Real World Hero is a charity donation drive created by City of Heroes players. In our real lives we are not super-powered, but we can still be super-purposed.

"You guys are by far the best community in the MMO space bar none." - Brian Clayton - Executive Producer & Studio Head, Paragon Studios

There must be something about playing heroes that makes this community so great! - EMpulse - Head of Community Relations, City of Heroes


The 2011 Charity Drive Has Raised $7515.47! Well Done Heroes! Stay Tuned For The Next Event!

All Bids Are In Concluding the 2011 Charity Auction

by Mr. Wentworth on December 10, 2011

Auction week has come and gone. The bids have all been tallied and the 2011 Real World Hero Charity Auction has raised $2276.97 for charity.

Thank you to Paragon Studios and all of the people and players that donated items to the auction and placed bids. There were over 1300 bids in all! Congratulations to the winners and thanks to the rest for bidding things up. We’re collecting donation receipts and will begin shipping items to the winners this coming week.

But the Real World Hero Charity Drive is far from over! Donations can still be made through December 30th, 2011. We’ll be doing more in-game events, so keep your eyes and ears open for the details. Keep spreading the word in-game and out!

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Awesome Player Alert! @Fantastic Flying Red

by Mr. Wentworth on December 7, 2011

I received a message from a player I know that went above and beyond to tell others about Real World Hero. @Fantastic Flying Red does a lot through his workplace in support of the Wounded Warrior Project, and he is a big fan of our support for Operation Gratitude as well. It turns out he is also part of a Civil War reenactment group and took it upon himself to add a message about Real World Hero in the latest newsletter, sent to the 5000 members of that community.

I know this is the “time of giving” and all, but outside my life as a college student, worker bee, reenactor, every so often I get to game.  Yeah I said it, I’m a gamer.  Anyway, one of the renewed projects this year is called real world hero.  Last year our gaming comminity raised over 11,000 for the charities listed.  One that has returned is operation gratitude.  This charity sends care packages to over seas active military. Since we have so many vets and we are a veterans organization, please if you can make a donation.

Visit http://realworldhero.com/ and click the chipin link. The link to the charity can be found there as well If it asks about a server use infinity.  Through this game I’ve made some really great friends – some of whom I will see when I’m in NOLA and they are a kick a** community.  If you can donate please do, if you can’t you can at least see what your kids are up to when they play that MMORPG.  Thanks All.  Kind of ironic I would be asking for assistance of active duty military today of all days.

Thanks, Red! I know there are a lot of us that have made great friendships through the CoH community. Thanks also for doing so much to tell others about Real World Hero. Go Infinity!

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Bidding Is Open for the 2011 Real World Hero Charity Auction

December 2, 2011

It’s time to start bidding! We’re excited to bring back the charity auction this year. It is sure to once again spark interest within the City of Heroes community and beyond. Once again, we’ve received many generous donations for the auction. Thank you to everyone! Click here to view the auction and bid. The photo [...]

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Awesome Player Alert! @Firemoth

November 23, 2011

There are a ton of great people that get involved in the charity drive each year, no doubt. If you’ve recently returned home from the recent Player Summit held by the Paragon Studios team in the Bay Area, then you know exactly what I mean. You met lots of really awesome folks, right? Well, @Firemoth [...]

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Announcing the Third Annual Real World Hero Charity Drive!

October 31, 2011

The Wentworth Country Club and its many friends and supporters proudly announce the We invite the City of Heroes community on all servers to come together once again this holiday season in support of this player created charity drive. Friday, November 18, 2011 – through – Friday, December 30, 2011 Please join us for a [...]

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Support Paragon Studios While They Play Games for Charity!

October 14, 2011

If you haven’t yet heard, or forgot to remember until just now and needed a helpful reminder, some of our favorite people are going to be raising money for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals this weekend and could use your support. Paragon Studios is participating in the Extra Life 2011 weekend by playing games for [...]

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Ready for RealWorldHero 2011?

August 31, 2011

It’s such a busy world we live in! So much has happened in both the real world and our virtual favorites over the past few months. But it is nice that some things stick around to keep us grounded from year to year. Hopefully the Real World Hero Charity Drive is becoming such a thing [...]

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Ways to Support Tsunami Relief in Japan

March 15, 2011

There are so many ways to provide support and aid to the people of Japan in the wake of the massive earthquake off the coast of Japan last week. One such way is through an excellent page of information assembled by Google. There are news updates and excellent resources available to keep informed of the [...]

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2010 Real World Hero Charity Drive Wrap-Up

January 5, 2011

We’ve completed our second annual charity drive! Total contributions this year reached $12,010! Thank you so much to everyone that participated. This event would simply not be possible without the incredible support and generosity of the City of Heroes community and our friends at Paragon Studios (especially the OCR Team). We also have to give [...]

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Auction Update: Sold, to the Hero in the Blue Spandex!

December 20, 2010

We’re still collecting donations from the Real World Hero auction, but they are coming in quickly! In addition to the more than $3000 collected from winning bids, there are plenty of additional donations coming from generous people who may not have had the winning bid. There have been so many nice comments from everyone regarding [...]

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