proc out to Crey's Folly, and I did one-shot Jurassik, doing (if I'm remembering the number correctly -- I've got a screenshot at home) '6.0442e+11' points of damage to him when the proc went off on my first attack. Some people were able to get marginally higher damage, but at the time it was amusing to note that the CoH engine was capable of transitioning smoothly into scientific notation when numbers got too big.

I may not be able to turn up all of my boxes; I'm pretty sure I still have the box for CoV ready to hand, with the HeroClix figures still in it. I also made a point of screenshotting my NCSoft City of Heroes account page showing all of the game codes that I applied to my account over the years.

o________o I wanna see this . . . not that I don't believe you on the scientific notation thing, just . . . my interest is peaked xD

[Codewalker]

Some people were able to get marginally higher damage, but at the time it was amusing to note that the CoH engine was capable of transitioning smoothly into scientific notation when numbers got too big.

I'd bet real money that wasn't on purpose, but rather just a result of using sprintf or something similar with '%f' to format damage numbers.

[Lenya]

Still have both boxes, CoH and CoX and they won't go anywhere.

[Candie Firestar]

Okay so what is the super secret reason *why* we should keep our boxes?  I think I still have mine.

[Bear]

[Zombie Man]

We don't know anything from the mysterious OP.

But sure, everyone should keep on sharing what boxes they still have because I'm sure that helps knowing why.


 

[Phaetan]

Does that mean I shouldn't hit enter on "/mov EM_THROW_TOMATO" just yet?

[Brou]

Didn't get a box with my purchase, so there's no benefit. Watching to see if people with boxes get hosed.

[PunkusJR]

o_o I don't see the harm in keeping boxes guys . . . I mean it's fine if you don't, but honestly their one of the few mementos I have of the game. There's the icon, sure, but I mean physical mementos. :/ My dad has an Arachnos shirt . . . I don't think he'll ever wear it again though.

So even if OP is pulling our legs, we shouldn't be eager to get upset over keeping them. Though if your views differ, then that's fine to. ^^

[Triplash]

o_o I don't see the harm in keeping boxes guys . . . I mean it's fine if you don't, but honestly their one of the few mementos I have of the game.

Yeah really. It's not like they'll pass their expiry date and make us sick or something.

I mean, I still have my Icewind Dale box. So I'm pretty sure my City of Heroes boxes are staying.

[GamingGlen]

...

[doc7924]

Same here. Have my Ghost Widow figurine and a couple of comics, still sealed in bag.

I got the Black Scorpion figure with my COV pre-order.

[Arachnion]

The only edition I ever got physically was the CoV Collector's Edition.

My box is around here somewhere, dunno where exactly though.

I do have some of the figurines: Manticore, Captain Mako, Lord Recluse & Black Scorpion.

[Felderburg]

Yeah really. It's not like they'll pass their expiry date and make us sick or something.

You do realize that they contains all sorts of radioactive super powered materials, right? And with no superheroes to keep them in check for right now, we may actually find ourselves with a serious problem on our hands if we keep the boxes. So I guess... keep the boxes, but inside a bigger, lead-lined box, is what I'm saying.

[Kaiser Tarantula]

You do realize that they contains all sorts of radioactive super powered materials, right? And with no superheroes to keep them in check for right now, we may actually find ourselves with a serious problem on our hands if we keep the boxes. So I guess... keep the boxes, but inside a bigger, lead-lined box, is what I'm saying.

You kidding?  If comics have taught me anything, it's that those sorts of things are great for givin' people superpowers of their own.  Just wait until someone winds up with teleportation, and uses it to have very personal chats with NCsoft's big names.

[Eoraptor]

"super powers mutant superpowers! enough with the mutant stuff already! I bet if I as exposed to radioactive stuff, all I'd get would be a rash or something!" -Darkwing Duck

[PunkusJR]

The TCs plan makes much more sense now. We all get super powers from the radiation and then we make someone make us able to play our game again . . . or we could just be real super heroes . ..  nahh game first xD

[Eoraptor]

the game is a training ground. look at how many charities used it for fund raising. it was teaching us all about great power and great responsibility.

[Tacitala]

the game is a training ground.

Goodness I hope not.  I was awfully fond of gold-side

[Mouse-Man]

Just out of semi-related curiosity, does the installation files on the old cd/dvds have all of that missing content (mission text, contacts, etc.), or at least most of it until they decided to omit it from the client side?

[Lycantropus]

Currently with copy of I-24 beta (with backups just in case)...

As for the boxes (at least one of every copy they released from launch, up); that and anything left of CoH I have in my possession they'll have to pry from my cold, dead, fingers. They've taken more than enough as it is.

[Lucretia MacEvil]

Goodness I hope not.  I was awfully fond of gold-side

Okay, this made me laugh.

Any more updates on the mysterious OP?

[Nyx Nought Nothing]

I'm sure we'll find out SOON (tm)

Whatever's being cooked up will be worth waiting for if past results are any indication.

*tries to recall past results from Joshex's posts*
i seem to recall some entertaining results myself. Not always necessarily useful, but definitely entertaining and demonstrating some... interesting... perspectives on how things work. Also rather idiosyncratic writing styles if memory serves.
i would be interested in a time frame for any sort of fruition of course. To express that wait as a single digit would we be talking days, weeks, months, years, decades...?

[thunderforce]

I had no plans to chuck out the CoV box - got in originally after EU release on a friend code, so no box there.

[CraZboy]

My CoX boxes are in a very safe place .. in a display case in my home office!  Even my European version is proudly displayed.

They are not going anywhere!!

CraZboy

[healix]

This thread made me see this in my mind....



Emily Litella: "What's all this I hear about keeping your boxers? Why would men want to give away their boxers, and who would want the stained, smelly things any way? I think that is just......."



Chevy Chase: "Not boxers, Emily..BOXES. Keep your boxes."

Emily Litella: "Oh............................... never mind."

[Metal Mountain]

*tries to recall past results from Joshex's posts*
i seem to recall some entertaining results myself. Not always necessarily useful, but definitely entertaining and demonstrating some... interesting... perspectives on how things work. Also rather idiosyncratic writing styles if memory serves.
i would be interested in a time frame for any sort of fruition of course. To express that wait as a single digit would we be talking days, weeks, months, years, decades...?

Yes is there any way I or others can help with the project-which-shall-not-be-named?