We can’t let Meta get away with this.

Well, Here's this video. A little different from my normal content but i found this to be something extremely important. Meta and Ready at Dawn announced that they will be completely shutting down one of the most popular VR games ever made; also one of the best VR games ever made.. Echo VR. WHAT!? It actually makes no sense.. but i think I know exactly why. Gamers, lets rise up. We CAN'T let Meta get away with this. This is ridiculous.
Not that this will do anything.. but here's a change petition:
www.change.org/p/save-echo-vr...
Here are my links to join my discord server to chat and have an awesome VR community- or if you'd want to support my channel:
My links:
Discord.gg/Thrill
Twitch./tv/Thrilluwu
Twitter.com/Thrilluwu
Patreon.com/Thrillseeker
“Game that Changed VR Forever” montage video:
• The Game That Changed ...

[@ThrillSeekerVR]

PART TWO TO THIS VIDEO IS UP: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5uZhop6greLa5Y EDIT: We just got more information on this- Boz posted an AMA and well.. the first few words of this video ring truer than ever. We can actually make a change here. If we give Meta this inch they will certainly take a mile in the future. This is not cool. #saveEcho Follow the movement on twitter and on discord: twitter.com/Thrilluwu Discord.gg/Thrill

[@_pluto42_]

Hi thrill

[@_pluto42_]

#saveecho

[@jtyfghfgdcfhdf]

I DONT EVEN REALLY LIKE ECHOVR BUT SOME OF MY FRIENDS DO AND IT IS WRONG TO SHUT IT DOWN! #saveEcho

[@drewo.127]

#SaveEchoVR

[@darinpringle5611]

Like we could with KZbin dislikes. It's not happening. I would love to be proven wrong but time will tell.

[@PHAEN0M]

As a major Echo community organizer, I could not be more gutted. We were told that new content was on the way while planning LANs and Pro leagues. No warning, no communication, no future. No more Echo. Meta talks about building communities in horizons while singlehandedly wiping out one of the oldest and biggest VR communities to date.

[@yoanperez172]

Honestly at this point, I just want to scream F U C K horizon and meta. I have a feeling that if the studio was not acquired by meta this wouldn't happen...

[@RoyHoy]

They're making a new game though

[@Dremaus1911]

@@RoyHoy while its their platform this is fucking bullshit and you know it

[@DonaldHendleyBklynvexRecords]

@@RoyHoy i hope they take the destiny route

[@JohnSmith-dx9ep]

Its absolutely ridiculous how they do it...with no proper reason!!

[@VirtualPandaVR]

This was heartbreaking news. My first VR addiction was Echo Arena.... so many friends, so many experiences... it's just heartbreaking.

[@ThrillSeekerVR]

SAME!!

[@Skikopl]

The Biggest problem is that it's one of a kind.. There isn't a single game like this.

[@DJdog-vq2fr]

@@ThrillSeekerVR this cant go through because if it does RAD will get REALLY screwed with there new game because of the mass trust loss and kill of one of the biggest titles in the vr industry

[@AntonieB1]

@@DJdog-vq2fr I will not touch anything from RAD with a stick after this... and while I was already trying to get out of the Meta garden I'm going to try to get out of it faster now. So whatever their next project is I don't really care because why would you put any time in a game when the next day the servers can be gone.

[@perplxxd]

me too. i'm really pissed because other than bonelab and blade and sorcery this is my favorite game.

[@veloster_Nate]

Wow, I never expected our hopes to reach such a front-page level of media....thank you for your help, those of us who love Echo are forever thankful.

[@akimbofurry2179]

fools

[@gomersimpson777ram]

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[@k-otic]

Please stay on this story Thrill. You are one of the few people that can help stop this insanity. Echo was my first love in VR, the only other game I play is Population:One.. Also owned by Meta, and probably the next to go.. We need to stand up to Meta and let them know this is not ok!

[@krissiehunt319]

1 day left...

[@CJ5C]

Less than 3 hours left

[@Lucasthepro-pc3kw]

People revived the servers

[@LukeGeppert]

As a pro who has spent the past 5 years grinding this game, this was one of the most heartbreaking things that have ever happened to me. To make it worse in a private discord where the higher level players talk to the devs directly they claimed to have a roadmap out by the end of January. The roadmap turned out to be them announcing the shutdown. Ready At Dawn will have a very hard time building another community after this disaster. Thank you for all you do thrill.

