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Can we drop the term CoX refugee :/

nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
edited December 2012 in Champions Online Discussion
This term CoX refugee can we stop using it. It just doesnt make sense as most people on these forums that play CO be them CO vets be them "CoX refugees" started their toons in City of Heroes. Its doing a terrible disservice to all of us that love City of Heroes.

CoX was a great game ( though I must admit I did nickname it City of Minecraft and to be fair I did say that in CoX chat first XD ) played it from its launch to its end enjoyed every minute of it. It will go down as the BEST GAME FULL STOP I ever had the privilege to play .

The CoXers that are coming to STO and CO arent refugees they are heroic types looking to fight evil ( ima cool with that as long as said evil isnt mummified cats ). People looking for new battles after a job well done in Paragon City. These are not people looking for a safe haven.

I think the term refugee is really for awful real life situations when people are in real need.


Signed a long time CoX player.




PS. Theres a life lesson here with my City of Minecraft jokes. Dont poke fun at the things you love have fun with them while you can everything comes to an end.
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    smoochansmoochan Posts: 2,564 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Let's start calling then skinnys.
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    jonsillsjonsills Posts: 6,317 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    smoochan wrote: »
    Let's start calling then skinnys.
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    jorifice1jorifice1 Posts: 588 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Got to agree on the terminology. However, from what I have seen the folks from CoHx seem to want to have something to differentiate themselves as a group and keep some sense of cohesion. Perhaps a more positive tittle is in order?
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    wildraubtierwildraubtier Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    jonsills wrote: »
    "I'm a thirty-second bomb! I'm a thirty-second bomb! Twenty-nine... twenty-eight... twenty-seven..."

    Or was that a different reference?

    Nah, those damn Skinny's that the Mobile Infantry had to squash to get things done.
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    visionstorm01visionstorm01 Posts: 564 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    nepht wrote: »
    This term CoX refugee can we stop using it. It just doesnt make sense as most people on these forums that play CO be them CO vets be them "CoX refugees" started their toons in City of Heroes.

    In fairness the difference is some of us came here by choice (some of us years ago) and had made this our home already, while others didn't have a choice and had to flee catastrophe and ended up here after a meteor called NCsoft destroyed their city.

    VisionStorm,
    CoX Refugee since Nov 2009
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    pion01pion01 Posts: 758 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I say we start calling them "Those people."
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    lokikinlokikin Posts: 624 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I call them Heroes From Another Mother...

    Heroes for short...

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    xcaligaxxcaligax Posts: 1,096 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I call them "new players."
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    sanmercisanmerci Posts: 203 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I call them Bob. Or Steve, sometimes. I was never good with names...
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    kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    What about "Totally Awesome People Full Of Awesomeness?"
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    edited December 2012
    Look at all those potential marks, er I mean allies...yeah, potential allies.
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    seismecaseismeca Posts: 47 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    visionstorm01 wrote: »
    In fairness the difference is some of us came here by choice (some of us years ago) and had made this our home already, while others didn't have a choice and had to flee catastrophe and ended up here after a meteor called NCsoft destroyed their city.

    VisionStorm,
    CoX Refugee since Nov 2009

    yeah that pretty much hits the nail on the head. eventually we'll stop using it, but a lot of us are still in that refugee mindset of trying to find a new "home". I mean, the game only closed 4 days ago.

    Or, well here's some advice from the last CoX Refugee thread.


    "Get over it."

    *reinserts earplugs*
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    rianfrostrianfrost Posts: 578 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    shush you nepht, I'm hoping it helps me snog lauryn Hill.
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    smoochansmoochan Posts: 2,564 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    rianfrost wrote: »
    shush you nepht, I'm hoping it helps me snog lauryn Hill.

    It won't. You can snog Silent Hill if you like.
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    twg042370twg042370 Posts: 592 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Let's call them for what they are then;

    Immigrants.

    But let's treat them better than the real world version.
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    arimikamiarimikami Posts: 475 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    nepht wrote: »
    The CoXers that are coming to STO and CO arent refugees they are heroic types looking to fight evil ( ima cool with that as long as said evil isnt mummified cats ). People looking for new battles after a job well done in Paragon City. These are not people looking for a safe haven.

    As a former CoH player, I take offense at this.

    In no way, shape, or form was I a hero!

    I was a doer of evil deeds, a villain, a conqueror, and above all else, a monster.

    The only time I ever vanquished evil was when it tried to take over the world.

    That's my job.

