SOE to own VG - Sigil fires employees

[Merauk]

I blame Raph Koster for all of this.

[Cuppycake]

Originally Posted by Braen

Nino + Marvel MMO = Awesomeness.

Its not the Marvel MMO afaik.

[Dolalin]

Please don't be naive enough to think you can post a tell-all leak and then edit it out later from regret. Someone, somewhere, has already cross-posted it or has it in their browser cache.

[Braen]

Well you are plugged in like Neo...

So oh well...

[Havelock]

Originally Posted by Dolalin

Please don't be naive enough to think you can post a tell-all leak and then edit it out later from regret. Someone, somewhere, has already cross-posted it or has it in their browser cache.

I was just honoring the request of a friend. I figured it would pop back up in about thirty seconds. I hadn't even quoted the most damning line, which wasn't in the post when I copied it.

[dechire]

Originally Posted by BanquozGhost

If the timing mentioned in that post is true (Mcquaid dropping out around the time SOE showing up), then a greatly diminished role for himself may have been a condition of SOE's involvement.

what was in that post link?

[Kodylan]

SoE doesn't hold the license to the Marvel MMO - that's Cryptic.

DC is the comic-based MMO SoE will be developing(or maybe they already are, who knows).

[Dolalin]

You mean the line that supposedly called David Gilbertson a "dumbass"? Someone else on SV saw that, too.

[Himeo]

What a waste. Four years ago I would never have believed this possible. Oh, for shame.

[BanquozGhost]

Originally Posted by tad10

But that only makes sense if, at that time, SOE puts in their own guy as lead designer.

If Butler indeed has a position with SOE still then it might have been enough for him to assume Mcquaid's duties in the interim. Besides, there was already enough malcontent generated in the VG community by Sigil turning to SOE for help in the first place. Letting Brad retain his title to remain the games primary promoter probably made sense on some level back then.

[woqqqa]

Originally Posted by Braen

Nino + Marvel MMO = Awesomeness.

Sigil's no longer doing the Marvel MMO. That contract went to Cryptic Studios, developers of City of Heroes/Villians.

[Braen]

Originally Posted by Kodylan

SoE doesn't hold the license to the Marvel MMO - that's Cryptic.

DC is the comic-based MMO SoE will be developing(or maybe they already are, who knows).

damn you are right...

[BanquozGhost]

Originally Posted by dechire

what was in that post link?

http://www.fohguild.org/forums/mmorp...tml#post731668

[tjac]

Originally Posted by Brash

As the article says, "The Axe finally Fell" - Page 26 - Silky Venom

Originally Posted by Originally Posted by DCPunk
This comes from someone operating another affiliate site. I unfortunately cannot reveal the name at this time:

[13:54] XXXX: Well I talked to a developer, he didnt want me to say his name, though.
[13:54] XXXX: But he basically said this was all true
[13:54] XXXX: Brad hasnt shown up to work in like 8 months
[13:55] XXXX: Jeff Butler apologized to them yesterday in the parking lot for the game not being as good as they hoped. he said he'd help them with references and what not for their resumes
...

So Brad was making posts here while already in hiding?

A termination speech from a parking lot? What second-class treatment...

[tad10]

Originally Posted by Dolalin

Please don't be naive enough to think you can post a tell-all leak and then edit it out later from regret. Someone, somewhere, has already cross-posted it or has it in their browser cache.

What does naviety have to do with anything. Clearly someone has asked both the OP on SV and havelock to pull it and both have done so out of respect to the requester whoever that person is (obviously some Sigil or SOE dev). I expect that a mod/req/black hand to censor out the repost.

VG is just a fucking game to me and you -- but it is those guy's livelihood and since they are now in the position of looking for a new job I would hope that since it is clear one or more devs feel that that posting could fuck up their own or their friends search for a new job that FoH/SV posters would take the high road and pull the post and not repost it.