what are you going to do when the servers close?

[Red Ring]

as someone looking from the outside in, i find it a little creepy the way people are planning meeting points to sit around and obsess over the game ending in such ritualistic fashion. i can understand the game meaning a lot to you guys, i was addicted to pso my whole life but around a couple of years ago i really started to realize how unhealthy it can be to obsess over items and go through the same levels over and over again for years living in a virtual online community. i have relapses every now and then and think about how great it was but i dont go back and install the games anymore i just think about why i quit them in the first place and dont obsess over playing them anymore. so im wondering where you people are going to go next with your time once the servers close. im sure many of you are going to have withdrawal symptoms.

i noticed it a couple of days ago when lots of you guys willingly attacked sega for its closure which is something i dont normally see from most people. im a negative person in general so i do stuff like that all the time but i found it a little strange for people to agree with me which means some of you guys really do have an attachment to it more so than just a game to waste time on. it meant something to you guys all the work you put in rather than just the fun you had on it.so im saying some of you must feel like a part of your life is gone through an investment that never really mattered. all phantasy stars have ever been is just a series of levels with a random drop variable i mean its hardly the end of the world. they mass produce mmos these days and theyre all the same lol.

[SabZero]

I'm going to light a candle and have a piece of cake. See my thread in off-topic.

[AndyPandy]

I think its only human nature to miss things you had fun with. I dont really see why you considering it creepy. Humans emotions dont just stop because your playing in a virtual world, you still have to interact with other players, and still make friends, regardless of whether you may never see them physically.

One thing I learned in life is not to do too much of one thing. Balance is the key to everything.

[Red Ring]

The way I treat MMOs these days is I'll play them for around 3 months (if i can make it that long. it usually becomes a chore after a week). I look at the new features they implemented into the game and then get bored. I no longer feel like I have to get all the good items or make friends with people in the game and dedicate my life to building up a character. something just snapped in me a long time ago im literally incapable of of obsessing over games. same with porn. i dont even have a desire to look at porn! i hoarded it for so long that its no longer of interest to me.

[str898mustang]

play pso on a certain server

[DreXxiN]

Hey Orius, long time no see man. Just wanted to point out the reason people have been bitching all along now that the servers are closing..now you can see why your signature is ironic. >>

[str898mustang]

Hey Orius, long time no see man. Just wanted to point out the reason people have been bitching all along now that the servers are closing..now you can see why your signature is ironic. >>

Yeah I've known the servers are closing......I gotta redo that sig

[DarkShadowX]

Personally, I've gave up on this game over a year ago so with the servers closing, it doesn't do much to me. However, this game is full of fun memories of friends I've met with and keep in touch with even now. It'd be nice to meet some people in these last 2 months and just sit and chat about how the game was.

Of course there are some people who are really taking this hard, they've put alot of work into this game and to see it all just go like that really sucks. This game, for all its faults and unused potential, was a great way to meet new people and have fun, just like PSO and any other online game out there. Its the reason why I truly enjoyed PSO and PSU as much as I did, the friends I made on the games, once they start leaving I would pretty much follow cause I would slowly begin to lose interest in the game.

Once the servers finally close, I myself, will just continue with my life. Real life has been keeping me pretty busy so I've had little to no time to invest in any major MMO or Online game, tho I dabble every now and then. I do however look forward to a possible US/EU release of PSP2, but I hope they'll take the time to work on a new installment of the PS series for PC/PS3/360 and hope they learn from their mistakes to make it a game truly worth playing.

[Cranberry]

My first thought when I read the initial post here was "Could this message possibly be any more condesending to the people that are sad to see this game go?"

After stopping and thinking about it... yeah I'm still thinking that.

I've played this game very casually, never worrying about being the "best" or trying to get all the rarest items or anything like that. My favorite part is the clothing and the "My Room" feature. I'm much more into PSO, where I have much more playtime.

I've heard the critisizm for years. "It's all a waste of time, the people aren't real, do something more productive, etc." I often wonder why people seem to assume that PSO or PSU is the ONLY thing I do.

I go to college, I have a job, I'm learning programming, I'm even recentlly starting to get involved in web page design. I scored a 96% on my last Calculus test. I seem to be doing pretty well for myself. PSO and PSU doesn't seem to be holding me back. And yet I've met interesting people through these games and had some good memories and just nice pleasant experiences. Some people I've even gotten closer with, and I have a friend in Japan that I exchange Christmas Gifts with each year that I met through PSO. To this day we still talk on a regular basis.

Just because I'm not making money on something doesn't mean it's a waste of time. All work and no play make you a boring person. You have to let yourself do things you enjoy from time to time. And I feel it quite appropriate to give my character a proper sendoff and spend her last moments in an enjoyable lobby surrounded by pleasent company.

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around a couple of years ago i really started to realize how unhealthy it can be to obsess over items and go through the same levels over and over again for years living in a virtual online community.

I understand where your coming from with this actually, it's why I take Long breaks from Psu myself. When it boils down to it, it's just as simple as ABC ,(Do missions, Level stuff, Repeat).

they mass produce mmos these days and theyre all the same lol.

Although there are more MMO's, let's face it.....unless you have a pretty darn good PC, your left with the Gaming systems like the 360 which does not have a huge Library of MMO's or Good one's at that. And they are surely not all the same. Comparing PSU to FF to Wow and saying they play alike is just crazy