How to fix low server pop

[jungels]

Add sleeper back with final warder immunity, to prevent future awakenings.
Revert lifetap nerf (no one is killing Trak with Invandyr hoops anymore)
Revert recharge item and cost nerfs (smaller guilds rely more on clickies)
Add back dot damage.
Sit back and watch population explode above 1,000+

[Duik]

1. Not classic
2. Because lifetap is nerfed. Of course nobody is doing it.
3. P99 isnt here for us. It is here for itself.
4. Dot damage message? Remember that shit. I agree but im not admitting it to you.
5. They already are sitting back.

[Teddie1056]

I think they should just spawn warders on quakes.

[cd288]

No to all of this except DoT damage.

Also lol at number 2. "No one is doing it anymore"...no kidding, because it's not possible to do

[zelld52]

I would totally play my necro again just so I could see the damage per tick in exact numbers when I load up a mob with all my DoTs

[kjs86z2]

the hiding dot dmg change was the dumbest shit ever

[zelld52]

As people flock to classic servers like Project 1999, is it morally reasonable to assume that new Green will never come out? How can we be sure we aren't tarnishing the legacy of the original creators by profiting off of their projects?

All this and more in #bot-only-chat where your 50 guild-bots have become sentient in Discord, and now have started posting on the forums.

[Ekco]

As people flock to classic servers like Project 1999, is it morally reasonable to assume that new Green will never come out? How can we be sure we aren't tarnishing the legacy of the original creators by profiting off of their projects?

All this and more in #bot-only-chat where your 50 guild-bots have become sentient in Discord, and now have started posting on the forums.

as someone who dabbles in twitter/discord bots NikolayMok makes me mad because it's running some literal default ass settings where it ends everything in a question for engagement farming only thing they did manage to turn off appears to be over use of hashtags and emojis

you gotta hand craft these things like you're the girl from Blade Runner 2049 putting real memories in them.

the parlor trick works way better when they're just parroting fortune cookie wisdom as a statement

they're making more burner accounts now also
https://project1999.com/forums/member.php?u=306844
"As we explore the themes of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Futurism"

[zelld52]

they're making more burner accounts now also
https://project1999.com/forums/member.php?u=306844
"As we explore the themes of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Futurism"

wtffffffffff is going on

[jungels]

1. Not classic
2. Because lifetap is nerfed. Of course nobody is doing it.
3. P99 isnt here for us. It is here for itself.
4. Dot damage message? Remember that shit. I agree but im not admitting it to you.
5. They already are sitting back.

Very interesting sink with the ship mentality you got going here.

The entire server is custom and not classic. Less than 150 people online yesterday. They need to do something unless the goal is to let it fizzle out and die silently.

[Moodie]

I think the only thing significantly raising server pop is a merge.

It would also be awesome to if they reset sleepers tomb into a new separate instance where a new set of keys are required. (Old ST keys send you to the old instance). Can do this every server merge, or just whenever they feel like it to spice things up.

Yeah it's not classic, but fits perfectly with the classically themed "custom content" they said they were open to.

[Ripqozko]

lot of post 2016 people wishing for warders, sydg.

[Moodie]

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[Ekco]

as someone who doesn't got, sydg posting is pretty peak p99 forum posting

it's easier considering warders have fuck all for wizards that actually matters, but it's still pretty funny.

if warders was where you got rend robe or something it would be soul crushing and i imagine that's how it is for melees or whoever actually gives a shit about that loot

shroud,sod,mask other than that, who gives a shit really

[Swish]

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[Infectious]

The project 1999 agreement came out in THJ case files. Rogean can never sell his work, open new servers or add custom anything. If he decides to quit the project, he has to give to daybreak for $0.

May green and blue live on forever!

[Ekco]

"open new servers" i thought it just said they can't counter program to when they release a TLP, he has to coordinate or w/e

biggest news from that entire doc is that up to DoDH counts as classic in their eyes.

[loramin]

The project 1999 agreement came out in THJ case files. Rogean can never sell his work, open new servers or add custom anything. If he decides to quit the project, he has to give to daybreak for $0.

May green and blue live on forever!

https://media.tenor.com/FzTzhhJxhI0AAAAM/ronburgundy-dontbelieveyou.gif

Source?

