IPLY going late with the Q1 report

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Evidently IPLY has filed for a five day extention for the reporting of the Q1 "earnings", here's what one of the tortured souls (read investors) posted at the Raging Bull forums:<blockquote>I just spoke on the phone with Luke, Interplay's investor relations guy. He told me that Interplay filed last night for a five day extension for reporting Q1 earnings. He told me that he was not aware that Interplay's website was down, but he told me that it was probably a way that Interplay was trying to save money. he said he had no information to provide as to whether Interplay is current with their rent. he said that employees are being paid and that almost all of them are reporting to work, but he told me that Interplay is not totally current on their payments to employees. he said that Q1 earnings should come out on Monday. Luke told me that Interplay is currently having conversations with numerous people regarding obtaining financing but that he could not disclose anything regarding those conversations other than to say that Interplay is currently exploring numerous options for financing. I asked him what might happen to Interplay's stock if they went bankrupt and he said he could not even venture a guess.</blockquote>Talk about dying slowly....and painfully...
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Just reading between the lines:

I just spoke on the phone with Luke, Interplay's investor relations guy. He told me that Interplay filed last night for a five day extension for reporting Q1 earnings.
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Basically to give Herve a 5 day headstart from the hoarde of POed investors.

He told me that he was not aware that Interplay's website was down..
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He was too busy at job interviews to notice.


he said that employees are being paid and that almost all of them are reporting to work,
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At least those employees that didn't quit on Friday are still showing up to work.

but he told me that Interplay is not totally current on their payments to employees.
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Which is why the remaining employees keep showing up. They want to make sure that they can still grab their computers in lew of payment.


Luke told me that Interplay is currently having conversations with numerous people regarding obtaining financing but that he could not disclose anything regarding those conversations other than to say that Interplay is currently exploring numerous options for financing.
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Options like:

Herve returning to porn.

Hosting Ping-Pong tournaments.

Fallout Bake Sale


I asked him what might happen to Interplay's stock if they went bankrupt and he said he could not even venture a guess
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Luke begins to wonder if 5 days is enough of a headstart.
 
on a more important note, meat and cheese pasta is shit!
cheese, tomato and basil forever!!!!!!!111one
 
All of this makes me remember those nature shows where the lions are all ripping chunks off of the gazelle. Herve better run fast and far. :twisted:
 
Eragon2004 said:
He told me that he was not aware that Interplay's website was down..
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He was too busy at job interviews to notice.
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Luke doesn't work for IPLY. He works for some third party company that handles IPLY shareholder relations. Kind of odd that company is still getting paid, though. At least, I'm guessing Herve is still cutting that company's checks, because they're still handling shareholder relations.
 
Out Sourcing

Out Sourcing

A rent-a-flack?

I guess any "custodial"/ "house keeping" job can be 'sub-ed' out to reduce the "perceived" over head and the liability issues.

Maybe this 'hired' talking head is still operating in the already paid, contract time.


4too
 
GD, is this prophetic or what?

You've seen the games that Interplay does, they're great. It is just more than doing great games to be successful in the business environment. After all, this is a business, this is not about just doing games. Doing games and also creating shareholder value so we can keep doing so. It is not good making games and then eventually dying of that, right? So we have the content, which we are doing very, very good, and we are missing I think a piece of the execution and you certainly know that games were not shipping necessarily when they were supposed to ship and that hurts the business side. So that is what I am bringing to the table now that I'm running Interplay.
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I asked him what might happen to Interplay's stock if they went bankrupt and he said he could not even venture a guess
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What kind of stupid question is that? Bankruptcy means investors are at the bottom of the totem pole - and usually end up with nothing. If this guy has to ask questions like that, then he shouldn't be playing the stock market.

Grifman
 
Grifman said:
What kind of stupid question is that? Bankruptcy means investors are at the bottom of the totem pole - and usually end up with nothing. If this guy has to ask questions like that, then he shouldn't be playing the stock market.
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He's one of the ones that said IPLY would be trading around the 20-25 cent mark a few weeks ago. Anyone that thinks a company that can't pay rent, employee benefits, and so on, would quadruple in stock value in one week's time shouldn't be in the stock market.

He should just send all his excess money to me. He'd get the same return on his investment, nothing, and I'd put it all back in to the economy by buying lots of neat trinkets.
 
:) lies! lies! :)

You just want to buy and X-Box so you can play BOS :)

or you could spend it on beer, drink the beer and sell the alluminium cans to make more money
 
Evidently IPLY has filed for a five day extention for the reporting of the Q1 "earnings",
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So, has Herve posted the Q1 earnings for Interplay, yet?

Several of the major IPLY stockholders want to know if they can afford to super-size their next meal. :twisted:
 
Eragon2004 said:
So, has Herve posted the Q1 earnings for Interplay, yet?
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Nope, still no filing, so he's late again. Guess we're going to see the return of IPLYE soon enough. Again frymuchman:

well, I called Interplay again to see if they are still there. The receptionist, a guy, answered. I asked him to transfer me to PR deparment, which he did, but no one answered at PR and they haven't returned my call yet. I'm trying to find out what is going on with Q1 earnings. They were supposed to be released yesterday. (I can't take much more of this slowly dragging on thing with no news coming out.)
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frymuchman said:
well, I called
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... a number which got diverted to a messaging company.

frymuchman said:
The receptionist, a guy, answered. I asked him to transfer me to
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... another random number...

frymuchman said:
which he did, but no one answered at
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... whatever random number he transferred me too...

frymuchman said:
and they haven't returned my call yet
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... because they're too busy laughing at themselves that this simple scam has worked reasonably well for so long.

frymuchman said:
I'm trying to find out what is going on with Q1 earnings
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... and for some reason, believe they'll not only be good results, but also that I'll manage to find out before they're published.

frymuchman said:
They were supposed to be released yesterday
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... along with Fallout 3, Baldur's Gate 3, Freespace 3 and the tooth fairy.

frymuchman said:
(I can't take much more of this slowly dragging on thing with no news coming out
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... and I intend to kill myself shortly). I.. I.. :sniff: I've got my Grand Kids education fund invested in Interplay and if I lose the lot, what am I going to tell them?
 
Eragon2004 said:
Anyone have a picture of Herve?
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You can find a picture of Herve here:

http://archive.gamespy.com/e32002/special/interplay/

If not, do a Google search of Herve Caen and look in the Image section.

Have fun :twisted:
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Sure looks like a crook. What a mofo, why did he have to buy up Interplay if he wanted a console videogames company?! That interview is dated 2002, but there already he revealed his evil plans very bluntly.
I too remember when the software industry was very small and somehow I'm glad that it's reached so many people by now. But it's greedy fuckers like him who are responsible for the destruction of all those great companies which had been there from the start.
 
I think that might be spot-on, DU. After all, some claimed 20-25c a share by now.

It must suck even more when they go to try and recover what they can from what little the stock is worth now, but nobody is buying it.

Well, someone didn't think too far ahead, now did they? :)
 
What a mofo, why did he have to buy up Interplay if he wanted a console videogames company?!
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You can blame Brian Fargo for that bludder. After blowing an insane amount of cash in the mid-1990s, Brian was desperate for cash and was trying to attract investors to keep Interplay alive.

Unfortunately, out of the various investors that were interested in Interplay, Brian picked Titus. Herve wanted a solid foothold in the North American market, and he offered a lot of cash up front to Brian.
 
Eragon2004 said:
Herve wanted a solid foothold in the North American market, and he offered a lot of cash up front to Brian.
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It's like dealing with the devil...
 
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