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<\/a>But I am still really, seriously, sorely pissed at NCSoft.<\/p>\nSince the announcement about City of Heroes closing down, I haven’t played the game. At all. Simply … couldn’t.<\/p>\n
In the past few days, though, I’ve been running around taking screen caps and staring various memorial pages. And I look at all the characters \u00a0created — ones I ran up to 50, and ones that were along the path — and it just freaking chaps my hide.<\/p>\n
Margie got on tonight (as she was doing her own screen caps) and saw she had a toon that was just short of dinging 50. So she finished it up. She was working on it as I came back from my NaNoWriMo Write-In.<\/p>\n
And it was, like, I want to do that. I want to play with these characters, in this world. I want to fiddle around with the combinations we created, enjoy the array of power sets, the different story arcs …<\/em><\/p>\n And, of course, I could … until Friday. Sometime … Friday.<\/p>\n Or not, since I have other things I need to do between now and then, and, of course, why freaking bother when it’s all going to go away when the plug is pulled?<\/em><\/p>\n (Note: one could consider this a microcosm of the moral \/ mental considerations of what one evaluates of the reality of the Afterlife. If there is nothing beyond this world, is there a use in going on? \u00a0If there’s no CoH after Friday, is there a use in playing the characters? Discuss.)<\/p>\n I try not to wish ill of people, because, as Spider Robinson said<\/a>, “Vengeance is counterproductive, always. Not to mention the fact it gets your soul all sticky.”<\/em> But given how the game was terminated, without explanation, at a time when it seemed from all indications that the game was doing okay — not spectacularly, but profitably — and in a way that basically left the fanbase hanging and the dev all out of jobs … I really do wish, sincerely-truly, that anyone in any management position in NCSoft who had anything to do with this decision finds themselves unemployed very, very soon. And stays that way for quite some time.<\/p>\n Yeah, I know, kind of a weak beer curse. But it is, after all, only a game. \u00a0But I also am just really frelling pissed at those (I’ll assume) guys, for taking away something I enjoyed, something I (and others) were willing to continue to spend money on, something that’s been a part of my life (and my life with Margie) since almost<\/em> 8 years ago.<\/p>\n Oh, yeah — if they all suffered a bout of explosive diarrhea, at a maximally inconvenient and embarrassing moment, would be nice, too.<\/p>\n Rrrg.<\/p>\n (Yeah, and, btw, life is too short, and I have no need to ever spend any money ever again on any product from NCSoft — and will, of course, be more than happy to advise others likewise. Eat Hamidon Goo and Die, NCSoft.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Okay, it’s childish, I know. And rude. And probably not good for my mental or moral health. But I am still really, seriously, sorely pissed at NCSoft. Since the announcement about City of Heroes closing down, I haven’t played the game. At all. 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