February 28th, 2009, was a dark day for MMO players, as crowds flocked to Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa in the hopes of hitting level 50 and seeing the return to Earth before the game was closed forever.
YouTuber GaminGHD said that he remembered it “like it was yesterday,” and in a new retrospective, he recalls the final hours of Tabula Rasa while sharing the many screenshots he took on a European server. He said that seeing the players swarm into the battle was a “beautiful sight” that was nevertheless bittersweet.
We’ve shared this video of the last day of Tabula Rasa with you after the jump along with a bonus interview with Garriott that explains why the MMO was mishandled and ultimately canned by NCsoft.
Source: YouTube
