Stephen Colbert?

[Roughtrade]

Now we just need to figure out how the heck to get a hold of him lol.

http://www.colbertnation.com/
http://www.facebook.com/thecolbertreport
http://www.facebook.com/thecolbertreport/app_53267368995
https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome
https://twitter.com/ColbertReport

[kalynnda13]

Below is the letter I just mailed to Stephen. After the text I included screenshots of some of my characters fighting crime. I also included some *tit*ilating pics from Blade and Soul, with a comment about replacing wholesome game with...that.

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Dear Mr. Colbert,

What could be more American than Superheroes? From Captain America to Iron Man, Superman to Wonder Woman, superheroes are iconic of Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Unfortunately, as of December 1, 2012, there are far fewer superheroes in the world.

At midnight Pacific Standard Time on November 30, the South Korean company NCSoft closed the long-running and still profitable Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) City of Heroes. The announcement to close the game came on Aug 31. The entire California-based development staff was laid off on the same day. In the following 3 months, the fans of the game have tried many ways to keep the game alive.

City of  Heroes was more than just a game to many people. It was a family, a home, a place where parents and children could play together, and for some, it was therapy.  (See the thread at http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,5070.0.html for more stories of how special the CoH game was to many people.)  It allowed us to create our own superheroes, design unique costumes and powersets, and feel like we were being a force for good in the virtual world.

And in the world of City of Heroes, we were needed. Gang members walked the streets, robbing and terrorizing the populace of Paragon City. A mob called "the Family" sowed corruption in the port area. Anarchists called the Freakshow and fascists called the Fifth Column and the Council committed dastardly deeds, and Earth was always at risk of alien conquest by the Rikti.  When we weren't being heroic, we participated in Free Enterprise,  buying and selling items to other players.

We, the players, the community of City of Heroes, are looking for a new home now. Disney Studios has been approached, as Disney is a quintessential American company. At least one well-known writer is on our side and heading up the campaign. Fans are flooding the Mouse with letters...but we could use more help. And that is why we are writing to you. As a fellow fan of Superheroes, we hope that you would be willing to help publicize our plight and our hope for the future. Perhaps you would consider an exposé of how a foreign corporation killed thousands of superheroes?

NCSoft seeks to replace a wholesome family game with the soft porn-like offering,  Blade and Soul. They have been thus far unwilling to sell City of Heroes to those who would give the game a new home and new life.

Please help us in our campaign to get Disney to buy City of Heroes We need not a flood, but a tsunami of letters to get their attention. We'd be ecstatic if members of Colbert Nation joined our cause. While we'd love it if City of Heroes could get a mention on your show—perhaps a 'Wag of the Finger' at NCSoft -  just getting the word out to your loyal fans would be wonderful.

If Disney is not in a position to help us, your publicity could draw the attention of other companies who might take an interest in this wholesome All-American game.

Finally, if no other option is available, we, the fans and CoH community, will have no choice but to create our own game, which would be developed by a community of volunteers, to hopefully evolve into a large corporate concern. This also is an example of the American Spirit at work.

Steven, as you are one of the last bastions of what is True and Right in America, we thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Kalynnda and Carol Rivermoon

Please see the press release at http://www.savecoh.com/2012/11/press-release-disney-rescue.html for more details and contact information.

[Vasarto]

http://www.colbertnation.com/
http://www.facebook.com/thecolbertreport
http://www.facebook.com/thecolbertreport/app_53267368995
https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome
https://twitter.com/ColbertReport

Cool. I posted a tweet and a facebook message one time to each of those!
Hope it gets to him!

[Timelord Tom]

Excellent plan.  EVIL KOREANS DESTROYED HIS SUPER GROUP!

LMAO... Thank you VV. Laughed so hard at that I now have the hiccups.

Quick... somebody scare me.

[CrimsonCapacitor]

Couldn't resist.  Sent out this tweet:

@StephenAtHome korean company out to destroy/replace patriotic American superheroes with weird little jigglyboob stripper elves! #SaveCOH

Surely that's worth a glance, right?

[mikoroshi]

I sent him, " @StephenAtHome Evil Korean games company destroying American jobs and killing off patriotic superheroes! #savecoh #remembercoh #avengecoh "

[Tanglefoe]

Those last 2 made me laugh so hard! ;D

[Vasarto]

Evil Koreans KILLED Your Super Hero Group the Colbert Nation! Help Spread the word anyway you can plz!
http://www.cohtitan.com


Edit

How much of an amazing thing would it be for us if he commented about this on his show?

