Strategy First acquires Malfador Machinations

[Atrocities]

I don't know anything but what I read and or have read on the net about SFI. From the sounds of it, Canada is too blame. Blame it all on Canada!

Seriously though, none of us know the first thing about what compensation Aaron has arranged for his former company. He might have been given 10,000 copies of some old game that he loved so much that he just had to have it as payment for selling Malfador. The point is, despite the past transgressions, yes mistakes were obviously made and people lost more than they should have, it’s the future that matters now. To that end, I wish SFI and Aaron the best. However, as a caveat, if they screw Aaron, and by extension the fans, I swear to God, I will resurrect this thread and give SFI the *** whipping beating of all time. That I promise! (Even if I have to do it from the grave!)

[Hunpecked]

Atrocities: "However, as a caveat, if they screw Aaron, and by extension the fans, I swear to God, I will resurrect this thread and give SFI the *** whipping beating of all time. That I promise! (Even if I have to do it from the grave!)"

Be afraid, SFI. Be very afraid. For Atrocities, death is only the beginning. And in cyberspace, no one can hear you scream...

Any other movie taglines I left out?

[Tim Brooks]

The point is, despite the past transgressions, yes mistakes were obviously made and people lost more than they should have, it’s the future that matters now. To that end, I wish SFI and Aaron the best. However, as a caveat, if they screw Aaron, and by extension the fans, I swear to God, I will resurrect this thread and give SFI the *** whipping beating of all time.

Too bad for Stardock you aren't a Galactic Civilizations fan. Or to put it another way, good for Strategy First that you aren't a Galactic Civilizations fan!

Really guys. I apologize for even posting here. However, I was a developer for over 5 years and released 5 games into retail. Was treated fairly on only one, although not screwed like the Strategy First developers. It is the reason I started Shrapnel Games. So this is a subject that I have real feelings about.

[Caduceus]

We all respect both of you, Tim and David.

I'm interested in your discourse in such a public forum (and would understand if you took it out of our purview and carried on in private).

[Atrocities]

Caduceus said:
We all respect both of you, Tim and David.

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Well said.

[Tim Brooks]

We all respect both of you, Tim and David.

Thanks Caduceas and Atrocities!

I'm interested in your discourse in such a public forum (and would understand if you took it out of our purview and carried on in private).

I have no desire to carry it on in private. I think what happened should be screamed to the world, less we forget. Unlike David, I don't believe it is Stardock's or my resposibility to do PR for Strategy First. The 'Badmouthing' is nothing but telling what happened. If one uninformed developer reads this and makes an informed decision when choosing a publisher, then I will be happy.

You know, the interesting thing is that the companies that treated me unfairly are now no more, except one. There is probably a lesson in there, huh?

Now, having said all that, I don't believe this is the place for me to carry on this discussion. These forums are for the Space Empires fateful, whom I consider my friends, to come and be merry. So cheers to all!

Oh, and drop by the Gamers Front and order a Shrapnel game!

[David E. Gervais]

My mother is dying,.. what do I know,.. or care..

One fact I do know 100% true.. SFI has not disclosed or badmouthed 'ANY' of their developers and have not posted 'ANY' comments on the 'Bad press' being generated by some of their developers (some with good reason).

It seems to me, bad press like that can only hurt everyone involved. If you want/need/deserve money back from someone, using a hydrolic nail gun with 'bad press' nails to seal the said publisher's coffin is like biting off the hand that feeds you, (or in this case falied to feed you) then complaining the still havent fed you and yet they have no more hands in which to feed you. (you just bit them off remember)

With only the opinions of the 'jilted' developers being posted in what can only be called 'venting due to frustration' We are getting only one half of the story. Yes it does appear to be mass agreement that SFI did a bad thing, but I'm just saying there are 2 sides to every story, in this case the publisher cannot comment on what happened and obviously will not comment.

Let me say this,.. "Yes some developers obviously lost revenue form SFI's fiasco,.. but people seem to forget that SFI itself took a MASSIVE Hit. Compare the current situation of the 'affected developers' and SFI.. It seems to me the 'affected developers' have managed to survive in spite of this 'Ugly History' so why continue to badmouth SFI?

Like I said before the 'affected developers' were wounded.. SFI was crippled and had a major Amputation of talented people. What good can come from continuing to say SFI is a bad company, SFI did this,.. SFI had a bankruptcy.. (BTW SFI never went bankrupt, they filed for 'Bankruptcy Protection' which allowed them to do some major restructuring and save what little they could.) This whole "Let's kick the cripple" attacks on SFI are IMHO very unprofessional.

Ok, I hear it.. "What SFI did was unprofessional... blah blah blah.." But I can guarantee you there was never any 'malicious intent' on the part of SFI. All these dev's posting SFI is bad, they screwed me, etc, sure sounds malicious to me. and that my friend is very unprofessional.

Anyways, I really don't like one sided arguements with no comments from the 'opposition' so this whole discussion is 100% pointless.

But hey, My mom is dying,.. I could not care less.

Cheers!

[Renegade 13]

Atrocities said:
From the sounds of it, Canada is too blame. Blame it all on Canada!

You'd better watch it!