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Thread: To the brightest stars in the SWG galaxy
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Dorelli
Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:38 am
#1
This is to Lammergeier for all his hard work and to ArthurDent before him. This is to everyone who has been an active member of this forum or a silent member of this forum. This is to all the BE's who never read this forum who won't read this either. This is to me 
We were the best and the brightest. We were the persistant. We were stoic in the face of being ignored, we were patient waiting for our turn to come. We dreamed our dreams and crafted out pets and used our brains.
I have enjoyed chatting with you all and getting to know you in game and on the forums. You have beenmy life - my other life - my adult conversation for the past year and a bit.
It's all going away as on-line games do change and evolve (as my husband points out) and everything we have done in-game has been for naught but let me tell you that out of game - you guys have brightened my life and given me much to think about and have brought smiles to my day. I have so much enjoyed being part of this community which is full of clever and witty people that there is NO way I would have met such like-minded people otherwise in my day-to-day life.
Some of you, if you are reading this - i will not let go. Others I will have to.
So, I hate to be persistently optimistic - and I cannot be optimistic in the face of the nightmare that I went to bed on last night and which refuses to go away. But the truth of the matter is - you HAVE made a difference. And it wasn't in-game to all those people buying your pets and tissues and meds. It was to ME. You have cheered my up when I was low. You have given me a reason to use my brain again after years of being a mummy who does no more than confirm that which has been asked of me 20 times in rapid succession. You have given me success when everything else in my life was turning into a disaster. You have been there. For me. And I would like to thank you for that.
One more thing. I think this might be a wake up call to many of us. MMORPG's like this one ARE addictive and can be destructive to lives. I do not know what happened to the last3 years of my children's lives while I was playing Earth and Beyond and SWG. To all the PARENTS out there who are reading this - do not find another MMORPG. And if you do - limit your time on it if you can. These games are more addictive than alcohol and more destructive than gambling - because they are ALWAYS THERE and look innocent enough in the box. They cause us to lose sleep, they cause us to spend time doing repetive things in order to fill in little boxes so we can do more of the same. In the end, they take away those boxes and we wake up and look around and look at our messy houses and our children who we think we spent time with and they are ... well delightful in their own way but different to what they would have been like if we had been paying proper attention to them...
I think that for our family - we are going to try to incorporate our love of gaming into teaching the children to play Dungeons and Dragons and doing it all together. I really hope that it does work.
I am personally disappointed that I will not be chosen as BE correspondant but I recognize now that being a correspondant is not exactly the job it is advertised to be. I have cancelled my account but I see that I am good into February so I might be found in-game ... who knows. I really don't know what will happen - if i can break this addiction - b/c it really IS an addiction for me - or not.
Anyone want to buy my ADK?
Dor
DrendalKahn
Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:44 am
#2
Goodbye Dorelli. It was truly a pleasure working and sharing with you on the forums. I have no regrets, I had great fun.
I wish you luck in whatever you end up doing.
lammergeier
Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:52 am
#3
/tiphat ma'am.
as eloquent as I try to be, sometimes you make me look like a cheap hack.
I'm in until January myself... and I'll likely be running my MSN now that my server is heading to the closet. give me a holler, won't you?
EDIT: it's good to be king. STICKY!
as eloquent as I try to be, sometimes you make me look like a cheap hack.
I'm in until January myself... and I'll likely be running my MSN now that my server is heading to the closet. give me a holler, won't you?
EDIT: it's good to be king. STICKY!
Message Edited by lammergeier on 11-03-2005 02:53 AM
Dorelli
Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:22 am
#4
Early on in Lammergeier's correspondant career, I noticed that Kaomond and Ioften got to the forums before Lammie could answer - and we answered a lot of the basic and repetitive questions that the influx of new BE's had.
I was concerned about this, so I talked to Lammie about it ingame and basically what he said was ... no toes are being stepped on ... keep it up and it gives me time to do all the other things I have to do as correspondant. So we did ...
Everything I have ever said therefore was not meant to undermine our correspondant but to free up his time so he didn't have to deal with the 'why can't i craft this pet next to a public crafting station' type question.
