Status Update (October 2)

[Golden Girl]

A thought....Maybe reopening that 'admitted forger' wound would help?

I just mentioned that - it could be another way of putting more pressure on them.

[Victoria Victrix]

Larry, who is a better strategist than I, believes that we should wait for someone ELSE to be the one to bring up the forgery and settlement.  However if anyone is talking with professional journalists at this point, it wouldn't hurt to mention it along the course of the interview and let the pro go dig it all up for himself.

Larry: Curiously enough we have passive-aggression as a viable tactic: the "don't trust NCsoft" stuff will come out from others while we all do "Save CoH!", and pro journos are the ones to dig out the actual settlement etc.

[chaparralshrub]

Thank you very much for the explanation, Ms. Lackey (and please thank your husband on behalf of all of us)!


I wish I had contacts and/or money. As it is, all I can do is work on Plan Z. So back to Plan Z I go.

[Juncyard]

Everyone take heart in the fact that this is nothing more than the school yard bully getting his nose popped and reacting.

The attention they have garnered from this has been painful for them and they are trying to make it go away.

This is when we hit them square in the jaw again, and again, and again.....

We have nothing to loose, but they very much do!

We however have everything to gain if we stay strong and ramp it up.

[dwturducken]

A schoolyard bully would react much more...aggressively.

[TonyV]

Put some pressure on Tony to read his messages and reply back to me. I'll need his help if we're going to move forward.
8)
The only thing that NCsoft reply did was encourage my contacts to want to rise up even more. NCsoft has answered my e-mail with an air of uncertainty, as well as many others who have sent in Official Letters from sources you wouldn't even begin to believe that have offered their assistance via publicists and personal signed hand written over night mail. Celebrities that think what is happening is not cool.

Celebrities that are more than willing to say hello to the community and video record it.

Tony, what say you?
Ready for the next step?

Waiting on a sixth string,

I read it, I promise!  And I think this is a good idea.  You just kind of hit me up right as my work day was starting, and then NCsoft's post hit, and now there are five pages of replies that I haven't finished reading yet and I'm hungry for dinner.  Tell you what, when I get back, I'll finish reading all of the posts and respond to yours!

:)

[Celtic Fist]

First post

I found the response dishearting for NCsoft before I left the office today.  The negative waves have diminished by the Titan Community and CoH forum .. not giving up the fight.   Hopefully, the twitchTV thingie tomorrow might help shed some additional information.  i'll try to support the community as community as I can.

Celtic Fist - Victory server

[Moonfyire101]

Update, he's going friday, he said he'll ask then.

Oh, updae on his cancer, he's seeing a different cancer hospital tomorrow and we're hoping for more options. I hope they have something good to tell him.

[Greg Lloyd]

Allow me to translate the original NCSoft fluff text into plainspeak™.

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.

"Holy crap! We're infighting here and you're making the faction who wants to sell the IP gain too much ground. Every package we receive reminds us we made a horrible decision. Have you seen our stock prices? You're not helping!"

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.

"Ok, we made a mistake. We were under pressure to show that management had cajones so we made a bad decision, and now we're in a bad decision spiral. We can't reverse our first bad mistake without looking weak. Everyone here knows that's what's going on but we don't dare say it aloud."

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.

"Please don't mention the Tabula Rasa lawsuit... we're going to get fired!"

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.

"Look! Shiny! Distraction! Please get distracted?"

So to me, this says for us to continue applying pressure, to not give up, to not go down without a fight. Notice the key words used in the message: Overwhelming positive. We are killing them with kindness.

I will not give up; I will lend my strength to help up anyone who'll stand with me.


[EDIT: fixing quote tags ~Agge]

[Ironwolf]

Tell Bob, we want to use his song Like a Rock in a video to try and save our world.

I think that song would make a WONDERFUL hero song.

Stood there boldly
Sweatin' in the sun
Felt like a million
Felt like number one
The height of summer
I'd never felt that strong
Like a rock


I was eighteen
Didn't have a care
Working for peanuts
Not a dime to spare
But I was lean and
Solid everywhere
Like a rock


My hands were steady
My eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose
My steps were quick and light
And I held firmly
To what I felt was right
Like a rock


Like a rock, I was strong as I could be
Like a rock, nothin' ever got to me
Like a rock, I was something to see
Like a rock


And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams


Twenty years now
Where'd they go?
Twenty years
I don't know
Sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone


And sometimes late at night
When I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin' a ghostly white
And I recall
I Recall


Like a rock. standin' arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin' from the gate
Like a rock, carryin' the weight
Like a rock


Lihe a rock, the sun upon my skin
Like a rock, hard against the wind
Like a rock, I see myself again
Like a rock

[Moonfyire101]

Tell Bob, we want to use his song Like a Rock in a video to try and save our world.

