Thank you

Wow......

Wow....

Wow...

So does this mean I can finally get my Heart Boxers before you leave?

Well Good luck rare!

whats this mean for mxo now?

Paschendale wrote:

[EPN] XRontix: lol they should bring back CR1 on the last day

LOL! Yes. That would rock so hard. All the people who came in after Blue Sky will be so lost, and all of us familiar with it will go "TIME TO MULTI-PWN SOME NOOBS, AAHAHAHAHA," and there will be chaos, and Hacker Style sploits...

ZippyTheSquirrel wrote:

Paschendale wrote:

[EPN] XRontix: lol they should bring back CR1 on the last day

LOL! Yes. That would rock so hard. All the people who came in after Blue Sky will be so lost, and all of us familiar with it will go "TIME TO MULTI-PWN SOME NOOBS, AAHAHAHAHA," and there will be chaos, and Hacker Style sploits...

DO IT

Tell me it's a bad joke. Please, tell me it's a bad bad joke...

deimoslvov wrote:

Tell me it's a bad joke. Please, tell me it's a bad bad joke...

You're thinking of April 1st, not Friday the 13th.

The Walrus.. he doth not speak

Rarebit's going to be sorely missed by us all here in Seattle and by the MxO community, in particular. Of course, I'll probably miss him most, as I always knew things were in good hands with Rarebit minding the store.

The Matrix Online continues to run--you're not all being returned to your pods. I'm still here to keep an eye on things; I'll just be spending more time on MxO for the foreseeable future. And Virrago is around to help ensure you all know what's going on with the game.

Update 66 is just around the corner and Rarebit's posted logs of the storyline he's been keeper of. Like he said: The story is in the players' hands now more than ever.

As for Agency beta keys: Don't make me bust out my Bucket o Steamers sig.

deimoslvov wrote:

Tell me it's a bad joke. Please, tell me it's a bad bad joke...

That's what i thought when WarOmnimonki told me on xfire >_>

Rare see if you can come by on Effy Teh Partay Muppet to party with us once in awhile

Walrus wrote:

Rarebit's going to be sorely missed by us all here in Seattle and by the MxO community, in particular. Of course, I'll probably miss him most, as I always knew things were in good hands with Rarebit minding the store.

The Matrix Online continues to run--you're not all being returned to your pods. I'm still here to keep an eye on things; I'll just be spending more time on MxO for the foreseeable future. And Virrago is around to help ensure you all know what's going on with the game.

Update 66 is just around the corner and Rarebit's posted logs of the storyline he's been keeper of. Like he said: The story is in the players' hands now more than ever.

As for Agency beta keys: Don't make me bust out my Bucket o Steamers sig.

  Can I join MxO beta?  Please?  I'd be really good at it.

Ok, The Walrus, he hath spake now.

Too late already sent you a PM asking for a key.

OMG DID YOU FIND UR BUCKET LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLZ?

I HAS IT HAHAHAHAHAHAHN KEKEKEKEKKEKE HEHEHEHEHEHHE LOLOLOLOOL LULULULZ

Croesis wrote:

Ok, The Walrus, he hath spake now.

Well, I had to with an intro like that.

You think he could make a lvl 50 viral jacket 2% before he leaves lol.

Walrus wrote:

Rarebit's going to be sorely missed by us all here in Seattle and by the MxO community, in particular. Of course, I'll probably miss him most, as I always knew things were in good hands with Rarebit minding the store.

The Matrix Online continues to run--you're not all being returned to your pods. I'm still here to keep an eye on things; I'll just be spending more time on MxO for the foreseeable future. And Virrago is around to help ensure you all know what's going on with the game.

Update 66 is just around the corner and Rarebit's posted logs of the storyline he's been keeper of. Like he said: The story is in the players' hands now more than ever.

As for Agency beta keys: Don't make me bust out my Bucket o Steamers sig.

So does SOE plan on filling his position? OR are we just ..... done?

Walrus wrote:

Croesis wrote:

Ok, The Walrus, he hath spake now.

