CoX ROLL CALL

[johnrobey]

Bionic Flea, mainly from Justice, checking in.

Yesterday was bittersweet.  I haven't played much in the last month or so due to a combination of depression over the announcement and real life.  But I have logged in the last few days to savor the last moments and say goodbye.

I was buoyed by seeing my global friends list lit up more than I ever remember seeing it and by getting to run a +4 ITF and LGTF and some Itrials.

My eyes welled up a few times this morning reading Facebook posts and looking at screenshots and videos.

But the biggest punch to the gut was trying to look at the COH forums one last time and seeing that it was already gone.

My sincere thanks go out to Tony and the Titan Network team for keeping our community alive.

It was really good seeing you on Justice United yesterday, Flea.  I'm really glad you came back.  It had gotten so empty and discouraging, sometimes taking an hour to recruit for the Hami Raid, and niggling in the back of my mind was always, where are these good people?  Yes, going next to the Official forums where we could have written about this after "sunset' and seeing it all gone was horrible!  I truly loathe them for that!  Bad enough killing City of Heroes before our eyes but then to take away the venue where we might share final thoughts, memories, condolences, was heartlessly cruel.  Either they're really desperate for computing space, but my take on it is they'd prefer we each become Titans as well as written off customers.  (The ultimate icing is I can't even log into my NCSoft Master Account. Sheesh!  Looks like they've disabled or deleted those records.  They don't need to tell me again how much they do NOT want my business.)  I'm glad you got to do ITF and other fun stuff.

Modifying to note when speaking with an attorney today (she's a friend) she explained that if the purpose of closing CoH was to end all related contracts then the forums would also have to come down and that it would be cleaner legally to do it all at the same time.  So I'm done being POed at NCSoft for that.

[johnrobey]

Ashen Fury, KM/EA Scrapper from Justice.

Team Awesome Forever.

Still floored.

Scrappers shake off stuns better than blasters. Really glad to see you here.

[johnrobey]

Hotaru from the forums, @Hotaru in game. Hotaru, Cannibal Clown, Micro Jackson, and Sister Incinerator among others on Victory.

Here's to the greatest online community I've ever known!

Glad you included this list.  While @Hotaru rang a bell, Cannibal Clown brought back the memories.  Sorry I missed seeing your other characters, but glad to see you here.

[hudsonsmith]

@Uun

Played from December 2004 through December 2009 mainly on Protector and Victory and was co-leader of Phantoms of War (later merged with Paragon Punishers). Was fairly active on the CoH forums as hudsonsmith during that period (I eventually changed it to _Uun_) and wrote a couple of guides. Started playing again as a free player in September 2011 when Freedom launched but played only on Protector and was absent from the forums due to the limited posting rights given to free players.

Protector:  Uun, Night Window, Susanowo, Spiney Norman, Mr. Green, Mahu-ike, AudiBabel, Virginia Creeper, Gosh Darnit Man, Ulan Bator, Joules Faraday, Zodiac Prime, Miss Hap, Cielo Oscuro, Carbon Arc, Culverin, Gamma Decay

Victory:  aix, Short Charlie, Argent Destiny, Ice Coffee, Niobium Flux, Sonara

[Arcana]

This is Arcana.  Arcanaville on the official forums, but of course NCsoft took away the 'Ville.

I'm not sure how active I will be here yet, but I will be around.

[Glass Goblin]

Glass Goblin on the forums and as my global, but in the last days I primarily played Gorilla Girl and Black Ibis on Exalted, and Mister Dramatico and Glass Goblin on Triumph.

[Golden Girl]

Golden Girl - @Godlen Girl and @Golden-Girl - all servers :P

[BobMc]

@BobMc in game (or was it @Bob Mc ?)

B0bcatmc on the forums - active on Guardian in the old days, and the last couple years with the Iron Eagles II SG on Justice

altoholic

"Amyra" -Empathy/psi/psi Defender 50 incarnate - Main character - Guardian

"Nine Lives 9" SR/Staff Tank 50 (she made it with a couple days to spare! - Justice

Freedom is the Home of me and my wife's "Holiday Heroes SG"- full of themed duos- "Gingerbread Man" and "Gingerbread Woman" would be coming out for the Winter Holidays right about now...

Union had our "Fae Folk SG", and Infinity was the" Perfect Partners SG" themed duos

[corvus1970]

@El Corvo

Many of you may know me as "I L L Y R I A" from Virtue, because that's who I've spent most of my time as in the last month. You may also know me as "Pete P. Powers" on Virtue/Infinity, "Vamp Angel" or "Vampire Spike" on Victory, "General Supernova", "Avatar of Ra", or "Illyria the First" on Champion, or "Avatar of RA"/"Ra's Avatar" on Pinnacle/Virtue.

