Player's Letter to Rhialto

[Bullfrogz]

I took it upon myself to write the first draft to our letter to rhialto to bring back wyvern. But I am no english major and need all your help to finish this. It is a google document, so if anyone wants to add to it they can. Also feel free to fix any grammatical and spelling mistakes made by me or by future additions.

At the bottom there is a place for everyone to sign. You can put your email there, or your name, but I thought emails would work because that is what is used to sign most official online petitions. Also next to your signature feel free to put a short reason of why you love the game or want it to come back. I understand not everyone wants to give our their emails, if that's the case then you can put your character name or just use a junk email.

I am also no artist, if anyone wants to add a title to the letter they may. Be creative!

After a week or so, or when the community feels we have enough signatures I will close the document and share it with Rhialto. If the wizards want to add anything or add any input they may, but we are not asking anything of you because we know you don't want to be involved in the back and forth between Rhialto. But I do ask all of you to please sign!

If anyone has comments or suggestions say them, because this is not my letter it is the players, I just simply wrote a first draft to get us started. Just please be nice to it so I dont have to start backing it up all the time.

Thanks guys! Here is the link to the document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...0nW6WVLhc/edit


EDIT: The letter was submitted. http://tinyurl.com/DearRhialto/

EDIT2: Response:

Rhialto - It's a lovely letter. I can't promise anything, but I have started up some discussions about potential solutions.
It helps to know that there are so many people who want it back.

Me - Is there anything you would like me to tell the members of the forums waiting for a response? If you would like to tell them yourself the active forum is http://www.wyvernrpg.com/forum/index.php if not I can convey a message.

Rhialto - You can tell them that everyone at work is so impressed with your letter that they all want to see the game now, and they're pressuring me to take the time to get it back online. So now I can't even avoid it at work.

[JBlak]

Good on you, I have already signed this letter.

It's nice to know that we, the players, are doing something about it.

[Rarkvar]

My brother and myself have sent him various messages to both his emila, google+, and even his youtube account. This won't hurt I suppose.

[Irlazy]

So weird seeing other people alter the document while you are trying to type something lol. I kept stopping to look at what else was going on in the document.

[Rarkvar]

Sorry about that lol I was typing a nice paragraph about the game haha.

Riordan and Belray I'm sure will sign and most likely add a little of their own to the letter tomorrow morning.

[Frosten]

Amazing idea Miah. So far we are up to 19 signatures. Do we want to try to meet a quota of some sorts before we send it out to R? Perhaps wait until we receive at least 50 sigs or wait a certain amount of time (a week or two) so that most lurkers have the chance to sign. Just a thought...

[binsenkind]

thank you for starting this letter, i think it´s a good thing.
i doubt there are many games out there where ppl not only are addicted, but also have such a deep, warm and lovefull relation to their favourite game.
i really enjoyed reading the comments and some memories came back.
darn, i rememered how gazers nearly gave me a heart-attache when i was a low level dwarf and rd-ing together with tahuuti.
i was so scared like they were really in my room sitting under my bed

[Jacksparow]

haha oh yeah! I remember the gazer in the cave on the way to macabre used to get me everytime, and my goal being to kill him, so every level I got I would go in and try to kill him... But I'd fail and go kill elves again.

[Vozka]

Wait at least 2 weeks, it was a complete coincidence I decided to check the forums after some time just now. The letter is a great idea and well written. I'll try to reach Peacy (Peacemaster on forums) or Yana tomorrow, they'd probably like to sign as well, but I'm afraid the contact info listed in his profile here is outdated.

[Bullfrogz]

It's been receiving over five signatures a day, so I have no plans to submit it yet.

[JBlak]

It'll funny if Rhialto himself decides to check the forums now.

[Teshuvah]

Originally Posted by Bullfrogz

It's been receiving over five signatures a day, so I have no plans to submit it yet.

Have you gone through the members list to see if any have public emails and contacted players that way?

[igorith]

I was cautious what I added to the document, since I didn't want to botch the voice of the original writer. I also think it might be a bit better to call him Mr. Yegge, not Steve. Not sure.

[Arilou]

Originally Posted by Kama

I'm just going to pretend that made sense.

Considering that's the genius who thinks you guys should try to get Rhialto to buy two servers, the smile + nod approach is indeed the best way to go. *chuckles*

Originally Posted by igorith

I was cautious what I added to the document, since I didn't want to botch the voice of the original writer. I also think it might be a bit better to call him Mr. Yegge, not Steve. Not sure.

Per usual I don't know what Unknown was prattling on about with his "there's not a Rhialto" bit.

Rhialto is more than appropriate - That's what you non-blog referrals best know him by, that's what he signs his Wyvern related emails with, (though technically he shortens it to just "R") and that's how Teshuvah and I refer to him even though we have had far more communication with him than any of you.

[rilian]

I've signed it, only thing left is sealing and delivering.

[Bullfrogz]

Here is an update on the letter and a response to some private messages I have been receiving.

We are up to about 60 signatures, and have been receiving a few everyday. I do not plan to submit until signatures slow down, but there is no hurry. We have waited almost a year, a few more weeks won't hurt. The thing is I do no want to submit until we have as many signatures as we can get, and my contacts out of the game have almost been exhausted. So I need your help to keep the signatures coming. Ask people on your instant messaging contacts, or ask some friends who would be interested in trying the game when it returns, to sign and express that interest. I didn't just write this for me, It is for everyone, and it all comes down to how much you want it to succeed.

As far as finally submitting goes, I only have one email of Rhialto's and it is one that I have been told by a good friend he replies too. Would this be the way everyone would like to proceed? I guess my biggest fear is since it seemed a lot people were emailing him after the prank was pulled in attempts to get a response on the game, I'm afraid my email would be sent to or filtered to trash. There is no way I would know if it was filtered to trash or was just ignored, but not getting a response is a possible outcome of all of this and all I have to say is "At least we tried!"
If you believe there is a different way we should approach giving him this letter when it is finished, I would love your ideas and any other ideas regarding the letter.

Regarding the player's interest in donating to the game. I don't think it should be included in the main letter considering I can speak for everyone on the idea of Wyvern returning, but I cannot speak for everyone regarding dishing out some cash. What I suggest is if your truly interested in donating, express that in your signature. Your signature is just as editable as the rest of the letter, so if you want to go back and include that your more than welcome. If you think I should still include or mention donations elsewhere, let me know and explain why.

Otherwise, 60 signatures is amazing and more than I ever expected to see. But since we have got this far why stop? Keep them coming, if this is our last shot at getting the game up, we might as well make it a good one. Thank you everyone.

[Teshuvah]

Things to think about...

Posting the letter on a web page and emailing R the link to it with a copy, while simultaneously posting the link to his G+.

It wouldnt be spammy this way but "touches" all bases available currently.