Cease & Desist Letter

[Mikisho]

^*ahem* since my question in my last post .  Also, thanks for the update Faust, I'm looking forward to it now .  Dammit, I can't think of anything else to post....   My posts must have substance I tell you!!!  SUUUBBBSSSTTTAAANNNCCCEEEEE!!!!! 

This post was approved by Mikisho. (lol, spam is fun xD...  How could you want to stop it?)

[FaustWolf]

I agree with you on the need to not go haywire while we're awaiting news Eske, but on the other hand leaving the C&D news threads unlocked has generated surprisingly useful information on occasion. Maybe we'll lock these once there's a new update so as to funnel discussion of the situation into a single news thread. If you wish to direct discussion into something more useful in the meantime Eske, you may be interested in starting a thread specifically meant to evaluate the worth of fannish activity, or perhaps the legalities involved. Those are extremely worthy subjects at this point in time and I'd do so myself if I weren't hugely busy helping prep for the goodies.

I guess I view these threads as a funerary procession of sorts. By letting discussion flow freely and allowing new members to express their condolences even in seemingly random ways, we're all sort of slowly working through our grief.

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

I had this frustrated post to agree with Eske, then Faustwolf came in and was the gentleman he tends to be... Made me feel guilty and erase it all.

My condolences!

[Mikisho]

You see?  That's the power of Faust.  He knew you were going to post that, so he decided to act intelligently by giving a smart answer to Eske, while stopping you....  We must all phear the power of faust....PHEAR HIM!!!!

[odekam]

I guess I view these threads as a funerary procession of sorts. By letting discussion flow freely and allowing new members to express their condolences even in seemingly random ways, we're all sort of slowly working through our grief.

When you talk like that, I get the feeling that there's no real chance for us to play CE.

[Dark Serge]

Talking about "moving on", now that CE has been C&D'ed, Ark turned into an original game, and Crisis slow on progress for almost two years, anyone been thinking about starting a new project?

[kattrali]

If they were, do you really think they'd announce it here and now? In the middle of a discussion about how fan games aren't permissible?

[odekam]

That's right. I don't think we'll see a fangame so soon.

[Dark Serge]

If they were, do you really think they'd announce it here and now? In the middle of a discussion about how fan games aren't permissible?

Well for a starter, we already know Square Enix got some facts mixed up, and secondly, fangame makers don't need to worry until they're at about 98% progress with their game.

[kattrali]

fangame makers don't need to worry until they're at about 98% progress with their game.

Is that reason to not start? especially not with any announcements?

we already know Square Enix got some facts mixed up

more malice than a mix up, don't you think?

[mav]

Well for a starter, we already know Square Enix got some facts mixed up, and secondly, fangame makers don't need to worry until they're at about 98% progress with their game.

The precedent has been set; all SE needs to do is find out about the project, and then it will be terminated. And as far as 98% goes, I doubt they'd wait long, again.

[Dark Serge]

I doubt that, I remember that alien guy saying he had sent Square Enix letters about Crisis but they never took action. Maybe they don't care as long as it's not a mod of one of their original games.

[mav]

My mistake, when you mentioned "fangame" I immediately thought of a ROM hack. I suppose that if future fangames are made without using the actual ROM, there's a higher likelihood that they'll last...Like Chrono Crisis/Ark, or whatever they are now.

[FaustWolf]

Keep in mind that Chrono Trigger: Resurrection was not a modification, but an original game engine. Modifying ROMs (especially SNES-era ones) was thought far safer than the original engine route until now.

[Dark Serge]

You're right, but didn't they really intend to sell it? I can't remember.

In any case, I think we shouldn't really think about what Square Enix would do right now. Sure there's a risk of them throwing a C&D again but then again maybe they won't. But what's really important, is that the fans need something to look forward to. This entire thing with the CE C&D has caused a lot of commotion, and hasn't only attracted outside fans, but it has depressed the inside fanbase as well (us). Especially with Crisis nearly falling apart and Ark going original. There's nothing anymore, absolutely nothing.

Then again, it might be good to wait a while, until everything has calmed down more.