Notice of End Game

[avalonmods]

It's a little bit early for the monthly announcements, but this is a special occasion. This is unfortunately going to be one of the last. Isle of Avalon will be entering an abridged end-game, to finish in October.

Life circumstances change and headmod Tay is no longer feasibly able to keep up with the workload required to give everyone the experience they deserve at Isle of Avalon. After discussion among the moderation team, we decided that giving Isle of Avalon closure was the best solution, even if it wasn't the planned story to unfold.

To that end, we have set a schedule and will be making a few changes in operation to go over with you below.

Schedule

• 8/29: QuestBoard
  The QuestBoard will be released as scheduled, but with 5 quests of each type available for those who were wishing to gain or complete titles for their characters before end game. Those with titles will be posted at the top of the @isleofavalon community at the end of October, to be pinned to the top of the community.

• 9/1: Test Drive Meme - Final
  The game is closing, why are we having a TDM!? That is because any characters who were previously in the game are welcome to come back to play through the finale without apping. Comment in reply to your original Taken list comment (should be screened, but visible to you logged in) to re-add your character to Isle of Avalon for the end game. The TDM will focus on the quest for the final needed item to get to Excalibur from the Calamity's Heart, Lancelot's Dispell Ring.

• 9/16: Event
  Preparations for the final expedition, a time for everyone to say goodbye and a ceremony/celebration to thank everyone for their efforts. It won't be action heavy so everyone has plenty of time in September to have any threads they had planned but hadn't gotten to, as well as closure.

• 10/1: Finale Log
  

Other Notes

• Activity Check: All AC starting with this month is canceled. You don't owe anything and no one will be kicked at this point.

• Rewards: Rewards will not be actively processed. However, we are open to anyone ICly gaining any of the current recurring rewards to play with in the game if they hadn't gotten the chance to.

• Original Story: There was an original story written with 7 different possible endings. This will be released. It does not include all choices made along the way, which have altered the pathway to the end game (which we were almost going to enter soon anyway-- but a much more substantial, longer version.)

• NPC Appointments: Closed.

We are sorry that we could not give you the full planned experience, but we are so happy and privileged to have had all of you love Isle of Avalon along with us. Thank you so much. Please let us know if you have any final questions or words in this post.

Lastly, I want to give a special thanks to Cian (co-creator) and our wonderful co-mods current and past: Fii, Shiranna, Orange Crates, and Belmont. This game would not have been possible without each of their help.

Comments

[angel_of_death]

I will miss playing here! T_T

Please take care, Tay. I will pester you on Discord!

I will pester a few of you!!

[hor]

Ofc <3 def not gonna stop bothering you.

[angel_of_death]

<3

[phoenixwiz]

Current Player here. I have been struggling to be active for months since things slow down in here and Harry lost plenty of friends over time. I still have good memories from here and I will certainly miss this game.

[angel_of_death]

I think more than a few of us have been struggling a bit lately, between life affecting us personally and life affecting others we play with. I hope things improve for you!

[phoenixwiz]

Thanks for the response. It is pretty relatable (life can be quite a downer) and I do hope things will improve within the next two months.

[angel_of_death]

Indeed! I intend to finish out this game on a high note!

[phoenixwiz]

Me too! I’m also intending to wrap it up with a bang.

[weenwoon]

I never managed to be super active (because of a wwwwide variety of irl things) but I am super grateful for the game! I really hope that things get better for you guys no matter what, and please take care! Avalon gave me the opportunity to meet wonderful people and have fun both with Hythlodaeus and Ardyn (extra thanks to Tay for letting me pull off the Veil bullshit!). I hope we'll still get to hang out in the future!

[angel_of_death]

You and I are going to play again somewhere.

/point

[itsmypower]

I never thought I'd have a "home" game, but it's definitely been Avalon, and I'm definitely so grateful! I'm going to miss this, and terribly, but all that means is that you've made it fun, so please be well (first of all!) and thank you! I'm always chronically behind, but I've been truly so happy. It's meant so much!

[angel_of_death]

It's been awesome playing with you! I still have your tag in my inbox (I'm sick... again, so I'm a little slow right now ;;) and will get to it hopefully tomorrow. Sorry for the delays!

[itsmypower]

No, please don't worry!! I'm really disastrously slow forever... But I do have to say this, you've been a "writing idol" the longest, and one of the reasons I've fought to improve so much. So I'm going to continue working! (I'll send my Discord if you'd like it, but also please feel better!)

[angel_of_death]

I'd be glad to have your Discord.

Oddly enough, though, roleplay is what taught me to be better at writing. Writing used to be one of my weak points, until I started using that synonym function in the word processor and found new ways of arranging words.

I will say this, though. The way you write is practically poetry. While you may be looking for ways to improve, your style is pretty unique! You could be a really great writer someday!

[itsmypower]

That's really heartening to hear, though! Words are puzzles to me sometimes, so I get stuck quite a bit (I still have tags from July left). But thank you for your encouragement (poetry really means a lot to me)! I guess we'll go all out these last two months? It's been an honor!

[mayoninofukucho]

Thank you so much for all the fun and joy you gave us here in Avalon!! ❤️ It's been a wonderful time (and still will be while it lasts)!

This game has been so full of life and magic right from the beginning, and everyone put a lot of love (and a lot of work!) into it. That showed in everything - the TDMs and events, the quests, the bestiary, the changing map... the turn of the seasons always brought something familiar and something new. I'm really happy to have been here for most of the ride! Hijikata got to develop in some really unexpected directions on this strange island.

I wish we had more time to experience the full version of the endgame, but I have no doubt that this was the best and most feasible option, and I'm sure the upcoming schedule items will be engaging and exciting! I really appreciate the mod teams' thoughtfulness as always (making enough quests for everyone to be able to gain a title, letting previous characters return for the end...)! Thank you, really. I'm happy I got to play with so many nice people who put up with this mayonnaise fanatic!

[angel_of_death]

It's been great playing with you!

Did you see the Mayo quest?

[mayoninofukucho]

Likewise!! ❤️

I saw and appreciate it, haha... way to elevate some online trolling into a sales pitch! I'll definitely toss up a quest post next month (or incorporate some quest prompts into the TDM).