This is the last release on a version 1.x! Additionally, this is the last release with real-time functionality. I made a mistake when writing a real-time program for the HTTP/S protocol. The protocol was never designed for real-time communication. For me, there is much more beauty in the simplicity of a single-request model as opposed to a constantly-connected model (as RAL is now). There are many protocols (IRC, Telnet, SSH, etc.) which far better facilitate what I hoped to accomplish with a real-time textboard (and I hope that RAL can expand into these spheres soon).
In any case, the releases following 1.2 "Hope" will not be named after FFXIII characters anymore (sorry :P) and will feature a cleaner codebase and vastly simpler setup procedure.