2 months has passed since a GoodGames GM last responded to an inquiry from a Devilian Thai player regarding the status of the game server. Well, another Thai player point blank asked the other day if the game was closed and a GM responded with a “it isn’t closed yet” and “there has been problems with the server” (machine language translation).
The latter response is an understatement considering that the last time the server was online was in late December (that after having been down since late October). Their operations staff obviously aren’t having any luck getting all the pieces working (the main web site is also offline) and they also aren’t getting any technical assistance from Bluehole (no team there to deal with the game) to resolve what is likely a server side operating system patch that has rendered several services (the game server ran under Windows Server and .NET) non-functional with the game, web, and update servers.
So even though they still have their publishing contract/license, it’s probably at the point where they may just have to throw in the towel considering that it has been down for all but a 2 week period over the past 6.5 months now. Which sucks because it would have been nice to be able to play my characters there via some version of the game.
And as each day passes, mine and many other former players connection to the game (and by extension, each other) begins to fade as everyone goes off on their separate paths (this is always the unfortunate aspect about game closures).