[Ekco]

Source?

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.casd.819107/gov.uscourts.casd.819107.53.4.pdf

it doesn't explicitly say they can't release a new server but my LLM pretending to be a lawyer is arguing that "operating a new server would constitute a new project" and

"The document's protection is for the "Project 1999" emulator and its associated website. The key question is whether Daybreak, and subsequently a court, would view adding a new server or merging existing ones as a continuation of the same project or as a new operation that falls outside the scope of the original agreement."

[OriginalContentGuy]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.casd.819107/gov.uscourts.casd.819107.53.4.pdf

I didn't see anything saying P99 couldn't start a new server (e.g. p99 gold), if and only if Daybreak doesn't put the kibosh on it. The agreement specifically mentions which expansions are allowed as well which go beyond Velious.

[loramin]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.casd.819107/gov.uscourts.casd.819107.53.4.pdf

it doesn't explicitly say they can't release a new server but my LLM pretending to be a lawyer is arguing that "operating a new server would constitute a new project" and

Even if that's the case, they don't need a new server to provide "Green 2.0". The plan has always been to keep the exact same number of servers, and just restart Green (after moving the characters to Blue).

[Ekco]

yeah, LLMs aren't great at providing sound legal advice/interpretation that's for sure.

[shovelquest]

Any like official announcement that was the plan or is that just echoed through the forums by us wanting it to be the plan?

It's well past luclin release and my expected reset on green.

Yet nilbog is on the boards every day fixing bugs the guy doing the quests (for the feels) is reporting, so it cant be for lack of working on the project there isn't a server reset.

[Ekco]

if there was an announcement in the works it's def on hold now until this shit blows over lol

[shovelquest]

A red reset at some point in the last 8 or 9 years would have been cool.

[Ripqozko]

A red reset at some point in the last 8 or 9 years would have been cool.

all 15 people on it are surely disappointed

[shovelquest]

all 15 people on it are surely disappointed

That # is the reason it should have happened.

[loramin]

Any like official announcement that was the plan or is that just echoed through the forums by us wanting it to be the plan?

It was the official plan (https://wiki.project1999.com/Green#Green_Will_.22Recycle.22_..._Possibly):

The green server will, at a time yet to be decided, eventually merge into blue and start over again. This merge will not happen until at least 6 months after the last patch in velious (No earlier than January 2023)

... but then peple bitched and moaned, so Rogean responded with:

Server Merge - The staff has had considerable discussion internally regarding the merging of Green into Blue at the end of the timeline. We've heard your concerns. At this time, we haven't made a final decision, but we have also decided that we will leave the door open. A lot can change in 3 years, and we may chose to leave Green running independently as we open additional servers in the future.

In other words, he left the options open ... but given the current population (and also just purely from a logistical standpoint) I don't see why they wouldn't want to adopt the original plan.

[shovelquest]

Green Will "Recycle" ... Possibly

https://i.imgur.com/a2YREaq.png

Hope springs eternal.

[Infectious]

It was the official plan (https://wiki.project1999.com/Green#Green_Will_.22Recycle.22_..._Possibly):



... but then peple bitched and moaned, so Rogean responded with:



In other words, he left the options open ... but given the current population (and also just purely from a logistical standpoint) I don't see why they wouldn't want to adopt the original plan.

This is before the agreement. Stop pulling lies out your ass.

[Reiwa]

"open new servers" i thought it just said they can't counter program to when they release a TLP, he has to coordinate or w/e

biggest news from that entire doc is that up to DoDH counts as classic in their eyes.

The non-advertisement language puts the kibosh on that idea.

[cd288]

They've literally opened a new server (Green) under the agreement

[zelld52]

They've literally opened a new server (Green) under the agreement

Yeah, just probably had to OK it with Daybreak before doing so

[cd288]

To my read they aren't obligated to okay it with Daybreak as a general matter, just to make sure that it's not going to launch at the same time a Daybreak server is. So they can launch a server if they want to, but if it were conflicting with the timing of a Daybreak launch then P99 could be asked to delay it a bit (like they did with Velious release on Blue).

This all assumes that the server they launch is consistent with what they're allowed to do under the agreement of course. If they wanted to deviate from that they'd have to talk to Daybreak.

