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We need a meme.
« on: September 06, 2012, 12:54:27 PM »
One way to get lots of awareness and net traffic will be to have a meme that's pretty quickly visible in the usual places. I'm thinking Memebase itself, but there are going to be plenty of other sites it could be seen.

I'm happy to create said meme, but wanted to get some opinions first on its content, in particular if there's a Titan-approved message to send. The banner alone wouldn't catch on, so to me there seems to be two routes to go, the funny or the serious. I'd prefer serious but funny would strike more of a chord with the meme crowd in general.

These two Memebase sites in particular are most appropriate:
http://memebase.cheezburger.com/superheroes
http://memebase.cheezburger.com/videogames

Getting submitted and then approved on these would be great, getting onto the Memebase front page itself even better, and I think we have the weight of numbers here to make it happen easily enough. I will of course put up a direct link when the meme's ready for voting.
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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2012, 02:06:32 PM »
Anyone know where that image of Castle with the speech bubble went?
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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2012, 06:06:13 PM »
We need someone to guide us into the light !

The figure of legend that plays all day and night atop his mountain !

The man said to punish those you do not take gaming seriously !

We need a Hero !

We need... SEGATA SANSHIRO !
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« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2012, 06:13:25 PM »
I agree, but I'm not too experienced with making them.  I'd be happy to head over there and contribute something if we can come up with an idea first.

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« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2012, 07:30:00 PM »
I retract my last post, I'VE GOT SOMETHING BETTER, LEAVE IT TO ME !

EDIT: removed the spoiler as the video is now out.
« Last Edit: September 07, 2012, 11:58:03 AM by Mister Bison »
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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2012, 08:24:50 PM »
Anyone know where that image of Castle with the speech bubble went?

this is totally the best COH meme i could think of aside from blue steel (chuck norris) jokes lol

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« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2012, 09:13:48 PM »
Anyone know where that image of Castle with the speech bubble went?

Here you go!
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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2012, 09:43:14 PM »
Coincidentally, I just remembered I had a copy saved to my hard drive.  :)

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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2012, 09:55:24 PM »
BAM!

No wait...

FREEM!

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« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2012, 10:25:44 PM »
Oh yeah, nice one.

Sorry to keep you waiting, here's a viral video for you !

(Video taken down for maintenance. Version 2 on its way !)

(this confirmed meme even has a wikipedia page! It could be used to appeal to the greater masses of geeks and nerds.)
« Last Edit: September 07, 2012, 08:14:53 AM by Mister Bison »
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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2012, 03:50:45 AM »
There's a "it's all a Nemesis plot" meme just waiting to be made out there...



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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2012, 03:57:52 AM »
There's a "it's all a Nemesis plot" meme just waiting to be made out there...
Or, in this case, "Definitely not a Nemesis plot..."
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« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2012, 12:29:44 PM »
Cross-posting here for the more meme-aware:

Video ready to roll: http://youtu.be/gAJlQ6o8p9g

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Edit: posted on to http://cheezburger.com/41674753 Please thumb up !
« Last Edit: September 07, 2012, 01:06:31 PM by Mister Bison »
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« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2012, 01:21:57 PM »
Great video! Ha ha ha! Well done.

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« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2012, 09:24:26 PM »
Classic sound track (if you are old enough to remember it  ;p)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B4bsqYxwo0

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« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2012, 06:12:57 PM »
I wanted to now, how do you pronounce Rikti ? Reektee ?

I'm working on something, It'll take my best imitation, but it'll be great.
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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2012, 07:18:36 PM »
I pronounce it Rick Tee.
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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #17 on: September 08, 2012, 07:44:28 PM »
I pronounce it Rick Tee.
In a Q&A long, long ago, we were told that the name of the Rikti was inspired by the story "Riki-tiki-tavi".  So, I believe that's the intended pronunciation.
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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2012, 03:11:00 AM »
How about "You don't have to be super to be a hero.  Save City of Heroes now!!"