Well, I had to with an intro like that.

Walrus:

REMEMBER???!!!

I am so very sorry to hear that Rarebit is leaving.  He helped make this game something special, something different than all the others, and he will be sorely missed.

Illyria

Take care, Rare.

The very minimum that can be said is the amount of time you have spent on lots of different ways to ensure there has always been something fun for us players to do within the Simlation. Be it interaction with story - line characters, or brand new items - sometimes, even tailoring to player - specific needs and requests; almost unheard of in any other MMO.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do next.

So, is SOE going to be moving someone over to work on MxO... or are we really done with updates? Perhaps Virrago or Walrus can answer the most asked question in this thread.

No, thank YOU, Rarebit. Without you, this game would never have been what it was. You will be sorely missed. I appreciate everything that you have done for this game in so many ways.

Good luck in your future endeavours, my friend. Thank you for all of the awesome experiences that you have given us. We'll miss you.

Wow, I'm sorry to have not gotten to this thread sooner.

After having left and returned to this community so many times, what kept me coming back was due to the hard work and dedication of a person whose talent made MxO what it is today, and always aspired to make it a game deserving of its fan base.

Many people say that video games are another way for artists to express themselves, a new media for the future, and Rarebit, I think we can all say that you are an artist that has touched us all in some way.

You will be sorely missed, but your work will live on and never be forgotten.

So long, friend, and thanks for all the toast.

VenomusV wrote:

So, is SOE going to be moving someone over to work on MxO... or are we really done with updates? Perhaps Virrago or Walrus can answer the most asked question in this thread.

Update 66 is due out a week from Thursday. Things after that are a bit hazy at the moment, although we do have an anniversary coming up (quickly) in March. Once there's a firmer plan in place, I'll be able to better answer that question.

OMG Walrus you better come back!

It has been truly a labor of love for "Rare", you can tell how he has poured himself into the game.  It was great to get to know him at Tempo.  Goodbye Rarebit goodbye.

I truly hope the fanbase sticks through this.  I wonder how many people we lost during the Monolith transition.  I wonder if SOE is aware of what this one man has done for their subscriptions?  I hope he gets more than the token watch as a going away gift.

Take care with everything you do.  I hope you get what you want out of where you are going.

Strykre01

Btw, everyone feel free to use my newest sig, courtesy of Pyraci's greatness.

Just something to mark the occasion, in an unbiased nature:

REPENT FOR YOUR SINS!

ARMAGGEDON IS UPON US

Walrus wrote:

VenomusV wrote:

So, is SOE going to be moving someone over to work on MxO... or are we really done with updates? Perhaps Virrago or Walrus can answer the most asked question in this thread.

Update 66 is due out a week from Thursday. Things after that are a bit hazy at the moment, although we do have an anniversary coming up (quickly) in March. Once there's a firmer plan in place, I'll be able to better answer that question.

Well, I'm happy to hear that we don't have to be reinserted in our pods just yet...

But still, I'm deeply saddened and stunned.  I can't concieve of MxO without Rare.   I feel like I just got the news that a loved one just got diagnosed with a terminal ilness.

Rarebit wrote:

I'll be posting most of my story documentation, including the outline for the overall story  that had been planned through the end of this year--a year that was to wrap up pretty much all of the main story we've had so far-- 

So if you're going to post the outline for the overall story that _had_ been planned through the end of the year, then what _is_ going to happen through the end of the year?

Rarebit, I feel that you kept things going much more than even Paul C. did.  I don't want to give up; this has been the only MMO I've ever thought about (well except for the fling in Second Life) and it has become a lifestyle, not an amusement.  You put up with so much whining and wailing; may your future path lead through more peaceful, pleasant  pastures.

TO BEN "RAREBIT" CHAMBERLAIN,

WE THANKED YOU for SUCH DEEP COMMITMENT YOU'VE GIVEN THIS GAME. YOU AND YOUR FELLOW DEV TEAM MADE THIS GAME ROCK OUR SOXXX OFF! aND FOR THAT I BOW TO YOU.

