Terwyn

Can I get a copy of your thesis?

I did a minor (of sorts) in Criminology while studying Business Administration. I actually did the major paper of that branch of study on cyber security.

I've had a growing suspicion that I'd like confirmed one way or the other.

If it came down to the choice of saving the game, or saving the studio, which would you consider the preferable outcome?

I, personally, would much rather save the studio. Games are code, and can be rebuilt.

I'd have loved to have a marketing position, whereby I was responsible for handling the various contests and such.

The contest I would've loved to run would be an in-game costume contest in which the winner received a real-world version of that costume.

Indeed. I would happily lend my expertise in marketing and communications to make the press release the best possible.

A song written by everyone's favourite Mountie - Paul Gross.

Ride Forever
I was born north of Great Slave, 1898
And I rode near all my life on a ranch near Devil's Gate
And I've seen this world about me bend and flip and change
Hey, it feels like rain -- that's a thunder cloud
We'll, I've been called a coward, but I've seen two World Wars
And I lost my son, Virgil, my Korean reward
And my Lucy died last summer -- you ask me if I cry?
Hell, I'll show you tears, they're all over this ground
They're falling from these blue Alberta skies

But I'm going to ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call, well it's only then
I might pull in the reins

They tell me I'm an old man, they tell me I am blind
They took my driver's license, this house ain't far behind
I say jump back all you big suits 'cause you've got something wrong
I ain't gone, no, I ain't gone
I am still breathing and I still have my pride
And I have my memories, your life, it never dies
Like the wind that blows in thunder
Or the stallion on the fly, I got it all
And I'm standing tall underneath these blue Alberta skies

And I'm going to ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call, well it's only then
I might pull in the reins

So I say to all you old men, don't let yourself get broke
If you think the world's gone crazy
And it's scratching at your throat
It's time to dust off that old saddle, get it on a horse
Kick up your spurs, we're gonna run like stink
We're gonna tear across these blue Alberta skies

We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call it's only then
I might pull in the reins.

I'd love to see someone prepare a proper version of this for our fair city.

I picture this as being the ideal public response:

Where am I going?

To the furthest reaches my creativity and imagination can take me, and it was the inspiration of CoX that launched me forward.

See you in the Hugos!

In total? Cumulatively, I have spent over 8 months playing.

Not enough. So very much not enough.

I will not boycott NCSoft. Nor will I direct my ire at Cryptic.

I will do something much, much crueler.

Though it will take years to do so, I will use my creative genius to make games.

These games will carry with them the spirit of the CoX community.

And in the end, we will have our vengeance.

I will admit that many of my characters predate my creation of them in City of Heroes, and many of them carry with them the weight of their own worlds.

Xylric, for example, has a name that means "Self-Exiled Law of Pain." There are unlimited possibilities with such a character.

I, for one, am going to be taking down the most critical elements of my character's costumes, such that when the time comes, I will be able to recreate them on my own time, in the real world.

Very simply? I am going to utilize as many of the character concepts I have created in my own works.

Paying a visit to a certain office in Korea.

This game has done much to inspire my love of writing and my love of world building. I have learned so much about design both good and bad. I absolutely love the mythology of this game, and its long history.

I was never very vocal on the forums or in game for that matter, even as a VIP, but there one thing that I'd like to leave as a record:

1) Pinnacle Server was my home, and will remain my home. The community there was top notch, willing to help out other players both in and outside of the game. I met some very good friends there, and made some enemies as well, but above all else, I had *fun.*

I am not, and have never been, a social being, but I have very rarely felt so welcomed as I did in CoX. It is because of my interactions on CoX that I have fully realized my own creative potential, something that I had thought lost forever.

Thank you, all.

I've actually put serious thought into this...

In order:

Keep $25 million for myself
Donate $50 million to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Donate $50 million to the Perimeter Institute
Donate $100 million to the University of Waterloo
Donate $125 million to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto
Most importantly, I'd donate $175 million to MS Research.

There is a closed Beta going on. I am not in the Beta, therefore I should not be able to see those forums.

However, I actually could, until I hit the refresh button.

Therefore, yes, there is a difference.

Considering I just experienced an odd glitch where the forum considered me VIP when I haven't been for two months, that might be something to look into.