Merusk
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Isn't taking money from a company illegal (unless it's sole proprietorship)?
He didn't take money.. they paid his salary & bonuses first. Its the subtle distinctions that let rich people with no scruples remain that way.
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Venkman
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Trippy
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Brad's never got funded through KS though.
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schild
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Brad is such an amazing shitheel.
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Azazel
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Good for him. Every dipshit who gave him money deserved to lose every cent of it.
I pretty much feel this way, actually. Also: I love that this isn't a 20 page thread that will probably page 2 and therefore die in a week. Between this and there being no Shroud thread (on purpose), I feel like some of the more ridiculous milestones in the past are finally behind us.
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HaemishM
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Isn't taking money from a company illegal (unless it's sole proprietorship)?
Hence the reasons the other Pantheon devs are talking about it like embezzlement? McQuaid never fails to bring the trainwreck.
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Abagadro
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Good for him. Every dipshit who gave him money deserved to lose every cent of it.
It's added lulz that it was some trust-fund baby schmuck who kicked in a bunch with a promise for more but the trustee denied the funds.
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Abelian75
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So... at least this means he's gone for good now, right?
Right?
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Falconeer
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I was looking for Schild's interview to McQuaid and I couldn't find it anywhere. Broken links both from here and Google. Gone forever?
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Azazel
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I can't see anyone in their right minds hiring or working with Brad in the future after this. Of course, there will always be forgive-all fanbois, but fuck them, they have no power. Hopefully though, such embezzlement will get the law involved.
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schild
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I was looking for Schild's interview to McQuaid and I couldn't find it anywhere. Broken links both from here and Google. Gone forever?
It's basically lost-ish. But a shitload of sites straight up copy and pasted the whole fucking thing. Here's one: https://www.trident-online.de/smf/index.php?topic=1745.0
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schild
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Maybe it's worth reposting on the front-page just for funsies. Let me think on that for a few days.
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Senses
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This all seems like an elaborate con that McQuaid set up to steal 45k from the guy with the trust fund. Are we even sure Brad McQuaid is his real name?
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Paelos
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So much for hopes he would just learn something and pack it in.
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Lucas
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Posted by a user called "Zarriya" in the comments section of the above mentioned post: I think getting volunteers is a great idea for this project. It can be a great opportunity and honor to work with Brad. Back when I was doing my own intership, I not only worked without pay, I had to pay to earn my college credits! But it was a wonderful opportunity and I was grateful for it.
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Paelos
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Stuff like that makes me almost wish I was a complete unethical bastard who could abuse people that stupid.
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HaemishM
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You would be in a long line of complete and utter bastards who already abuse the shit out of people that stupid. The line starts at Activision, continues through EA and on down from there.
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Maven
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"Personal problems" is so ... vague. This whole thing is . It's his company right? So he approved the loan to himself without any oversight? What was going on with him that required such a huge lump sum of cash? How was he going to repay over five months? With as much risk as there is in any game development project, what kind of special asshole, ahem, kind of businessman was he to gut project and team resources for himself? I don't want to put forth the effort to research what the facts are when "This was a stupid way to do business." seems to summarize the situation.
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Mithas
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What was going on with him that required such a huge lump sum of cash? Cocaine's a hell of a drug.
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What was going on with him that required such a huge lump sum of cash? Cocaine's a hell of a drug. cocaine's the first raid boss
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Fabricated
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I like to imagine the scene from the end of Goodfellas where Karen is flushing the cocaine down the toilet while the cops kick the door in.
We needed that MMO Karen! It was the only MMO we had!
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Severian
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"after Brad McQuaid was unsuccessful at getting funding, it was a good time" - John Smedley (maybe I took that out of context a little)
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I like to imagine the scene from the end of Goodfellas where Karen is flushing the cocaine down the toilet while the cops kick the door in.
We needed that MMO Karen! It was the only MMO we had!
I want to marry this post.
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Shatter
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Funny part is hes still trying to keep this shitpile going. Hey I just got a free $45K, lets see how much more I can get! Much hilarity! Much WOW!
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KallDrexx
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I know you guys were worried, but don't be! The Pantheon team is growing and their next steps are account creation and logging in. Progress abound Oh yeah, and Brad doesn't want to be CEO, he wants to be CCO (creative officer). They have an email address listed there asking for resumes for CEOs *edit* Also the facebook feed is either filled with fake accounts or retards (or both). I mean, one guy is amazed at this screenshot saying it looks like a real photo.... Maybe he just doesn't get out into the real world much.....
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« Last Edit: June 14, 2014, 05:53:17 PM by KallDrexx »
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Maven
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Everyone wants to be the idea person.
The first thing I would do as CEO would be to fire Brad McQuaid.
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schild
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The first thing I would do as CEO would be to fire Brad McQuaid. Correct.
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schild
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Of course, the second thing to do as CEO there is collect an advance on your paycheck for 6 months and then shut down the company because, well, frankly it's not going to make it past 6 months by anything other than sheer force of ego.
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Hutch
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Any CEO smart enough to fire McQuaid isn't going to accept adderol and lithium in lieu of cash.
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satael
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Everyone wants to be the idea person.
The first thing I would do as CEO would be to fire Brad McQuaid.
The sad thing (or more accurately one of many in this case) is that if you remove McQuaid there's really nothing left as anyone with even a bit of name recognition who was in any way affiliated with this disaster has long since jumped the ship and probably wants noone to remember they were in any form associated with this project
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Tannhauser
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Nah, you give him a nice corner office and let him do press and be the face. But don't let him near any game development.
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Brolan
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CCO sounds like a good gig. All you have to do is show up at meetings and drop a few ideas from your "vision". You don't actually have to work or produce anything and you get to collect a big paycheck.
Where do I sign up?
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Pennilenko
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This all would have worked out better for Brad if he had decided to do space ships instead of elves.
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satael
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This all would have worked out better for Brad if he had decided to do space ships instead of elves.
The "vision" would have worked alot better on the (unsuspecting) people if Brad hadn't already envisioned Vanguard. The hype just isn't there anymore for his vision like it's for some other "visionaries".
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