This subject is definitely a nerve racking one for people that love this game; I understand the negative and positive responses, and why people are pessimistic and optimisitc about it; this project has good intentions, and although Free Monkey decided to expand this wonderful game, which I am greatful for, that alone does not establish a solid guarantee success and enjoyment; we just have to have faith in what is being done here. If it is not good; perhaps people will revert back to U2XMP instead and keep that going. The only thing that has me a little bit bothered is me having to purchase UT2k4, a game that I have little interest in, to play this expansion; I would definitely buy it if UTXMP strikes gold with all barrels blazing, but I would most definitely love to see someone make a great expansion that does not require anyone to purchase a game to play it, no serial numbers, keys, nothing. I remember playing Natural Selection, a modification for Half-Life; and from what I could recall, I don't think it was even necessary to even have Half-Life purchased or installed to play it; my memory of this might be flawed, but anyways, if an expansion was made such as this, I feel safe to say that it has the potential to become extremely popular because no one would have to buy another game in order to play it; it would be open to everyone. That's just my half-assed rambling for now I suppose; I take no sides in the crossfiring of opinions, I just wish the best of this project; good luck Free Monkey.