Announcement

[Claus]

Oh yes, it has been hinted at by the press, but now its official http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Comments, questions, praise and concerns should be posted here, but keep in mind that we have to hold back most of the info till the press release is out (after the holidays). Ok? http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Harack]

About the publisher thing

PWNAGE!!!!!!!

[Arannon]

Lol I thought the last place anyone would go to find a games publisher would be in Greece http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif (They have/had banned internet gaming).

Either way great news http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Chloe]

good stuff Claus that rocks, I was skeptical about the game coming out at the said date.. Not only the small team but man can your hands get cold when you're trying to type.. arg.. like right now.  I wanna say more but I cannnnnttttttttt!!!!   bbbrrrrrrrrrrr

[Yggdrasil]

Thank you for giving us some signs of life.Been waiting for this to happen, Anyway, congrats so far.
I thougth it would be better after you posted some news from sunny greece, but its turned out to be worse,
now i have more questions than ever
http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Will the RW web pages be changed? or even better, will you update the web cam, do it, do it,do it.
Lets see your view outside.I love greece, lets see what im missing.
http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Viranth]

Cool, since this was already out in the press, it wasn't a really big surprise, but was good that we got the official "yes" or "it's true".
Also a good thing they are keeping back the info until after the holidays, because I won't be around then... Sucks missing out on the good stuff =)

[Claus]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote (Yggdrasil @ Dec. 13 2002,12:53)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I thougth it would be better after you posted some news from sunny greece, but its turned out to be worse,
now i have more questions than ever &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Will the RW web pages be changed? or even better, will you update the web cam, do it, do it,do it.
Lets see your view outside.I love greece, lets see what im missing.
http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif[/b][/quote]
Well, moving a company takes time. You didnt expect us to magically be up and running within 10 seconds, did you? ;)

And yes, expect to see much more activities on our site after the holidays. We have a PR department now! ;)

[Gaintlord]

Yea good work guys!!!!!!!!!!

Now for the question.

Is the publisher going to give you free rain on the game that you been working on for so long now? I just don't want changes to come about to where after 6 moonths its a PvE game not a PvP game we are hoping for.

Are you guys going to have to change any ideas that you have already said that will be in game (which I know is not much)

When they sign on did you guys go "Opps sorry that was a type oh that should read PvP not PvE but too bad you already sighed" hehehehehe

Can't wait to read about the new people and and find out who the PR guy/girl will be (hehe they weill love us &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif )!!!

[Viranth]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">
We have a PR department now! ;)
[/b][/quote]

Sweet, this is getting better by the minute!

[Claus]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote (Gaintlord @ Dec. 13 2002,13:26)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Is the publisher going to give you free rain on the game that you been working on for so long now? I just don't want changes to come about to where after 6 moonths its a PvE game not a PvP game we are hoping for.

Are you guys going to have to change any ideas that you have already said that will be in game (which I know is not much)

When they sign on did you guys go "Opps sorry that was a type oh that should read PvP not PvE but too bad you already sighed" hehehehehe

Can't wait to read about the new people and and find out who the PR guy/girl will be (hehe they weill love us

[Airius Droc]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote (Claus @ Dec. 13 2002,07:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">To quote one of the top guys at the publisher when asked about them carebearising Darkfall: "Hell no!".[/b][/quote]
Hell yes!

[Mortikhi]

Congrats on reaching your latest milestone.

I just hope the Grecian video game police don't find out where you're making this game.

[Osthman]

Finally some news! Well anyhow, why would you move to Greece, they banned interactive games in there or has the law changed now?

[Pumpkin]

Well first its Greek not Grecian..... &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
And the law was active about 1 week.

[Ohio Juggalo]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">BTW, does the fact that it's Friday the 13th hold any significance?

[Airius Droc]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote (Ohio Juggalo @ Dec. 13 2002,09:04)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Well it was actuall posted on the 12th.[/b][/quote]

13/12/2002

That's a Europe date, 13th/December/2002.

[Mars]

Congratulations on the publisher!

Get out and explore a bit, and then be sure to let us see what you find. There should be plenty artwork and architecture to inspire some new DarkFall artwork!