[@Skadidd]

If they release single player lone echo 3 their company will go bankrupt.

[@livolas]

Lol. If a game is one of the most heartbreaking things, you have to reconsider your life choices. Just appreciate the good times you had in this game, move to another one and grow up.

[@diomega7975]

@@livolasbreaking: man on the internet cannot comprehend something important in a person's life going away makes them sad

[@kiradomochi4961]

@@livolas oooo you're soooooo grown up

[@livolas]

@@diomega7975 i really can understand what wasted time and effort can feel like. But at the end of the day it s just a game, it s not like he was married for 5 years and he is now going through a divorce.

[@bigbudaz9528]

I don't feel the urge to post on stories almost at all. But no gamer should stand for this, ThrillSeeker thank you for making these kinds of videos. I don't always have the time to keep my ears to the ground on VR news. I've been fallowing it for a long time though since 2012 with the first kickstarter. VR is a personal passion of mine and seeing the community grow to the point it's at, it's so beautiful and is exactly what I dreamed of! Hearing that people will lose basically a part of their homes is truly heartbreaking. I hope they really reconsider.

[@ThrillSeekerVR]

Thanks for the comment. I really hope they reconsider as well.

[@LostHope84]

Lol. You’ll soon feel the pain of people who thought 3D was going to take over completely.

[@tbvr2039]

@@LostHope84 from this comment i can see that u have never touched a vr headset cuz the vr gaming industry is huge my dude, meta being annoying wont make vr less popular, and vr was never meant to replace desktop or console gaming, it was meant to be another option

[@akimbofurry2179]

you stand for Facebook, you already lost your common cents

[@tbvr2039]

@@akimbofurry2179 nah dude i hate facebook with a passion, meta doesn’t run the vr industry, they are just a small part of it, oculus died the moment they got taken over by meta but there is a pretty large list of companies that made headsets way before meta

[@ironbeagle1610]

Everyone, sign the online petition. We have the community numbers to at least put this on the radar. It takes 1 minute and if we all do it we might just save the game, its a small hope but a hope nonetheless.

[@isacivan1510]

Would love for this to be a story of fans beating the odds. #saveecho! Also would love to see you talk about PSVR2 now that we’re seeing it’s got something special!

[@Unusual_Danger]

As someone who’s been in the Combat community for the past 2 years. We expected this but we didn’t expect Arena to be brought down with it. The Combat community is already banding together and currently on standby for about a month to see Metas response before banding together and remaking what was taken from us.

[@Unrruly]

I would love to see someone reverse engineer combat and make it cross platform with all headsets.

[@Unusual_Danger]

@@Unrruly That would definitely be a goal of ours considering how we asked the same but never got

[@The_real_Jaytonix]

You know i really did not expect to find you at the top at the comments, but im happy we have come this far

[@WESWANGKTA]

Echo combat is like the smash melee of VR

[@emptyi511]

#SaveEchoVR Thank you for the post and bringing awareness to this issue

[@Shadow_banned_by_YouTube]

But this won’t change anything tho

[@unakiite1.0]

Empty ur bad but yea its cool he brought this situation out

[@suprum.]

I love emptyi

[@Fearl3ss234]

Thanks for this Thrill, knew we could count on you! Certainly hoping the petition works, it has before...

[@b.mckaybyam1794]

Love these stream of conscious videos on this happening in VR. I operate a vr education company and find your perspective on what’s happening in VR unique, ahead of the curve, and honest. Thanks!

[@gomersimpson777ram]

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[@MrStickVR]

The amount of time I, and so many others have invested in this game makes it genuinely heartbreaking how fast this decision seemed to be made. This was the game that got me to put on my headset every day, and I probably wouldn't even be so deep into vr if it wasn't for this game's incredible community.

[@jakeybaby]

Yeah I played hours every day, like 4 hours a day every day. I no longer play VR anymore but this is still so sad to hear.

[@parsec-_-2502]

Bro, This isn't just a game at this point it's a place, a real place that us players care about way to much to let it die just like that.

