There isn't anything to take advantage of for us, the opportunity was given by us when we stopped updating our servers, and given that OX didn't take it, why don't you take it?
Why don't you think twice about why they canceled their server? They may have been in it for the money, many OpenTibia server owners are, but I'm not posting to judge them, I'm telling you to think twice about it. If you still don't get it, why aren't you taking this opportunity to launch your own ShadowCores killer? Come on, you're competing with a ship that doesn't move, and I've not only given you the software for free, I'm also still maintaining it for free.
ShadowCores could be much better, it has potential to reach over 3000 concurrent players, but regardless, without any major update for over a year, ShadowCores is still ahead of every other server. Yes, we could stop you and everyone else from competing with us in a single day by adding the content people are asking for, but here's a promise:
we're not going to do it.
We're not going to reset any of our servers. We're not going to open a third server. Why?
1) Our community (a significant amount of the community at least) doesn't appreciate it, no matter how many hours we spend, and still do, there will always be something to cry about. It's not what we signed up for, and it's not fun anymore.
2) I don't have a dedicated team ready to spend even 1/5 of the time it takes to do this:
http://twifysoft.tumblr.com/archive/2012/9 anymore. The team is what makes a product, it's not easily replaceable.
3) We're not doing this for money, hence why you aren't seeing us sell the 30 or so new mounts for $30 each. A lot of people ask me how much money I make from this, and I'm being honest when I tell them I don't know, because it has never mattered to me.
You're not telling us something we didn't already know. We're well aware of what we're doing.