Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
General Discussion » Where did the initial $30 million investment come from?
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Samuraisword 6/13/07 5:29:44 AM
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I have yet to see any information about this. Is this public record in any of Sgil's filings? How would I go about looking it up? I wonder if the original investors have recouped their monies? Did SOE have to pay them back? Do they still hold an interest in Vanguard? |
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raoul 6/13/07 5:33:02 AM
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I believe it was microsoft...
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krenalor 6/13/07 5:57:18 AM
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I would like to know also, I have some swampland that might be worth quite a bit more then VSoH is.......maybe they will invest, afterall I played EQ1.....and I have a "Vision" too!
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projous 6/13/07 6:05:17 AM
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Originally posted by raoul yup, sigil was with massivesoft in the being, trying to find a source to link :P edit http://www.f13.net/?itemid=561 and we leave this issue alone, there have been enough threads about sigil, microsoft and SoE involement in vanguard |
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Zalera 6/13/07 6:08:13 AM
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I wouldn't be suprised if SoE was the reason why the company went bankrupt in the first place seeing how they told the company to release the game before it was actually ready. Be kinda funny if SoE gave them the investment then took the game over. Money never left their hands. lol
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hbosman 6/13/07 6:12:38 AM
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Microsoft wasn't the only investor. Brad himself invested money and so did some others which aren't known. At some point they bought Microsoft shares in Sigil and became a 'free' company but they had to find a new publisher which they found in SOE.
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Reklaw 6/13/07 6:13:32 AM
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Originally posted by krenalor
And its funny to think this small to pretent because someone has played "a" game that your vision could be worth something LOL( i know you where just kidding Maybe sites like these could shed a light onto what is needed for your "Vision" http://www.devmaster.net/ , http://www.gamedev.net/ , http://www.westwood.edu/ , http://www.gamesinvestor.com/ |
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Porfat 6/13/07 6:54:15 AM
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Venture Capital. Some pissed off investors out there.
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Enigma 6/13/07 10:40:38 AM
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Originally posted by Zalera Yup and former President Clinton shared a Egg McMuffin with an Alien in his White House back in 1994. You may wanna read some of Brad's interviews before making a public statement like that |
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Orphes 6/13/07 6:20:31 PM
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Jag har en som passar i melodifestivalen också. |
Originally posted by Enigma The spin span b(r)adly ? |
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Lidane 6/13/07 6:21:53 PM
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. Not saying your idea might not be a fantastic idea. But lets face fact most idea's are either already thought of therefor making lots and lots of idea's not work or tech isn't ready for some things people would want/like in a game. Other thing is and that is truly shown at the Vanguard forums and that allot of people think about the "me" game instead of future terms or mass-appeal (yes you can have mass- appeal even with niche games, WoW has shown it, still its a niche game like i said before else we would have 5+billion mmo gamers and 14/15 mil. other type of game gamers)
