Curt Schilling failed - lulz ensue

[PsychoTass]

nah, I meant the Jays, at the time of my posting you weren't ahead of them.

[Atmas]

Not sure why people would derive pleasure from this. A guy loses who substantial life savings on a legitimate business and a bunch of people are out of a job. Also a game that could potentially be a lot better than all the other drog crap MMOs released these days will never come to fruition.

I'd laugh if it happened to a crime boss or a cigarette factory or something like that maybe.

[bylbob]

Originally Posted by batkiller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is nothing lul about this entire story. It's one big sad mess. Also just because they went out of business doesn't mean the game will never be released. There is a possibility someone will buy the game, it's happened before with games like Gods & Heroes and some others.

To buy a game you need to have a game in the first place, all they showed so far was a bit of some mediocre art.

[batkiller]

Originally Posted by bylbob [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

To buy a game you need to have a game in the first place, all they showed so far was a bit of some mediocre art.

There's a video of it and one of the former employees was talking about how he misses playing it and that he used to play it every day. Bear in mind, this is a guy who lost his job, so if there was nothing to play, he would say.

[formallydickman]

Originally Posted by batkiller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There's a video of it and one of the former employees was talking about how he misses playing it and that he used to play it every day. Bear in mind, this is a guy who lost his job, so if there was nothing to play, he would say.

Or hoping to get re-hired by whoever thinks they can salvage the game.

[batkiller]

If someone was to buy the game they would not need his opinion on how far along it was.

[formallydickman]

Originally Posted by batkiller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If someone was to buy the game they would not need his opinion on how far along it was.

Really? They wouldn't want to hear from the people who have spent months/years creating it? They'll just log in and see how far along it is? You be full of shiiiit.

Just a bit of an edit: I have assisted in the purchase of a few companies in my life (though, admittedly none of them were video game companies) and generally you gather all the intel possible before making a purchase. Part of that is interviewing as many former employees and customers as possible. You don't get an accurate picture listening to sales pitches from the presentations of top execs.

[batkiller]

If they were thinking of buying the game, they would get complete access to the game... So the issue of whether it actually exists in a playable form or is just a few faked screenshots, would not even be in question.

p.s. You have never assisted in the purchased of anything more than your mommas shopping.

[formallydickman]

Originally Posted by batkiller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If they were thinking of buying the game, they would get complete access to the game... So the issue of whether it actually exists in a playable form or is just a few faked screenshots, would not even be in question.

p.s. You have never assisted in the purchased of anything more than your mommas shopping.

It's never that black and white even when you have full access. You will be interviewing the people who worked on the project. It's a fact. You need to get a full view of the situation in as quick of time as possible.

It's like when you buy a car with a lot of custom work done to it. You have "complete access" to it, but you still need to ask the guy who worked on it about the specifics. Especially when the car is half done.

[gloine36]

Someone will buy it at half the cost that was invested in it. That's one hell of a bargain for a cutting edge MMO that is fairly close to being done. The question is how much work will the new company put into the game?