Has mistwalker official killed this forum and/or project?

[MasterChoe]

Nobody is asking the tough questions in lieu of recent events.

With the launch of mistwalker "official" will this forum die?
I don't think will help. I'd be hard pressed to believe any current players don't know of this site. I don't think that with renewed interest from a new owner this site will overtake mistwalker official in any sort of search results ie Google.

With the new rat lab ownership, what does this mean for this remake?
Licensing, legality, etc. I'm not sure i'm no lawyer but I can only image a new owner isn't going to be willing to hand anything over without playing the game themselves first. We can see from info provided they are looking to port to iOS and android etc... looking to upgrade to unreal engine... and yet another game is going to succumb to the vulgar and predatory practice of implementing microtransactions. Business is business and i'm sure negotiations can always happen but just in my opinion going forward I think this project faces now an ever darker and distant future.

Is this project doomed?
Unless we hear otherwise from those in the genuine know... my speculation is yeah. Uphill battle for Stephen reinventing the wheel from scratch. Meanwhile rat lab has the blueprint and the wheel. Yes Stephen WROTE the original blueprint. But it's not his blueprint further more that blueprint had gone from its original conception as the "wheel" to a cart to a bike to a car to a train all in absence.

Does it matter to you as to whom ultimately remakes this game?
While happy a childhood memory continues to live and gather renewed interest and content... to me, it truly does. As stated the wheel that is realm is far from that original blueprint. And while that's not a bad thing at all it is still the original and will always be to me regardless of any changes to come. To many proverbial hands in the cookie jar since it's conception. To me a true reboot has to come from the original creator.

TL,DR
IMHO..... it's a safe guess to assume the worst for Realm Reawakened

EDIT
All editing done for spelling/grammatical purposes. If I missed anything i'm doing this on a phone using swipe text with an overly aggressive auto- correct. Bite me if I missed anything

[MIKEtheWIZ]

Stephen should work with RL for all our Benefits. Make a killer Remake

[DragnDave]

I'd much prefer Stephen to do his own vision than join with them personally.

[MasterChoe]

... and this is the kind of conversation that needs to happen.

[DragnDave]

Well I just hope that after all Stephen has gone through since initially approaching this, that he picks it back up once he's ready.

[hookang]

There hasn't any code commits for a few months. Did Stephen stop?

[AElfgifu]

Did I misread the announcement about the Mistwalkers take over? I thought it said they were taking over operations, not that it was sold.

[MasterChoe]

Well, exactly? Or, what? I mean the devil is in the details.

Pg 5 is the original post and it works backwards to 1 most recent. Link should be pg 5.

https://realmserver.com/?page=5

We know...

Horseman games granted exclusive license and rights to develop in quotes " The Realm Online"

We know the formed a LLC to be a legal entity to receive license and whatever those rights are defined as.

They discuss you as a player. Private servers. Etc.

I mean unless norman gets royalties or something I mean for all I read and looking at beta progress they're doing and putting forward their business plan free to play micro transaction pay to play the real game model....... just it all adds up to me.

But again the devil is in the details.

Those details could be bad for this reboot. Am I wrong? If they are looking to break into current iOS and android markets... am I wrong? I'm no lawyer and i'm no businessman but I can tell you one thing as an average Joe I can say as a simple analogy: Anyone can make fried chicken, but there's a business reason the colonel has his super guarded secret recipe that makes it finger licking good. I'm sorry i'm on a diet and really hungry it was the best I had.

But that really is the entire point of this post in general. Hopefully a thread that can be a discussion so we know the future. And as much as I love ya'll, to be perfectly blunt and honest figure out if it's worth even looking here anymore.

It's a forum for Realm Reawakened so i'm just trying to move us all forward since everything for really so long is and has been realm. Even now. If I wanted realm, especially now with current events I'd be there not here.

I'm just hoping for clarity and communication.