It’s a sad day for everyone in RPG Empire specially those who are part of Samurai Japan because in less than ten days the sim known as Samurai Japan, together with another sim, will be closed. Seriously, the notice came as a surprise to me because I thought, when Ireland and Scottland were closed, that no other RPG Empire sim will be closed as stated in a notice but I guess I was too naive to believe it.

The New Training Arena. Too bad noone would get to enjoy using it anymore!

The reason stated as to why Samurai Japan is closing is that it simply just died. Aw! I guess it just didn’t receive the support it desperately need. I remember a group notice from the Empress saying that only one fighter came to participate in a scheduled tournament and only two came to join a raid. With such turn-outs, no wonder Samurai Japan is closing.

I don’t want to say this but I’m seeing the same pattern with Dark Century. It’s very inactive and I haven’t heard or seen any events for weeks excluding the 100,000L$ Master Tournament. If this continue then I won’t be surprise anymore if Dark Century follows Samurai Japan.

I think what these sims need are active people who are willing to devote their time in making it successful. I’m not sure if the positions are voluntary or if they are compensated but one thing I am sure of is that the sims need active and devoted people who can bring in and encourage other people to participate and become active themselves.

Anyway, even if I don’t know anyone in Samurai Japan anymore still it makes me sad to know that it will soon close. The potential of becoming a great sim was there but, unfortunately, it never happened.

Some Snapshots of Samurai Japan