1. I had just transferred back to the states from Naples, Italy in April of 2004. After getting settled into work I was looking for a distraction and saw some ad somewhere about the game, maybe at CompUSA. I had played the pen and paper RPGs of Champions, Marvel Super Heroes and Villains and Vigilantes for years before joining the Navy and my brother and I created these super crappy comic books to go with the adventures (this was like 1985-87 time frame) so a super hero game was so for me.
2. I love the fun I still have in playing. I tried other games when CoH shut down, Champions Online to start (meh), Eve Online, Star Trek Online, the wretched D&D Online, none got it done for me. So I literally devolved into playing toilet time games on my iPaq (yes Compaq had the lower case i thing first) like Yahtzee and Battleship and later iPad tappy tap games (no phones thought, Machete don't play on phones). Anyway it was steam revisits of the Sims and Mechwarrior until I found out about Homecoming. It is like grilled cheese and tomato soup on a crappy day, its comforting and it makes me feel good. I am stunned how well its held up, but also not surprised. It was a lightning in a bottle thing and I was just glad I was there to enjoy it then and now.