    So, please... keep the generalizations out of this. :biggrin:
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    agentnx5agentnx5 Posts: 1,999 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    jorifice1 wrote: »
    Got to agree on the terminology. However, from what I have seen the folks from CoHx seem to want to have something to differentiate themselves as a group and keep some sense of cohesion. Perhaps a more positive tittle is in order?

    I don't agree. CoH refugee doesn't have a negative connotation to me, it just explains a truth: new players that mostly played CoH until their game was destroyed.

    Sorry Nepht, I disagree with this topic. If anything saying CoH refugee to me means they've got a leg-up on experience over your average newbie (although trying to describe "average" in this context is subjective).

    Bottom-line, CoH refugee to me is more positive than negative. And eventually they'll simply become "Champions Online players", and the past will fade away.

    visionstorm01 wrote: »
    In fairness the difference is some of us came here by choice (some of us years ago) and had made this our home already, while others didn't have a choice and had to flee catastrophe and ended up here after a meteor called NCsoft destroyed their city.

    VisionStorm,
    CoX Refugee since Nov 2009

    Exactly.


    xcaligax wrote: »
    I call them "new players."

    Newbies! I love newbies! :biggrin: (I don't however like noobs, and yes there's a major difference)
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    neuraldamageneuraldamage Posts: 590 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Refugee - One who flees their home in times of war or natural disaster.

    Ok, if they were here before CoX closed then they should not be termed a refugee. But if they are only here because of the closure, I fail to see how the term does not apply. And most of us that started in CoH did so because it launched first.

    I'll tell you what, I'll personally stop using the term when I stop reading, "CoX was better because of <insert whatever here>."
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    baroness1980baroness1980 Posts: 268 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I think people will still refer to themselves as refugees for a while...

    But I'm sure eventually it will become "CoX Veterans"


    Also uhmmm fighting evil mummified cats? That does seem to have potential... *cracks knuckle*
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    mingdienastymingdienasty Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I call them pervs with a creepy fetish for naked underage catgirl toons.
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    spyralpegacyonspyralpegacyon Posts: 383 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    twg042370 wrote: »
    Immigrants.

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    Hm. I can work with this.
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    pion01pion01 Posts: 758 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    mingdienasty wrote: »
    I call them pervs with a creepy fetish for naked underage catgirl toons.

    That's too broad, it's like saying "internet user."
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    rianfrostrianfrost Posts: 578 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    mingdienasty wrote: »
    I call them pervs with a creepy fetish for naked underage catgirl toons.

    well, that covers virtue, but the other servers?
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    nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    arimikami wrote: »
    As a former CoH player, I take offense at this.

    In no way, shape, or form was I a hero!

    I was a doer of evil deeds, a villain, a conqueror, and above all else, a monster.

    The only time I ever vanquished evil was when it tried to take over the world.

    That's my job.

    So, please... keep the generalizations out of this. :biggrin:

    Being evil myself I should have known better my apologies and...PREAPARE TO MEET YEWR DOOOM AT THE END OF MY ATOMIC MUFFIN CANNON! MWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH >:C
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    nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    baroness1980 wrote: »
    Also Uhmmm Fighting Evil Mummified Cats? That Does Seem To Have Potential... *cracks Knuckle*

    Ack! O___o"
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    bwdaresbwdares Posts: 1,517 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I say COXmen, or COXwomen, or just COXers.
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    kenpojujitsu3kenpojujitsu3 Posts: 1,320 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Can I just call them heroes?
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    bwdaresbwdares Posts: 1,517 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    kenpojujitsu3 wrote: »
    Can I just call them heroes?

    what if they played CoV?
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    kenpojujitsu3kenpojujitsu3 Posts: 1,320 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    bwdares wrote: »
    what if they played CoV?

    If they're here they must be heroes now (excluding RP) since we don't have any villain content. In other words I call people what they are and try not to get hung up on what they were (if that makes sense).

    Those that know me from chats know I always come in and say "greetings heroes" as my greeting so I was referencing that. I call everyone a neutral term with no negative connotations and nothing gender, race, creed, etc. specific.

    We are all heroes here.
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    pion01pion01 Posts: 758 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    ......Nah.

    I'm sticking with "those people."

    :biggrin:
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    kenpojujitsu3kenpojujitsu3 Posts: 1,320 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    pion01 wrote: »
    ......Nah.

    I'm sticking with "those people."

    :biggrin:

    LOL Pion. "Them".
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    nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    kenpojujitsu3 wrote: »
    We are all heroes here.

    Im not XD

    And for proof the evil deeds I do often in no real order.

    1: I foam finger wolves in the club.

    2: I orbital cannon that trash can in cen cen.

