The final MMOGlider update (MDY vs Blizzard)!

[ocktra]

MDY has reached a settlement and we will no longer be in operation. Our website and forums will be shutting down shortly.

Posted by Mercury @ Glider forums (and lawsuit) are going away. - Glider Forums
We've settled the lawsuit with Blizzard, so things are going to happen fairly quickly around here. I can't go into a ton of detail, but I can say I'm glad to be able to close the book on that particular ugliness and move on with a relatively regular life, even if it means no Glider. I can also divulge that my proposed title for the next WoW expansion, "WoW: Mercury Is A Cool Guy And Needs A Nice Girl Who Also Doesn't Mind Cooking" didn't make it very far.

For Glider customers, this means not much change from where we are now. There was simply no way we could get by Judge Campbell to get Glider back on the market, although we came pretty close. Regardless, there is no point in running forums with no future for Glider.

On Monday, August 22nd, we will be taking down the site and forums. I imagine I'll be around here quite a bit more until then, at least once I get back to Phoenix later today.

Most of the people who have helped out through the years will not see this, but I imagine some folks will cross-post this message on other forums. You have my most sincere appreciation; everyone from OMW to Ocktra and all the others. The community is what made Glider into a true force and I never would have made it this far without you. Losing that through the injunction has been the worst part for me.

I'm not sure what I'll be doing next, but I'm quite certain it won't involve anything to do with Blizzard. Maybe some kind of regular job that doesn't involve a constant barrage of legal and technical attacks. Imagine that.

And, no, I'm not interested in automating Rift unless your job offer includes a hefty starting bonus. Think Ferrari 458-sized.

So long, and thanks for all the cookies.

-Michael "Mercury" Donnelly

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I'd personally like to thank mmowned/"ownedcore" for all the support the community has given MDY throughout the years. A lot of our members are members here to and I'm sure the community will live on in its own way. We're all going our separate ways for a while but I'll be stopping here every so often.

And please don't ask questions about the settlement. I'm sure more information will make its way throughout the internet in the months to come but for now nobody is saying anything. Thanks for your understanding

[Confucius]

Promoted to front page as it's important news

[Seifer]

Sad to hear, but no surprises really. Enjoyed Glider while it was there, and in all honesty it's still not been matched. The quality of the product, and the care with which it was delivered to its customers still remains unmatched today - even though other bots may have more functionality than Glider had, they still lack that sense of style, which they'll probably never have.

Rest in piece Glider, and good luck to Mercury in his future ventures!

[Jeremiah]

Thanks for the update. I was going to write a frontpage story about it, but it looks like someone already promoted it.

[Dothraex]

Thanks for sharing. I can imagine getting a normal job being amazing after what he's been going through.


..I've always missed that bot, and always will.