The story as goes it's that in 2002 it was a blue/purple/white website, it was rather large too.
Was there ever a website before then? I saw one many years ago but I can't remember which one it was or exactly when it was. (Back when the only game I'd ever played was VII and I didn't even know Alexander or Graham existed
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Yeah, only few know about this whole idea way back then. In fact, the group started with like 3 or 4 folks working on this. I won't say names but I can tell you Richard and Cesar are pretty much the ones from that era. That idea started in 2000 with someone else on the lead. Sad to say, by the time it was 2001 nothing was said or done, there wasn't any team or anyone coordinating anything. It was an open thought and everyone pitched in as they felt like it (art, writting, etc). Obviously this situation lead to the current team back them not move forward. Cesar picked up the team in 2002, divided everyone in writing, Art, Programing, Music and Web. He hired a bunch of folks and way back then was the design phase of the game. The design of the game was done from pretty much 2002 to 2003. And then in 2004 it started full production moving out of "concepts" into "builds", from everything 2D approved to 3D made, and from having all those elements placed in an engine.
There isn't anything from 2000 to 2001 that was ever done. There wasn't even a single character profile approved, they only managed to write about 1 chapter and they didn't have a production nor design plan. That's why when Cesar took over and he shaped up the project in order to organize tasks and perform efficiently towards a design to move eventually into production, that was when this group was born.
There's a lot of story in this. From what TSL is about to everything we've been through for this.
Dealing with Vivendi was by far one of the most challenging situations we've had to go through, but wow we've been through a lot. Any kind of sugary flavored drama.
Oh... all the stories I could tell you!
I still remember the very first website ever, it was dark blue with only 3 links and no forum!
I'm feeling nostalgic now!