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« Reply #19 on: September 09, 2012, 10:28:59 AM »
How about "You don't have to be super to be a hero.  Save City of Heroes now!!"

or go the opposite way and say "only heroes need apply"

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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2012, 12:14:09 PM »
I remembered I knocked something together and pulled it out, and made a minor change. Obviously we need a slightly better edited version, but - what do we think of this?

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« Reply #21 on: September 09, 2012, 05:19:27 PM »
I love it.  Since you mentioned revising it, I'll wait to link it on the Twitter feed.
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« Reply #22 on: September 10, 2012, 10:16:01 PM »
Threw this together this afternoon.

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« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2012, 09:03:57 PM »
Lol, so true :D posted on the official forum for the greater amusement. Aptly (i hope) in the AP33 thread

On dimmer news... my video (Save City of Zero Wing) didn't pick up the pace I expected it to have. I'm sorry for that, I failed. Still was a good time though. Time for a revenge :D

I'm working on two motivational videos, one very meme-like that will have to wait, the other one more traditional (epic music and footage) that could break out early, I don't know.

Thanks again for the encouraging words, especially TonyV that, I think, did eat too much tabasco or something the day he wrote the post here :P
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« Reply #24 on: September 11, 2012, 10:23:01 PM »
On dimmer news... my video (Save City of Zero Wing) didn't pick up the pace I expected it to have. I'm sorry for that, I failed. Still was a good time though. Time for a revenge :D
If even one person was amused by it, I'd say it was a success.  Even some of the developers and the official CoH feed were linking it on Twitter.
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« Reply #25 on: September 13, 2012, 09:03:45 PM »
Put this one together this afternoon after reading several tweets from people stating that they either created Twitter accounts just for #SaveCOH or don't often use Twitter, but are stepping up to get the word out.

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« Reply #26 on: September 13, 2012, 09:25:32 PM »
Haha I love it.  My Twitter only exists for #SaveCoH

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« Reply #27 on: September 26, 2012, 10:01:12 PM »
I'm not sure how meme-able it is, but I decided to work up something inspired from this thread...


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« Reply #28 on: September 26, 2012, 10:20:49 PM »
Haha, that's awesome.  The whole MMO-Killer thing had me thinking of the Bene Gesserit prayer, and I think you hit it right on.  :)  Maybe not mainstream enough to catch on, but certainly funny to us Sci-Fi nerds.

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« Reply #29 on: September 26, 2012, 10:26:54 PM »
Wow...

AWESOME!!!

A "like" button... where's the dang "LIKE" BUTTON??? 


(and I'm so proud! I helped create a meme! Yay me! :D)


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« Reply #30 on: September 26, 2012, 10:44:52 PM »
I like it. One of my friends, who has some sort of degree in something called "literature" and apparently read quite a bit in college, suggests the following to bring the cadence closer to the original:

Edit: after reviewing the original Litany, my friend withdrew the suggestion that was posted here.
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« Reply #31 on: September 26, 2012, 10:53:16 PM »
Ermergherd!
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« Reply #32 on: September 29, 2012, 01:24:16 AM »
Friend of mine in-game (who doesn't yet have an account here - I DID suggest he get one.) had this idea:

"New meme idea... since I'm not especially artistically talented:  a duck type shooting gallery (The NCSoft MMO shooting gallery?) with all of NCSoft's game titles past & present on the ducks instead of targets.  Put a bullet-holes in the heads of the 5 they've killed and leave the cross-hairs near GW2 or Wildstar to imply they could be next if they don't perform."

Important - would have to make sure it's understood that the shooter is NCSoft, not anyone else. DEFINITELY not us!



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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #33 on: September 29, 2012, 01:37:20 AM »
http://p.twimg.com/A345z5BCYAATJyQ.jpg


This one's been getting bandied about. >.>
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« Reply #34 on: September 29, 2012, 01:50:55 AM »
um, the castle picture meme works fine for the internet but it's hard to hold it up in real life conversation.

how about a physical meme to go with it, something like;

Hero pose + 2 finger salute (with something for a cape gets extra credit)
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« Reply #35 on: October 08, 2012, 06:42:53 PM »
Here are some new meme pics for people to work with. All credit to Turjan for creating these.

