The Radish Lounge.
This is not the post I expected y’all to come back to. It is not a post I ever expected to write. In a moment of fuzzy mindedness, I deleted a level 1 toon. I had forgotten that toon was the guild leader of the guild that owned the Radish Inn and Maze. With one final push of a button, the guild, the guild bank and associated dimension were deleted. Permanently. The Radish Inn and Maze is no more. When a guild is deleted, all data associated with the guild is removed from the database and can not be restored.
I loved the Radish Inn, it was built just for me. I loved sitting on the front deck, greeting visitors. I loved the colours I’d used and the statues I’d made. I loved the two ladies, Liberty and Justice, the marching ants and the loo dude. The three wise mice are no longer wise, they no longer exist.
Dining hall of the Radish Inn.
As much as I love the Inn that’s not the worst of it. The Inn was more or less finished, and can remain complete in memory. I have lost most of my Fae Yule goodies, effectively irreplaceable till next Christmas. I no longer have the Fae Yule trees with their waving tentacles or the Fae Yule candles, the prettiest candles in the game. My lights and snow piles, snowy lamps and bushes, my sleigh, all gone. That doesn’t just affect now, that will affect all future projects that I build.
So many hours of work to went into the inn, so many hours of rifting and questing to gather snowflakes for the Fae Yule items now all gone. Many of my friends had donated both the Fae Yule and the rare instance drops stored in the Inn and guild bank; I feel I’ve let them down, too.
Up, up and away! This little mouse explores the skies.
I’m overwhelmed when I think of the consequences of one single act. The past four days have been a litany of loss as I remember a new thing gone. It may all have been pixels on a screen but it had meaning to me. Trion have restored what they can (many thanks to GM Garth for your help), at least I don’t have to start from scratch again. The moral of this story, folks, is don’t drive heavy machinery or delete toons with a foggy brain.
What surprised me was the lack of a prompt saying I was about to delete a guild. I’m sure many of you are cringing as you read this, thinking of your own beloved dimensions gone in a second. With the limit of one dimension per toon, there are many low level toons out there babysitting beloved dimensions or guilds owning beloved dimensions. With time, someone is likely to make the same mistake I did. I’d hate anyone to be feeling what I’m feeling right now. I’ve posted a suggestion to the Rift forums that a prompt be added to prevent this happening to someone else, support it if you think a deletion prompt is a good idea.
Lady Liberty holds her torch high.
I know many of you will share my sorrow, so let’s take a moment to remember the Radish Inn. Don’t mind that woman quietly choking back sobs, she’ll recover.
Better Homes and Dimensions 
OMG! I am so sorry! I would be devastated as I am sure you are. That sucks so badly, it is beyond words. I definitely agree there should be a prompt. Like you said, we have lowbies in charge of our dimensions since we can only have one active. Sometimes it is hard to keep track of and the fact that you can’t get it back…..
If there is anything I can do, please don’t hesitate to ask. I have some things I would be willing to share, make, buy, etc. Please let me know if I can help in any way.
Im so sorry . Love you bunches.
OMG I can only imagine the shock and everything that came after the first moment. So sorry, Radish. I loved visiting your dimension, as I always found something I’d missed in previous trips.
I am amazed there wasn’t a warning about the guild, the guild bank or even all the items in the dimension being lost. For it all to go “poof” without a warning is just horrifying.
It blows that this had to happen to someone to highlight the problem… especially to such a loved dimension. You would think the information was backed up somewhere. Hummm. This gets back to my main issue with dimensions, there’s just so much small detail, every item being separate at its own placement and angle… it makes dismantling or, in your case, accidentally deleting a dimension a one-way operation with no way to roll back data.
On the brighter side, you had so many visitors that loved it, and many pictures as well! So it will be remembered well.
That is indeed a crying shame. So sorry for our loss (all of us). You most of all, for all the work you put into it. That dimension was a work of art. Filled with things that made me laugh & smile. It was so fun to explore. It had easter eggs in every corner. It was clever and beautiful and funny. I wanted to marry it.
It’s not just pixels when you can brighten people’s days like that. Please don’t be disheartened and give up. What you’re doing is a public service. You are Very talented.
Let us know what toon to send charity items to.
I promise I won’t give up, Shivalah. Despite this misfortune, I’m still having the best time with dimensions. I’m glad that you’re enjoying them, too. I’m consoling myself by dreaming up new ideas for the Radish Inn mark 2.
If you or anyone would like to contribute to the next Radish Inn, there’s a Radishing toon on every NA server but Greybriar. On Greybriar, you can mail Bumradish. I check the Radishings regularly (gotta keep up with the latest dimensions). Please, only if you can spare the items and not too extravagantly. Don’t deprive yourselves of what you might need later.
Im sorry to hear of this radish, im glad we at least have the Screenshots to help remember it (R.I.P RI&M 1.0) i look forward to RI&M 2.0 and if i can help let me know the radish of faeblight.
Dearest Radish, I am horrified such a thing could happen without a warning. If you need anything I have an entire 4 page guildbank dedicated to Dimension items on Icewatch and your welcome to any of it.
Huge Hugs and Many Cookies, Dragondancer