SOE to own VG - Sigil fires employees

[QforQ]

Originally Posted by Wilf McQuade

How the hell would he make out nicely?

So the game costs 30 mil to make and Brad sinks in some cash, his reputation and suddenly you think SoE ate the shares up at a profit for a failing product? Think about it for a minute first next time.

I have thought about it, heard other people's comments on it(Virgin Worlds podcast once again), and I'm saying that it wouldnt surprise me if it was the terms of the contract to buy the game and pay the debt.

[Cuppycake]

For all we know, maybe Brad was so fucked for cash that all SOE had to pay was the debt to take if off their hands....which may not have been horrible due to Microsoft eating some/most of it.

Who knows....hopefully details will come tomorrow, but I doubt it.

[Frax]

Sucks for people to lose their jobs, but thats what happens when you put out a product that doesn't produce to expectations. Ask the former employees of Ford, GM, Chrylser, etc and so on..

PS they love cuppycake over there too!
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Quote from: Merusk on Today at 08:10:37 PMThis thread (well, the article rather) has already been FOH'd. 'Ware.

Yea, by Cuppy Cake. Who I think is plugged into the internet like Neo.

[Jait]

There is no Cuppycake. She's like "The Gibson" or even the MCP of Tron.

[QforQ]

I kinda doubt Brad is hurting for cash after all this. I'm sure he'll still be driving his Ferrari and his motorcycles around and telling people all they need is bigger busses to run Vanguard.

[rinthea]

lol, plugged in like neo

[Believe]

Originally Posted by Frax

Sucks for people to lose their jobs, but thats what happens when you put out a product that doesn't produce to expectations. Ask the former employees of Ford, GM, Chrylser, etc and so on..

Is that the fault of the grunts, or the decision makers?

[Laerazi]

Regardless of Brad's financial standings, I doubt we'll ever have to worry about him making another MMO (or at least one that will ever release). I can imagine Smedley being amused by the situation. I wonder if Brad will be absorbed back into SOE, as he mentioned he would still be working on the game, just not in a high-up position but one more involved in the specifics of the game.

[rinthea]

Originally Posted by QforQ

I kinda doubt Brad is hurting for cash after all this. I'm sure he'll still be driving his Ferrari and his motorcycles around and telling people all they need is bigger busses to run Vanguard.

Get real, sure, he wont be starving, but its fucked his reputation & potential earnings massively. A few mill he may have put in is nothing compared to that.

[Khorum]

Bah poor Nino Well, VG music was the most consistently impressive part, I'm sure he'll be fine.

[Mkopec1]

Yeah, he only lost his credibility,the company, the "vision" was finally busted, and Brads balls were finally chopped off by his community. But alliswell in Bradworld of Ferrarri.

[Braen]

Smed, hire Nino. Stat

[Mkopec1]

Originally Posted by Believe

Is that the fault of the grunts, or the decision makers?

Actually both. But yeah, most of the burden would lie in the hands of the decision makers. But dont make the grunts out to be innocents either.

[Xusilak]

I was fortunate enough to get accepted in the beta in 2005 and was able to group with Talisker and other devs almost on a daily basis. It's kinda sad, most of those guys were super cool but just had a bad leader.

[Thhin]

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