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Thread: THQ is Bankrupt for Real This Time10 Jan 2013, 15:37 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Jan 2013, 14:32 PMDwighty Sadly; the uninhibited arena for freedom of speech which the Internet provides is a excellent channel for spreading false information. A few Google searches on controversial subjects will provide you with sufficient evidence to back this up. Basically; A baseless and speculative claim made by Jim can be perceived as absolute truth by another member, which can pose somewhat of a problem. A baseless speculative claim that THQ has "turned the corner" and "completed the heavy lifting" can also be made by Brian Farrell and published on sites like IGN.com and GamesIndustry.biz accompanied with some amazing looking graphs and pie charts.. and of course the ever popular George Washington isometric thoughtful pose. i mean you just gotta believe everything this guy says right? Ethos personified. therefore, i'd say THQ's marketing PR army is much better are spreading misinformation than any random forum poster on a small fan site. Furthermore, any one is free to refute my claims. When i posted up my "THQ Will Probably Fold" thread I had tonnes of opposition. In June of 2009 when i published "Sell Your ATVI Stock now" (clearly an opinion piece) I also had tonne of opposition. I was labelled "anti blizzard" for posting up that one. On TL.Net i'm labelled "anti toronto blue jay" and a "canada hater" because i said the team would only win 69 games. They started the season 50-50. Lots of opposition is good though, it allows me to refine my thinking before i have to make any kind of real decision about anything. Most of the time I end up making "no decision" any how. In: Lobby
Thread: THQ is Bankrupt for Real This Time9 Jan 2013, 17:06 PM if a THQ employee dared say things might be bad at THQ then Farrell would've insta-fired the guy. it should be no surprise to any one that the head accounting guy resigned a few days before THQ's "chapter 11 plan" was introduced. he didn't want his name attached to a "manufactured liquidity crisis". In: Lobby
Thread: THQ is Bankrupt for Real This Time9 Jan 2013, 16:31 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Jan 2013, 15:58 PMMarcus2389 No THQ/Relic employee could ever speak you freely, not even Jason Rubin or Brian Farrell probably. I think it was pretty obvious, we are talking of multinational groups with close policies about sharing private info. again you don't read my positive comments... only my negative ones. they are a publicly traded company ...lol... every investor call for the past 4 years THQ continued to claim everything was just great. DS2 was great.. WWE 13 was great.. everything was just great... "the heavy lifting is done" and the old "we've turned the corner" until they stopped offering guidance. i was labelled as "overly negative" for saying WWE 13 was bad. even though i know a lot about the wrestling game genre and how its most loyal supporters think and what they want out of a game. no one ever actually attacked the content they just attacked me. that makes me LOL. No one ever discussed "mo cap" versus "hand drawn"... etc. now we are going with the old "no one ever said anything ever". and "we know that we know nothing". as recently as the Chapter 11 filing Rubin stated "keep on pre ordering" everything is just fine. Lynx and TribalBob said everything was fine financially... up until very recently. the posts are on GR.Org. but, these guys are just soldiers.. the generals are Rubin and Farrell. Bottom line is, a year ago many people were saying THQ was in big trouble and that Farrell was a total sleazebucket. I'm talking about knowledgeable industry people who do not makes sensational comments just to hear the sound of their own voice. I added up what they said along with my feelings on THQ's 2012 slate and came up with my "THQ Will Probably Fold" Thread. my signature? "Hell, It's about time.." is Tychus Findlay's double entendre about SC2 taking so long to be made. Over all, this issue is going to take a long time to resolve itself which is going to make this thread pretty active for a while. In: Lobby
