Tabula Rasa - The Final Stand

On Feb 28, 2009, the MMO universe lost one of its own as Tabula Rasa 's AFS warriors stormed back to Earth for the final epic battle in New York's shattered streets. The battle was tough, but the fighters won, and the game was over.

Thanks to the live team for the final stand and goodbye Tabula Rasa, we hardly knew you...

P.S.: Watch in HD for better sound/image quality.

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[Glaruf]

This is Bolduc reporting in. I would've stayed until the end. But the game crashed and I lost patience 2 hours before.

What does the message say at the end?

And how does the narrative end? Does humanity win the war against the seemingly unstoppable bane forces or does humanity use a secret weapon assuring mutual self-destruction?

[Sigoya]

Yes, the AFS warriors won the final battle. The last moments were filled with fireworks, cheers and sweet goodbyes!

[Sigoya]

Thank you all for being there, fighting alongside and facing the end together!

[themisspultone]

farewell TR. My clan and I were there at the end too Centaurus Earth 3. The three of us all in vulcans helping to hold the Empire CP was a rush. The strange silence that fell as the final countdown to victory started was almost unbelevable then the general chan erupted in goodbies, celebration, and of course trumpets :). This is Brennen of centaurus signing off, Earth 3 stands free of the Bane.

[xxxxiangxxxx]

almost a year...

[xxxxiangxxxx]

PVP in many non-Wowish mmorpgs are sometimes too smart and too fast... (ex. PVPing in Lineage 2 is like playing counter strike while having to think at the same time)

[BiomekSensei]

No, no...

That most people -a demographic viable to keep an MMO running, anyway- want either a dump FPS or a smart (well, relatively) RPG. The result is that is was too smart (read: not killing people without thinking) for many people, and too fast (Have to keep moving the mouse- omigod!) for the audience that enjoyed grinding through WoW.

And of course, people's perceptions that they only enjoy one genre are a big factor too. Lots of people just said that an FPS/MMO hybrid wouldn't work.

[xxxxiangxxxx]

So you are saying that their perfect compromise is a dumb MMORPG and a slow FPS?

[BiomekSensei]

I don't know if it was just ahead of its time- or ahead of it's time. Just IMO, the pseudo-shooting was just presentation. I see what they were trying to do there- appeal to people who thought MMORPGS were too slow and FPS's were too dumb. They basically reached the perfect compromise- and you know what they say: a perfect compromise means nobody's happy.

They basically evaded both demogrpahics instead of appealing to both.

[nativesolder]

sup akatake wered u go at the end this is jenkinss i joined ur clan as soons as it started

[nativesolder]

farewell TR. i was there holding off the bane and my clan was to holding the empire CP and when the server had 10 second left we all sayed our goodbyes this is jenkinss of centaurus signing off earth 1 stand free of bane.

[nativesolder]

i remeber were any of yall in the clan AFS last stand lol most of the server joined it

god im gona miss it so mutch

[smey978]

fucc man i love the game too i just got in to it yo whyyyyy?

[xxxxiangxxxx]

don't blame it on NCsoft. NCsoft give Richard Garriot all the time, resources, and man power he needed. Tabula Rasa was shut down simply because it's a head of its time. People didn't like the sci-fi, mmorpg/fps style...