So if Zanz doesnt come back...

[BluePriest]

Whats going to happen to Elements? I mean, this forum is great, but if Zanz permadissapears, then goodbye GS&F and CIA sections. They are pointless if that happens. Do we need to expand the games we talk about? I mean, I guess league of legends could be one since thier community sucks, but any suggestions from here would pretty much be ignored since rioters dont check this out. Im really just sorta thinking out loud on something thats been on my mind for a while. Wondering if mods can fill in anything. Elements is a great game, but one of the biggest appeals was the active design of it. With Zanz afk though, that part is gone.

[regen2k9]

Zanz was on earlier today, so he's not completely MIA.  Whether or not he updates soon is a different question of course, but at least we know he's around.

[furballdn]

Zanz was on earlier today This week, so he's not completely MIA.  Whether or not he updates soon is a different question of course, but at least we know he's around.

Last active: September 10

[regen2k9]

Zanz was on earlier today This week, so he's not completely MIA.  Whether or not he updates soon is a different question of course, but at least we know he's around.

Last active: September 10

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[RootRanger]

Zanz built Elements into a great game, but he has lost interest in improving it. The game is dying, and zanz has nothing left to prove. It's time for him to pass on the rights of the game to the community.

[whatifidogetcaught?]

Zanz built Elements into a great game, but he has lost interest in improving it. The game is dying, and zanz has nothing left to prove. It's time for him to pass on the rights of the game to the community.

What he said. There are so many ideas out in the community, but to implement the correct ones have always been his decision as far as I have known. If Zanz has lost all the interest in this game, what can we do?

[ZephyrPhantom]

Zanz built Elements into a great game, but he has lost interest in improving it. The game is dying, and zanz has nothing left to prove. It's time for him to pass on the rights of the game to the community.

^This. Open source is always a possibility, especially when we have coder(s) around. The community has also proved more than able to manage itself, too.

[regen2k9]

Zanz built Elements into a great game, but he has lost interest in improving it. The game is dying, and zanz has nothing left to prove. It's time for him to pass on the rights of the game to the community.

Agreed, and because it's relevant: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43434.0.html

tl;dr = we need to contact Zanz about the Root's point, or at least for him to give us rights to upload cards, do AI programming, etc....which, essentially, is the same thing.  If he doesn't pass on the rights, he should at least share the rights.

[ZephyrPhantom]

Zanz built Elements into a great game, but he has lost interest in improving it. The game is dying, and zanz has nothing left to prove. It's time for him to pass on the rights of the game to the community.

Agreed, and because it's relevant: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43434.0.html

tl;dr = we need to contact Zanz about the Root's point, or at least for him to give us rights to upload cards, do AI programming, etc....which, essentially, is the same thing.  If he doesn't pass on the rights, he should at least share the rights.

However, Zanz usually doesn't check his emails and blocks his PMs when it comes to things ETG-relevant. To contact Zanz means you need to contact an 'intermediate' person first.

[regen2k9]

Zanz built Elements into a great game, but he has lost interest in improving it. The game is dying, and zanz has nothing left to prove. It's time for him to pass on the rights of the game to the community.

Agreed, and because it's relevant: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43434.0.html

tl;dr = we need to contact Zanz about the Root's point, or at least for him to give us rights to upload cards, do AI programming, etc....which, essentially, is the same thing.  If he doesn't pass on the rights, he should at least share the rights.

However, Zanz usually doesn't check his emails and blocks his PMs when it comes to things ETG-relevant. To contact Zanz means you need to contact an 'intermediate' person first.

Hmm...I didn't realize that.  Who could we contact to be an intermediary?

[ZephyrPhantom]

Zanz built Elements into a great game, but he has lost interest in improving it. The game is dying, and zanz has nothing left to prove. It's time for him to pass on the rights of the game to the community.

Agreed, and because it's relevant: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43434.0.html

tl;dr = we need to contact Zanz about the Root's point, or at least for him to give us rights to upload cards, do AI programming, etc....which, essentially, is the same thing.  If he doesn't pass on the rights, he should at least share the rights.

However, Zanz usually doesn't check his emails and blocks his PMs when it comes to things ETG-relevant. To contact Zanz means you need to contact an 'intermediate' person first.

Hmm...I didn't realize that.  Who could we contact to be an intermediary?

You can try contacting vrt or Xenocidius. (To be fair/as a warning - There is no guarantee that they will respond -and- approve, and it's always possible that Zanz is just going through a hard point in life. If you guys seriously plan to make the game much more community influenced give valid reasons beyond the fact Zanz is absent.)

[eaglgenes101]

Zanz built Elements into a great game, but he has lost interest in improving it. The game is dying, and zanz has nothing left to prove. It's time for him to pass on the rights of the game to the community.

Agreed, and because it's relevant: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43434.0.html

tl;dr = we need to contact Zanz about the Root's point, or at least for him to give us rights to upload cards, do AI programming, etc....which, essentially, is the same thing.  If he doesn't pass on the rights, he should at least share the rights.

However, Zanz usually doesn't check his emails and blocks his PMs when it comes to things ETG-relevant. To contact Zanz means you need to contact an 'intermediate' person first.

How about we, as a community, request it through the forums?