[Gowel]

Congratulations on a publisher guys. I was almost certain that you had one after you mentioned awhile back that the game would have blood & gore.

Hopefully if it's not too much trouble, we could get a HOC sometime in January. At this point everyone realizes that the game won't be making it's originally estimated Q1 2003 release date, but I think we'd all appreciate a new roughly estimated, projected start of the beta and retail release now that you have some PR people.

Oh, one other thing that I'm surprised hasn't come up, what is the name of the publisher?

[Suddendeth]

Awesome, and Congratulations

Exciting Times

[Filgolfin]

hoowah. &nbsp;jsut means you'll get it out the door faster. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;it better mean you're gonna get it out the door faster. &nbsp; or we will have fun with a bat and a dark alley &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[SilverWolf]

Woohoo! That is really great news! So things will be moving at a much faster pace now and that means a lot more activity on the website &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Congradulations guys!!!

[SethDrone KoC]

congrats, now we'll have DF that much sooner http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Bartacus]

WHAAAAAA http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

I love you guys http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif

[Quale]

Eehaw, had to join the choir you know.

My main concern isn't wether you'd change the PvP aspects, I kinda expected you to stick to that.

No, it's the effects surrounding PvP and other major elements of the game that concerns me. *Points to the boards* See heated discussions.

Best of luck with the new staff and yeah Greece may be nice and warm, men det er Norge som er bra, det er Norge som er best! ;-)

[Uilamin]

finally a much needed publisher...

Good job guys

[Majestic]

Congrats on the move &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif I hope everything went smoothly. Can you give us some insights as to what attracted your publisher to you all and how it affects the time table you all had in mind for the game's development and eventual release? &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/Oo.gif

[IFeNiXI]

All i gota say is congrats guys im very happy.. ive been to greece 2 times.... dont get lost in the islands during the day http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif &nbsp;them tours r cheap and tend to be long &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif &nbsp;and ignore all the ruines of greece unless it helps the graphic designers with building designs ;) and dont go in the subway system =/ its crazy &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/baaa.gif

[Mayseth]

You made me wait a month for this? How dare you, where's the screenshots and the movie eh? ;)

[Chance]

Congrats! I'm going to tell my guild the news now. They can't be skeptics now! &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[thorn[combine]]

I've got a publisher too, but I won't tell you who it is!

*boggle*

[MMOGs_Veteran]

Congratulations on the publisher!

Now you can really remove that "vaporware thread" DF is real now, well,

[Searching]

http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif &nbsp;I am so glad to here the news that they like the game as is and you have more help. &nbsp;I haven't played in a long time. &nbsp;Only a couple games look good to me and this is one of them. &nbsp;Man this made my week.

[Disgruntled Kimone]

is BRN one of the guys at the publishing firm?

[AT]

Gratz

[Sonja]

nice &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif &nbsp; &nbsp; -hugs-


Now, hire a public relations guy to make the fanbase grow strong &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif

[Mr. Lee]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote (Quale @ Dec. 13 2002,23:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Best of luck with the new staff and yeah Greece may be nice and warm, men det er Norge som er bra, det er Norge som er best! ;-)[/b][/quote]
jaja, Norge ruler seff. But still... I wouldn't mind chilling in greece right now.
Damn cold up here.

Congrats with the publisher.
Don't let the new guys &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/alien.gif take over http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[KarateK|d]

Congratz people!! http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/love.gif http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/love.gif

Give us the name of the publishers?!? &nbsp; http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

And ofc Norway rules, but if they have to be in Greece to get the game done, so be it &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[IFeNiXI]

most PR people r girls it seems

[Porthios]

All I can really do right now is slosh around in my own waste since I have been consistently shitting myself ever since I found out that it was official.

[Ferox]

ah.. i thought we already knew there was a publisher.. wheres the news of alpha?!!!! hehehe.


congrats guys.

[Felix the Red]

Awesome news!

Just in time for christmas.

Santa lives in Greece, not the north pole.