    3: I find the biggest dark grim in ren cen and just stand right behind him till he freaks dafuq out.

    Thats real evil right thar peoples. Take notes there will be a test later.
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    kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    kenpojujitsu3 wrote: »
    LOL Pion. "Them".

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    seismecaseismeca Posts: 47 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    You've discovered our secrets.

    Us CoX Refugees are actually a super intelligent colony of ants from space.

    We actually type by forming little fingers made from ants. It's quite difficult.
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    kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Um... I am from CoX.

    Sorry... should I have consulted with the rest of the hive before divulging our greatest secret?
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    zahinderzahinder Posts: 2,382 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    CoX survivors?

    CoX suckers?
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    haleakalahaleakala Posts: 449 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    How about CoX Xpatriates !
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    jasinblazejasinblaze Posts: 1,360 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    haleakala wrote: »
    How about CoX Xpatriates !
    wouldnt CoXpats be better
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    xcaligaxxcaligax Posts: 1,096 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Paragon survivors. Rogue Island refugees? etc etc? Why is this such a big deal in all honesty? Unless they wanna stand out and be like "BLARGH IM FROM COX! I'M A VETERAN HERO! RAWR RAWR RWAR!". Nice. But right now, they are simply "New Players".
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    spyralpegacyonspyralpegacyon Posts: 383 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    haleakala wrote: »
    How about CoX Xpatriates !

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    arimikamiarimikami Posts: 475 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    nepht wrote: »
    Being evil myself I should have known better my apologies and...PREAPARE TO MEET YEWR DOOOM AT THE END OF MY ATOMIC MUFFIN CANNON! MWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH >:C

    Apologies accepted but, a challenge issued in the same breath? Very well... challenge accepted. Now...


    THE FLYING HAMSTERS OF DOOM WILL RAIN COCONUTS ON YOUR PITIFUL CITY!

    .......

    Now that I think about it...

    That would make an awesome in game world event.:biggrin:
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    nephtnepht Posts: 6,883 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    arimikami wrote: »
    Apologies accepted but, a challenge issued in the same breath? Very well... challenge accepted. Now...


    THE FLYING HAMSTERS OF DOOM WILL RAIN COCONUTS ON YOUR PITIFUL CITY!

    .......

    Now that I think about it...

    That would make an awesome in game world event.:biggrin:

    So your threatening an evil genius that WANTS to destroy the city...with destroying the city. I like the cut of your jib good sir.
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    arimikamiarimikami Posts: 475 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    nepht wrote: »
    So your threatening an evil genius that WANTS to destroy the city...with destroying the city. I like the cut of your jib good sir.

    Of course. I did say the only time I ever vanquished evil was when it tried to take over the world because that's my job.

    I know the one thing a villain hates more than having their plans thwarted is when someone beats them to it. :smile:
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    kenpojujitsu3kenpojujitsu3 Posts: 1,320 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    kojirohellfire wrote: »
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    Exactly! :wink:
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    genderpoisongenderpoison Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I never thought about COH ending. It broke my heart when it was destroyed so coldly. I am happy to fly again with The Earthguard and former members of Champion Server. Thanks for treating us as heroes from another mother. Looking forward to smiting ebil and learning the ropes from you.

    ~GP
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    steeldefiantsteeldefiant Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    genderpoison wrote: »
    I never thought about COH ending. It broke my heart when it was destroyed so coldly. I am happy to fly again with The Earthguard and former members of Champion Server. Thanks for treating us as heroes from another mother. Looking forward to smiting ebil and learning the ropes from you.

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    steeldefiantsteeldefiant Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I like the name Steve! :D
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    decorumfriendsdecorumfriends Posts: 2,802 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Me, too! It's my name plus there's always this!

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    arblaquearblaque Posts: 158 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I prefer to call them fellow Champions. We all have our back stories and many of us have spent time in Paragon City and Millennium City. My STO toons will call them Sally in a Zap Brannigan sort of why.
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    ghostlotusvirtueghostlotusvirtue Posts: 22 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    what about those of us who formerly played CO inbetween months of playing CoX.

    Last login for my CO acct was Feb 2011. so...500+ days last played :(

    To be entirely fair I'm on the fence about resubbing to CO, granted the non sub sucks, and they could use more archetypes that weren't pay to use (what's the point of non freeform archetypes if you HAVE to pay money to get them in the first place, might as well just subscribe..), but during my subscription I found myself bored, really bored.

    I could only take The Desert or The Wilds of Canada for so long, and most of my characters are around 25-30 so..yeah, bored out of my mind with it.
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