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Special request: Specific staff post for time of last EOTW.

I've been around Ur for a bit - can't remember exactly, maybe the last 6 or 8 tests - and I've never yet managed to be there right at the end when the (I daren't say fat) lady sang and God said, "Poof."  Various reasons - other commitments, wrong time zone or just not realizing exactly when it was going to happen.  I really, really want to be there for the last one - not sure whether this test is the last or whether there will still be one or two more - but I want to be there the last time the world blinks out.  So, Blanky, staff, this is my heartfelt request:  when that last test rolls around could you please, please (as far in advance as you can) make a hot topic post stating exactly (or as close to exactly as possible) what time the world will be making its final ending?  That way I can cancel any other engagements, explain to my wife why I won't be to bed until 2:00 am, whatever - but BE SURE TO BE THERE!  Please accept Hawkwell's humble gratitude - and maybe several thousand currants in a plain brown envelope.

Posted 15 months ago by Hawkwell Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I believe this past reset was the very last one.
    Posted 15 months ago by Celestial Jester Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, the last reset, but not the last test.  It's the last EOTW at the last test that I want to be sure not to miss.
    Posted 15 months ago by Hawkwell Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They WILL post that end date too :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, you missed it. The EOTW party last wednesday was the last one.The last test opens up monday and closes before launch but the world will not end, you will keep all of your skills, items, achievements, etc. from monday onward.

    Sources here and here.
    Posted 15 months ago by Mikella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okay Mikella, so he wants to attend an EOTT party, and so all the previous EOTW parties for the past few months have been inappropriately named except for just this last one...I think Hawkwell is calling it an EOTW party because that is the traditional name for the party at the end of the test...at least that's what we've been calling them for months...

    ETA: Other EOTW parties that weren't this last one...
    http://beta.glitch.com/forum/general/5534/
    http://beta.glitch.com/forum/general/6636/
    http://beta.glitch.com/forum/general/6847/
    http://beta.glitch.com/forum/general/5852/
    Posted 15 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mikella, traditionally EOTW parties occur at the end of every testing period. 

    Hawkwell is asking for advanced notice about the timing of the end of this test period. 

    Let me add my voice to this request as well.  Wanna be there for the last EOTW party.
    Posted 15 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh. My apologies then. Who decided on that confusing name for those parties? :P
    Posted 15 months ago by Mikella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Who decided on that confusing name for those parties?

    We did.  We=the folks who have been testing and throwing the parties.
    Posted 15 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would love to know as well. And Hawkwell, just hand me that envelope.  I 'll make sure it, um, gets delivered to Blanky and the rest of the TS staff.......
    Posted 15 months ago by marycontrary Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hawkwell... I've just added you as friend.   I will, if able, give you any notice that I receive or read about.   And I totally understand you wanting to be there for it!    GOD saying POOF!!   The Goodnight Groddle song...

    Just be aware.  If you actually attend an End of The World Party, there is the chance that you might crash and miss the actual end.   If you stay in a more remote, less crowded area, you might make it to the end.

    (I would have said just stay in your home...  but who knows if we'll have time to get a home!! <g>)

    Here's to Glitch!!!  (raises glass)
     
    Posted 15 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah I agree, this is the last test and I want to be sure to hear the music one final time!  I also cancelled pretty much everything (except class and a few hours of work) so I can play as much as possible.  When I'm given a headstart, I hit the ground running!
    Posted 15 months ago by Laurali Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It won't really be the last one because they will have to shut down for maintenance on the odd occasion.    

    I love the idea of a website where all the users  get together to celebrate the great "shutting down for maintenance" 
     Cracks me up  :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd like to know at least if it's an overnight test or not.

    "Who decided on that confusing name for those parties?"

    What happened was the tester base was really small most of last year.  TS decided it was time to expand the base bigtime around the same time that Faunasphere was ending, awesome coincidence during a sad time for them.  Lots of FS players were able to join and there was a reset right away with an EOTW party at the end.  Newbies outnumbered active vets at that point and the newbies thought that all test ending parties were called EOTW instead of just reset parties.  They had no reason to think otherwise.  (Also, if that was when we ended several consecutive tests with EOTW reset parties because the reset kept getting put off, no wonder they got confused!)  Corrections by vets were offered in chat and the forums here and there over the last several months, but the mistake persisted.  Nobody was pedantic enough to get the entire player base straightened out.  So to answer the question, they actually were named correctly, but most used the wrong name most of the time this year and it was mostly met with a shrug from those who knew the real deal.  Last week was the last EOTW party (hopefully).  This week will be the last one to be called an EOTW party unless maintenance parties get called that, too.  I'll just call parties, "parties" from now on cuz I'm funny that way.
    Posted 15 months ago by Tingly Claus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I know that TS folks have lives & commitments & stuff and that's presumably why tests usually end somewhere between 12 noon and 5pm PDT, but maybe for this final (*) EOTW (**) party things could finish at a different time.

    I know there's a lot of people in time-zones or jobs where the 12-5 finish makes it impossible for them to attend the party and it would be nice to give them a chance for once.

    Thoughts?

    (*) OK, I know there'll be other occasional occasions
    (**) OK, I know it's actually an EOTT party
    Posted 15 months ago by Snazzlefrazz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Actually, 12-5 PDT makes it possible for us, Glitches from Europe, to attend the party and not be too sleepy next day in work. :) (=9pm - 2am CET)
    Posted 15 months ago by nekomaki Subscriber! | Permalink