The End of Asheron's Call

My last farewell to Asheron's Call | Mes adieux à Asheron's Call.
Two months after the shut down, I'm telling the story of the last day of Asheron's Call from my own perspective. Those who were here on that day can live it all again, and the nostalgic who played long ago can see how the game they loved ended.
Those who didn't know Asheron's Call can have a glimpse of what was the MMORPG we loved for 17 years.
Feel free to share the link of this video to your friends, especially if they knew Asheron's Call. I'd like every AC player to see this video, I'm sure they felt the same way during the last minutes.
Also, don't hesitate to comment your thoughts below, I'd love to read and discuss them.
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Deux mois après sa fermeture, je décide de vous raconter la dernière journée d'Asheron's Call à travers mon prisme personnel. C'est l'occasion pour les derniers fidèles de revivre ce moment, pour les nostalgiques de voir la fin du jeu qu'ils ont aimé et pour ceux qui ne connaissaient pas Asheron's Call de découvrir un aperçu de ce qu'était ce MMORPG qui a duré 17 ans.
N'hésitez pas à partager le lien de cette vidéo à vos amis, en particulier ceux qui ont connu Asheron's Call. J'aimerais que tous les joueurs de AC voient cette vidéo, je suis sur qu'ils ont vécu cette fin de manière similaire.
Vous pouvez aussi laisser votre avis en commentaire, je me ferai une joie de les lire et d'y répondre !
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[@TheXFlo]

If you were an AC Player please leave a comment to tell us what were your character name and your server ! A few comments on forums or facebook : Boarson : "Coucou les anciens d'AC1 ;) Bien chouette , cette vidéo , X-Flo ! Ca fait toujours quelque chose de voir ces paysages familiers, ces noms qui résonnent dans nos mémoires" Qefran : "Merci X-Flo, très jolie vidéo (et maman t'as vu, j'suis dedans ), et que de noms j'ai vu passé, que de souvenirs ! Que dire, Asheron's Call, mon premier MMO ... 7 ans à fouler les Terres de Dereth ... des aventures et des combats épiques ... la rencontre avec Felinras et l'ADS ... les réunions ADS tous les mois ... des fêtes mémorables ... des rencontres formidables en jeu et IRL, ... *tire encore un mouchoir de la boîte*, j'avoue avoir eu la larme à l'oeœil en voyant la vidéo et en repensant à tous les moments passés dans cet univers. C'était pas le plus beau, c'était pas le meilleur gameplay, y avait des bugs et des boots ... mais c'est comme ça, il y a des univers virtuels qui vous accroche malgré leurs défauts. Une belle expérience du MMO et de merveilleux souvenirs, merci Turbine, merci AC, merci à la communauté et aux Seigneurs côtoyés dans ce monde ... RIP AC" "Very nice!! Wish I could find another game with the same kind of heart !!" "in 2000 i took a random portal that took me to the Crater. up on porting in was chased down by a fire element. some how made it to Crater village with only 1 health. my patron was not to happy at having to come get me! GREAT AC Times" "Nice job, really enjoyed it. Great times in AC. Alican of Stonehold HG" "That was beautiful Bittersweet to watch. Thank you for taking the time to make this." " Thank You for capturing the final moments... I wish I could have been ingame for the end. RIP Asheron's Call!" "Wish i took that day off work like i was thinking of doing so i could be on 😑. Scold/phoul DT" " I was there with you at Asheron's Castle :) Nice video" "Thank you for sharing. Believe it or not the tears are still there :( There will never be anything that compares to Asheron's Call! " "Yeah. I'll admit, this one got me a little misty eyed. :-( Nice work on this." " wonderful video FF Rasadazzle." "Thank you for making this. It made me cry but it was beautiful." "Man it fucking hurts watching the portal dust when everyone logs. Thats my whole childhood " "Thank You was great remembering all of it" "Great job! Brought me right back again dammit " "Best game ever spoiled me for any other kind of massive multiplayer inner active role playing game" "Thank you so much for sharing this made me cry" "Just watched this. So many memories of AC. Found myself tearing up again as everyone disappeared. Thanks for posting it." "AC was my first MMO. I am relatively disappointed with the state of MMOs lately, and yet they are by far my favorite genre of game. All of that is owed to the few that really got me hooked early on :( So sad that its gone." "I've always found something fascinating about watching gameplay from the last few seconds before an MMOROG shuts down. It's like watching the end of a civilization that you can never go back to. " "This makes me so sad. Asheron's Call was my first MMO and to this day remains the best I've ever played. Such a beautiful and great game. RIP." "I quit playing Asheron's Call in 2006, played it from the first Beta. I still remember the majority of those places. Sad to see it end. They just don't make open world games like that any more." "Never heard of it, but I send my condolences, my first mmo was Everquest online adventures. When I found out they shut the servers down I nearly lost it. So many of my fondest memories :'(" "Ah yes, the end of an MMO. I remember playing the star wars galaxies beta when they shut that one off. Just a message on the screen saying something like, "Death star charging..." And then it just disconnected."

