A sad day in PSO...

[Cube]

What will happen when your urge to play PSo wares off? When all your freinds find other games to enjoy? When the community is no longer here? That would be a sad day indeed, and we all know its coming sooner or later... What happens when Danger Girl no longer plays? Or when Spy Stops posting? Or when the King Himself becomes only a memory? Sure PSO V2.0 will hold us off... ANd PSO2 might even kept SOME of us going... But it will be a sad day when pso is placed in the shelf with all the other relics... I will miss all my buds, and even enemies that i made along the way....I dont want that day to come soon, but when it does... Whats next for us?

Hmm i think thats what i wanted to say... i feel like i missed some points but u get the picture...

-Serious posts only please-

[Glider]

I'll try to be serious....try. We all knew PSO would die off after a while. PSO 2 will help restore the community, but even it will wear off after a while.

[Ice_]

http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/icon_frown.gif

[Gradius]

yeah, version 2 will hopfully bring back some old friends...

[Rotis]

My urge to play wore off for a while, right after I beat Dark Falz on VHard... somehow along the line I ended up getting obsessed with rescuing Rico (don't ask me how--I have the inexplicable ability to get completely wrapped up in games with very little storyline), and once I had proven once and for all that yes, the vhard ending sucks too, I didn't feel the need to play any more...
But then I found some good people to play with, and that revived the game for me. Building my other character helped, too. (I'm growing quite fond of that crazy HUcast. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/icon_biggrin.gif)

Gamers are a fickle sort... no one can ever know if the general population won't just up and abandon something. It will indeed be a very sad day when people move on... I still play old games--my still-kicking NES gets more use than my N64 and PSX combined--but something like PSO can't really be enjoyed to the full extent on your own... Without its community, PSO would be dead... http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/icon_frown.gif

Fortunately, it doesn't look like it's going to be fully in the grave any time soon. (Unless ver2 doesn't come to the states. THEN people are gonna get pissed...)

[Edit: typos galore]

Rotis-iv
Aliciana: lvl 78 HUnewearl of Redria
WarHawk: lvl 23 HUcast of Bluefull

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[JayHale]

This is true Cube! I don't think it will be a sad day though. See, if you know something is going to have a negative outcome then you'll try to avoid it at all costs. So, it wont be a sad day when we all decide to leave PSO, because we wont consiously make that decision, we'll just gradually distance ourselves from PSO. I hate to say it, but for the past few days I have entertained the thoughts of retireing from PSO, but I keep myself going. It is a great thing, but when we leave there will be others to take our places in the community, and we'll eventually fade into memories, and then the nothingness that follows. I must say though, it has been great meeting new people, coming here to PSOW and playing with you guys, but I know one day that it will end. Maybe in an effort to keep things going there will be newer versions of PSO, because I think Sega has realized that it created a community and for them to not let that community progress would be selfish. Trust in Sega and yourself, you can only lose touch with people if you let it happen. In todays connected age, it's hard to find an excuse to lose touch.

[Cube]

*tear drops*

Dont leave me jay!!!!!!!!!

[Spy]

*Cough*

"Dinosaurs will die, and I gaurantee noone will cry" - Fat Mike, Nofx

hehe

[DooMStalK]

That day came for me today. I accidentally started a new game on the memory card housing my level 95 ranger, Doomstalk. PSO isn't much fun when you lose your best charachter. I was working on making lvl100 for v2 too...

[SuperSubZero]

Well, PSO is pretty much the final act for the Dreamcast, and believe me, this last hurrah is a great one. PSO is that game Sega needed a year ago, and despite it's shortcomings, really is the first of it's kind. Too bad it's too little too late.

I'm already juggling my time between so many great games, it's hard to stay too focused on any one. PSO has had the majority of my time again lately with my new character, but I find other things to do and come back to it regularly. I'm trying not to get PSO overkill by getting 9000 hours in just a few days. A little here, a little there. I'll be at it for a while still, I have another character already in mind after I complete the L100 trek with this new one.

Maybe after the shine fades from the edge of the Dragon Slayer and the Ultimate Frame is battered and rusted beyond useable, we'll all meet soon after on our X-Box's or PS2's playing PSO2 or something.

-SSZ

[Cube]

heh, im pretty sure if it come out for Xbox it will come out For Gamecube too. and knowing Xbox is gona be a bomb in japan i dono if Sega would relase it for Xbox since PSO is most popular over their....

[Danger_Girl]

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang, but with a whimper

-T.S. Eliot

[kanyon]

Oy, no one get sad dammit, PSO forever. heh. Well I for one will stick with it as long as it's available, heck, I still play Final Fantasy 1, and Phantasy Star 4 hehe. Kanyon is here til the end.....

