City of Heroes hosts first virtual queer prom evah!

And so the gay parade marches on! This time, they expanded their colorful horizons by hosting a virtual queer prom, aptly called the Rainbow Prom. The event was held in-game in NCSoft‘s City of Heroes/Villains, and was hailed a success with some 200 queer ‘toons showing up in full prom regalia.

Apart from that, what made this event a particular fantabulous shebang is the fact that this is probably the first virtual LGBT (that’s “Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transexuals” for those cooped up from the world) prom evah!

As it is a prom, a (drag) queen and king had to be hailed, of course. And what better way to do that than with overflowing drinks, music and partying.

Gamers were invited to finally enjoy the high school dance many missed when they were 18. At least 200 ‘toons showed up, organizers reported, and partied so hard they actually forced NCSoft to reboot the computer generating their virtual world — several times.

NCSoft paved the way for an easier integration of queer gamers in their City of Heroes/Villains community when they noticed that there were quite a lot of them enjoying the MMORPG. In response, they created the Pride Global Channel which serves as some kind of LGBT online community where they can have a chat with each other.

Apart from that, they also branched out by offering Gay.com readers a shot at a 14-day free trial of the game. Says Alex von Minden, online community manger, “It’s about how much better we can reach out and engage the community.”

And reach out, they did. To read more about the Rainbow Prom event, just click on the Read link below.

And so the gay parade marches on! This time, they expanded their colorful horizons by hosting a virtual queer prom, aptly called the Rainbow Prom. The event was held in-game in NCSoft‘s City of Heroes/Villains, and was hailed a success with some 200 queer ‘toons showing up in full prom regalia.

Apart from that, what made this event a particular fantabulous shebang is the fact that this is probably the first virtual LGBT (that’s “Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transexuals” for those cooped up from the world) prom evah!

As it is a prom, a (drag) queen and king had to be hailed, of course. And what better way to do that than with overflowing drinks, music and partying.

Gamers were invited to finally enjoy the high school dance many missed when they were 18. At least 200 ‘toons showed up, organizers reported, and partied so hard they actually forced NCSoft to reboot the computer generating their virtual world — several times.

NCSoft paved the way for an easier integration of queer gamers in their City of Heroes/Villains community when they noticed that there were quite a lot of them enjoying the MMORPG. In response, they created the Pride Global Channel which serves as some kind of LGBT online community where they can have a chat with each other.

Apart from that, they also branched out by offering Gay.com readers a shot at a 14-day free trial of the game. Says Alex von Minden, online community manger, “It’s about how much better we can reach out and engage the community.”

And reach out, they did. To read more about the Rainbow Prom event, just click on the Read link below.