Depressing news

[onmove_broke]

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

It has been an unwritten rule on EQEmu for over a decade - don't fucking monetize. For the sake of the community as a whole, everybody (except a few rogue admins) abided by this.

But these fuckin pricks, Takahashi and Alexander decided to turn running an emulated server into a career. They were probably over the moons and so proud of themselves for turning a HUGE profit on an emu.

Despite warnings from other devs and admins: they pushed forward and ON TOP OF THAT tried to play coy, feign innocence and ignorance, and go toe-to-toe with a legal team that SPECIALIZES IN IP THEFT.

As a result, the entire EQEmu community, which has existed mostly peacefully and left alone for 15+ years has been shaken up. Servers that people have played on for 10+ years are shut down. The communities they gathered in are shut down.

We are insulated here on p99 - but the fallout from this shit is crazy. Imagine waking up tomorrow and Rogaen announces that at midnight, he's closing the Discord, Forums, eqemulator.org, and shutting down all P99 servers. On top of that, the reddit mobs at /r/Project1999 decide to permanently shut the sub down.

Now there would be droves of p99 players that called this community and have NO WHERE to go to continue that community connection, except for guild discords.

That is what happened yesterday, for Project EQ, EZ Server, and a half-dozen other EQEmu's that were playing by the unwritten rules of DO NOT TRY TO MAKE A PROFIT ON EQEMU.

Insulated but not fully protected. If I am DBG, once the dust settles, I am looking into every other EMU out there. I would not be surprised if this guy who shut down all these servers was getting some $$ under the table.

So while P1999 might be semi-safe, that agreement can go away anytime DBG wants it to. I 100% suspect this is why there are no new servers. If P1999 came out with a new server, it would immediately pull 2k people to it if not more. While it does not hurt DBG like THJ did, it would make them rethink their stance.

[kjs86z2]

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

It has been an unwritten rule on EQEmu for over a decade - don't fucking monetize. For the sake of the community as a whole, everybody (except a few rogue admins) abided by this.

But these fuckin pricks, Takahashi and Alexander decided to turn running an emulated server into a career. They were probably over the moons and so proud of themselves for turning a HUGE profit on an emu.

Despite warnings from other devs and admins: they pushed forward and ON TOP OF THAT tried to play coy, feign innocence and ignorance, and go toe-to-toe with a legal team that SPECIALIZES IN IP THEFT.

As a result, the entire EQEmu community, which has existed mostly peacefully and left alone for 15+ years has been shaken up. Servers that people have played on for 10+ years are shut down. The communities they gathered in are shut down.

We are insulated here on p99 - but the fallout from this shit is crazy. Imagine waking up tomorrow and Rogaen announces that at midnight, he's closing the Discord, Forums, eqemulator.org, and shutting down all P99 servers. On top of that, the reddit mobs at /r/Project1999 decide to permanently shut the sub down.

Now there would be droves of p99 players that called this community and have NO WHERE to go to continue that community connection, except for guild discords.

That is what happened yesterday, for Project EQ, EZ Server, and a half-dozen other EQEmu's that were playing by the unwritten rules of DO NOT TRY TO MAKE A PROFIT ON EQEMU.

Good

[sammoHung]

Originally Posted by kjs86z2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Good

You are so edgy and cool. I mean it - like Tony Soprano levels of badass.

[cd288]

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

It has been an unwritten rule on EQEmu for over a decade - don't fucking monetize. For the sake of the community as a whole, everybody (except a few rogue admins) abided by this.

But these fuckin pricks, Takahashi and Alexander decided to turn running an emulated server into a career. They were probably over the moons and so proud of themselves for turning a HUGE profit on an emu.

Despite warnings from other devs and admins: they pushed forward and ON TOP OF THAT tried to play coy, feign innocence and ignorance, and go toe-to-toe with a legal team that SPECIALIZES IN IP THEFT.

As a result, the entire EQEmu community, which has existed mostly peacefully and left alone for 15+ years has been shaken up. Servers that people have played on for 10+ years are shut down. The communities they gathered in are shut down.

We are insulated here on p99 - but the fallout from this shit is crazy. Imagine waking up tomorrow and Rogaen announces that at midnight, he's closing the Discord, Forums, eqemulator.org, and shutting down all P99 servers. On top of that, the reddit mobs at /r/Project1999 decide to permanently shut the sub down.

Now there would be droves of p99 players that called this community and have NO WHERE to go to continue that community connection, except for guild discords.

That is what happened yesterday, for Project EQ, EZ Server, and a half-dozen other EQEmu's that were playing by the unwritten rules of DO NOT TRY TO MAKE A PROFIT ON EQEMU.

Yup. I have no sympathy for any of these people. Nor do I find this "depressing news" like OP calls it. They deserve what's happening.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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

https://massivelyop.com/2025/09/27/t...dark/#comments
Oh man the comment section is pure lunacy. Crying how people not being able to profit 100k a month off someone else's IP is due to late stage capitalism.
Only under a People's Democratic Republic can we truly find salvation for Everquest!
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Just reposting solely because that is my top fave photo of Dear Fatso.

[Ekco]

A+ investigative reporting, kinda shocked it covers everything from the Reddit mod crashing out and Akk departing.

also yeah, unhinged as fuck comments trying to tie to this some broader economic situation

also, phinny article thumbnail. guess strike while the iron is hot and people paying attention to the drama
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[Bardp1999]

Im waiting for that new P99 server any day now... oh wait

[shovelquest]

We need law and order. All this has proven is we need to require government digital ID's to access the internet.

[shovelquest]

Unwritten rules are unwritten because they’re not rules.

[Duik]

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

Unwritten rules are unwritten because they’re not rules.

You're a fucking Idiot and part of the problem.