Distant Worlds - A journey beyond the Abyss

Ginrikuzuma · Apr 9, 2016

best of luck to those still flying back home

Cornelius Robinson · Apr 9, 2016

shab00ka said:
Brief video of Beagle Point week, the races today and tomorrow, and my plans after for returning home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-uJCwxZyDU

Whenever someone asks about Distant Worlds, your videos sums it up perfectly. Thanks for the memories!

Caedus · Apr 9, 2016

shab00ka said:
Brief video of Beagle Point week, the races today and tomorrow, and my plans after for returning home

I forgot to thank you specifically, without your videos I would never have found out about DW. So thank you, you captured the feeling perfectly and that drove me to catch up with everyone. I look forward to future videos

floc · Apr 9, 2016

Just a quick good-bye to the old thread before the lock

I want to thank all of you guys, all cmdrs out there, and fdev, for taking so much care of their users, supporting them and partecipating with them... This make big difference for us. But the bigger thanks go to the organizers, for the planning, the enthusiasm, the fleetcomms, the videos, the newsletter and all the "dirty" work behind this amazing adventure. You changed a game and made it simply better.
Best luck to all for returning home, I will stay in Kamzel till the bubble, trying to cross a bit east of Svenno crossing thru "route 33".

Fly safe cmdrs o7

Traveller_GG · Apr 9, 2016

Personally I'm glad to see the back of you lot.

I dunno - all this idiocy: flying straight at SRVs and boosting just over their heads, swearing on live feeds (that's just shameful that is), driving round a world getting shot at and swearing on live feeds (that's just shameful that is), dropping your SRV off cliff you've parked on (childish, so very childish), playing ridiculous games of tag in the same, and looking for bloody rocks to help some window licking antipodean lunatic who can't get a proper ship.... shakes head in despair....

Time to get back to some proper exploring with empty systems and rocks, and more rocks and possibly rocks. Rocks, that's what exploring is about. Rocks. And Gas. Rings.

muttermuttermutter......

Blairvoyach · Apr 9, 2016

Just want to say a big thank you to the organisers of Distant Worlds, FDEV and every last one of the travellers whether they made it or not, in particular every CMDr that either asked for or accepted my friendship, you made it an awesome experience for a terminally shy bloke[heart] . DWE has set the standard for every other community event there will ever be in the E: D galaxy and my God the bar was set high. This is truly user led emergent gameplay at its finest and the next time I see "Mile wide, Inch deep" written in a post, I will reach through the screen and punch them in the mouth!

Ziggy Stardust · Apr 9, 2016

Traveller_GG said:
swearing on live feeds (that's just shameful that is)

Warning, the next video may contain the word: horsepuppies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_osQvkeNRM

Having said that, give us a hug!

SunDodger · Apr 9, 2016

And a thank you from me - to the Organizers and Pilots of DW. It's been awesome, and I'm looking forward to seeing green tabs all over the Galaxy Map in the years to come. Fly far and safe all. o7

Alisto Thorne · Apr 9, 2016

Due to work commitments, my game PC blowing up, building a VR-capable replacement and losing a bit of motivation while waiting for my Vive pre-order (which I've still not heard anything about from HTC by the way), I'm still a few way points away from Beagle Point. I'm going to have to spend some time getting more jump boosts too, as there was no damn way I was travelling without being fully armed. Sort of glad I decided on the latter, by the way, as I've been jumped twice by players who really weren't expecting a fully A-specced combat ready ship out here

. I'm doing the rest on Solo.

floc · Apr 9, 2016

Alisto Thorne said:
[...] there was no damn way I was travelling without being fully armed. [...]

That reminds me something... Are my b3 plasmas the farthest ever plasma cannons in the history of humanity?

(I think they're not, must be some cmdr much more insane than me, before...)

