I guess the biggest issue we will all have with this is that many of us (including myself) spent a large portion of time invested into our characters. We made friends, gained items, formed guilds, and created a community. Now, without warning, on Image's whim, it's all gone. That doesn't mean that it won't be back eventually, it's just now we've lost something and were unprepared for the loss..
I respect Image's decision. It is his call what he wants to do with his server, it's HIS after all. Only next time, I, aswell as many others I'm sure, would appreciate fair warning before taking it down like this.
Hope to hear you on the boards a lot Image. It would be a good idea to post quite frequently (at least once every two days) keeping the public updated on your current progress. We should all like to know when GW will be back up. I think that, as much as anything, GW became a part of our EQ life much the same way a house is a part of my real one: It became a necessity to enjoy EQ gaming.
That's not to say that my life revolves around the game, but I did spend a lot of time with it. The community GW had was exceptional (once you got to know them
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Ah well, guess I'll have to find something interesting to occupy my time. I hear theres this big dome thing, people call it a "outside". I don't know what they mean, but apparently it's realllly big and has this blue thing called 'sky', with a big ball of fire in it. And sometimes it has littler balls of fire with a giant chunk of glowing rock floating in it. I wonder if thats their Luclin? Hmm maby I will go exploring that realm... It seems to me that their could be some ub0r l00tz0rz to be had out there. But APPARENTLY you have to do it yourself, which means no computer monitor. I have yet to figure that concept out, but when I do I'll be sure to post a walkthrough here on the forums to help my brethren out! Who knows, maby we can get togethor and group! Hmmm, I wonder now if theres an emulated version of this "Outside". What version is it in? I don't wanna start paying to use it...