I miss just being able to log into the city

[Rust]

I logged on during the final day, even bought supplies and such determined to stick it out to the end, but ultimately within thirty minutes I logged out. I'd said my goodbyes. I logged on with each of my characters, snapped a few parting screens, logged out, and then uninstalled the game.

...before grabbing the final screens.

*Facepalm*

[Triplash]

Ahhh I keep meaning to do this! Are the demos pre-recorded or do you have to already have them? I lost all my recorded videos...

You need to have the demo records in order to play them, but that's what's in that zip file Megajoule put up. You can use those to float around most of the zones (there's a couple missing but 95% of them are there).

There are also people working on making their own brand new demo records through the magic of programming. That is not a magic I know, but if you look around or ask in the demo recording section of the forums, there's more info there.

[Safehouse]

You need to have the demo records in order to play them, but that's what's in that zip file Megajoule put up. You can use those to float around most of the zones (there's a couple missing but 95% of them are there).

There are also people working on making their own brand new demo records through the magic of programming. That is not a magic I know, but if you look around or ask in the demo recording section of the forums, there's more info there.

I'm doin it. I desperately want to see the zones, even if it's just 95% of them. What a great thing to have available though! Screenshots and demos of all of the zones!

I'm curious about how they can make new demos.

And have you heard of the SEGS project?

[Safehouse]

I logged on during the final day, even bought supplies and such determined to stick it out to the end, but ultimately within thirty minutes I logged out. I'd said my goodbyes. I logged on with each of my characters, snapped a few parting screens, logged out, and then uninstalled the game.

...before grabbing the final screens.

*Facepalm*

Hey, Rust, I'm not sure if you downloaded the demos yet BUT if you go to YouTube and search "paragon city tours" you can find a series of videos for every. Single. Zone including kings row and independence port. The videos include the music and ambience. Found them today and watching them at work :)

[Triplash]

I'm curious about how they can make new demos.

Go to the demo recording section ( http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/board,167.0.html ). Look around in there, and ask some questions. That should tell you what you'll need to start making your own. Those people are wizards, I swear.

And have you heard of the SEGS project?

Yes and it sounds fantastic. I haven't had a chance to test it out though, sadly. I'd love to... in fact I'd love to be able to dig in and help root out bugs and such, too... but my schedule's kind of flaky. I can get called away to go deal with something in the house here at any moment, and I never know if it will take two minutes or twenty. I just don't feel right volunteering for something when I can't be sure I can actually give them my time.

[Menrva Channel]

I couldn't log as much time as I would have liked in the end either. At first it was because it was really painful to log on. Then I came back and played fervently but, well, life got in the way a bit. I did take Safehouse over to Atlas to hold the torch more than a few times, even if I wasn't at the end.

PS that nightfall picture made me so sad.

For some reason it's only lately that I've cried a lot about CoH. I was strangely numb about it in the months around the closure. Then after it closed I kind of kept moving on with my life. Then, all of a sudden, I was (and am) devastated by the loss. The music, Paragon Wiki and my fanfic have become a bit of an obsession of mine lately. I've used Icon a few times but each time I've started crying haha.

OH, btw I totally just followed you on deviantart. Jus' sayin' if you see A-S-Thombarr on your watchers' list that's me :)

Ah! You're A-S Thombarr! :D I am always happy to see new Watchers, especially those who know City of. But I really like it when I can put two and two together. :D And having multiple social networks is really cool. In terms of missing CoH, I go in phases. I always seem to think about it and miss it, but some days are worse than others. Usually on a super bad day or if I'm stressed I get weepy over it. Some days I get really low and feel like there's no hope. Then other days I can take it in stride and have that small, quiet hope. It's one of the reasons I love the DA groups on CoH (which was actually how I found out about it closing... that was a real downer) and this Forum. I find that ICON is hard, especially with my favorites because I can't go that extra step to run around in game and use them.

[Safehouse]

Ah! You're A-S Thombarr! :D I am always happy to see new Watchers, especially those who know City of. But I really like it when I can put two and two together. :D And having multiple social networks is really cool. In terms of missing CoH, I go in phases. I always seem to think about it and miss it, but some days are worse than others. Usually on a super bad day or if I'm stressed I get weepy over it. Some days I get really low and feel like there's no hope. Then other days I can take it in stride and have that small, quiet hope. It's one of the reasons I love the DA groups on CoH (which was actually how I found out about it closing... that was a real downer) and this Forum. I find that ICON is hard, especially with my favorites because I can't go that extra step to run around in game and use them.