[foggen]

yeah dude i was beginning to wonder ^^

[Darkon]

Congratulations guys &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
With the PR departement the mods will still be around right?
We'd miss them if they werent...and still a Dev popping in now and then or will it go through the PR people?

[irish_lad]

Really great news.
I haven't posted recently, but I felt this warranted a congrats

[taraturg]

Congrats on the move, and the publisher!

[T4rG]

Grats! &nbsp;-Great news &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Good luck to the new employees &nbsp; http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Blade]

Well, its been a while since ive posted here, but this is some nice come back news. Its great you guys are doing so well! Now ya have a publisher , darn!! That is awesome news!

Congratz guys!

[Satan]

Im pretty much with Porthios.

great news Razorwax!

WE <3 RW!

[Froam]

wow, just checked back in here and saw the great news

good work guys, and good luck &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

[Skinwalker]

I just heard about this news, grats. just please, don't change. keep talking/interacting with us. we know you guys will be busy from now on but please once in awhile talk to us and keep listening to our feedbacks and rants.

it's also good news that they will not change DF, they will keep it the way it is. this is cool, this is one of my fears in new game company like yours. all of them change when they found a publisher. again please don't. we got a good thing goin here. let's keep it this way.

after the holidays, it's cool that you guys will release more infos. I sure want to know who this guys are, and maybe talk and interact with us. the PR man better introduce himself or herself to us, to get to know him/her and thier company.

again grats.

[Mr. Lee]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote (Claus @ Dec. 13 2002,13:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">To quote one of the top guys at the publisher when asked about them carebearising Darkfall: "Hell no!". http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif[/b][/quote]
http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif &nbsp; http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[KorumMaker]

Well Razorwax, we have stuck with you for the beginning, we stuck with you when foul mouthed doubters arose, and I will still be sticking here for the game... http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif


Your "Hardcore" DarkFall fanbase won't fail http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Vandaria]

Just here to offer my congrats as well..hope all works out for you guys!!

[Darkmatter]

Claus
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">And yes, expect to see much more activities on our site after the holidays. We have a PR department now! ;)
[/b][/quote]


Thank god!

[Cik]

Just back from vacation, and had to come in and say Congratulations!!.

-Cik

[Gaintlord]

Will the PR people have anyone from the old dev team on it? So that the PR team will understand everything about the game and know what the devs are working on. If not I hope you go through a long trainning so they do know.

One think I hated about the other game PR was that it was "hmmm I don't know let me ask a dev."

The PR teams should know most of the stuff about the game and everytime something gets add or change they need to get train on it.

Clause if you want to be the best CSR game in the business train your PR team about the game from the dev side of the window. Give them the inside view to answer guestion better then saying something then going opps sorry I misunderstood the devs.

[Iceman]

Hehe, well do not go too crazy I have heard that placde can getreally out of hand. Wel still want DF to be released!! http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Goldarv]

Heya all, good news, glad to hear you got a new publisher and got more people. Nice to hear things are coming along better now. I don't think it will make the game come out faster though, but help it hit its release date better and with a smoother launch, and possibly sooner. Just stoped in to say grats, and can't wait to play it, &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/Oo.gif DAoC is driving me crazy with stupid imbalances due to classes and 3 seperate realms &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif &nbsp;this will be a nice big change.

[Kabul]

Cool. Good to hear they are not gonna go messing around with your game. I would hate to see what happened to Horizons happen to this game.

[Gunther TheBlack]

YES

Soon we get a pr guy that we can annoy

[Zakhal]

Grats! We definetly need more pvp games as good as Darkfall. This is great news indeed. http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif

[Goldarv]

:d does this mean you'll hire a public representitive? some one to update webpage more and talk to peeps and such?

[Fangs]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote (Arannon @ Dec. 13 2002,12:18)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Lol I thought the last place anyone would go to find a games publisher would be in Greece http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif (They have/had banned internet gaming).

Either way great news http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif[/b][/quote]
Actually, they have banned ALL gaming of a electrical nature,
because of big problems with gambling addicts spending their
allowance on slot machines.

Hm...that is kind of like banning ALL drinks, because many people drink alcohol and behave badly afterwards...