THERE GOES FAN FAIRE AS WELL `` `` `` ``    THOUGH I HOPE WE CAN STILL HAVE SOME CONTACT FROM YOU IN THE FUTURE.

/salute

It's gonna be different without you Rarebit. I know I'm going to miss the story updates... hell... everything you ever did for us. I remember you teasing the player base with pics of Datamine back then... Good times...

God speed sir. God speed.

This sucks

Thanks for all of the fun live events and all of the cool storyline content.

This is sad news indeed for those of us who play MXO. My hope is that for you Rarebit, it's good news with great things coming in your future. It's difficult to say anything different because most of what I'd like to say has been said so I will keep it simple, Thanks for all you did for MXO and for me as a player. I loved that in many events my character got a screenshot of her posted, all nicely centered. You may not have intended that, but it made me feel special.

Best of luck in real life and in all your future endeavors.

/salute

Ok, besides the £10 this post cost me for resubbing, not the only reason I resubbed, I think it cost me a few bets on the 'never going to resub' or 'You'll resub before I do' line of thinking, so this is an expensive post, though the OP is probably more expensive, but hey a one month swansong can't do any harm, so what the heck.

Anyway, I was going to have Riac post this for me but I figured you'd actually prefer something legible, so without any more added attempts at humour;

Thank you for the fun times both in game and at Fan Faire, Rarebit. I'm suprised about the timing, it's disappointing to see how far downhill we've gone since Fan Faire 08 considering how well it went, but I'm not suprised at the eventual outcome and it's part of the reason I ended my subscription, and will end again. Good Luck and I'll see you in another life.

Kybutra wrote:

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Great pics, Kybutra...we were like insects at the feet of a titan from Olympus. 

Man, Rarebit.... I'm so sorry to see you go.... I am truly, eternally grateful for everything you've done for all the people in this game and anywhere else. Sometimes you don't seem appreciated until your gone... Now I see how bad this game will be without your wacky events in game or your posting I'll miss you man....

-Mike

aka HighAngel

P.S. Pick up SWTOR

Kybutra wrote:

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Rarebit wrote:

Update 66 is currently scheduled to include critical graphic fixes for Vista users, and a variety of goodies for everyone, including a few little items that will remain secret until the day of release.

Boxers. Thanks, finally. I hope this does not shut Mave up.

I've got that nightmare feeling where I try to yell out and my mouth just won't open as I am actually faceplanted into the pillow and not breathing so well.

I'll thank you as well, for all of your good work for all of these years. The Dev team has done an excellent job, and that includes you.

Good luck on all your future endeavors. You've had a profound positive influence on this community, and you will be sorely missed.

MXO is going into it's forth year, and it definitely won't be the same without you around.

When SOE chooses a successor, I'm sure they will choose someone talented to continue this game. I have confidence in their decision.

Again, thank you and good luck. May you have good fortune in all your undertakings.

~Subscriber since March 2005,

 Wire393

Through thick and thin, hell and high water you seemed to grit your teeth and pull through for us. Words can't describe how gratful this community is for all the hardwork and dedication you put in.

While the signs have been there for some time now, this is still shocking news... it's the sort of thing you can see coming but keep backpeddling in some hope you can outrun it.

Thank you for all of your time and effort, Rare.  We certainly did not agree on everything, and this leaving business is another thing to add to the pile, but your heart was always in MxO.  What you did with so little support from those pulling the strings and clutching the wallet is awe inspiring, and should act as a solid lesson to any game dev who truly loves what they do.

I can only hope that if we do get some sort of replacement that they have even half the heart that you did, Rare.

As for MxO as a whole... it will be an unguided world if not an empty one.  I wish it the best, and still hope to see it through to the end, but if there ever was a nail in the coffin, this was it.  (And I also do feel the sub fee should be dropped or removed altogether if there are no further updates of any kind to look forward to, but that's another topic for another time and place).