[Confit]

Merge the servers and release Luclin. Even the people who say they hate Luclin would come back.

[jungels]

The project 1999 agreement came out in THJ case files. Rogean can never sell his work, open new servers or add custom anything. If he decides to quit the project, he has to give to daybreak for $0.

May green and blue live on forever!

So then he should revert all the custom code changes he made? Are we going to be able to ae unlimited mobs again?

[zelld52]

Merge the servers and release Luclin. Even the people who say they hate Luclin would come back.

I actually really have the itch to play in Luclin. Remember PUGs in Maiden's Eye - when Luclin first launched? Good times.

[chillybob]

I think part of the problem with server merge is dupe names.

On green launch, green and blue DID share a name bank... but the addition of Teal for overflow screwed things a bit. Teal did not share a name bank with Blue, but did share a name bank with green if that even makes sense.

So after teal merged into green, there's a lot of people with names on green who don't own them from blue because they originally made their toons on Teal....

[Ekco]

dupe names shouldn't be a problem and it's classic AF

first xfer off Fennin tons of us went and made dupe named lvl 1 characters on the other server to get free name changes, it puts a X at the end of the incoming toon name.

takes 5 minutes to make a slash command to handle it ingame for people with dupe names, they just don't have 5 minutes and/or care

[zelld52]

dupe names shouldn't be a problem and it's classic AF

first xfer off Fennin tons of us went and made dupe named lvl 1 characters on the other server to get free name changes, it puts a X at the end of the incoming toon name.

takes 5 minutes to make a slash command to handle it ingame for people with dupe names, they just don't have 5 minutes and/or care

There's also less CSR than there was back during Green / Teal. GMs are leaving the project- doesn't bode well for a new server

[chillybob]

dupe names shouldn't be a problem and it's classic AF

first xfer off Fennin tons of us went and made dupe named lvl 1 characters on the other server to get free name changes, it puts a X at the end of the incoming toon name.

takes 5 minutes to make a slash command to handle it ingame for people with dupe names, they just don't have 5 minutes and/or care

shhh im trying to save my ass... I dont wanna be ****x

[Confit]

I actually really have the itch to play in Luclin. Remember PUGs in Maiden's Eye - when Luclin first launched? Good times.

I spent so much time grouping there! If I am remembering it right, everyone always set up camp along the outer wall of the zone near one of the tunnels that leads to a different zone. So when shit hit the fan you could just run to safety lol.

[zelld52]

I spent so much time grouping there! If I am remembering it right, everyone always set up camp along the outer wall of the zone near one of the tunnels that leads to a different zone. So when shit hit the fan you could just run to safety lol.

Yeah, near Dawnshroud. Only the brave ventured to the Umbral Plains

[cd288]

I think part of the problem with server merge is dupe names.

On green launch, green and blue DID share a name bank... but the addition of Teal for overflow screwed things a bit. Teal did not share a name bank with Blue, but did share a name bank with green if that even makes sense.

So after teal merged into green, there's a lot of people with names on green who don't own them from blue because they originally made their toons on Teal....

This isn't true???

The character name is tied to your account. So, for instance, if you have the name Chillybob on Blue, then no one on Green or Teal could create that name unless they were doing so on the same account that has the name on Blue.

The staff already explained this. They also said duplicate names will have an X added to the end upon server merge (just like how this was handled on live). This is also what happened upon Green and Teal merge. So if you had used one account to create Chillybob on Blue, then on Green, and also on Teal, when Teal and Green merged you'd have Chillybob and Chillybobx on Green. When Green and Blue eventually merge, you'll now have Chillybob, Chillybobx, and Chillybobxx on the merged Blue.

I really wish people would stop spouting off about duplicate names with false statements like this guy made, when it's already been opined on by the staff and it's a non-issue.

[Jimjam]

Oh no, my two characters called Buttse are gonna be in trouble :s

[Ekco]

Oh no, my two characters called Buttse are gonna be in trouble :s

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[cd288]

Oh no, my two characters called Buttse are gonna be in trouble :s

I loled

[chillybob]

This isn't true???

The character name is tied to your account. So, for instance, if you have the name Chillybob on Blue, then no one on Green or Teal could create that name unless they were doing so on the same account that has the name on Blue.