Yup the past two weeks for me have been really hard. To my surprise I didn't really think about CoH/V/GR for a while following its closure. I bottled it up and then it all came out in one big, awful wave, last week. Actually, trying out ICON triggered it. I went the extra step and tried to log on and when it said "servers are busy" it struck me and I melted down haha. There is the SEGS project, which I'm following, but mostly I'm trying to move on with life, to little success.

And yep! That's me!

[MWDarkAge]

I'm not sure why, but I have been thinking a lot about City
lately. Was the double exp weekend somewhere around this time?
Anyway, I started playing City in the very beginning. I was in
Walmart one day in May of 2004 and saw a cool looking game on
the shelf. I liked comic books, and I had played an MMO called
STAR WARS GALAXIES and thought I'd give this game "City of
Heroes" a try. When I got it home and loaded it on my computer
I was smitten by the costume creator and ease and simplicity of
play. I was hooked. My first character was on Infinity. She was
a Katana wielding Scrapper with Regeneration called Emerald
Blade. I wish I could say she was an original idea, but MTV had
been showing a very cool show, "Spider-Man: The New Animated
Series" and one of his adversaries was a green-clad Asian woman
named Shikata in the episode "Sword of Shikata." Her sword was
the source of her power, and so it was with Emerald. I had a
really good back story for her in her BIO section. My
characters ALWAYS had BIOs. When ever I teamed with someone I
always checked for a BIO and was disappointed when there wasn't
one. I did make up a couple ALTs, but always went back to
Emerald. I worked third shift at a call center and when it was
slow, I would look at the small user's manual that came with
the game that had the description of powers and I would plan my
powers for upcoming levels. I also lived fairly close to where
I worked and there were even nights on my "lunch" break I would
go home to play for 20 minutes! Although I played a lot, it did
not consume me. I did a lot of pen and paper role-playing and
board and miniature gaming with friends. You could say I am a
gaming hobbyist. If you were able to look back at my history in
City you may even find there would be weeks that went by
without signing on. I was on the monthly subscription plan and
only lapsed once for a month because I forgot to update my new
credit card info. I was, for the most part a casual player. The
key thing for me was that if I had nothing to do, or was
feeling a bit low, I would jump on City and play for a few
hours. When Emerald finally got to 50 battling Freaks in the
Dreck mission, I took a screenshot which is on my computer to
this day. Like getting my diploma or being there for the birth
of my first child, it was a milestone I will not forget. Mind
you I have a hard time remembering how old I am (47 but I had
to think about it), I remember each of my four characters when
they hit 50. Yes, that's right. I played for 8 years and only
had four characters hit 50. I played for the enjoyment of the
game, not to see how fast I could level. I liked teaming and
helping people. Can't tell you how much influence I just gave
away to new players or enhancements I would pass off because I
couldn't use them. I thought it was what a hero would do and
that's what I got to be for the few hours I would play. As a
divorced father of two adorable hero wannabes, when I had the
kids on the weekends, I'd let them play. My daughter was 12 and
my son was 6. I had NO problems with them playing City. She
created a Teen Titan knock-off of Terra, which she called Teen
Terra who was a Tank with Rock Armor and he created an
Invulnerable Tank called Red Bolt who looked like a huge robot.
A few weeks later she received a note that her name had to be
changed and it and I took us a while to figure one out. I guess
we were on a pirate kick at the time because she came up with a
female pirate called Jolly Roxette. Get it? Pirate = Jolly,
Rock Tank = Roxette. Yeah, it was a stretch but she loved her
nonetheless. Each weekend we would get together and go do
things but when we got home, they loved to jump on the computer
and play. As the years passed, my son got more into the Xbox
games but my daughter liked City. When she graduated High
School, I bought her a laptop, and her first priority was to
make sure it would play City. It did and from that time on I
had to call her to make sure she wasn't on MY account so I
wouldn't knock her off if I tried to login. I will confess she
became a MUCH better player than I. Once incarnates came out
she had her 50 +3 rather quickly. In the end Emerald only was a
50 +2. We did end up getting an alternate account. I played the
alternate and she had the primary account. I created a "pet"
that Jolly owned who was a mutated rodent named Pretzel the
Squirrel. Teaming with Jolly he quickly rose in levels. I was
just one level shy of 50 when City shut down. I still get
choked-up thinking about the loss. I told my wife that losing
City was like losing my very best friend. Someone that was
ALWAYS there for you, they didn't judge you, and comforted you
though the bad times and slapped you down when things were good
(yeah, that was directed to you Lord Recluse). And like a lot
of things in life, you really don't realize what you had until
it was gone. I was never technically savvy and although towards
the last months of City I wanted to get a recorder of some sort
to record all my favorite characters and my Super bases and run
my favorite story arcs. Sadly I only have a few screenshots and
memories and a lingering void in my heart that was my home away
from home. Jolly and Pretzel spent the last moments on City
together and when the servers shut down I wept for the first
time in many, many years.

