Shocking the entire Ragnarok community, and inspiring grief in some and outrage in others, a player has announced publicly that she has decided to continue playing RO indefinitely.

Frequenters of her website were initially tipped off when the website's contents- pictures of the player's pet hamster and some partially translated Yiddish scripts of "The Simpsons"- were violently yanked down and replaced with the single phrase, "I LOVE YOU ALL!" and shortly thereafter by elemental stat charts and a QuicktimeVR map of Izlude.

Many people were shocked when she finally announced on public boards that she had made her decision. "Certain people in RL have made my life hell," she wrote in a six-kilobyte-long rant, "and I'm through with it. I'm sick of employment and meaningful personal relationships. I'm going to concentrate on Ragnarok from now on. It is, of course, all your fault."

Most reactions were of disbelief and sadness. "Don't stay!" wrote one botter, punctuating his frustration with a "crying smiley" graphic the board had thoughtfully provided. "If I'd known that you were so happy I'd have hacked you!"

Notorious hackers, looters, scammers and fake Thai contributed their message of wistful acceptance. "We're sorry to see you feel the need to not leave. We tried to make your gaming experience as crappy as we could. Sorry we failed you."

Others reacted bitterly. One forum user shot back, "Fine. Stay here and contribute to the community. We're better off with people like you." A flame war erupted and eventually the entire thread was deleted by the forum administrator, who threatened to add more freely distributable graphics to the site if the behavior did not stop.

Gravity spokespeople said little about the incident, other than:

"We are very sorry players stay.
 Maybe, we stop learning English
 and allow many cats to run across
 keyboard to respond to emails.

 This may cause players anger,
 but we are not sure if is right thing."

The future of Ragnarok Online is uncertain, and this latest failure to jump ship only deepens the concern. Plagued by upgrades, bugfixes, and the looming threat of income, Gravity faces an uphill battle to keep us away and miserable.