I was thinking about IP-logging. Lets say the page logs your IP-address, the trolls might get you, don’t they? - In case they bust this lovely page… I’m not sure about it, but in some countries it’s punishable if you download or stream copyrighted content. That’s why I usually use a VPN, but as I said - I don’t know if I’m up-to-date on this topic.
Matchmaking took upwards of 10 minutes. Maybe they could capture a core audience but all that waiting would alienate even more people. Increasing the wait time even more. They could have invested more money and re-release it, but how much money would it take to overhaul the game. And there is no guarantee, that a 2.0 would be played more. So giving it up is probably the best solution, not burning even more money. Keep in mind, it costed about 400 million $ to make.