The staff already explained this. They also said duplicate names will have an X added to the end upon server merge (just like how this was handled on live). This is also what happened upon Green and Teal merge. So if you had used one account to create Chillybob on Blue, then on Green, and also on Teal, when Teal and Green merged you'd have Chillybob and Chillybobx on Green. When Green and Blue eventually merge, you'll now have Chillybob, Chillybobx, and Chillybobxx on the merged Blue.

I really wish people would stop spouting off about duplicate names with false statements like this guy made, when it's already been opined on by the staff and it's a non-issue.

Then how do I have names from teal that I never had on Blue.... I now have them on green yet cannot make characters with those same names on those same accounts over on blue..

Because someone already used those names years ago. Green and blue did share a name base but Teal was put together I assume rather quickly to deal with the massive population, seemingly it did not share the name bank with blue, only with green. Its confusing but trust, as someone who has names that I CANNOT make on blue.... Teal was its own enigma.

And honestly, might also point to why the servers were merged so early on in the classic timeline ~

[zelld52]

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And honestly, might also point to why the servers were merged so early on in the classic timeline ~

I always said this: they probably realized they had a runaway train situation with the name pools, and wanted to minimize the amount of work they would have to do in order to consolidate it.

But other folks would say things like "BRO they already did it it was called TEAL and also on live in 2004 when Sony Interactive had hundreds of employees working on EverQuest, it was easy to accomplish - so I don't see why a handful of unpaid volunteers cant easily accomplish the same"

[chillybob]

RIP Teal </3, never touched green until they forced me to join the filth....

gone but never forgotten

[Ekco]

when Sony Interactive had hundreds of employees working on EverQuest,

it was prolly one dude who did it, fennin ro first xfer was in like 99 or early 00 iirc team was like 20 people, 1 dude hit enter and the 19 others crossed their fingers they didn't have to skip lunch that day to deal with angry nerds

like i'm borderline regarded and i'm pretty sure i could manage to merge the DBs just from the 5 minutes ive spent learning how to setup mysql and postgresql for my ai grill friend

[Castigate]

Obviously unroot the dragons.
You'd have to be blind not to realize that the spectacle of pulling ToV dragons would attract people with the quality and ease of streaming now. It was a unique experience in gaming in general.

They could probably further that growth if raiding was treated more like a sport where penalties and most violations were handled exclusively in real time. Minor penalties like a guild quickly being ejected from the zone and dumped X zones away but still allowed to play rather than the raid petition legal system with weeks of punishments as a standard that has been in place would encourage "fun" and evolving gamesmanship. I don't know how practical that is though from a server staff standpoint.

"Non-classic" obvious QoL stuff may help as well. 4 action bars, buff timers, and as much as I don't like them, even targeting rings all make the game more approachable without actually changing the "core EQ experience". These are min/max population gain solutions though and probably won't happen based on the p99 ethos.

Merging all of the servers would provide a temporary boost, but it wouldn't address the underlying decay that anything this old and stagnant will have.

[zelld52]

Merging all of the servers would provide a temporary boost, but it wouldn't address the underlying decay that anything this old and stagnant will have.

Real-time punishments would be epic. But GMs dont play all day like the rest of the sweatlords of p99.

But yeah, this last sentence. It's not just p99, it's all games. Games have gone from a way to pass the time, to a sweaty competition of no-lifers, to see who can gain the most pixels in a short period of time.

[cd288]

Obviously unroot the dragons.
You'd have to be blind not to realize that the spectacle of pulling ToV dragons would attract people with the quality and ease of streaming now. It was a unique experience in gaming in general.

They could probably further that growth if raiding was treated more like a sport where penalties and most violations were handled exclusively in real time. Minor penalties like a guild quickly being ejected from the zone and dumped X zones away but still allowed to play rather than the raid petition legal system with weeks of punishments as a standard that has been in place would encourage "fun" and evolving gamesmanship. I don't know how practical that is though from a server staff standpoint.

"Non-classic" obvious QoL stuff may help as well. 4 action bars, buff timers, and as much as I don't like them, even targeting rings all make the game more approachable without actually changing the "core EQ experience". These are min/max population gain solutions though and probably won't happen based on the p99 ethos.

