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 = Part 1 - Application Form =
 === Why does your org want to participate in Google Summer of Code? (1000 characters) ===
-Every year from 2007 to 2015, the program gave us the opportunity to have talented and motivated students working with us.
+Every year from 2007 to 2014, the program has given us the opportunity to have talented and motivated students working with us.
-What we hope to gain is valuable code contributions. In previous years, we've had students take up and complete tasks which had been marked as "to-do" or which were specifically prepared for students (like full new engines ports). But also, some students have come up with a new functionality, proposing and finally implementing it. These have been our favorites.
+We are particularly enthusiastic to participate this year as we are broadening our scope to include RPG games for the very first time, which brings with it a whole new group of potentially interested developers, students and users, and the opportunity to relive a new genre of classic games.
-In addition, we hope to gain new developers for the project. We hope that after their projects, students will stick around and improve them or work on other interesting tasks. We hope that GSoC brings the students in touch with open source and, in our case, brings them in touch with game development.
+What we hope to gain is valuable code contributions, and new developers for the project. In previous years, we've had students take up and complete tasks which were on our Ideas page, including for example full new engines ports. But also, some students have come up with new functionality, proposing and finally implementing it. These have been our favorites.
-We didn't manage to convince you last year, and therefore didn't benefit the great contributions of GSoC students. Hopefully this year will be our best GSoC ever!
+A number of students have stayed involved after the summer to become full team members and continue working on their projects, and we hope to make this happen this year as well.
 === How many potential mentors do you have for this year's program? ===