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I'm VERY tired of Goons bashing. No, I'm not a Goon, though I was asked at one time.
Chronojam's timeline, I cannot compete with, but a brief history.....
Closed Beta. This, that, and the other were released in order for launch of OB. A few weeks before this OB, the community came unglued, indicating the game was NOT ready for the public to see, as we ALL wanted this to succeed on a massive scale.
PGI pushed back the launch of OB, and that was the last time PGI listened. In a press release from PGI, the public at large was told that Open Beta is ready, and that their Closed Beta Testers were 'tired' and burned out, and that PGI now needed more broad feedback. Little did we tired and burned out CB testers know, that feedback would quickly become less and less important. A this point, the Goons were surfacing, and had about as much visibility as any other player, at that time.
When 3PV was announced, where PGI swore it'd never happen, the Goons, by now bigger, and well organized in the MWO community, went on a tear ass. And I don't blame them one bit. I fanned every flame I came near, as I saw the beginning of where we are now.
Ok, moving on.
Russ is in charge, make no doubt. Niko's parameters for PR were mandated by Russ, of this I have no doubt. Hell, they even sound the same in tone and attitude.
But Niko, finding this Reddit thing as amusing, well, there the sound of squealing brakes ensues.
Still think it's amusing now, Niko? I hope you realize, wherever you may look for employment in THIS industry in the future, you CANNOT, under any circumstances, use your real name.
Same goes for Paul, and Russ. I mean, who in their right mind, would trust ANYTHING with you guys involved, ever again? Well, to begin formulating an answer, just scroll up. We have Founders who walked away years ago, with all 12 posts, coming back to let you have it.
Well, now you got it. I'm pissed off. I'm not a big fish, but I'm no minnow. I've begun waking up contact's in the gaming industry, in case I want to re-initialize Mortality Radio. Only this time, the sole focus, instead of D&D 2e, and D&D 3.0 and 3.5, will be all about PGI, and MWO. The show had a tremendous impact during the early days of D&D 3.0.
Google this: Mortality Radio Adlon. Just a few here......
http://forum.rpg.net...Mortality-Radio
http://www.enworld.o...-Radio-podcasts
http://www.enworld.o...MORTALITY-DOWN-!
http://forum.candlek...p?TOPIC_ID=1854
http://archive.wizar...nd/rs/20030603a
^ this link, scroll to mid page.
Google should keep you busy, if you care
I STILL have all these guys home phone numbers, and personal emails, minus those who are no longer with us.
What was unknown to the PnP community at the time, is, I had just as many contacts in the software gaming industry.
At this point, I'm seriously debating re-starting the show, this time on Twitch, as opposed to the outdated shoutcast format, which I still have set up, including my 2 Euro, and one Aussie mirrors. Love Linux
I WILL do live call-ins, like the original show. No need for IRC with Twitch, as it's built right in.
To be frank with you all, my desire is to see PGI walk away from or lose this license. I cannot be reversed on this. It's too late for PGI to clean up this farce. The powers that be in PGI need to work for someone else, as no one there seems to have a clue about what this game should be, and howo to handle customers.
I will be vigilant, in determining if, and when their names surface on other projects, and begin anew.
I've begun a massive 'educational' email 'campaign', with links to all validated sources, to a great many people.
On the other side of things, I can be swayed:
If Paul gets stashed far away from lead ....and we never hear from him again.
If Niko hits the door. No alternate outcome here.
If Russ drops his always-been- crap attitude towards the community, and remains perma-STFU.
- or-
PGI walks away from the IP. THEN, I won't be launching torpedo's and ICBM's at their new Tranny project. For now, it's war.
Niko has lost all credibility, Keeping him on, would be wasting payroll. No one here is going to listen to ANYTHING he says. He has shot off his own foot, and the mess is on PGI. He, nor anyone at PGI, can clean Niko up.
Russ is a smug, self confident *******. Russ, how is the view from yon high Tee Ball Stand now?
Yep, the Tee Ball Stand thing got Russ in my radar. He needs to stay WAY in the back, and keep his mouth closed. Let a REAL PR person talk for the company. Lie to us even, tell us this new PR person is now a partner, anything, just gag Russ' mouth.
Do I sound mad? Angry? Ticked off? Yep, planned that way. I waited 13 years for a MW title, having been my single, favorite IP ever. To me, nothing comes close to Battletech/Mechwarrior, including MWO. And we have THIS instead. Inept people making a crappy game, and charging people for it, and finding everything quite amusing.
Yes, I am Adlon. I once told Reppu in an email, he essentially blew me off. He's another PoS. (Post on Saturday
I paid money based on a lie, both my Founder, and a few MC deals to boot. I'm tired of this never to arrive carrot strung across my face.
Things need to change, and NOW.
Edited by Ensaine, 11 September 2014 - 05:27 AM.