See... Heroes do cry.

[Blondeshell]

*serious eye-crossage*

tl;dr - Good story, but carriage returns are your friends.

[Triplash]

Sadly I only have a few screenshots and memories

Well, it's not the entire city back, but have you looked into Icon? Here's the thread for it.

So far, Codewalker's been able to let us use the character creator, then log into the city and run or fly around. The latest patch even put most of the contact NPCs in their proper places. We can summon NPCs wherever we like, and we can use emotes on them or ourselves (through things called MOVs, the Wiki page has full instructions), as well as load costumes onto them or ourselves. Heck, we can even roam around AS the NPCs.

It's not the same, but it's a heck of a lot better than a big gaping void. If nothing else, it's great for screenshots you didn't get the chance to take.

[dwturducken]

tl;dr - Good story, but carriage returns are your friends.

I can totally understand. Sometimes, you just have to get it out. I've even left out punctuation, but I went back after it was all down and stuck that stuff in. I think this was pretty emotional for him/her to get through.

[MWDarkAge]

It looked fine when I typed it in WORD  ;)

I guess cut-n-paste wasn't the way to go.

Sorry for the eyesore, but it was a bit emotional (still is) and
a form of impromptu therapy.

About ICON... The newest update where there are some
NPC's and Ms. Liberty might have been what brought on
this nostalgia.

BUT as always you former players are truly understanding and
wonderful for the support.

Thanks!

[dwturducken]

I think you should still have an "Edit" or "Modify" link, if you like. I thought it gave it a "breathless" feel in reading it.

[Triplash]

Sorry for the eyesore, but it was a bit emotional (still is) and
a form of impromptu therapy.

About ICON... The newest update where there are some
NPC's and Ms. Liberty might have been what brought on
this nostalgia.

Ahhh, gotcha... yep I think most of us know that feeling. Icon, while wicked awesome, can really poke a stick into the feels sometimes.

Here, have some moral support and stuff.  :D

[thunderforce]

Hey, Rust, I'm not sure if you downloaded the demos yet BUT if you go to YouTube and search "paragon city tours" you can find a series of videos for every. Single. Zone including kings row and independence port. The videos include the music and ambience. Found them today and watching them at work :)

I don't cry. I have not cried since about 1990. I don't know why not. Sometimes I remember what it feels like.

[dwturducken]

I don't cry. I have not cried since about 1990. I don't know why not. Sometimes I remember what it feels like.

I was like that. Then my son was born. I'm not saying I've cried since then, but there've been some near misses...

[Atlantea]

Guys. Just want to say - keep your hopes up. Between the various efforts of SEGS and other parties, I have little to no doubt that before too long we'll all be able to meet up in Paragon City.

There is an old Jewish tradition started during the diaspora before the founding of Israel in the 40s.

Jewish families would toast at certain occasions (such as Hanukkah or Passover) with the phrase "Next year in Jerusalem!"

Well - I propose a toast - "Next Christmas in the Ski Chalet!"  ;D

[Everfreefire]

/em raises a glass.  "Next Christmas in the Ski Chalet!"

[Captain Electric]

Next Christmas in the Ski Chalet!

/em raises a glass (of milk--Cap doesn't drink!)

(OOC, I'll take a cold bottle of Guinness, please. ;))

[OzonePrime]

Next year in the Ski Chalet!
/em raise a pint of Guinness