we Daybreak now?

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Originally Posted by AzzarTheGod [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Partially accurate, minus the whole third party stuff. A sale is a sale. The EverQuest franchise is for sale and a deal is imminent.

Daybreak did seize "de-facto" control of P99 post-agreement. That is fairly well-established at this point. It was after the agreement the interest in p99 as competition intensified as preparations for Phinigel's launch were made.

It was solely because of the ColumbusNova management shakeups at Daybreak that caused the heat to get cranked up on p99 as far as "unnecessary competition" goes. Prior stance under old management by Smedley was "We have so many subscribers of EQ and EQII in its current state. Niche hobby gameplay has never been our market. These few individuals are not current customers of SOE for a reason".

Smedley was retained for a period of time, but it was in name-only. He was no longer calling the shots.

During the management shakeups at Daybreak the millennials started to suggest to the veterans that p99 is possible direct competition. The old guard Gen X'ers could not have cared less.

The ColumbusNova shakeup from top to bottom, the review of everyone's job, and the hiring of new people (new people looking to make a splash, suggest ideas, rise within the company. Anyone that works at a major corporation knows what happens when you put younger 30-somethings into a position. They make and suggest changes that might not really make a lot of sense. Sometimes they are good changes, sometimes they are not)

Long story short, these newer employees started the buzz that p99 was a more complete product, and less of a neckbeard project than people had realized. It reached ColumbusNova's newly installed Daybreak management and a deal was cut.

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That's all you get boys.

Azzar posting hidden knowledge and truth up in here, better watch your back man. No clue who your source is, but you balancing precariously on a tiny tightrope above a canyon of death divulging so much here to the peasants.

***Nice intro Pokesan, to get the ball rolling on this one.