[@pokemonweeaboopikachuninja8745]

At some point it stopped being a game and became a way to make friends for life. I built some of my strongest friendships because of this game and I’m sure many others can relate. I may end up selling my headset if they go through with this

[@Kitsisuri]

@@parsec-_-2502 I feel like this concept is something so new and so much more solid with vr games, because obviously we are actually spending time feeling like we really are there. The big boys up top just do not seem to understand this concept almost at all yet, its sad.

[@parsec-_-2502]

@@Kitsisuri tbh echo was made as a mini game and I think they just see it as a cash grab but it became so much more

[@hm-_179]

thank you so much for covering this, it means a lot to the community. we cannot let such a unique game die

[@steptoerees]

I just can’t believe the lack of communication at this point ngl

[@patrickvandijk4605]

Indeed, this game is my life atp, all my vr friends r from here lol where am I gonna meet new ppl now? Rec room 🤣 Patuber btw

[@ally6438]

Thanks so much for posting about this. I have 4k+ games played on Echo, and would prefer if it didn't get shut down, so appreciate you raising awareness.

[@josephvrbackcatalog]

While Tuesday news day is useful, I think your passion shows much more in videos like this Great work!

[@vrfrenzy8451]

It's nice seeing so many creators fighting against this, this cannot happen!

[@KratonWolf]

I mean, it's gonna eventually, just it would be more accepted if it were for reasonable reasons and after a long time. This is just... Facebook being Facebook.

[@Micromation]

@@KratonWolf There's like nothing stopping them from releasing files to host our own servers... NOT ONE THING... it's all about fucking control. And gamers as a whole gave away whatever control they've had into the hands of publishers long time ago.

[@TopTierGamerMan]

@@Micromation facts, it’s time we, the consumers purchasing the game, start stopping bullshit decisions.

[@agintofchoas7014]

Echo was the only game that kept bringing me back to VR, and this hurt rly badly. I don’t even know if I will be coming back to VR as often as I do knowing I won’t be able to play space basketball with the friends I made in echo

[@singalingi378]

why dont u use VR that often anymore?

[@agintofchoas7014]

@@singalingi378 i play VR a lot i was just saying i dont know how pften ill come back without my space basketball

[@xoroMC]

echo sucks

[@gomersimpson777ram]

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[@ij20man35]

Its great to be informed on new events in the VR industry. Especially for Echo VR which was the first VR game i got addicted to when i first got into vr. Thanks for keeping me in the know Thrill. Much love. 😄

[@Sole880]

Love these kinds of videos. This one came out great! Btw, your voice sounds phenomenal in this recording. Much improved over the years

[@bizboy9508]

As an official tournament organizer at another large vr game (gym class vr) we have used echovr’s success in esports as a template for what we need to be focusing on and I think this game shutting down will set back the vr esports field back, potentially multiple years

[@under_score_dash-_-455]

Watch your back. Meta likes stabbing them.

[@gomersimpson777ram]

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[@chmuurkaa3030]

Bringing food to your desk, opening youtube and immediately seeing a ThrillSeeker video "42 seconds ago" is the best timing ever

[@_pluto42_]

This is going to blow up

[@Illuminati_HD]

His videos seem to be the meaning of life 🤔

[@reyluna0]

I finished my food and then i got the notification of the video

[@danieldieni3188]

mine said 3 mins ago! big suprise!!!!!!!!!!! :D thurssssssssdayyyyyy newwwwwwwwwsdayyyyyyyyyyy

[@toh6261]

@@danieldieni3188 It's Wednesday homie.

[@hussain-x]

Many have already said how I feel about this very sad news, about my favourite vr game since I started in vr 2017. Just wanted to say thank you for the coverage for us. You're a legend.

[@gomersimpson777ram]

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[@vvolfflovv]

new to vr and your channel but love designing architecture and really want to do it in vr. hoping i can learn more about where vr is headed and what platforms will be worth diving into here.

[@SmallerSoul]

The worst part is that the reach of this particular issue extends to VR as a platform. This decision can - and likely will - turn new VR users away from the market, and existing VR users may abandon Meta products entirely to avoid getting spat on again. I simply cannot fathom how Meta (or Ready at Dawn) believe that butchering active communities and products will INCREASE their revenue in the long run. We need a strong competitor for Meta's VR lineup, and we need it FAST because it feels like Meta's about to burn itself alive and take the VR industry's reputation with it.

