[endgame]

Frankly, I don't see what merit there is in the discussion, let alone the merit in having one at all. The online investment is their plan. So be it. Time spent on the adventure isn't necessarily time taken away from anything. The guts of the engine is already in place, sounding like the only remaining issue is the server interface and the reporting of resulting numbers to the participants. I think if they can generate a supplemental income that surpasses the expense of the investment (which of course it would or they wouldn't be doing it), the balance is a dividend, in turn, re-invested in our mainstay: OOTP proper.

On our part, the rest is a combination of speculation and, honestly, nothing to do with our day to day involvement unless some of you expect to become participants in the extension, but I doubt it. While I appreciate the update in regard to the expansion efforts, in my mind it was needlessly included in the newsletter to regular users- aside from keeping us in the loop I suppose- just because of this kind of fallout and these kinds of responses. It's historically a knee-jerk forum and I tire of the footfalls.

More power to them. As developers, that's what they do: develop. They can do so in any direction they see fit, including expanding in new directions that do not include an existing target audience. I probably hold a minority opinion in this, but the reality is it's not my business and none of my business, and in addition, too far away to judge implications even if I perceived any as it lacks real form at this point.