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"We don't like you no more!"
As you already have heard over a billion times, Ragnarok's International Server is closed for the approximate timeframe of 3 months. However, we were not given much of a reason for this action. That is, until now...

I thought of this earlier and now it has been confirmed by God Poing of thai server (friend's friend):

The real reason for iRO shut down:
Thai gaming company BM media either pressured Gravity, or paid Gravity to shut down iRO for a while.

Why?

Here is why:
- Majority of players on iRO are thai.
- Thai people think $10 a month of access fee for RO is expensive.
- So when Thai server goes up, if they can still play iRO, majority of Thai players will stay on iRO.
- Then BM media will lose a lot of money operating Thai RO.
- So they get Gravity to shut down iRO for a while, force Thai ppl to play on Thai server (starting Aug. 15), make them pay, and get them addicted to Thai server (once Thai players have mid-high level characters on Thai server, they are less likely to abandon it).
- When iRO comes up, all Thai, Korean, and possibly Jap ip addresses will be blocked.

The following was cut from the Pak 0 Forums.

"Gravity pulls the plug on EBeta2 (International beta2)"
On August, 3rd 2002, Gravity announced the shutdown of the International Server. The following was taken straigh from The Game Master of iservers:

Dear Players,I am Game Master of the International Server.
I hope most of you already know that we are going to shut down server temporarily.
Now time has come,this is the Good-Bye Announcement to all of you.
But it doesn't mean we give up you guys,we just need time to think about the way we manage this server.
We apologise that we have no choice except shutdown, and appreciate all of you, because you guys show so much love towards Ragnarok and Gravity.
Needless to say,we will be back soon.
Don't worry but just wait for us.
We will meet you guys again with the better Ragnarok. In next 3 monthes,Please don't forget Ragnarok and Gravity. And come back to us.
Farewell,guys.
This server will be closed in 3 minutes.

I was there when this happened. There was quite a mix of emotions...however it's a good thing perhaps, because now everyone can get away from this game for a bit and get on with their lives.

As for this site..it will remain. Even though the servers are closed, Gravity cannot shutdown the ever expanding depth of the human imagination! ~.^