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[LondonWriter]

David Varela's last words

[ixalon]

A sad day indeed - but I'm sure this isn't the last we'll hear of the PXC team. I look forward to whatever new and exciting projects you guys will surely find yourselves developing.

Good luck!

[jb1172]

And the cards...?

[poozle]

Re: And the cards...?

[rose]

David, thanks for posting and saying good-bye (for now). Thanks for all your great work on Perplexcity. It has been quite a ride.

I know all the players wish you the best and want to keep up with you and your projects. Keep in touch.

Best of luck.

[ginc]

[poozle]

[myf]

I think the sentiment is spot on, and applies from all the PXC players to everyone affected at Mind Candy. All the best for the future, who/wherever you are, and whatever you do.

[GasparLewis]

I'm really at something of a loss. Especially after FIA, I would have thought things were getting in gear at last, and the stories were going to kick in, if not today, at least sometime in the month.

Funny how almost the exact opposite happened.

And the let-go? Wow. After all that... and now tantalizing details? This is bittersweet to a T; all three of them, actually. The coming cards come almost as a backhanded consellation prize. I'm not ashamed to say it, I feel shafted, like we were all shafted. There's nobody to point a finger at or blame or accuse, but I feel utterly dejected.

I guess the future will tell what happens. If PXC goes on ice, consider me where it goes, but I'll be right there when it's reborn. I'll still play ARGs, but this one is my first, and I'm proud of the six Leitmarks I own; that will always mean something to me. If you guys form a new company and come out with something, let UF know and we'll be all over it.

Perplex City is over. After our parting goodbyes and the final card waves, this part of UF is going into the archives with the Princess, the Beast, and all the others. It's just... a very odd feeling. Knowing, at least for now, it's over.

It's like the end of an amazing movie. You see it, it consumes you, you feel yourself there, and then... you finish it. It's over. Will there be a sequel? Will it be as good as the first? What about the world you just plunged into head-first? Where does that go?

It's all very complicated. It's very strange to know something I considered a mentionable part of my life is now gone, hopefully not but possibly for good. But, all in all, I wouldn't change a thing. Naturally, whether or not I see everyone somewhere/sometime again in the future, I wish everyone the very best.

And at last, I come to a summary. I had to really consider what to say within a single sentence to encapsulate this all, and I typed all this just in case I still didn't get it right. But, I feel it's a better mirror than most.

And so, let my final words on the fate of Perplex City at this junction in the annals of time be forever immortalized and remembered as these:

[poozle]

Gasper, I know what you mean, I'll be right here ready for the relaunch (although I get the feeling it won't happen ) and I'll even be modding it if I'm still required but I don't know what I'll do about ARGing until then, I got into ARGing with Perplex City and every time I've tried to look into one before and get into it I've just felt overwhelmed, lost, and given up. (Suggestions welcome, preferably something easy to get into, I might even create a sticky for suggestions as to where to go next for Perplex City players).

With the cards, I doubt I will continue for S2 now, I wish I hadn't bought my box of S2W1, it was always my way of supporting the ARG really and seems like a waste now. I believe (no official word yet, doesn't seem the right time to discuss the forums) that they will continue with the cards and then as you said, drop off to Archives, I think that will be a sad day for me as well, seeing my first real ARG dropping into the archives.

If there is anyone here who wishes to talk to me off of this site (if you are leaving UF for example) feel free to PM me for my MSN messenger address, I'll hand it out to anyone that wants it (well, except spammers )

[isca]

poozle wrote:

[Mikeyj]

David - thank you and good luck.

[vpisteve]

Such shocking news, guys. I wish the best to all the PXC crew, and am really sorry to see it all come to an end like this.

[echidna]

[number9dream]

Indeed. If it all does come to an end here then i think it is fair to say that it has been an wonderful experience, which, as echidna says above, has been "incredible and immersive", and which, for me, beats any novel i have read in the last couple of years.

The people behind it should feel really proud of what they have achieved, i know that an immense amount of work has gone into the story, the characterisation and the writing and i for one am grateful for that, not to mention the fact that i feel have been changed by the whole experience.

Cheers.