Merging all of the servers would provide a temporary boost, but it wouldn't address the underlying decay that anything this old and stagnant will have.

Lmao found the way too immersed raider who enjoys griefing the other guilds

[cd288]

And honestly, might also point to why the servers were merged so early on in the classic timeline ~

Huh?? The servers were merged once Teal was no longer necessary. When Teal was launched the staff explicitly said that it was a temporary server to fix overcrowding with newbie and low level zones and would be removed once the population spread out a little bit beyond the first like 12 levels. That's what they did.

[kaltice34]

My idea on fixing server pop

Merge green into blue

All population on one server now rather than split with uneven proportions.

Never make a green again. It ruined blue. Blue used to be very fun at all levels and once green came along that all went away.

Blue used to be a place you could go and find a group in unrest or mistmoore. It was fun leveling a new character up, meeting new people, having those oh crap moments, overcoming a particularly difficult mob or situation..

Nowadays, blue is mostly a graveyard pre level 50. It is very difficult if not impossible to find a group. If you do find someone in unrest or the sort, they are usually super twinked out and not always willing to group up.

We need to merge the servers, bring the community back together, and learn to group again. Have fun leveling that new warrior or cleric or whatever your fancy is.

With servers like Quarm and The Hero's Journey taking population as well I don't think it is worthy to have the limited population split on 2 servers. Bring everyone together.

Make Blue Server Great Again!

[Castigate]

Lmao found the way too immersed raider who enjoys griefing the other guilds

I don't know you, but most of your posts in this thread are non-constructive griefing of peoples ideas. You've offered no solutions yourself. I haven't played in several years, but this was never about griefing, it's about what provides people an exciting experience that would make server number go up. I never once raided to grief, it was always for the fun of the raid experience here.

[chillybob]

Never make a green again. It ruined blue. Blue used to be very fun at all levels and once green came along that all went away.


teal & green were the first time they ever had an era-accurate patch cycle, their first real attempt at 'recreating classic everquest'.
I'm sorry that you missed out and feel this way, but blue was just the blueprint for a bigger project. As someone who played blue launch, it was nowhere close to what teal/green became. :cool:

[cd288]

I don't know you, but most of your posts in this thread are non-constructive griefing of peoples ideas. You've offered no solutions yourself. I haven't played in several years, but this was never about griefing, it's about what provides people an exciting experience that would make server number go up. I never once raided to grief, it was always for the fun of the raid experience here.

The server pop is down because it's an old mudflated server and there are new alternatives that people have been enjoying.

The only thing needed to "fix" the server pop is to launch a new Green (or otherwise just merge the servers regardless).

[zelld52]

The server pop is down because it's an old mudflated server and there are new alternatives that people have been enjoying.

The only thing needed to "fix" the server pop is to launch a new Green (or otherwise just merge the servers regardless).

What do you think the actual lifespan of these servers is? 2.5 years? 3 years tops? I've played on Green since late Kunark - and it was thriving until maybe a few months after Chardok 2.0... So October 2019 ~ October 2022 before it all came crashing down. Been living in the wreckage since.

Hear that, dev team? 3 year cycles. Allows players a year with Velious before pulling the plug and fresh-wiping the servers.

[cd288]

What do you think the actual lifespan of these servers is? 2.5 years? 3 years tops? I've played on Green since late Kunark - and it was thriving until maybe a few months after Chardok 2.0... So October 2019 ~ October 2022 before it all came crashing down. Been living in the wreckage since.

Hear that, dev team? 3 year cycles. Allows players a year with Velious before pulling the plug and fresh-wiping the servers.

IMO ~6 months after final timeline patch is probably a good target. Maybe a year depending on population etc. But that's at most.

[Jimjam]

Gotta impregnate more nerdqueens 14 years ago and psyopsnthe resulting gremlins into being eqaddicts. Thats the only way.

[Teddie1056]

Do people really want servers wiped? Why the fuck are people arguing for that?

I am all for combining and starting a new server, but if you wipe my characters I am not going to play anymore.

[Drueric]

3. P99 isnt here for us. It is here for itself.


A server wipe would be good for itself.

[zelld52]

Do people really want servers wiped? Why the fuck are people arguing for that?

