Truly Free

[Captain Electric]

Well, the last line in my post was supposed to be snarky. ;D

Somewhere on my backup drive, there is a screenshot of the disconnect message on my monitor from the "lastlol daylol" of Earth and Beyond, back in 2004.

But, honestly, you could have talked me into one more try, for the umpteenth time. Just like those times on Virtue when we didn't let silly "odds" get in the way, I'd have respected ya more for it. (I really don't remember ever seeing you in the mood to give up.)

Thanks for the kick in the cape. If anyone wants to try something new, something dumb, something hopeless, OK. Good excuse to keep the family together, I guess.  :)

[houtex]

Well is it safe to say that we are all mad at them?  And usually mad festers into hate and hate leads to wanting revenge.  Actually carrying out the revenge is an entirely different story.

Nope, not even mad.  It's really kinda weird, I suppose, in comparison to most, it seems.  I DO want CoH to be back, and running, and me and everyone to be in it like before, as well as the Studio still up.  But I just... I don't have any emotions regarding NCSoft or their decision, except sadness.  It's like the bigger kid took the football home with him.  It's his ball, after all.  But why can't he leave it behind?  Dunno, it's his, he took it. 

Shucks.  Sure wish he'd have left that ball behind.  I could throw it around, catch it, play with a few others... Hm.  Well, I guess I'll find something else to do.  What else is there but that?  <- nutshell.

Now, I'm NOT giving up hope, and thinking that it might be coming to pass, that CoH will run again.  It's just not a thought process.  I believe it will be around, somehow, someway.  I just don't know the when of it.

But it will happen.  I know it.  I just have that feeling.  NCSoft will be what it will be, regardless of that, so I don't care to negatively think about them.  I just don't think about them at all, mostly.

However, I'll grant that indeed, there's a lotta vitriol for NCSoft in the world.  One wonders why people throw money at them in the first place.  But that's that 20/20 hindsight working it's magic, seeing how I and many others did that until CoH was shuttered... :|

[Golden Girl]

Actually carrying out the revenge is an entirely different story.

Put Statesman's body in a subway car packed with dynamite and let it run under NCsoft HQ.

[Triplash]

Well, the last line in my post was supposed to be snarky. ;D

Ahhh, well there ya go then. My Snark Matter Detector has been on the fritz for a while now. That's probably why I didn't catch it ;)

But, honestly, you could have talked me into one more try, for the umpteenth time. Just like those times on Virtue when we didn't let silly "odds" get in the way, I'd have respected ya more for it. (I really don't remember ever seeing you in the mood to give up.)

Just to be clear, if you were ready to move on, I wouldn't argue that. That's everybody's right. I just ain't gonna let ya give up. Defeat's not something I'm okay with in my friends, especially for someone who's normally such an optimist.

And odds? Pssh. That's just numbers. Like a great man once said: "Never tell me the odds." 8)

[JaguarX]

Nope, not even mad.  It's really kinda weird, I suppose, in comparison to most, it seems.  I DO want CoH to be back, and running, and me and everyone to be in it like before, as well as the Studio still up.  But I just... I don't have any emotions regarding NCSoft or their decision, except sadness.  It's like the bigger kid took the football home with him.  It's his ball, after all.  But why can't he leave it behind?  Dunno, it's his, he took it. 

Shucks.  Sure wish he'd have left that ball behind.  I could throw it around, catch it, play with a few others... Hm.  Well, I guess I'll find something else to do.  What else is there but that?  <- nutshell.

Now, I'm NOT giving up hope, and thinking that it might be coming to pass, that CoH will run again.  It's just not a thought process.  I believe it will be around, somehow, someway.  I just don't know the when of it.

But it will happen.  I know it.  I just have that feeling.  NCSoft will be what it will be, regardless of that, so I don't care to negatively think about them.  I just don't think about them at all, mostly.

However, I'll grant that indeed, there's a lotta vitriol for NCSoft in the world.  One wonders why people throw money at them in the first place.  But that's that 20/20 hindsight working it's magic, seeing how I and many others did that until CoH was shuttered... :|

Yup.

Up until that faithful aug 30th day, you couldnt say anything negative about NCSoft without being flamed. And many asked the old forum the community the same thing usuaully a few months right after the closing of TR (Tabula Rasa) and that mess. Of course most people rudely dismissed them as "Doom sayers" and trolls. But looking back, they were right and many are saying the exact same thing that those people after TR were saying about NCSoft.

Hindsight always 20/20.

No hate here. That would give them a sign that one, they control my emotions, two, I think about them when they dont even think about me.

Like a bad relationship when one says "Hey, sorry I'm leaving you." and the person that got left started to stalk them and hurt them for revenge and then in the end the one that is out for revenge and stalking ends up looking like the crazy one regardless of what the person that left actually did. They make it easy to justify their reason to the public. Now if that person used that hate and anger and build something where it makes the person look like an idiot for leaving, then that is the sweetest revenge. Project Z.

[Styrj]

Put Statesman's body in a subway car packed with dynamite and let it run under NCsoft HQ.

GG, have you seen the movie "V for Vendetta"?  If not, check it out and make sure to watch the ending.  POW!!  ;D

[TimtheEnchanter]

GG, have you seen the movie "V for Vendetta"?  If not, check it out and make sure to watch the ending.  POW!!  ;D

I'm sure that's exactly what GG was referencing.