This post tipped me over the edge: To All of You... by Zwillinger
I'd been feeling mostly shocked up until I read that, then it hit home.
Our game is over. By the time the year is out City of Heroes will be *no more*.
I'll admit it, I cried. Last time I felt like this was back in April when my Mother died.
I've been playing this game since April 15, 2008. MatrixDragon talked OM into playing it before then, then the two of them convinced me to start the trial that day. And I've been hooked ever since.
I met so many wonderful people on Virtue, and on this forum. I wouldn't know any of you today if it wasn't for City of Heroes.
A sobering thought for me: If it wasn't for City of Heroes, OpMegs and I may not be married. CoH is where both Ops and I met SofaSpud. Spud, who lived only a couple hours away from me at the time, gave Ops the opportunity to move from Colorado to be his roommate. This meant that I could see my then-boyfriend basically anytime I wanted to make the car trip, instead of having to save up for a plane ticket to see him maybe twice a year (if I was lucky). We got to see each other more often, the relationship was made stronger, and we got married and moved all together about a year and a half ago. All thanks to City of Heroes.
Some of the best times of my life have been since I began playing City of Heroes.
I feel like I'm writing an eulogy, but perhaps that is appropriate.
My heart goes out to the people in Paragon Studios who walked into work this morning with a job, and left without one. As bad as I'm feeling right now, I can't even imaging have something you've poured years of your blood, sweat, and tears into disappear on you within a single day. I wish all of them luck in finding income to support their own families in these hard times.
The Legendary: You all have grown to be so more than just an SG for me. You are friends, people I look forward to talking to and laughing with. Even though the game that this form was created for may be no more, The Legendary will live on with all of us and may we find games in the future to all be able to play together.
~Amy Cook a.k.a. Unicorna
I'd been feeling mostly shocked up until I read that, then it hit home.
Our game is over. By the time the year is out City of Heroes will be *no more*.
I'll admit it, I cried. Last time I felt like this was back in April when my Mother died.
I've been playing this game since April 15, 2008. MatrixDragon talked OM into playing it before then, then the two of them convinced me to start the trial that day. And I've been hooked ever since.
I met so many wonderful people on Virtue, and on this forum. I wouldn't know any of you today if it wasn't for City of Heroes.
A sobering thought for me: If it wasn't for City of Heroes, OpMegs and I may not be married. CoH is where both Ops and I met SofaSpud. Spud, who lived only a couple hours away from me at the time, gave Ops the opportunity to move from Colorado to be his roommate. This meant that I could see my then-boyfriend basically anytime I wanted to make the car trip, instead of having to save up for a plane ticket to see him maybe twice a year (if I was lucky). We got to see each other more often, the relationship was made stronger, and we got married and moved all together about a year and a half ago. All thanks to City of Heroes.
Some of the best times of my life have been since I began playing City of Heroes.
I feel like I'm writing an eulogy, but perhaps that is appropriate.
My heart goes out to the people in Paragon Studios who walked into work this morning with a job, and left without one. As bad as I'm feeling right now, I can't even imaging have something you've poured years of your blood, sweat, and tears into disappear on you within a single day. I wish all of them luck in finding income to support their own families in these hard times.
The Legendary: You all have grown to be so more than just an SG for me. You are friends, people I look forward to talking to and laughing with. Even though the game that this form was created for may be no more, The Legendary will live on with all of us and may we find games in the future to all be able to play together.
~Amy Cook a.k.a. Unicorna