Battle was well and truly joined last night on the EU Training Room, as two colossal supergroups - formed under the mighty leadership of Content and Community Manager Rockjaw, and Community Coordinator Bridger - clashed over two Supergroup Rumble matches. The battles were long and hard, but in the end, there could only be one winner.

In case you’re wondering, it’s the guy with his arms raised on the left.

Yes, thanks to sterling help from a throng of players from across our European servers, Rockjaw’s Roughnecks triumphed not once, but twice during two matches. And that’s why it’s me, Rockjaw, bringing you this update, while Bridger remains in the corner, sobbing quietly.

Alright, he’s not sobbing, but he does keep muttering something under his breath about “a reckoning”. I think he’s talking about a rematch, but frankly, why would he want to get thrashed and publicly humiliated again? Full match commentary, and some in-game screens, inside.

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It’s been a year since City of Heroes was launched in the US. To mark this special occasion in the continued development of City of Heroes and thank all our European players for getting us off to such a great start over here, we will be awarding every hero in Paragon City a free respec today, 29 April 2005.

In addition, we will be awarding a special One Year Anniversary Badge to every character that logs into the game from the time Issue #4: Colosseum is published to the live servers*, until 11:59PM CDT on May 31, 2005.

* Please note that Issue #4’s launch date is still to be determined.

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On the anniversary of the original US release of City of Heroes, Statesman has some words for the heroes from around the world who have dedicated themselves to defending Paragon City from the dark forces arrayed against it…

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The construction of the new Paragon City Arenas is nearing completion, and Times Sports Columnist Ernie 'Doc' Lardner has been to take a look around inside.

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With the new Top Cow comic book based on City of Heroes approaching, we know that many of you here in Europe have been wondering whether you’ll get to see it - and what’s happened to the current Blue King Studios run. So we’re pleased to be able to announce that all our players will soon be able to access both series in electronic form.

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That’s right, this Thursday will see a true clash of the titans as Content and Community Manager Rockjaw faces off on the EU Training Room against his underling and sometime minion, English Community Coordinator Bridger. And we want you to come along and join the action…

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Gaming site Boomtown has published a preview of the new features heading our way in Issue #4: Colosseum, based on the version currently available on the EU Training Room. If you haven’t had the chance to check it out for yourself, this your chance to find out more about what’s on the horizon for your heroes:

The fun part though came with the scaling feature, which is truly wonderful. As a player I was able to manipulate pretty much any part of my body into any number of weird and wonderful shapes. The scaling feature allows you to extend things like the jaw line and drop the cheek bones or widen the nose or make it smaller. I cannot wait to see what other players come up with...

You can read the full article here.

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For three years she has lain in a coma. Now, due to the actions of Calvin Scott and the new heroes of Paragon City, Sister Psyche may finally be about to wake up. Find out more in this special report from the Paragon Times.

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Heroic promoter Quickblade (Draven on the Official Message Boards) is organising another evening of music and dance where Union’s crime busters can kick back, relax and socialise after a hard week, erm, busting crime.

As usual, the venue will be the city’s one and only multi-dimensional club, the Paragon Dance Party, and things will kick off at 7.30pm. You can either make your own way there, or just nip over to Steel Canyon, send Quickblade a tell and he’ll arrange for you to be teleported to the entrance - he’ll be on door duty from 7.15pm, so don’t be late.

For more details, including a rather handy FAQ about the Paragon Club Nights, check out this thread on the boards.

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Last Friday (15 April) saw the latest costume contest to be held on the Union server. Dozens of hopeful heroes pulled on their freshly cleaned formal costumes and did their best to impress the judges and contest organiser Hobojack, in an effort to win a share of the 5 million Influence prize fund.

After some hard decisions, the entrants were narrowed down to a final ten, and then from those to five finalists. The eventual runners-up were Heretic, Silent Edge and Feirce Natz, who walked away with a million Influence each, and the winner was Chance, seen here in her stunning blue and white costume collecting her 2 million Influence prize from organiser Hobojack.

You can read all about the contest and see some screenshots in this thread on the Union board, or take a look at Issue #4 of Justin Tyme’s online City of Heroes newpaper, the Galaxy City Post & Tymes, which has a feature about the contest.

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