This is impossible, its a paradox. How can they have a copy of Tibia "without CIPs involvement" when CIP makes Tibia?
What exactly are you getting at?
You're complaining that Open Tibia server developers are "mimicking" Tibia with their work in one post, and yet in another post you write this?
Open Tibia is, and always will be, based off CipSoft's Tibia in one way or another.
Even if you look at some of the most heavily-edited Open Tibia servers, such as
Zezenia Online or
Necronia (both which, don't identify with "Tibia") you will see elements and fragments of Open Tibia, which were of course derived from the original work of CipSoft's Tibia.
This community is not based on an "obsession" with mimicking Tibia. This community is based on the idea that individuals (such as you and I) would be able to take a piece of open-source software (such as TFS) and replicate a semi-popular European MMORPG (Tibia) on our own. This community is based on users creating "Open Tibia" servers based on this said software, to try to create unique entertainment for an audience that presents content that they would never find in "Global Tibia." We use the original product as a base, and take it in a direction that the original product's company would
never fathom taking it. This is a huge reason why you see many things in Open Tibia that CipSoft has yet to add to their servers, or is still unable to.
Please don't confuse our Open Tibia community with the 8.6 real map pizza servers you see on otservlist.
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