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[Redshift2k5]

PGI borrowed money from the publisher to make this game.

That's how publishing works.

When the money starts rolling in, the publisher is going to take their cut.

That's how publishing works.

Once it is the publisher's money, they can spend it on anything they damn well please. It's their money.

[Agent of Change]

Bishop Steiner, on 17 April 2013 - 09:02 AM, said:

Well, the ending kind of sucked.... loved it until the whole "Swing Timmy Swing and pour water on the alien!!!" part. (Guess it works on killing Witches and Extre-Terrestrials.)

meh another silly religious allegory from a dissapointing film maker Shamalamalan bottled lightning once or twice but has consitently made mediocre to disappointing films more or less since 6th sense.

At least he isn't a walking human rights violation against film making... Michael Bay i'm looking at you.

Edited by Agent of Change, 17 April 2013 - 09:08 AM.

[MrPenguin]

Roadbeer, on 17 April 2013 - 09:03 AM, said:

Gotta admit, I'm digging all the trolling this thread is getting.

[Vasces Diablo]

Hey! Look what I found in the terms of use over at the mech warrior tactics site...


Included Websites. The Website includes, but is not limited to, the following websites, and includes the services offered therefrom:
www.mwtactics.com
www.mwomercs.com
www.sinsofadarkage.com
English Language. The parties have requested and agree that this Agreement and all documents relating thereto be drawn up in English / Les parties ont demandé que cette convention ainsi que tous les documents qui s’y rattachent soient rédigés en anglais.

/thread

(Sorry, posting from a phone so can't format it well)

Edited by Vasces Diablo, 17 April 2013 - 09:13 AM.

[Viper69]

Redshift2k5, on 17 April 2013 - 09:04 AM, said:

PGI borrowed money from the publisher to make this game.

That's how publishing works.

When the money starts rolling in, the publisher is going to take their cut.

That's how publishing works.

Once it is the publisher's money, they can spend it on anything they damn well please. It's their money.

how dare you attempt to bring seriousness in here!! Be gone foul logical person! I banish thee from thine presence and let thee not bring thine filthy intellect to these forums no more! Be gone Demon!

[Joseph Mallan]

Magicbullet141, on 17 April 2013 - 09:02 AM, said:

Sometimes I scan EULA's for easter eggs such as "....and you agree to be my personal slave...."

You ever see the Foamy cartoon about EULAs?

"Dam Licencing Agreements!"

[Mercules]

Magicbullet141, on 17 April 2013 - 09:02 AM, said:

Sometimes I scan EULA's for easter eggs such as "....and you agree to be my personal slave...."

I've seen one with "...agrees to turn over their firstborn child if they can not guess my name." in it as a joke.

[Bishop Steiner]

Agent of Change, on 17 April 2013 - 09:05 AM, said:

meh another silly religious allegory from a dissapointing film maker Shamalamalan bottled lightning once or twice but has consitently made mediocre to disappointing films more or less since 6th sense.

At least he isn't a walking human rights violation against film making... Michael Bay i'm looking at you.

Well, UnBreakable is my fave from him.........


also dedicated to the OP.....

[MaddMaxx]

Barghest Whelp, on 17 April 2013 - 08:25 AM, said:

Yes, that is fine. What's not fine is that the money pledged for MWO was not entirely spent on MWO.

You are going to make a point... soon... right?

[Agent of Change]

Oh I just thought of the best response.

So What?



Assuming this is the case, and given the nature of business it certainly is....



and i'm gonna slow down here for the tinfoil hat brigade to catchup..with me?







still with me?

Ok good we'll continue What if I told you, and i'm just spitballing that these other games are getting money







still with me?

and that money is going to the publisher..








still following here?

and that the publisher is distributing it as needed to the games being developed...






ok everybody still with me now?

So all the games are gettign the funding they need.


whew i didn't think a concept that simple would be so hard to get across.

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Edited by Agent of Change, 17 April 2013 - 09:13 AM.

[MaddMaxx]

Shumabot, on 17 April 2013 - 08:33 AM, said:

He's also completely correct, though a eula that allows for cross promotion isn't why.

And between the 2 of you, neither obviously, has any business sense at all.

[Viper69]

MaddMaxx, on 17 April 2013 - 09:10 AM, said:

You are going to make a point... soon... right?

I see his point now!

Edited by Viper69, 17 April 2013 - 09:16 AM.

