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Reply #630 on: March 07, 2014, 07:23:35 AM

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict this is, indeed, the end.  No bucks, no Buck Rogers.   He should start losing people immediately.

Brad McQuaid is the Jason Voorhees of MMO development. His first title was memorable, every other title attempt from him / his studio has been disappointing, but he just keeps popping up again. The next attempt will be set in space.

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Reply #631 on: April 14, 2014, 10:39:25 AM

Not really surprising: https://www.pantheonrotf.com/blogs/355/91/pantheon-s-financial-situation

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Reply #632 on: April 14, 2014, 11:10:04 AM

I read the title as Brad McQuaid, but I clicked the link expecting to hear news about 38 Studios.  Brains are weird; apparently I associate the two projects together in my mind. 
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Reply #633 on: April 14, 2014, 12:54:22 PM

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In the past few months we have seen some of the most passion bubble up from the Internet than we have in some time;

What the fuck does that even mean?

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Reply #634 on: April 14, 2014, 01:03:57 PM

It means the recent influx of cash has already been spent on "pain management".

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Reply #635 on: April 14, 2014, 01:07:46 PM

It means some people will spend a lifetime trying recreate the good fortune they once had.

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Reply #636 on: April 14, 2014, 02:25:31 PM

No I get the sentiment that it's trying to express, I'm just pointing out that it looks as though it was written by throwing words into a box and using all the ones that missed.

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Reply #637 on: April 14, 2014, 04:47:44 PM

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

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Reply #638 on: April 14, 2014, 07:51:17 PM

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Reply #639 on: April 15, 2014, 05:08:49 AM

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Reply #640 on: April 17, 2014, 08:27:18 PM

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In the past few months we have seen some of the most passion bubble up from the Internet than we have in some time;

What the fuck does that even mean?

It means that people will pay $15 a month just to post on a forum for a game that doesn't exist.

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Reply #641 on: April 20, 2014, 02:49:19 PM

What's dissapointed me most about all this is that they haven't even come out with a stream of amazing fantasy-game-design promises. Their imaginary game is just the traditional MMO we've seen 100 times before.
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Reply #642 on: April 20, 2014, 07:17:43 PM

No no no!  You don't quite get it.  Remember all those things about the first MMO you played that you liked?  That's what he was going to bring back.  He wanted to recapture the magic that created a truly dynamic world, not just some formulaic game.  He was trying to bring back what it means to achieve.  To emulate a feeling of success, so what you do has impact and leaves a lasting impression.  What he was specifically NOT trying to do was fall into the same pitfalls all the copycats that came afterwards did.  All those tired troped and reused materials, the stale and unfeeling aspects which we all hated, Brad was going to do away with.  He wanted to avoid making a casual world that just handed you things on a silver platter while not bogging you down with tedious mechanics. 

And I'm sure he will give us details ... soon.

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Reply #643 on: April 23, 2014, 10:19:18 AM

Not really surprising: https://www.pantheonrotf.com/blogs/355/91/pantheon-s-financial-situation

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The downside now is that our initial resources have depleted, which regrettably means that development is going to slow down until finances can be secured.

They cannot even fund the website?

"In the interim, any donations made at this point until further notice will be going directly to maintaining the website during this phase, and not towards development."

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Reply #644 on: April 23, 2014, 11:52:40 AM

The website is a euphemism for Brad's meth connection. He takes a lot of funding and doesn't extend credit.

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Reply #645 on: April 23, 2014, 12:45:25 PM

Ok, now it's just getting sad.

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Reply #646 on: April 23, 2014, 12:56:14 PM

Ok, now it's just getting sad.

Not really.
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Reply #647 on: April 23, 2014, 01:21:00 PM

Not really now, not really just or not really sad?  why so serious?

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Reply #648 on: April 23, 2014, 01:27:35 PM

Not really now, not really just or not really sad?  why so serious?

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Reply #649 on: April 23, 2014, 01:36:23 PM

Ya, if you don't know the history, it'd be pretty sad. But this guy has earned his failures fair and square. This is isn't misfortune but a guy who's ego writes checks his talent can't cash by a wide margin.

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Reply #650 on: April 23, 2014, 01:56:35 PM

He just needs to admit it's over. Anything more he does at this point isn't going to be that fun to mock. The money is gone, nobody in their right mind will ever invest this garbage, he's failed even on KS to reach a modest goal, he's going to screw over staff if he pretends otherwise, and obviously the sheep get fleeced.

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Reply #651 on: April 23, 2014, 09:13:06 PM

For once I'm glad someone is failing in MMOs since some of the ways they have been trying to fund their "company" have been pretty awful and hopefully their failure that now seems more or less certain will make sure noone else tries the same.  Ohhhhh, I see.
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Reply #652 on: April 23, 2014, 09:47:49 PM

I kind of wish we could offer him $60 to be interviewed by Schild live or something. I feel like there is a little more fun to be squeezed from this.

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Reply #653 on: April 24, 2014, 07:17:26 AM

Apparently he did some interview with KTAM that was pretty hilarious. I don't know who KTAM is, but folks on Rerolled were saying they were mocking him pretty good.
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Reply #654 on: April 24, 2014, 09:46:23 AM

Apparently he did some interview with KTAM that was pretty hilarious. I don't know who KTAM is, but folks on Rerolled were saying they were mocking him pretty good.

Here's the interview.  K-TAM is a gaming related internet radio station, btw.

http://173.193.205.96:2197/ondemand/ktamradio/Brad%20McQuaid%20Interview%20April%2013%202014.mp3


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Reply #655 on: April 25, 2014, 10:39:09 AM


I have never played WoW.
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Reply #656 on: April 25, 2014, 11:58:53 AM

He just needs to admit it's over. Anything more he does at this point isn't going to be that fun to mock. The money is gone, nobody in their right mind will ever invest this garbage, he's failed even on KS to reach a modest goal, he's going to screw over staff if he pretends otherwise, and obviously the sheep get fleeced.
He still hasn't tried to get on the next season of Shark Tank?


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Reply #657 on: April 25, 2014, 02:23:08 PM

The Shark Tank guys would laugh his ass off the set. Of course, they'd probably do that with any MMOG dev simply because of the upfront costs of MMOG development.

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Reply #658 on: May 02, 2014, 07:35:16 PM

Looks like Brad is turning over an old leaf.

http://www.reddit.com/r/MMORPG/comments/24ky5b/brad_mcquaid_interviewed_by_a_moderator_on_his/

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Reply #659 on: May 02, 2014, 08:13:01 PM

I'm shocked, shocked to find out the whole thing was a scam to put money in his pocket.
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Reply #660 on: May 02, 2014, 11:26:57 PM

Good for him. Every dipshit who gave him money deserved to lose every cent of it.

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Reply #661 on: May 03, 2014, 05:46:48 AM

Hopefully he spent it on legitimate debts and not narcotics.
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Reply #662 on: May 03, 2014, 10:18:25 AM

What if they are debts for narcotics that are owed to South Americans with lots of guns and machetes?

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Reply #663 on: May 03, 2014, 11:12:19 AM

Isn't taking money from a company illegal (unless it's sole proprietorship)?
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Reply #664 on: May 03, 2014, 12:14:16 PM

Hopefully he spent it on legitimate debts and not narcotics.

Nah, I hope he DID spend it all on narcotics. awesome, for real
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