The monster used to represent the GameKiller is a Korean version of Godzilla called Yongary. He also used a monster from the Korean horror film The Host in the Auto Assault pic, but mostly it's the more risible Yongary. Atop his head is a bandana - a Guild Wars bandana, to which is added the NCSoft logo. And by referencing all of NCSoft's murdered MMOs, he's used the old classic ploy of repetition across several images to reinforce a single concept (including multiple uses of the word 'world').

Like them. Share them. Download them. Repost them. etc.

http://imgur.com/28m4R
http://imgur.com/RBlju
http://imgur.com/rE3LU
http://imgur.com/uDPrm
http://imgur.com/RFMuZ
http://imgur.com/hY3A1
http://imgur.com/hbBY2

They are also already posted to the Save City of Heroes Facebook group for easy sharing there.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.161981810608757

If these images are re-posted and shared enough times, across as many websites as possible, then we will see them start to appear in Google image searches for NCsoft. Wouldn't that be too bad? Make sure to include text with the pics when posting, like 'NCsoft', 'SaveCOH', 'Game Killer'. And try making your own version of the COH one to give the meme momentum.

Then, share links here. Where have you posted one? Where have you spotted one?

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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #36 on: October 08, 2012, 07:30:45 PM »
Given the vigil thing, I think something involving holding a torch would be wise.

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« Reply #37 on: October 08, 2012, 07:59:56 PM »
The torch vigil is a wonderful symbol, especially to us, but I really like what Turjan has done. The pics he made are relevant to people outside of our SaveCOH campaign because they label NCsoft as the 'Game Killer'. I think the intention of the 'Game Killer' meme is to direct negative attention to NCsoft. While they don't necessarily shine a light directly on SaveCOH, I hope that they can be shared and seen by many gamers, getting the word out that NCsoft is a game publisher with questionable practices.

That being said, I would love to see a torch meme out there as well.

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« Reply #38 on: October 08, 2012, 08:00:27 PM »
I still wish I could get someone to draw my 98-lb-scrapper vs NCsoft idea.

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« Reply #39 on: October 08, 2012, 08:22:06 PM »
I'm sorry Samuraiko, I've got no artistic talent about drawing, especially comic drawings. I've got a wonderful image of what you would like, but I can't produce more than thought.

I just remembered I did something though once... It was for a supergroup logo or banner, to get "traffic" in... let me dig it up...

Edit: here, cover the eyes of the little ones.

It's unfinished, and I lost the svg file in hard drive crash.
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« Reply #41 on: October 08, 2012, 08:26:15 PM »
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« Reply #42 on: October 08, 2012, 08:30:03 PM »
Hey now, that's pretty good.  And I'm not sure if you were going for this or just didn't finish it, but I'd leave the legs as-is. Kinda gives a feel like she's rezzing in like Tron - only halfway through the character creator.

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« Reply #43 on: October 08, 2012, 08:36:00 PM »
Yeah, that's why I'm posting it, if an infographer can make use of it. I was going to finish it, the model character costume was this: just with some photoshoppings to make something nicer

Still, can't do anything for Samuraiko because... I suck at clothes :P
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« Reply #44 on: October 09, 2012, 12:16:22 AM »
Here are some new meme pics for people to work with. All credit to Turjan for creating these.

The monster used to represent the GameKiller is a Korean version of Godzilla called Yongary. He also used a monster from the Korean horror film The Host in the Auto Assault pic, but mostly it's the more risible Yongary. Atop his head is a bandana - a Guild Wars bandana, to which is added the NCSoft logo. And by referencing all of NCSoft's murdered MMOs, he's used the old classic ploy of repetition across several images to reinforce a single concept (including multiple uses of the word 'world').