I think that song would make a WONDERFUL hero song.

Stood there boldly
Sweatin' in the sun
Felt like a million
Felt like number one
The height of summer
I'd never felt that strong
Like a rock


I was eighteen
Didn't have a care
Working for peanuts
Not a dime to spare
But I was lean and
Solid everywhere
Like a rock


My hands were steady
My eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose
My steps were quick and light
And I held firmly
To what I felt was right
Like a rock


Like a rock, I was strong as I could be
Like a rock, nothin' ever got to me
Like a rock, I was something to see
Like a rock


And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams


Twenty years now
Where'd they go?
Twenty years
I don't know
Sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone


And sometimes late at night
When I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin' a ghostly white
And I recall
I Recall


Like a rock. standin' arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin' from the gate
Like a rock, carryin' the weight
Like a rock


Lihe a rock, the sun upon my skin
Like a rock, hard against the wind
Like a rock, I see myself again
Like a rock

I'm almost positive i can gt the ok on that one. I'll let you know friday night.

[Elfin]

This thread is awesome. Thank You Thank you to Tony V., Victoria Victrix aka Mercedes Lackey, and of course Fansy The Famous Bard. I have been posting things on facebook trying to get people to read this thread cause it is a real shot in the arm of hope after the news today. My hope did not fail, but I saw it drop quickly on facebook, and I know if people read this thread it will bring back there hope stronger than it was before.

[JaguarX]

Tell Bob, we want to use his song Like a Rock in a video to try and save our world.

I think that song would make a WONDERFUL hero song.

Stood there boldly
Sweatin' in the sun
Felt like a million
Felt like number one
The height of summer
I'd never felt that strong
Like a rock


I was eighteen
Didn't have a care
Working for peanuts
Not a dime to spare
But I was lean and
Solid everywhere
Like a rock


My hands were steady
My eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose
My steps were quick and light
And I held firmly
To what I felt was right
Like a rock


Like a rock, I was strong as I could be
Like a rock, nothin' ever got to me
Like a rock, I was something to see
Like a rock


And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams


Twenty years now
Where'd they go?
Twenty years
I don't know
Sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone


And sometimes late at night
When I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin' a ghostly white
And I recall
I Recall


Like a rock. standin' arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin' from the gate
Like a rock, carryin' the weight
Like a rock


Lihe a rock, the sun upon my skin
Like a rock, hard against the wind
Like a rock, I see myself again
Like a rock

Is this that Chevy Truck commercial song?

[Ironwolf]

Yes and Bob let Chevy use it for free.

I am also from Michigan and Bob Seger once got booed at a concert and came to Michigan and got repeated standing ovations and so he has a deep love for this state. He has the soul of the working man in his music.

[Victoria Victrix]

I think the one thing we can all take away from NCSoft's statement is that this is their official spokesman.

https://images.weserv.nl/?url=wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net%2F80450F%2F983thesnake.com%2Ffiles%2F2012%2F01%2FPants-On-Fire-Mike-Licht-NotionsCapitalDOTcom-Flickr.jpg

[TimtheEnchanter]

Anyone's guess if this is true, but I just read in-game that Trion offered NC 80mil for CoH.

[Greg Lloyd]

Why I do declare it appears as if his pants were on fire.

[LightofthePhoenix]

I think the one thing we can all take away from NCSoft's statement is that this is their official spokesman.

A men's restroom sign with firecrotch?


Seems legit.

[Hyperstrike]

For now, I'm treating this as another expression of:

*NCSoft* We have this signed letter of resignation from Richard Garriott
*Garriott* Uh...WHAT?

Let's see what Paragon has to say.

[Wyrm]

I've mainly been silent throughout this, because louder and more capable voices than mine were getting things done, and because as an academic I tend toward analysis prior to (and sometimes instead of) action.

But this press release pushed just about every button I have.  "Shut up and go away" is something I expect, but the equivalent of, "Shut up and go away, and we don't think you're smart enough to get sub-text" about makes my blood boil.

I'm done taking out my frustration on official forum unicorns, and ready to start directing my energy right at SaveCOH.

Nice going, NCSoft.  Instead of chasing people off the movement, you've convinced me to get more active in it.