Originally posted by eric_w66

It is amazing how these people got any money to start making G&H in the first place. Let alone somehow win the STO license...

Hey, they're making SOE look good even to some of the haters, and that takes some serious effort.

I hope paramount pulls out of their deal with PE/P2, I suspect they'd have the legal code for doing so for 'underperforming' or some other vague legal term. Would have been a smart thing to do.

If they could pull out the license and sell it to someone else quickly, we might see a STO game in 5 years (not joking, it takes about that long now, unless you're making a YAAMMO (Yet another asian mmo) where cut and paste and bad hairdo's rule.

Since SOE was handling the marketing and publishing, some of the stink has rubbed off on them as well. Considering they are still promoting a dead game 2 months after it was cancelled, I would say SOE is looking pretty stupid.

Originally posted by Samuraisword

 

Originally posted by eric_w66

It is amazing how these people got any money to start making G&H in the first place. Let alone somehow win the STO license...

Hey, they're making SOE look good even to some of the haters, and that takes some serious effort.

I hope paramount pulls out of their deal with PE/P2, I suspect they'd have the legal code for doing so for 'underperforming' or some other vague legal term. Would have been a smart thing to do.

If they could pull out the license and sell it to someone else quickly, we might see a STO game in 5 years (not joking, it takes about that long now, unless you're making a YAAMMO (Yet another asian mmo) where cut and paste and bad hairdo's rule.

http://platformpublishing.station.sony.com/

 

Since SOE was handling the marketing and publishing, some of the stink has rubbed off on them as well. Considering they are still promoting a dead game 2 months after it was cancelled, I would say SOE is looking pretty stupid.

I have to say, that is fricken' hilarious.

"Promoting" means spending cash. Not changing a website for a while isn't promoting.

If anyting, SOE lost money to them too, I doubt that PE paid them anything for the little bit of promoting they DID do.

Well that is because Gods and Heroes is on "indefinite hold," and will be released sometime in the near future.  Well maybe future...  or far future.... well, maybe never, but that's not the point. 

Hey look! There's a Stealth Fighter flying overhead...

Originally posted by eric_w66

"Promoting" means spending cash. Not changing a website for a while isn't promoting.

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Originally posted by Samuraisword

 

Originally posted by eric_w66

"Promoting" means spending cash. Not changing a website for a while isn't promoting.

False. Being paid or not has nothing to do with the definition.

 

pro·mote      /pr??mo?t/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pruh-moht] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–verb (used with object), -mot·ed, -mot·ing.

1.	to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.

2.	to advance in rank, dignity, position, etc. (opposed to demote).

3.	Education. to put ahead to the next higher stage or grade of a course or series of classes.

4.	to aid in organizing (business undertakings).

5.	to encourage the sales, acceptance, etc., of (a product), esp. through advertising or other publicity.

6.	Informal. to obtain (something) by cunning or trickery; wangle.

nuf said....

To make the mixture even better, startrek.com is being closed down and all the staff related to the website is being dismissed, permanently.

More info at the source of the information

http://slashdot.org/articles/07/12/16/229238.shtml

Another "great franchise" busted with bad planning and suckind developers (swg, matrix online...)

Originally posted by dcsn

To make the mixture even better, startrek.com is being closed down and all the staff related to the website is being dismissed, permanently.

 

More info at the source of the information

 

http://slashdot.org/articles/07/12/16/229238.shtml

Another "great franchise" busted with bad planning and suckind developers (swg, matrix online...)

Still sucks, though.

All I can say is I hope to god SOE don't pick it up.. And I was soooo looking forward to playing a Klingon SO.. ahh well

Don't get me wrong I still continue to play and support SWG and I'm a pre-CU Elder but, SONY have a real tendency to destroy things. I think the reason we all believe we will never see this game go live is its something we wanted..

Its not exactly the same but we've been waiting how long for Fallout 3 or a Fallout MMO .. just goes to show the point.. STO will likely not be taken up within the next 3 years, most other companies have their own projects going at the moment. I'd say if it is taken up the earliest we'll see it is 2011.

Not being American I have no idea how your judicial system works in these cases, but I hope PE are made to pay for Kohnke's expences. I love people that do MMO's but I don't think any company should be above the law and justice..  Or maybe Kohnke can send their own justice... ie Bob.. and his sledgehammer. ;)

Anyways my 2 creds worth.

Those mentioning that this will take 3 to 5 years before it reaches litigation in the courts regarding the civil suit against PE. Most likely like the bulk of these lawsuits they get settled out of court in some sort of plea bargaining.

In some indirectly related news from CBS which Paramount is involved. I'm hearing that the website of "StarTrek.com" will be pulled shortly. They're saying the site has been online for 13 yrs and was a major community hub.

Linky to the story posted 12/17 at Razorwire over at Warcry:

http://razorwire.warcry.com/news/view/79977-CBS-shuts-down-Startrek-com-after-13-years