Oh well...congrats to Razorwax.
Remember to bring sunlotion.

[Shadow Dude]

It'd be nice to have a new estimated release date, and to know what its gonna cost to play every month

[CyBrEn]

The 'ban' is no longer in place.

[foggen]

any update would be fun, this aint fun http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[Pokeroo]

I am curious about this .... Will the publisher still allow you to decide the course of the game, or will they be putting pressure for the game to confrom to their wants and needs... ?

[Chance]

Pokeroo-

Claus said something about this in this thread I believe.

Basically he assured everybody that the publisher won't be changing anything.

I just hope that this whole thing helps the game along faster.

::Copied and pasted from the Razorwax company website::::::

By combining groundbreaking technology and superior game design,
Razorwax will create amazingly addictive online games.


Our first MMORPG Darkfall is scheduled for release Q1 2003.

Razorwax aims at being one of the leading producers of online games,
with 3 online AAA quality games released by 2005.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::

It seems that developement has fallen behind. I am a fan of this game and the concepts. I will continue to follow this games progress.
I will say however that I was a fan of Shadowbane and it's gaming concepts as well. We all know what happened there.

[Pokeroo]

yeah, everyone here should know about the ShadowBane problem... It's a good reason why a game developer shouldn't advertise so early in the game development process.. It causes alot of problems and hiccups, when a final version finally gets around...

[Yggdrasil]

Well, its done. and they are doing good so far.To start a project like this in Norway is a wonder by itself.
As long the game will ship out im happy http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Zorthique]

So where's this news release then, don't tell me you're all still on holidays... &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[Darkmatter]

Sure looks like it.

They said earlier they finaly got a pr-department. But what those guys in the department are doing, can't be darkfall related at all ;) &nbsp; &nbsp;

Or , hopefully, they're working hard on a total re-design of the darkfall site, and updating every section of it with news and ideas, but they want to do it right before uploading it to the web...

ehm.. no, that can't be it.

[ice-cold]

Actualy from what Claus was saying on IRC they are redoing the site..

New screenshots, models, a new logo, and a new FAQ too...

[swordsbane]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote (ice-cold @ Feb. 03 2003,04:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Actualy from what Claus was saying on IRC they are redoing the site..

New screenshots, models, a new logo, and a new FAQ too...[/b][/quote]
Yes.. but >when< are they going to be finished?

And is there going to be any news on open-Beta?

[Zarax]

They aren't even in alpha yet, so don't expect open beta for a while.

[swordsbane]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote (Zarax @ Feb. 03 2003,16:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">They aren't even in alpha yet, so don't expect open beta for a while.[/b][/quote]
You mean they were in Pre-Alpha last time they spoke.

[Vardox]

Sweet! Greece??? Where they've banned any kind of gaming activity? I remember hearing they didn't even allow card playing there. How'd ya pull it off?

[Vardox]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Well first its Greek not Grecian..... &nbsp;http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
And the law was active about 1 week.[/b][/quote]

http://www.darkfallonline.com/community/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif Greek and Grecian sound the same to me.

What made them change their mind about the law? I'm guess they reallized how much money the entertainment would bring in. Is that about right? Just curious.

[Pumpkin]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote (Vardox @ Feb. 04 2003,07:04)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Well first its Greek not Grecian.....

[Zarax]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">They just wanted to ban game of chance like it happens in casion's or the whole betting on certain events but their law was not very detailed so they (accidently) banned all form of gaming.[/b][/quote]
If that was to happen in America, oh man, many riots would go down and america as we know it would be gone.

[Vardox]

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">They just wanted to ban game of chance like it happens in casion's or the whole betting on certain events but their law was not very detailed so they (accidently) banned all form of gaming.[/b][/quote]

lol

[Darkmatter]

I'm looking forward to the update &nbsp;http://forums.darkfallonline.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sigh.gif *sigh..*

Small updates, but more frequently, could be an option?

http://forums.darkfallonline.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Darugith]

Bravo!

[Fitzchivalry Farseer]

dont do a shadowbane and get other carebear publishers
stick with this publisher now and create a pure pvp game