Interplay 10-Q and bankruptcy hearing

Hello Corith,

Good to hear you finally got your money.

I hope this is the end of Zombie-Interplay, its remains have crawled on for far to long.
 
Kukident said:
even if he finds enough developers to develop it (however, i think he isn't even looking for any) Interplay will either run out of money before the game's finished, or the game will just suck and they go bankrupt then
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Or should we say - again?
 
Corith said:
After 3 years, to the month, that the Herve tried to pull his "I don't pay the little people" stunt, the mighty hand of Bethesda, and the threat of bankruptcy, finally forced Herve to pay me, to pay EVERYBODY.

Thank you Herve for the new 07 jeep, and my wife loves her new pt cruiser convertible.
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Cool, congrats on getting paid. ^_^

Quick question, though... I tried checking out as much as I could about all the IPLY threads, but couldn't find anything that explains the "I don't pay the little people". Would you be so kind as to give a quick recap for a newb like myself? Who are "the little people", the janitors and secretaries, the devs, the dwarves? And what were his reasonings for not paying?
 
Ok some details then . . .
Herve had a bad habit of considering himself above having to answer, or even speak to, non-executive types. Nothing concrete mind you, he just exuded an aura of contempt and disdain for people who didn't have the title "vice president" or higher in their corporate moniker. He changed salary employee to wage several months after the fact with out notifying them because he felt he didn't have too. He refused to pay back wages nor any penalties when he lost lawsuits, or would even show up.

Since some have asked, here is the skinny on the court adventures.
Herve did not want to pay the penalties assigned by the court case, so 4 of us, including Alden and Bioware, got together and claimed in 3 years, IPLY had made no progress on paying the various legal judgments, and that it was insolvent since being evicted. After numerous stalling attempts, the noose tightened as the judge began to see Herve for the slime ball he was/is. Herve went begging to Bethesda to pull his pink, plump, rump out of the ringer. As many of you know, they bought all of Fallout for 6 million, in 2 million installments on the prevision (among numerous others) he has pay EVERYBODY, EVERYTHING, even those that didn't file. Every lawsuit, every back wage, every dime. No more tricks or Bethesda yanks his chain.

You can read the court proceedings for yourself, but basically, Herve is now Bethesda's bitch. He marches to the beat of their drum and should he step out of line, they will revoke his ability to use anything Fallout.
 
Sweet. As much as I dislike Bethesda... in my eyes, they're a saint compared to everything I've heard 'bout Herve. Rofl... at that rate, is there any possible way for him to get out of the grave he dug for himself?
 
I tried really hard to read the last post Corith wrote.

Didn't understand most of it.

But i understood the one before: great that you finally got what you should have got long ago :wink:
injustice is just shit

well
this herve guy seems to be a big idiot, he thinks he has achieved something but in fact hasnt.. those are the worst, even worse if combined with idiotic arrogance connected with a title...
 
Seraphim Pwns U said:
Sweet. As much as I dislike Bethesda... in my eyes, they're a saint compared to everything I've heard 'bout Herve. Rofl... at that rate, is there any possible way for him to get out of the grave he dug for himself?
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In my mind, he has neither the business savvy, nor the reputation to dig himself out. He has broken too many deals. He's known as corrupt, stupid, narrow minded, and a person with limited vision and even less knowledge of business. His arrogance has left countless deals slip through his fingers. Herve has poisoned the waters of game development so bad for himself, that he is now seeking to open his Fo:ol office in France instead of America. He's lost money, cooked the books, swindled employees, and ran every company he floated to the top of into bankruptcy precluding any real investment opportunities.
 
Wow... that's just insane. Ironically, a lot of that sounds identical to the last place my husband worked. I'm glad that in the end, the Interplay team got what was due them, and Herve got what was coming to him.

But I have to admit, that I hate seeing idiots stuck in a position like his. (And I only say that, because an idiot won't learn a single thing from that experience, whereas a wise person would). On that note, I'm also hoping that FOOL isn't prophetic to him running and ruining *that* game as well.
 
And after this, the moron still thinks this Fallout MMO will save him.
With his name I doubt he'd even get an omelette made, let alone a game.
Here's to you Herve, destroyer of franchises, companies and dreams.
 
Herve's sodomy club is always good for a few laughs.

This makes me recall a thread on the RPGCodex back in 2003 or something, where people were putting bets on when Interplay would die.

Noone won.
 
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