Okysho said:
AdmiralMemo said:
Okysho said:
Where's the goddamned voice acting episode!?
They mentioned in their Desert Bus interview [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRyKYSa1jaU] that they're still working on getting actual voice actors for that episode.
That was almost purely for humorous purposes. I actually sent them an e-mail asking them if they would like a contact for a voice actor within the vancouver BC area that I know.
Never got a reply... maybe I should send it again...
I don't think it would help, though. They've got a few thousand emails to go through in their GMail box. They did say in one video that they're no longer going to reply to every email, but they're reading them all. I would suspect that they simply haven't gotten to your email yet.
JoJoDeathunter said:
Ummm... what? It's not one word against another any more, we know what happened now:
1) James allowed Escapist to owe money since they were tight on cash
2) Due to the Alison issue EC raised $100000 approx from community
3) Escapist wanted a share of the cash raised
4) James said no and got into an argument about the owed money
5) Escapist paid up everything they owed but EC left anyway
I blame EC because the Escapist backed down from their demands and paid what they owed, but EC still left anyway. If they really cared about their fans they wouldn't have jumped ship so fast.
Alright. Where do you have proof that the Escapist sent the money? As far as I know, neither party has released the emails that were promised to be released.
Also, you're missing a few steps in your timeline, as well as erroneous in others.
A more accurate timeline would be like this:
1. James knew the Escapist was in a financial bind and allowed them to owe money.
2. Allison's shoulder injury happens, along with James' brother having a messy divorce.
3. James does not have the money to help with either of those things.
4. James asks the Escapist for $20,000 out of the money he's owed, so he can help with those things.
5. Escapist responds, saying they don't have all of it, but they do send him what they can.
6. Escapist sends James a few thousand dollars through PayPal.
7. As this is inadequate to cover the cost of Allison's surgery, so Escapist suggests that James try Kickstarter.
8. Kickstarter responds, stating they don't do charity.
9. Escapist suggests RocketHub, which agrees to allow the fund.
10. James starts RocketHub fund, open for 60 days, looking for $20,000. (Way too long, but they didn't know that at the time.)
11. Escapist makes an agreement with James, saying they'll promote the fund with Publisher's Club memberships, as well as an option to do the 1,705 t-shirts for $36,450.
12. James declines the t-shirt option, saying that it's too much and they'll do it themselves.
13. James continues to have trouble getting a straight answer out of the Escapist, so he hired a "business development manager" to try to do so.
14. The RocketHub donations go well beyond what anyone had even conceived.
15. The business manager goes to the Escapist with a deal: give EC their IP rights back and the money currently owed for EC episodes would be considered null and void.
16. Escapist claims that they have rights to 75% of the RocketHub donation money, considering the debt paid and that James now owes them $9,500. (Not directly, but by putting the money into more episodes of EC without the Escapist having to pay them.)
17. Escapist sees that Russ Pitts is scheduled to be at a convention that James is also at, so they decide this would be a good time to meet James face-to-face and try to work things out.
18. James' and Russ' schedules were too packed for them to meet about this.
19. James gets his lawyer to deliver an ultimatum: we want our money or IP rights, within a week.
20. Escapist claims to pay all $20,000 James is owed, but James claims he hasn't seen a dime since the PayPal money.
21. James leaves the Escapist.
The only step where a fact is really called into question is step 20. Did the Escapist pay James? They say they did. James says they didn't. Both sides have claimed that they're game to publishing the email exchanges that occurred, but neither side has done so. James says he wouldn't have needed the "breach of contract" notice if the Escapist has either paid him or given back the EC IP rights.
Akyho said:
Allison has her medical issues which was major. The community throws enough money to cover her medical in no time. Excellent! However... you can still donate... the bar is going up and up.... now we are 3x the medical bill. I was thinking they should have took that down sooner. It kept going and going and going. I was getting anxious. They were profiting way too much.
As previously mentioned, the problem was that they
couldn't take it down after reaching their goal [http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=801500&postcount=433], due to the way that RocketHub works. This is why they asked the EC community what to do with the money, and threw around the "Indie Games Fund" idea. This idea was met with much support from the community.
Akyho said:
Then I found out that James made an Indie Games company or sorts, followed with "I am glad I can now live my dream as a games developer" speech. They hit my "stop listening to them" button. It was wrong. I cannot agree with them at all. I watched an episode or so. I started to get angry at it all.
Well, your argument here doesn't hold water, because you could have put in your opinion when James asked the EC community what to do with the excess money. You could even have gotten a refund if you donated and didn't like what they were doing with the excess money. So, you can't complain about this part.