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Snowcrash steps down...a little
Written by Brammers   
Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Many of you will know Christian "Snowcrash" Schuett, as the Neocron Community Manager at Reakktor. Today, he announced he was moving to work at Gamigo to work on Black Prophecy as the Assistant Product Manager. He say's he will still continue as Community Manager for Neocron, but on a voluntary basis.

This is what he said on the forums.

"As some of you might have already heard from the Black Prophecy forums, I have left Reakktor Media and joined gamigo in Hamburg, Germany as Assistant Product Manager for Black Prophecy. However, I will not completely cancel my work for Neocron and still be available on voluntary basis as Community Manager to be at your service and to lead the other voluntary helpers.

I’ve been with the game and the community for over 8 years now and I simply could not just leave and close the door behind me. We've gone through good times and bad, but this game and its community is still unique and definitely worth spending some leisure time on to keep things running. "

Myself, and everyone else would like to thank Snowcrash for all the support and help he has given to not only the community, but also to the Techhaven Network over the last years. Also we wish him the best of luck in his new role!

 
Forum Watch #4 - It's Been A While!
Written by Tratos   
Thursday, 26 November 2009

So, with the buzz created by Reakktor's return to a fully operational state the community have been a little busier with some speculation and chatter of late - so we're back behind the wheel of our Forum Watch feature!

 The same day as our fearless leaders in Hannover return to business proper we got some fantastic eye-candy from the ever graphically talented runner, Michael Corvin with some very sexy Neocron themed Forza Motorsport 3 skins.

 Slightly more relevant the speculation begins proper with the usual 'patch wish list' headed up by runner Torg with a little twist as he wants wants to know your 3 Wishes for Neocron.

 The speculation and ponderment continues from the runner Seltec next who has started quite an interesting discussion regarding Neocron's potential future on a new graphics engine, this one is true speculation and wishful thinking at the moment but where would you like Neocron 2.X/3's Graphical Future  to go?

 Moving along we have a rare sighting, some role-play heaven forbid! Something that even shows a rare gap in the TechHaven Network's fantastic Item DB ! Check out runner Torg's encounter with The Mysterious Dr. Abramov, have you met the good Doctor?

 A pretty good question follows next from the runner Izeo who's wondering after all this time, just when were the beloved OPs we fight for day-in, day-out actually built ? Could this be time for a History re-cap for some of you?

Another important question next, one the TechHaven Network would certainly like to know the answer to. Runner L0KI asks, who's coming back for the patch?

Runner zii has been having a bit of think on some content he'd like to see from the patch and has come up with a plan for the Crahn Church in the Dome of York and their Black Dragon allies.

November has seen the social side of the community reignited from the buzz of 169 and a few meetings are being organised - runner aKe'cj would like to see you lot in Germany, while runner Eddie Murphy wants to get the party started a little close to home.

 Another few threads cover some other areas, such as speculation over the future of in game GM-held Events and an interesting view on every post apocalyptic socialites favorite supject. Neocron's shopping scene.

To finish we really need to mention this thread as for months now a truly dedicated bunch of runners have been hard at work at another Neocron experience in the form of a Source DeathMatch Modification and so far their work looks out-standing! 

Be sure to check out official forums as they are still alive and kicking and throw up some awesome conversation - so be part of it and show ReaKKtor this game has a dedicated community worth working for!

 
Kirk's Letter - Update!
Written by Tratos   
Thursday, 30 July 2009

In what can only be described as totally out of the blue, Kirk Lenke, CEO of Reakktor Media has directly replied to a response to his recent letter regarding Reakktor's situation, Neocron's future and the effect of Black Prophecy.

In the new response Kirk states as the company's CEO he will not give up on Neocron and goes on to say a number of avenues for Neocron's continuation have been discussed in house at Hannover. The only barrier for those plans however is KK's current financial status. Black Prophecy's sucessful release and a sound publishing deal should sort that one.

Hi John,

first of all NC will not be thrown to a wastebasket. Not by me - no way. Period.

In these days (during the last 15 months) the focus on BP is the only chance for KK to survive. We are in this insolvency procedure now for nearly one year amd the hectic has started earlier. So I am far away from being a happy camper at all.

Thanks for the compliment above regarding the great piece of work. I know that people only get mad when they like something.

Regarding NC and BP and the comparison of these two games. NC was/is a game completely funded by KK from scratch till live date. BP is game which is funded by a fund. So we have to deliver a product to these people and they also have impact on the developement. So you cannot compare both games completely at all.

And our last goal is to create a WoW playerbase. It would be nice but hey!? Trying to compete with WoW in regard of their success etc. is one of the major faults independent studios can go for before they start a new product or using an existing IP like NC. It would be nice but to get there you will need tons of money etc. Trust me, when you approach VC for example the first thing they mention is a sentence like "Will it be like WoW? Or as successful as WoW?".

We have already evaluated certain possibilities on how we can proceed in regard of technical and content support for NC. When the time is right more infos will come.

Cheers and take care
Kirk

 

You can read the response in it's original location, including the original letter, here !

 
A letter from Kirk Lenke
Written by Brammers   
Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Kirk Lenke, the current acting CEO of Reakktor has published a short little letter on the offical forums.

The Mercury situation
We are aware that the situation with the server “Mercury”, which is unavailable for several weeks now, is far from being satisfying. Due to operational circumstances we were not able to yet resolve the technical issues with that server being down. Even though Reakktor Media has been saved as a company, we are still within the insolvency procedure which makes things more complicated. I will look after this personally and strive to get the rectification of the technical issues under way as quick as possible.

Neocron and the state of play
I am not going to beat around the bush with regards to the general situation of Neocron. Because of the previous insolvency we were forced to freeze the development of Neocron and fully focus on the new project. This was inevitable in order to preserve the company and its 40 employees. That Neocron was neglected in the course of this bothers us in the same way as it does you. Neocron and everything connected to it is and always will be a part of us. After we succeeded in saving the company and putting it back on solid ground, I again have confidence in the future of Neocron. It will not be possible to make a complete overhaul, but we will take all action to keep Neocron alive as long as possible. I am not able to go into details at this time, but we will keep you posted on that matter.

Until then, we will support you and Neocron as effectively as possible, be it with the Gamemaster team or our e-mail support, and continue to provide it for the same low expense as before.

Thank you for your time and the confidence you place in us

Kirk

Feel free to comment on the official forums in this thread.

 
Bloom Filter Authorised!
Written by Tratos   
Monday, 05 January 2009

Today fresh from the Christmas break at Reakktor Media, Community Manager SnowCrash has published a new annoucement based on some recent community activity.

As of today you can now legally add some bloom to the world of Neocron, bringing new life to the Neocron graphics engine.

With regards to the forum thread "Bloom for Neocron" about the privately developed graphics filter that enables the bloom effect for Neocron 2, we permit the use of this filter for enhancing the graphic quality of your Neocron 2 installation.

We explicitly point out that the use of this special graphics filter happens on your own risk and Reakktor Media cannot be made liable for any harm made to your computer system due to download and use of this graphics filter. Also Reakktor Media does not offer any support for problems occurring from the use of this graphics filter.

 If you'd like to comment on the announcement head on over to this thread, if you'd like instructions for installing the bloom modification the original thread resides here with some screenshots showing the difference bloom makes.

All in all a very nice new addition to your Neocron 2.2 game client

Update: You can download the filter from here on the THN.

 
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