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Can we drop the term CoX refugee :/
nepht
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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.
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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Champions Online: Be the hero you wish you could be in a better game.
Or was that a different reference?
- David Brin, "Those Eyes"
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Nah, those damn Skinny's that the Mobile Infantry had to squash to get things done.
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
Heroes for short...
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Originally Posted by mijjestic: Ultimately, though, MMO players throwing stones at each other in this fashion is basically one nerd pointing and laughing at another nerd whose glasses are thicker.
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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*
It won't. You can snog Silent Hill if you like.
Champions Online: Be the hero you wish you could be in a better game.
Immigrants.
But let's treat them better than the real world version.
Wait? Whaaaa..?
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:
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.
Exactly.
Newbies! I love newbies! :biggrin: (I don't however like noobs, and yes there's a major difference)
Consolidate the currencies! (Please!)
Does your Champion have a theme song? (share it!)
Got a funny in-game screenshot? (share it!)
Please fix the Overdrive energy unlock! (Should help promote thematic build diversity!)
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>."
People are broken. - Lum the Mad
But I'm sure eventually it will become "CoX Veterans"
Also uhmmm fighting evil mummified cats? That does seem to have potential... *cracks knuckle*
Hm. I can work with this.
That's too broad, it's like saying "internet user."
well, that covers virtue, but the other servers?
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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Ack! O___o"
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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!
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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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I'm sticking with "those people."
:biggrin:
LOL Pion. "Them".
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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.
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!
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.
Sorry... should I have consulted with the rest of the hive before divulging our greatest secret?
CoX suckers?
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I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone.
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I'm calling dibs on Reagan.
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.
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!
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.
Exactly!
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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.