[@kanatatsul8399]

No one will ever see this or care, but this game was the greatest MMO of all time. DT was my home for years, and I loved it. Lansing, Darktide, Circle of Honor

[@TheXFlo]

I saw this and I care my friend.

[@dissya1]

old day mmo where the best like everquest -asheron call because it was about social and friend i miss old day mmo:(

[@TTaylor]

Asheron’s Call was such an important part of my life. It was chock full of nostalgia. It was the only mmorpg I’ve ever played that had a community that was more family than just friends. I had stopped playing the game but would log in every couple of years or so to reminisce and play a few quests and sight see. I think it is reprehensible that they shut it down without making the files public. I wish nothing but the worst for them. Jerks

[@augustheat]

Just Aguy there’s servers up and running now thank god for wonderful emus

[@viddicake]

Beautiful homage, thanks for this! RIP Asheron's Call - Whisper War @Frostfell

[@darkhighwayman1757]

I was on Morningthaw. My main was Flying Cougar, spearman adventurer. If i knew you and we ran... I still miss those carefree days. I loved the sound of logging out.

[@alekseig.3697]

Well... I have never played this game. I didn’t in time. But now I explore this game, because this a classical game. And all videos do me feels. Now I play on emulator)))) Thanks you Asherons Call for contributing to the genre.

[@TheXFlo]

That's awesome ! Why did you become interested in that game in particular ?

[@alekseig.3697]

@@TheXFlo I heard about Asheron's call in one video. And after that I became interested)))

[@pjstran]

Well done! And very nice editing. Hoping the game re-emerges one day...

[@TheXFlo]

In Emulator we trust !

[@tessailiad]

Many feels, thank you.

[@dzigimk]

All good things must come to an end. Rip asheron's Call.

[@HiddenView1977]

Like many others .. this was my first MMO from 1999. Played MT for a week. Saw a PK and was instantly hooked. Lived and died on DT after that. Best PVP engine ... ever. Best concept for allegiance/vassal ... ever. Best concept for spell creation ... ever, ever (Mixing comps to make spells .. omg the hours spent.) Best concept for trade skills ... ever. Awesome in game market, sales, and trade ... ever. Asheron's Call : Darktide - My first true gaming home. TSF (The Select Few) - Thank you all for the memories, the help, and the awesome raids. Trade you vitae for DI. Haus-der-Liebe Raggedy Hobo

[@TheXFlo]

Well said my friend.

[@Sub0hm]

Just stumbled on this video. Very well done! I will miss this game until my end.

[@TheXFlo]

I'm glad AC players stumble regularly on this video :)

[@willyschonemarker756]

Thanks alot for this. Thanks alot AC, my first MMO

[@zapperzapster9990]

I never played your MMO, but this video is very touching to any MMO fan out there. RIP Asheron's Call

[@TheXFlo]

That is a very nice comment, I'm glad this video could show at least a bit of what AC was. Thank you.

[@olivierrobin2714]

Je n'ai pas eu à vivre ça sur Everquest, mais je me rappelle encore de la fin de Tabula Rasa. J'en ai la larme à l'oeil ;). Tu as capturé la beauté des mmorpgs, les aventures que l'on y vit avec les autres. Ce sont les autres qui les rendent si particuliers. Allez, je lève mon verre à AC et je ne lui dis pas adieu, mais cya soon !

