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Please post how long you've been playing CO, just to get an idea of how many vets are on the forums. I'll start...

I've been playing CO for 6 years
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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,318 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    Been playing CO since - jeez, what year is it again? Since F2P, anyway. (Edited to add: Okay, broke down and looked it up - sometime in January of 2011, I guess...)

    (First started playing Champions in '84 or '85, with the advent of 3rd Edition...)​​
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  • saburfangsaburfang Posts: 121 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    I got 11k hours on Champions Online.

    ...I don't have an addiction problem...

    And started at least 2 or so years before on alert. Began as a free to play player but now Im lifetime. Completed every single mission in the entire game on 2 characters (currently have 10 level 40 toons) EXCEPT Sammie lost dollies.... cuz that mission is EVIL... >:[
  • beezeezebeezeeze Posts: 927 Arc User
    My oldest character was created on February 3 2013.

  • championshewolfchampionshewolf Posts: 4,375 Arc User
    September, 2008 Alpha

    If you mean when my character was officially created, August 28th, 2009.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Posts: 4,916 Arc User
    Enh, don't remember the exact date, but I've been to at least 2 Foxbatcons
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  • nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    Looked at my oldest character Dr Deflecto. Toon select says she was created December 2010 X_X

    I need to get out more -_-"
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  • nacito#6758 nacito Posts: 983 Arc User
    I feel like a young child :>
    I started early march 2015, I wish I could have known this game way back
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  • ealford1985ealford1985 Posts: 3,582 Arc User
    Technical it's October 11th 2012.

    But officially I have been active for 5908 days.
  • flyingfinnflyingfinn Posts: 8,408 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    About 6500 Posts ago.
    That dates back to the August 2009.
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  • biffsmackwellbiffsmackwell Posts: 4,739 Arc User
    Lifer since a few days before launch. Would have been here before that but I never got accepted into beta.




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  • canadascottcanadascott Posts: 1,257 Arc User
    Late alpha for me.

    For PnP Champions, July 1981, right after its debut.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Posts: 4,916 Arc User
    found it, Tsin'xing was created feb 2014
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  • zemmaxzemmax Posts: 295 Arc User
    Is there a place to check the exact date you joined?
  • stergasterga Posts: 2,353 Arc User
    Closed Beta. Whenever that was. Sometime in 2009 according to what I stuck in my signature.
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  • xoriandruidxoriandruid Posts: 311 Arc User

    Please post how long you've been playing CO, just to get an idea of how many vets are on the forums. I'll start...

    I've been playing CO for 6 years

    Why does it say you joined 2015 on your name here?
  • themightyzeniththemightyzenith Posts: 4,599 Arc User
    edited September 2016

    Please post how long you've been playing CO, just to get an idea of how many vets are on the forums. I'll start...

    I've been playing CO for 6 years

    Why does it say you joined 2015 on your name here?
    When they implemented the new forums they screwed up how long folks have been playing for. The dates you see on our arc pages are just when we joined these new forums. A good example of this is biff's. He's been playing since a few days before launch but on these forums it says "Joined June 2015".

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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Posts: 4,916 Arc User
    zemmax said:

    Is there a place to check the exact date you joined?

    At the login screen you can look at the date each of your characters was created.
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  • xoriandruidxoriandruid Posts: 311 Arc User

    Please post how long you've been playing CO, just to get an idea of how many vets are on the forums. I'll start...

    I've been playing CO for 6 years

    Why does it say you joined 2015 on your name here?
    When they implemented the new forums they screwed up how long folks have been playing for. The dates you see on our arc pages are just when we joined these new forums. A good example of this is biff's. He's been playing since a few days before launch but on these forums it says "Joined June 2015".

    Ahhh makes sense I figured it had something to do with the forums, although im sure some didnt join forums until way later.
  • xoriandruidxoriandruid Posts: 311 Arc User

    zemmax said:

    Is there a place to check the exact date you joined?