[@IronShovel]

Echo VR was basically the only game I played in VR so my headset will start gathering dust on my shelf if they really shut it down

[@SmallerSoul]

@@Clarissa1986 I've considered that in the past, but ultimately the library just isn't expansive enough to stand up to the Quest just yet (although with Meta axing their own games, it may not be long until it does)

[@catbert7]

This is certainly making me reconsider whether I will ever buy a Meta product or game. Buying something, only for it to be arbitrarily taken away, is ludicrous.

[@gomersimpson777ram]

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[@Trentic]

I make content primarily on echo vr. Some of the creators here are the best people I’ve ever met. Thank you for bringing this to the masses attention thrill. Much love❤

[@formal_bin]

FOUND IT

[@EdBIox]

Same here man

[@gabrieldavis2241]

Thanks for covering this Thrill, Echo has been a big part of my life since summer 2020.

[@Doodleing-noodle]

Thank you for making this video. Had this not appeared on my feed, I would’ve not known about this issue. Thank you kindly! And keep doin yer best!😋👍

[@sweet_tooth7764]

Thank you ThrillSeeker, i spent almost 5 years of my life on this game and it almost feels like a breakup. Thank you for sharing this with your community and giving us a little hope. Also love your videos.

[@whoosh_3669]

i hugged him because of echo, game is lit

[@chocolit349]

@@whoosh_3669 yo same

[@8aron]

You are awesome sweettooth

[@whoosh_3669]

@@chocolit349 fr

[@OliverEnding]

Thanks for covering this Thrill! Wild seeing my face in one of your vids. 😅 This one got me tearing up. Means a lot to the Echo community!

[@FrameOverdoseGD]

It got me tearing up too…

[@ppmghee211]

Hey Oliver!

[@thatnerddaniel]

This game and community has changed my life. That is a statement said with 100% honesty from the heart. I have met people in this community that have helped me grow as a person and the healthy combat and competition definitely made a positive impact on my mental health. To see this happening with no warning or notice hits me in the heart and hurts more than I can describe. Reading the official update on the future of Echo VR legitimately made me tear up and start to cry a bit. Having all the amazing memories and experiences run through my head like a movie reel puts a pit in my stomach that may never go away. I truly truly hope for a better alternative to this heartbreaking future we have been given. Myself, along with everyone who has played this game and been a rock solid part of this community, are hurting... And we will never forget this. And we will never forgive. #saveEcho

[@jamesmarquess1496]

First multi-player vr game I played, and even cared about it, never spent much time on it, but I fondly recall meeting a retired guy who took a liking to Mt a showed me a place to clip through the map, still one of my fondest community finds ever

[@ctzn3924]

As a Master player for VRML and a professional player for NEPA this hit unbelievably hard. I’ve been playing this game for 4+ years with over 7,000 hours of play. I’ve made some of my best friends and joined a strong community. To see this game shut down with big LANs coming up and a whole future ahead of us it was heartbreaking. Thank you for covering this devastating topic ThrillSeeker!

[@tenaciouszebra5691]

I feel you. This sucks

[@dwup4733]

Hey wtf i know this guy im on his team

[@dwup4733]

But facts lets riot

[@LostHope84]

7000 hours in a bad VR game? This generation is truly lost.

[@dwup4733]

@@LostHope84 bruh what?? This is one of top sellin games are u dum?

[@the-royal-chef]

i have over 700 hours in this game. it is easily my favorite game in vr, and maybe ever. i’ve met so many amazing people and had so much fun playing it nearly every week for 3 years. this is such a sad thing happening, and i really hope we can convince meta to change their decision.

[@joshjo9405]

The next project could be a sequel made in a new engine, but that might not go throug given how much money Meta has right now compared to a couple years ago.

[@icemangaming5135]

Great video, liked and will share, I'm gutted a have a family in echo, and the game mechanics are singular with nothing else even close.