[KKillian]

If it concerns you that much, Hang tight for Star Citizen, Shadowrun Returns/Online, Wasteland 2, Project Eternity, countless other amazing kickstart titles are on the way made by dreamers that want to see their games made so they can play them, not to make a buck, and all of the above were funded WELL beyond targets required, all give step by step goals based on finances beyond target showing exactly where the money is going, directly into further development of said title.

[Gallowglas]

Bishop Steiner, on 17 April 2013 - 09:02 AM, said:

Well, the ending kind of sucked.... loved it until the whole "Swing Timmy Swing and pour water on the alien!!!" part. (Guess it works on killing Witches and Extre-Terrestrials.)

Or the whole bit about an advanced race of aliens whose kryptonite is water coming across the galaxy to invade a planet that's 70% covered in the stuff. Guess they're gonna be watching Al Roker's forecasts pretty closely to make sure they don't get wiped out by a pop-up shower, huh? Or how about the fact that they don't have any weapons other than some poison wrist thingee and apparently get thwarted by cabin and pantry doors? Oh, and everything you need to know about them is somehow written down in a book.

Yeah, the acting was fine, but I found myself groaning at all the plot holes in that one.

[Roadbeer]

Agent of Change, on 17 April 2013 - 09:11 AM, said:

whew i didn't think a concept that simple would be so hard to get across.

You'd think it wouldn't, but we live in a society where THIS is necessary.

Edited by Roadbeer, 17 April 2013 - 09:22 AM.

[Agent of Change]

Roadbeer, on 17 April 2013 - 09:17 AM, said:

You'd think it wouldn't, but we live in a society where THIS is necessary.

broken links?

[Rakashan]

Barghest Whelp, on 17 April 2013 - 08:22 AM, said:

When updating to the latest patch I had to agree to an EULA. In that EULA I found the following:

12. Included Websites. The Website includes, but is not limited to, the following websites, and includes the services offered therefrom:
1. www.mwtactics.com
2. www.mwomercs.com
3. www.sinsofadarkage.com
So anybody stating that there is no proof can now just go take a bath.

Discuss.

You have an interesting idea of the word "proof". Now, granted that most people don't think of proof the way a hard scientist does (i.e. the difference between the words proof and evidence) but you claim would not even hold up in court where the term proof is more watered down than American beer.

You've discovered that IGP (yeah, I see you read the EULA closely enough to see who you were signing with) actually wrote one EULA to cover all the games they are developing. And this is only evidence of that, not proof.

[Bishop Steiner]

Gallowglas, on 17 April 2013 - 09:16 AM, said:

Or the whole bit about an advanced race of aliens whose kryptonite is water coming across the galaxy to invade a planet that's 70% covered in the stuff. Guess they're gonna be watching Al Roker's forecasts pretty closely to make sure they don't get wiped out by a pop-up shower, huh? Or how about the fact that they don't have any weapons other than some poison wrist thingee and apparently get thwarted by cabin and pantry doors? Oh, and everything you need to know about them is somehow written down in a book.

Yeah, the acting was fine, but I found myself groaning at all the plot holes in that one.

IO thought it was great.. until AFTER the part where it showed them swarming the house and it fades to black. The Plot holes all came pretty much in the finale. Up until then, it was just simmering with tension and suspense.. building and building.. to a typical MNS limp wrist ending. His moralistic twist endings worked well for Sixth Sense and Unbreakable... but after that, they all felt forced.

[Sephlock]

This isn't Aliens, Colonial Marines. I would like there to be a button to activate premium time in MW:T just like there is in MW:O though...

[Viper69]

Gallowglas, on 17 April 2013 - 09:16 AM, said:

Or the whole bit about an advanced race of aliens whose kryptonite is water coming across the galaxy to invade a planet that's 70% covered in the stuff. Guess they're gonna be watching Al Roker's forecasts pretty closely to make sure they don't get wiped out by a pop-up shower, huh? Or how about the fact that they don't have any weapons other than some poison wrist thingee and apparently get thwarted by cabin and pantry doors? Oh, and everything you need to know about them is somehow written down in a book.

Yeah, the acting was fine, but I found myself groaning at all the plot holes in that one.

They better never invade Ohio or Florida. Ohio you never know when it will rain and Florida it rains every morning. Oh wait nevermind aliens have already invaded Florida....oops.

Edited by Viper69, 17 April 2013 - 09:24 AM.