    At the login screen you can look at the date each of your characters was created.
    Honestly I dont really consider myself joined until I subbed, thats the real depth of the game.
  • themightyzeniththemightyzenith Posts: 4,599 Arc User
    edited September 2016

    Ahhh makes sense I figured it had something to do with the forums, although im sure some didnt join forums until way later.

    I'm not sure what you mean. Care to elaborate?
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  • zemmaxzemmax Posts: 295 Arc User
    edited September 2016

    zemmax said:

    Is there a place to check the exact date you joined?

    At the login screen you can look at the date each of your characters was created.
    I have deleted the first characters I created >:( But oldest one was at december 2009, oldest that exists now I mean.


  • nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    Right for newbies causing trouble. This game was once owned by Atari and had nothing to do with PWE. PWE later bought it ( and Cryptic) when Atari ran into trouble.

    Everyone knows The Mighty Zenith/MG is one of the oldest players around trying to say other wise about one of the most well known CO players is just foolish. Other long time PWE users like Caliga on the forum have an earlier join date because he merged his Cryptic account and PWE account right away. Some of us only merged our accounts when we had to or started using ARC when there was no other choice. This is meant to be a fun thread no need for aggression >_>"

    Would love to see someone try and say I only started playing June 2015 XD
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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,318 Arc User
    Hey, Nepht only started playing in June of 2015!

    (Well, you said you'd love to see it...)​​
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  • nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    jonsills said:

    Hey, Nepht only started playing in June of 2015!



    (Well, you said you'd love to see it...)​​


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    Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
    They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
    I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
  • ealford1985ealford1985 Posts: 3,582 Arc User
    edited September 2016
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    SEE....i win! 16 years!
  • roughbearmattachroughbearmattach Posts: 4,784 Arc User
    March 9th, 2011

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  • nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    You can find how old a toon is on the toon select screen.

    TIL Strife predates Dr Deflecto :D
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    They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
    I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
  • dr490nbr347hidr490nbr347hi Posts: 260 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    The same day F2P launched. Huh, now that I think about it, that was the 26th for me. Back when I looked like this:




    The current version of my main was made the same day I originally went gold:






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  • stratluverstratluver Posts: 313 Arc User
    Can't remember if it was open or closed Beta. Definitely pre-launch. So...sometime in 2009.

  • opalflameopalflame Posts: 207 Arc User
    I don't remember when I joined and I deleted my first character years ago so I can't really check, but I'm pretty sure I joined not long after CO went F2P.
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  • itsbrou#5396 itsbrou Posts: 1,778 Arc User
    As soon as I got a CB code, which was about June of 2009.
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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    Exact date? Not sure. It was around the time when CO was going Free-to-Play that I initially started in on it. Basically when Trial-CO had existed under Atari and freebies could only exist in the tutorial. Been Silver up until Freeform Grab Bags came into existence and the one slot I had gotten convinced me that getting a subscription was well worth the investment at the time.​​
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  • themightyzeniththemightyzenith Posts: 4,599 Arc User
    Don't worry about exact dates, it's just to get a general idea.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Posts: 4,916 Arc User
    Fun fact: the devs never bothered to remove the Atari logos that infest Millennium city!. :p
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  • darqaura2darqaura2 Posts: 932 Arc User

    Please post how long you've been playing CO, just to get an idea of how many vets are on the forums. I'll start...

    I've been playing CO for 6 years

    Been playing since Alpha. I remember the arguments about whether stats should or should not have been introduced. And if there would be other things to do than just fighting. And about how Canada/Desert were not ideal starting zones. When folks were clamoring to finally see Millennium City.

    I forgot when I bit the bullet for a lifetime sub.
  • chaosdrgnz43chaosdrgnz43 Posts: 1,674 Arc User
    I started CO when it became F2P. That was probably 2010 I think. I still remember the Atari stuff in CO.
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  • decorumfriendsdecorumfriends Posts: 2,802 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    My CoX team, the Legion of Valor, got a team invite to the closed beta, but I despised it (for the most part because it wasn't even CLOSE to being ready for beta), left and never looked back.

