Pantheon

[thefloydian]

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

There's no meltdown, he said himself he needs 10-12 million to make the game and they are waiting for an investor? Who thought 150k was going to fund the game?

All this is, is that there are people who wake up every day hoping for a meltdown.

I'm pretty sure $150k should have gotten them more than a month and shitty unity demo that a single dude could have made in his spare time.

The fact that a number of the developers were blindsided and one of them even said people should try for a chargeback (not gonna happen) says it all. But by all means, continue donating to the Cult of McQuaid.

[thefloydian]

Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It is interesting that so many folks are suddenly back on the hate Brad bandwagon.

I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, although I would never give him money. If you read the different forums and have listened to the interviews over the last week it sounds pretty suspect. The developer named Toney doesn't sound very sold on Brad either, and he knows him way better than any of us. At best it looks like this was horribly mismanaged, and at worst it looks like Brad is fleecing these people.

[Rec]

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

I'm pretty sure $150k should have gotten them more than a month and shitty unity demo that a single dude could have made in his spare time.

The fact that a number of the developers were blindsided and one of them even said people should try for a chargeback (not gonna happen) says it all. But by all means, continue donating to the Cult of McQuaid.

I've already donated there is no continuing. There's only waiting. But please continue to embarrass yourself like you have any clue what is actually going on.

[Swish]

I donated to the kickstarter but I'm more wary of just handing over cash for something that may never get created/released... and not sold onto SOE if it gets made and has potential.

What Brad needs is an EQ nerd who won the lottery.

[thefloydian]

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

I've already donated.

Exactly. Because only someone who had donated to this disaster would be fighting me on this. I would love for a game like this to be made, but you have to be delusional to blindly defend Brad when his own dev team is throwing him under the bus.

[thefloydian]

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

I donated to the kickstarter but I'm more wary of just handing over cash for something that may never get created/released... and not sold onto SOE if it gets made and has potential.

What Brad needs is an EQ nerd who won the lottery.

The only safety kickstarter provides is the media spotlight it provides. There are plenty of funded kickstarters that will never materialize.

[Swish]

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

The only safety kickstarter provides is the media spotlight it provides. There are plenty of funded kickstarters that will never materialize.

No doubt, but the target amount he wanted would have guaranteed some kind of output.

Right now you're just throwing it into a black hole.

[thefloydian]

There's a guy named Convo on the new FOH board that has access to the boards. He says his best guess (although Brad denies it) is that at one point, they had an "angel investor" lined up, but he pulled out for some reason and as a result the team had to switch from full-on development to producing a demo to shop to new investors. Even if this is true, though, it doesn't explain why some of the Devs have reacted the way they have.

[Rec]

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

Exactly. Because only someone who had donated to this disaster would be fighting me on this. I would love for a game like this to be made, but you have to be delusional to blindly defend Brad when his own dev team is throwing him under the bus.

I don't see myself defending Brad anywhere. You said there was a meltdown I see no meltdown. They need more money, they've always needed more money. 150 k is not enough to make the game I don't care what any arm chair quarterback says how it should be used. Please post your evidence to the contrary.

[Danth]

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

I just listened to an interview from yesterday. Brad thinks he's going to find someone that will give him $12 million to make this game.

Surely this is a joke? Does someone seriously expect to make a AAA-quality MMORPG, today, for that price? EQ cost more than that in the mid-late 90's and launched in a condition that'd be guaranteed failure today.

Danth