[DruidFire]

Aredhel...

Thank you for having so much passion in this...I truly enjoy al the work you put into this site and articles you write. This is the kind of stuff that makes me go all emo about Vanguard...and what used to be. Of course, I don't believe all is lost...It's just that everyone I know from beta...the ones with passion and desire to help make a wonderful game...seem to have dissappeared. Where has everyone ran off to? Even Spheres has seemed to be oh-so-vacant recently. I miss the liveliness...I miss the community.

Me...

I'm still around. Sure, I don't post on the forums nearly as much as I used to(working on it). Hell, I don't even play Vanguard very often any more. It is NOT the game that drives me away. I'm sure that everything will shape up with SOE running. I don't hate SOE for this. I believe they will do a good job.

I am driven away by the constant babble and flames between players(and non-players). I remember..."the good ol' days" of beta...I would hop into world chat. I could sit and chat it up with all the other 20 people logged in at the time I was(no joke, thats population before beta 3), and not even play the game. It was a blast. Who was there? Community members that cared. Not only that, but there were GMs...Developers...

I know it would be ridiculous to ask for the tight-knit community we used to have...where the GMs would joke around with us and simply make conversation. I just need to state that I miss it, and wish I could relive it.

I want to log in again, jump into Brennan's Stead(LOL), crash a few times due to lag of the only starter zone in the game. I miss stealing the GM's/CF's boats(when you could just jump in and hit U, no matter who's boat it was). I miss STANDING NEXT TO A GM OR DEVELOPER. I miss GMs that had fun with their jobs. I miss GMs that I could mess with, or make fun of their characters race(hehe, Aughos...). I miss everything. I miss everyone.

All my emo-ness leads me to ask...

Where is everyone?
Do you still play?
Where?

I would give up any game to get back into that early beta community. OUR community, screw the masses.

This is OUR game. No matter what they do, no matter what they change, just remember the roots.



Lastly...I play as Tyrial, Tyrue, Tyros, and Tyrical Oakheart of Florendyl. I would love to meet up with some of you old beta players(if your still around) please...PM me or something. It would be great to have a little get together with the old crew.

Thanks all!