I know this is off topic (Ima say it anyway 
) but
I wonder how Yoon Song-yee (Aka the President of NCsoft and Husband to the Founder of NCsoft) is doing, given that it's almost been a full year since she became the President of NCsoft...
Maybe its because I just got up, but the syntax of this sentence makes no sense to me.
I think what it all comes down to is; everything except what appears in the "Wake me up when there's news" thread is (for the most part) supposition, and speculation. That is not meant as a slight to anyone. There are just not any facts to be found! They have been very careful to keep the lid tight on anything pertinent to the deal, and they have managed to do that even in this day-and-age when it is hard to keep anything secret for very long. Even if someone came into some legitimate tidbit of information; posting it here, or anywhere could potentially serve to scuttle the negotiations, and the folks in the midst of it all are certainly in no position to confirm anything for the same reason. So, we really won't know anything for sure until they want us to. What we are left with is peripheral bits of information that we do our best to digest and project into what is going on.
I am in the same boat as everyone else in my earnest wish to see something appear in that thread before it's first birthday (in February), but in the end I think I would rather know nothing than to let myself give in to false hope created by information that is simply not from the players doing the actual deal, since they are the only ones who have any real information. It sucks that they cannot keep us up to date on every development, good or bad, but that is the way it has been since the beginning, and in reality nothing has changed much since then.
I for one will be wishing really hard for a CoH gift for Christmas, and if I got that gift, I would really not need anything else. In the meantime, at least there is Paragon Chat to keep the dream alive! 
regardless what caused the shutdown, it is my no-BS opinion (minus conspiracy theories and usual craziness) that the hold-up we are encountering is due to the THeM having to prove developer viability.
"huge progress" could mean a step towards that direction. My best guess is that NCSoft is requesting to see a published, modern style, professional quality MMO with the THeM's own hosting and financial systems before the sale can take place. Though the server image may be undergoing any fixes and preparations for maintenance mode in the meantime (heck, that part may be done awaiting developer viability proof). They also need to set-up their own shop system with the equivalent to NC coins. And there's the addition/removal of company names in the ToS and subsequent client software, such as adding the THeM's company name and insignia onto the client graphically and written, in place of Paragon Studios. Or the legal work necessary to hand paragon studios over to the THeM.
most of what is happening is probably mundane stuff like that, or a waiting game for progress on a non-beta release (Alpha or gold release) of their current game title.
we must remember any progress the THeM make has to be carefully considered before they go telling NCSoft, aka, they have to make sure it's Quality Work, before it goes anywhere near NCSoft.
lets just wait and see what happens. with any luck we'll hear something /TOMORROW/, wow! tomorrow is TEH 30ith of November!!!
NUUWAI!!!