    But when CoX died, I had few options, so I came back here in Dec. '12 (it was much nicer, then, yes. :D ). So, closing in on 4 years for me.
    'Dec out

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  • nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    I miss playing with my CoX.
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    Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
    They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
    I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
  • themightyzeniththemightyzenith Posts: 4,599 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    nepht said:

    I miss playing with my CoX.

    Hey, half of Edinburgh miss playing with your CoX ;)

    But when CoX died, I had few options.

    :o

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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,732 Arc User
    ok first character in list is November 201, however I know I wiped quite a few since I quit Rift in early 2011 to play CO. I played that for about 2mths from when it launched then tried CO.

    according to ARC, I have played CO for 7 minutes and 14 secs.​​
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  • decorumfriendsdecorumfriends Posts: 2,802 Arc User
    edited September 2016

    But when CoX died, I had few options.

    :o

    There's not a lot you can do, when your CoX dies. ;)

    'Dec out

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  • kyastralkyastral Posts: 342 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    I tried it out on someone else's computer in 2011, created an account in 2012 (found out that my computer couldn't handle the graphics well), subscribed in 2014 (when I got my new computer) and went lifetime in January 2016 (during a lifetime subscription sale). Meanwhile, I was stilll playing COH until it closed, dabbled in DCOU, poked at WoW during free trial offers and spent time with Everquest.

    A hard journey but I'm still hanging in there.
  • salmialmisalmialmi Posts: 29 Arc User
    17 April 2011. The first character I created is still my main.
  • had2mergehad2merge Posts: 49 Arc User
    Made my first toon on November 2009. Remembered leveling her on Monster Island to cap, since Lemura ( called Lagmura at the time) was too rubberbandy to play in and Vibora Bay wasn't even in game yet.

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  • catstarstocatstarsto Posts: 1,129 Arc User
    jonsills said:

    Been playing CO since - jeez, what year is it again? Since F2P, anyway. (Edited to add: Okay, broke down and looked it up - sometime in January of 2011, I guess...)



    (First started playing Champions in '84 or '85, with the advent of 3rd Edition...)​​

    How different was the d20 version?



    ...and a few months after it went f2p i joined...

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  • jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,318 Arc User
    d20? Champs used d6. Lots of d6. Improved my basic math skills quite a lot, learning to quickly add up the STUN damage from a 15d6 EB, after first working the OCV/DCV/distance formula to see if it hit... :smile:

    It was loads of fun, but it could take a lonnng time to resolve combat, so we usually tried to resolve situations without blasting. And of course, since it was tabletop and adjudicated by an actual intelligence, characters and adventures could be far more flexible - my favorite example was a character a friend had, Non Sequiter, whose highest stats were Ego and Presence and whose most powerful attack was a PRE attack based on saying things of sublime absurdity (bursting into the villains' lair, for instance, and loudly announcing, "I brought the potato salad! Who wants to play Twister?"). She was using a 10d6 EGO-based STUN-only attack, but with a house-ruled twist - if she could make the GM laugh, the villains were automatically stunned for 1d6 phases.​​
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  • darqaura2darqaura2 Posts: 932 Arc User
    jonsills said:

    d20? Champs used d6. Lots of d6. Improved my basic math skills quite a lot, learning to quickly add up the STUN damage from a 15d6 EB, after first working the OCV/DCV/distance formula to see if it hit... :smile:



    It was loads of fun, but it could take a lonnng time to resolve combat, so we usually tried to resolve situations without blasting. And of course, since it was tabletop and adjudicated by an actual intelligence, characters and adventures could be far more flexible - my favorite example was a character a friend had, Non Sequiter, whose highest stats were Ego and Presence and whose most powerful attack was a PRE attack based on saying things of sublime absurdity (bursting into the villains' lair, for instance, and loudly announcing, "I brought the potato salad! Who wants to play Twister?"). She was using a 10d6 EGO-based STUN-only attack, but with a house-ruled twist - if she could make the GM laugh, the villains were automatically stunned for 1d6 phases.​​

    LMAO! It's too bad such things couldn't have been brought into this game. :D
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