I don't actually recall it being locked in the first place.
If I remember right, HoRnEyDvL said he was locking it but never did, but those who wanted to post in this topic instead of the freshly opened spam thread didn't realise, and noone in the know wanted to inform them otherwise. People also just... lost interest.
Eventually those others who didn't lost interest will realise that time spent by devs replying to silly impatient forum threads is time wasted not coding what people are all after. Maybe, if we're lucky, they'll also realise that there has been NO new information in months that differs from what was said over and over: that life got in the way of a pet project, however once time allowed, that project would once again be under way. Conclusion: it'll be out when it's out. I *might* understand people asking every few months if the project would be picked up if the devs had said that it's canned, but not when it's coming.
Until any news that differs from that is made available (ie. that it's out or it's canned) then why do we need to resurrect this old, pointless thread?
For those who skipped that paragraph (ThE MaSTeR 3, I'm looking at you), here's some new information I just found out!
Surreal version 2 is coming out as soon as time allows for it to be completed!!!
That should (but won't) put a stop to all the asking! As we no longer need to waste our bandwith asking about it! Because we have an answer! And it's the current, and only answer available!