Agreed. I recall Anarchy Online having ingame bots that the public could access for all sorts of info (damn that game took technical fun to a whole new level!); it might have been hosted by a 3rd party, but FC actually condoned it. And various other things like ingame radio. Not sure how that worked either, so long ago since I've played it properly now. Still considering that resub when the new content/engine hits.
Anyway, it wouldn't kill them to go an extra mile and support some of that stuff obviously. For all their games now that their tied up somehow.
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Back on topic, I am 'backing up' AoC.tv right now anyway. Might as well get some use out of this phat-fibre-conn I'm not abusing.
I can FTP this (and the old forums, about 500MB's apiece) to anyone who wants a copy.