3月31日，被誉为《魔兽世界》最强公会的Nihilum在公会网站上发表宣言正式退出《魔兽世界》。

　　“Oh blizzard why hast thou forsaken us? -- Nihilum Quits.”
　　  啊!暴雪抛弃了我们？——Nihilum退出魔兽

Nihilum公会

　  在3月初，尚未上线的2.4版各种修改消息让人感到惊讶，公正徽章兑换的牌子装备已经超越黑暗神殿和海加尔山，虽然这是暴雪出于满足休闲玩家装备需求的考虑，但是这一改动引起了包括Nihilum在内的顶级公会的不满，他们认为：轻易获得优秀装备让大多数公会失去了进军高级副本的动力。在攻克高端副本的征程中，公会缺少的是对副本投入的玩家而不是装备，一旦优良的装备容易获得玩家就失去了动力，这将直接导致公会系统瓦解。

　　来自欧洲玛瑟里顿服务器的Nihilum公会，以追求副本BOSS首杀为荣耀，正因为他们在这方面取得成绩而被誉为世界最强公会。在开放第一个资料片《燃烧的远征》前，Nihilum在2006年9月8日全球首度击杀NAXX副本最终BOSS克尔苏加德，进入外域后公会转战新开各大副本，几乎囊括了外域大型副本所有BOSS的全球第一击杀，2007年6月6日击败黑暗神庙伊利丹，四天后推倒海加尔山阿克蒙德。

    随着2.4在北美正式上线，公正徽章兑换的T6级别装备已经无可避免的涌入了《魔兽世界》，Nihilum等公会对于2.4的不满并没有得到暴雪的回应。在万般无奈之下，Nihilum公会与3月31日正式宣布：“Nihilum is finished and most of us have quit. Bye.”退出《魔兽世界》。该宣言发布于3月31日，并非愚人节玩笑。

    原文：

Oh blizzard why hast thou forsaken us? -- Nihilum Quits.

If you think you’re freaking hilarious (you’re not) and are thinking TOO LONG DIDN’T READ, let me sum it up for you. Nihilum is finished and most of us have quit. Bye.

It’s been a 3 year roller coaster ride. We have enjoyed ourselves, sometimes. But all good things must come to an end and all that. I think we have reached a point where enough is enough. There is only so much your face can take after repeatedly smashing it against a wall. It seems like we are fighting a multi-million dollar company whose sole purpose is to destroy every last bit of fun hardcore guilds can have. We’re a bunch of fishies swimming against the current. A rare breed of little fishies that don’t want everything given to them on a plate and are happy when they accomplish something that is a challenge.

It all really comes down to the state of the PVE game at the moment. It’s something that totally contradicts our reason for existence. We always try to use every single advantage given to us. And thus we are forced to “test” PTR content just to stay ahead or keep on par with other guilds. This is ridiculous, we should not be testing anything, an internal testing team should. Oh how incredibly awesome it would be to zone into and new instance and not have a CLUE what bosses exist, or what tactics to use to kill them, or what gear will drop.

I think the Sunwell gate “idea” was the final blow. Why bother trying to compete for world firsts if the leading guild has to twiddle their thumbs waiting for the next stage to be open, watching everyone and his mother catch up. Why bother race to the finish line when it’s only Kil’jaeden that matters? It’s like a four hundred meter race where everyone has to stop and wait for the last guy every hundred meters. It’s unreasonable, and makes me not want to bother. And when everyone in the guild has that mentality, it collapses.

“Make some positive suggestions instead of whining blah blah”
We are not the company with infinite resources and the best creative and design team gaming has to offer, we don’t need to come up with anything, we are useless bums living in our parents basements remember?

So what will happen to Nihilum?
Some of us will go, some of us will stay and play the casual game it’s become. But eventually you will see us make a comeback in a new game. Thanks to the fans. We pretended those level 1 whispers didn’t matter. But they made our days! We screenshotted every one, every single one! And we look at our screenshot folder on lonely days to cheer us up. Thanks to the sponsors that believed in us. We had such big plans coming for the website and the community...a pity really :(.
Goodbye cruel world...

...of Warcraft.
P.S “Activision Blizzard” doesn’t make sense.