May Contain Nuts

I have another Backseat Developer post to make that’s been sitting in my draft bin for a couple of weeks now, but I wanted to get some thoughts down about Uru’s second closure now that I’ve had some time to reflect and cogitate.

Surprisingly, I don’t find myself nearly as upset about it as I was last time.  Of course, last time it was basically sprung on us at the last minute without warning, and we only had a week to pack up and head home, so the circumstances were obviously different, and there was more time to get through the rough patch without also having to say goodbye to the game itself.  The entire tone of the situation - from the time they announced the theretofore nonexistent season finale back in September, through the announcement on February 4th - wasn’t exactly promising, and after the announcement, we were given 60 days to clean out our lockers rather than the 5 days that Ubi gave us.  It just gave me a lot longer to really come to terms with it this time.  That’s certainly not to say that I’m not upset at all, and that I don’t feel bad for not being able to devote more time to enjoying the game while it lasted.  I’m guilty on both counts, and I do wish that things had gone differently to make Uru more of a success than it was.

Oscy and I met up with a few of the ResEngs (and Calliope) at the Service Station in Spokane after MOUL shut down, and there was some good catharsis over the game shutting down.  It was really good to see everyone again, and it made me wish I could have been there through the end.  Working at a different job now, I didn’t get the opportunity to be in the ResEng video that GD posted (everyone else still works at Cyan in other capacities, so tracking them down to be on camera was just a matter of heading over to the South Building), so I’ll have to make do with saying here what I would have said in the video:

Thank you to everyone who hung out with us goofballs in Beginner’s Bevin.  Thank you to everyone who was on-hand for my first day on the job… that 10:00 orientation was unforgettable.  Thank you to vid for inviting Dogherra and I to your New Year’s Pod Party.  Thank you to everyone who came to my last orientation, featuring Dreschel, Keeley, and Mr. Cone.  Special thanks to Resolute Guardian and Calliope for all of the fun we had together, whether it was un-sticking you guys from walls and railings or dragging you into verifying bug reports before they got filed, you two made the days that much more entertaining.  I really enjoyed the time I got to spend as a ResEng… there was never dull moment, and between the community and my co-workers, there was enough insanity and dedication in Uru to keep me amused for days.  Thank you all for the laughs, the questions, the attendance at orientations, the getting into situations that made me and the other ResEngs go “WTF?!” on an alarmingly regular basis, the humorous support tickets (both intentional and unintentional)… thank you for everything.  It was totally worth it.  And thank you for letting me don my pseudo-hat on the last night.  The reunion was great.

I hope that this is good night, and not goodbye.

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