does anyone know if the Legend of the red dragon door
can still be registered is there a site i can go to so that I can obtain
a registration key

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with itchy butt, wake up with smelly fingers

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e's only one guy that handles the registration for
the door games, and he's pretty lax about it all because they don't make
much money. So if you go that route, be prepared to wait a few weeks to a few months, or if it ever happens at all as I've heard some people complain about.

There are alternate routes, as I'm sure you know. Not advocating them, just reminding in this case.

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be prepared to wait a few weeks to a few
months, or if it ever happens at all as I've heard some people complain about.

There are alternate routes, as I'm sure you know. Not advocating them, just reminding in this case.

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On Mon, 05 Jan 2015, Roger Shays wrote to All:

does anyone know if the Legend of the red dragon door can still be registered is there a site i can go to so that I can obtain a registration key

have you checked with the author, michael preslar? i think that's who has it now... at least that's what the docs for the 4.02 version say...

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Hello Roger!

05 Jan 15 05:42, you wrote to all:

does anyone know if the Legend of the red dragon door
can still be registered is there a site i can go to so that I can
obtain a registration key

Metropolis Gameport is still accepting registrations for LORD 4.07. Go to:

http://www.gameport.com/bbs/lord.html

They do not offer online registration; you need to fill out and print the registration form, and mail it with the payment.

Andrew

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Hello mark!

06 Jan 15 12:46, you wrote to Roger Shays:

have you checked with the author, michael preslar? i think that's who
has it now... at least that's what the docs for the 4.02 version
say...

See my response to Roger. Metropolis Gameport owns the rights to LORD, and has a registration form available for downloading on their website.

Andrew

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Hello Andrew,

On 07 Jan 15 06:27, Andrew Leary wrote to Roger Shays:

Metropolis Gameport is still accepting registrations for LORD 4.07.
Go to:

http://www.gameport.com/bbs/lord.html

They do not offer online registration; you need to fill out and print
the registration form, and mail it with the payment.

Andrew

When was the last time you checked this? I've heard a few people in the past couple years have real bad experiences with them. Anything from not getting back to you when you email them, or as far as having to void a check because it
went a couple months without a registration or it even being cashed!

Regards,
Nick

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Hello Nicholas!

Wednesday January 07 2015 06:11, Nicholas Boel wrote to Andrew Leary:

Metropolis Gameport is still accepting registrations for LORD
4.07. Go to:

http://www.gameport.com/bbs/lord.html

They do not offer online registration; you need to fill out and
print the registration form, and mail it with the payment.

Andrew

When was the last time you checked this? I've heard a few people in
the past couple years have real bad experiences with them. Anything
from not getting back to you when you email them, or as far as having
to void a check because it went a couple months without a registration
or it even being cashed!

This information is listed on their website as of this morning. I haven't had any contact with them myself in quite a while. I've got my copy registered and
haven't needed to buy any more.

Andrew

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On Wed, 07 Jan 2015, Andrew Leary wrote to mark lewis:

have you checked with the author, michael preslar? i think that's
who has it now... at least that's what the docs for the 4.02
version say...

See my response to Roger. Metropolis Gameport owns the rights to
LORD, and has a registration form available for downloading on
their website.

ahh... are they the ones that are screwing people, too? there's one group that,
when called on the phone, didn't even know what a door game was :/

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Hello Andrew,

On 07 Jan 15 07:35, Andrew Leary wrote to Nicholas Boel:

When was the last time you checked this? I've heard a few people
in the past couple years have real bad experiences with them.
Anything from not getting back to you when you email them, or as
far as having to void a check because it went a couple months
without a registration or it even being cashed!

This information is listed on their website as of this morning. I
haven't had any contact with them myself in quite a while. I've got
my copy registered and haven't needed to buy any more.

Okay. Their website has said that for years, and will probably continue to do so. I've heard quite a few bad dealings with them over the past couple years, though.

I also believe that Michael Preslar isn't developing LORD anymore, and hasn't since 4.08 was released. I remember hearing something in the lines that Gameport screwed him over 1) in his cut for continuing development, and 2) wanted to charge him an outrageous price to buy out the source completely.

After that, he basically disappeared from BBSing altogether.

IMO, they're a squatter. They bought up a bunch of old stuff they have absolutely no interest in in hopes that someone will pay them big bucks for it some day. They will never continue development on it, that's for sure.

