This was a wild fucking ride. The rundown:
>Original Pixelmon C&D was fake
>"Protected" the mod under some shady copyright in New Zealand that remains untouched
>Steal other peoples' free / open source code and monetize it as plugins priced over $100
>Threaten anyone that dares touch their stolen assets with lawsuits and routinely advises community to get a lawyer (kids game btw)
>Devs backpedal the subtitle in order to establish themselves as the "true" Pokemon Minecraft mod, stirring up drama in Discord because of course they would
>Charge Minecraft server owners up to $2,000 a month and more to stay at the top of their "recommended" server list
>Blacklist anyone that tries to drive prices down or fix the mod
>Devs run blatantly pay-2-win servers themselves
July 10: Reforged
https://web.archive.org/web/20220710223932/https://reforged.gg/
July 17: Erased
https://web.archive.org/web/20220717175510/https://reforged.gg/
All of this over a block game, and they apparently make so much money from this scam that they live off of it. Seems like a massive slap in the face to the fan projects that actually get taken down.