[@ianfosbrook8406]

man that video was really well edited... right in the feels.. screw you WB.

[@TheXFlo]

The worst part is that they didn't just shut the game down, they even erased every trace of its existence. The forums, the Facebook page, the twitter account. I'm sure the website is gone too.

[@Typhon69]

Still miss this game. RIP AC. RIP my old guild Obsidian Order. RIP Magnus Set of Wintersebb Since this has a feel of a wake, I'll add some of my fond AC memories that I still have, even after all this time. My first scare in a game was leveling in the Lugi Cit. Crazy big spawn. Some missed spells. Almost dying. My heartrate was jacked up and the sweats kicked in. Great rush. I remember the events of the Bonze Statues (had a trophy in my villa). The rush to get a house when they released. The big independent raids on the Olthoi Queen and Mowen. I remember luring Pooky (AKA the white rabbit of death) into AB and enjoying the mayhem. I remember helping lots of random players by going on corpse runs. I remember the thrill of bagging that risky 10th tink on a SWEET item. The thrill of exploring a new area populated by lots of higher level mobs. The fun of exploring new content on patch day with guildies. The fun of collecting the pack pets (and the people freaking out when their trackers pinged off my mule named "Pack Human"). Trading. Loved the trading. More than WoW. More than EQ2. More than Horizons. More than City of Heroes. More than D&D. None of the other MMOs stood up to AC. Miss you guys.

[@kylemelinkovich8675]

Thank you for capturing the memories of this beloved game....that Blood let us play by their good graces.

[@soulrending9094]

OMG.... this explains so much... I am Soul-Rending from WE... Lion of Sight from FF, and Tangent Light I never knew AC shut down... I'm so sad and angry...they lied to us

[@TheXFlo]

It's true that we have this feeling of betrayal. But the people who made the promise to give us the game code were also victims in the end.

[@ALF20CL]

Super boulot X-Flo ! Very moving video... seeing all those old names ... all these moments. This was a very nice internationnal community Boarson , monarch of RoyautE , Frostfell for ever (never far from my Eastham tree spot, or our Arwic mansion !)

[@TheXFlo]

Thanks :) Par curiosité, comment es-tu tombé sur la vidéo ? J'essaye de retrouver tous les anciens joueurs Fr !

[@ALF20CL]

en allant par hasard sur le site de l'AdS ;) Je reste en contact avec des anciens de AC1-FF RoyautE : Ney, Soliana, Leilany, Larmes de Sang, Bucho...

[@TheXFlo]

Ah toute une légende ! Le forum ADS avait l'air relativement calme j'ai trouvé ça bizarre, peut-être qu'ingame c'est plus actif...

[@julienbibas7480]

Melchior de bax etait là, bonjour à toi boarson !

[@TheXFlo]

@@julienbibas7480 sympa de passer 👍. Vous êtes sur un MMO vous maintenant ou à la retraite ?

[@user-js4zx1lr2u]

Ran around on Frostfell for several years before I followed my guildmates on to WOW. Always came back, and as of last saturday I'm running on a private server called Morgentau. Logging in was like coming home after a long journey to far off places. There are more than a few games I've played since, but AC is and always will be "home".

[@babyitto]

I've never played AC but i know how you feel since many games i have played when i was younger are gone..

[@TheXFlo]

Yes, that's the fate of online games sadly. That's why I usually stick to solo games now.

[@Kalazar88Gaming]

I was lucky enough to enjoy over a decade on Solclaim with my parents, and many years on Darktide as well. It was a lot of fun - Kalazar / Mercurial

[@mentosgun5384]

Je ne connaissais ce jeu que de nom mais je sais que toi, tu le kiffais grave! Très bel hommage mon Flo! RIP Asheron's Call

[@TheXFlo]

Je ne t'avais jamais montré un peu chez moi ?

[@mentosgun5384]

Si, vite fait une fois! Je me souviens très bien que tu me disais que le jeu était terrible! J'étais pas MMO à l'époque! Je m'y suis mis plus tard avec Guild Wars! Du coup pour moi Asheron's Call est carrément passé à la trappe!

[@TheXFlo]

Ah oui c'est vrai GW je me souviens. Du coup tu fais un peu du MMO maintenant ?

