OK I've had time to digest this a bit, as much as I can anyways, so here's my final farewell.

Rare,

I want to thank you for all you've given to this game.  You really are appreciated for what you've done.  I hope you weren't resentful towards me for sharply criticizing the new approach and the dramatic downturn of dynamic interactive storytelling.  I guess we all were extremely spoiled by your devotion to the game, and if I appeared alarmist I guess I was just projecting my own fears which have sadly come to pass or so it seems.

This past year you really did the work of ten people....crits every six weeks, daily live events, new clothing, new items, new moods, new emotes, two whole new constructs (!!!), Datamine quests, New One Zero quest, Sati's Playground with two quests, the Valkyrie quest, etc. etc....I mean that was insanely awesome...but when someone is always putting in 1,000% and spending 100+ hours a weeks doing what you did, including constantly interacting with us on DN1; well we all know that's unsustainable.  We are only....human.  I'm only sorry you didn't have the tools, support, staff, etc. at your disposal to make your vision for MxO come to fruition.

Thank you for some phenominal Live Event experiences.

Thank you for answering my Communique to the Merovingian waaay back in 2006...That was truly enlightening and showed me that you really understood the nuance of that character, amongst others!

Thank you for really listening to us on DN1...through high times and low.

Most especially, thank you for attending every single annual Les Enfants Terribles Club Hel Party post-Lith!  I had hoped you could join us at least one more time for our 5th go round.  Alas, it is not to be.  There is a reason I've kept my same sig, even though its about 10 months out of date.  I would have changed it long ago were it not for the good memories that you made happen.

Thank you for providing us with a wonderful world to escape to, and keeping the Matrix franchise alive and thriving ten years after its original inception.

The game will never be the same.  It was a particular moment in time and (cyber)space that can never be replicated.  Thank you for the comeradship, lightheartedness, and freedom you've provided to us in this digital playground of ours.

Bonsoir, Mon Ami!

monkeymanx8 wrote:

I disagree with you on almost every account, Skull.

Also, while it would be hilarious if you sat down and seriously tried to right the story for MxO, if you were actually allowed to control it... well, I'd have to kill myself.

This.

Give Dev tools to everyone and the game would be ruined by those abusing the tools. Give them to a select few.. I wouldn't expect the rest to stick around. No, Lesig style spawns in certain areas (mission areas?) fair enough, main character masks (although this presents further problems) ok. Dev tools to players.. hell no.

Been a part of MxO since the time of CR2.0 going live, and i've loved every minurte of it. Best of luck to you  where ever you go Rarebit, and like it has been said many tiimes before, let us know if you can where we end up so we can get a piece of anything new you've got going on.

Brommerz77 wrote:

Archangel wrote:

Well, somebody just pulled MxO's jack.

I have dreamed a dream, but now that dream has gone from me.

Too true.

"It is done."

I guess that's that then. MxO is very probably deader than sideways ironed flares with pockets in the knees. Speculation was that this day wasn't too far in the future.

Whatever you do in the future Rare, I hope it kicks arse for you and you do the same for it. You've taken a lot of crap as well as praise, some of it from yours truly, but no-one ever questioned your hours. Peace, man.

I am sorry to see you go after everything you've done for the playerbase. It was fun fighting alongside you with various EPN events despite whatever disagreements we had regarding how LESIG was run. Coming from someone that did not have the time commitment to play this game as much as I used to compared to 2005, it took me a very long time to understand what lengths and painful measures you went through to run these events despite the miniscule amount of resources you had. I hope things go well in your life and wish for the best.  Semper Fi.

Dibol

Also, Rarebit. You owe me a duel.

ShiXinFeng wrote:

For 3 years,

Wow, thanks for digging that up! Nostalgic or what.

Haha, Zippy's quote even has me as "cloudwol" in that thread xD

You can disagree with me all you like, no one said you couldn't, they are my opinions after all.

I just hope like 50% of this dying games population doesn't leave due to this, my hopes are probly futile but well, I gotta try...

cloudwolf wrote:

ShiXinFeng wrote:

For 3 years,

Wow, thanks for digging that up! Nostalgic or what.

