Below are the comments I have received as of Mar 12, 2007 00:40 PDT which were not included in the first digest.
Once again, I've tried to remove as much identifying information as possible. It's not about who said it, it's about what they said.
Activity has trailed off in the past few days as expected. The last digest is on track for next Sunday.
I have received a few pretty insightful comments with no permission to post. I have enjoyed reading them and wish they could be shared here -- but I need permission. Don't forget to give it if you want it posted in the last digest!
How? Submit another response. Keep in mind that I need to be able to tie the two comments together. As for concerns about duplicate submissions, I'll only count the last one I received for tally purposes.
Example comment:
"The sky is blue and I like puppies!"
Bad followup:
"I give you permission to post my previous comment in the community forum"
(I don't know which comment you are referring to!)
Good followup:
"I give you permission to post my previous comment in the community forum. It is the one that mentioned that I like puppies"
(assuming that yours is the only response that mentions puppies)
That said, once again...
The comments below are not mine. I have been given permission to post them by their respective authors. Aside from attempting to remove profanity and identifying information, I have made no further attempt to edit them or alter their meaning. My changes are indicated in square brackets.
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Still love HZ. Wish PME would talk to us and actually work on the game. Maybe they are working on it..but we'd never know. Thinking about LOTRO, if PME doesn't start doing something by the anniversary of the buyout. Been here since Beta III (August 2003)
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I have played since launch. After the merge I found myself promoted to leader of my guild. TG had me rather frustrated as I saw them taking the game in a direction I didn't like. They continued to make things harder for crafters who had loved the game so much. With the sale I had hoped for new content and events which would bring people back. The terible job of comunication from EI/PME has left me trying to explain to guildmates what was going on and and deparatly encouraging them to continue playing. I'm now working six 12 hr days a week so don't get to play much. Certainly I don't have time to start over in a new game. As time passes it looks more like we shall never see any new work done on Horizons. Makes one wonder why they ever bought the game.
This is [removed] / [removed] from Chaos and you have permision to use my comments. Also you may contact me: [removed]
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I just canceled my account today, as did my mate. We love Horizons but nearly everyone we know is gone, and the community is what made it so great. We are also at the point where we can't do anything because of the DB problems. If we try to level our crafting, resource windows/vault contents/etc either take 30 minutes to load or don't load up at all. If we try to go hunting and level or level our adventure rating, the quests don't load properly or the mobs don't pop, or the loot windows won't come up. Sometimes it works... most of the time there is an issue. It's frustrating, and we stuck it out as long as we could, but we can't afford the $13/month each for a game we can't play or enjoy. I sincerely hope things get better, and I know that the more people that cancel, the less funds they have to work with to improve the game, but after 6 months of hope and paying into what I hoped would be improvements (or at LEAST stability!!) we can't afford it anymore. I'll be watching, and hoping though. We'll be back if things improve.
(sorry for the double post- I just wanted to let you know you have permission
to share this comment as you see fit!)
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I have no desire to continue participating in game or in the forums... the game is stagnant, and the forums have degenerated into a cesspool. On both counts, I have better things to do with my time.
That said, as my account remains active despite being cancelled, I do drop by to say hello to my remaining guildmates from time to time. Nothing I've seen during these short visits has made a longer stay seem more appealing.
I still have concerns about the security practices of the current operators of Horizons: the SOAP vulnerability from last year would still appear to be unfixed, the gallery software on the community site is outdated and vulnerable, and I have no reason to believe that the other publicly-accessible pieces of software have been updated.
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(I give you permission to post the following comments on the forum)
I've been playing Horizons for several years now. I remember when I first picked up the game, saw you could play as a dragon, and I knew right then and there it was for me. Horizons has such a great community, but one thing is missing these days - communication from the devs.
