I know it's posted here but can I ask everyone to hit up this thread and responde, it's a great artical.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/the-save-city-of-heroes-campaign-reveals-ncsofts-firewall-of-silence/?fb_comment_id=fbc_123149507837704_136995_123451401140848#f350b4f0da3854My response is below. Sorry about the wall of text, I couldn't work out how to use spoilers on this board.
"NCSoft are not only not communicating, they are actively trying to silence anyone who points out their immoral and shady business practices. My Facebook posts asking for CoX to be saved have "disappeared". I've kept two accounts fully subscribed and bought every costume/extra ever released including $100 of points a month before the closure for which I will not be refunded. "It's just a customer" is their thinking.
This is the fifth time they've closed a MMO; this one obviously has a dedicated fanbase which made the game profitable.
No product from NCSoft, Nexon or any of their joint advertisers will ever be purchased in this household (and I'm a long-standing Logitech customer).
NCSoft's attitude is to take your money right before - and after - a completely unexpected and inexplicable sunsetting. Added to which is the bare-face lies about "exhausting all sales options" when we know they didn't even return calls. After the Richard Garrett incident though, what else should be expect?
Check this little gem: "Tabula Rasa failed to be a commercial success despite its seven-year development period. On November 11, 2008, in an open letter on the Tabula Rasa website, Garriott announced his plans to leave NCsoft to pursue new interests sparked by his spaceflight experiences. Later, however, Garriott claimed that the letter was forged as a means of forcing him out of his position and that he had had no intention of leaving.[14] On November 24, NCsoft announced that it planned to end the live service of Tabula Rasa. The servers shut down on February 28, 2009, after a period of free play from January 10 onward for existing account holders.[15].
In July 2010, an Austin District Court awarded Garriott USD$28 million in his lawsuit against NCsoft, finding that the company did not appropriately handle his departure in 2008.[16] In October 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the judgment.[17]" (from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott).
City of Heroes/Villains players won't be silenced, NCSoft. Your stocks are tanking and will continue to do so.
You don't know who your player base is in CoX. Professional adults, not kiddies who will take your nonsense and switch to your soft-core porn replacement. Why would any woman (or man who understands proportions) want to play the drivel you are pumping out? Your player base includes families; none of them are going to allow kids to play something which should get an AO rating.
If you want to distribute bad cartoon porn, that's up to you, but you should have shown respect for the loyal customers of eight years and behaved more honourably. You should have communicated better; not fired the one guy who understood the community because he posted that we raised over $1000 in three HOURS to give the Dev team you fired a good farewell meal. You should not have lied about exhausting all options to sell the Intellectual property to the willing buyers that were out there.
Frankly NCSoft you demonstrate the WORST business sense of any major company I have seen. Even your reports from employees are dire.
I hope we save City of Heroes/Villains but believe me that your ongoing shoddy and fraudulent behaviour will not be forgotten. It will be affecting your business for years to come. Yours and any company you touch."