Wow Vic, I don't understand where you're hostility comes from, but I'll attempt to answer your questions.
FINALLY harry, now we meet in 2005....
I have some questions for you.
Who is funding Perpetual Entertainment. Isnt it true that the same banking company who are the majority funders of Perpetual happen to be heavilly invested from Viacom or Paramount? Isnt it true that if the game starts losing money in a 3 month span paramount will pull the plug? before you answer that Harry, dig deep. I have the resources to do so, do you?
Actually, we have met in 2005 already as you probably recall. As far as I know, Perpetual has funding from serveral sourcesl as you can see from a press release on
this page. None of those mention Viacom. However if those companies invest in Viacom, that doesn't mean Viacom funds Perpetual (Viacom doesn't need venture capital anyway so it doesn't make sense). Either way, there is no connection and neither Viacom or Paramount are funding Perpetual in any manner whatsoever. If you have the resources to say otherwise, I'd love to see them. As I said, we never have and most likely never will fund game development. As far as pulling the plug, where do you even come up with this? Paramount won't pull the plug on the game, that would be Perpetual's call if the game is a complete failure (which it won't be).
What do you say harry to the fleets like Red Squadrons who are still saying that this MMORPG is a waste of time and Parmaount is in this for the money only?
I'd ask why do they say that? Fleets are welcomed in STO (which is an MMOG). As for Paramount being in this for the money...we've wanted to do an mmog for many years and are thrilled to finally be able to have one made. Paramount is a business and isn't in this for charity, but it's also a labor of love.
What do you say to the modders who will be ditched by Viacom when it becomes obvious that modders will bascially be useless in this new MMORPG?
I'd say, as I've said already, we have other things in the works which will keep them happy. We covered this last year on your forums and no one is being "ditched" for any deliberate reason. If things happen that we're planning, the modders will be very happy.
What do you say to the THOUSANDS of casual trek gamers who have followed this game genre, and have emailed me since last year who are saying that they refuse to pay for play, that the game will be a buggy mess (cause Paramount NEVER cares about Q&A) and who also say that ViaComs complete INCOMPETENCE in running this franchise means that enterprise was cancelled and if you are not able to even run a TV Show what chance do you have in running an MMORPG with a company no one has heard of?
I'd say please forward me some of those emails just like I asked you to last year but didn't receive. I want to see what those people are saying. Anyway, we're not forgetting about the casual fans who don't want to pay to play. I'm not responsible for the tv show and Paramount again, is not running this mmog. Perpetual is.
What do you have to say PERSONALLY with the reports i have heard of you and your section of the franchise who have been completely ignoreing fan driven attempts at making simple or complex games? (that question is from a representative of PC Gamers Magazine, i advise you to answer it)
Am I being quoted for a magazine now? I'd rather respond directly to the person asking the question then. There's nothing I can do for fan created games.
What do you have to say about the reports that the STGD has heard of you personally blackballing any sites which supports STGD and some of the older fleets?
I'd say someone's been feeding you b.s. because I've never said anything of the sort. I'd ask for evidence because it's not true.
What do you have to say about the continued harrasement from the sites you DO support to anyone who has anything negative to say against the new MMORPG?
Again, I don't support any fansite. I post on a couple of them but in no way is any fan site supported or endorsed by Paramount. Let's get that straight right now. Anyone is free to express their like or dislike of the game. I certainly don't approve of harrassment of any site towards another but since I don't control fansites, I can't tell them what to do. As I told you last year, I don't get involved in squabbles between fansites.
Do you ADMIT that STGD was right last year when i PERSONALLY told you that you need to release a game THIS year or NEXT year, and that even though Paramount and STGD have since fallen out all of a sudden you have now given news that you are attempting to "ressurect" an old game. What is something i told you to do LAST YEAR?
I told your forums long before you emailed me that we are always talking to publishers and that was true. Of course we want a game out asap. I posted the news almost two months ago because there had been a lot of developments and I hadn't talked much about the future in a while (and it was more than just resurrecting an old game I spoke about). I agree that we need a game but again, we do NOT release games, we license to publishers or developers who release games. So it requires another party.
What do you say to the emails sent to you from the old STCD warning you against giving Activision all the license packs, and dont bother saying you didnt get the email, i got a reply.
What do you want me to say? It's not like you sent that back in 1998. What's done is done. The first email I ever got from you was early 2004.
Harry, STGD may be on it's knees, but you have made an enemy of that site, me and the thousands of visitors who follow it. Its only a matter of time before we are proved right. You have STILL to answer any of the relevant questions myself and the staff threw at you before i was banned form your little Paramount ran STGU forum. Its not STGU you should continually visit to gather support for the MMORPG, STGU is ran by a bunch of minions. You want to talk to the REAL trek gamers who have been here long before STGU was even thought of? Then you visit the follwing sites...
www.sgnonline.com
www.dynaverse.net
www.strategyplanet.com/stgd
You wantr to deal with the REAL trek gamers? You deal with STGD, this place, sgnonline ANY site but STGU. I might have said back in 2004 that this place is bad, a lot of them in here may not trust me or the STGD but ill guartuntee you this, you will get a more direct and honest answer from the sites listed above than the brainwashed minions of the sites you regularly visit just now.
Again, Paramount does't run or support STGU. I post on there, that's all. just like I post on other forums. Why you think Paramount runs that site is beyond me. And as I recall, you never answered a lot of my questions either about the false accusations and slanderous remarks made towards me as I indicated in a lengthy post on STGU. That was the reason for the "falling out" plain and simple. I've tried to reach out to you but you seem hell bent on being angry with me as if I've personally wronged you. I haven't. I offered to resolve the issues with you but never heard back. I have posted on this site in the past and have experienced the fans opinions here. I certainly can't post on every single site that exists. As for your site, after the treatment I recieved from you outlined in my post, I don't know why I should visit there. You say I've made enemies there, well, not because I've done anything to them.
The statement that Katherine said about you resigning and of the complete incompetence of you running this gaming franchise will be brought into the open, and i KNOW you are not ready for it...i am.]
This still puzzles me...don't know what I've personally done to either of you. I'd love to hear it though. Why are you so angry with me? Could you please tell me once and for all how I've personally upset you so much that you would say such things?
What is it that you want? I've made offers to try to help you but you never responded.
Frey, sorry for this, but someone has to tell lang what a lot of gamers are thinking of this games franchise, its seems obvious that lang himself quite frankly doesnt give a crap.
Not true, or otherwise I won't be posting. Where do you come up with a question like that?
Once again, I'd love to hear why you seem to have such hatred towards me. I've answered all of your questions and have a few of my own.
I can take criticism, but you go beyond that. It's not a matter of "standing up to Paramount" but hostile and personal attack.
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