# Wanted! City of Heroes Players! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 10, 2005, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023 "2005-01-10T10:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 89
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1761 "2012-12-15T18:11:24Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > I could be a writer/proofreader. Mostly a proofreader. Typos, misspellings, wrong word usage, etc. tend to just jump out at me when I’m playing these games. Go. Hunt. Kil Skulz. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1762 "2012-12-16T04:44:33Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > Go. Hunt. Kil Skulz. As a joke, some time back, I created a character named “Grammar 5th Columnist”. All she did was sit in the chat channels correcting people’s spelling and grammar 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1763 "2012-12-19T16:57:49Z")
This game still exists? It has players? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1764 "2012-12-19T19:34:32Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > This game still exists? It has players? 😃 😕 No. It does not. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1765 "2012-12-19T20:10:29Z")
Someone just got whooshed by a low flying cape. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1766 "2012-12-19T21:55:39Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Someone just got whooshed by a low flying cape. What are those heros doing flying so low?!? We outta have a law. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1767 "2012-12-20T03:18:30Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > This game still exists? It has players? 😃 Threadshitting isn’t allowed in the Game Room. If you don’t like the game, don’t play it. No warning issued. RickJay Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1770 "2012-12-20T07:27:56Z")
Spam reported. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1771 "2012-12-20T14:51:14Z")
And Skyway City is safe again! ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1772 "2012-12-20T23:34:47Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Threadshitting isn’t allowed in the Game Room. If you don’t like the game, don’t play it. > > No warning issued. > > RickJay > Moderator Unfortunately, even those of us that do like the game can no longer play it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1773 "2012-12-21T07:56:30Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Oh. And if you have programming or 3D art skills, there’s a group of people who believe in the game enough to make a spiritual successor. > [Titan Network - Index](http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php#c19) > > There is a contributor named Blackjack. There is no contributor named Hookers. But there’s going to be a new CoH. (Ignore Heroes and Villains.) If you’re gonna help out - make sure it’s for the Phoenix Project and not “Heroes and Villains.” Trust me. Golden Girl’s an ego maniacal psycho. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1774 "2012-12-21T15:45:40Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Threadshitting isn’t allowed in the Game Room. If you don’t like the game, don’t play it. No, I think he was genuinely happy. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1775 "2012-12-21T16:16:17Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > No, I think he was genuinely happy. Hard to say from a one-line post, but it was a common reaction when I mentioned that I was still hanging out on Liberty Plaza amid the more rabid and progressive stripe of gamer. I was some kind of living fossil among them for playing a game that was five, six, almost eight years old. If I wanted to play a hobbit wizard master chief in robo-armor, I’d have moved on. No, come to think of it, I’d have just whipped up another alt. 😃 (I hate - hate - hate elfy-welfy questing magic shit, and I get bored with sweaty yet-bigger-gun military stuff after a few levels. I will always love the massive spread and depth and flexibility of CoH, no matter how quaint and retro it got among the console-button bashing set.) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1776 "2012-12-21T17:26:46Z")
He’s entirely right. GG is not the good crazy. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1777 "2013-04-27T20:23:36Z")
Everything’s not quite dead yet. More news coming out… Soon. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1778 "2013-04-27T22:56:22Z")
I’d love to see the portal to Paragon City open again. Damn, I miss that place more than quite a few real ones… ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1779 "2013-04-27T23:28:16Z")
That, I’m afraid, isn’t going to happen. But you know what heroes do when a disaster strikes. You pick yourself up. And you rebuild from what remains. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XLtqCR6-n3Y/maxresdefault.jpg "City of Heroes Remains") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLtqCR6-n3Y) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1780 "2013-04-28T03:17:16Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > That, I’m afraid, isn’t going to happen. But you know what heroes do when a disaster strikes. > You pick yourself up. > And you rebuild from what remains. > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLtqCR6-n3Y&feature=youtu.be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLtqCR6-n3Y&feature=youtu.be) I only got to play for a year, but I still have a hard time not crying when I watch stuff like that. I’m 47 years old, and I can honestly say I’ve never missed anything like I miss CoH. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1781 "2013-04-28T03:26:01Z")
I still get somewhat depressed on a fairly regular basis when something reminds me of CoX. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023/1782 "2013-04-28T05:46:45Z")
I’m a major altoholic in WoW, but my alts in WoW are nothing compared to the 93 characters I’d created by the time CoX shut down. Hell, WoW wouldn’t even _let_ me have that many characters. ETA: 93 is actually just the number of characters I still had active at the time. I had many others that I created, but they didn’t work out and got deleted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-city-of-heroes-players/284023.md?page=90)