They can't throw out a loading screen or even music because that would violate the cease and desist order. Actually I beleive even applying for a steam workshop account in the name of this project would constitute an interest in or illusion to continued development and would be actionable and by god if you think this mod is in danger of dying now just wait till after WB's huge team of lawyers sue the living **** out of everyone involved.
No. Honestly the best thing the team can do at this point is exactly what they are doing.
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So maybe someone has mentioned this before but it is my understanding that WB (nor any company making games ever) has any right whatsoever to The Silmarillion which as far as I am concerned has just as rich a story and universe associated with it as LOTR/Hobbit. Why not shift the focus of the mod to take place in Belariand during the time of the Legendary Silmarils?
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My name is Mykal Kissee. I am a level designer and aspiring project manager trying to get my little hobby game studio (Inebrium Entertainment) off the ground i am currently working on porting the original unreal to unreal engine 3 as a tc for unreal tournament 3