Happy Anniversary

Solitaire · April 27, 2015, 07:02:48 AM

Happy Anniversary CoH Community, to the best game that was ever released, so many happy memories, lets hope we are able to revist our beloved City/Isles in the near future. :D

April 27, 2004
City of Heroes Anniversary

Angel Phoenix77 · April 27, 2015, 02:16:23 PM

Quote from: Saint Sanguinor on April 27, 2015, 07:02:48 AM
Happy Anniversary CoH Community, to the best game that was ever released, so many happy memories, lets hope we are able to revist our beloved City/Isles in the near future. :D

April 27, 2004
City of Heroes Anniversary

While this makes me sad, I can say happy anniversary City of. I too hope one day we will be able to fly the skies of City of . Universe again.

doc7924 · April 27, 2015, 03:56:52 PM

It would have been nice to have this in the game, but still I cant believe 10 years ago I saw this on a shelf in COMPUSA and picked it up on a whim, never playing an MMO before. Hooked from the start.

metallica127 · April 27, 2015, 05:34:40 PM

Quote from: Saint Sanguinor on April 27, 2015, 07:02:48 AM
Happy Anniversary CoH Community, to the best game that was ever released, so many happy memories, lets hope we are able to revist our beloved City/Isles in the near future. :D

April 27, 2004
City of Heroes Anniversary

Rejolt · April 27, 2015, 09:32:53 PM

Quote from: doc7924 on April 27, 2015, 03:56:52 PM
It would have been nice to have this in the game, but still I cant believe 10 years ago I saw this on a shelf in COMPUSA and picked it up on a whim, never playing an MMO before. Hooked from the start.

Coh was the mmo game you saw people playing and you immediately had to try it.

Happy anniversary, everyone.

Drauger9 · April 27, 2015, 09:52:25 PM

Quote from: Saint Sanguinor on April 27, 2015, 07:02:48 AM
Happy Anniversary CoH Community, to the best game that was ever released, so many happy memories, lets hope we are able to revist our beloved City/Isles in the near future. :D

April 27, 2004
City of Heroes Anniversary

Happy Anniversary CoH, I can't wait to log in again one day. :)

Blondeshell · April 27, 2015, 10:46:26 PM

I agree with the sentiment, but I'm gonna wait until tomorrow to express it. ;)

Pearl Dragon · April 28, 2015, 03:37:55 AM

Happy Anniversary :)

Triplash · April 28, 2015, 10:44:08 AM

I remember the first time I logged in, it was either January or February 2009. I had finally decided to give the 2-week trial a shot. Two days into it I was hooked and subscribed. A few months later I dropped the subscriptions I'd been keeping for the other MMOs I was in, and bumped up my CoH sub to yearly. I'd found the place I wanted to be. So I packed my bags and moved to Paragon City.

Happy Anniversary, everyone. :)

Castegyre · April 28, 2015, 04:39:26 PM

So in about 3 weeks is my anniversary. :P

saipaman · April 28, 2015, 05:30:17 PM

I bought my copy off the shelf at Best Buy two days after the release.

I didn't realize that I was hooked until 5 weeks later when I was sent out of town on business for two weeks.

Heroette · April 28, 2015, 06:28:45 PM

I started playing the first week (thanks to my son who wanted the game).

Dev7on · April 28, 2015, 07:27:05 PM

Happy Anniversary!!!! Hopefully we'll here the news of City of Heroes return soon. ;D

Super Firebug · April 28, 2015, 07:56:08 PM

I started playing in January, 2007, during Issue 8. I'd read about the game in a newspaper article, and decided to give a superhero game a try. (I don't remember if CoH or Guild Wars was my first MMO. I tried GW because all I needed to pay for was the game package itself.)

I eventually found the CoV add-on at Walmart for $10. (I wasn't interested in playing villains, as much as I was in the additional costume pieces and character slots.) It included a month's free play, so, even with the sales tax, they were actually PAYING ME to add CoV to my account. Once I realized that, buying it was a foregone conclusion.

Happy anniversary, my fellow refugees. I look forward to celebrating the next anniversary by flattening a Hellion's nose in Atlas Park.

Blondeshell · April 28, 2015, 09:33:06 PM

Now I'll wish everyone a happy 11th anniversary for City of Heroes. Here's a badge for y'all:

https://paragonwiki.com/w/images//2/2f/Badge_anniversary_11.png

Abraxus · April 28, 2015, 11:04:22 PM

Quote from: Blondeshell on April 28, 2015, 09:33:06 PM
Now I'll wish everyone a happy 11th anniversary for City of Heroes. Here's a badge for y'all:

https://paragonwiki.com/w/images//2/2f/Badge_anniversary_11.png

Cool! I was wondering how I was going to get this badge! Now perhaps I will go to Icon for awhile and dream.....

Sugoi · April 29, 2015, 12:47:54 AM

How did I get started in CoH? Well, enjoying my uncles' comic books at a young age while watching George Reeves flying around on the TV was a definite influence. Then I started buying my own comics at the age of 11. (Got lots of exercise riding my bike around town, picking up empty soda bottles from strategic locations and turning them in at a local convinence store to feed my original addiction.)

Well, for a couple of years (2002 - 03) Freedom Force was the only superhero game in town, but I had been hearing rumors of a newcomer MMORPG (you know, like the evvilll EverCrack) but dealing with superheroes due to be released 'Soon'. There were actual reviews published in the computer gaming magazines, and there were lots of the typical "this is great" comments by the reviewers. Well, I decided that I'd give it a try sooner or later, but when the reviewers were mentioning that nearly everyone at the publication were playing the game even past the review assignment, I figured this was going to be worth checking out as soon as I could.

About 2 weeks before the game's scheduled release date, copies were on sale at the local GameStop, so I put my money down to give it a try. It came with a pre-release access code, but unfortunately, it didn't run on my 1998 system, which was showing it's age. So I got hold of an 800 Mg Hz blazing Pentium III system with a relatively new video card within the next couple of weeks, and managed to get the game running on opening day, 11 years ago. Needless to say, I fell in love with the game, introduced a new addiction to several of my real life friends and family, and we all had a blast fighting crime together.

Happy Anniversary, CoH!!

Ann · April 29, 2015, 02:04:32 AM

I bought the game either a week or two after launch at Target. My brother was the one who talked me into it. I just got my first credit card at that time. Paying for the sub was one of the first credit card purchases I ever made.

Edit to comment: I just realized this is my first post. I've been lurking since 09, haha

Super Firebug · April 29, 2015, 02:12:59 AM

Quote from: Ann on April 29, 2015, 02:04:32 AM
I bought the game either a week or two after launch at Target. My brother was the one who talked me into it. I just got my first credit card at that time. Paying for the sub was one of the first credit card purchases I ever made.

Edit to comment: I just realized this is my first post. I've been lurking since 09, haha

Welcome, fellow refugee!

doc7924 · April 29, 2015, 03:12:11 AM

I feel bad for the people that started playing in like 2010 or 11. They ever got a lot of time to play and missed out on a lot.