Posted by Thallen

I still don't understand how Ph8 or Hoyt haven't eventually become Manager of that server, unless they've declined

Can't speak for Hoyt, but I have indeed been offered Manager a few times and have turned it down each time. Not being Manager has never prevented me from doing pretty much whatever I wanted Dev wise with the server, and I have no interest in dealing with the PR related issues that come with the position.

As for the thread, I believe there is room for another classic-style iPhone/facebook server based around the more competitive aspects of Graal. UN will never be that server though. Attempting to take UN as it stands and make it decent enough for facebook would be more complicated than just starting a server from scratch. (The server is massive and a lot of stuff is poorly scripted junk, someone would have to go through it all. The gmap is unnecessarily large and mostly boring/empty. Do you reset everyone's accounts?, What about all the pokemon hats and other copyrighted **** all over the place? etc.)

A server based off of UN that uses some of its systems, events, and mini games might be possible. But no one is working on anything like that, seriously at least, at the moment.  

Posted by Ph8

more complicated than just starting a server from scratch

This is also how I feel, and in the past 10 years it seems like people do a whole lot of rehashing and "revivals" of servers. Lots of projects trying to carry on the reputation of another server to help kickstart the project, etc.
I think the last quality classic-style overworld I remember from PC was Cynical, and that server existed for maybe 2 months before completely disappearing. Kind of crazy to me now that servers with these huge, well-made overworlds just completely disappeared.

If this iUN thing actually has a team of staff, they should start from scratch and actually hand-build the server based around sparring, events, or whatever else they want. Cutting UN's map out of PC and superimposing it into a whole new environment that demands entirely different things just seems sloppy and lazy.  

So we both know which path UN will take, eh?  

Posted by Thallen

This is also how I feel, and in the past 10 years it seems like people do a whole lot of rehashing and "revivals" of servers.

Pretty sure Thor is attempting the revival of Graal The Adventure  

Another graal game on iOS... because that will stop the others from failing  

Posted by Andre'

Pretty sure Thor is attempting the revival of Graal The Adventure

He made the gmap smaller and is redoing lots of things including a new towering system. I think the plan is connect it to FB and make it accessible through client too.  

Posted by Kuz

He made the gmap smaller and is redoing lots of things including a new towering system. I think the plan is connect it to FB and make it accessible through client too.

0/10 rekt