Like them. Share them. Download them. Repost them. etc.

http://imgur.com/28m4R
http://imgur.com/RBlju
http://imgur.com/rE3LU
http://imgur.com/uDPrm
http://imgur.com/RFMuZ
http://imgur.com/hY3A1
http://imgur.com/hbBY2

They are also already posted to the Save City of Heroes Facebook group for easy sharing there.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.161981810608757

If these images are re-posted and shared enough times, across as many websites as possible, then we will see them start to appear in Google image searches for NCsoft. Wouldn't that be too bad? Make sure to include text with the pics when posting, like 'NCsoft', 'SaveCOH', 'Game Killer'. And try making your own version of the COH one to give the meme momentum.

Then, share links here. Where have you posted one? Where have you spotted one?

I expect I'll be coming up with one or two more somewhere along the way - the congress scene in Mars Attacks has been rattling round my head recently...perhaps some elements of that might feature ;)

In the meantime, have this  ;D


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Re: We need a meme.
« Reply #45 on: October 09, 2012, 05:05:39 AM »
Given the vigil thing, I think something involving holding a torch would be wise.

This might not be what you had in mind, Segev, but the idea came to me and there IS a torch. I encourage everyone to make something like this. Make it your own toon and personalize the words if you have another quip in mind. Post them all over the place!



Thank you to my model from AP33 on Virtue, "Play Games Heal Kids" created for the upcoming Extra-Life event on Oct. 20th. I don't know who's toon it is, but I felt it was a nice touch to use them in this image.

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« Reply #46 on: October 10, 2012, 01:50:09 PM »
"Can't we all just...get along?" ;)


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« Reply #47 on: October 10, 2012, 01:54:07 PM »
LOL!!

Loving this!  ;D

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« Reply #48 on: October 10, 2012, 01:59:28 PM »
Ta :)

Here's a classic oldie ;D


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« Reply #49 on: October 11, 2012, 01:38:19 PM »
Variation on a meme theme...
CEO Attacks! ;D


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« Reply #50 on: October 17, 2012, 07:17:03 AM »
How's this?

Listen to the 'mustn'ts'. Listen to the 'don'ts'. Listen to the 'shouldn'ts', the 'impossibles', the 'won'ts'. Listen to the 'you'll never haves', then listen close to me... Anything can happen . Anything can be.

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« Reply #51 on: October 17, 2012, 04:16:12 PM »
Another quick & easy I did. Sky is the limit with these and that's great.

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« Reply #52 on: October 17, 2012, 07:47:09 PM »
Someone..somewhere, posted possibly the most brilliant meme and I cannot find it again -- it was from the Architect in the Matrix Reloaded..."Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it."

Can someone repost it, please?
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« Reply #53 on: October 17, 2012, 07:53:32 PM »
Someone..somewhere, posted possibly the most brilliant meme and I cannot find it again -- it was from the Architect in the Matrix Reloaded..."Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it."

Can someone repost it, please?
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« Reply #54 on: October 17, 2012, 07:55:56 PM »
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« Reply #55 on: October 17, 2012, 08:44:39 PM »
In response to the, "I wanted to let you know that we will be declining your interview request  as it relates to the sun setting of City of Heroes", message given to rae, I think NCsoft now needs an Area 51 meme.

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« Reply #56 on: October 17, 2012, 11:24:57 PM »
I know it's a vid and not a still image, and they tend to get removed from YT after a short time, but in the meantime they usually get a lot of lulz. Anyone thought of trying to do a "hitler rant" about this?



Edit: And, in response to the, "I wanted to let you know that we will be declining your interview request  as it relates to the sun setting of City of Heroes", message given to rae, I think NCsoft now needs an Area 51 meme.

Area 51: Where NCSoft sends games to die.

I'm picturing the Area 51 Warehouse from Indiana Jones. Crates upon crates upon crates, marked with things like "COH: Scrapper Engine" and "Exsteel: Rifles I," each crate containing another piece of a dead game...
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« Reply #57 on: October 17, 2012, 11:27:17 PM »
Area 51: Where NCSoft sends games to die.

