Last Friday, April 24, we took all the RF servers offline to setup the newest patch, Novus Rising. It took more than 24 hours non-stop to do. A million thanks goes to all the dedicated people who’ve sacrificed sleep (and their weekends) just to make sure that Novus Rising will be up and running.

The servers finally came up around 8am on Saturday morning. It wasn’t 100% perfect but we’re going to patch a lot of stuff ASAP.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped us make Novus Rising a success.

First would be Kim of CCR who flew in from Japan just to help us with the patch configuration. He’s got a lot to catch up on sleep, having worked more than 24-hours straight.

Also, I’d like to thank my RF team, ABM Cydie, CM Vessago and Game Manager Archie (and all our GMs) for really making sure everything was in place. Special thanks goes to project manager Chris Dee for coordinating with all the LU departments and doing the legwork with the timelines. Next up would be the product dev peeps led by Jed and Quing. Thanks guys! The ICT team also did the lion’s share of all thing technical. Thanks to ICT head Pao and his team.

Of course, the creative team led by Hazel, Gi and Adonna did great work (despite the rush) for all marketing and promotional materials. We didn’t have time to produce a gazillion DVDs for this patch (so it’s download only), yet our sales team led by Earl, Shella and Jojo will be going around the country and installing Novus Rising to your favorite cafes. Thanks guys!

Special mention would be the girls from Finance and Logistics for doing all the paperwork and coordinating for us. Thank you so much. Last but not least would be the Game Management and Customer Support team for all the support.

I guess I can’t thank and name everyone. If I missed anyone, my apologies.

Anyway, I hope that you guys enjoy Novus Rising… it was all worth the effort to bring a new dawn to the best sci-fi PVP MMORPG in our country – RF Online!

So, the new war in Novus begins.

Whose side are you on?