[@firegamer-7362]

I love this guy's passion. He knows & he cares, while it may not be as much as the rest of us who've spent years here, including myself, it means so much to see someone so diligent & understanding of the place we've grown and built so much out of. Learning that they took this home outside of our reality away from us for a game inhabited by children who migrate game to game, platform to platform without the connection as big as echo, it hurts and it feels horrible. Thank you thrill, & everyone have a lovely day

[@jomother4606]

As a high level player for this game this a huge slap in the face. Most of us have been around for 3+ years with thousands of hours on the game. Ready At Dawn has promised us so much since meta bought echo. Some of these things being fixing the infamous broken q2 throwing (as a result the entire high level community is still forced to play on the rift almost 6 years after its release), server issues, QOL stuff, and small basic features that we've been promised. For the last two+ years they released no in game bugfixes, (unless the bugs made the game fully unplayable) only working on their echo pass to milk the communities money before they announced their plan to cut off the servers. As a result from this, Ready at Dawn made a private discord server that was said to help high level players give feedback on private test builds and on bugs. The server instead has just been used as a void for high level players to complain in instead of doing it in their main discord servers, which developers have not responded to about these big issues for years. Making moves like this makes no sense when they wont even put effort on their end to help the community grow. Thank god for Meta and Ready at Dawn

[@Stellatojpg]

This game and the people in it is the only reason I’ve bought the 4 vr headsets I own today, and it became a massive part of my life. Heartbreaking news to hear and really feels like it’s come out of nowhere.

[@PG13park]

Well you already bought it and that’s what meta cares about

[@avoid-43]

is the people you met 16 years old? groomer.

[@ethanvalentine4299]

OMG MORE VIRTUALLY ODD YES PLEASE!!! those are some of my favorite videos you have done sir I can't wait for more! woot that one line at the end really got me hyped af! Also i love this style of video too being based on current events but having a deeper look at the bigger picture is a wonderful format and very informative. Kudos and thanks for all you do my guy.

[@gomersimpson777ram]

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[@tylerthrun4173]

Thank you so much for making this video, as a pro echo player it rips at my heart to see it's going to die. We as a community are going to fight like hell for this, if we let them do this to Echo they'll do it to many more games!

[@gomersimpson777ram]

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[@Unrruly]

You put all my feelings into words with this video. I've been playing echo since 2019 and this news was devastating, I've talked to many people in game and most of them say that echo is the game that makes VR worth it for them. Sucks to see this happen but at least now I have a reason to completely ditch meta for good now.

[@paxianbellum2373]

Echo has been one of the most life changing experiences of my life, and this announcement was heartbreaking.

[@spaceghostcqc2137]

Echo was indeed one of the coolest VR experiences.

[@catbert7]

It's one of the top games I ALWAYS recommend to anyone with a VR headset. Nothing remotely like it in the world.

[@NuclearApple77]

that is sad that you make a video game such a important aspect in your life. echo vr shutting down will be a blessing in disguise for thousands

[@paxianbellum2373]

@@NuclearApple77It wasn't the game that really mattered, it was the people and the community that made echo any kind of real experience, and I fail to see how something people enjoy vanishing would be deemed any sort of blessing.

[@Gawillamon]

This is also a good lesson/reminder for people that everything digital is impermanent. This is why I don't like using streaming services for music and instead choose to build my own music library.

[@avalonstudios171]

Man, I remember playing Echo before all the battle pass stuff was introduced. It was so fun finding all the Easter eggs in the lobby and socializing with people, glitching out of the map and in general just having fun it's a shame that's going away... even though I never played the e-sport half much it gave me a lot of good memories

[@antbutuk7036]

I have put thousands of hours into this game. It is an absolute that this game shall stand. I thank you for your efforts in the vid. #SaveEchoVR

[@KratonWolf]

An absolute that it shall stand? For how long? Lol

[@livolas]

I think thousands of hours sounds about enough 😅

[@patrickvandijk4605]

Yo sup ant, its me patuber

[@UBMadaraKN]

@@livolas Are you god? Cause I don’t think it’s your place ta judge 🫶

[@janewilson8029]

same bro same

[@ChromePlatypus-]

echo VR is the only reason I own a headset. I like beat saber and pop one, but without echo I’d return my VR headsets. the executives who made this decision probably have never touched the game and have no idea just how great the game actually is

[@Likely_Alucard]

Ow..... That was one of my first VR titles I owned. I havn't played it in forever, but sad to see it go.... Echo Combat was my favorite, disk battle was quickly tiring. F to pay respects to a legendary title

[@TheThorns]

Games going away with no explanation happens all the time and it truly is sad. Hopefully they will work something out. First Altspace VR now Echo also? I mean what the Hell! Games I miss that are not longer with u Brawl Busters, Exteel Mech Game, Hawken PC version.

