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Thunderstorm · 11-25-2014

DK you're 100% right in terms of the reskin and being disappointing, but what do you expect? At the end of the day it comes down to dollars earned than a minority of players' individual concerns, they're targeting a different community and audience now. The pre iOS plays are fading and the PC generation has passed. The iMarket has opened up a new market for Eurocenter/Toonslab to exploit in order to make and promote a profitable business. They're targeting a specific audience and, to be slightly stereotypical, they're targeting 8-15 year olds from a wealthy demographic and it's obviously working. Numbers in all facets continue to rise. It is what it is, a new community has emerged.

Late 2012 I believe, Tig, Muse, myself and a few others were doing bits and pieces for Ol' West but it wasn't really a concentrated project, iKingdoms was the focus with plans to release both an iOS eventually. Both servers were beautiful and amazingly unique, just time consuming and slow going for a variety of reasons.

Nevertheless, things change, unixmad needed a cash injection from somewhere and with Delteria waiting in the wings, why not release another Era reskin? $$$. But, in all seriousness they have released it at a great time and I'm sure with improvement Ol' West will hopefully become more differentiated from Era, hopefully better. However, I can assure you that Ol' West's image is gone and won't be fulfilled.

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Thunderstorm Procrastinating Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 942	DK you're 100% right in terms of the reskin and being disappointing, but what do you expect? At the end of the day it comes down to dollars earned than a minority of players' individual concerns, they're targeting a different community and audience now. The pre iOS plays are fading and the PC generation has passed. The iMarket has opened up a new market for Eurocenter/Toonslab to exploit in order to make and promote a profitable business. They're targeting a specific audience and, to be slightly stereotypical, they're targeting 8-15 year olds from a wealthy demographic and it's obviously working. Numbers in all facets continue to rise. It is what it is, a new community has emerged. Late 2012 I believe, Tig, Muse, myself and a few others were doing bits and pieces for Ol' West but it wasn't really a concentrated project, iKingdoms was the focus with plans to release both an iOS eventually. Both servers were beautiful and amazingly unique, just time consuming and slow going for a variety of reasons. Nevertheless, things change, unixmad needed a cash injection from somewhere and with Delteria waiting in the wings, why not release another Era reskin? $$$. But, in all seriousness they have released it at a great time and I'm sure with improvement Ol' West will hopefully become more differentiated from Era, hopefully better. However, I can assure you that Ol' West's image is gone and won't be fulfilled.