Once again, thank you, Rare, and my your footsteps lead you only to happiness.

awww...

Defnitely a bummer. as ten pages of comments in a few hours suggest, you are well loved here.

Will be interested to see the remainder of your story, as one of the people who liked it quite well all along.

Now I'm ESPECIALLY bummed that I spent two years away from this game, as it seems I will have missed a lot of the best part. But thank you SO MUCH for making the last year an awesome game experience. I never did make as many LE's as I would have wished, but the ones I did made me feel like I had a role in the continuing Matrix Story.

Good luck for all the future!

And now, a special message from the Generalista, NightTrace.  Presented for your enjoyment in Communist Red:

Well we knew this would happen eventually.

To many things pointed toward this happening, lets be honest.

And as you said yourself Rarebit, sometimes we drove each other crazy. 

I'm sure having a guy consistently pointing out the flaws in your work was maddening, just the same as I found it maddening to watch things turn out the way they did with LESIG etc.

But the intent was honestly in the right place, I still think it was the case. It wasn't your fault that people were never trustworthy enough to do that job.

I had some amazing times in MxO. I met some of my best internet friends because of this game. The entirety of the MCDoE, The Trust, Reviled Restoration, Sentience, hell even some TC members

(What? NT considers people from TC friends?)

Yeah I do. Crazy I know right?

But I also had some of my favorite moments in a game with MxO. I had Ookami single me out to go for my throat on the helipad in Morrel (if memory serves).

I went toe to toe with Seraph, and I ended up doing more damage then the Cyphs who had gathered around him.

The running joke with Agent Pace and NightTrace, to the point that even Ghost made comment of it? It always made me laugh.

So, whats the point of this?

You're leaving. I left a while ago.

You know what the difference is?

With me gone? Some people were happy about it. Sure it could be used to signify a change in opinion, roughly of a group of people who had decided they were over things.

With you gone? What is there to be happy with? It signifys the end, lets be blunt. No one is going to be brought in to replace you. Everything is done now.

No new content (arguably we didn't get much new content anyway, but considering you weren't even a programmer/developer originally?).

No more storyline, which was what the game was based on.

The people who are still here are here because  this was, as I once wrote (to a reputable game magazine no less) the only place one could find a decent sample of "Post Modern Cyber-Punk".

We had the guns, the abilitys, the martial arts. Hell we had the burned out sector of the city that had trash piling up.

Thanks for what you did, I still stand by all the things I've said that people didn't like, but thanks for what you did.

-Trace

SLASH CRY

Thank -you-, Rarebit. 

Thank you for keeping this game afloat when the waters rose and the seas churned, and this red-headed-stepchild of an MMO seemed doomed to deletion.  Thank you for the wonderful Live Event experiences I've had (Getting the cookie from you as the Oracle would have to be tops), and the honor of meeting you at Fan Faire.  I enjoyed being the 'Token DJ' this year.  Could one of your surprises be a DJ headset maybe please?

Thank you for all your hard work on MxO, trying to maintain the Live Events every day, churn out 15 crits every 6 weeks, and build us the 2 extra constructs and new quests. 

This does feel like the end.  It feels like I've been dumped and my cat died all at once.  Some think it silly to be heartbroken at a 'game'.  I do not.  I will not be ending my subscription.  I'll be logging in more now, so if anyone needs help just ask.  The Duke is in the house, and he'll be staying here.

Rare, I wish you the very best in everything you do.  Maybe one day we'll run into each other again.  I'll keep an eye out for you.

"May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of his hand."

"Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends." - Richard Bach

ArchDuke

It's not often that I'm surprised but you got me on this one Rare.  You'll be missed man. Your devotion to this game and the community went far beyond what was expected. I'm gonna miss your artwork. It was kinda inspirational to me. I hope others feel that way too because now it will really be up to the community to provide a story.  Good luck with your future endeavors.   /salute

For once in the man's career, let's stop asking him for stuff?

I'd rather ask, Rarebit, anything we can do for you?