I was actually at one of the main companies were they were going to do an alpha, sad to say it never took off
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] they took us all in a boardroom and showed us all the cool graphics of stargate ppls standing around stargates and getting exp.
It would have been pretty epic IMO. I think it got scrubbed through right around that time the MMO bubble burst.
Wow was a beast, everything else was floundering. SWG went under. Everyone got scared of MMOs
part of it was people spending millions on huge projects rather than starting small.
I think one of the reasons EQ was succesful was because it was started in a garage and didn't get overzealous with it's development initially.
The game might have been rly cool.