Can someone please talk to us?
It's been ages since anyone from EII/PME posted about what's going on with our beloved game. The last threads I remember were threats to ban us all as exploiters if we didn't fix our billing information and that's been a couple months ago. Since we pointed out that we *couldn't* fix the billing info, the owners have gone strangely silent.
Oh sure, once in a while a WM will post about problems we are having on Chaos, but that's about it.
Is there anyone still alive at PME? Is there anyone that can tell us anything substantive?
Like for instance...
1) Can the Unity people get an update on what's going on with their characters? Will they ever see them again?
2) Can we all get an update on the billing fixes that (hopefully) are coming? Will those of us with plot warnings even though we have active subscriptions ever be able to sleep at night without worry of losing our lair/plot?
3) Does anyone from PME even care that there are people out here paying to play their game?
It's pretty sad the lack of contact we have had lately. Can't someone from PME at least come on and say "Hi, we're still here... here's what we're working on now..."? At least throw us a bone here :(
By the way, today marks the 6 month anniversary since EII purchased Horizons... has *anything* changed in that 6 months? Other than the population dropping steadily? :(
Can someone please talk to us?
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Originally Posted by Theolaerynn
*laugh!* You gotta be kidding, communications in Horizons?!? That's just crazy talk, man! They haven't done it in 4+ years, why start now?
The closest these guys come to communication is selective stealth thread and comment deletion. You know, cause that has worked so well in the past too.
Not that the 6 people who read the boards would notice anyway. But I suppose when you have twice as many browsing the forums as you do playing the game, you can afford to ignore them.
Perhaps a re reading of the rules is more appropriate at this point:
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Can someone please talk to us?
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Originally Posted by Hal`cyon Sskyler
Nope
Thank you Hal`cyon, but there is no rule against sarcasm or irony.