A song celebrating Issues Past (Why Do I Stay)

[GamerKate]

Going through old CoH folders of screenshots etc I came across the following amusing celebration of CoH that I wrote and put on the old forums back around Issue 23 (I think, I’m an old man now lol). It roughly follows stuff introduced in the issues I played since I started. It was definitely posted before free-to-play was standard.

 

The choruses are kind of bittersweet in light of what happened, but I’m overjoyed to post it again - I hope it brings a smile to players old and new :)

 

Here it is:

 

Why do I stay?

 

With apologies to Billy Joel:

 

 

Marcus Cole, P.I., Rikti Crash Site, Sewer Trial,

Malta Sappers, Carnie Strongmen, Portal Corp and you

 

CoT Trial, Capes at twenty, Crystal Titan, badges many,

Respec, Sidekick, Enter Rularuu.

 

Striga Island, Council fools, Epic ATs, power pools,

Lusca's in, Epic win, Clockwork building Paladin

 

Sky Raiders, Super Spy, Ravenstorm, Moonfire,

Bonny Morass, Long Jack, Volcano base, global chat!

 

Why do I stay subscribing?

Well it's not surprising

When the bar keeps rising.

I'm gonna keep subscribing,

I'll be logging on until the game is gone.

 

Katie Hannon, Sonic Blast, raving Trolls, Red Caps,

Archery, Trick Arrow, debtless level twos

 

Shiva Strike, SG-Base, Warburg rocket, nukes from space,

Dominators, Masterminds and Brutes and Stalkers too

 

Grandville, R.V., thugs, Mu Mastery,

Mace Blast, School of Sharks, melee with Electric sparks

 

Guard the bank, Pocket D, Fusionette and Jimmy T,

Faultline reborn, PSYCHOCHRONOMETRON!

 

Why do I keep on playing?

There's no way to stop it

Other games can't top it

I'll always keep on playing,

I'll be wearing capes untill there's no more updates.

 

Auction House, Black Market's in, Hamidon is back again,

Recluse' Helmet Souvenir, Rise of the marketeer

 

Rikti War Zone retcon, Lady Grey, Hero 1,

Rikti bombs in Atlas Park, Zombies rising after dark

 

Ouroborus, Mender Silos, Flashback, poor old Cyrus,

Reconstruction, Power Slice, Strength of Will, Ablating Strike

 

Fortunatas, Crabs and Banes, Purple IOs, Extra trays,

Midnight Squad, another zone, Giant mechs in Ancient Rome!

 

Why don't I stop my alting?

There's so much to do here

I will never be through here

I'm gonna still be alting

When I'm full on Freedom there's ten more to choose from

 

Dayjobs, second build, World of Pain, Soothe's heal,

Level Pacts, Shield Defence, Villain PPP Respec

 

Super Leader, Architect, PvP Invention Sets,

Dev's Choice, Hall of Fame, 5-Stars, Buttcapes

 

Fifth Column rise again, Super Booster costume change,

Barracuda, Doctor Kahn, nerdrage at the badge farms!

 

Why do I keep on paying?

'Cos the money's well-spent

On this fantastic content

I'm gonna keep on paying

For my server transfers and the Boosters I use

 

Powerset Proliferation, customize your animations,

Team size set for eight, Pet persistence on

 

Doppelgangers, Ultra Mode, Dual Pistols, tails that move,

Demon pets, Hell On Earth, email spammers gone

 

Going Rogue, Alignment shift, market merges, finding Tips,

Heroes in the Rogue Isles, Villains checking blueside

 

Alpha Slot, Incarnate, Great Escape, Syndicate,

Primal Earth prepares for war, GIMME GIMME MORE MORE MORE!!!

 

Why do I keep subscribing?

It's pretty clear to me that

Everyone should see that

City of Heroes is awesome

And in another window

I'm-a just about to

Log on, and on, and on, and on, and on...

 

:D

 

MCM

 

[JnEricsonx]

....that was goddamn beautiful.

[GamerKate]

....that was goddamn beautiful.

 

Thank you! :)

 

CoH is inspirational, basically.

 

MCM

[Healix]

That was awesome! It reminds me of a similar song done to the tune of Starship's 'We Built this City'

 

We built this city, we built this city on fun and friends

Built this city, we built this city on fun and friends

 

You might not know me or recognize my face

But we all care who goes to that place

Knee deep in the villains enjoying the fight

Now the bad news eating up the night

 

Someone always playing corporation games

Who cares they're always changing corporation names

We just want to play here... someone stole the stage

They call us unimportant.. write us off the page

 

You play your hero, listen for the glowies, don't you remember

We built this city, we built this city on fun and friends

 

It's just another Sunday, on a King's Row street

CEO's have got the choke hold, oh then we just lost the beat

 

Who counts the money underneath the bar

Who rides the wrecking ball in to our avatars

Don't tell us you need us, 'cos we're not a bunch of sheep

Looking for Paragon, cause love of the game runs deep

 

(I'm looking out over that IP bridge

Out on another gorgeous sunny Saturday, watching the Tsoo and Family)

 

Don't you remember the fun?

 

(It's your favorite game, in your favorite game world

The city by the statue, the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps)

 

Boombox rocks the music, do the monkey dance, don't you remember

We built this city, we built this city on fun and friends

 

We built this city, we built this city on fun and friends

Built this city, we built this city on fun and friends

[GamerKate]

I found another one!

 

And I had completely forgotten the revamped DA stuff, so extra happy now lol

 

With apologies to Katy Perry,

 

I Killed A God (And I Liked It)

 

Deicide was never in my plan,

I’d only just unlocked my Alpha!

Heather Townshend and Mu’ Vorkhan

Kinda pushed me at it.

It’s not what I’m used to

I don’t even solo EBs!

But Talons and the Tsoo

Proved fairly easy!

 

I killed a God, and I liked it

The feel of his evil insides

I killed a God, just to try it

I hope Hero Corps don’t find out

It felt so wrong it felt so right

Don’t mean I’m T4 tonight

I killed a God and I liked it

Time to grind it

 

Even if the arc rewards blow chunks

It doesn’t matter

I just pwned in Ancient Rome

Romulus, back atcha!

It’s not what heroes do

Not ‘there should be another way’

But no Avatar means no Confuse

Haha-I finally get to say

 

I killed a God and I liked it

Check it out he’s got a giant pelvis

I killed a God just to try it

Now I’m feelin’ like I’m frikkin’ Elvis!

It felt so wrong it felt so right

This is my idea of a boss fight

I killed a God and I liked it

Time to grind it

 

That Mot thinks he’s so magical

All spikes and teeth and rituals

All nom nom noms and eating souls

Like Ice Mistral and Kadabra

It’s a big deal I’m really pii-ii-ii-issed!

 

I killed a God and I liked it

The God-killer sword in my hand

I killed a God, and while solo

I didn’t need no raid to do it

It felt so epic so badass

But don’t mean I’ve unlocked Judgement

I killed a God and I liked it

Time to grind it

 

:D

 

MCM

 

[_NOPE_]

God damn it, now I got that song stuck in my head... ARGH!!!!!

[Healix]

LOL

 

[GamerKate]

:D

 

I know! I’ve been humming it in work today and a student said ‘you killed a What!?’ Lol

 

I also have another one I wrote whilst I was running Incarnate Trials over and over to see how long it would take to get to full T4 from base lvl 50.

 

... I admit I had to trawl through 75 pages of General Discussion on the old forums on the waybackmachine to find that again XD

 

Surely I’m not the only player who’s been looking at the old forums recently :D

 

MCM