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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