Author Topic: Call to Action: Thank the media (Read 42026 times)

Quinch · « **Reply #580 on:** December 15, 2012, 05:05:04 pm »

Another article, this time from a ReadWrite contributor.

http://readwrite.com/2012/12/04/a-eulogy-for-city-of-heroes-how-a-video-game-saved-my-life

Quinch · « **Reply #581 on:** December 18, 2012, 02:36:11 am »

While not directly CoH-related;

NCsoft set to crush Blizzard - with Bits and Tits.
Who do they think they're fooling? I've added my 150 characters to the comments, bringing up Tabula Rasa, but I'd suggest everyone adding their own two cents as well.

Edit: Aaannnnd that's an article from June. Nevermind!

dwturducken · « **Reply #582 on:** December 18, 2012, 02:45:00 am »

Meh. Maybe the sales in Asia will be enough to contend with Diablo, but I don't see them suggesting that it's a WoW-killer.

Victoria Victrix · « **Reply #583 on:** December 18, 2012, 04:25:41 am »

Quote from: dwturducken on December 18, 2012, 02:45:00 am

Meh. Maybe the sales in Asia will be enough to contend with Diablo, but I don't see them suggesting that it's a WoW-killer.

You know, given that it is the Korean Times...and they do not much seem to like NCSoft...could this be a case of running the press release and then sitting back and waiting for the inevitable crash?

Knightslayer · « **Reply #584 on:** December 18, 2012, 07:57:20 am »

Quote from: Quinch on December 18, 2012, 02:36:11 am

While not directly CoH-related;

NCsoft set to crush Blizzard - with Bits and Tits.
Who do they think they're fooling? I've added my 150 characters to the comments, bringing up Tabula Rasa, but I'd suggest everyone adding their own two cents as well.

Err, I should point out the date on that article (unless I'm mistaken it dates back to 06/18).
And yes, for a while it surpassed Diablo 3 back in Korea IIRC.

Quinch · « **Reply #585 on:** December 18, 2012, 04:19:06 pm »

Oh, for the luvva... that's what I get for not checking.

-goes to edit post-

dwturducken · « **Reply #586 on:** December 18, 2012, 04:36:37 pm »

Don't feel bad. I usually check dates, too, but I missed it on this one.

dwturducken · « **Reply #587 on:** December 18, 2012, 05:19:14 pm »

Busy day, so I may have missed someone already posting this.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/26340/Livestream-QA-with-Matt-Positron-Miller

ASSEMBLE!

Jonfan · « **Reply #588 on:** December 19, 2012, 12:21:33 am »

Quote from: Rae on December 11, 2012, 11:20:30 am

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2019337/this-is-how-you-shut-down-your-mmos-servers-for-good-glitchs-graceful-exit.html

A mention for us, and something NC Soft should read.

I was very impressed by this Professor's insight from that article:

When a game shuts down, it can be an emotional blow to players. Dr. Henry Lowood, Curator of History of Science and Technology Collections for Stanford University Libraries, says, "When you have memories, a sense of space, you always have a sense of having been somewhere. You end up with associations with that world. Even though you know they're not real, the associations are real. When those are disrupted—especially in a way that would be catastrophic, when it goes dark—it's like a tidal wave or an earthquake wiping out a town. It's not exactly the same, but emotionally and in terms of memories, it's very similar."

"But honey it's just a game." Yeah right.

Rae · « **Reply #589 on:** December 20, 2012, 08:49:43 am »

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/246959/page/3

We got community of the year!

Rae · « **Reply #590 on:** December 20, 2012, 10:11:33 pm »

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/12/20/3776210/electric-funeral-death-of-mmo

This one's good.

dwturducken · « **Reply #591 on:** December 21, 2012, 05:58:38 am »

"The game's thriving forums" (sic) links here. <warm fuzzy>

Mister Bison · « **Reply #592 on:** December 21, 2012, 10:16:54 am »

Quote from: dwturducken on December 21, 2012, 05:58:38 am

<warm fuzzy>

Perfidus · « **Reply #593 on:** December 22, 2012, 11:07:18 pm »

http://www.destructoid.com/remembering-studios-that-closed-in-2012-240928.phtml

A little blurb about the closing of Paragon Studios. I've already informed him of what (so far as we know) happened to the gang, since he mentioned he had no clue what actually happened to the employees of Paragon.

Terwyn · « **Reply #594 on:** December 23, 2012, 04:53:19 am »

Quote from: Victoria Victrix on December 18, 2012, 04:25:41 am

You know, given that it is the Korean Times...and they do not much seem to like NCSoft...could this be a case of running the press release and then sitting back and waiting for the inevitable crash?

As in deliberately choosing all the right words for the wrong reasons?

Classic propaganda/psychological warfare tactic, if so.

Lily Barclay · « **Reply #595 on:** December 29, 2012, 12:15:53 am »

http://i.massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/28/city-of-heroes-fan-videos-pay-tribute-to-the-games-legacy/

ukaserex · « **Reply #596 on:** December 30, 2012, 03:30:33 am »

I think I've got to thank YouTube.

I came across this video - and as far as I know, it's the first player created video. Makes me a mite nostalgic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGB8K6TyslU

Perfidus · « **Reply #597 on:** December 30, 2012, 03:58:20 am »

Oh, -wow-... I remember this video! Memories.

Rae · « **Reply #598 on:** December 30, 2012, 10:13:44 pm »

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2012-12-28/city_of_heroes_fans_released_videos_paying_tribute_to_the_games_legacy.shtml?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

(Beware of the unicorns. )

and:

http://n4g.com/news/1146682/emotional-city-of-heroes-tribute-videos-created-by-fans

Rae · « **Reply #599 on:** January 01, 2013, 12:55:54 pm »

http://lorehound.com/news/savecoh-campaign-applauds-new-ncsoft-subsidiary/

Lorehound show us some love. Show some back!

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Author Topic: Call to Action: Thank the media (Read 42026 times)