The Platypus

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That's not really up to you. Just sayin'.

Hands down, the worst guild death I've ever experienced was the Tabula Rasa roleplaying guild I was in. Things were great for a while, and we were having a really good time doing in-character patrols, fortress defenses, and missions. But strong personalities within the leadership started clashing -- mainly due to miscommunication, misunderstandings, and a decided lack of tact on the part of one of the participants. That kind of spread to the rank-and-file, and it all came to a head within the space of days. The guild collapsed. I'm not really doing it justice here -- it was UGLY. Some of the members tried to restart it a few months later, but then the game went belly-up. :(

It sounds cheesy, but I've noticed that I haven't gotten super-involved or really close to another guild since... I've joined other guilds, and participated in them, but the thing with the TR guild left a really bad taste in my mouth.

@Tempes Magus

I hear you about the God thing, but "emphasized drama too much"? Really? That's why SG:U stood head and shoulders above previous iterations of Stargate... heavy on character, interpersonal conflict and (relative) realism, light on the things which tend to make sci-fi suck (like bad dialog, unrealistic characters and a thick layer of cheese).

Steampunk GOOOOOOD. I'd love a big-name, well-done steampunk MMO. I think it would be fantastic.

Tabula Rasa. I had some really wonderful roleplaying experiences in that game, and I really got invested in the backstory and whatnot. I was very disappointed when they canned it -- it would have done well as a F2P game.

Well, a company has be able to make money to operate. So if a company isn't able to do that properly, sure, they're justified in shutting a game down. These games are businesses, after all.

That said, I've been an unfortunate "victim" of a canceled game before -- Tabula Rasa -- a game that I feel was canceled way too early. From what I understand, there were more political reasons for it getting shut down than financial ones. I don't feel that's a good enough reason to cancel a game.

@Nenene

Yes. Because one's ability to collect non-existent bits of money in a non-existent world is absolutely the way to measure one's ultimate worth. No, you priorities aren't f!@%ed up or anything.

Sever queues aside -- which most people agree are is ust one of the things that sometimes happens when you jump into a game at launch -- RIFT is having one of the smoothest launches I've experienced.

Also, the game is fun. I know folks are decrying the lack of innovation, but honestly, I don't need a better mousetrap. I just need one that works. This works. Well.

@FrostPaw

Someone totally needs to bring TR back from the dead as an F2P title.

Y'all have to stop teasing me with Tabula Rasa pictures. I still have this incredible irrational hope that someone will resurrect it. I know it won't happen, but...