Cornelius Robinson · Apr 9, 2016

Sadly, Drogo beat you to it. He arrived a month early with 2 huge accelerators in a corvette.

floc · Apr 9, 2016

I knew it! lol

shab00ka · Apr 9, 2016

Caedus said:
I forgot to thank you specifically, without your videos I would never have found out about DW. So thank you, you captured the feeling perfectly and that drove me to catch up with everyone. I look forward to future videos

Cornelius Robinson said:
Whenever someone asks about Distant Worlds, your videos sums it up perfectly. Thanks for the memories!

NCC71201 said:
Thank you cmdr shab00ka for all your great videos. Good news that you plan on makeing a small video series about your journey home, I look forward
to see them. Have a save journey home! o7

AcademicDust894 said:
ShabOOka Just like to Thank You for your DW videos. They have been really enjoyable & a safe journy home Cmdr.

Your kind words are the reason I can stay up entirely too late and get up way too early to make these videos.
So thank you for supporting my obsession

Billy Chase · Apr 9, 2016

Erimus and Dr Kaii,
all the videomakers
all the people involved with organising this trip,
all the people at the waypoints coming up with all kinds of shenanigans,
everyone who took part in this great Distant Worlds Expedition....

... THANK YOU! You have made this one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, gaming experience in the history of ... history! Cheers to everyone and see you out there in the black!

o7

Adeezha · Apr 10, 2016

iain666 · Apr 10, 2016

I wasn't there, but I've been watching and I can only salute all of you who made it - and those of you who will make it in the fullness of time.

Wh1teRabb1t · Apr 10, 2016

TOUCHDOWN!

I MADE IT BACK "safely" IN 5 DAYS! (Sagitta-Carina Arm)

Wish YOU the best, and thank you ALL for the awesome event!

drkaii · Apr 10, 2016

Thread finally closed. We made a singularity thread! First in the explorer's forum. Add that to our accolades

This thread reached critical mass just in time for the end of the main phase of the expedition. I closed it after midnight of 9th April, the end of (the first) Beagle Point week. It has been an absolute blast, and I won't go over all my mushy words of emotion and pride, you can see those in the official departure from BP video (keep an eye on my channel). I will say though that this thread will always be a monument, 6 months old, to DWE, the first ever mission of its kind.

Thanks all for taking part, and keep an eye on the FGE Wing, who arrive with their entourage May 31st, at BP.

Please continue the discussion here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=242548

I will leave you with some final words from Erimus:

Erimus said:
I just want to say thanks for all the messages folks have sent from the very beginning of this adventure months ago, right up to the present. Almost every day someone has PM'd me or emailed me saying how much fun Distant Worlds is bringing them, and how many friends they've made along the way. That means a lot.

I'm not very good at sentimental stuff, so I'll leave it to Dr Kaii to add his own words to that - he's far better at it than me, and as Zulu Romeo mentioned, Kaii has been the heart and soul of this event.. his enthusiasm and sheer joy at how much fun other players are having has been a pleasure to witness all along the way. And he deserves a medal the size of the rings of Podar for the sheer amount of work he's put in.

The FleetComm admins have been a godsend too - they've helped create a real thriving community of explorers on there, something that will hopefully live on long after Distant Worlds. So much more potential for more DW kind of events can be born in there thanks to the dedication and continuous work that NeoTron, Kancro, and grnbrg have put in. Unsung heroes, all. I can't thank you guys enough o7.

Distant Worlds has been blessed with some fantastic content creators, and there's now a wealth of fantastic videos, blogs, and posts, and gigabytes of photos, not to mention the sheer dedication the prospectors brought to the venture. These are things that all of us will be able to look back on and continue to enjoy in years to come.

And to the various groups that have sprang up from the ranks of the DW fleet, the Candy Crew and Rock Rats - both bringing high-octane fun to those basecamp meetups, and really getting the best out of the social aspect Kaii and myself had envisioned back when this event was just an idea. Thanks guys o7.

