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Ummm not sure if you realize or where you have been. It is here. It has been here for some time. You can load it up and play now. There are currently servers. There are just no players.
Ahhh you're one of those that missed the boat. Sorry, only coal for you this Christmas. We've already been waiting at least a year and since it is the holidays and only 2 people developing, then chances of your Christmas wish coming true is less than 1%.
Sorry.
On a side note, you're not missing out since there aren't any players as it is.
They can't play because they choose not too. There are currently thousands of people with their accounts linked that could play. They choose not too. There is not enough of a difference between current gameplay and official to peak enough interest. While eliminating things like the blue tint and suppression and having a server browser, there is still a lack of players and newness to have players on Venice instead of official. We get maybe one or two people connecting a day to our server. Even if you were able to link your account, you would see no players and empty servers and quickly lose interest.
Nothing wrong with your wish, I just would not hold my breath if I were you. Who knows, maybe something will be released in 2018. If not, there is always 2019 and then 2020.