I stayed logged in until the end. You will be missed. Server went through a lot over the years, starting in AU and dragged kicking and screaming to the USA. Upsetting 1000's of players who were angry with the pings going from 30 to 350 and later leaving. The destruction of the Item Shop we had with X runes, GMs allowing the moving of purchased items from one toon to another, GMs doing player name changes, and GMs that would log in chill with people, then gameforge took that away one day, then quickly after there was a mass exodus of players that never returned.
Only screen captures and video's now remain.
RIP Thalia and all those who were not able to log back in. Even those we all knew that sadly passed away, Thalia was a fun community where many guilds knew eachother thanks to Team Speak, Vetrillo and other voice chat programs.
Not sure how I feel about the merger, I do believe with better management that listen to and asked the player base what they want would have seen the merge never needing to go ahead. But new times ahead, more noobs to accuse you of something, more people trying to get you banned as an ultimate way of defeating you.
Something that can't be fixed with a merger is time zone differences, ex-Thalia will still be online mostly when USA is sleeping, and the decision now to leave guild for a new one or not.
Good Bye Thalia...... RIP