We need a meme.

[Rae]

Fight club, surely? The first rule of closing down city of heroes is you do not talk about closing down city of heroes...

[Rotten Luck]

The Death star destroying Alderan.... With the NCsoft Logo on it!... I think try that one myself.

And here it is...

https://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/Rotten_Luck/got_Alderaan__by_Crazon.jpg

of course edited to add the pic.

[eabrace]

NCsoft has altered the deal.  Pray that they do not alter it any further.

[Turjan]

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

[Mister Bison]

BRB, reinstalling Deus Ex City of heroes well, I can't anymore...

[TimtheEnchanter]

I think this guy wants to get in on the action one way or another.  8)

[NecrotechMaster]

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

[Mister Bison]

I think this guy wants to get in on the action one way or another.  8)

challenge accepted

[Corlagon]

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?

[TimtheEnchanter]

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)

[TimtheEnchanter]

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.

[Ammon]

I must admit that the image I keep having in mind is from just one source.

https://images.weserv.nl/?url=blogs.amctv.com%2Fmovie-blog%2Ffeatures%2FV_for_Vendetta.jpg

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

https://images.weserv.nl/?url=writetoreel.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F10%2FV-For-Vendetta-script-review.jpg

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:

Players should not fear the disappointment by Gaming Corporations.  The Games companies should fear disapointing their customers!

https://images.weserv.nl/?url=3.bp.blogspot.com%2F_dxV-3xIhBm0%2FTR1_ctEFUCI%2FAAAAAAAABAE%2F0e8vuEq1v0M%2Fs1600%2FV_for_Vendetta_by_Rub_a_Duckie.jpg

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

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.

[Rotten Luck]

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."

[Lily Barclay]

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.

https://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h196/Liliana_Warsaw/wemad.jpg

[Segev]

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.

[TonyV]

I posted this on my Facebook page today:

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.

[eabrace]

https://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38/eabrace/th_slow-clap_zps0b5abbf6.gif

[malonkey1]

Yup. That is now my new status.

[Total]

[NPC] Geraldine: I hope my kid grows up to be just like you.
Mind Psy: Your kid is not going to grow up.... NCsoft has seen to that.

[TimtheEnchanter]

Or more broadly, to encourage players of other games to add more support:
https://images.weserv.nl/?url=3.bp.blogspot.com%2F_dxV-3xIhBm0%2FTR1_ctEFUCI%2FAAAAAAAABAE%2F0e8vuEq1v0M%2Fs1600%2FV_for_Vendetta_by_Rub_a_Duckie.jpg

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.