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That's what I read, too, and it's throwing me off. Regardless, according to Anthony, he is content at Obsidian about 95% of the time.
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That's what I read, too, and it's throwing me off. Regardless, according to Anthony, he is content at Obsidian about 95% of the time.
Avellone also talked about people not giving more than minimum effort... I don't know if Anthony is in that group or maybe some of these other very satisfied employees that Anthony knows.
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The future-employment part of non-compete agreements are complete BS, in my opinion. It's my understanding, at least in the U.S., they aren't very eforcebale. I signed one. I certainly have no plans to steal any clients (what I understand to be the primary motivation for my non-compete agreement), but I will break the employment part of it in a heartbeat, if I have to. I'll work anywhere I like, thank you. Sue me.
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I'm curious what day he left the company; it might be that health extended till the month boundary (that was the case for myself). You have 30 days from leaving employment to obtain cobra - so that aspect is not too rigid.
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Tying health care to employment never made much sense to me, and only becomes odder the more you think about it. Yes, I realize there are other ways to receive health care in the States, but one day the masses are going to realize the sheer idiocy of such a benefit being lost simply because you moved on from your career, or were let go.
His former company have made big money from crowdfunding campaigns, using his name and his history as a bait.
They dismiss him and refused him his fair request to have a appropriate share on the profits. May be they threaten him to not revel their dirty secrets.
He had no fair share from the profits , so he complain about his former employer greediness.
This time is time for revenge.
They dismiss him and refused him his fair request to have a appropriate share on the profits. May be they threaten him to not revel their dirty secrets.
He had no fair share from the profits , so he complain about his former employer greediness.
This time is time for revenge.
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Just to add to what griniaris said from the man himself.
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I think there's something in the air. We had ructions in the Black Geyser thread, then Chris Avellone goes postal, and the P&R forum suddenly came back to life.
Elephants go through something called "musth", which is when their testosterone suddenly increases 50 fold, and then all go bananas and kick off. It's thought it's a way of shaking up the hierarchy.
Elephants go through something called "musth", which is when their testosterone suddenly increases 50 fold, and then all go bananas and kick off. It's thought it's a way of shaking up the hierarchy.
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Okay spiel time:
Speak truth to power. That is what is going on right now in the west. Don't let yourself be sidelined by labels and your own fears. Fears given to you by ideologues and control freaks. Conversation ultimately helps people contextualize problems, silencing conversations before they can begin is regressive and causes partisian politics.
Labelling is the worst because you immediately stop a conversation and all the talk goes into the label instead. Even saying right or left wing is a problem because you just discuss what you have been told is right or left wing. At that point you are an ideological puppet repeating ideas that have been poured into your head rather than the actual ideas in play. Identity politics is the cause and the solution is to not care about identity politics anymore. Discuss ideas and philosophy instead free of labels. Time for a mind revolution.
I thought he left voluntarily.
His former company have made big money from crowdfunding campaigns, using his name and his history as a bait.
They dismiss him and refused him his fair request to have a appropriate share on the profits. May be they threaten him to not revel their dirty secrets.
He had no fair share from the profits , so he complain about his former employer greediness.
This time is time for revenge.
Well I am a Jordan Peterson fan after all.
I believe he is been forcibly forced to leave voluntarily.
His employers have used him and than put him away, when they believe that this was the decision that may give them the most profit.
Talented and creative people should not be treated like that.
Those developers ethics really leave much to be desired.
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Chris is working with Ken Levine and many others.
The shit is hitting the fan!
I know that many here are not fond of Obsidian's most recent games, though I have enjoyed them very much. Chris obviously has a different vision than Obsidian does. His comments even before he left demonstrate this. Still to have left under such terms is sad, regardless of who is to blame. If he is correct, and Obsidian as a company is teetering on edge of ruin, it would make me very unhappy. I find the whole spectacle depressing.
I'm supposed to believe Paradox is not happy with Obsidian for delivering a well received game (Tyranny) for those who played it on a shoestring budget (smaller than POE1) after the lead (MCA) left halfway and Paradox forget to market the game?
Really?
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I don't know if you noticed but PoE2 is not being marketed and produced by Paradox. That should tell you all about it…
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