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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.
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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.