Now THIS is interesting...

[jomni]

No amount of marketing will save a fautly product.

[Arctic Blast]

Did he do it? That's not for me to decide.

but the fact that he is actually openly discussing this on the Quarter to Three forums when it's still due for trial seems like a pretty dumb move.

[Gusington]

^Link?

[Arctic Blast]

Here's where he comes in : http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?s=539973eb2c6adc9d4da34391f3755211&p=3211297#post3211297

[Gusington]

Wow. Probably not a good idea to be talking about it at all on a forum, I agree.

[Arctic Blast]

Wow. Probably not a good idea to be talking about it at all on a forum, I agree.

Particularly the parts where he's saying things like "Yeah, I sent that, but I totally meant it like this..."

Are you TRYING to help her lawyer?

[Gusington]

Comments like those say to me that he may be the type of person that is not as smart as he thinks. Which links to what some above said about being a little upset that they spent money with Stardock. Which also links to my first post in this thread...it comes across a little like blaming the victim which isn't right.

All that said...I bet that chick is crazy in the sack :) In a good way.

[Nefaro]

I dunno.. I've worked at a couple places where the environment was very friendly & close enough to make raunchy & dark humor a constant occurrence.  Yes, most everyone participated and the ones who didn't like that kind of loose environment didn't stick around very long.  But none of them sued somebody for being 'picked on' at some after work party. 

I'd like to hear what all her past co-workers there have to say.  But I think it's just a lawyer ramp-up at thi$ point.

[LongBlade]

I have met Brad and I like him. I hope this isn't true.

[Huw the Poo]

but the fact that he is actually openly discussing this on the Quarter to Three forums when it's still due for trial seems like a pretty dumb move.

Oh my god!  Really?  After the War of Magic debacle, he hasn't learned his lesson?  Brad is a total idiot.

[Anguille]

Communication people always say: write an email but wait one day before you send it. Most people would rephrase what they write in an email if they read it after a good night. And besides, some things shouldn't be written down but communicated orally.

If i was the auditor of Stardock, i would tell them to revise their backup policies...it's an internal ICS problem if an employee can just delete "years" of marketing material.

[bayonetbrant]

If i was the auditor of Stardock, i would tell them to revise their backup policies...it's an internal ICS problem if an employee can just delete "years" of marketing material.

If I was advising Stardock, I would try to make the case to them that the people responsible for debugging code and prepping it for launch are probably not the same people you want responsible for generating marketing materials, graphics, trade show booths, etc.  Coders are seldom very good at PR/corporate communication work, and you don't want any AD/PR guys trying to write code.
If your product failed b/c you pulled code guys off of fixing your product for marketing materials, you made about 4 blunders right there, and you've got no one to blame for the product failure than yourselves.

[eyebiter]

Expect Stardock will try to settle before this goes to trial.

[Grim.Reaper]

I am sure there are multiple sides to this story, but after reading his own responses, doesn't seem like he is denying sending the email that paints him in a very bad way.  For a company owner to send something like that out, regardless of the situation, shows very poor judgement and I am stunned he didn't realize "written" communication would come back to haunt him.  If I were to have sent something like this at my job, I would have been escorted out of the building the next day.  So regardless of whether this person deleted marketing stuff or not, the email and the way the office is run is a separate issue that to me is even more disturbing.  I also have a hard time believing the marketing information alone would have caused all the issues of the game (also as someone else mentioned, where are all the backups), but I have to admit I really never followed that game to know for sure.  Even if he had to pull staff from other areas in the final weeks, it seems the game was more than a couple of weeks behind anyways so even if they all kept coding, I doubt there would have been a different outcome...but I guess that is what the courts will decide.

[bboyer66]

Just wanted to chime in here, and say that I would do her.

Thank You