Greetings! I've been lurking around here since the CoH sunset, but I wanted to de-cloak for a moment to say thanks to the many people keeping this effort alive. I know we shouldn't be expecting any real news for months, but the excitement of the past week has got me checking this message board daily for the first time in... well, since late 2012.
I was never an extremely active poster on the old CoH boards, and I've been even less active here. I've followed the progress of the various spiritual successors through Facebook and the Kickstarter emails, but other than that I've been out of touch with the CoH community. The sunset happened at a point when I REALLY needed to put more time & effort into my career. Other than backing the CoT Kickstarter, I had to bow out of any Hail Mary efforts. So it's truly heart-warming to see so many familiar faces are still around, still standing strong, still holding their /em torches high.
Regardless how this all turns out, I'm positive we'll all be heroes (and yes, villains) again someday, either in one of the successors or - fingers crossed - in the original game we fell in love with. Either way, everyone involved with the potential revival and/or successor projects has my thanks. I promise not to bring out the pitchforks if this all falls apart, because hey, at least you guys tried. But if it succeeds, I promise to buy you all a pint in Pocket D on opening day. Cheers!
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