Slaphead

Indeed. And the age of robber barons is well on it's way.

Before you register, be advised that the company uses a "fraud-prevention" system called "iesnare" that has potential privacy and security issues.

http://www.codingthewheel.com/archives/online-gambling-privacy-iesnare

There's a PvE-RP server called Hyrkania. So no excuse for not joining. :P

Yep, it's in open beta. If you happen to play on the US servers. The patch wasn't published on the EU test server for whatever reason.

It's sad to see all the great potential going to waste. The game had a solid core concept, but the combination of bad leadership and incredibly stupid business model ended up dooming it. Either one on its own might not have been enough to kill the game.

For example, I remember reading a forum post by the main writer responsible for the story, in which he basically implied that he was drunk while writing the dialogue. Which I don't doubt at all. However, the failure to tell a coherent story could've been fixed later, if they hadn't run out of money because of the business model...

Another thing this game will be remembered by, is of course the incredible amount of hate it generated. A n epicenter of which is/was of course www.flagshipped.com. Personally I could relate to a lot of the stuff they said when the site was published, but it quickly degenerated into a maelstrom of feces-slinging and nonproductive vitriol. As a fine and recent example, a relatively neutral and slightly nostalgic comment I made two days ago on their newspost about HGL's closing is still stuck in their moderation system, while all the ha-has and turd-slinging seems to get through fine.
Interesting to see if the place will explode with all the hatred now that their target is gone, or will it all spill to other forums, like Cryptic's CO ones.

I hope all the people taking part in this realize that their DNA samples will burn in Earth's atmosphere in a couple of decades when the ISS becomes obsolete and gets de-orbited.

I live overseas, and had no chance to get to the Comic Con, so might as well try to get the item this way...