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Mourning Online (formerly called Realms of Torment), is a fantasy MMORPG currently being developed in Romania. In many previews of the game, Mourning claims that players will be able to bear children and pass on their abilities to their children, entertaining player vs. player combat, implement a fame system in which you were judged by how powerful and successful you are in the game, and in some cases, die permanently.

Controversy

Mourning "debuted" on February 25, 2005 in the United States as a preorder or as a download from FilePlanet, but it was quickly discovered that the game had none of the features claimed in many previews of the game. When the preorder arrived, fans say that they only got a white box containing a burned CD-RW with an old beta client and nothing else. Also discovered was that the game was hardly even considered "finished" to any extent. Also noted was the sheer amount of bugs in the game, almost preventing any sort of enjoyment in the game. Some bugs range from CTD to incredible lag to extremely long server downtimes. The game sold no more than 211 copies, and total lack of tech support from the developers prompted many to cancel their Mourning accounts. On average, no more than 10 players are online at a time, and even when the number touches 50, the server crashes due to the networking code of the game. Gamers complained of lack of animation for the characters, rather simplistic player vs. player combat, only 2 quests for the entire game, and many bugs that were apparently never fixed, though reported numerous times.

Also, after the initial criticism from players, the developers now have a zero-tolerance policy for any negativity about their game. Those who spoke harshly about the game in their forums would often be banned, their posts deleted, and their IP address posted to encourage people to hack it. The developers often have deleted entire archives of posts for apparently no reason at all. Also, they have threatened with legal action the owners of and Something Awful for refusing to reveal the identities of some Mourning critics and in Something Awful's case, slander. In the end, MMORPG.com removed its Mourning section, in which some other sites like followed the suit.

In October of 2005, the entire Mourning site was taken down and those tried to access the game itself got server errors. stated that Mourning was in financial trouble and was attempting to secure new funding from a new publisher, who wanted to "upgrade" the site to reflect the new contract. However, it appears that development has stagnated at this point.

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