Japan Earthquake: Final Fantasy XI / XIV Offline.

10,000 are feared dead, multiple nuclear reactors are close to partial meltdown, and thousands are homeless, stranded amidst a landscape of destruction and chaos in the wake of the largest Earthquake in Japan's history. But the real tragedy, the ultimate suffering, can be found in the victimization of the 37 or so people who still play Final Fantasy XI or XIV.

Due to the continuous earthquakes occurring in the eastern regions of Japan since Mar. 11, 2011, the power companies in Japan have encouraged everyone to cooperate by conserving as much energy as possible as it is feared there will not be enough power supply. Based on the current situation, we have decided to shut down the game servers temporarily, and therefore to suspend services of FINAL FANTASY XIV, FINAL FANTASY XI, and PlayOnline temporarily.

A loss, an absence, a whirlpool of dread for those brave, brave gamers who proudly wade through two of the shittiest, shittiest, MMOs to ever be launched. For the glory of the empire their progress shall abate. Yet perhaps in this loss some hope can be found, in that maybe this will finally shake these individuals out of playing these horrible games for one of which Yoichi Wada actually made a formal apology:

While more than two months have passed since the official launch of FINAL FANTASY XIV service, we deeply regret that the game has yet to achieve the level of enjoyability that FINAL FANTASY fans have come to expect from the franchise, and for this we offer our sincerest of apologies.

He fucking apologized for how terrible the game is, and you asshats are still playing? God, have you fuckers not heard of WoW? Its servers are running just fine and in no danger of destruction from nuclear fallout.

If you actually spend time playing FF XI or XIV? Go sit in a fucking corner while the servers are down and let this news wash over you. I mean, you're waiting to play a game that had such an unstable architecture that a formal apology was made for it. Can you not understand the fallout of such an action? Are you drowning in denial? Ought you not pack up and move on now that your MMO home has been washed away? Is the tsunami of evidence that these games suck not enough to quake your determination to continually float through this seismic gaming fault?

God, what is wrong with you?