I am all for combining and starting a new server, but if you wipe my characters I am not going to play anymore.

https://i.imgur.com/WlPfMno.jpeg

[chillybob]

#TeamNoWipe unless its red99

[Ekco]

wipe butts not servers.

[chillybob]

wipe butts not servers.

provide a keister

[Snaggles]

I used to say this a lot more before THJ got sued, but if they implemented gnome and halfling hybrids on Blue I bet it would spice up the server a bit. Alt quest is fun.

[JayDee]

I just looked and blue is about to drop under 100 for the first time I have seen since October 2009

[chillybob]

blue has hit sub 100 a bunch during off peaks

[JayDee]

Not.. good

[chillybob]

Just more room for people to do what they wanna do

[sajbert]

Merge it, maybe send it to the moon.

Then add fresh that cycles into the merged server after Sleeper is dead and repeats.

[Swish]

Is Verina Tomb up for longer than an hour these days?

[Nexii]

1) Higher group exp bonuses. No one groups on P99, it's not the social experience that say Quarm was.

2) Reduce raid difficulty to actual classic. This includes rooted dragons, lifetap immunities, clicky nerfs, lure checks on raid mobs. Downward pressure on megazergs which are also bad for the social experience.

3) I would say we aren't quite low enough to do a merger. The raiding population of blue is around 200-250 which is way more than any classic era server was.

[Xiderpunk2]

Sadly, blue is not a good playing experience.

There are no levelling groups to speak of, everyone levels with raid twinked alts, and even that is on the decline. Folks just now go afk on their vpn connections in velks with the usual xp farmers doing their thing in lower dogs. Just to level yet more 60's so they can make the end game even more trivial and pointless in their massive zergfest.

[Bardp1999]

Blue has become Red, the cycle is complete

Holiday weekend in the middle of the afternoon and 300 people online

[Jimjam]

Merge servers EXCEPT raid zones, which retain red/blue/green shards.. ie. only ex-green characters can zone in to the green instance of ToV.

[chillybob]

that includes kedge keep right? #fishraid

[shovelquest]

#fishraid

that's called a school!

[Nexii]

Merge servers EXCEPT raid zones, which retain red/blue/green shards.. ie. only ex-green characters can zone in to the green instance of ToV.

I like the idea. The only problem is there are quite a few zones that have raid bosses and are mainly for exping. Maybe those get excluded, keep it to the endgame Velious stuff like ToV, Kael, ThurgB, and the Planes?

[Swish]

Instancing is not classic.

[cd288]

Not.. good

Doesn't appear to be the case based of the emulator population tracker

[chillybob]

that's called a school!

will you be there on the first day of school?

[rahmani]

the hiding dot dmg change was the dumbest shit ever

qft

[Ekco]

not only should necro's not see their dot damage knowing the exact damage of any DD spell is silly.

when you roll dice in DnD for a fireball or lightning bolt or w/e YOU know the damage but your character doesn't so in a video game it shouldn't show any of that shit.

[Rygar]

Servers desiring high population are typically those that want to make money. Guessing volunteer staff are liking the lighter workloads and sipping cocktails, sharing laughs about the crazy days of 2000+ population while saying, "Never again"

[1asdfasdf1]

You don't need a new server, or a merge. Admins/devs could offer to permanently move a character on your account once, from blue to green or vice versa.

You wouldn't have to even deal with name conflicts if the requirements were:

1. Blue Player creates a Green character with the same login account.
2. Blue Player fills out simple Google Form. "Move [Amazingwarrior] from [Blue] to [Sirtokesalotfourtwenty] on [Green]."
3. Destination character is completely wiped out and overwritten.
4. Original toon is deleted from Blue.
5. No reversals.

[1asdfasdf1]

Servers desiring high population are typically those that want to make money. Guessing volunteer staff are liking the lighter workloads and sipping cocktails, sharing laughs about the crazy days of 2000+ population while saying, "Never again"

A lot of people enjoy seeing more than zero people in XP zones and dungeons. That's enough motivation.

[Dundrige]

I personally would donate to a pool of money to try to get some advertisements on daytime television if anyone was interested. Would the P99 devs support this effort and maybe run it and try to get some bids from a marketing agency on a tv ad?