Megajoule

I will gladly praise Guy Perfect and Codewalker for everything they have done and are doing.

Rubberlad:
Thanks for organizing this. It was good.

Best comment, IMO, from the Virtue vigil:

[Broadcast] Monster Child: When I first logged in to the City of Heroes beta, the very first thing I saw was a cop running down the street waving his arms and screaming like a little girl because of a misplaced sound effect. I thought: "This city needs me."
[Broadcast] Monster Child: Now I realize that I need it, too.

EDIT: Samuraiko, please tell me you can fix my goof in post.

Samuraiko, if AP1 fills up on Virtue, send me a tell (@Megajoule) and I'll see what I can do to free a spot for you to get that too.

TonyV, of Paragon Wiki and the Titan Network, apparently has someone working on a tool that will dump your character's data. It's still a work in progress, but you can read a little more about it in his thread here:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=296586

Some of you may already be familiar with the "Where the Hell is Matt?" (no relation to our own Posi) video. For those who aren't, you can view the most famous version, from 2008, here. He's also made a new one this year, which is here.

To me, these videos are a celebration of life and joy and the things we all have in common as human beings, as well as the beauty of places all over the world. When I'm feeling down, it's one of the things I turn to to feel a little better.

I was thinking of this today, for obvious reasons, and I had a sudden vision of people in colorful costumes dancing in Atlas Park, Talos Island, Firebase Zulu, Grandville, the Magisterium. On Freedom, Virtue, Pinnacle, Champion...


I can't do this myself. I don't have the skill, the connections, the demo/video making abilities, any of the things that would be needed. And that hurts, because it's something I'd really like to see. Something I think would be a wonderful and lasting tribute to this world and everyone in it. So I'm throwing the idea out here, in the hope that someone out there does have what it takes to make this happen, in the time we have left, and will pick up the torch and run with it.

Miss Megajoule will probably be in Atlas, where it all began, for me and for her.
Between now and then, I'll be playing (and documenting) as much as I'm able.

Made this up on Friday evening, I think, but just getting around to posting it here.

Wasn't planning on deleting a single one. Keeping them all, right up to the end.

But thank you, Tony. For this, and everything else you've done and are doing to keep the hope alive.

Thank you, Cuppa. Thank you, BaB.
Thank you everyone.

I have only this to say:

Thanks again, BaB, for everything. Especially the "impossible."

(Please excuse the interruption - I'm trying to get in touch with Pebblebrook, but I can't seem to send a PM, even though Zwil said he was turning on PMs for everyone. So if Pb can send me a PM, please do so, or if not, a tell in-game to @Megajoule. Thanks and apologies; carry on.)

Oh, and on-topic? I really do hope it's not true, because then I'd have to quit STO too.

Thank you for saying something that everyone needs to hear.

I'm grateful for everyone in my life that I've been able to talk to about this, both those connected to the game and those who have nothing at all to do with it. Don't go through this alone. Find someone to talk to.

Even in grief, take care of yourselves. Please.

I can't possibly keep it to just five, and all the things I would have said have been covered.

It was different. It stood out from the crowd, in so many good ways.
And that's why I'll miss it so much.

Thank you, Virtue.

Adding to that:

Kelp, I'm so so glad that you got to play with water for real, at least for a while. I thought of you immediately (though I confess, I didn't remember your exact name ) when that was announced, and I hoped that you were still playing and that you knew about it.

I've been crying since I found out at about noon Friday. Thank God it was a slow pre-holiday weekend.

I'm going to miss all of you so much. I already do, even though I plan to be here to the very end.

I'm on Steam as Megajoule (look for the alien with sunglasses), or send me a pm or a tell in-game if you want my email and/or AIM.

*nods and claps and weeps*

Mad respect to you, Zwil.
Thank you for going above and beyond.

I'm on Steam as Megajoule, same as here. (Look for the grey-alien head wearing shades, on a green background.)
Send me a pm or a tell in-game (@Megajoule) if you want my email or AIM.

Thank you, sir, for this wonderful, unprecedented, super game.

You took someone who didn't play MMOs (because they were all generic fantasy garbage, like the MUDs I played in college but with eye candy), someone who would never pay a monthly subscription, and you made them a believer.

I've been subscribed for 8 years straight. I wandered, but I always came back. And I'll be here right until the end.

Thank you so much.

Play through it with /demorecord on?

Some of this, I said before on the thread in the general forums. But this server has been my home. You are my people. I have never wanted to play anywhere else. And so, this is for you.


Friday was my 8th anniversary of CoH. (I think so - I may be off by a week in either direction, depending on how accurate billing is.) I held out all summer of 04 - I wasn't into MMOs, had gotten my fill of generic fantasy MUDs back in college, wanted to buy my games, not pay a monthly sub - but my friends kept telling me how good it was. And I've made new friends here in those eight years. I had to say goodbye to some of them this evening.

I've been crying all day, at work and then at home. I'm finally done crying, at least for the moment, and can say the things I wanted to earlier.

Thank you to all the players - the friends, and the strangers. The PUGs, the Mothership raids, the Incarnate trial teams, the people who put stuff on the Market and bought my scraps, the people talking on the global channels and filling up Atlas and the other zones so that I wasn't alone, even when I was soloing. Thank you to those who gave us lines like "kill skuls" and "GONE TO THE AMERICANS" - you gave us something to laugh about, whether you ever knew it.

Thank you to everyone who ever played one of my mission arcs or read my stories. Thank you to everyone who inspired me or took the time to offer praise and/or feedback. This game gave me so many new ideas - some of which I never did finish, and now perhaps never will. I'm sorry about that, but I look back on what I did complete with pride. And I would not and could not have made any of it without this game.

I am going to miss this game so damn much. I already do. But I'll try to remember the good times, and even some of the bad ones - perspective is good.

Thank you for getting a single-player gamer to try, and enjoy, MMOs.

And thank you, Virtue, for being the best server in the whole damn game. I'll miss you more than I can possibly say with my poor words.

Paladin:
You are a fixture, a symbol, an inspiration, a leader, a legend.
You have also been my friend: unfailingly supportive, always welcoming and glad to see me (and I you).
If there is any player in this game, or on this server, who deserves to be known as a true paladin, it is you.

Thank you for everything.