Kractis_Sky

Well stated. I have learned much from "gaming" here. Seems to me that this "gaming" thing that everyone refers to is more of a intellectual sparing match - PIMP MY MIND! I am already the better for this experience, but if I can take even a fraction of the analytical techniques I have learned here and apply them to RL, well, *that will be my end-game now.* Although Arcanaville may be the the most published and known on these boards, there are quite a few others (esp on the Scrapper Forums) that I would like to thank for their non-stop analysis and instruction, thereof. If I can refer to myself as your and their "Pupil," that would be synominous with "Hero."

I like to picture Jesus in a tuxedo t-shirt cause it says "I wanna be formal-but I'm also here to party.

Seriously, though. Thanks for the tie-together.
Can you give any thoughts as to how/why True Rikti were going to be "the threat" (or so it seemed). Or was thier being "alien" a comic book vehicle for being truly ALIEN and being unpredictable at that level: tongue in cheek/nonsequitor?

And fparn.

I see your point. I guess fundementally I saw this game as more like a bar/arcade/social hang-out. I knew it would be a temporary thing (all things are I guess): places close, people move, there is change. I do agree that it could have be done better, but I am not convinced that it's going to be. Ever. Just like you stated: this is a niche game for a nich population. I don't know that a *publisher* ever forge the connection that a *producer/developer* would. The comodity is basically light and sound, which was taylored so well to a specific population that I'm not sure stopping the product in anyway would have made for less of a reaction. Not to metion we're asked to pay for it, too! Emotional, financial, temporal investments... this really is a sad commentary on how some "people" "earn" money. It's like the miracle fishing lure - them thar fish have to bite!!

Frankly, about as much as when any club or disco, band, movie, or tv series closing/dissolving. Not saying I don't care. I want the game to stay, and I want more original star trek, matrix (that doesn't suck), and ponies....Satanic Hamster has given plenty though. I think what I want most though is a better sense of closer, and seeing the game through to it's conclusion. Not their's.

Sure can; posted it in jest to begin with. Just though it would be cool to have this invasion really whipe us out. I dont wanna die by the hands of "the man." I wanna be blasted into oblivion by a true and worthy adversary that basically says: you may think you are tough, but you're really just a speck in the void! (Something like on Star Trek: Next Gen when they meet Q for the first time - except permanent).

This, and gimme all the hax.