As we all know, COH is shutting down on Nov 30th. And as we have already seen, quite a few of those players have already, or are going to be joining our community.

Now I'm sure there are going to be quite a few player and possibly even Dev hosted events going on in COH between now and then, and it would be disrespectful to distract attention from any of those. But I would like to suggest that the day after COH officially sunsets, there be an official "Welcome to Champs" day here.

So if you are a long time player of Champs, spread the word to your friends and supergroup. If you are a new player coming from COH, please pass along our warm invitation to your fellow players to join us here on that day.

With all of that said, I would like to make a few brief comments about my feelings regarding this situation. It is always sad when a game people love goes away. At the expense of being overly dramatic, it is almost like the death of a loved one. However, the new people who are going to be joining our community from COH are nothing short of a transfusion of new life into this game. This is something we should all* be grateful for, and on December 1st lets all show them how much we appreciate having them with us.

See you there!

*This includes you Cryptic/PWE, and some type of in game event on that day would be a great way to show it! Also, I know it isnt policy to officially mention competitors, but with Champs and DCUO being the only other superhero games on the market, being the one that officially welcomes the COX players over is simply good business. I'd like to suggest that you talk with PR/marketing to get permission to make an announcement on the home page, which will then get reported on the various gaming news sites. If DCU does it first then its just going to look like your copying them, so dont wait too long.

Good idea. We should do an rp event afterward. That'd be a good time for it.

not too long after taht would be the winter event, so an "offical" event, dunno how much could be done there

Good idea. I'll be there- with bells on!

I like this idea.

As one of the recent transplants I think this would be a very good thing.

A nice idea, especially to welcome those that decide to migrate over from CoX to here.

/signed

(how convienent that 12-1-12 is a saturday huh?)

I'm going to see if I can scrounge up a few costume drops and mods, maybe hand them out.

Very nice idea - but, why just make it one day? Perhaps it should be the "Official Welcome to Champs Weekend"? ;)