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Final moments of Asheron’s Call

A transcript of the final moments of Asheron's Call 2 which was shut down on December 30th 2005. [via]

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Clavius I: people are crying : (
Lostalot: this is so sad I can't stand it"
+Auntanua: I know, I will probably cry too in the end. It's ok.
Momm: i can barely see for the tears

This world will be shutting down in 2 minutes. Please log out.
Alty: i'm not logging out, they can boot me.
Hinhan: no good bye thing?
Aken-Lotus: awwwww"
Ch'Tau Pei: bye all

This world is shutting down NOW! Log out!
Aken-Lotus: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

The connection to the server has been lost

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4 Responses to “Final moments of Asheron’s Call”

  1. Gravatar jena

    Wow.. that’s really sad. (I wonder what it says about me that reading that transcript nearly made me cry, and I didn’t even play AC2.) It’s hard to lose something you’ve invested so much time and possible emotion in.

    This world is shutting down NOW! Log out! seems like an awfully harsh way to say a final farewell to the remnants of your loyal playerbase though. I guess it was probably just the standard shutdown message, but still..

  2. Gravatar Phu

    “…seems like an awfully harsh way to say a final farewell to the remnants of your loyal playerbase though.”

    I agree. It would have been nice if they’d programmed in a special message or event for the end of the world. Something grand to suit the finale but I guess the end’s the end.

  3. Gravatar Chris

    I don’t play online games but I imagine having something like the world end is rather devestating. That it was ended so matter-of-factly must be a real kick in the teeth.

  4. Gravatar Video Games » The Connection Has Been Lost

    […] iFElse has the sad last moments of Asheron’s Call 2 online, summarized by a loss of connection to the server. The game warned players, “this world will be shutting down in 2 minutes. Please log out” before they pulled the plug. On their website, they write: Empyrean magic has once again fled this world. The battle for Dereth continues on a different plane now. As his final act in this realm, Asheron sealed every portal to contain the expanding horde and protect what is left of the races who called Dereth home. […]