Mourning- Unethical Business and Horrid Game

Tymora · May 2006

Originally posted by Kilim
Watch out Mourning!
D&L is about to take your throne!

I haven't kept up to date with the Mourning thing, but I have been following DnL for years, and it's the biggest disappointment I have ever experienced in the development of a mmorpg. It has such huge potential that will never be realized.

I just recently saw the "new" Mourning website and decided to give it a look. Then I found out that the game is still being run by the same devs, with the same people in charge. Is this true?

Signe · May 2006

What the heck are you going to do with a free copy of Mourning? Target has some really cute doorstops if that's what you're looking for....

skullbreaker · May 2006

"We do plan on incorporating a few new features
such as dynamic mounts, player-run shops and a dynamic, real world,
in-game currency model associated with items and the economy." - Colton

From an article on RPGVault

Zaxx99 · May 2006

Well, well, well....

Imagine this folks:

Age of Mourning was supposedly well into development or whatever and looking at a release sometime this year.

And now like a vanishing rabbit magic trick, it is all gone!!

www.AgeOfMourning.com

lol, truly pathetic. It really doesn't surprise me. Hey atleast give them credit for not taking a whole bunch of peoples' pre-order money this time around, lol.

- Zaxx

Makane · May 2006

I would like to congratulate Pornodave, Ego, and all those who helped make Mourning what it is today.

Job well done

Signe · May 2006

Did you poke it with a pointy stick to see if it's really dead this time?

nexus42 · May 2006

I'm not dead yet! I'm feeling much better!

Tithrielle · May 2006

I don't understand why this game keeps getting revived... There must be, what, three people interested in playing it? I just can't see how these companies expect to make a profit out of it.

damian7 · May 2006

Originally posted by Harelin

We tried to convince people. We raised enough hell on both forums to ensure anyone interested enough to the level that they'd pre-order, heard our concerns.
They still pre-ordered.
Many are attempting to justify it, there's even "anything to help out a fledgling MMO company" excuses. That essentially translates to "oh, that poor guy is homeless... he needs that $30 he stole out of my wallet. Let 'em go."
They were educated buyers. I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the show now. Like it or not, the Internet is still reality... take off your rose-colored glasses and use some common sense.

oooooooo we're back to old school 'reality tv' now~!!

Zaxx99 · May 2006

I remember being one of the first ones on these forums to start questioning the validity of Mourning. I asked "What if Mourning is a scam?". I also gave reasons as to my thinking. And I got ridiculed and even flamed for saying that it might be a scam. Heh. That was back in February of 2005. Here's the link to the thread...

Seriously, take a look and read this thread and how I got attacked repeatedly for asking if Mourning was a scam and unprofessional... it's really quite amusing now looking back at it...

Check this out! "Is Mourning a scam?" thread from Feb of 2005...

- Zaxx

skullbreaker · May 2006

new information and drama at http://www.krelslibrary.org -posted 5/30/06

Briansho · May 2006

Will the ever stop "rezz killing" this game?

Zaxx99 · May 2006

lol. Going to www.ageofmourning.com now shows that it is "parked" through godaddy.com. That gives me lots of faith that the dumb game is coming out in the very near future! I can hardly wait!! Heh.

- Zaxx

cosy · June 2006

/bump

new name again

new dev team ?

http://www.loudant.com/

can i say WTF ?

Scaris · June 2006

Ya I am looking at that too. It looks like they are trying to make the game look like a different game completely again. Either that or Porno Dave took the product and gave it to someone else to try to finish it.

Scaris · June 2006

whois results for www.ageofmourning.com:

Registrant:
Loud Ant Software

1223 NW 7th Ave
Los Angeles, California 90068
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: AGEOFMOURNING.COM
Created on: 19-Oct-05
Expires on: 19-Oct-06
Last Updated on: 01-Jun-06

Administrative Contact:
Burgess, Colton colton@loudant.com
Loud Ant Software
1223 NW 7th Ave
Los Angeles, California 90068
United States
5035456789

Technical Contact:
Burgess, Colton colton@loudant.com
Loud Ant Software
1223 NW 7th Ave
Los Angeles, California 90068
United States
5035456789

Domain servers in listed order:
PARK27.SECURESERVER.NET
PARK28.SECURESERVER.NET

Registry Status: ACTIVE
Registry Status: ok

Pride7 · June 2006

Did the people that paid the $30 for the pre-order get their money back?

Scaris · June 2006

Originally posted by Pride7
Did the people that paid the $30 for the pre-order get their money back?

A few...

The rest were promised 5 months free when the game re-released before it was sold / changed around twice and now apparently has an entirely new name all together.

Scaris · June 2006

Oh and if any MMORPG.COM staff is watching please investigate Thrones of Chaos before adding it to the games list since it seems to be Realms of Krel, aka Realms of Torment, aka Mourning, aka, Age of Mourning.

Kilim · June 2006

ITS BAAACKKKK!!!!

http://www.realmsofkrel.com

It is now under the new name: Throne of Chaos
http://www.thronesofchaos.com/

Its funny because the http://www.realmsofkrel.com forwards it to the http://www.thronesofchaos.com/ site.

Greatness · June 2006

A new company bought the old out meaning new people are developing it.

ValiumSummer · June 2006

I was sure that I had read recently on this very site, that a new developer had taken over age of morning, and that MMORGP.com was adding it once again to the mmorpg.com web site. I can't seem to find a trace of that announcement or the site. Maybe a change of heart?

skullbreaker · June 2006

Originally posted by Greatness
A new company bought the old out meaning new people are developing it.

Don't be so quick to assume that. We have a lot of reasons to believe that the old dev team was simply rolled over into Loud Ant software. New name, new image, same BS.

ValiumSummer · June 2006

I know I read a short bulletin on this site one day mentioning that a new company had aquired Mourning, and that they were re-adding it to thier list. I imagine after the name change MMORPG removed it promptly (since is doesn't exist w/ that name anymore).

Certainly can't blame the new company (or the old if that is the case) for changing the name.

JelloB2000 · June 2006

Originally posted by ValiumSummer
I know I read a short bulletin on this site one day mentioning that a new company had aquired Mourning, and that they were re-adding it to thier list. I imagine after the name change MMORPG removed it promptly (since is doesn't exist w/ that name anymore).
Certainly can't blame the new company (or the old if that is the case) for changing the name.

Well it came to the attention of mmorpg.com that the new owner was 17 years old or something (according to the owners own myspace site). Also on the official forums Ego was posting as the head for the future billing plans for Mourning WHILE having a "new management". So it was removed yet again ::::03::

Mourning today:
http://nuancedentertainment.com/ has no info at all (no links to anything, just a single page), site-news date back to Monday March 20th 2006 ...sigh.

http://www.loudant.com/ Have done something(?) (since being established in 2001), they put up some pictures in their galleries. They have links to some flash games on sony:s site but I cant find credit for the games or any info on the site to any kind of work they have done.

nuanced is apperently doing the development-work.

http://www.nuancedentertainment.com/projects.php
http://www.nuancedentertainment.com/technology.php

Abyssal Engine...Wasnt that the one Mourning used?

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