If AO went offline - Survivor Instruction Manual

[Tomium]

Confirmed: Tomium feasts on the souls of the fallen programmers.

There's a reason why we haven't got the new engine yet and it appears to be the insatiable demonic hunger of a few members of FunCom!

We have a writer here who is known for ritual sacrifice. It is entirely possible that is his fault.

Hey what happened to your streams

We're working on coming up with something else. We want something that will make you all want to come to it, and we need to re-tool that stuff.

What happened to your character? How far did you get and how come you've kinda left it behind. Appears you are quite active on tsw. Or was that really just crazy pr talk used to dazzle and confuse us?

My Atrox is quite happy, thank you I don't do PR, so it could not have been "PR Speak." It's a new year and time to try new things.

Ah, I see #BlameTomium has migrated already

That IS what birds tend to do, you know. :P



Anyhow, I have been lurking a lot actually. I have been trying not to post because ARK handles these forums quite well, and doesn't need my beak interfering. Michi is doing a wonderful job, and I am just lurking, swooping- if you will.

[Esssch]

We're working on coming up with something else. We want something that will make you all want to come to it, and we need to re-tool that stuff.

That will never happen. You can't please all the people all the time. Find something you like and stick with it. The streams were decent, you just needed someone to come along with some actual experience (and not Sezmra's "oh I once came to this place back when I pretended to be serious in the game 13 years ago" and then feeding you plainly wrong information). It's a good way to run through some of the basics of the game, you can archive it on Twitch (or you could, I haven't kept up with them since pre-buyout), then you could have different videos explaining different parts of the game with an actual new player. Someone could help you learn, say, the basics of combat/IP, or the basics of implants/gear, with you asking any questions you can think of, you can then archive it and have it as a resource for any potential new players.

I know I said some things about the streams. I do think they were a good idea, just not the way they were presented as "hey vets, come check out this cool thing", especially with how frustrating it was to try to give you guys the answers to questions.

[Raggy]

That will never happen. You can't please all the people all the time. Find something you like and stick with it. The streams were decent, you just needed someone to come along with some actual experience (and not Sezmra's "oh I once came to this place back when I pretended to be serious in the game 13 years ago" and then feeding you plainly wrong information). It's a good way to run through some of the basics of the game, you can archive it on Twitch (or you could, I haven't kept up with them since pre-buyout), then you could have different videos explaining different parts of the game with an actual new player. Someone could help you learn, say, the basics of combat/IP, or the basics of implants/gear, with you asking any questions you can think of, you can then archive it and have it as a resource for any potential new players.

I know I said some things about the streams. I do think they were a good idea, just not the way they were presented as "hey vets, come check out this cool thing", especially with how frustrating it was to try to give you guys the answers to questions.

I know I'd be happy to help them find there footing with twinking info etc while they streamed. It's not like I've got much else to do

[Esssch]

I know I'd be happy to help them find there footing with twinking info etc while they streamed. It's not like I've got much else to do

I certainly tried to help them out while they were streaming before, but with the delay and the part where they couldn't seem to figure out to dedicate someone to chat, it was very difficult. They'd ask a question, and by the time we could hear the question they had moved onto something else and didn't read any of the answers either from ingame or twitch chat. Then they turned off chat ingame entirely.

[Litestrider]

On the subject of emulators, a case that I think is worth looking at is Asheron's Call 2. To my knowledge there was little to no progress made on an emulator when the game got shut down. I know making one was believed by most people to be impossible. And yet at some point someone found an old updated install, and some brilliant guys managed to reverse engineer it and get an entire emulator working eventually. In fact Turbine rereleasing AC2 coincided eerily well with the emulator project announcing a huge step toward a fully-functioning release.

I guess the moral of the story is, all is never lost when you have dedicated fans who are also great software developers, and for the love of god don't immediately delete your install. Burn it to a CD or something and lock it away in a closet, someone may be desperately looking for it a few years down the road.

Oh, and if anyone at FC happens to read this, if that unthinkable event does ever happen, please at least consider releasing the source code or otherwise giving us some level of access to it! Even some kind of license to run a private server with a subscription and terms & conditions (possibly a NDA if there's anything that might relate to your other engines) would get at least a few buyers I'm sure. Just anything other than letting the game disappear completely!

[gresh]

My Atrox is quite happy, thank you I don't do PR, so it could not have been "PR Speak." It's a new year and time to try new things.

He says using PR talk

Can I ask what level youve gotten to, have you gotten to end game yet? How you are finding Enforcer and your thoughts on the game as a player?

new things like??? ao related?

From one of the early post of yours...

Totally understandable. We have ideas for ways to get to know more about you, and for you to know more about us as well. I just got here, so do give me some time. Thanks!

You musta had 3/4's of a year almost maybe more at funcom now? could you tell us a lil bit about hese ideas now?