I'm picturing the Area 51 Warehouse from Indiana Jones. Crates upon crates upon crates, marked with things like "COH: Scrapper Engine" and "Exsteel: Rifles I," each crate containing another piece of a dead game...
Don't forget to put a very obviously new box labeled "CoH: Issue 21"

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« Reply #58 on: October 17, 2012, 11:29:17 PM »
Don't forget to put a very obviously new box labeled "CoH: Issue 24"

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« Reply #59 on: October 17, 2012, 11:32:14 PM »
Thanks! Sorry for misremembering the number. ^^;

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« Reply #60 on: October 18, 2012, 08:04:09 AM »
Fight club, surely? The first rule of closing down city of heroes is you do not talk about closing down city of heroes...
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« Reply #61 on: October 18, 2012, 12:23:17 PM »
The Death star destroying Alderan.... With the NCsoft Logo on it!... I think try that one myself.

And here it is...



of course edited to add the pic.
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« Reply #62 on: October 18, 2012, 04:42:07 PM »
NCsoft has altered the deal.  Pray that they do not alter it any further.
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« Reply #63 on: October 18, 2012, 05:33:02 PM »
Fight club, surely? The first rule of closing down city of heroes is you do not talk about closing down city of heroes...
Oh nice! I'm going to do that one next then :D

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« Reply #64 on: October 19, 2012, 09:42:55 PM »
BRB, reinstalling Deus Ex City of heroes well, I can't anymore...
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« Reply #65 on: October 24, 2012, 04:28:02 PM »
I think this guy wants to get in on the action one way or another.  8)

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« Reply #66 on: October 24, 2012, 04:54:11 PM »
NCsoft has altered the deal.  Pray that they do not alter it any further.

i think that this would be good to use

ncsoft is the big bad empire, and paragon studios is in the position of lando calrisian, and we the players are in the position of the heroes (han, leia, ect)

ncsoft manipulating us through the devs, and then ncsoft "changes the deal" to meet their needs paragon studios is just caught in the middle

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« Reply #67 on: October 24, 2012, 05:01:23 PM »
I think this guy wants to get in on the action one way or another.  8)
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« Reply #68 on: October 25, 2012, 07:59:20 PM »
Can the Who Will Die? slogan be used in some way?

Something along the lines of: Statesman/City of Heroes is dead, who will be next?

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« Reply #69 on: October 25, 2012, 08:20:56 PM »
PLAY FOR FREE. FOREVER!*

*Forever is equal to about 1 year.




Oh, and considering all the jokes about jokes about 'sexual children' surrounding B&S... where's Pedobear? Surely he is going to endorse that game...  8)

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« Reply #70 on: October 28, 2012, 03:49:08 AM »
Just posted on the Cape channel in-game by @Ankhani. Ghostbusters idea:

NCSoft the Game Killer? Good evening. As the duly appointed represenative of the city of Paragon, I hereby request that you cease and desist all sunsetting activities and return forthwith to your place of origin or the nearest convenient parallel MMO.

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« Reply #71 on: October 28, 2012, 08:40:45 AM »
I must admit that the image I keep having in mind is from just one source.



The fact that the sub-slogan - Freedom Forever - is absolutely perfect should not escape us.



I keep wanting to paraphrase one of V's lines:
"Gamers should not be afraid of NCsoft deciding to close their game.
NCsoft should be afraid of the gamers who they forget they serve."

Or more broadly, to encourage players of other games to add more support:
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Players should not fear the disappointment by Gaming Corporations.  The Games companies should fear disapointing their customers!



I guess the most apt and powerful tagline evolution might be:
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Gamers do not exist to serve the desires of games manufacturers and corporations.
The games companies exist to serve the desires of players.

Getting that wrong can be Very costly, NCsoft.
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« Reply #72 on: October 28, 2012, 12:52:14 PM »
I keep thinking of the line in Taken when he's taking to his Daughter's Kidnapper.  But for NCsoft

".... We don't have much.  But what we do have are a very particular set of skills.  Skills that we have acquired over many Chats and Forums. 