[@randomizer5942]

Seeing so many people coming together as a community just to try to stop this is amazing to see, Echo will always be one of my favorite/first games, i couldn’t imagine it gone, hopefully something is done in time

[@MoneyMitch26]

Absolutely on point commentary Thrillseeker! EchoVR is the poster child for VR esports, beyond even Meta. Huge IP to just throw in the trash

[@LostHope84]

That’s a big issue lol. When your poster child is a huge failure, you’re in trouble.

[@johnperry6201]

That tiny scene from Lain triggered something in me. Now I need to watch Serial Experiments Lain again!

[@trollkiller781]

I only played the game for a bit but it’s still sad to hear that such a massive community of lovely people will possibly loose said platform! #saveEcho

[@Red_Planet]

“Hmmmm… the playerbase is diminishing on one of our largest multiplayer titles… should we invest into it more?” “…nah kill it lmao 😂”

[@Ben-yj9wz]

The player base isn’t diminishing at all though it’s been growing which makes this move more stupid

[@nos9659]

Thank you so much for bringing light to this. We greatly appreciate this as a community.

[@itsyoloman4279]

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[@the_seeker.entity9206]

I love how you can buy something and then it can just suddenly stop working because an exec in an office said so.

[@dstreeth]

It’s been a year and I’m still missing this game desperately. I gave meta the benefit of the doubt and have been waiting for this new game we will be so excited about. Like I said - it’s been a year and have seen not one game that has given me much reason to pick up my headset. I even have the 3 headset and played it a handful of times - usually playing Alix or that dodge ball like game both purchased on steam. I can’t remember the name of the dodge ballgame which would be a blast if there were other people playing it as well - but playing the bots is scratching an itch of missing echo.

[@ConDawgB]

It's cool to see some of my footage in here! This is really sad and came out of nowhere. All we can hope is the new rad game will be better. #saveecho

[@sonicrolan4395]

This game got me through Coved and saved my mental health, this is devastating.

[@gomersimpson777ram]

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[@BassRemedy]

i am here for news, info and updates. the format that it gets delivered doesnt matter much to me as long as i can still easily stay up to date with vr thru the channel

[@whoosh_3669]

as someone whos played this game competitively for over 3 years, gone to multiple lans and made lifelong friends, this is just sad that a company would do this to such a big and thriving community. Huge L for the whole of vr

[@ChromePlatypus-]

you are a wise person

[@itsyoloman4279]

love you whoosh

[@MrMoney331]

Love hearing you get super passionate about stuff like this!

[@PsiloFoxVR]

thanks for making this great video and pulling attention towards what's happening !

[@MrVacantace]

Psilo!!

[@PsiloFoxVR]

@@MrVacantace Yo Vacant!　^^

[@felipesqr]

I find it awesome how quickly this kind of narrative gets put together.. nice video, there is a lot of drama in the game development day by day that is mentioned here. I gotta say that "per to per" options that is mentioned a few times is most likely not possible in such game. Its no easy to explain how complex the server side of something like this can get.. what they could do is release that code so we can run local servers like in minecraft or L4D, but even then hard to say how well this could work

[@gomersimpson777ram]

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[@silveridgevr]

YESSSS Thrill!! Hyped to have you on board. As someone who loves this game and it's playerbase, I'm glad we're getting some huge names talking about it.

[@scag4773]

thanks for covering this thrill as a long time viewer and fan but also high tier echo player it means alot to have a little hope restored by being featured on such a big platform as your channel

[@patrickvandijk4605]

Sup scaggy its patty

[@matthewlai5163]

does the distortion mean a new arg?? if so im pretty pumped

[@GriffinLisuk]

I had no idea that Lemming made gorilla tag that’s so sick

[@hammadsheikh6032]

Thrill, you are a legend. Whatever you come up with for this channel, I am confident it will be amazing.

[@katz_]

Thanks for the video thrill. Still shocking to see the game I’ve met some of my favorite people through shut down. Honestly not super confident about anything changing but thank you.

[@ivanjames9471]

Thank you Thrill for helping bring this to light. Echo Arena has really changed my entire life and it must be saved.

