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New City of Heroes?

Started by Rae, November 16, 2012, 10:03:56 PM

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dwturducken

#100
December 05, 2012, 06:28:52 PM
I reported them to Tucows. It's not their server host, but it is their web host.
I wouldn't use the word "replace," but there's no word for "take over for you and make everything better almost immediately," so we just say "replace."

Perfidus

#101
December 05, 2012, 08:06:07 PM
I just did the same. This kind of thing is inexcusable. I heard about this first I think in mid-November, and knew point blank it was a scam. I've had VirtueVerses intentionally made to be crappy reproductions of the internet circa 1998 that looked better and were more convincing than that website. And just one sentence from them makes it clear that this is not a thing that will happen, now or ever.

At least, not from them.

corvus1970

#102
December 05, 2012, 08:24:20 PM
Quote from: The Fifth Horseman on November 25, 2012, 12:24:22 AM
This is going to crash and burn either way - I'll watch from the sidelines with a bag of popcorn.

Here's your gif for that:

https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.corvusonline.net%2Fforum_images%2FJokerPopcorn.gif
... ^o^CORVUS^o^
"...if nothing we do matters, than all that matters is what we do."
http://corvus1970.deviantart.com/

Perfidus

#103
December 05, 2012, 10:13:57 PM
https://i.imgur.com/YXnr5.gif

I was always partial to this one.

corvus1970

#104
December 05, 2012, 11:06:45 PM
That one is also superb. I didn't have it uploaded though :D
... ^o^CORVUS^o^
"...if nothing we do matters, than all that matters is what we do."
http://corvus1970.deviantart.com/

Golden Girl

#105
December 05, 2012, 11:13:21 PM
It's actually better than the first one, because of the semi-troll face expression :P
"Heroes and Villains" website - http://www.heroes-and-villains.com
"Heroes and Villains" on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HeroesAndVillainsMMORPG
"Heroes and Villains" on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Plan_Z_Studios
"Heroes and Villains" teaser trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnjKqNPfFv8
Artwork - http://goldengirlcoh.deviantart.com

corvus1970

#106
December 05, 2012, 11:16:28 PM
Hah! Good point! The King of Pop = The King of Unicorn-Face :D
... ^o^CORVUS^o^
"...if nothing we do matters, than all that matters is what we do."
http://corvus1970.deviantart.com/

The Fifth Horseman

#107
December 05, 2012, 11:36:45 PM
There's another sockpuppet throwing itself in support of him.
Took all of five minutes to confirm the suspicion that account is one, can't they do anything right?
We were heroes. We were villains. At the end of the world we all fought as one. It's what we did that defines us.
The end occurred pretty much as we predicted: all servers redlining until midnight... and then no servers to go around.

Somewhere beyond time and space, if you look hard you might find a flash of silver trailing crimson: a lone lost Spartan on his way home.

The Fifth Horseman

#108
December 06, 2012, 07:16:34 PM Last Edit: December 07, 2012, 02:08:03 PM by The Fifth Horseman
https://i.imgur.com/e3IFy.jpg
QuoteThe only programming I have really done work be making small programs. Computer programming is a skill I picked up after the hours a day I spend on the computer. I've gone to a couple classes about it and know a lot but I don't have any degree or jobs that I've programmed for. This is the biggest job I've ever done for it! (Dave the programmer)
*sound of one hand clapping*
We were heroes. We were villains. At the end of the world we all fought as one. It's what we did that defines us.
The end occurred pretty much as we predicted: all servers redlining until midnight... and then no servers to go around.

Somewhere beyond time and space, if you look hard you might find a flash of silver trailing crimson: a lone lost Spartan on his way home.

