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X B A N D W
I D T H
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Dev Updates
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#2
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2020.04.01
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FOOL'S GOLD
Happy April
Fool's Day! Welcome to the
official website for all things
XBAND Guild, and the second
devpost for this fool's errand.
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Nostalgia is a hell of a drug, and I keep
chasing it. Last month essentially saw the
"soft-release" of Phantasy Star Online 2
for XBOX One in the guise of an "open
beta". I purchased the console just to
play the game early (and in hindsight I
should have purchased it sooner as I
missed out on goodies from participating
in the closed beta). After the initial
euphoria of finally diving in to the
western release of the game I've been
waiting for since July of 2012, my mood
took a melancholic turn as the realization
of how lonely the experience was began to
set in.
In the past, releases like this used to be
coordinated hype trains of the squad
coming together, whether it was a new
Diablo, Smash Bros, the latest WoW
expansion, and others. With the passing of
time and the inevitable diverging of the
paths it brings, I began to wonder if this
is what things would be like forevermore.
However, my brother was quick to remind me
that the game was still not "officially
released", and that the PC release hadn't
even come about just yet. This brought a
little optimism back into my outlook, as
the majority of the gang have gaming PCs,
but only two others had an XBOX One.
However, as I stated in my intital
devpost, this little website project is
more to serve the past than the future, so
I present to you the next little piece of
the XBAND timeline.
The Golden Age:
I had a lot of fun reminiscing about this
time period, but I found it much more
difficult to "put to paper" than the
Platinum Age. My memory isn't what it used
to be, and parodixcally it seems that the
closer I get to the present the less I
remember. Thus I would like to extend an
invitation to all those involved in that
era (and others) to come forward with
stories that I may have forgotten. I want
this to be a "living" record of things, to
be edited and updated as necessary to get
as full an accounting of XBAND memories as
possible. You can click on this link to
read what I have so far.
2020 seems to be off
to a rough start, and I hope we all make
it through safe to see whether a
course-correct occurs (or not).
- XBAND.GM
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