And to the the Distant Worlds fleet - thanks for coming along! As I mentioned elsewhere, Kaii and myself may have got the ball rolling, but you guys ran with it and made Distant Worlds what it will be remembered for

Too tired to write anymore for now so I'll save the rest for the final Distant Worlds newsletter

Erimus Kamzel, Beagle Point, signing off o7...

For the future of our fleet, and all other exploration wings, here is the Expedition Hub, the next phase of all this: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=241589

Memories

And finally here's a collection of memories, not exhaustive by any means, but a good summary of most of the achievements and shenanigans we got up to:

Videos

Data

Iconic Photos
List of Organisers

Erimus/Kamzel
Inception, continuous flow of great ideas and structuring of everything, scouting the entire route twice, choosing the basecamps, making maps and guides, administration, managing Kamzel, managing the roster with Dr. Kaii – and 100 other things

Dr. Kaii
For public relations, working with FD to make this something special, and liaising with external gaming magazines, making the official videos (usually collections of lots of videos) and newsletters, and of course his continuous background administration, coordination and enabling, and 100 other things

Glasswalker
For setting up the fleet comms and providing Teamspeak servers, and creation of the Distant Worlds Wiki Page.

NeoTron, grnbrg, Kancro Vantas
For providing Discord servers for registered fleet members - the epic task and amazing result of our community hub

Corbin Moran and the FGE
For work on the FGE aspect of Cartographic data collection during the expedition, and the creation of the official DW Poster.

Wishblend
For work on the FGE Cartographic and Exploration Wings events and organization during the expedition, and for creation of the Fleet Tracker.

Wolverine
For setting up and administrating the Distant Worlds Facebook page and promoting the event further afield. And for maintaining the overflow private group for latecomers to the expedition.

Katejina
For the creation of the fleet roster commander profiles thread, bringing a sense of role play to the expedition, and for updating and administrating the overflow roster.

Akira Makasari
For collating Cartographic & Prospecting data - one of the expeditions main goals in association with the Galactic Mapping Project.

Jhyrryl
For setting up the Trello site - for fleet Cartographers and Prospectors.

Kancro Vantas
For fleet comms administration (Discord), and being the DW spokesperson for the USA timezone fleet.

Kola2
For setting up and running the DW Logo Competition.

The_Damn_Fox
For creation and administration of the DW Steam Community Page.

Rodent54
For setting up and maintaining the XBox roster.

Nexolek, Dommarraa, and Eoran
For their work on the early prospecting databases.

The Distant Worlds Centralized Photo Gallery Team :
CMDR Qohen Leth, CMDR Galaxyutii, CMDR PaleoGamer, CMDR HeyPinkiePie, CMDR Alistair Hope, CMDR Jerek, CMDR Timotheus Sr., CMDR Txakal, CMDR TK-421994, CMDR Cold Tallinn,

Prospecting & Cartography:
Akira Makasari
Nexolek
Jhyrrl (for Trello)
Eisen
Michael Darkmoor
Lyneria
Baroness Galaxy

The Candy Crew
A player group borne out of DWE that have provided lots of fun, shenanigans and the Candyball Enduro Rallys
CMDR Raijin
CMDR Isokix
CMDR Astromiko and many more.

Anthor for EDSM

DoubtOutLoud for doing the Arrivals Form

Shascar Vas, JDude1 and Fulst for fleet security

Eisen and Astromiko for their help with the newsletter

Blackneto for streaming key events and launches (along with Katejina)

Special thanks to the following :
Dognosh, Finwen, divisionbyzero, Blackneto Gaming, Newman1702, Charles Darkflow, Obsidian Ant, CMDR Bartmoss, Allitnil, Stulli, David Hedbor, Michael Wrightson, Paul Mumby, Phoenix, Satsuma, and the Fuel Rats.
And Walt Kermin on behalf of the Pioneers Cooperative for inviting the DW fleet into the Colonization Competition.
And finally, Ed Lewis (Frontier Developments).