All I can say is...
TROLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You bunch of mindless sheeple idiots. You're arguing over a fictional character, a marketing ploy, for a game that's dead. It's gone. It's not coming back. Chucky & I have moved on.
If you've got a problem regarding the past, either e-mail myself, Chucky or "Fi" - as far as money is concerned. !! NO !! THERE WILL NOT BE REFUNDS !! You pay for a service, you got the service. The fact that the servers were hacked into doesn't change anything, the site had a disclaimer saying payment is/was non-refundable unless there were specific technical issues. There were no technical issues, there was mere spite from an ex-coder with a chip on his shoulder who decided the most adult, mature way to deal with his complaints was to f*ck with the server instead of talking about it like any other grown up would. When GOH is launched in 2 weeks time you're welcome to sign up, and you'll be given free premium equivalent/probably MORE than equal to what you paid in HP as compensation, Chucky & I have always said this, so it's not like we did it deliberately. The old code was screwed up, it needed a complete re-write from scratch and all security holes plugged. I've done that myself with GOH. It's a whole new code.
Somebody already spotted earlier it was a marketing ploy. It was. But it's gotten way out of hand now and it's just gotten pathetic that people, weeks after it was all finished, are still arguing about non-existent characters, alter-egos. Grow up for crying out loud.
This thread should be locked or moved into a mindless drivel section, it isn't even relevant any more as the game it's referring to/complaining about no longer exists, nor will it ever again, so any arguments regarding that game are null & void and won't get anyone anywhere except look like complete fools arguing about some Yorkshire bloke's "mes a goodgirl hehe" mascot sockpuppet. All you gotta do is a quick Google or go on Internet archive, the alter-ego has been used for 10 years now on several different projects - it's all about user retention. How do you get guys to stay on a community? Girls. But how do you get girls to stay on a community? Other girls. So if you start a new community and you're two guys, what do you do? It's basic logic. Create a welcome mat alter-ego. A few hehes a >.< and a >.> and a "awww me luvs u" and before you know it you've got a group of regulars who see that mascot as their ringleader and the very face and identity of the community.
What ever has happened it was nothing personal - it's just business. Get over it. Move on.
Now if you excuse me, I've got the IM chatbox to install and test on the new Gates of Heaven game. And as I promised, anybody from HP that signs up while the game is in open beta mode (launch date approx: 10th of June) will get a free premium account/profile/game boosts (extra hitpoints, health, hunger) for life - as in permanently.