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Brad Mcquaid looted 45k of the crowdfunding
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He took that money as a cash advance for personal issues.
2 Positive things could come from this.
1. hopefully people will learn and there will be less "Criers" on the forms who try to convince you to Donate (ie with no interest or return) To these types of games.
2. People will be smart, And not go all in and donate to games until they have demonstrated some competency and not just pretty pictures.
Pessimist in me says none of this will come to pass tho.
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Unbelievable.
I don't even have any interest in the project but really this dude is such a crook, this definitely has to get "out there" as much as possible so that no other similar scams can be started by this person.
Currently Playing: ESO and FFXIV
Have played: You name it
If you mention rose tinted glasses, you better be referring to Mitch Hedberg.
I was hoping and waiting for this game to die a horrible horrible death after seeing Brad has learned nothing in the last 10 years.
I am so happy that it's Brad himself that put this abortion of a game to death.
The market is in desperate need of innovation and something new, but Pantheon was so many steps backwards. I am glad that it's dying in a loud shitstorm. Hopefully it will force future developers to think twice about their concept.
Pretty stupid response considering Pantheon's fall has nothing to do with the concept and everything to do with whose leading.
Long long time ago when I was still working I was invited to become a partner in a firm. I had been there for three years watching my boss treating client's money like his personal kitty. They would take money and put it back as they had a client account and the firm account but money would flow in and out. He had been doing this for years and never thought anything of it. When he invited me to join him he had a heart attack I turned him down although everyone said I was an idiot .He died a couple months later , as a partner I would have been liable for every penny he had misappropriated and unable to put back before his death. What a bullet I dodged there.
I have seen company directors who have turned their family business into private companies and allowed shareholders to buy shares not understand they have no right to the company funds and look at me like I am a loon when I say so because hey it was their own company after all. Many people do not understand financial separation and treat the cash in companies and clients as theirs.
I feel so sorry for the people who slogged and slaved for him to have done this so callously.
Anyone who has watched Brad McQuaid over the years should not be surprised by this type of news. The guy is a slimy greaseball, and he was accused of doing similar things with EQ and even Vanguard.
People who gave him money or are willing to work for/with him deserve this. He has a decorated history of being trash, and I'm baffled as to how/why anyone would give him the time of day or any of their money.
Waiting for something fresh to arrive on the MMO scene...
Not at all. They are both linked. The concept was uninspired at best, the leadership is simply what killed it first.
When I initially saw that the kickstarter didn't even have Crafting in unless it was reached as a stretch goal i was like nope nope nope not taking my money. Everyone here flamed people who were skeptical of paying money on such a bogus feature list that weren't even core mechanics and pinned on as afterthoughts. Not even one bit surprised by Brad's actions. What a joke.
Same for me - donated a pretty good amount to the KS but felt I should back away from the more "open" funding format. Just didn't feel right.
But I didn't expect this.
After Brads Vanguard debacle, honestly, anything with his name on it should have brought red flags. Hope he can be held accountable in some way, be it reparation or the gray bar hotel. I feel for everything working on the project, albeit minus the ninja looter.
Currently Playing: ESO and FFXIV
Have played: You name it
If you mention rose tinted glasses, you better be referring to Mitch Hedberg.
He was planning on taking a $180K salary during the development of budget strapped indy game?!??!
He REALLY has absolutely NO business acumen does he?
There was also this report that mentioned the 45k Brad took out as an advance was for 3 months salary.
Let me clarify it for you: he wants to pay himself 15k a month after taxes, in a startup with a shoe-string budget and no long-term funding.
And of course now he's asking for volunteer's to help him.
You make me like charity
I tried.. I could not find any proof that this is nothing more then hear-say. I'm not saying it isn't true. But this could very well just be someone that wants to stir some trouble for amusement. A troll none-the-less. Braid McQuaid obviously does not have a good track record, but before spreading rumors, remember this is nothing more then an accusation with absolutely no proof. I went to the site, tried to find their sources, and come up with hear-say. Looks like nothing more then trolling designed for website hits.
Could be true, could not be true. I refuse to believe in crap because someone else said so.
The website that you copied the screenshot even admits they cannot verify the screenshot you showed here. Nothing at all can be verified. Braid is a slimy douche forsure, but just because he is... well.. you know. Stop believing without proof. [mod edit]
There's tons of indirect proof, for what it's worth. Like, I don't know, the entire dev team falling apart suddenly and Brad asking for volunteers because they mysteriously burned through 150k in several months...
I'm sorry, but Brad is like the developer version of a drug addict at this point. He always seems to be hard on his luck, nothing works out, someone didn't come through, etc..
Just give him another chance, you know he's good for it.
You make me like charity
You can hear it for yourself: http://www.ktamradio.com/
Listen to some of the old interviews on the bottom right. I heard from at least 5 devs that Brad did something with the money. You can hear Silius, Vu, Mac, Vhalen, (all Pantheon devs) confirm all of this.
Silius first discovered that there was a large sum of money missing and presented it to the team. Brad then cut off contact with all of them. Vu said on mumble the other night that Brad has not talked to him since this all happened.
related
http://www.incgamers.com/2014/05/pantheon-rise-of-the-fallens-financials-under-scrutiny
EQ2 fan sites
I have been a supporter of this game from the beginning. After the KS failed I was not to happy or optimistic. Now I have no hope at all. I never followed Brad until this KS came up, so not aware of the supposed drug problems or whatever but he is definitely not a good leader/manager.
Personally I hope that a game like what Pantheon was supposed to be will some day come out. There are a bunch of people interested in this type of gameplay but I hate to say that this is definitely a couple steps back from that. I hope some smarter devs will come out eventually with an Old school inspired MMO but gonna wait now.
This whole thing is absolutely terrible, I feel bad for the other devs and some of my friends that donated to the site but Brad has lost my full support, that's for sure.
I feel sorry for the people who donated for this project. Even though I didn't donate for the Kickstarter campaign, I was hoping it would fund, because the basic concept did intrigue me, I'm just simply not willing to throw cash at something that may never be released, or if it does, surely won't be released for 3-4 years, based on an idea alone.
Really, when the KS failed, that should have been the end of this project, and it looks like for many people, it was, considering how much the KS raised compared to how much they raised on their website.
This campaign was just poorly run from the beginning. Compare this campaign to say, the CU campaign (which I also did not donate for, mostly because PvP only games don't interest me). I did, however, follow the campaign, and do have to commend Mark Jacobs and his crew. That is a textbook example of how a KS campaign should be run, Pantheon is an example of how not to run one.
Here's my screenshot I personally took from my Facebook before Brad could delete the evidence. Hopefully this helps puts to rest whether this is real or not. The guy took $45k and now he has the audacity to request volunteers... What a joke.