Reply from contact at Google!

[Rae]

If I could just steer you back on track for a moment:

I know this is taking a little longer than we'd hoped, and I'm sorry to keep you hanging on.

At the moment, we have two people who are working on the pitch put together by Mercedes and TF:HM. The good news is that one of them is Quinch, who is intelligent and good at stuff like this. The bad news is that one of them is me, who generally just checks facts, corrects spellings and focuses on getting the word out there to the media after the pitch is complete, so I'm about 90% of useless at this point :-p

We're also doing this around real life stuff like full-time jobs, family commitments and (in my case, TPP), so it's going to take us a little while longer yet , I'm afraid. 

We are getting there, though. Sorry to keep you hanging on. As soon as we're ready to go with it, we'll let you know :)

[Cinnder]

Thanks for the retracking of the thread and for the update!

At this point it hardly seems likely a few weeks here or there will make much difference, so please, all of you, don't neglect your other commitments!

[Omega Mark V]

I'm sure Google can wait. They're probably used to things this big taking a while.

Typing many pages for something this important is good to take your time on.

[dwturducken]

At the moment, we have two people who are working on the pitch put together by Mercedes and TF:HM. The good news is that one of them is Quinch, who is intelligent and good at stuff like this. The bad news is that one of them is me, who generally just checks facts, corrects spellings and focuses on getting the word out there to the media after the pitch is complete, so I'm about 90% of useless at this point :-p

We are getting there, though. Sorry to keep you hanging on. As soon as we're ready to go with it, we'll let you know :)

This doesn't sound like such a bad arrangement, actually. Anyone who is in a hurry or impatient will manage. The rest of us know we're playing the long game. Besides, I'd rather it was right than fast.

[Taceus Jiwede]

This doesn't sound like such a bad arrangement, actually. Anyone who is in a hurry or impatient will manage. The rest of us know we're playing the long game. Besides, I'd rather it was right than fast.

Very well put. +1

[Menrva Channel]

Keep up the excellent work! Slowly and steady wins the race. :D

[JaguarX]

Keep up the excellent work! Slowly and steady wins the race. :D

Unless it's 100 meter dash for gold medal.

[pogoman]

Keep up the good work! We'll await further orders!

[Illusionss]

I have to admit I have taken part in RP unicorning.  Not cause I dont respect RPers or anything like that.  I can just be a a-hole sometimes.

We would talk in l33t speak. EX: J00 n00b I r0xx3r3d j0 ass!1 and then when we talked in OOC it was old english. EX: Whatever does thou mean sir! I am simply role playing, I hopeth my character does not offend thee!"

Silly and kind of douchey, but it was all in the name of comedy not to insult RPers.

Well, the problem for RPers was that often they all but hung targets on themselves, and then whined when people took aim. I never actually harrassed anyone RPing, except for one time in the Steel Canyon Icon store and some moron was in there acting like an ass. Every last piece of his costume was a different bright, clashing color and I remember calling him Rainbow Brite in public chat. But that was it. lol

Really obnoxious people quietly met the /gignore command. Easier than a war of words.

[goodtime]

We are getting there, though. Sorry to keep you hanging on. As soon as we're ready to go with it, we'll let you know :)

Thank you for your time and effort!  It's very much appreciated.

[MindBlender]

I was on Guardian and all my toons had pants.  I do suspect that my MM Commando went...well, commando sometimes though...  :o

[Tanklet]

Thanks for the retracking of the thread and for the update!

/seconded

[The White Rager]

Amusing as watching this thread spectacularly digress was, thanks for bringing it back in line.

[Sleepy Wonder]

I'm beginning to question just how much work actually goes into altering a 30-some odd page pitch package, given it's been 4 months now. In 2 more months it will have been half a year.

I understand the people working on it have other priorities, but I'm just curious as to how much time is being dedicated to it each day? Why not bring some other writers on board if you guys need any help?

[Victoria Victrix]

I'm beginning to question just how much work actually goes into altering a 30-some odd page pitch package, given it's been 4 months now. In 2 more months it will have been half a year.

I understand the people working on it have other priorities, but I'm just curious as to how much time is being dedicated to it each day? Why not bring some other writers on board if you guys need any help?

Because:

First I had influenza for two months which nearly put me in the hospital. 
This put me two months behind on a book deadline; I wrote half a book in one month by spending 14 hour days on it.
Then my mother died last Friday and I am dealing with that.
And Rae began working double time at her real job, along with other real life difficulties

Why don't we bring in other writers?  Because we three alone were given privileged information that we are not permitted to share except with prospective buyers.

[Captain Electric]

VV, please take all of the time that you and your team needs, getting it done right is more important than just getting it done.

And of course there is the fact that a lot of us are waiting to see if #CallJack has any real meaningful merit to it. I dearly hope that it does, because in that case...the only extant developer that is experienced with the City of Heroes spaghetti code will have it in the best possible place. Which is something I never could have foreseen myself typing, but times are a'changin'.

[JaguarX]

And of course there is the fact that a lot of us are waiting to see if #CallJack has any real meaningful merit to it. I dearly hope that it does, because in that case...the only extant developer that is experienced with the City of Heroes spaghetti code will have it in the best possible place. Which is something I never could have foreseen myself typing, but times are a'changin'.

Yup.

[dwturducken]

Honestly, I think Team Wildcard is the avenue more realistically likely to produce results. I'm keeping my eye on #CallJack (and will participate as I am able) strictly because there is the pre-existing direct and intimate connection between him and NC$oft.

[Victoria Victrix]

I can promise you that if CallJack gets any real movement from Emmert, and I stop crying myself sick long enough to type, we will put Perfect World on the top of the list right after GooglePlay and rewrite the pitch for THEM.  They are not personally my pick given how they have let Champions languish, but maintenance is better than dead.

[SeaLily]

I can promise you that if CallJack gets any real movement from Emmert, and I stop crying myself sick long enough to type, we will put Perfect World on the top of the list right after GooglePlay and rewrite the pitch for THEM.  They are not personally my pick given how they have let Champions languish, but maintenance is better than dead.

The difference between CO in maintenance mode and CoH in maintenance mode is that while CO is severely lacking in content and end-game goals, CoH has tons and tons of content and plenty of stuff to do in the endgame.

If anything, CoH with a skeleton crew adding a new costume set or power set every couple months would still be better off than CO was even when it was getting a full team's worth of support.