The Gaming Den

AToW is an absolute mess. One of the biggest problems is that they kept the +0 to +10 skill level bonuses of 3rd edition while changing the dice mechanic from 2d10 to 2d6. So its pretty easy to fly right off the scale of the RNG. Then there are the chunky attribute bonuses where is no difference bet...

CGL doesn't/didn't produce that software themselves; another company (a one-person company) did. Development of the new version was taking a long time the last time I got a status update, which was, obviously, quite awhile ago. :-) The software in question (HeavyMetal Pro or HMP) is a pretty good p...

Plus, the court case was a slam dunk, which is why IMR paid the creditors in question the money they were owed to keep it from going forward. Thats more guesswork. Lawsuits are most likely to be settled when neither side has a rock-solid case and thus both sides would rather settle out-of-court tha...

Regardless of the fine print in either of those deals, You're dismissing the dramatically-shorter contract extension and the fact that CGL was forced to pay creditors they had previously refused to as "fine print" but you're not spinning at all, nope. Lets look at your spin, shall we? CGL...

Seemed to me most of the very recent posts that weren't asking for an update have been in response to your jackass 'nyah, nyah, you were wrong' posts. Believe me, I wish I only had to say it once. No, you just omitted "temporarily", the change in the relationship between Topps and CGL, an...

AH, rather than continuing this line-by-line BS, let me just point out again the assertions that I made that you claim to be "demonstrably" incorrect: (1) CGL has retained both licenses, (2) the forced bankruptcy proceeding has been dismissed. Despite what you claim, I added no spin to tho...

(1) CGL has retained both licenses, Yes, IMR is currently under a temporary extension of both licenses, but only through the grace of Topps and with Topps taking a more direct hand in financial matters. To the best of my knowledge, they still haven't paid Topps what they owe them either. Its kind o...

I think it is rather amusing that since (1) CGL has retained both licenses, and (2) the forced bankruptcy case has been dismissed, all the bitter anti-CGL crowd can grasp onto is the hope that CGL had to pay out some money for the settlement. That will really stick it to them! Never mind the fact th...

Or the settlement could have been something like: "drop the lawsuit and we won't press to have you pay our lawyer fees if you lose." That kind of settlement happens all the time when one party realizes they aren't likely to win. So its quite possible that the petitioners might agree to a s...

I know you like to cultivate an image of yourself as the man with all the information, but personally I think you are talking out of your ass. Ah... you must be the pep squad. So that is what you think of Frank's statements personally? OK. What do you think of him as a professional? Oh, that's righ...

Despite what the pepsquad said, the fact that the plaintiffs cut a deal for voluntary dismissal with the defendants does not mean that IMR is on pleasant financial waters. It means that over their dozens of other debts, they chose to cut a deal where they would pay off those three creditors that we...

Yeah, but what does it mean for Shadowrun and BattleTech? Does Catalyst remains with the license or will they lose it? Yes, they retain the license at least until the next renewal period and there really is no reason at this point to think that they won't retain the licenses much longer. Despite Fr...

I heap contempt on you because you are made of fail. You routinely take things out of context, attempting to distract and undermine while ignoring the actual content of posts and documents because they would prove you are full of shit. You're not looking to create a moderate or balanced viewpoint b...

Now here I'll really take issue: I don't see where Schwartzkopf fits into your little diorama of madness, because S. has taken a lot of care over the last couple of pages not to directly support or condemn anybody. The only person that could possibly be offended by Knasser's comments are you - beca...

Now you're just trying to cover your ass for the mistake you made. You quoted a post, I responded to it, you rebutted my response, and I called you out for taking things out of context. As far as Knasser's edit to his post, it does not support your "with us or against us" argument, and it...

No. Knasser's post said: That said, anyone reading through the history of all this and applying some logic, ought to come to the conclusion that CGL and its supporters are majorly in the wrong. You may or may not agree on his take on the situation, but trying to make him sound like a douche by addi...

You have rolled a critical failure in your Search Skill Test. Indeed I have. So he's still....on there and everything. Welp. He can't be fired. He is an owner. I believe the only way to get him out would have been for the other owners to form an entirely new company and compete for the license them...

What about the public announcements CGL has made admitting the problem to various degrees, or the several documents posted relevant to the case? Are those bullshit too? Hmm, well lets review what I said perhaps: Thats utter BS. Reading through a bunch of message boards where 90% of the posts are ju...

But I ultimately cannot take a side (either side) because ultimately I was not there. In before Godwin? Not that I'm forcing you to take a side, it's just that "I was not there" is a terrible reason to not take a side. If he's saying he doesn't know enough about what happened to jump in a...

You lied and misrepresented in the "and by extension would" part, as wall as the "something he welcomed them to try Having listened to the podcast, Frank's reading of it may be accurate, but can't be shown to be accurate. Randall Bills put it forward in a casual conversation sort of ...

CGL sexually harassed an employee? Are you referring to Jennifer Harding? She was done in this manner? Hmm…in all her statements she made publicly, she never made mention of this. Dude. It was in public . Bull seriously made a series of demeaning and sexually aggressive forum posts about Jennifer H...

I mean if you're planning to honour your contracts, why are you even touting your ability to break them and get away with it? K. Can you show me where RNB touted his ability to break contracts and get away with it? He said that authors did not have the right to pull copyright under certain conditio...

I genuinely feel that I owe nothing to the Battletech community. They have earned my contempt, and they have it. Thanks, but no thanks. I am still full up on the servings of sour grapes you have been handing out. Cent13, please do keep posting. I find it quite entertaining. You really are the perfe...

To return us somewhat to the orginal topic: Corp Guide has a street date of July 21. So, the printers are running.

The evidentiary hearing is tomorrow, so I'll have something to look forward to reading when I get off of work. The evidence trotted out by both sides should be fun, too. Wonder how CGL will try to put a good light on things; they admitted financial wrongdoing from about day one, and gave us the del...