[Archlight]

Evil Korean company destroys a City in Rhode Island. That should get his commentary going.

[Roughtrade]

Evil Korean company destroys a City in Rhode Island. That should get his commentary going.

It's Friday, no show tonight.

It's possible with this week being devoted to Tolkien, his staff just didn't want to geek out any further.  I suggest we try to get a mass tweet campaign going for Sunday.  Something to the Colbert Nation Twitter account, so that when the intern who has the job of reading it in the morning comes in on Monday, they have a big block of tweets.  Something that gets noticed. 

[dwturducken]

I'm on board, but, having no idea how many of the registered members are reading this, we're going to have to work hard to make ourselves heard above the usual noise of the Colbert Nation.

[Roughtrade]

I figure on putting a note in the other Twitter Blitz threads on Saturday night/ Sunday morning.    It's one of those things that (In My Opinion) we don't want to do too early because I'd rather have it be up front Monday Morning when they come into work.

[Victoria Victrix]

Put in an alert on this over on the SaveParagon main board as well.  Larry says this is sheer brilliance.

[Roughtrade]

Put in an alert on this over on the SaveParagon main board as well.  Larry says this is sheer brilliance.

Ayuh!

[Vasarto]

YAY!

Well all in all I guess we have my friend to thank for creating the super group to begin with lol.

[Felderburg]

Just a note, the major force of his fandom is now dedicated to getting him appointed as replacement senator for South Carolina. While he probably won't be appointed, that is where the focus is now in Colbert Nation. Not sure if anything Save CoH related will really make waves with the general populace right now, so it may be best to wait a bit until the Senate furor dies down.

[Victoria Victrix]

Nah , we should go ahead.  The Colbert Nation, unlike the fans of other fake news, are actually able to think about more than one thing at a time.

[Roughtrade]

Just a note, the major force of his fandom is now dedicated to getting him appointed as replacement senator for South Carolina. While he probably won't be appointed, that is where the focus is now in Colbert Nation. Not sure if anything Save CoH related will really make waves with the general populace right now, so it may be best to wait a bit until the Senate furor dies down.

It is a sad truth that, yes, Jim DeLint stepping down is captivating his Twitter Feed and added to that, North Korea announced they discovered Unicorns.  So another Korean/Twitter-ish thing may not fit.  Then again, they may make an association I don't see and find something funny.

We can only do our best to get noticed, and more pinging them means more chance of being noticed.  If it doesn't  happen before they shut down production for the year then we just get ready to try and be the first thing he notices next year. 

There are also other media targets out there.  GU Comics, PvP Online, Penny Arcade, Nodwick.  All of those are Online Comics that use the Gaming Community as a focus.  Nodwick's characters appeared in the CoH Comics as a back up feature.  PvP Online's cast played CoH regularly and one of his characters, The LolBat, came out of a CoH arc in his comic.  Join their forums, see if we can dig up some chatter.  This doesn't end until we call it quits. 

GU Comics
http://www.gucomics.com/comic/
Focused mostly on Gamer Industry and Community humor.  Has done several bits on CoH

PVP Online
http://www.pvponline.com/
A Comic about an office that works on a Gamer Magazine.  Lots of personal storylines, but they are all Gamers and had several arcs about CoH.

Penny Arcade
http://www.penny-arcade.com/
More NSFW than the others.  If cursing bothers you, probably won't like them.  But they are another Gamer focused comic with a large fan base and active forums.  Also responsible for starting Child's Play, one of the largest Gamer Charity Fund Raisers. 

Nodwick
http://www.nodwick.com/
Began as a pretty much D&D comic, and a long running one in Dragon Magazine.  He did several comics about CoH.  No forums, but you can email from a link on his main page and see if we can get his support.

[Victoria Victrix]

Just repeating:

Nah , we should go ahead.  The Colbert Nation, unlike the fans of other fake news, are actually able to think about more than one thing at a time.

The Colbert thing we have going over on Save Paragon is Colbert-Nation Specific anyway.  It won't work for anyone else.

[Roughtrade]

The Colbert thing we have going over on Save Paragon is Colbert-Nation Specific anyway.  It won't work for anyone else.

True. 

Just pointing out there are other places we can be looking at to expand our coverage.