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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Champions Online gives away a free retcon]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/27/champions-online-gives-away-a-free-retcon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/27/champions-online-gives-away-a-free-retcon/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/27/champions-online-gives-away-a-free-retcon/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/super-hero/" rel="tag">Super-hero</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-in-game/" rel="tag">Events, in-game</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/server-downtime/" rel="tag">Server downtime</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/champions-online/" rel="tag">Champions Online</a></p><a href="http://www.champions-online.com"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="top" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/co-freeretcon-epl-1025.jpg" /></a><br />
Retcons are valuable things in <a href="http://www.champions-online.com"><em>Champions Online</em></a>, and they are used only with care, as their effects can be far-reaching and are assured to be constant for quite some time. (This marks a major point of divergence between <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/champions-online"><em>Champions Online</em></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_One_More_Day">most current comic books</a>, but we'll leave that to one side for the time being.) So it's a bit significant when <a href="http://www.crypticstudios.com/">Cryptic</a> announces that everyone will be getting a <a href="http://www.champions-online.com/node/594631">free retcon on October 27th</a>, just in time for the <a href="http://www.champions-online.com/bloodmoon">Blood Moon</a> event to kick off in full swing.<br />
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<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tags/cryptic-studios">Cryptic</a>'s official explanation is that the free retcon comes as a result of server troubles over the weekend, and is their little way of extending an olive branch to the community. It does come with a bit of a caveat, however -- if you've been banking up your previous free retcon in anticipation of needing it later, they won't stack. You just get the one free.<br />
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But that's not such a big issue, when you get right down to it -- you can use the retcon if you need it, and start enjoying the <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/blood-moon/">zombie-smashing fun</a>. And if you aren't already playing, perhaps now is a fine time to mention that there's a <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/24/champions-online-offers-free-weekend-during-blood-moon/">free weekend starting on Friday</a>?<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/27/champions-online-gives-away-a-free-retcon/">Champions Online gives away a free retcon</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.champions-online.com/node/594631>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/27/champions-online-gives-away-a-free-retcon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19210479/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/10/27/champions-online-gives-away-a-free-retcon/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>atari</category><category>blood-moon</category><category>champions</category><category>champions-online</category><category>co</category><category>cryptic</category><category>cryptic-studios</category><category>free-respec</category><category>free-retcon</category><category>game-mechanics</category><category>in-game-event</category><category>news-items</category><category>superheroes</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Lefebvre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
