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Fuck you Yantis!

Started by Whiptail_Warclaw, January 01, 2004, 06:47:25 PM

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Kerath

But would you have done it behind everyone's back without offering the community even a chance at other options?
Kerath A'klawwn - Feral Lord <Stromm>

Leberger

Quote from: Atropine_BBHmmm lets see... for christmas.

New winter Jacket - $140.00

New waterproof boots - $99.00

3 new sweaters - $19.99 - 29.99 each

omg  :(  I guess I'm to use to living in the midwest, that stuff cost about half or less than that. I just baught my little girl a new coat this year was around $60.
Move over skinny dog cause the fat dog's movin in.
Lebergerjr - 59 - Beastlord - KB

Noriko

Quote from: Atropine_BBHere are the facts:

OAGA owned and operated (for the most part) EQBeastlord.com

OAGA was offered a buyout for his ownership of EQBeastlord.com

OAGA accepted.

EQBeastlord is now owned by another entity.

I don't understand why everyone is ranting and raving.  This is a common business practice.  You can call it "selling out" or whatever you want.  OAGA made a shrewd move on his part to make some money...

The problem with treating this as a purely business decision is that it ignore the intangible costs.  As a community leader, he also has a certain duty to his community.  The fact that the new owner is Yantis didn't help but it wouldn't have matter if it is someone else.  The fact that he sold without informing his community, no matter how he justifies it, shows his willingness to abandon those that follows him.

It is a human cost that he will have to live with, for as long as it will last.  No one is desputing the fact that the site is his to do as he wishes.  But the moment the site became a community, any changes will bare intangible consequences.

The public outrage is one of those consequences.  Like it or not, it is a human cost.  Human cost is real, even in real life (as in non EQ, non game).  Just ask any companies that ever had a public relation disaster.  The effects lingers and they are not to be treated lightly.
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Leberger

Quote from: mikLike that statement comes from a non peice of crap floating on the top. So that whole old site if full of liars (yes thats how you spell it) and scum, when just last week they were your "good buddies" and "friends". What honor and loyalty that statement uncluded.


If you want to go to the other site and think that the two running the site now are not LIARS ( happy it's spelled right?) go ahead. The ones that run that site proved to me what they are. What has selling the site anything to do now with deleting a post that has been there for months? Now Oaga says they didn't delete the post, ummmm funny if they didn't delete it than why is it not there anymore?? You go ahead a believe what you want.

oh yea, before you come at me with lame BS like spelling why don't you check your own crap.
Move over skinny dog cause the fat dog's movin in.
Lebergerjr - 59 - Beastlord - KB

kegulik

Random quotes...

Quote from: Leberger
From what your saying family and friends are greater then games or the internet, which I totaly agree. But the way I figure EQ + internet is going to cost at least around $400 a year. $13 a month for EQ and $20 for ISP, and I won't even talk about if you have DSL or cable or buying the EQ game and all the expansions.

$400 buys a lot of clothes

If you play two hours a week, that's 8 hours a month.  That's $2.5/hour of entertainment.  And how many people only play that much, honestly?  When you see a movie, how much does that cost?  If he takes his wife?  Don't forget to count the babysitter in there too.  Say $6.00 for a paperback?  I'll most likely finish that in 3 hours.  Marginally cheaper, but a lot less 'replay' value.  For the time you can entertain yourself on everquest, it is an incredibly good entertainment value.

Quote from: Leberger
omg  :(  I guess I'm to use to living in the midwest, that stuff cost about half or less than that. I just baught my little girl a new coat this year was around $60.

Dude, live in S.Texas.  Buy a $16.00 sweater on sale, and you're good.  Although I hope you're fond of 100+degree heat, and 75% humidity in summer.

We got good weather, hot weather and damned hot weather.  None of this seasons stuff :P

Quote from: mac173
Fact is, a poster on the old site chipped in with some spare parts to upgrade my daughters computer, so she could run EQ, and play on her own account. We play together now ( 10 feet apart! ). Is it silly? Maybe. But i cherish the time we have together, even though its in a game.
/lecture off

You know, thinking back...I can't think of a single time that I've spent time with my Dad not playing games.  Dude, we were ranked in WarCraft3 Team Ladder when I lived at home.  We played StarCraft together for years before that.  And WarCraft before that.  Stratego?  Chess?  Othello?  Mancala?  Family risk game after dinner?  Actually, no.  We did spend some time together not playing games.  We'd watch football and basketball games together, and eat unhealthy food when my mom isn't around.  But other than that...

Dude, games are where its at for family time.
Kegulik

feralize

A number of boards received offers last week from Yantis about selling their sites to him. Some accepted, some refused. Thank God Graffe's didn't sell out to him.

It's a bit of a coincidence that at that very time Oaga's family was apparently having problems. I guess coincidences do happen, but the impression I got from reading the "state of eqbeastlord.com" thread over there was that Oaga initiated the whole deal based on "his family's problems". It just makes it seem as though Oaga coveniently made up an excuse for basically selling out after he received an offer. Oh well, it doesn't matter anymore.

I do really find it very odd that SoE hasn't pursued Yantis's  two-bit piece of shit enterprise after they were more than willing to ensure E-Bay removed all EQ-related auctions about 3 years ago. Have they taken any steps whatsoever against him? It appears not. Why not? It's not like his website is hard to find. It's not like they don't have a rock solid case against him making money off of SoE-owned data. Shit, if they sued him they'd probably make a nice little lump sum themselves.

And the worst thing about it is that it just makes SoE appear to not give two hoots about the state of their own game. Getting rid of that scum would benefit the game as a whole more than any expansion, patch or enhancement they've released or are ever likely to release.
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Murkk Dakruul

Did you know you owned Monkly Buisiness Kashmiir?

http://www.eqbeastlord.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10905&start=25

QuoteMonkey buisness has been under Yantis ownership for sometime and quess who's involved:

Board Owner: Kashmiir
Board/WebSite Administrators: DiosT and Buku
Board Moderators: Makani and Kilantiz
Murkk Dakruul
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And the earth cracked open in a spew of ash and flame and from the smoke arose a new evil,
A new demon of the world, and it was given the name "beastlord". With burning eyes it stared
down at us and raised its hidiously disfigured claw and it.....cast MGB paragon.