Yeah... that does sound bad. And it's funny how people think the GOG community is "so mean", when in reality there's much worse.

Who thinks we're mean? Yeah fights do break out and there are the occasional assholes lurking but if I did the stuff in any other forum that I do in here I'd be banned instantly.

Might be worth considering, if you can mobilze and convince the community of PotCO, but why not buy the rights and assets of the game from Disney? They're clearly not seeing any bread in it anymore and perhaps Disney would want to sell it as long as the name of the game is changed and any references to the Pirates of the Caribean franchise are changed. Then you will have the game fully community driven, not held back by uncertaincies there would be if Disney/GOG exploit the game. Maybe even try a Kickstarter.

A lot of people are saying the community was being mean for dismissing POTCO. I disagreed with that as they were just telling the truth (when I voted I didn't know about GOG's policies on MMO/DRM). In reality the POTCO community... didn't respond too well when they said GOG wouldn't host an MMO, and even dismissed those people as "jerks" and "trolls" so it's kinda hypocritical on their part.

To summarize the situation, it's a conflict of interests. Their wish goes against GOG's policy, policy which made most of us here become customers. I'm not dismissing PotCO, it may have been an enjoyable game for all I know, but considering it is an MMO, it is no wish of mine to be available here and alter the current no DRM policy.

Already other users pointed out that Potco is a MMO and MMOs have DRM because you must have an account. Even without subscriptions you would still an account to log in, I don't see any way to do that without some kind of DRM.
No DRM (DRM-free) is GOG's strongest point.

1. Even if tens of thousands of posible subscribers would convince GOG to get in this kind of bussines they would probably create a sister company to manage these things, so GOG wouldn't be in any way affiliated to DRM games (it would be a major setback and GOG community would be mad). But this is higly unrealistic and I think you realize yourself this is not going to happen.
Also, the number of votes on the wishlist are not enough, or System Shock 1 would have been realeased already (it has 32.000 votes).

2. If Disney refuses to keep at least one server online then you could try what Strijkbout said, buying the rights and assets of the game from Disney.

3. The easiest way in my opinion is for someone to hold a private server. Anyway, a copy of the source code is needed for holding the private server, to acquire it legally you have to try Strijkbout's suggestion. A copy of the source code may or may not be found on the internet and it be against their EULA to hold a private server without Disney's consent.

4. If there are no private servers then you could mobilize Potco community to play other MMO, more or less with a pirate theme (Voyage Century, Florensia). If the community is the strong point then you could still have fun with the same people, even if you do a different thing. I think World of Warcraft is free until you hit level 20. I haven't played any MMO apart from WOW so I don't know if those games are any good.

And if you want to have some fun with some single player games you could try some classics like Planescape Torment, Heroes of Might and Magic 3 or Grim Fandango Remastered (when it comes out), right here on GOG.

Out of curiosity, has it ever worked with a MMORPG other than a MUD?

Precisely. What I meant by "dismissing POTCO" though is dismissing the possibility that it would happen.

Hater.

Sorry, what?

I had never heard of this game and fromt he little I've read I would not be interested in it but if someone wants to convince GOG to do something to revive it, they're within their right to do so.

Why would I be against that?

OT but screw related. :P

Anyone else hear the thing today about EA possibly charging for gas in future NFS games?

And I would be within my rights as consumer to express how much I would dislike a DRM riddled game. We're talking about an MMO here. A game like that is policy changer, and I am not here on GOG because I'm such a huge fan of Steam, Origin, or Uplay.

Ok, I see your point there, but for something that has a snowball's chance in hell of happening, I would have to see some consideration from GOG before getting all riled up.

While I do agree that it is energy efficient to not act until consideration from the service is given, I personally think it is better if the community gets involved in this before consideration for such a thing is even real. It's how they say: Better safe than sorry.

What!!??