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<b>Message ID:</b> 21301 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Fri Sep  8 21:20:38 BST 2000 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> jhenders@bogon.com <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [eqbards] Horizons (was Official confirmation from Ester) <br/>
<br/><br/>
<div id="ygrps-yiv-1207538798">On Fri, Sep 08/00, &quot;Kimes, Dean W.&quot; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:dean_kimes@...">dean_kimes@...</a>&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt;Assuming they get future additional funding, when is Horizons scheduled for<br/>
&gt; &gt;release?  Based on what I read, if they don&#39;t get the funding the project<br/>
&gt; &gt;will fall through, which will be a shame based on the promise of this game.<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;Galtin of E&#39;ci<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; The funding issue is solved.  They plan to go to Beta early 2001.  They are<br/>
&gt; currently planning on a 1 year Beta with 4 phases.  From what Doug and David<br/>
&gt; have relayed recently they received more funding offers than they felt<br/>
&gt; comfortable accepting.  My only fear is that they are planning on so much<br/>
&gt; content that it may become a daunting task to avoid scope creep.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Isn&#39;t Horizons another one of those games where the developers think<br/>
that in spite of UO having nothing but problems with PKs and grief<br/>
players, and EQ showing the overwhelming majority prefer a PvP<br/>
switch, that they can come up with the perfect, abuse free forced PvP<br/>
environment?<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
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