I only had two dealings before joining FOH forums a few months ago- I used to raid with Alex for about three years off and on (2016-2019) in Freelance as a cleric named Starlezza or Gezzus on the Cazic server. One day in VIP Pantheon chat, I talked about James Earl Jones being a member of my guild on VOX and how I kicked him out of the guild for playing WOW after we power lvled him to level 90 and got him his 2.0 epic. He seemed more concerned about Furor and mentioned a HOF post about monk vs. warrior tanking on the Druid's Grove website. Convo confirmed part of the story when he asked me if I was in FOH after mentioning James's name. I told him I was never a member of FOH, just Freelance. It wasn't a big deal. James was a terrible player, but I enjoyed talking to him. I told him right off the bat I was a Trekkie. One night, in guild chat, was the first time I heard about Pantheon and the trips to Hawaii. I vaguely remember Vanguard. Now, Vox players, for some reason, have a nasty habit of transferring to Bristlebane or Cazic for some reason. No one raids on Vox; however, they run macro-bots 24/7. The time frame was around winter 2018 when all of this took place, and this was I first heard about Jason Epstein's investments into several gaming companies, Turbine and another company, to boost up his new portfolio. He had acquired SOE after EQ Next failed to launch and after the Lizard Squad cyber-attack. The industry was in shambles at this stage of the game, and the AoC project was starting to get off the ground. WAR was about to start brewing between the game companies for the number one position slot. Pantheon was having financial problems with the kick starter failing. You have to remember I didn't play any other games but EQ, and I wasn't that good of a player. Many people were upset that Brad was the only one getting paid, and he had to sell his shares because his wife was sick. For some reason, I thought it was Jason's wife who was ill with cancer at the time. Maybe it was both of them. Someone had linked the story that Jason was involved with the Russian Mafia as a hedge fund manager in New York when he worked for Columbus Nova, and they were going to have their assets frozen. I had inside info 6 months before the story broke. As a result, Daybreak laid off 80% of their staff for four years to keep the lights on. Many of the team went to work for Intrepid, and some people left the industry wholly frustrated and pissed off.