NB> Okay. Their website has said that for years, and will probably continue
 NB> to do so. I've heard quite a few bad dealings with them over the past
 NB> couple years, though.

I believe I told you about that about a month ago or so as well. I actually
got direct confirmation from the lady that owns Metropolis and Gameport that
the guy that handles the door game registrations is hella lax about it
because "they don't pull in much money".

 NB> I also believe that Michael Preslar isn't developing LORD anymore, and
 NB> hasn't since 4.08 was released. I remember hearing something in the
 NB> lines that Gameport screwed him over 1) in his cut for continuing
 NB> development, and 2) wanted to charge him an outrageous price to buy out
 NB> the source completely.

I think I told you about this as well  =) Talked to Mike directly, he hasn't
touched LORD in a long time partly because, yeah, they haven't paid him a
royalty check in years now.

Also, it was Jay Hodges, Seth Able Robinson and a couple others that expressed
an interest in buying it back but they couldn't ever find who to contact. Phone
calls lead nowhere, emails never got answered. I actually found her on my very
first try, talked to her for about 10 minutes about all of it  =) When I
mentioned they were possibly offering around $3,000 or so, she said "Oh, that
seems really low". Rumor has it they paid Seth Able about $10,000 for his
games, so I can see her reluctance. But still, $3,000 for something she'll
never get close to over the life of her ownership? Pfft.

 NB> After that, he basically disappeared from BBSing altogether.

Work and family, mainly.

 NB> IMO, they're a squatter. They bought up a bunch of old stuff they have
 NB> absolutely no interest in in hopes that someone will pay them big bucks
 NB> for it some day. They will never continue development on it, that's for
 NB> sure.

Yep, I agree completely. Jay Hodges said something about setting up a
crowsourcing for it after the holidays? I should remind him about it again. 
=)

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