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What does GOD say in the shutdown aka EOTW?

At the 60 second mark, the GNG starts and GOD says "Server shutdown in 60 seconds"

At the 50 second mark, he says "Have you finished up yet?"

At the 40 second mark he says "We are shutting things down here folks..."

At the 30 second mark (half way) he says "Things will be going away in 30 seconds!"

At the 20 second mark he says "Oh wow, you're still here?! Get a move on lil' doggy!

At the 10 second mark he says "Shutting down in 10 seconds!

At the 0 second mark the GNG song ends and GOD has the last word of the game before shutdown, he says *poof*

Posted 7 months ago by GOĐ Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • EotW is not the same thing as "reset."

    "End of the World" events were just anytime they closed the game (took the servers offline? or whatever the technical term is). EotW parties happened when there was enough warning.

    "Resets" (a word that is tossed around way too often and causes panic every time it it does) were the few times when they set characters levels and skills and (almost) everything back to zero. THERE WILL NEVER* BE ANOTHER RESET. 

    Truth, the grandest of EotW parties was before the last reset. In part because everyone just started dumping all of there inventories into the streets.

    But, yes, this is what GOD says when the game is closing for a short period.
    Posted 7 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And sometimes you could, say, spend a little time wandering around after the game was shut down... 
    Posted 7 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Eeeee, I was wondering if I was there at that EotW party - my wireframe is upper left, with my name totally legible! Oh, nostalgia... :)
    Posted 7 months ago by muffin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • From what I recall, EOTW happened before resets.   End of The Test parties happened when the game testing period was ending.  The game would shut down for a week or so until the next testing period.  
    Posted 7 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @muffin - That's awesome! :D
    Posted 7 months ago by Djabriil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Treesa, I know everyone I interacted with called them EotW at the end of every test period, not just the few resets.  The rough idea was that the world was being "shut off" and would come back in a similar but still substantially different state the next time we saw it, so the world we were in was ending.  
    Posted 7 months ago by Magic Monkey Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You are correct Magic!  We had EotW parties almost every week during the original testing.

    Cupcake's Herb Party (EotW)
    www.flickr.com/photos/bribl...

    Ur wide, End of Beta - a party on every street!
    www.flickr.com/photos/bribl...

    The later parties ended when GOD announced the shutdown and GNG began to play.  I often stayed a few seconds after server shutdown just because I could and because it was so strange to still be moving around in the Game when it was closed :D
    Posted 7 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have a small collection of EotW party screenshots. :3

    *strokes memories*
    Posted 7 months ago by Piratice Subscriber! | Permalink
  • just saying... thought people would be interested... also in prealpha/alpha they were different phrases (some were the same, some were different)
    Posted 7 months ago by GOĐ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • NO, they are saying there will never be another reset.  Unfortunately this is impossible to prove, we can only continue to trust them, month by month, to not betray our trust and put it back into beta again.
    Posted 7 months ago by ICountFrom0 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Didn't they say they would try their hardest to never have to have a reset again, which isn't the same as "no reset EVAR!!!" So they can't betray your trust if there is a reset. They aren't planning for one, but that doesn't mean if it can't be avoided they won't have one.
    Posted 7 months ago by Pixieyelsraek Subscriber! | Permalink