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Well work is being done. A huge amount of it really but 99.999% of the work is behind the scenes and nobody is going to see it until 1.35 is released sometime later in the year.

I really wish people would not expect updates and new versions every couple of weeks. That's simply not a schedule I can keep. There's too much to do for that, and there are dependences involved as well even if I personally could manage a schedule like that.

The next update is ready and matrix is preparing it. But that is out of my hands now. I've delievered my part and matrix needs to fit everything into their schedule. And as we all know, Maximum-Football is far from their only game.

Brought about by some (in my opinion) stupid decisions by microsoft, the games graphics engine is being stripped out for 1.35 and I'm currently building a new one into the game. The sound engine too for that matter. That's going to be several months worth of work just to get it back to the point it is now. Which raises the question, is it worth it? Well unfortunately no, but this change is being forced upon all developers, not just me. The pros and cons of 'forced migrations' is a debate I've had numerous times with microsoft folks. The final result though is always the same. They don't care until you're EA or UbiSoft. The most frustrating part about it is, that instead of building compelling features my paying customers are asking for, I end up spending time replacing something that worked fine in the first place. But this is turning into a rant....

So, please rest assured that development hasn't stopped or that neither matrix or I are no longer supporting the game. If anything, my work on the project has grown. It's just that nobody will see it.

thanks