Best of luck and take care Rarebit and most of all...Thank you very much for everything that you have done! ./bowhead
Crikey. What can I say? This came as a complete shock. I knew there were doubts in the community - the state of MxO is always in question after all - but this still seems pretty sudden. I just hope your reasons for leaving (leaving the industry entirely in fact, if I follow you correctly) aren't too serious and everything's okay.You've done so many things for MxO and the community. You've taken over practically sole development of the game and reined in the story after Chadwick's departure. You've weaved an interesting, compelling tale that I would very much like to follow to its conclusion. You've done amazing, creative things with the few tools and resources that were left for you, and the seemingly pathetic support you've received from the powers that be. You've had the vision and guts to see through a major and controversial change in the game. You've done more than any developer I can think of to keep the community up-to-date regarding developments and future releases, and have done much to help and support the community in general, be it as simple as answering questions or as daunting as doing interviews and hosting parties. You've been as fair and inclusive as it's possible for one man to be when assuming the role of the franchise's many characters. And all this whilst putting up with an enormous amount of flak and abuse (even from me on occasion).Without meaning to dismiss the efforts of the rest of the MxO team and the players, it must be said that The Matrix Online exists because of you.Thank you. - Chris
Procurator wrote:
QFT!
Rarebit, I just came back man, now you're leaving? Uncool, but a mans gotta do, what a mans gotta do, right?
Besides, there is only enough room in the Megacity for one of us.
Peace and Love
Laters
Gracias por todo lo que has aportado a este juego y a mi cuenta, nunca olvidare lo coruto que puede ser un dev. Que te vaya bonito y nunka buelbas x aki.
LOLFACE
I saw this coming since I heard you had cut the live events out being the life blood of the game. Although I wasnt happy like many people I knew there had be a reason like this for it happening. I know I for one have been critical of your work from time to time. I have also expressed such things openly on the forum and in game. For this I apologise, I understand that you are doing the best job you can with the budget and resources available to you. The real problem is with the SOE purse holders who have been reducing the mxo budget since day 1. You have poured your heart and soul into this game and it shows, with the limited resources you have managed to keep a dying game (of no fault of your own) alive. This has been by far the best mmo I have played, and I have played a few. Despite its low numbers and sometimes lack of content I always find myself coming back and I thank you for this Rarebit. What happens now I dont know, I hope Walrus can organise a suitable replacement and allow the game to continue as planned. However your shoes will be big ones to fill and I hope the new person is up to it.
All the best in the future, I hope your path leads to larger and greater things. You should create a normal forum account and come back to talk to us from time to time.
Cheers
Good times. thanks.
I'm lost for words Rarebit....( I think this may be a 1st ! )
The final nail in mxo's coffin has been hit home
I just died a little inside. Actually, the nearer the final-date comes the more my insides will keep dieing off =(
CCP should take ownership of this game rather than SOE, they could have a huge fanbase from eve come over, add another 15,000 regular subscribers at any one time, monthly updates would be brought in, plus fixes applied daily, and a complete graphics overhaul wouldnt be far off, thats what you should pay a sub for, which you get with them, if not CCP then whoever takes over next needs to justify our sub, because what im paying £10 a month for now i can do on grand theft auto 4 without the multiplayer aspect, we need new new new
I really hate to see you leave when the story was getting so interesting. Thanks for everything you did and wanted to do.
Take care in the Real.
With all the post that have been written in here, I think we got a new storyline for the rest of year to have fun with. The story incl.
NavMatrix wrote:
I still find it strange that there has been more activity within the last week or so than there's has been in quite a while and Rarebit actually leaves. What's the point of an update and a EPN Live Event if everything's going to hell? The counter logic to that is maybe someone or maybe a group of people may be taking over. For example, the recent appearance of old Liaisons may indicate something. As well as the end of the EPN event, which clearly hints there's way more to be done.
I dunno if I'm right about it, but it seems to me like Rarebit himself didn't expect to leave just now. It looks like a really fresh decision. But that's just my impression.
