Bethesda makes Herve their bitch

Post by **King of Creation** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:10 pm

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Former Interplay employees finally got paid, and it's all thanks to Bethesda. From former IPLY employee Corith:
<blockquote>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....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.
</blockquote>It's always a good day when Herve Caen is unhappy. Spotted @ <a href="http://fallout3.wordpress.com/">Briosafreak's Fallout 3 Blog</a>

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:10 pm

He got paid, and bought two needlessly massive cars with it. Somehow I find that depressingly

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:15 pm

pt cruisers are massive?

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:18 pm

They still make PT Cruisers? Thats gay.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:25 pm

Brits fly in Minis.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:37 pm

Pt cruisers are some of the ugliest cars made.

Post by **King of Creation** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:01 pm

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:07 pm

there's actually something appealing in them, especially when they were new they would catch my eye and I thought they were.. kina nice retro-modern, small-but-big..
I gather the sales exceeded the prognosis?

on the topic tho, Herve's finally officially got the title he long deserved.

Dan_Wood · Post by **Dan_Wood** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:09 am

Brings warmth to my heart, it does. *sniff*

Now, let's open up the ol' Business Section and see where Interplay sits now... 0.09 a stock, gents.

PsychoSniper2 · Post by **PsychoSniper2** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:26 am

Lmfao, ok I actualy like bethesda a LITTLE now.

To fucking funny.

Herve a bitch, but then we've long considerd em such.

Post by **King of Creation** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:20 am

Dan_Wood wrote:Now, let's open up the ol' Business Section and see where Interplay sits now... 0.09 a stock, gents.

Well that's 300% more than it was this time last year, so they're doing quite well.

TelemachusSneezed · Post by **TelemachusSneezed** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:55 am

Justice? Close enough for me.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:05 am

What does this mean for FOOL though?

Mechanurgist · Post by **Mechanurgist** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:12 am

Wolfman Walt wrote:What does this mean for FOOL though?

It's in very, very, very early development stages. Conceptual really, from what I've read and seen.

My opinion of Bethesda has gone up significantly.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:59 am

Mr. Teatime wrote:He got paid, and bought two needlessly massive cars with it. Somehow I find that depressingly

Maybe he was joking.

Just add running boards and remember to wear a fedora.

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:15 am

Bethesda makes Herve their bitch

Reminds me of that one hentai manga where there was this pig-man raping this like 80+ old tranny in the ass with his cybernetic turtle(?) penis.

frissy · Post by **frissy** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:45 am

All that lost booze....Still I would have bought a vintage vespa...and then booze.

Seriously, how much did they get paid?

Urizen · Post by **Urizen** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:16 am

King of Creation wrote:
Dan_Wood wrote:Now, let's open up the ol' Business Section and see where Interplay sits now... 0.09 a stock, gents.
Well that's 300% more than it was this time last year, so they're doing quite well.

and that's also 5% more than it was a few days ago, so this news has only encouraged stockholders.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:14 pm

FOOL is gonna be bigger than WoW and Starcraft combined, I tell you. Korean mortality rates will skyrocket.

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:21 pm

The horror...