If you know me and want to keep in touch, just PM me! :)

[The Fifth Horseman]

Silver Spartan and Engine Jean on Union. Plus also Ghostslinger and Booster Angel on Beta.

[retched]

@retched. (note the dot)

I played quite a few toons on City of Heroes over the last four years. Especially Mina Ichikawa, retched., Metamistress Gem and several others.

Hopefully someone here who remembers this GN can get at me as well.

I'm also looking for friends too. Specifically @Whisper X (Amena), @Tuscon440 (Xnobia), and @slyveer (gliss). Please. if someone happens to know either of these four names I mentioned, please PM me. Thanks.

[ohms]

I was a Union player and only ever a Union player, except for a trip to Freedom for the 'let's crush the server' Praetorian invasion and a toon for the city hall steps vigil.

Don't forget Beam Line's day trip to Defiant for The Really Hard Way run ;)

[Ashen Fury]

Scrappers shake off stuns better than blasters. Really glad to see you here.

I cant just disconnect from the community. I had to come. I'm glad to see you, and other familiar names here.

[OVCorax]

@OVCorax here.
I played on Union and Defiant.

[blackjak]

blackjak here and formerly on COH forum. Mostly played on Virtue where my first and only 50 lived. Only got to play a little over a year. My biggest regret is not meeting everyone earlier. :'(

Virtue:
Moonsun (Japanese member of Evolution-X)
Dynamo Jr. (time lost member of American Legion)
Pink.Eye (former Outcast girl turned hero)
Crimson Fury (Russian nuclear powered firebrand)
Double Sixxes (Brit singer/songwriter/superhero)
Sabre Kat (women's self defense instructor taking it to the streets)
Quantum Stranger (scientist/fugitive, happily his own guinea pig)
The Mystic Kirin (learning magic in unmagical times) [last toon made]
Bloodhunter (villain mercenary, member of the VSTF)
Scorpio-X (mute mystery man)

Champion:
Blackjak (British millionaire/adventurer) [first toon]
Redwing Blackbird (vigilante stalker in the night)

Justice:
Shield Marshal (it wasn't his costume, but it fit)

Triumph:
Gosuto (possessing the demon possessed sword that possesses, walker in shadows)

Guardian:
White Talon (friend and mentor to Ballista [daughter's toon])

Union:
Stellar Girl ( from the future with a message too late)

[Fulcrum]

@Fulcrum

I played on Virtue and Infinity under the names  Deeds, (as well as Randal Deeds, Commander Deeds, Agent Deeds, Operative Deeds, and Capt. Deeds), Decatanium, Dr. Fraust, Dr. Phoenyx, Demigod Shard, Demigod Riven........ and Operatives Orange, Silver, Prism, and Titanium from 'The Operatives' Super-group....  before the Super-group mechanics were even in place.



I saw the game launch.  I saw it end.   

Felt like someone not only kicked my dog, but that I lost a good friend too last night.

[goatmonster]

@SacredLokapala here.
Started 8 years ago on Guardian, spent the final months on Virtue as Lord Yaweh, Benjamin Steel (Hi FANSY  ;)), and Chou En Lai. Got all my fingers crossed hoping that the Mouse can help us out.

[pyber]

I was @pyber, perhaps better known to some (mainly on Guardian) as Hammy or Hamster, thanks to one of my mains, Little Red Hamster.  Been lurking around the forums here for a little bit now, but this is my first post.  So hello folks, and holler if you need me.  I'll probably be lurking around here somewhere, heh.

[chasearcanum]

Chase Arcanum here.  @chasearcanum.  My wife (@Sibylla aka Cinder Flame) is here too, lurking.

Main server was Liberty, but we had alts virtually everywhere. 

To me, there was no apocalyptic event, no "end" for my characters.  The story's just moved to a different format.  Chase and Cinder,  Shandora Ward and Devouring Flame,  Targe and Ka'rayi, Char Cool and Sibylla... they all still defend the streets of Paragon as they always have.

I've been tempted to re-imagine these characters in my own world- one not tied to NCSoft properties anymore, but all these characters were interwoven into the lore of CoH.  Change the lore and eventually these characters stop being who they are anyway.   They are part of that world.

Maybe someday I'll find inspiration for reinventing them, but for now, they continue the good fight there.

[tancos]

I signed up in September to see what all the fuss was about. My principal avatar was Miss Sakura on Triumph, though I also played some on Infinity.

There are screenshots from last night here if anyone is interested.