(Shocking) News!!!!!

[NullAshton]

Spoo said:

Yeah, but what if it does well and Malfador still doesn't get any money fron SF? That's what I'm worried about.

Then we'll sue Strategy First for the money.

[Unknown_Enemy]

NullAshton said:

Then we'll sue Strategy First for the money.

Should have asked Brad about that part. It seems Stardock had its fair (and unfair) part of publishers going out of business. If you believe you'll get a cent from a company going out of business, please tell me the name of the business you're running, I'll make sure you never get a cent from me .

[Puke]

Captain Kwok said:
Based on Brad's comments, many of his feelings on why his game did well should be consistent with SE:V when it's released, so perhaps SE:V will do well regardless of who publishes it.

while it might sell well, it remains to be seen wither MM will be paid. Stardock distributed and collected revenue for its own product online, so the only thing they lost out on because of SF was the retail and mail order sales.

MM does not have their own distribution channel, and has not published downloadables in the past. therefore, they stand to lose a lot more if SF does not come through.

Class action from the creditors could potentially freeze SF's assets, but that isnt really good for anyone. It basically assures you will only get a small fraction of what you are owed, if anything, and then will have to negotiate a new publishing deal with someone else...

[Azselendor]

You know, SF needs to clear up this whole matter once and for all.

[Possum]

Desert Fox said:
I agree with you completely Psyringe!

I am glad to see Brad stopping in. One of the things I enjoy about you Brad is your entrenched in the community more then I have ever seen any game company owner or CEO has in the past. I have been around this industry from the very beginnings. Talking about the early and late 70's.

But there were no computer games back then, except Pong

I know, because I was there, and played Pong, (in the bowling alley, with my mother, may she rest in peace).

So I figure you must be talking boardgames. You remember SPI, then? Big Jim Dunnagan? (Dunnigan? Hell, I don't remember how he spelled it)

What a talented group that was, at its peak. Mark Herman was, IMO, one of the 3 best boardgame designers that ever drew breath. Mech War 2, that awesome Pacific War carrier sim, Central America...great work all.

Wonder what happened to all those guys?

[spoon]

Possum said:
So I figure you must be talking boardgames. You remember SPI, then? Big Jim Dunnagan? (Dunnigan? Hell, I don't remember how he spelled it)

Wonder what happened to all those guys?

Just heard that one of SPI's cofounders (Redmond A. Simonsen) died about a week ago.

[capnq]

Possum said:
So I figure you must be talking boardgames. You remember SPI, then? Big Jim Dunnagan? (Dunnigan? Hell, I don't remember how he spelled it)

What a talented group that was, at its peak. Mark Herman was, IMO, one of the 3 best boardgame designers that ever drew breath. Mech War 2, that awesome Pacific War carrier sim, Central America...great work all.

Wonder what happened to all those guys?

Redmond A. Simonson died recently.

[Possum]

Oh man, that's too bad. And he was only 62...I'm almost...erm, let's not think about that!

On the original topic of this thread...Odd news!

I don't think Malfador is going to get what they're looking for out of this. I wish Aaron all the best of luck, but I suspect he's going to regret this decision.

[Thermodyne]

With all the talk of the old days, and with the eminent beta test drawing a few of the old guys back into the forums, I though I’d give everyone a little trip back to the days of the Ladder. With what I had to do to get past my ISPs firewall, this might be the last time I put it up. But for your viewing pleasure here is the old SE III (SE4) Ladder.

SE Ladder

[dumbluck]

Captain Kwok said:
If you're keeping score that's 3 for marketing and 0 for dumb luck.

How did I get into this?

I found SEIV from a review in CGW! (BIG ad dollars at work) I downloaded the demo, and, ummmm... kinda went crazy until the purchased game arrived....

A Rabid fan? Me? Surely you jest.....