I fear saying any opinions toward IE/PME on the community forums directly since it would most likely than not be deleted, so I will do so here:
Ever since they purchased this game, everything has gone downhill. At first, they would communicate to us and promise us new updates, but now those promises have been broken. These people are nothing more than criminals in my opinion, first starting with insecure billing issues, then promising us so many things, and then finally, ignoring us altogether and going back to updating their other game, Savage Eden. Why did they purchase Horions then? Money. That, and they thought this game would be just as simple as Savage Eden, but they were wrong. Eventually they just gave up, and are getting payed anyway.
Those of us who are still sticking around because of friends and set goals are left in the dark and denied even a simple 'hello'. We cannot post anything negative about PME, or it will get deleted, which is pointless considering that we all know by now that the game is dying and that the company seemingly couldn't care less. I hope someday that Horizons will be sold to a more responsible company and that PME will get the punishment that they deserve, but that is only wishful thinking.
What more is there to say?
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I first played horizons at the free beta. Liked what I saw sure there was bugs & performance issues but I thought this will be a great game. So I bought the game on release. (Preordered from a webreseller)
First I should point out I am a European and hence played via Game Network.
Created my account on day 1 and played on the shard ICE.
I was very happy with the game (no game is perfect).
However I cancelled my subscription shortly after Game Network were FORCED to merge the 3 European servers into Unity. This had to be done as AE had gone bankrupt and Tulga had merged the USA shards and GN had to eventually follow suit as Tulga had changed the World (striped Tiers) and GN would not be able to continue updates/events until Unity matched the new USA shards (order,chaos and Blight)
I would like it noted that Tulga also did little or nothing to assist GN after AE went under.
I have played many MMO's before and after Horizons but it just goes to show how much I really did like this particular game that I have continued to keep tabs on it for 3 years after I last played.
There was a short period when myself and several former guildmates were going to return when EI took over as we thought this might be a fresh start.... Oh how that has proved wrong.
Anway I fill in this Form as a mark of respect for the current player who still hang in hope. I do know why they do, They love the game.
What has to be said that it is everything that surrounds the game is wrong from billing, lack of communication, and joke of a forum to the worst mismanagment I have ever seen or thought possible and not the game its self. Which sadly I would now suggest is now broken beyond repair.
I will close by saying I know it hurts to loose or give up something you have loved for many years but the only thing left to do now is for a GAME OVER screen be put up as soon as possible.
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you have the permission to post my comment:
- I do not post im the forum anymore because of censoring, banning and deleting (look at my posts concerning that issue)
I try to visit the forum max 1X per week- but thats hard- I miss you all
-I have given up all hope that I will meet my friends on Unitas again-my beloved dragon is lost:-(((
I shall try LotRo-lookin`out for Istarians...
greetings
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IMHO Steelclaw, this game is not long for the world. I am trying to set up sub account, cannot, so when you CANNOT even give a business NEW money, it isn't long before they pull the plug. again, just MHO.
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ps. I give you perms to post this.
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What is the state of your forum account?
Got a account @ Unity as, the website is still online the game servers are death, and PME didnt put Unitas ([removed] name) Online.
Please describe your current level of game activity.
I'm playing since beta, I'm or better said I should be playing at Unity. I quited due the servers went bye bye.
Especially since the [removed] up (sorry) that EI and PME own horizons now, best time was when we had Tulga Games, some one that cared about the game (David Bowman and all the other devs)
I will not return until the game gets stable again, good devs, support, and information!!!
Steelclaw: U can do Anything whit this data what u want nothing is secret coz about all know it
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[removed] [removed] says hello, and is keeping his fingers crossed for some kind of life to be breathed back into the world of HZ and it's community of players. a breath of life that he feels utterly confident that Pixel Magic is unable to provide whatsoever.
i hereby fully grant you permission to post this message in the forums, either in it's entirety, or in any manner.
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I'd have to see the ownership actually care about the game. I'd need to see secure billing. I'd have to be able to reactivate my current account so that I didn't lose access to my existing characters. I'd need all of these things before I'd come back.
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