I think Lammie is a great correspondant and it isn't HIS fault they never tell him anything 
Thanks for being yourself Lammie and I really enjoyed your interview on the Galaxy Report. And you are one friend I'm not planning to let go of easily ...
Dor
LloydPickering
Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:45 am
#6
I would like to thank all those who made my 'forum experience' special...
Im not going to list names, because there *was* quite a large hardcore BE bunch about, and most of you know who you are...or were.
The changes to BE are the exact opposite of what I hoped for...the devs seem to have taken a small percentage of players in crafting to mean that it wasn't popular...the problem is, that not everyone can fit into a generic class.
On the positive side, we have been wondering where all the devs have dissapeared to...well now we know. The devs haven't been wasting time bug fixing and breaking...most of the team has been working on this new system, and the rest of it on ToOW. This means that the dev suport is likely to get better as all the devs become focused on one part of the game.
On the down side, I dont feel that I can guarantee that ANY of my items, resources, tools and loot from Chef/BE/Artisan and my combat chars will be worthwhile, and I will be selling up everything ASAP. (except sentimentals)
I reckon the most stable form of item to store would be credits.
Let the liquidating begin. (as soon as I get my darn BB installed)
Im not going to list names, because there *was* quite a large hardcore BE bunch about, and most of you know who you are...or were.
The changes to BE are the exact opposite of what I hoped for...the devs seem to have taken a small percentage of players in crafting to mean that it wasn't popular...the problem is, that not everyone can fit into a generic class.
On the positive side, we have been wondering where all the devs have dissapeared to...well now we know. The devs haven't been wasting time bug fixing and breaking...most of the team has been working on this new system, and the rest of it on ToOW. This means that the dev suport is likely to get better as all the devs become focused on one part of the game.
On the down side, I dont feel that I can guarantee that ANY of my items, resources, tools and loot from Chef/BE/Artisan and my combat chars will be worthwhile, and I will be selling up everything ASAP. (except sentimentals)
I reckon the most stable form of item to store would be credits.
Let the liquidating begin. (as soon as I get my darn BB installed)
ther34p
Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:02 am
#7
I have factories full of resources and stuff. I'm just going to bite the bullet and keep them. See where this all pans out to...
lammergeier
Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:11 am
#8
ther34p wrote:
I have factories full of resources and stuff. I'm just going to bite the bullet and keep them. See where this all pans out to...
it's not like I have anything ELSE to put in those two houses.
and hell, who knows when some Ancient Bull Rancor DNA will come in handy?
spacedoggys
Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:24 am
#9
very well said dorelli
Oh and good luck to everyone!
Message Edited by spacedoggys on 11-03-2005 12:25 PM
BravoL
Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:11 am
#10
Farewell my friends.
It has been a pleasure to be part of this community also if i did not write so much...
I appreciated all the efforts of all the correspondants that came here (and i play since launch as BE so i remeber a lot of them) also if nothing changed in the end...in the end we got this...we got the shaft as it has always been.
/salute BEs
I'll miss you all so much
Fred
Kivrin
Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:32 am
#11
Thanks a lot for posting Dorelli.
We had a great little group of people here. Even aside from being an obscure, neglected, and now-deemed-worthless profession, this forum has always been lighthearted and amicable.
Hats off to all the BE's that made it that way. I know what it's like to really be into the craft, and it's nice to know a lot of you were there as well.
We had a great little group of people here. Even aside from being an obscure, neglected, and now-deemed-worthless profession, this forum has always been lighthearted and amicable.
Hats off to all the BE's that made it that way. I know what it's like to really be into the craft, and it's nice to know a lot of you were there as well.
goatt_13
Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:45 am
#13
As always, thank you for making this thread, Dor. Good information.
Your postings on this forum will forever represent the spirit that can be given to a computer game mechanic.
I'm not excluding anyone else's contributions and thoughts from that notion. I believe most dedicated BE's infused the idea of a field scientist with much more than (whatever was) intended.
Your postings on this forum will forever represent the spirit that can be given to a computer game mechanic.
I'm not excluding anyone else's contributions and thoughts from that notion. I believe most dedicated BE's infused the idea of a field scientist with much more than (whatever was) intended.
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