Exactly one year ago today, The Matrix Online went live for those of us who had the opportunity to participate in the Beta test of MxO. Just a few days before, we had experienced what has become known as the "Eyepocalypse", arguably the best end-of-Beta event ever witnessed.
Morpheus had just been killed by the Assassin. Followers of Morpheus revolted, and as per his request, they put a strain on the system, the likes of which were only matched by the Smith virus. Facing a system failure, the Machines put all bluepills still hardwired to the system in stasis, and scheduled a purging of the Matrix.
The streets were devoid of cars and pedestrians, and all was silent throughout MegaCity. The sky turned red as first one large eye, and later on hundreds of eyes peered down upon us. Billboards throughout the city urged us to jack out immediately, lest we suffer extreme pain and consequences. The Machines sent dozens of Agents to apprehend and kill any Redpill too relunctant to comply with their demands. And, to top it all off, the Flame Virus spread throughout the city, setting Redpills on fire and causing mass chaos.
There was hope, however. Seraph and Niobe joined the resistance, and a climactic fight broke out on the roof of the Kalt Corporation in Downtown.
The eyes in the sky grew furious, and day turned to night, and night back to day in a matter of seconds. We were given one last chance to comply and jack out, but still many persisted. When the countdown ended and the time finally came, our RSIs were twisted and contorted into hideously disfigured shapes, and were purged from the Matrix.
Just a few days later, on March 18, those who experienced the Eyepocalypse awakened once again. On March 21, The Matrix Online officially launched, and one year later, after collecting Neo's RSI fragments, facing the Red-Eyed Agents and N30 AG3NTS, chasing the Assassin, defeating his 30-foot-tall Complete Corruptors, rescuing Neurophyte, fighting Enmascarado and Gemaskeerd, capturing Vashuo's killer, and helping finally bring down the Assassin, here we are today.
To everyone who experienced Beta and jacked in for the first time one year ago today, Happy Anniversary!
Morpheus had just been killed by the Assassin. Followers of Morpheus revolted, and as per his request, they put a strain on the system, the likes of which were only matched by the Smith virus. Facing a system failure, the Machines put all bluepills still hardwired to the system in stasis, and scheduled a purging of the Matrix.
The streets were devoid of cars and pedestrians, and all was silent throughout MegaCity. The sky turned red as first one large eye, and later on hundreds of eyes peered down upon us. Billboards throughout the city urged us to jack out immediately, lest we suffer extreme pain and consequences. The Machines sent dozens of Agents to apprehend and kill any Redpill too relunctant to comply with their demands. And, to top it all off, the Flame Virus spread throughout the city, setting Redpills on fire and causing mass chaos.
There was hope, however. Seraph and Niobe joined the resistance, and a climactic fight broke out on the roof of the Kalt Corporation in Downtown.
The eyes in the sky grew furious, and day turned to night, and night back to day in a matter of seconds. We were given one last chance to comply and jack out, but still many persisted. When the countdown ended and the time finally came, our RSIs were twisted and contorted into hideously disfigured shapes, and were purged from the Matrix.
Just a few days later, on March 18, those who experienced the Eyepocalypse awakened once again. On March 21, The Matrix Online officially launched, and one year later, after collecting Neo's RSI fragments, facing the Red-Eyed Agents and N30 AG3NTS, chasing the Assassin, defeating his 30-foot-tall Complete Corruptors, rescuing Neurophyte, fighting Enmascarado and Gemaskeerd, capturing Vashuo's killer, and helping finally bring down the Assassin, here we are today.
To everyone who experienced Beta and jacked in for the first time one year ago today, Happy Anniversary!
Message Edited by Symmetric on 03-18-200607:42 AM