[@SteezyVFX]

I spent 24 hours in Echo VR on 10 tabs of acid and honestly had more fun just chilling around in the hub not even playing the game than any other game on VR, something bout the physics and content. It could of still been expanded to be more of a social experience with things like chess and mini games to attract more casual players as it’s just vibey af to fly around and throw discs and I’m not always down to break a sweat.

[@Chrisdoge23]

If your theory is right then I would blame Meta for letting the company get to that state, people only leave jobs they are so passionate about because they get the life sucked out of them by the company they work for.

[@anythingoriginal]

That or they get offered more money elsewhere, or want more money than they earn or deserve. sure sometimes its a bad employer, but I've read about what it's like working these types of places and have known employees of tech places and gone on tours. Their work life is better than many peoples home lives, and that's an absolute fact. Bonuses, free lunches and snacks, undocumented breaks, foosball, pool tables, disc golf baskets, multiple gaming lounges, a gym, gift cards if you bike to work, free gym memberships for outside work. Try working at a tree service. Nobody is passionate about it, you do what your boss tells you for a previously agreed amount, end of story.

[@Lovedd-]

Thank you for covering this man, everyone is gutted by the news, we can use all the eyes we can get on this

[@Dalethe5th]

I'm not someone who plays echo VR a lot but I used to be but I'm still gutted to hear this because I met my 2 best friends on echo VR and I know that so many people can relate. I hope we save echo VR

[@ramno9104]

Echo is basically the only game i play on my quest 2, been playing on and off for like a year and a half or something like that, the community is thriving and you constantly see new players in the lobbies, and it will probably keep bringing in new players since its such a unique game and the only one of its kind really, this is a very bad move on meta's half. #saveEcho

[@Feendoge]

This was so well made in such little time. I take my hat off to you thrill. If anything will make a difference then This will

[@gorse1465]

Meta needs to release a statement on this BS

[@jamesclayton4518]

Absolutely love the idea of a video dropping in a "news alert" style. Literally this is my only source for VR updates and news. I know there are most likely more venues, however I simply don't have time, I barely have time to enjoy what VR I can personally. So if there is a "need to know" "alert everyone" that shouldn't wait until Tuesday Newsday, absolutely let it drop. Love your content, you currently my only source for all things VR. Keep it up.

[@Steadymobbin711]

Meta is so out of touch. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know this is a boneheaded move.

[@charlesm3232]

as someone whos played for years and spent thousands of hoursin arena/combat , its nice to see so many of my friends in this comment section and thank you, youre the person who needed to make this video. thank you thrillseeker for this, im at tears seeing the community get the attention it deserves from arguably one of the largest speaking figures of vr, the pressure this is putting on trumps any effort that we have been able to put together and hopefully some form of the game can continue, we are heartbroken and honestly shock stricken that a huge part of our lives is being stripped in months, im lucky enough to still be able toplay quite alot( probly too much lol) and while thankful one of my teamates put it right after news broke, every pub is like going to a party where everyone has stage 4 cancer and no one wants to think about it. we are being left with no alternative and RAD staff have said they wont give server software/peer to peer functionality due to "security". hopefully things change, hopefully we can keep somthing. thank you for this video, im so exited to see one of my fav creators speak out about this, my friends and i thank you deeply.

[@diamondvideos1061]

I wonder if the community could band together and buy it from Meta 🤔

[@Only_Echo]

The amount of time I've spent in Echo VR not only practicing for VRML but playing with friends, I will lose connection with so many of my friends due to this. I am a developer myself not a developer for RAD but I am a developer and I know how long and how much time was put spent and put into this game, not only is was this the biggest game in the VR industry, but it was a home to thousands of people and for them to just give us those news without any real explanation besides making a new game, is really messed up and will make many members of their community lose trust in them as they spent time and dedication in that game to be the best they can at it and make new friends. Having to find a new favorite VR game is very hard as there isn't that many to choose from and only about 5-10% of VR games are free to play. This isn't okay and I hate to see that the end of Echo is near, I hope all of you spend your time with Echo as much as possible before it leaves us, create all the memories you can with echo before it's to late. I wish you all luck on finding a new favorite game on VR and I hope you all wipe those tears on the final day as you probably won't stop crying for awhile.