Blitzwing

#109
December 06, 2012, 08:24:51 PM
...too bad we can't plant someone on the inside of this, and bring it down from within...couldn't be that hard, given their obvious ignorance....  :D

TonyV

#110
December 06, 2012, 08:55:10 PM
To be honest, I have mixed feelings about it.  If it's a scam (which I'm almost 100% certain it is), then yeah, they're scum and they deserve whatever's coming to them.  If someone actually managed to get hold of the code base, though (because I don't for a second believe they've managed to reverse engineer and write a server in this short a time frame), then I actually don't care what they do.  I'm certainly not going to help NCsoft fight whatever battles they want to fight.

dwturducken

#111
December 06, 2012, 09:12:10 PM
That was the crux of my dilemma. I don't want to fight NCSoft's battles, but it takes very little effort to call the appropriate authorities on someone trying to take advantage of us.
I wouldn't use the word "replace," but there's no word for "take over for you and make everything better almost immediately," so we just say "replace."

Blitzwing

#112
December 06, 2012, 09:14:54 PM
That was actually my next idea...link the NCoH fb page to a post on NCSoft's page, then sit back and watch the fireworks!  ;)

Golden Girl

#113
December 06, 2012, 09:18:02 PM
Quote from: Blitzwing on December 06, 2012, 08:24:51 PM
...too bad we can't plant someone on the inside of this, and bring it down from within...couldn't be that hard, given their obvious ignorance....  :D

I don't think we need to do anything to bring it down - they seem quite capable of doing it all by themselves :P
"Heroes and Villains" website - http://www.heroes-and-villains.com
"Heroes and Villains" on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HeroesAndVillainsMMORPG
"Heroes and Villains" on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Plan_Z_Studios
"Heroes and Villains" teaser trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnjKqNPfFv8
Artwork - http://goldengirlcoh.deviantart.com

corvus1970

#114
December 06, 2012, 10:44:02 PM
Indeed. I suspect that their own foot is firmly in their gun-sights.
... ^o^CORVUS^o^
"...if nothing we do matters, than all that matters is what we do."
http://corvus1970.deviantart.com/

The Fifth Horseman

#115
December 09, 2012, 01:09:51 AM Last Edit: December 09, 2012, 01:17:42 AM by The Fifth Horseman
Another FB user just dug this up. Seems that's "Dave the programmer"'s FB profile.
https://www.facebook.com/david.eschelbacher.7

And now let's take another quote from a while back:
QuoteMy Brother (17) My uncle (who runs the security on the white house) and me (19)
The FB profile's creator = not a programmer.
The FB profile's creator = 19 years old.
David Eschelbacher = 19 years old.
"Dave the programmer" = David Eschelbacher
"Dave the programmer" = The FB profile's creator and only user. No other person used that FB profile.
"Dave the programmer" = not a programmer.

Time to release the unicorns of war?
We were heroes. We were villains. At the end of the world we all fought as one. It's what we did that defines us.
The end occurred pretty much as we predicted: all servers redlining until midnight... and then no servers to go around.

Somewhere beyond time and space, if you look hard you might find a flash of silver trailing crimson: a lone lost Spartan on his way home.

Codewalker

#116
December 09, 2012, 01:15:23 AM
That page disappeared fast. What did we miss?

The Fifth Horseman

#117
December 09, 2012, 01:27:42 AM
 ??? Everything's still there.
Here's a shot of his profile: http://i.imgur.com/SintK.jpg
We were heroes. We were villains. At the end of the world we all fought as one. It's what we did that defines us.
The end occurred pretty much as we predicted: all servers redlining until midnight... and then no servers to go around.

Somewhere beyond time and space, if you look hard you might find a flash of silver trailing crimson: a lone lost Spartan on his way home.

Codewalker

#118
December 09, 2012, 02:25:59 AM
Probably because I don't have a facebook account? Most pages show up there even if I can't comment or anything, but maybe that one is set not to.

TimtheEnchanter

#119
December 09, 2012, 03:00:03 AM
Anyone think Dave the Programmer would be able to get this further down the pipeline if Joe the Plumber cleaned it for him?
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