[@mentosgun5384]

Pas en ce moment non. Faudrait que je me remette à SWTOR!

[@TheXFlo]

Ah tu y joues. C'est une de mes hypothèses depuis l'arrêt d'AC. Avec Project Gorgon. J'avais adoré KOTOR (rpg solo) j'avais trouvé le monde de SW pendant la guerre contre les Sith parfait.

[@GamingOnTheGo]

Melkor The Brave was my final toon, the first, Melkor The Warrior, main was Melkor The II Archer. Morningthaw. I was there from the beginning. I was there at the death, and miss Dereth above any other world.

[@keithabbott7279]

really makes me cry, i'm half paralyzed now and that game is all i had left to my life

[@TheXFlo]

So sorry to hear that :(

[@keithabbott7279]

thanks

[@paulwalker3753]

So many memories. X you were a good friend for a long time. I hate that I am seeing this video for the 1st time 2 years late. Brings back so many great memories. I haven't played another mmporg since. Nothing compares. Love and miss you all. Absolution - aka Abbie =)

[@TheXFlo]

You were a good friend too Abbie, and thank you for taking me and my french friends into ROG in 2008. Good memories. Haven't tried another MMORPG either.... It won't compare indeed. See you :)

[@Instar_nine]

Miss this game Aggamemnon Frostfell

[@Bungadood]

Asheron's Call Lives on! Just look up ThwargLauncher! Long live Drunkenfeeeeeelllll!!! Cowabungaaaa!

[@ag2295]

I am Khsn Patman, one of the original Sith Lords. I have not played in 10 years but bless you all.

[@TheXFlo]

You might want to try the new emulators, brings back memories !

[@yustwastaken]

oh the feels

[@andranes]

Oblivion Specialized Frostfell forever in my heart ACE now 2020

[@kielmills7761]

I miss portal space, among many other things :/ Crosis' - DT

[@johnlopez365]

My name was Shogun-Priest war mage on THISTLEDOWN mayoi region. My friend at work got me into this game back in 2000 and I loved playing AC best mmorg I ever played . I played for 5yrs then left the game I just found out today that AC is gone . So sad can anyone tell me what hapoend? Why was it shutdown? Will it ever come back? I would love to play it again. Thanks AC RIP

[@TheXFlo]

The updates stopped in 2014. They said they would keep it up and with no monthly fee until they could give the code so we can emulate it properly. But WB decided to shut it down within a month in december 2016. They never gave the code.

[@ventriloquistmime9291]

i always said if they remade this game , and just increased the graphics and keep everything else the same i would buy it again 20 years later

[@pabloripoll3006]

TYVM Aesculap & Insane Deathsun @Frostfell

[@vxtyazaliazy9573]

This is the feeling that I have after I accidentally deleted the progress of my skyrim which I already finish. It's like Bleeding without getting bled out

[@TheXFlo]

Always do some backup !!

[@Dmitri_Donskoy]

the good old days :'(

[@TheXFlo]

There may be a way to save this world...

[@vhs1984]

Bring it back, please..

[@TheXFlo]

I'm trying !!

[@vhs1984]

@@TheXFlo is there anything i can do to help, i really miss this game

[@TheXFlo]

Try the emulator ? it seems to work well.

[@hulivar]

Hulivar/Huli/Vapor' from Thistledown. Voted best pk ever on the server which means nothing really cause I know certain people on DT were better like Jmb, original X-Star, Anti-parazi aka Reckful, Rookie, Dread Og, Rayne of Amber, Maholo, and maybe 1 or 2 others. Then there's a good 30 or so people that are just below those top 5-8 guys and I would say I fall into the upper top 15 of that depending on the day. We also have to remember the different eras too. The most important error of course is when rookie came along with the power slide. That's when skill meant a lot. Before that there was god mode, gear, no movement, etc. This game was one of a kind. You had to figure shit out on your own on a carebear server let alone a pvp server which only the hardcore could survive on and players of today wouldn't have a clue about how to survive on.

