OK, I have two degrees in professional/business/technical writing and currently teach some film and TV production classes so I'll help in any way I can. Especially on the writing front.
On thing I was thinking is that we REALLY need to appeal to the players of other MMOs, but the question is, how?
I think someone with connections to some of the better media outlets for MMOs (or knows of outlets that allow for article submissions) needs to write an article about "Here's why NCsoft's decision to shut down City of heroes matters to YOU." Explain the way it was done, with people being charged the renewal fees and buying paragon points the same DAY the shutdown was announced. Explain how there was no effort on NCsoft's part to recognize the value the characters of paragon had to their customers, and has been no clear explanation of how the closure process will work. Explain that just two weeks before the announcement a new powerset had been released and only available -through purchase-. Explain how City of Heroes was actually still profitable, and up until the day of the announcement, was advertising a "soon to be released" expansion which users were spending hours helping beta test. Then, explain the state of MMOs across the industry, most of which are in similar situations, all of which have EULAs that likely let their parent companies close down the same way NCsoft did. Make them all just a -little- bit nervous that the precedent being set is one they SHOULD be unhappy about. That their game -their characters- could be next.
If you can aim the article more specifically, at least at some point, at other NCSoft MMO players, you might even hit home more.
Once this is personal to people outside the CoH community, you might start to see a little more pressure mount. Just my 2 cents.
Also, check out the guys at Revision3.com Especially the Totally Rad show and a couple others. Those guys are just the kinds of guys who would eat this story up.
