History Trivia / CityOfHeroes

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This is actually an incredibly important game - for starters, it effectively made standard the idea of letting the player have full control over the appearance of their avatar in [=MMOs=], which even bled into many non-[=MMOs=] - but the way [=NCSoft=] shut it down has led to one of the biggest preservation panics in the history of interactive entertainment, as the original game simply cannot be experienced in any way any longer, and the loss of the servers took immense amounts of character work with it. There are various emulation projects that are trying to put together a semblance of the game as it was, but with limited success. That is, until [[https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/15/score-city-of-heroes-emulator-leak/ April 2019]] where the news emerged that a fully functional server has been running for the past six years, but kept secret from the world at large.
** The code of that server leaked within several days of this discovery, and several unofficial servers are now up. [=NCSoft=] has publically disapproved of the leak, but doesn't appear to have taken active effort to pull servers down yet.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Keetsie and Leo Braz da Cunha, FX artists.

** The code of that server leaked within several days of this discovery, and several unofficial servers are now up. NCSoft has publically disapproved of the leak, but doesn't appear to have taken active effort to pull servers down yet.

* FanNickname: When the Council were first introduced, they were known by many as "Sazis" or "Spazis" (for "Space Nazis"). Seems to have died out, though some still call the masked Galaxy soldiers "[[MaskedLuchador luchadores]]".
** Rommy and the Fuzzies, for Romulus Augustus and his three Nictus, who look like floating balls of purple black smoke. Boobcat for the new Praetoria revamp of [[{{Stripperiffic}} Bobcat's costume]]. Hami-O's for Hamidon Origin Enhancements. Quite a few signature characters have shortened versions for ease of use: States, Posi, [=BABs=], Manti, GW, Scorp, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and DocQ]].

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A lot of people were not happy with Creator/NCSoft's decision to close Paragon Studios. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at that.]]

** It now appears that the code for said server has been leaked, which means there may well be new ones on the horizon.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This is actually an incredibly important game - for starters, it effectively made standard the idea of letting the player have full control over the appearance of their avatar in [=MMOs=], which even bled into many non-[=MMOs=] - but the way [=NCSoft=] shut it down has led to one of the biggest preservation panics in the history of interactive entertainment, as the original game simply cannot be experienced in any way any longer, and the loss of the servers took immense amounts of character work with it. There are various emulation projects that are trying to put together a semblance of the game as it was, but with limited success. That is, until [[https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/15/score-city-of-heroes-emulator-leak/ April 2019]] where the news emerged that a fully functional server has been running for the past six years, but kept secret from the world at large. Due to the [[https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/17/18411040/city-of-heroes-score-private-server controversies]] [[https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mb8jd8/a-secret-server-for-the-dead-mmo-city-of-heroes-has-players-in-an-uproar involved]], however, please exercise Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This is actually an incredibly important game - for starters, it effectively made standard the idea of letting the player have full control over the appearance of their avatar in [=MMOs=], which even bled into many non-[=MMOs=] - but the way [=NCSoft=] shut it down has led to one of the biggest preservation panics in the history of interactive entertainment, as the original game simply cannot be experienced in any way any longer, and the loss of the servers took immense amounts of character work with it. There are various emulation projects that are trying to put together a semblance of the game as it was, but with limited success. That is, until [[https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/15/score-city-of-heroes-emulator-leak/ April 2019]] where the news emerged that a fully functional server has been running for the past six years, but kept secret from the world at large. Due to the [[https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/17/18411040/city-of-heroes-score-private-server controversies involved]], however, please exercise Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This is actually an incredibly important game - for starters, it effectively made standard the idea of letting the player have full control over the appearance of their avatar in [=MMOs=], which even bled into many non-[=MMOs=] - but the way [=NCSoft=] shut it down has led to one of the biggest preservation panics in the history of interactive entertainment, as the original game simply cannot be experienced in any way any longer, and the loss of the servers took immense amounts of character work with it. There are various emulation projects that are trying to put together a semblance of the game as it was, but with limited success. That is, until [[https://massivelyop.com/2019/04/15/score-city-of-heroes-emulator-leak/ April 2019]] where the news emerged that a fully functional server has been running for the past six years, but kept secret from the world at large. Due to the controversies involved, however, please exercise Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This is actually an incredibly important game - for starters, it effectively made standard the idea of letting the player have full control over the appearance of their avatar in [=MMOs=], which even bled into many non-[=MMOs=] - but the way [=NCSoft=] shut it down has led to one of the biggest preservation panics in the history of interactive entertainment, as the original game simply cannot be experienced in any way any longer, and the loss of the servers took immense amounts of character work with it. There are various emulation projects that are trying to put together a semblance of the game as it was, but with limited success.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A lot of people were not happy with Creator/NCSoft's decision to close Paragon Studios. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Let's leave it at that.]]

* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed by NCSoft]]: A lot of people were not happy with Creator/NCSoft's decision to close Paragon Studios. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Let's leave it at that.]]

** On a broader scale, ''City of Heroes'' was released about a decade before the big superhero entertainment boom and cancelled on the edge when superheroes became the big thing in entertainment, just months after ''Film/TheAvengers'' broke all kinds of records at the box office. If it managed to last a little longer, and was supported by [=NCSoft=], ''[=CoH=]'' could've very well gotten a new lease on life and the rumored sequels would've propelled the series to further success. One can only wonder...

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, it was going to be set in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks.
** Apparently, Jack Emmert (the lead developer) was planning on implementing a skills system. This never came to be, with the Invention System instead.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Keetsie and Leo Braz da Cunha, FX artists.

** Rommy and the Fuzzies, for Romulus Augustus and his three Nictus, who look like floating balls of purple black smoke. Boobcat for the new Praetoria revamp of [[{{Stripperiffic}} Bobcat's costume]]. Hami-O's for Hamidon Origin Enhancements. Quite a few signature characters have shortened versions for ease of use: States, Posi, [=BABs=], Manti, GW, Scorp, [[AndZoidberg and DocQ]].

** Certain terms for players who play "hybrid" character, like "scranker" for a player who plays a tank but acts like a scrapper, or vice-versa. More [[http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Category:Archetype_Mash_Up here.]]

* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By NCSoft]]: A lot of people were not happy with Creator/NCSoft's decision to close Paragon Studios. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Let's leave it at that.]]

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This is actually an incredibly important game - it effectively made standard the idea of letting the player have full control over the appearance of their avatar in [=MMOs=], which even bled into many non-[=MMOs=], just for starters - but the way [=NCSoft=] shut it down has led to one of the biggest preservation panics in the history of interactive entertainment, as the original game simply cannot be experienced in any way any longer, and the loss of the servers took immense amounts of character work with it. There are various emulation projects that are trying to put together a semblance of the game as it was, but with limited success.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This is actually an incredibly important game - it effectively made standard the idea of letting the player have full control over the appearance of their avatar in [[=MMOs=], which even bled into many non-[=MMOs=], just for starters - but the way [=NCSoft=] shut it down has led to one of the biggest preservation panics in the history of the interactive entertainment, as the original game simply cannot be experienced in any way any longer, and the loss of the servers took immense amounts of character work with it. There are various emulation projects that are trying to put together a semblance of the game as it was, but with limited success.

** Apparently, Jack Emmert (the lead developer) was planning on implementing a skills system. This never came to be, with the Invention System instead.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, it was going to be set in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, it was going to be set in the GoldenAgeOfComicBooks.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Issue 16, which brought powers customization brought much {{Squee}}, as did the announcement that Issue 24 would port that functionality to Pools. And don't even get started on all the various powersets added through the years...