Oh sweet nostalgia!

I remember the end-of-beta Rikti invasion. Ahhh, what fun!

I remember that tiger chick

I remember MacAllen's monstrously beastly posts on things like Customer Service and stuff...

I remember the fame system

I remember people screaming at newbies to read the FAQ

I remember when I got my beta invitation... it was a glorious day...

I remember telling my friends "Yeah, it'll be out in the fall" four years ago

I remember when Telekenesis gave one of your teammates flight. Man that messed me up...stupid jokester MC teammate!

I can remember entering Perez Park from Atlas the first time, and seeing group after group of heroes fighting their way though the park. Nowadays... I might see one other person if I'm there.

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Well, a big factor in the emptiness of Perez is The Hollows. Really, there's not much of a reason to go over to Perez in the lower levels now.

I remember when I got the beta email, but had missed the end of the beta testing hours for the week and had to stew for days waiting for it to come back on. I remember getting up early just so I could play the game the minute it was open for the week's testing.

I remember blowing what seemed like an eternity just trying to full grasp the number of options in the costume creator.

I remember having a joygasm the first time I blasted a glowing eyed punk with my energy blasts.

I remember my first hero on release day, a MA/SR scrapper, and the first time I used the ol' Storm Kick on a contaminated punk. Someone said "Nice kicks!" and I said "I think so too!"

I remember my first time in Perez Park, when huge groups of 6-10 heroes would be sitting outside the Atlas Park entrance all shouting "LFG!"

I remember when almost all 1-20 mission tilesets were offices, broken offices, and warehouses. Someone ingame sent me a link to an archive of screenshots he'd uploaded and was gushing about the first time he saw the lab tileset during the Positron TF. Later that night I went to the link and stared in awe at how cool it looked.

Oh good lord saber.. I remember the 3 day a week beta! EEVIL!!!.... I too got in just after a play day... had to wait... *cries* Of course, I remember being on the boards when they made the change.. and before beta.. and then suddenly BETA! ... crazy.. Of course... I was Canadian Dragon then.. I sort of wonder if it was I who stole my name from myself with the whole reserve thing... Ahh memories..

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When Perez was crowded around the atlas entrance and merely peeking your head in or running by (no matter what level you were) would net you about 10 blind invites.

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Too bad Faultline has been in even worse condition than current-day Perez since a month after release.

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I remember when Super Speed was nerfed, it no longer gave defense and people whined and cried about how dangerous it was now, and how no one would ever use SS again!

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Well, you forgot to mention that after they removed the defense bonus, super speed had nothing...which is why people *WOULD* have not used it again *IF* they didn't add a stealth component a few days later.