New City of Heroes?

dwturducken · November 25, 2012, 01:07:08 AM

Wasn't there something in Runescape where you could set up a "server?" My wife's cousin kept asking for my help, but he really couldn't answer any of my questions and had lost interest in the game by the time I'd acquired a worthwhile machine.

Golden Girl · November 25, 2012, 03:12:13 AM

How did that page get 21 likes? :P

Rotten Luck · November 25, 2012, 03:21:41 AM

My guess is hopefuls.

Victoria Victrix · November 25, 2012, 03:28:28 AM

Quote from: Golden Girl on November 25, 2012, 03:12:13 AM
How did that page get 21 likes? :P

sock puppets

downix · November 25, 2012, 03:29:15 AM

I "liked" the page to keep an eye on it.

I do that a lot.

Come the 27th I'll break out the popcorn.

Golden Girl · November 25, 2012, 03:29:42 AM

Quote from: Victoria Victrix on November 25, 2012, 03:28:28 AM
sock puppets

Unfortunately, 2 of the likes come from Facebook friends of mine :P

Rotten Luck · November 25, 2012, 03:36:33 AM

True I "liked" NCsoft just so I can get to their Facebook page faster and check it out. even thought I DESPISE them.

dwturducken · November 25, 2012, 03:38:43 AM

I'm one, as well, for the same reason downix listed. I will be there with beer and popcorn to see what happens.

Artillerie · November 25, 2012, 03:50:38 AM

There are a lot of people out there who really love CoH but aren't really plugged into any community that can give decent advice/information - i would guess that they could be tempted into this. I will be doing what i can in the remaining time we have to say that the site should be avoided.

pewlagon · November 25, 2012, 11:05:04 AM

More than a few things bug me about this...
1) Listed the general vicinity for the server, but on the FB page admitted to having a Canadia website. The really odd thing about this, as was already pointed out there, they would have to request the Canadian website from the get go.

2) Server was put together in this individual's parents' office and is used as the home internet? I don't think they have a good grasp of the technology. This lends me to believe this person is being supplied Q&A material which should definitely be considdered a warning sign.

3) If it was constructed in his parents' office who wrote the code? What code? How? The fact that they have to get back with the answers lends more toward the being fed information portion. In other words, they are getting close to the closure and ready to make a quick grab at whoever they can once the true CoH goes dark.

Here's what will happen if they are a key logger snatcher. They will wait for enough people to log into the subscription server or, the more severe case, they will wait for someone with a deep bank account or steep credit and run. Anyone trusting them better watch anything they have with passwords and their bank accounts/credit card statements. The more I learn about this the more of a red flag raises in my mind.

Someone should serious que Matt and Jesse into this to review it all, but stress they should do it with extreme caution.

Lily Barclay · November 25, 2012, 07:17:43 PM

Matt no longer works for NCSoft, and Jessie is just the community manager. Though Jessie might be able to report it to them, which I think needs to be done. If NCSoft had not disabled posts on their Facebook page, I would have done so already.

The information in this thread leads me to believe that a scammer has taken advantage of a kid who wants his game to live on. The kid running it probably believes everyone will be able to play CoH from his parents' machine, and the scammer just wants a keylogger on as many machines as possible before people figure it out. Gamers tend to type in their credit card information, no?

dwturducken · November 25, 2012, 08:47:37 PM

Ah, yes, gamers. Like old people watching QVC...

Seriously, Matt would still have contacts, and Jessie can get the info to the right place. Since we're talking about jurisdictional issues, though, it's possible that no actual crime has been committed. In some places, just throwing up the website and making false promises is actionable. In most states, if not all (not sure about Canada), money has to be exchanged and no service delivered before any "authority" will do anything. The US FCC might have a hand, here, but they would not do anything before the End of Days, even if we file the complaint tomorrow (Monday).

srmalloy · November 25, 2012, 10:04:42 PM

Quote from: TonyV on November 17, 2012, 05:11:12 AMFor the record, we have absolutely nothing to do with this. If we ever release anything as a result of reverse engineering, it will not have any NCsoft IP in it unless (or until) we acquire it legally.

In the process of rebuilding the world, could you lean on the graphics artists to cut back on the Brutalism of the buildings? Seriously, someone made a killing with the concrete contract for building Paragon City, and it gave the city far too monotonous of an appearance. The kind of 'grew up over time' variation in styles that the devs did with Imperial City works much better.

Rejuvenatrix · November 26, 2012, 02:11:53 AM

TONY V...on the facebook page, they refer people to the Titan Network website, to obtain the sentinel extractor instructions. ( https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-City-of-Heroes/376748015741606).

Though they don't say they are affiliated with Titan, some people may make that assumption. I posted a comment, stating they should be asking permission if they are going to reference Titan.

Also, no one in their right mind would be doing something so obviously illegal, while boldly announcing that their uncle runs security at the White House. Very disturbing.

Golden Girl · November 26, 2012, 02:14:51 AM

Quote from: srmalloy on November 25, 2012, 10:04:42 PM
In the process of rebuilding the world, could you lean on the graphics artists to cut back on the Brutalism of the buildings? Seriously, someone made a killing with the concrete contract for building Paragon City, and it gave the city far too monotonous of an appearance. The kind of 'grew up over time' variation in styles that the devs did with Imperial City works much better.

Titan City will be more elegant and sophisticated ;)

Quinch · November 26, 2012, 03:08:24 AM

An elegant game from a more civilized age?

cptbarcode · November 26, 2012, 05:15:07 AM

Quote from: Quinch on November 26, 2012, 03:08:24 AM
An elegant game from a more civilized age?

Not as clumsy and random as Le Corbusier?

saipaman · November 28, 2012, 05:40:34 AM

While I was playing tonight, people were chatting about the 'New City of Heroes'. Apparently, they have a custom launcher to access their site. Who knows what it really does if you download and run it. I'm guessing nothing good.

The Fifth Horseman · November 29, 2012, 03:41:53 PM

Seems his website's contact page inadverently gives out his real name. Same name, same city: http://www.mylife.com/c-150431356424

dwturducken · November 29, 2012, 03:51:12 PM

If you click any of the links on the main page, other than the Facebook one, the name comes up at the top of the window, which means it's in the metadata. The website is very amateurish, made from a pretty crappy template. I'm not artistic in any way, but my brother-in-law and wife are both graphic designers, so I know what good looks like. I don't have to tell you that this isn't it.