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August 23, 2008 at 10:29 pm 1 comment
Sorry for the long delay in posting; I’m in the middle of a very busy month, work and personal projects-wise.
It’s also been a very busy week for Find The Lost Ring, as all the characters traveled to Beijing to play out the last chapter.
It’s hard to describe how I’m feeling right now. Last week, I had kinda steeled myself for the end of it all, and tried to wrap up loose ends – the forums slowed down to a few threads a day, I sent emails to the two people I’d communicated with the most (Diego and Mei Hui) to wish them luck, and I started an outline for a summary video (as requested by Ariadne).
But once they arrived in Beijing, it became clear that it wouldn’t be that easy. They wore t-shirts that Weezel designed early in the game, they wrapped up a plot point using a ritual created by the Couberteam, and they did a dance choreographed by Canzonett and Dav. They had one final task where they asked for our help (encoding a video address in a website and emailing it to the bad guys).
But now, that’s all over. We’ve been rooting for these people to succeed for five months, so when they return to their home worlds (and the pms/actors stop talking to us, because the game is over) – it really will – in a non-This Is A Game sense – be as if they’ve left the planet. We’ll also be losing the community of friends and support that we’ve all had for the last five months, as we’ll all disperse, having accomplished our goal. And we’re all feeling a very real sense of loss at that.
The athletes have been posting farewell videos, and seem to be feeling quite emotional themselves. For example, check out Diego’s; you can hear it in his voice.
The final event happens during the closing ceremonies. They’ll harness the power of 91,000 people in synchronization by performing the official Olympic cheer:
…which on top of the massive synch power from the global omphalos net, will allow them to return to their home worlds and families.
I’m wishing them luck, but at the same time, I’m still sad that it has to end.
Ten hours to go.
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