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Fake STO News Post

ambassadorkael#6946 ambassadorkael
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edited April 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Just posting this here because a ton of folks have sent it to me today. There's an image that looks like a screenshot of an official STO news post floating around that says the game is shutting down. This was an April Fool's joke posted on a player's private Reddit, that quickly spiraled out of control. Please do not take it seriously, we're continuing to work on the issues that cropped up today, and STO is going nowhere. :)
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  • timelords1701timelords1701 Member Posts: 556 Arc User
    Maybe its the changelings trying to create further unrest..
    Maybe if we can get a hold of the current U.S.S. TITAN they may be able to help eliminate them like we just saw in episode 8 of Picard... ;)
  • ikonn#1068 ikonn
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    edited April 2023
    Yeah I seen that and it probably was fun... for them.

    I didn't think it was funny.

    The reason is simple, because I could actually see that happening. Areas of the game have already been removed because of "Legacy Code". It wouldn't be much of a stretch of the imagination to see an announcement like that explaining why the game is being shut down because of other parts of "Legacy Code".

    I had a lot of respect for that particular armada since I actually had a toon in their Alpha fleet a couple years ago, but if they find that amusing, my respect for them has gone.
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  • splattysplatty Member Posts: 146 Arc User
    edited April 2023
    (Trolling comments moderated out. - BMR)
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  • frenzy#1670 frenzy
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         Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited April 2023
    (Off topic, derailing comments removed. - BMR)
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  • cryolordcryolord Member Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited April 2023
    (DOOM comments removed. - BMR)
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  • bantoinebantoine Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    Last time I checked, April fools jokes were on April 1st. This "fake" news seems to have been made on April 5th. Maybe it was a joke. Seems terribly elaborate for a joke. But I suppose, the more work put in, the better the comedy payout. (shrug) Been a lifetime sub for a good while. I love the game but I have had the value repaid 200x plus.
  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,512 Arc User
    edited April 2023
    cryolord wrote: »
    (DOOM comments removed. - BMR)

    This post was made by some folk in a Fleet within the game, not by anyone at Cryptic.
    Folk are buying LTS; the Dil Ex is not broken and never has been, it's just there's not enough players selling their Zen.
    bantoine wrote: »
    Last time I checked, April fools jokes were on April 1st. This "fake" news seems to have been made on April 5th. Maybe it was a joke. Seems terribly elaborate for a joke. But I suppose, the more work put in, the better the comedy payout. (shrug) Been a lifetime sub for a good while. I love the game but I have had the value repaid 200x plus.

    Again, not done by anyone at Cryptic, it was made by someone within a Fleet within the game.
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    "You don't want to patrol!? You don't want to escort!? You don't want to defend the Federation's Starbases!? Then why are you flying my Starships!? If you were a Klingon you'd be killed on the spot, but lucky for you.....you WERE in Starfleet. Let's see how New Zealand Penal Colony suits you." Adm A. Necheyev.
  • subzer0d1videsubzer0d1vide Member Posts: 144 Arc User
    I think the joke is on us since we can't even get in to play. On a holiday weekend at that.
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  • richardlwhite1richardlwhite1 Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    i am hoping this gets fixed soon. my launcher will not even connect
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 11,026 Community Moderator
    edited April 2023
    Ok, folks, this isn't a discussion or reporting thread about the current outage. This is about the fake news article a player made about sunsetting the game. As this is really more about informing y'all that it was indeed fake, a discussion isn't really necessary, and it's now splitting outage discussion between threads. So, I'm closing this for that reason, and let's take the outage discussion back to its own thread. Thank you. /thread
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