Haha, Zippy's quote even has me as "cloudwol" in that thread xD

Awww, look how cute I am all the way back then. I remember Zippy the Newb Troll..

Sure says alot about how long I've been on this game... or does it?

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(o.O)

(u u)O

My heart is broken too. This game has been such a huge part of my life for nearly three years now, and I can't help but feel it is losing its soul. What is the line from M1? "The body cannot live without the mind." Rarebit has been MxO's mind & soul through some very difficult times, and it's very difficult to imagine MxO without Rarebit's hand on the wheel. 

With Ben's departure, we are seeing the end of the Matrix story. The story that hundreds upon hundreds of people helped to realize on film, in three video games, in comics and in the printed word. The Wachowski Brothers handed stewardship of their universe over to Chadwick, who then passed the torch to Ben, and now Ben is putting it down, its flame exhausted. Perhaps it's worth reflecting on the fact that many incredibly popular and significant stories were born and then died on film, or in novels, or perhaps successfully transitioned from one media to another .. but very few have had the lifespan and the active following that the Wachowskis' vision has had, going back over ten years now. The story of the Matrix has shown amazing depth and breadth, and I'm sure will continue to be written about, talked about and loved for many years to come.

For Ben Chamberlain's hand in that storytelling, I am glad.

For his leadership of our game, which many of us consider a second home .. I am deeply and ever grateful.

For his boundless imagination, I am in awe.

And for his having to constantly deal with unhappy players, unappreciative critics and ever-shrinking resources, I am sick at heart. I can't help but feel like we, the players, have a hand in this. I wish we could have been more supportive, instead of constantly niggling at him for gimmethis gimmethat. I myself am guilty of this as well.

But I hope in spite of (I'm sure) many, many disappointments, hardships, sleepless nights, angry words with thankless players .. I hope he remembers his time with MxO fondly.

As for myself, I'm with ArchDuke and the other diehard MxO fans .. we ain't goin nowhere. 

Come back and see us, Rarebit. You've always got friends here, for as long as the lights are on.

/as

Had to re-up my sub for this one, if only to post on this thread.

Just want to really say thank you Rarebit for the effort you put forth for this game.  Whether you were liked or not by whomever, you truthfully were one of the best things to happen to the game when you came in and began taking on a much larger role.  For better or worse, you simply gave a tremendous effort to do something for this game, and that something did matter.  It created possibility, inspired changes, and created some new challenges.  In the end, you time here was, in this player's mind, a positive one and I for one thank you for putting up with us as long as you did and for putting forth the effort that you did.

I honestly wish you the best in your future endeavors.  I see you as a talented individual and I hope that life takes you places you want to go.  Thanks for the memories. 

Asna wrote:

With Ben's departure, we are seeing the end of the Matrix story. The story that hundreds upon hundreds of people helped to realize on film, in three video games, in comics and in the printed word. The Wachowski Brothers handed stewardship of their universe over to Chadwick, who then passed the torch to Ben, and now Ben is putting it down, its flame exhausted.

Overreacting, much? I'm sure that the bigwigs are aware of MxO's main goal in its existance. There will be a replacement.

I just came back to say also, Thank you Rarebit, for all that you have done for the Matrix online and its memebers. It was a hell of a good journey while it lasted and I hope that your future endeavors are as loved as this one was. You will be missed...

ZippyTheSquirrel wrote:

Asna wrote:

With Ben's departure, we are seeing the end of the Matrix story. The story that hundreds upon hundreds of people helped to realize on film, in three video games, in comics and in the printed word. The Wachowski Brothers handed stewardship of their universe over to Chadwick, who then passed the torch to Ben, and now Ben is putting it down, its flame exhausted.

Overreacting, much? I'm sure that the bigwigs are aware of MxO's main goal in its existance. There will be a replacement.

So be it!

Many have doomsday predections about what is going to happent to Mxo. I think we just need to chill a bit..hm. Let's take one step at the time, I'm sure THE WALRUS will post something in the forum about any future plans.