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Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO
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If Pantheon doesn't get funded well, he can always do voice overs for Nicholas Cage. I can not unhear that. Roughly 15 years of memories altered by one comment from my ol' lady.
I would guess that he loaned money to Sigil and then got paid back once MS backed it.
krysanth
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I'm 100% with you. I'm not funding someones company to make a game. Bring me some shit and I'll buy it, not finance your company...unless im getting stock or some shit. Fail!
From the kickstarter forums:
"The private site is the best way to advertise for the Kickstarter" and same poster , "SOE was to blame for the mess that happened with Vanguard , not Brad".
I almost want to kick in 15/month on the private site to see the "Champion Forums" , it really would be a study in 1% sane people posting along with 99% delusional idiots.
"The private site is the best way to advertise for the Kickstarter" and same poster , "SOE was to blame for the mess that happened with Vanguard , not Brad".
I almost want to kick in 15/month on the private site to see the "Champion Forums" , it really would be a study in 1% sane people posting along with 99% delusional idiots.
This seems pretty accurate. He was hired by Smed with Clover to create EQ while working at a nursery and was probably paid standard lead designer/producer rates. Once they spun off to create Verant he was made president and was probably in between 100-200k. It probably wasn't until EQ took off and became a huge success that he got near 200k. There may have been bonuses related to EQ that brought in a bit more but he funded Sigil for 9 months on his own before MS showed up and we know the rest from there. Jacobs and Garriott both owned their own companies that they sold to EA for massive coin, brad was hired by Smed who himself has always been a Sony employee and not the owner of the company, the financial differences there are huge. If he had owned and created Verant and owned the EQ rights it would be a much different story.
iannis
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brad should use his other "connections" to fund this game. ever see the movie "blow"? george jung would have had this shit funded already!
Khane
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About those comments from Brad stating he can be the CEO of a gaming company. He is delusional, he can't and he's proved it a second time with this KS campaign. He thinks he has a mind for business because people were willing to throw money at his second idea after his first idea proved so successful. He's still as arrogant as he's ever been and I'm surprised there hasn't been any other discussion about those comments here. I figured the piranhas would have swarmed at those statements. I think he's full of shit about learning from his past mistakes now. I was hopeful before, now I am convinced this is Vanguard 2.0.
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Was this you, Brad?
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If they're surgically removing your butthole how will you be able to talk out of it?
"Magician", claims that the 2nd 10k pledge that appeared a couple of days ago is his. He is one of the champion members on the new forums; he's a very big cheer leader of Brad and often says "go Aradune". Either he is full of shit or it's a legitimate 10k pledge. Have no clue about the most recent one though.
Vandyn
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So what did Brad say that made people jump ship yesterday where it wound up with another negative number ?
Less than 7 days to make what it barely could make in the previous 32, and that accounts for the opening surge. On top of that, no more 10k slots as well.
Less than 7 days to make what it barely could make in the previous 32, and that accounts for the opening surge. On top of that, no more 10k slots as well.
How can you tell? My first thought is "troll pledges" bc people see it's not even close and wanna feel like a big dawg.
But people still believe. That's cool. I wish I had...THAT...
from KS:
Xandarra about 1 hour ago
The last 10k pledge to make up for all the people dropping out yesterday.
Portlis about 4 hours ago
66.6k per day for 6 days. We can dooooeeeeet!
And then they dog-pile all the non-believers.
Having tried Wildstar this weekend and seeing how that game is pretty much the antithesis of old school... Did I see someone reference a generic game design thread here? To which Lithose's excellent analysis was copied? Because those posts are like nuggets of gold in a pile of shit in this thread. There used to be great stuff over at fohguild.org as well, now lost, but doesn't it seem like there ought to be a more analytical thread here? Of course the problem is that the thread would go like this: Lithose makes a great, nuanced, analysis, someone flips out over a perceived condemnation of EQ's magic, someone else calls the flipper a gay faggot and the actual analysis is again buried in shit. Entertaining shit, perhaps, but shit nonetheless.
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Brad, doing a lot of interesting respondingBrad McQuaid looks for 'angel investors' for Pantheon - Massively