[@TheXFlo]

Thanks for sharing this with us :)

[@Ramboescobar]

Rip AC and Rip Reckful 🖤

[@shawnb3744]

RIP

[@mishovy1599]

3:13 one of the saddest moments ive ever seen in a video game

[@keithabbott7279]

will it ever be online again?i hope so

[@TheXFlo]

I suppose not officially. But through emulators yes.

[@amazontrends2834]

Great video. thumbs up and subbed! The quality of your video is so nice. what video editor do you use?

[@TheXFlo]

Hey ! I use mostly Premiere Pro and Nvidia Shadowplay for capture.

[@TrilliumUO]

I got sumthin in muh eye *sniff*

[@Marco-cm1mx]

here i am for you ... new video from me

[@thenoobletlego]

A world that will never be experienced again.

[@TheXFlo]

It will last in our memories. And you should check out the new emulators I hear they work well.

[@thenoobletlego]

The-X-Flo Very true. The emulator looks right now to be just OK, very few functions working. I would look into it more, but it'll probably end up legally shut down by Warner Bros.

[@TheXFlo]

If you like the project you can really go into it. I don't think WB can do much against an emulator, and I don't think they even remember the name of AC.

[@ChodeMaster]

nice one

[@LaughingAndy]

Aowyn, thistledown server. Axe and item magic.

[@TheXFlo]

Welcome, Aowyn :)

[@PleaseLikeMyComments]

You want me to log out?! MAKE ME!!

[@TheXFlo]

La résistance ! I hope you found a way to keep logging in.

[@PleaseLikeMyComments]

Parle français? The name of my main character on Solclaim back in the day was Jean-Michel Bayle. Ever heard of him?

[@TheXFlo]

Oui joueur français. J'ai déjà entendu parler de lui c'est un pilote de moto cross. Mais dans le jeu AC par contre non... Nous étions sur Frostfell. Tu n'as jamais eu de persos là bas ?

[@collinroan359]

FF, Collins phone, tech n9ne. MUCH LOVE AC lol.

[@janesawyer3495]

Souldestine, Thistledown

[@endeavor3079]

Encore un super MMO qui disparait...

[@TheXFlo]

Perso je n'ai connu que lui. One in a lifetime !

[@vlogvideo1904]

Pas mal ^^

[@TheXFlo]

J'aurais dû faire un Vlog dans le jeu si j'y avais pensé

[@dogrodoof]

[@TheXFlo]

The best !

[@dogrodoof]

;-)

[@TheXFlo]

Mnemo il se passe quoi sur l'émulateur ???

[@tripbunny]

the bastards killed us.

[@TheXFlo]

What I hate is that they killed everything within 1 month. Not really had time for closure .

[@techcurious1811]

thats great video thumbs up just subbed your channel let us support each other thank you!

[@blakris9382]

c 'est definitivement fini AC???

[@TheXFlo]

Malheureusement oui, il y a 3 mois. Tu jouais sur FF ?

[@blakris9382]

oui entre 2000 et 2003 j etais sous l alliance des seigneurs. il n y aura plus jamais un mmo comme AC

[@TheXFlo]

Ah tu étais sous quel nick? On s'est peut-être croisé j'ai commencé en 2001-2002.

[@blakris9382]

christobal mais je jouais beaucoup solo

[@TheXFlo]

Ok. Si jamais tu as envie de gouter à nouveau à ce jeu tu peux essayer l'émulateur qui devient de plus en plus fourni !

[@VirindiUO]

F

[@miketumm1417]

X-rated on mt... There be no other mmpog like AC

[@TheXFlo]

People say AC still lives on emul...

[@tunabros]

how to piss off people: everquest is better

[@TheXFlo]

It's still alive ?

[@tunabros]

@@TheXFlo project 1999 is alive and well. but asheron call is still on of my top 5s

[@Groovy_Bruce]

@@tunabros p99 was ok, but the population was not the best. In the end, nothing is like the old days of Everquest. I played 99-01 or so, and didn’t think about it for years. Then in my mid 20s I found eq Mac. Nostalgia hit just in time for the server to be entirely shut down. Wound up on p99 for a time and then the TLP servers, running some raiding guilds for a while. But alas, had to let it go again cuz I get way too easily addicted to EQ lol.

[@Krampfschrei]

Gameboy Grafik..

[@TheXFlo]

You should go back to Fortnite ;)