Skills that make us a PR threat for Companies like you.

If you Sell or release the City of Heroes IP, that'll be the end of it. We will not harass you, we will not bother you.  But if you don't... We will release the Trolls."
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« Reply #73 on: October 31, 2012, 09:31:51 PM »
New meme.  This one was all my husband's idea, (though I'd love to claim credit).  I just threw it together in photoshop under his direction.


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« Reply #74 on: October 31, 2012, 09:43:33 PM »
I keep thinking of the line in Taken when he's taking to his Daughter's Kidnapper.  But for NCsoft

".... We don't have much.  But what we do have are a very particular set of skills.  Skills that we have acquired over many Chats and Forums. 

Skills that make us a PR threat for Companies like you.

If you Sell or release the City of Heroes IP, that'll be the end of it. We will not harass you, we will not bother you.  But if you don't... We will release the unicorns."
I believe the original quote was "nightmare" for the bolded word above. I think we should use that, because "PR nightmare" is an easy-flowing phrase in modern business lexicon.

While we can't use the original's end line of "We will kill you," I think we need to find something equally pithy. "release the trolls" is just too many extra syllables and breaks the rhythm. Even when the unfiltered-by-this-forum version would be two syllables shorter. "We will troll you" would be better for matching the cadence, but is less...ominous. I'm not coming up with a good suggestion, though, unfortunately.

Kudos on the adaptation first draft. Just trying to offer critique; I likely wouldn't have come up with the original idea despite thinking that is one of the finest badass quotes in modern moviewriting.

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« Reply #75 on: October 31, 2012, 10:51:56 PM »
I posted this on my Facebook page today:

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Hey all, quick announcement: I'm incredibly proud of the success of NCsoft, but unfortunately, the continued support of the company no longer fits within my long term goals for gaming. All NCsoft titles are affected by this decision, including the new titles coming out. I will begin the NCsoft sun setting process immediately with the goal to officially stop playing all titles from the company on November 30, 2012.

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« Reply #76 on: October 31, 2012, 11:47:04 PM »
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« Reply #77 on: October 31, 2012, 11:59:35 PM »
Yup. That is now my new status.
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« Reply #78 on: November 03, 2012, 06:04:33 AM »
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« Reply #79 on: November 03, 2012, 06:34:20 AM »
Or more broadly, to encourage players of other games to add more support:


I guess the most apt and powerful tagline evolution might be:

I can think of no reason, that NCsoft's treason, should ever be forgot.

I have the deluxe V costume, with metal daggers, if anyone wants something specific in a photo.

And just in case this slipped anyone's mind... Nov 5 is on Monday.

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« Reply #80 on: November 03, 2012, 07:07:55 AM »
New meme.  This one was all my husband's idea, (though I'd love to claim credit).  I just threw it together in photoshop under his direction.



This got me thinking of the  Greedo and Hon scene.  Give Greedo the NC hat and Hon shooting.  "Greedo saying the City of heroes will be discontinued."  Then blam "City of Villain shoot first."  Got to have at least one MEME for the redside!
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« Reply #81 on: November 05, 2012, 01:51:08 AM »
Very nice, Ammon. I take back everything I said about you.  ;)

I don't have your font, but consider this addition.


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« Reply #82 on: November 05, 2012, 01:59:54 AM »
By the way, how come we don't have anything with an AP33 theme yet?

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« Reply #83 on: November 05, 2012, 02:04:14 AM »
AP33 is more focused message.  Everyone that's into games knows NCsoft many would already know the MMOkiller nickname.  Combining this with Images that people know and you get a MEME that would spreed.

AP33 would get to many "Um... what's AP33?"
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« Reply #84 on: November 05, 2012, 04:58:14 AM »
Basically, AP33 is an in thing that means something to us, but won't be meaningful to other people (who we have to inform of how horrible NCSoft has acted towards us).