Thread: THQ is Bankrupt for Real This Time9 Jan 2013, 15:27 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Jan 2013, 15:03 PMNuVioN Jim's attitude isnt limited to THQ's financial decisions but towards the whole THQ staff, which includes relic, which I dont like . And there you have the reason i have repeatedly challenged the THQ staff on their comments about THQ's financial situation. That is all i've done. THQ leaderhship has been misleading investors and bondholders for a long time. this isn't some "isolated" and "shocking" incident. when it comes to AKI and Relic, you should read all my comments. not just the negative ones. if you think no Relic employees have considered leaving partly because of what has been going on in THQ for the past 6 months you are living in a dream world... no different than when times were good and everyone wanted to work on THQ's wrestling titles when they were great... where o where is APOC Kaufman now? also, an update on the Chapter 11 proceedings, Brian Farrell has spoken: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-01-07-thq-allowing-bids-for-specific-titles In: Lobby
Thread: THQ is Bankrupt for Real This Time8 Jan 2013, 03:25 AM Jump back to quoted post8 Jan 2013, 02:27 AMAmiPolizeiFunk You don't seem to get it. I just want to see him squeeze you really hard. this maudlin request is just ZZZZzzz.... Jump back to quoted post8 Jan 2013, 03:18 AMCombatMuffin That is mere speculation, can't be written in stone. I have no idea on the specifics of the EE, but suffice to say that it seems to be what Relic needs to develop their vision for CoH, and that suffices me, as a customer. thanks for your long winded agreement. can DirectX9 power EE3? iow , does it run on XP? In: Lobby
Thread: THQ is Bankrupt for Real This Time8 Jan 2013, 03:00 AM Starcraft, an RTS, is the least profitable of Blizzard's 3 franchises.. by far. if a company like Ubisoft or EA sees value in Relic's "new engine" that CoH2 is based upon then Relic will find a nice home. These companies are all about leveraging a code base. Relic will live or die on its "Essence Engine" boys. In: Lobby
Thread: THQ is Bankrupt for Real This Time8 Jan 2013, 02:07 AM Jump back to quoted post7 Jan 2013, 19:54 PMAmiPolizeiFunk I would pay good $$ to see InControl give JimmyRaynor a bear hug. its been a long time since the "GosuGuide" and "GosuCoaching" fiascos. Incontrol didn't really profit very much from the whole thing. it was clear he was dishonest throughout those events. people just need to let it go though ... he did his time in the community "dog house" and paid the price with his loss credibility... but its long over. again, people just need to let it go, he has done nothing unethical since those incidents. Regarding the THQ bankruptcy proceeding here is a pretty thorough account of the today's events. http://www.distressed-debt-investing.com/2013/01/distressed-debt-thq-bankruptcy-update.html A pretty good account of THQ's deceptive practises for the past year is available here http://michaelsfutter.tumblr.com/post/39753599370/fallandfurtherfallofthq In: Lobby
Thread: THQ is Bankrupt for Real This Time7 Jan 2013, 18:56 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Jan 2013, 18:46 PMTychoCelchuuu Why buy THQ when you could just buy the games you think will do well? plus, these giant companies already have their own internal strategies. they only want games that will fit within their already existing strategical framework. In: Lobby
Thread: THQ is Bankrupt for Real This Time7 Jan 2013, 17:07 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Jan 2013, 16:56 PMGuruSkippy EA is probably more interested by buying the WWE licence rather than buying Relic studio. EA has dabbled in wrestling games in the past In: Lobby
Thread: THQ is Bankrupt for Real This Time7 Jan 2013, 16:52 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Jan 2013, 16:27 PMCombatMuffin I fail to see how "lol" works into the whole picture. Very objective indeed. All Jason Rubin's "chapter 11 plan" did was harm his credibility. its deserves an "lol" in terms of how we've been hearing for the past year that everything is fine and no one is at all concerned about THQ's financial situation. these comments started right from the top of THQ and went all the way down to front line staff. and then when chapter 11 was filed and the implausible "plan" Rubin put forth was announced everything was going to be fine again. the plan and these comments for the past year are now disingenuous. With Warner Brothers, EA, and Ubisoft all sniffing around look for THQ to be split up title by title. They are now running the show at THQ not Rubin and Farrell. Rubin and Farrell are going to have to find a new gig. After thinking it over, i don't think EA will buy Relic. They already have one RTS that doesn't sell to the eastern countries. They don't need another one. Also, 2 years to make a game is not EA's style. They make a kick ass cookie cutter engine and then start pumping out games like cookies. Look for WWE and Yuke's to make a deal with each other. In: Lobby