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Originally Posted by Rufus
I am not surprised at all that they don't believe he's interested in its future
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Although what you said is arguable, I don't derive from what I said that Stefan himself still enjoys working on Graal and does work on it to achieve is own vision of it,
unlike what everyone else is saying.
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Originally Posted by Gambet
Apparently he's using Graal as a learning platform to delve into other aspects of the gaming industry, but companies like Blizzard would highly disagree with the notion that the online gaming industry does not bring in enough revenue. Although he did not say that he does not care about Graal, he did imply that he feels the game will not make them rich, thus, there's no point on giving as much effort into it when they can be working on other projects that will bring in more profit.
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Although trying to interpolate what Stefan said any further would just be entirely warping his post, this is what I believe he thinks:
- Graal can not immediately pull itself into making a lot of money beyond charging all of it's current players more (which they can't really do any further, since they are already pushing it).
- Other technologies like iPhone games etc. bring in the money very fast, and that money can be used to keep Graal up, in addition to supporting Stefan + Unixmad's actual lives.
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Originally Posted by papajchris
dropping fairyland, dropping graal 3d, little to no updates, imo shows he doesnt care
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From what I have heard,
Graal had to be bailed out more than once because it could not financially support itself. And now, they don't have the option to bail it out again.
If it goes down, it stays down.
I think Stefan finally realized that, and has started to
balance work between making money and working on Graal.
I have also heard that Stefan works almost all day and only gets ~6 of sleep at night.
Now keep in mind, I am no official and I don't have any direct line to anyone. I believe that Stefan is doing his best to keep Graal up without risky financial plots that could take it down (forever).
If anyone has a serious beef with that, I think you should speak up and say exactly why.