if you need me on the team i would be happy to help! dont let your work go to waste.  

I have never agreed with Higbey more.
I have improved and I could create levels when needed.
We got 3 committers now.

¡VIVA LA STROSERIA!  

I want to keep Stroseria living. I'd still keep my full commitment towards making sound effects.  

Sad to hear it. Reminds me of how Nerv ended up  

Posted by Furryamigo

Sad to hear it. Reminds me of how Nerv ended up

Nerv was always a fun project. I have it on my computer and I talked to Entrok and Johan about restarting it sometime. It actually got a decent playercount and wasn't staff only so I liked it a lot Might try to start it up again but nothing nearly as serious as Stroseria.  

Posted by BboyEatsbacon

Why not halt the project?

Why not try and port to Java?

Why not try and port to C++?

???

You essentially have to make your own "Graal" (Engine, servers, sprites) which requires a much greater requirement of skill, knowledge and is equally as time consuming.

It should be important to note that this isn't just applicable to Graal servers. As much as we'd like to see projects succeed in general it takes a significant amount of planning, ambition, and commitment to actually follow through and complete them.

Graal also has other significant issues with it's business model that make it more of a stepping-stone than a platform you want to commit to, especially if you don't have ties/relations to management at the top.  

We can't let it die  

#wecantletitdie  

Another one bites the dust...

Posted by MattKan

Nerv was always a fun project. I have it on my computer and I talked to Entrok and Johan about restarting it sometime. It actually got a decent playercount and wasn't staff only so I liked it a lot Might try to start it up again but nothing nearly as serious as Stroseria.

I remember going on that...you dragged me across the map 500 times -.-  

It's sad to see the server go. I had a fun time on there and the staff were really nice and just really great people. I got to try something new with graphics and improve more. Again, I'm really sorry to see it go.  

Why would you shutdown a server, it took probably forever to make. And you just deleted it in one click I'm assuming..plus you paid for the server right? Well I really liked Stroseria, but if it's going to be shutdown, or already has been I guess that's goodbye to a great server..  

its not goneeeeee

we cant let it be shut down.  

Posted by MattKan

I'd like to take this opportunity to commend my staff team. They're truly the best people I've ever worked with in my life; I don't want you guys to think that this server's shutting-down is because of any of them. Specifically I'd like to give my thanks to Aya for always working her absolute best to benefit the server. She's probably one of the most hardworking and insightful people I've ever met on this game. Thanks also to the community for supporting us.

For all the work that went to waste, we're exploring other options for it. We want to have it see the light of day, so we might try to work something out with Stroseria or just find something else who is capable and willing to continue it. Seeing "Stroseria" release, though, is probably never going to happen, and I will almost certainly not be a part of it. We may just release the content in a .zip on the main forums and leave it for the vultures to consume; but I'm not worried about that at the moment.

Stroseria was the first server I worked on and developed graphics for and as such, it will always hold a great deal of sentimental value to me. The staff team was always a pleasure to work with even when dealing with issues which weren't the easiest to find a solution for. My fondest memories of developing consist of creating some of my best graphical work to be used on the server. Words can't express how much it pains me that a lot of this content will not be used for "Stroseria". However as Mattkan said, we will try to find other options for its use.

Finally, I'd like to personally thank the developers and community for their support and dedication to Stroseria/Graal in general. Many times I've found myself discouraged from remaining loyal to Stroseria and offered other positions on great servers that are probably more recognized than our humble Stroseria. This made me realize how difficult it is for developers to keep their loyalty to one server for a long period of time and how little appreciation they receive in return for their countless hours of work.
My advice to the community is to be more respectful towards developers who work very hard to satisfy its playerbase.
A simple "Thank you" is more than enough and always a nice thing to do.

That's all I have to say about the matter. Farewell Stroseria.  

dont give up now......theres still time to save it.  

Why not hire people that would really want to help and could actually be on all the time? like me and all the others looking forward to it?