The market sucks

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

The bad (good?) thing about P99 is that they've drawn Sony's eye. Sony reads about the reported 10,000 accounts, the 850 peak players, the thriving community and thinks "Gee, maybe if we actually did REAL CLASSIC TIMELOCKED PROGRESSION we could get a bunch of new/returning accounts."

And the godforsaken truth is, they absolutely would.

I remember some other classic EQ emulator... thing getting shut down. Maybe because it didn't operate under the EQ Emu umbrella or something? Anyway, Sony gazed at them and they quickly shut up and shut down.

Why hasn't this happened here? My conspiracy theory is, we're just being watched to gauge whether Sony should pull the trigger on an official server in this vein or not. Open up a new one, get 80% of the active population to transfer, then wait two months to flex their muscle here and shut this down, getting the other 20% to avoid looking like an outright shakedown that would make players quit both in disgust.

I really wish I could give you guys $15 a month for the promise of my character not getting deleted in the night by a legal ambush, accelerated coding/debugging/whatevering, better/more Guides/GMs, more hardware, advertising, etc... but I can't.

I've been playing here a week now and loving it, but damn if it doesn't feel like I'm playing on tissue-thin ice. I found out about this place at Ten Ton Hammer after all, which shocked me -- this place was really advertised? Smed was interviewed? And you're still standing? Wow. I jumped aboard immediately... but like I said -- thin ice.

No matter what you won't be playing this for years like the 'good old times'

Project 1999 biggest flaw is it's 10 years old and it shows in the long run IMO.

Just enjoy the ride while it lasts.