News?

[dwturducken]

(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)

Japanese.

[Vulpy]

Japanese.

Forget it, he's rolling. (Possibly NSFW language.)

[zybron]

Japanese.

"Forget it, he's rolling."

:)

Edit: Beat me to it, and with a link, even.

[DrakeGrimm]

As has been mentioned, even if it's true and negotiations with Paragon ultimately fell through, that doesn't mean that things are over. It just means that we have to approach the problem from a different angle. We move on to Plan 'x'.

...can we at least hit up plans B-W first? >.>;

[candidate]

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=297822

We wanted to let you know that your voices have been heard and your concerns have been taken into serious consideration. We appreciate the overwhelmingly constructive and positive messages in the emails, notes, and packages you've sent in support of the game. It has not been an easy decision for us to close Paragon Studios® and prepare to shut down City of Heroes. We've exhausted all options including the selling of the studio and the rights to the City of Heroes intellectual property, but in the end, efforts to do so were not successful. City of Heroes has a special place in all of our hearts, and we want to ensure its reputation and the memories we share for the game end on a high note.

Once again, we will be holding events throughout the process of preparing for the game's end, and we encourage players and fans of the franchise to join forces and enjoy their time in a game that we've enjoyed supporting for more than eight years.

The NCSOFT® Team



Ouch !

[DrakeGrimm]

...not feeling much of an 'ouch' really. Mostly a bemused "...really? you're going to try that?" here.

[Electric-Knight]

That's the most rational approach, I think: await confirmation.

Absolutely.

[Segev]

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=297822

We wanted to let you know that your voices have been heard and your concerns have been taken into serious consideration. We appreciate the overwhelmingly constructive and positive messages in the emails, notes, and packages you've sent in support of the game. It has not been an easy decision for us to close Paragon Studios® and prepare to shut down City of Heroes. We've exhausted all options including the selling of the studio and the rights to the City of Heroes intellectual property, but in the end, efforts to do so were not successful. City of Heroes has a special place in all of our hearts, and we want to ensure its reputation and the memories we share for the game end on a high note.

Once again, we will be holding events throughout the process of preparing for the game's end, and we encourage players and fans of the franchise to join forces and enjoy their time in a game that we've enjoyed supporting for more than eight years.

The NCSOFT® Team



Ouch !

I'm not normally one to start speculating on such things...but a guy with only one post on the Titan Networks, and it's this, after said link had been given and commented on for a page or so worth of "let's wait and see..."

Interesting.

VERY interesting, if one thinks about it deeper still...

[dwturducken]

I didn't even bother reading the whole thing, but you guys can think about it, if you want.   8)

[Elias]

...can we at least hit up plans B-W first? >.>;

I was going for a variable, because I didn't know if we were on plan B yet. o_o I thought plan A was trying to rescue Paragon before some staffers moved elsewhere. I think Cryptic has already hired some at the very least.

[Electric-Knight]

I also want to say...
Way to go, everyone involved with the SaveCoH movement! Thank you!

We may not have gotten the words we wished to hear today, but we positively created the situation for NCSoft to actually deliver us a response.

I doubt we're done trying to change the minds of the people behind these decisions.

Again though, let's wait and see what more we hear from other parties that would have been involved in these "exhausted" efforts.

[Segev]

I didn't even bother reading the whole thing, but you guys can think about it, if you want.   8)

Assuming that's a response to me, I was noting that "candidate" literally had a quote of that NCSoft response and the line "Ouch!" as his very first Titan Networks post.

[downix]

Remember your Mohandas Gandhi

First they ignore you.
They laugh at you.
Then they fight you.
Then you win.

This straddling stages 2&3 here.

[dwturducken]

It was, and your point is why I didn't give it any attention.  If it's not a troll (unicorn?), it's at least someone who didn't bother doing the reading. :)

I'm not changing my opinion until I see something here from VV, Tony, or Brian, unless someone with an established connection to the devs chimes in.  All of this is what they want, otherwise, assuming it is misinformation. The only thing I did like was the nuclear graphic that followed the first post. That made me snicker.

[eeek]

It sounds like complete rubbish.  "Exhausted ALL"....??   


Sounds to me like they're saying "How do we politely tell them to shut the heck up?"

[DrakeGrimm]

Remember your Mohandas Gandhi

First they ignore you.
They laugh at you.
Then they fight you.
Then you win.

This straddling stages 2&3 here.

Now we need to avoid Step 5. You know. The one where they shoot you with a revolver at close range. (that's a joke, I seriously doubt NCSoft is evil enough to hire HITMEN to kill us.)

[Codewalker]

If it's not a unicorn (unicorn?), it's at least someone who didn't bother doing the reading. :)

https://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/ft5512/trollicorn2.png

[eabrace]

((And please tell me the "Germans bombed Pearl Harbor" thing was a deliberate joke. >_> ))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vtWB4owdE <- (language warning for anyone who's sensitive to that sort of thing)

[Knightslayer]

I'm not normally one to start speculating on such things...but a guy with only one post on the Titan Networks, and it's this, after said link had been given and commented on for a page or so worth of "let's wait and see..."

Interesting.

VERY interesting, if one thinks about it deeper still...

I feel like I should point out that several other first time posters have popped up after that announcement, though most were of the positive variety.

[DrakeGrimm]

https://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/ft5512/trollicorn2.png

* DrakeGrimm dies laughing hysterically