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    Cool a giant nickel statue of Means pointing at the sky like an astronaut

    Quote Originally Posted by Means View Post
    If I had a nickel for ever post where someone claims the "end of our virtual world is nigh!" I would already have melted them down into a giant nickel statue of myself pointing at the sky like an astronaut.

    When the stars burn out and I find I lack the strength to continue...one of YOU wil pick up the flag and carry it forward. This really isn't a corporate product anymore...it belongs to all of us. Where it goes it up to us.

    AO will survive.
    Quote Originally Posted by El33tist View Post
    I'll donate a nickel if we can get that statue in game somewhere with a clickable plate on it, that when click reveals the message:

    "When the stars burn out and I find I lack the strength to continue...one of YOU wil pick up the flag and carry it forward. This really isn't a corporate product anymore...it belongs to all of us. Where it goes it up to us."

    Message seems very fitting for a Rubi-Ka Statue...
    I'd love to direct people in game to it when they are naysaying on OOC!
    I can only agree with that suggestion, let us get a nickel statue on Rubi-Ka!

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    I an only agree, it should not say "This is Means, the game director of 2008 to ... etc."

    AO devs have through the development of Rubi-Ka shown there skills in subtitle-ness.
    A normal sized statue, in a remote location. Like mini-galway, Sir. Galahad statue, Marvin, Will To Fight, Notum Cannons...

    There are many wonders on Rubi-Ka, that you have to travel to see, descretly putting in a nickel statue of an astronaut pointing to the stars, with the plate and description saying:

    "When the stars burn out and I find I lack the strength to continue...one of YOU wil pick up the flag and carry it forward. This really isn't a corporate product anymore...it belongs to all of us. Where it goes it up to us."

    I think would fit Rubi-Ka / AO, and it will make a great story for those to come.
    Newcommers hear of the Black Sunday, the occupation of Borealis, read the time line and generally see that Rubi-Ka is a dynamic world.

    GMs and ARKs have had there names on things for years.. so why not a subtile statue, in an undisclosed location, showing the spirit of the Rubi-Kan population, our thrive for the future.

    Kind regards
    Ariensky

    PS. Just to explain further: Rubi-Ka is leased by Omni-Tek and therefor IS a "corporate product", the statue would show, that not all of us think of it like that anymore, it is our home.
    Yes even Omni-Tek emplyees can go soft-hearted, look at Ross.
    Last edited by ArienSky; Dec 14th, 2008 at 07:55:25.

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    Make a mob of it so I can chain kill it.
    Same AI as its model should make it easy.

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    Bring back the Arrival Hall, and replace the eremite statue with a nickel Means statue
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    I'd rather see statues of the first devs of AO fighting leets/reets/rollerrats/etc.... in the Arrival hall ^^.
    (I have always wanted to see the first team that made AO(RK)

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    weird responses.....

    Means already said they will not be bringing back the original arrival hall and that it was removed because of new player feedback.

    Anyhow... I still think this would be fun.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeephonz View Post
    Bring back the Arrival Hall, and replace the eremite statue with a nickel Means statue
    Best Idea of the year!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeephonz View Post
    Bring back the Arrival Hall, and replace the eremite statue with a nickel Means statue
    this.
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    Unfortunately Means definitively said no the reinstating the arrivals hall. I personally would love to have something there to give a bit of AO history, also loved the idea of having statues of all of the AO dev team in there somewhere too.

    Anyway, perhaps we could get the nickel statue in the middle of that platform in ICC?
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    Thumbs up AO history

    Strange to think that this is already a historical post.

    The greatest quotes that showed kindness and dedication of our current Game Director and other players are gone.

    At least this bit of the quote survived, and the meaning behind it still stands strong.
    Even more reason to get that statue up.

    I begin to see the point of having it in a rather public place, at it would make it easy to see for newcommers, but as I mentioned before, I would rather have it to be in a remote area, where you would have to search out for it, like El33tist mentions.

    One of my favorite areas is the Omni-Tek mining museum in Clon****. There are no guards, so everyone can come there, and it has a grid exit very near.
    (the museum displaying the first piece of notum found, a drilling suit and the drilling machine to find the first notum is at little bit north of the Clon**** grid exit)

    on the other hand I would not like it to be in a sided area, as the statue is something for all of us.
    Then again, if it is in neutral territory it would become neutral propaganda.

    Hence a remote area would be very fine, somewhere, where it is not displaying an official proclamation of a city or faction, but the dedication of a single man/woman/person.
    There are many placed on Rubi-Ka that are visited very seldom, one of those towns (accessible by all factions) could host that statue.

    And a final argument for this suggestion:


    Some people just deserve a statue.

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    A statue of Dipsy!, the green teletubbie in the middle of a neutral territory, Newland city maybe (only a few peeps will understand )
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    and when you bow down and pray to the statue, it gives and xp buff

    (just kidding) bump
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    The quote lives on

    Quote Originally Posted by Means
    I don't like it when people speak about our game as if it is a used car in need of repair...and they are uncertain whether purchasing spare parts will be financially "worth it". AO has been running for SEVEN YEARS. People have met in our game, married and had children together. Some of these children are old enough now to be sick of their parents telling that story.

    I wholy reject the idea that I have spent years of my life working on something thats survival depends on a q3 report. If I had a nickel for ever post where someone claims the "end of our virtual world is nigh!" I would already have melted them down into a giant nickel statue of myself pointing at the sky like an astronaut.

    This game is funded by an ample number of subscribers and an additional revenue stream from advertising viewed by our glorious Fr00b population. Money is not an issue. The game is now fully staffed by previous players with a passion for this product...and a real love for AO that goes beyond the normal sense of responsibility that comes with "a job". Relatives of mine designed the containment structures for nuclear power plants used all over the world. Relatives of mine helped design the Canada Arm on the space shuttle and some of the first fluid exchange coolant systems for satelites. THIS is what I have chosen to do.

    When the stars burn out and I find I lack the strength to continue...one of YOU wil pick up the flag and carry it forward. This really isn't a corporate product anymore...it belongs to all of us. Where it goes it up to us.

    AO will survive.
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    I'll support the statue if it stands on top of the main platform of phasefront..

    About 100ft high.. and it has Means doing /disco... around it has a ton of leets wiggling around "Devleets"

    When you "use" the leets they say:
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    wth u want?
    Is it friday yet?
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    stfu or i logs my gm to pwn joo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Forek View Post
    Unfortunately Means definitively said no the reinstating the arrivals hall. I personally would love to have something there to give a bit of AO history, also loved the idea of having statues of all of the AO dev team in there somewhere too.

    Anyway, perhaps we could get the nickel statue in the middle of that platform in ICC?

    well, perhaps the arrival hall wont be put in place for new players/toons, but how hard would it be to put that same bit of code in Bor just for so we can reminisce a bit? It can be filled with fun stuff like a means statue and other stuff. Slap a new door somewhere in Bor and call it a done deal...

    prob not gonna happen, but who knows...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kingsama View Post
    well, perhaps the arrival hall wont be put in place for new players/toons, but how hard would it be to put that same bit of code in Bor just for so we can reminisce a bit? It can be filled with fun stuff like a means statue and other stuff. Slap a new door somewhere in Bor and call it a done deal...

    prob not gonna happen, but who knows...
    Arrival Hall was in Omni-1, not Borealis. But still not a bad idea I suppose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ArienSky View Post
    I can only agree with that suggestion, let us get a nickel statue on Rubi-Ka!
    Put it on newbie island
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