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I just couldn't...
« on: December 08, 2012, 01:10:54 AM »
Last Friday came and I was on my computer. All I had to do was click on the icon and bring it up. I didn't. I just couldn't. Midnight came and went and I did not click on that icon.

Inside me, the little boy in Batman underoos is still crying.  He used to be excited and happy. He was in a world where his actions made a difference. Where his body was healthy and he didn't have to compromise his convictions. He was a Hero.

I suppose the hero is still there. He's just looking for a new home.*

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*In truth, it would be Heroes. Hi, my name is Brian and I'm an...altoholic.

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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2012, 01:21:21 AM »
Brian, we feel your pain. Hang in there.
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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2012, 02:31:02 AM »


It is what allows us to walk, what inspires us, What brings us closer to happiness and moves us forward.

Keep it, Breathe it in accept it into your life.
Because with it you can find the strength to push that button when the time comes.

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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2012, 02:35:33 AM »
*hugs*
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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2012, 02:52:39 AM »
Goodness.  A whole week already.  Feels like so much longer, you ask me...

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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2012, 09:19:54 AM »
Last Friday came and I was on my computer. All I had to do was click on the icon and bring it up. I didn't. I just couldn't. Midnight came and went and I did not click on that icon.

Inside me, the little boy in Batman underoos is still crying.  He used to be excited and happy. He was in a world where his actions made a difference. Where his body was healthy and he didn't have to compromise his convictions. He was a Hero.

I suppose the hero is still there. He's just looking for a new home.*

WolfSoul

*In truth, it would be Heroes. Hi, my name is Brian and I'm an...altoholic.

Hi WolfSoul,
I think many of us feel like that little boy in Batman underoos.  I'm glad to see you honor that Inner Child.  Most of us have one.  Welcome to these forums.  I'm glad to see you here.

Oops, I mean, HI BRIAN! I haven't created an alt in slightly over 3 months.  I think I deserve a chip.  If you have less than 3 months, you may have one of my old tokens.  If not, there should be a box just over there by the cookies and coffee.   ;)
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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2012, 12:57:19 PM »
Hi WolfSoul,
I think many of us feel like that little boy in Batman underoos.  I'm glad to see you honor that Inner Child.  Most of us have one.  Welcome to these forums.  I'm glad to see you here.

Oops, I mean, HI BRIAN! I haven't created an alt in slightly over 3 months.  I think I deserve a chip.  If you have less than 3 months, you may have one of my old tokens.  If not, there should be a box just over there by the cookies and coffee.   ;)

Ummm...yeah - as for alts....well, you see...um...er.....

I created two on the last day.  One because I cleaned out my account in the store and got new costume items and wanted to see what plant manipulation was all about.  I figured that if WHEN my characters "wake up" again, I wanted to have one with that power set.

The second one - Afterglow - was made on Beta after the main servers shut down and the test server was still running.  She was *just* entering the City when the world went dark.  So yes...my very last act as a CoH player was to make another alt.

So...where are the meetings again?
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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2012, 01:46:09 PM »
« Last Edit: December 08, 2012, 08:48:55 PM by johnrobey »
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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2012, 02:11:06 PM »
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So yes...my very last act as a CoH player was to make another alt.

This. This is why NCSoft had no right to shut down CoH.

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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2012, 02:18:29 PM »
I felt--how we all felt--on Justice when we heard Virtue was gone.  Damn them for killing Virtue first and not last!  Oops, too late.  *wipes eyes*

Do you know which of the regular content servers was last to go down?
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« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2012, 04:46:48 PM »
Ummm...yeah - as for alts....well, you see...um...er.....

I created two on the last day.  One because I cleaned out my account in the store and got new costume items and wanted to see what plant manipulation was all about.  I figured that if WHEN my characters "wake up" again, I wanted to have one with that power set.

The second one - Afterglow - was made on Beta after the main servers shut down and the test server was still running.  She was *just* entering the City when the world went dark.  So yes...my very last act as a CoH player was to make another alt.

So...where are the meetings again?

Grin!

You are my new role-model!

I almost made a new alt on the last day, "Better to Burn Out" but I had things I wanted to do on my very first char, and stuff for my very first 50, and for my duos with my wife, so I never got around to it.
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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2012, 04:47:17 PM »
Do you know which of the regular content servers was last to go down?

I expect Cobalt Azurean single-handedly kept Champion up for a couple of minutes longer than any of the other servers, refusing to let the game end while the code itself unravelled all around him.  ;)


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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2012, 05:27:07 PM »

Merseine, at the next meeting, if you'll make the coffee, I'll do some cooking.   Everyone likes pancakes, right?   ;)

Done!  And I'll bring the *real* maple syrup, not that crappy fake stuff.  Oh, and butter...real butter, enough butter to make Paula Deen proud. 
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« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2012, 05:43:06 PM »
Everyone likes pancakes, right?   ;)

Add some chocolate-chip pancakes, and I'm sold! ;)
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« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2012, 06:20:41 PM »
Do you know which of the regular content servers was last to go down?

Perhaps there is another thread related to your question.  This was the closest I was able to find:  http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,6480.0.html
(warning: there's a fair bit in that thread one may find emotionally charged.)

I recall one thread had screenshots showing lit dots for each of the servers and also included screenshots people took while queued to log into Virtue.  Long and short, even tho I cannot find it (okay, I'm fired as a research assistant) I thought someone, perhaps even Hit_Streak himself, had a precise list of exactly what times each server was taken offline and in what order.  For many/most of us it was  4-5 minutes past midnight PST, with Beta online for approximately 11-15 minutes longer, IIRC.
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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2012, 06:30:14 PM »
Done!  And I'll bring the *real* maple syrup, not that crappy fake stuff.  Oh, and butter...real butter, enough butter to make Paula Deen proud.

Add some chocolate-chip pancakes, and I'm sold! ;)

BIG grin!!!  With people like you around, this therapy is gonna be WAY FUN!!   ;D
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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2012, 10:40:05 PM »
Thank, everyone. I just needed to talk about my frustration and sadness. I miss my namesake a lot more than I thought I would.

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« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2012, 10:48:00 PM »
Thank, everyone. I just needed to talk about my frustration and sadness. I miss my namesake a lot more than I thought I would.

I think we all understand that one, my friend.

My name is Jamie, and I'm an altoholic too.


So yes...my very last act as a CoH player was to make another alt.

And you... I like you. You've got style 8)

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Re: I just couldn't...
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2012, 07:30:58 AM »
Hi all, Cryfire here and I'm an Altaholic too, when the game went down I had 166 characters total, the newest one made just a week before. Still get the urge to log in and play but there's nothing to log into or play anymore. *sighs*

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« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2012, 07:59:42 AM »
I had two accounts full of characters, and loved them all.I want to log in....every day...
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