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Originally Posted by Josho
Vivendi was never going to bend. They didn't bend with KQIX -- despite a petition of thousands of signatures.
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It depends. Was Vivendi going to simply shut down the fangame, no quarter, and the fan response prompted them to make *some* kind of offer? Or did Vivendi straight from the get-go make the "sign everything over to us and still release or we shut you down" offer?
In the former case, the fan response made a difference (and for your game as well).
In the latter case, this doesn't serve as an example. Vivendi didn't listen to the fans because they already were willing to concede an offer, and the fans, not knowing the details, stopped protesting once they heard the game was still going, so they couldn't affect the terms.
But if the situation right here had happened: you told the fans that you shut down the game because Vivendi's terms were unacceptable, and there were actually enough fans to care and make a fuss... you don't know.
But, mostly I'm just sad because I had a feeling this was how it'd play out: no game released, and no community to really care that much either way. That's more or less what it boils down to for me. With a stronger PR campaign, there would have at least been a community; staying completely under the radar there might have still been a game. But this situation is more or less the worst of both worlds.
Peace & Luv, Liz