From CuppaJo...

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Heroes and Villains are invited to come get your groove on at our Silver Age, 1950's to the 1970's theme party to celebrate two great years of crime fighting action!

The morning of April 28th we are going to toss all you cool cats a free costume token for some stylin threads to pay homage to the superheroes of old! Take all day getting ready (without violating any copyright laws) and then come get funky at the Pocket D. We hear some VIP heroes might be stepping out to dance with you, so don't miss out!

And don't worry, we'll throw you another costume token on the 29th so you can get back into your street duds and ready for action.

SI Radio will be broadcasting throughout the evening letting you know where a VIP has been sighted and who is wearing the sharpest outfits.

Where: Pocket D - All Live Servers (Not Test)
When: 7 - 10 PM CST, Friday, April 28th
What: Silver Age Anniversary Celebration
Why: To Celebrate the City of Heroes Two year anniversary!

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Just some other quick facts and figures...

2nd Anniversary Badge!

In celebration of the past two successful years, simply log-in this Friday on the April 28th anniversary, or any time throughout the month of June, to receive the special 2nd Anniversary Badge.

Tip: If you already have the 1st Anniversary Badge, the combination will unlock a special treat.

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Two Year Anniversary Sweepstakes!
Don’t forget to join in our City of Heroes® Two Year Anniversary Sweepstakes! We are giving out cool prizes every day throughout the month of April. We’ve already given away some amazing prizes and this contest is still in full swing so don’t miss out!

Learn more here.

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Two Year Anniversary Party at Pocket D!
Heroes and Villains are invited to come get your groove on at our Silver Age, 1950’s to the 1970’s theme party to celebrate two great years of crime fighting action!

The morning of April 28th we are going to toss all you cool cats a free costume token for some stylin threads to pay homage to the superheroes of old! Take all day getting ready (without violating any copyright laws) and then come get funky at the Pocket D. We hear some VIP heroes might be stepping out to dance with you, so donít miss out!

And don’t worry, we’ll throw you another costume token on the 29th so you can get back into your street duds and ready for action.

Where: Pocket D - All Live Servers (Not Test)
When: 7 – 10 PM CST, Friday, April 28th
What: Silver Age Anniversary Celebration
Why: To Celebrate the City of Heroes Two year anniversary!

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Fun City of Heroes® Facts
In the Last 2 Years:

17,558,847 Characters have been created
551,287 Supergroups have been created
2,034,557,881,794 Influence has been earned

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See the attachment for the badge that's going to be awarded!!!

Rob

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Cool. Now I'll remember not to log in this Friday night. My cpu/gpu is still trying to process the lag from last year when I had to take a shortcut through Atlas Park.

OMG...thank you for bringing back those horrific memories: lag is far too mild a word to describe that experience.

On the flip side, does anyone know if they've released their subscription numbers lately? I'm curious to know if i5/i6 had the DOOOooooM effect that was predicted.

From what I remember looking at the FY2005 4th Quarter Reports, they appeared skewed to me. They gave independent numbers for CoH subscribers and CoV subscribers, but didn't include a figure for people who have subscribed to both. The CoH subscription number declined slightly; however, I feel that many more left than was posted. The probable reason why the CoH subscription was so hgh is that they offer either one or both games for the same subscription price so a lot of new players that bought CoV probably bought CoH as well.

Yeah, they lost a lot of players with I6/ED; however, CoH/CoV isn't their big money maker (even though it still turns a profit) so they must not have been all that concerned. Yeah, I still play but I'm a simple minded kind of guy that likes the game.

Rob

also the graph that they have to show the number of subscribers has an interesting thing in it. up to i4, they had separate numbers for the european servers and the US servers. when i5 and i6 hit, those numbers are now combined.