9D Hermit

Post subject: THE HERMIT BIDS FAREWELL...Posted: 26 Aug 2010, 16:11

9D Admin


Joined: 11 May 2010, 23:21
Posts: 8 Warriors,

It is with great sadness that I offer you my last post on this forum; though a ray of hope is possible.

As you may not know, I did not join Playdom when Acclaim transferred ownership of The Land, and in doing so stepped down from my role as Game Director. From that point on I have acted in the capacity of Consultant to both Acclaim and Indy21 regarding 9Dragons. I have advocated for the Player Database to be transferred to LiveGamer so that each of us (myslef included) might continue to play uninterrupted. At the moment, that request has been denied.

I will continue to lobby to find a way that this can be achieved. So although it appears at the moment the character info shall not transfer today, there is a ray of hope it may still be accomplished. This is not the fault of any of the companies involved, it is due to a series of legal issues that surround the transferral of Player data.

In the meantime, I advise each of you to take multiple screen shots of all of your characters, with inventories open. There may be a chance restoration can take place that way at some later date. I shall confer with Indy21. Please spread the word far and wide to do so.

In the meantime, I shall have no simple way of contacting you to keep you updated, as this forum too shall be shut down.

And so, I offer that you may post to the Facebook Cursed Love (Official Closed Beta) Page for my new company and I will update everyone on the progress of my plea as soon as I have news. Here is the link, you must friend the page to post:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Cursed-Love-Official-Closed-Beta/127241003974742

I bow to all the noble warriors of The Land, salute the GMs, MODs and VGMs who have given their best for five wonderful years, and offer the Tibetan Death Prayer for all those characters about to die; including The Hermit. "Ga-te Ga-te, Para-Ga-te, Para Sum Ga-te, Bodhi Sva-ha!" Which translated reads roughly, "Gone, gone, Gone beyond, Fully beyond... Awake, rejoice!" In the meantime, I will do what I can to attempt a mass resurrection.

The Hermit is dead. Dark Hermit rises. I cannot think of anything I have enjoyed more in my life than playing alongside all of you in 9Dragons. I sincerely hope a miracle occurs and it may continue. I will be in-game on Nirvana as the servers close. I was the first to step into The Land in our version and I will be there to pay my respects as it powers down. We've all learned many positive lessons playing 9D, and I hope some small portion of this carries with each of you unto your real world lives. It certainly has for mine.

Sincerely,

Steven

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The Hermit

"Judge not the sword by the mere scabbard's rust."



Acclaim Sparda

Post subject: Bye! Bye! From Ravenclaw!Posted: 26 Aug 2010, 16:04

Grasshopper


Joined: 27 May 2010, 11:21
Posts: 47
Location: "Rapture".
Character: _Ravenclaw_
Server: Bardo So this is it! The game I took care of is ending its Acclaim reign. It's quite a bit emotional for me writing this message to you players. Personally I am mad at "Acclaim" for ending the game on our hands on such short notice.

I learnt a lot here, got many friends, found love, inspiration, peace, got betrayed or back-stabbed and the bond with players was the best of them all and I love each one of you. I will miss the fun and fulfillment hosting events, I will miss fighting with fugen not to make promotions, I will miss testing new content before anyone had a glimpse, I will miss spamming you guys ingame, will miss the game I looked after and I am sad that where ever the game goes from here on, that no one can bring justice to the game other than me and our team The Hermit, Fugen, Warda, Drakenfyre and Olix and party . [VGM]Verse needs a special thanks from me as she was there with me most of the time during the crisis and helped me resolve things. I miss you "Mia". Special thanks from my behalf from "Warda", she misses you all very much. I thank earlier GM's [GM]Shalaeza, [GM]Enigma, [GM]Phew and [GM]Dragonhead for their hard work before me, setting up the game to be taken over by me.

There was a lot of drama which you cannot find in soaps like our bloggers. 'Legend', don't be too rude, cool your self, Sedbona you are a good girl , but you do know right that not all the information you write on the blog is real and the truth. Stop defaming Acclaim, they handled the game well.

This game was my life and someday i will repay this game with a certain tribute. Thanks to all the old VGM's special grats to [VGM]Iron. Miss you bro.

So this is the end of journey for "Ravenclaw". You might see me very soon, Who knows?

Here I have to mention a heartfelt thank you to Steven Elliot-Altman, he is a great man, a good guide and the person who believed in my potential. You gave me confidence Steve. Thanks for this beautiful game. Another thanks to Fugen, he is great guy if you know him, I was always fighting with him during his plan of promotions, sorry if I hurt you mate it was for the game and the players. But you offered a great hand and support and I am really thankful to that. Will miss working with you?

I have lot more to say but I am not happy now..... 9Dragons is a great game and I will miss you guys. All the players love and care it makes my heart full.

Take Care. Be good Guys. Be happy. Have a great journey in life.

Ravenclaw [Rest In peace]



[GM] Fugen

Post subject: Goodbye to The LandPosted: 26 Aug 2010, 15:26

9D Admin

Joined: 04 May 2010, 12:15
Posts: 311 I wanted to say my personal goodbyes.

I really want to thank our paid and volunteer staff for all their hard work in helping out with the game and the community. Our mods, VGMs, and GMs helped make this game what it was. Special thanks to Drakenfyre for keeping the boards to a minimum of chaos; Head VGM Olix for wrangling the VGMs and helping out with events and such; and of course, to everyone's favorite GM, Ravenclaw, for holding down the fort with events, promos, and support tickets. And Former GM Phew for his technical expertise in getting our servers and systems to run as well as they could.

I'd also like to thank our community. While I expected angry responses from a lot of folks (after all, this is an MMORPG, we have a forum, and a lot of our players are young), the number of helpful, kind players that we have really surprised me. And whether you were an Acclaim booster, someone who wished we'd fall into a pit and die, or somewhere in the middle, I want to thank you for being a customer and helping make 9D the fun, active game and community that it was.

I'll miss you guys, and miss getting my butt kicked when I wandered into Bardo BP. You Europeans may be a little angrier than our other players, but you sure know how to PvP.

I hope whether you continue to play 9D in any other future forms or you wander off into other games, you remember that it's a game and it should be fun.

Peace and Love...