[@linktotime131]

It’s sad to see a game go especially one like this even though I’ve never played the game These communities that are built from it are amazing and so let’s hope someone makes a spiritual successor.

[@duffwuff]

Getting strong "bring out your dead" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail vibes from this story. "I'm not dead!" "Well, he will be soon. He's very ill." "I'm getting better!" "No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment."

[@clally12]

Thanks a lot Thrill, I’ve been playing this game for about 5 years of my life and it really has changed me in the best way possible. I met so many close friends that I hope I can keep in my life forever. Thanks for giving us a little hope, this just feels awful. Keep up the great work!

[@depresion5884]

Thank you Thrill for bringing light to this topic, let's hope something can be done before it's too late!

[@patrickvandijk4605]

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[@bonelabguy1]

3:39 as soon as this started playing I got Goosebumps

[@gomersimpson777ram]

its back online 3

[@troublemakers2977]

loved every single video up untill this point, just sitting here flabbergasted, wondering if you got dropped on your head over the weekend lol

[@Apollozona]

What makes you hate this one so much? Ah, read your other comment. It absolutely does have to do with meta considering rad themselves said they came to the conclusion after talking to people in meta, their parent company, you know, their higher ups. They’ve had absolutely no problem working on big projects before like lone echo 2 while simultaneously updating and maintaining echo vr, and it’s only bigger now and produces more money with all the cosmetics and battle passes. The decision completely rests on meta and their controlling money hungry nature.

[@FireNive380]

This is just plain wrong on Meta’s side. If this really IS Meta pulling strings on this, what’s keeping them from shutting down other communities in other games? We MUST find a way to stop Meta and their hell-like parade, in which thank you very much Thrill for making these videos. Inspires the VR community to stand up for themselves ❤

[@itsyoloman4279]

I play this game competitively and I have been for years, people like you with a following can make a huge difference, so I appreciate you!!

[@BeyondtheAgesStudios]

Getting the Lynx R1 just got a heck more tempting.

[@_Peachyb_2]

I had a friend who was in the pro side of Echo and I used to watch his games and go on call with him during practice. His teammates became close friends and even invited me to get in and play with them. I have an index tho so I literally had to use 2 launchers at the same time to get it running and even then it wasn’t perfect. I’m really sad to see this go up in flames. Those guys are so dedicated and passionate about this game 😭

[@Ryruff]

Over the past 2 and a half years I have had the most fun and met the best friends I have ever had. It hurts to see that a game with a great future with a growing player base. Echo had a great community aspect (with to be fair a lot of exceptions, a lot due to the lack of dev support) that helped me through some tough times as well as through my friends roughest moments. Seeing all of that just, slowly disappearing especially after all the work I put in to be at the top just sucks. I hope this all ends out well but with RAD’s history I severely doubt it.

[@broofy-7507]

Thank you for posting it. The Community appreciates it a ton. this game isnt just a game... Its like a second home, friends, fun, hours and hours of gameplay... all down the drain, and for what?

[@crazytortoise3477]

Hi, just wanted to say thank you so much for covering this, I play Echo in VRML and have done for a year now, and have been playing Echo Arena VR itself for well over 2 years, made some of the best memories and friends of my life that at this point are a second family to me, the fight for echo has got to continue and I'm incredibly happy and proud that a major content creator is bringing this to some attention and calling Meta out on the stunt they are pulling, thank you again and #saveEcho

[@gomersimpson777ram]

its back online 2

[@mrspicolli]

Thank you so much for bringing light to this insanity. I cannot believe they would think of trying to kill Echo when it has brought so many people to the vr and made us very excited for the future of it

[@gomersimpson777ram]

its back online 2

[@craigbeare9770]

Meta tries to become VR and just ends up smothering it with a pillow made up of money thanks mark what an innovative genius you are !

[@StormyDoesVR]

Love hearing you really connect your own VR story with this game, I'd love to hear more videos in this style where you just go on blast and let your heart out about VR stuff you really care about. This was an emotional video and I could hear the heart you put into it. Keep up the great work Thrill! Echo Forever! #saveEcho

[@Omnipraevalent]

Thanks for helping in this situation

[@elianmandurov3914]

Gorilla tag and echo vr is amazing there are too of my fav games BTW r.i.p echo vr were going to miss you :(