it may be good in comparison to other modern servers but not insane, and very different

we could have had a fixed version of the original 2001 by now (instead of having konidias take over and change the essence of the server, quit before finishing the job, then having it taken by this dan guy who didn't do anything and turned it into his private free testing server)

its fate is not so different than classic's

Dan scripted most, if not all, systems on Bomy Island, from what I believe.

it was konidias

Are you asking if Graal will still be here after the apocalypse?
It depends on whether it gets "Left Behind"
I would think if it was a good, only its clothes would be left and it would ascend to the heavens. o.o

Want to know something creepy? I just had a dream that Stefan stepped in and returned Classic to it's state as it was quite a few years ago. Al the classic quests, etc.
It was pretty sweet.

The post also said that Graal has a lot of room to improve, and someone should get to it ;)

I definitely think it's staying, FOREVER. <3

If not, when I'm fat and wrinkly I'll just have to remake it so I can chase and live out my childhood dreams of being an Unholy Nation ETA. ^^
Wait, who needs an ETA? If I remake it I'll be *Stefan. O_O

IDK, I think graal could stay but theyll have to move away from player based development one of these days considering that no one is doing to well.

That's ridiculous. You really can't even call that "Graal" then.

I think that would make it a completely different game.
It doesn't matter that it's player based, they can do a mix of both.
They just need to not rely on the players to make the servers for them and make some of their own as well. :\

It was actually me, but Konidias/Rufus told me what to script it like, they had good ideas.

To word it slightly different:

They need to stop relying completely on players for content.

I don't think Graal's going to die anytime soon, but it sure is going downhill for a lot of us.

Why is it that people can say this plain as day but when I said it, I got global banned? :(

Yeah, whatever. That works too I guess. >_<

Because they love me more. :p

Graal, for any player, will never be "the same as it used to be" compared to when that player started. It's really a case-by-case issue. New players who stick around because they find it interesting will probably be starting threads just like this one in a year(or years) to come.

As for "Will it be around?", as Darlene said - No one can predict the future, but I personally do believe that if they wish to have any hope of sticking around, as it is, then a lot of specific issues holding Graal back and digging it deeper into it's hole definitely need to be evaluated and reconstructed better. There are threads everywhere on this forum about what needs to change, so whether you agree with them or not, they're worth a look through *cough* Aimed@theDirectors *cough*

Sorry, they're too busy working on poker and making an iPhone port of Zone better than the real version.

Graal is unique in many ways and has huge potential. If Unixmad/Stefan would stop wasting time/money on stuff like Graal 3d, the Zone iPhone application, the games server, new website, etc. and instead focused it all on progressing the main game itself, the game would be a lot better.