Regards,
Nick

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Okay. Their website has said that for years, and will probably continue
to do so. I've heard quite a few bad dealings with them over the past couple years, though.

I believe I told you about that about a month ago or so as well. I actually
got direct confirmation from the lady that owns Metropolis and Gameport that the guy that handles the door game registrations is hella lax about it
because "they don't pull in much money".

I also believe that Michael Preslar isn't developing LORD anymore, and hasn't since 4.08 was released. I remember hearing something in the
lines that Gameport screwed him over 1) in his cut for continuing development, and 2) wanted to charge him an outrageous price to buy out the source completely.

I think I told you about this as well =) Talked to Mike directly, he hasn't touched LORD in a long time partly because, yeah, they haven't paid him a royalty check in years now.

Also, it was Jay Hodges, Seth Able Robinson and a couple others that expressed an interest in buying it back but they couldn't ever find who to contact. Phone calls lead nowhere, emails never got answered. I actually found her on my very first try, talked to her for about 10 minutes about all of it =) When I mentioned they were possibly offering around $3,000 or so, she said "Oh, that seems really low". Rumor has it they paid Seth Able about $10,000 for his games, so I can see her reluctance. But still, $3,000 for something she'll never get close to over the life of her ownership? Pfft.

After that, he basically disappeared from BBSing altogether.

Work and family, mainly.

IMO, they're a squatter. They bought up a bunch of old stuff they have absolutely no interest in in hopes that someone will pay them big bucks for it some day. They will never continue development on it, that's for sure.

Yep, I agree completely. Jay Hodges said something about setting up a crowsourcing for it after the holidays? I should remind him about it again.
=)

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On 01/07/15, Nicholas Boel pondered and said...

Okay. Their website has said that for years, and will probably continue
to do so. I've heard quite a few bad dealings with them over the past couple years, though.

Have heard the same things sadly :-(

IMO, they're a squatter. They bought up a bunch of old stuff they have absolutely no interest in in hopes that someone will pay them big bucks for it some day. They will never continue development on it, that's for sure.

See above comments.

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On 01/07/15, Todd Yatzook said the following...

Okay. Their website has said that for years, and will probably contin to do so. I've heard quite a few bad dealings with them over the past couple years, though.

I believe I told you about that about a month ago or so as well. I actually got direct confirmation from the lady that owns Metropolis and Gameport that the guy that handles the door game registrations is hella lax about it because "they don't pull in much money".

I also believe that Michael Preslar isn't developing LORD anymore, an hasn't since 4.08 was released. I remember hearing something in the lines that Gameport screwed him over 1) in his cut for continuing development, and 2) wanted to charge him an outrageous price to buy o the source completely.

I think I told you about this as well =) Talked to Mike directly, he hasn't touched LORD in a long time partly because, yeah, they haven't
paid him a royalty check in years now.

Also, it was Jay Hodges, Seth Able Robinson and a couple others that expressed an interest in buying it back but they couldn't ever find who
to contact. Phone calls lead nowhere, emails never got answered. I actually found her on my very first try, talked to her for about 10 minutes about all of it =) When I mentioned they were possibly offering around $3,000 or so, she said "Oh, that seems really low". Rumor has it they paid Seth Able about $10,000 for his games, so I can see her reluctance. But still, $3,000 for something she'll never get close to
over the life of her ownership? Pfft.

Sounds like if somebody wanted to reverse engineer the program, and
reintroduce it under the same name, then there would be nobody there to stop them from doing that.

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Hello mark,

On 07 Jan 15 17:21, mark lewis wrote to Andrew Leary:

See my response to Roger. Metropolis Gameport owns the rights to
LORD, and has a registration form available for downloading on
their website.

ahh... are they the ones that are screwing people, too? there's one
group that, when called on the phone, didn't even know what a door
game was :/

That would be them! :)

Regards,
Nick

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On 01/05/15, Roger Shays pondered and said...

does anyone know if the Legend of the red dragon door
can still be registered is there a site i can go to so that I can obtain a registration key

gameport but they only accept payment in the mail. snail mail , no credit
card online. makes me wonder

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1994. I recently tried to contact Gameport but they never responded. I
also tried to contact original author but same. I really wish I still had my old tape backups.
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il. snail mail , no credit

card online. makes me wonder

I used to have legitimate serial numbers for both LoRD and TEoS. I registered back in 1994. I recently tried to contact Gameport but they never responded. I also tried to contact original author but same. I really wish I still had my old tape backups.
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