Interplay has employees. No, they don't. Yes, they do.

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 8:18 am

[Company -> Update]

The <a href="http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boar ... IPLY">IPLY Raginbull forum</a> has a new email from Luke Haase <a href="http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boar ... >posted</a>.
 
 <blockquote>quarterly report:
 
 Here is the email that Luke Haase sent me:
 
 Yes, Interplay Entertainment will be posting a quarterly report. Should be within a week or so but yes, it could always be delayed. The company does have somewhere between 40 and 70 employees. The company remains behind on payroll. Senior management still very hard at work on a few significant fronts. </blockquote>
 
 I find it hard to believe they're employing between 40 and 70 people. And shouldn't they be able to give a more precise number? And as russlinger <a href="http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boar ... 15">points out</a>, a bit earlier Luke Haase <a href="http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boar ... 1095">said that they had no employees</a>:
 
 <blockquote>Most of what you're asking about is hypothetical, and nothing I can really
 officially comment on. You're right...things are strange with no offices or
 employees or web site...and clearly things cannot go on like this
 indefinitely. However, the two recent announcements, along with management's
 work underway now, provide at least some reason to believe things will
 change somewhat soon. The definition of "soon" is what is debatable.
 
 As I am saying far too often the past few months, sorry I cannot be more
 helpful or specific.</blockquote>
 
 Strange.
 
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Post by **DarkUnderlord** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:39 am

I'd imagine the conversation which led to this claim went along the lines of something like this:

Luke: Herve, we don't have any employees.
Herve: Yes we do.
Luke: No we don't.
Herve: Yes we do.
Luke: No we don't.
Herve: Yes we do.
Luke: No we don't.
Herve: Yes we do.
Luke: No we don't.
Herve: Yes we do.
Luke: No we don't.
Herve: Yes we do.
Luke: No we don't.
Herve: Yes we do.
Luke: No we don't.

<snip>Okay, so maybe it WAS a little long...</snip>

Herve: Yes we do.
Luke: No we don't.
Herve: Yes we do.
Luke: No we don't.
Herve: Yes we do.
Luke: No we don't.
Herve: No we don't
Luke: Yes we do. Ahhh! Dammit! You got me again!
Herve: Heheheh.

LlamaGod · Post by **LlamaGod** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:25 am

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:16 pm

Yes, they don't.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:29 pm

HervÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â© likes playing with people's mind D`:

PsychoSniper · Post by **PsychoSniper** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:43 pm

This is quickly ceasing to be funny and is becoming just sad.

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:28 pm

They don't really need to know how many workers they have. They're not paying them anyways, so there's no need to keep track.

PsychoSniper · Post by **PsychoSniper** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:16 pm

Good point Spamzo.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:30 pm

Nice lapsus.