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To say this has been a bit of a storm would be an understatement. People are understandably pissed off, because there's been a lot of smoke and mirrors. Parago

To say this has been a bit of a storm would be an understatement. People are understandably pissed off, because there's been a lot of smoke and mirrors. Paragon Chat is led by a lot of the same people behind the private server where they admitted that they used it as cover for their fully fledged server. Additionally they've been behaving in generally scummy ways, deleting posts, taking down any references to the private server and more. On many of the City of Heroes communities they had members of the mod team seek out and delete any comments that might've even slightly hinted at the server's existence. It's like the strangest conspiracy theory but it's over a dead MMO.

ergothus 8y ago
I dont understand why people are so pissed. I loved coh/cov and have been waiting for a successor for many years. NowI find out that some people have had a successor in secret, and have been acting to keep that secret because of the near certainty that it would get legally stomped. Hard. Why should this piss me off? Because some people are luckier than I? Because they've lied to protect this secret the way I'd wang them to if I had been in on it? Everyone talking about this says how obvious it is that people should be angry and I just feel like I'm missing something. NCsoft is the one responsible for denying the game to everyone, and if some few have been able to get around that with some effort, that doesn't make my situation worse.
- AgentME 8y ago
  I find the article unclear: do they actually have the original server software, or have they just made their own server (with tips and data from ex-employees)?
  - ergothus 8y ago
    The various sources I've seen say it's the original, albeit tweaked and modified over time.
  - ergothus 8y ago
    Just to update: It's allegedly the original server code, and it's now gotten out and about so it can be found in various corners of the internet (shortly to be followed with malware-infested copycats, I'm sure)

ergothus 8y ago

I dont understand why people are so pissed. I loved coh/cov and have been waiting for a successor for many years. NowI find out that some people have had a successor in secret, and have been acting to keep that secret because of the near certainty that it would get legally stomped. Hard. Why should this piss me off? Because some people are luckier than I? Because they've lied to protect this secret the way I'd wang them to if I had been in on it? Everyone talking about this says how obvious it is that people should be angry and I just feel like I'm missing something. NCsoft is the one responsible for denying the game to everyone, and if some few have been able to get around that with some effort, that doesn't make my situation worse.

AgentME 8y ago
I find the article unclear: do they actually have the original server software, or have they just made their own server (with tips and data from ex-employees)?
- ergothus 8y ago
  The various sources I've seen say it's the original, albeit tweaked and modified over time.
- ergothus 8y ago
  Just to update: It's allegedly the original server code, and it's now gotten out and about so it can be found in various corners of the internet (shortly to be followed with malware-infested copycats, I'm sure)