From another post

A quick little status update from me:

We're continuing to develop ideas for this community. If you have another suggestion, post it here, or send me a Private Message, if that's your preference.

Thank you all for your patience, and your continued input and support.[/b]

how are these ideas shaping up? anything you can share?

[Ophiuchus]

We have a writer here who is known for ritual sacrifice. It is entirely possible that is his fault.

Wouldn't it be marvelous if Scriv wrote some Uncle Pumpkinhead dialogue for Halloween this year

[Teknologist]

Sorry if I'm a little late to the party...

1. Don't panic, stay calm and accept the end of an era. If you have AO friends, form a support group on AOSpeak. Use facebook, youtube, twitter and pinterest and share old screenshots and video recordings to keep the good memories alive.

There, I fixed it for you!

3. If there is no emulator available, try and encourage former players to try and build one.

Count me in... I'll help Code and or Host.

5. If there is no chance to revive AO in some form, then close the door completely and move onto Star Citizen.

Already have my Super Hornet ready to go!

[Sterva]

All I have ever hoped for is that when AO finally crashes I get an email that tells me to log back in and I get a chance to say goodbye. And also that Tara is spawned over and over in noob zone and kills everyone repeatedly but RBPs drop 100% until everyone is fat.

[Aiken]

Imagine if Tomium had made efforts like that Caloss dude...Just imagine....

[haxi]

Imagine if Tomium had made efforts like that Caloss dude...Just imagine....

No doubt. Posting server up/downs while that other guy makes a vid for pretty much everything.

[Zwelgje]

Hmm where did I have that PDF with a paper cut-out model of a Leet. I'll go play with that......and cry when I sleep.

[ByLogic]

Hmm where did I have that PDF with a paper cut-out model of a Leet. I'll go play with that......and cry when I sleep.

http://forums.anarchy-online.com/att...1&d=1358039003 get it fast before my post gets deleted, i am being persecuted. (every thing i say is trolling clearly)

[Gargle]

Less revenue, more restructuring.

http://cdn.funcom.com/investor/2015/...esentation.pdf
http://cdn.funcom.com/investor/2015/...Q15_Report.pdf

On a positive note; Lego Mini-figures is going B2P this summer.

[ByLogic]

Less revenue, more restructuring.

http://cdn.funcom.com/investor/2015/...esentation.pdf
http://cdn.funcom.com/investor/2015/...Q15_Report.pdf

On a positive note; Lego Mini-figures is going B2P this summer.

They have 1 year left. Then its all over. I am looking into copyright stuff because of some secret reason and current projects I am working on. (basically includes everything I value from AO)

how can i make post with huge font size and say "THE ENGINE IS COMING" ?

[Gargle]

They have 1 year left. Then its all over. I am looking into copyright stuff because of some secret reason and current projects I am working on. (basically includes everything I value from AO)

how can i make post with huge font size and say "THE ENGINE IS COMING" ?

Not sure how you came to that conclusion. I think instead of setting a Mayan end date we could all agree that restructuring usually means slower production of content. Delayed content would hit The Secret World much harder imho, and it got some fairly dubious news just recently or so I've heard.

[ByLogic]

Not sure how you came to that conclusion. I think instead of setting a Mayan end date we could all agree that restructuring usually means slower production of content. Delayed content would hit The Secret World much harder imho, and it got some fairly dubious news just recently or so I've heard.

I didn't not my words..

"Funcom says that the company, based on current revenue and expense projections, and deferral of loan maturities, have sufficient capital to 12 months of operation since the end of the quarter."
http://e24.no/boers-og-finans/kvarta...flukt/23454891

So my question is.. what happens after does 12 month?

[Gargle]

I didn't not my words..

"Funcom says that the company, based on current revenue and expense projections, and deferral of loan maturities, have sufficient capital to 12 months of operation since the end of the quarter."
http://e24.no/boers-og-finans/kvarta...flukt/23454891

So my question is.. what happens after does 12 month?

Ah, I see where you got the "Then it's all over". That only means that they have sufficient capital for 12 months of operations. Any income and <insert accounting term> will change the 12 months. So for example if they earn this year they extend the 12 months. It's very common, this is not the end of days.

EDIT: Although there will unfortunately be layoffs if they're restructuring again. This has most likely nothing to do with AO though.

[ByLogic]

if they're restructuring again. This has most likely nothing to do with AO though.

Not sure where you get this "end of days conspiracy from" not from me.. :P You know how to comprehend a forecast right? Your saying it looks good? Yes if they get there engine out they might be ok, who really knows for sure? I saw they resonantly added a advertisement for a c++ developer for dreamengine. I hope they get that.

[Gargle]

Not sure where you get this "end of days conspiracy from" not from me.. :P

They have 1 year left. Then its all over.

Maybe I was reading between the lines. Sorry.