The end of OS

[Yosei]

"Outspark" still technically exists, it's just now Gamigo US San Francisco. The companies merged. So if you have sparkcash, it's still there, it just transferred to the Gamigo equivalent. Same with your account, items, etc. And any money Outspark has been making as of late is likely already going to Gamigo.

[Blaaaaaaaah]

It feels more than a bit weird. Despite the fact that not many of us play Fiesta regularly any more, it's the end of the company that brought most of us together, and I don't feel sorry for them.

lol

[Vasu]

Ah, but the item I was talking about was for Luvinia, which is no longer available to play.

[MikeyG]

UASHuifdAHSifugAIPsugfas

My reaction to Luvinia being shut down ..
The game seemed to have a large enough population
to keep it going .. guess not though.

[Yosei]

If anyone still plays Fiesta, let me know if you will have to transfer or patch the game. I know there are some differences in the US and EU Fiesta, such as names of mobs and such. If all of the names from US Fiesta are gone, the wiki may have to be updated.

[Hessah]

it sounds like it's not a merge of server.. coz otherwise you'll have people with same character names...

[Yosei]

Yeah it sounds like it won't be changing much... just company name. I was told they're still in the same building, same people, just no longer going by "Outspark".

[Vasu]

No need for any transfer, just need to patch your launcher. Fiesta US is going to remain a separate entity from Fiesta EU with slightly different game mechanics and content. The game actually still says "Outspark" on the server selection screen.

As for the staff, from the forums, most people think that the GMs and technical staff are still the same while all the CSRs have been changed or something. Or that might just be what they were hoping for haha.

[Andromeda]

http://news.priorsmart.com/parallel-...outspark-l7zX/

It would appear that Outspark was sued on February 1st for using a patented method for caching data between users, the server, and the users ISP on their servers. Upon being sued, they realized that they could possibly lose a lot of money as well as other things (servers, data.. etc..) and decided to sell out what they had to Gamigo, a foreign company, which would not be affected by U.S. laws. Whether or not Outspark was guilty of the offense seems quite debatable to me however, it is what it is. After researching a bit, it seems this company (SharedParallel Networks) is a very sue happy company that grasps at whatever straws they can get (Just Google the company's name and you will understand what I mean by 'sue happy'...). So, did Outspark do the right thing? For those of you that play Fiesta I think you should be grateful for them selling their license to Gamigo. It was quite a wise decision on their part. They saved our precious NA Fiesta Server data (i.e, your hard work and money..), pocketed some money, and destroyed any such evidence that could possibly be found to convict them guilty of breaking the patent. As much as we'd love to say Outspark didn't care, facts show otherwise guys. If they didn't care they could have let the game go under, but instead they did what they could to keep the game alive.

[Ralath]

dun dun dun.... the plot thickens..