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Domino & Fairan are still there, providing leadership on the boards. But yes, lots of bitterness. In the business world, taking over a company where most of the employees jobs are being duplicated by the existing staff makes everyone uncomfortable becuase you know the axe will eventually fall on someone, usually the acquired staff. That is exactly what happened when DBG took over EQ. The problem is that when the leadership at EQ were dumped we lost the core of those who had the most investment in keeping EQ as it has been alive and well in the new game being produced. It doesn't mean DBG cannot learn and become familiar, but everyone pretty much knows we lost the true-blue flavor and have moved towards the machine of putting out some game with the EQ name on it. That is where the bitterness started. We also lost the one game that was relying a lot on the gamers/players contributions to make up the game. That was the huge draw on Landmark/Next where what we were going to be playing is made literally by the players. It will not be the same but it may still be good. Bittersweet may be what we call NEXT when and if it comes out.