<Appocomaster> First, I'll be giving an update on some recent events, then there will be a question and answer session via CH_Bot. To ask questions, please /msg CH_Bot <your question>.
<Appocomaster> An update on some of the recent history of Planetarion with Jagex:
<Appocomaster> Around two years ago, the issue of a rival game was raised with the Jagex management. After this, Jagex held meetings with a view to planning how to move the game forward. Things then went quiet and so in late 2011 the issue was raised again and assurances were given that work was being done and that a team would be formed to develop the game. A proposal was slowly developed to flesh this out.
<Appocomaster> In mid 2012 the key lead for the team got promoted "out of reach" and a replacement was finally settled on in the middle of Round 48. Unfortunately, due to legal advise from the incoming team, the contract that had been drafted was deemed unsignable. Due to the amount of effort taken to get to this point and the expense of completely redrafting the contract, it was decided to abandon it.
<Appocomaster> This has left the game solely with the PA team, with the main advantage that we are no longer being told to "wait for things to get sorted out" before doing non-trivial changes.
<Appocomaster> As a note, contact has been made between Spinner and the game, but the differences in expectations quickly finished these conversations
<Appocomaster> I would like to confirm that Jagex have made it clear that they won't sell Planetarion and that while the PA Team are still willing to run it, the game will continue. There is no anticipated change in terms of round length, cost, and so forth. Jagex have previously pushed us to change servers (which reduced tick time) and reduced the cost of credits, and have otherwise not really intervened in the running of the game. There are no plans from the PA Team to stop running the game. We'll continue to push for the occasional free round, though this may be based on the number of players. Jagex still have no access to user data (though it's stored on their servers).