[LegOLamb]

I saddens me to see all of you great PSO players in here crying your hearts out at the possible demise of this incredible game. I agree that when the popularity of this game wanes, and the PSO community begins to diminish, I too will shed a tear or two. However, what many people seem to be missing is what an incredible step Phantasy Star Online has made for console gaming. Never before has a console seen an online game of this calibur, that provides this incredible level of "addiction". So even though PSO will not be around forever, it will definitely set a trend, and maybe even few standards, for any upcoming online (rpg) games for not only the dreamcast, but for all console systems. So what I'm tryin to say is, PSO will fade one day, but it will always live on in the minds of us hardcore gamers whether in the form of a sequel or in other games of similar nature. Have hope! Keep your chins up high! And do not fear an end that is not likely to come.

OH! And as for friends...I believe alot speaks in a screen name. I have used (and will continue to use) Leg'O'Lamb, in mostly everygame I play, and I have friends who do the same. So when there are games that contain our similar intersests (in this case online RPGs), we are likely to stumble across one another sooner or later. I suggest you all do the same... http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/icon_smile.gif

[TylerFrost]

When PSO dies.....???...well.... We will take the friends we have now to FFX/FFXI and carry on with our adventures! So long as there is online gaming, there will be online gamers..... and their friends!

*sob sob*

--TF--

[Dragon-Ibuki]

And hey...as long as there's e-mail n' a phone line, the fun never ends. Pioneer citizens forever....*sniffle..*

[Omege12]

With PSO ver and PSO2 it won't be for a long time for me

[Mina]

I AM NOW,ADDICTED TO AN ANIME..I SHALL NOW ONLY BE ON PSO 2 HOURS A DAY..HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT!?lol mahou tsukai tai forever!but my brother on the other hand..i shall miss some people..but i mean ryiko left for v.2..i can do it but i must get atleast ocean to lv 100 before i quit intill v.2!30 more lvs!That wont take that long...=) dont be sad...be happy...=) i mean..really its a game..
I was thinking of quiting a few days ago...not intill ocean gets to 100!and my force to lv..70!
WHO HERE LIKES mahou tsukai tai?I DO I DO!
I haven't even watched it all i know is its funny.MWHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHH OKIES bye bye.

[TylerFrost]

Mina....

Anyone ever tell you you're a bit strange? http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/icon_razz.gif

I like it!

--TF--

[Omege12]

And cube, I don't think Spy will ever stop posting http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/icon_razz.gif

[IceBlink]

As my sig in the bottom right corner says.

PSO Forever! ^_^

Or at least, as long as it will last... ^_^

[Mina]

Hehe ty TylerFrost,thats like the biggest complement i've ever heard,everybody thinks mina is weird,thats why mina is all grey has a yellow duck mag,and im young,heheheehe,but ya know whats really stupid,some people think im 5 years old o.o,hehe,silly ppl im 15 years old wait...yea 15 years lol!hehehe!I would act normal..but i dont wanna!WEIRD PEOPLE KICK @$$ um i mean butt..i mean..backside i mean bum bum?yea bum bum!

----------Weirdo mina!

[Sisqua]

Well said, I agree with every word. Especially the four bums.

S.

[IceBlink]

Well, Mina may be odd in a nice sort of way, but hey, we like her all the same! ^_^;

Now if I can understand that bums statement... ^_^;

[Mina]

icey its simple,i said,weird people kick ass,but i dont want to say bad word,so i said weird people kick bum bum!

[Evic]

Well (as most of your know) I'm a Quake GOD! Quake is nearly 10 years old and yes it's slowly dieing but there are about 200-300 people playing a MOD called MegaTF that's been out for 5 years. There are about 20 servers that are constantly full.

PSO has thousands of people online at any time and at least 20 ships full all the time.

I think PSO will last for awhile.

On the XBox thing: I think XBox will rule the competition. They're doign everyhting right. Theyv'e asked gamers what they want. They said 4 controller ports and a DC like controller - they got it.
Tehy asked developer's what they want: they said pixel shaders, easy programming ,etc. they got it!

XBox will rule the console market this following season. I don't have much faith in the GameCube (although the DC is my first non-Nintendo system, never went for Sony). I think it will be:

XBox
GameCube
PS2

Everyone already hates the PS2, I htin kthe GC will do good, but no where near what the XBox has in store.

And the DC isn't dead - as long as we continue to play it and ask for new games we'l lget them!

What people don't understand is Sega didn't abandon the DC - they just quit building them. They still have like 1 million units unsold. Why lose money building more? Each DC costs $250 to make and are selling for $99.

Sega made a good move and got out of hardware, but they're makign games for all systems (they're strongest point)! Including the DC!

If we don't give up on the DC either will Sega.

k, rant off.