Chronicles Of Elyria Kickstarter Update Aims To Clarify Game Status

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Chronicles Of Elyria Kickstarter Update Aims To Clarify Game Status

In a new twist in the Chronicles of Elyria saga, Soulbound Studios CEO Jeromy Walsh penned a letter on the MMORPG's official Kickstarter in an attempt to clarify the game's status moving forward.

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Greatness

The worst is false hope (to those backers/supporters of the game).

Slapshot1188

This guy is utterly shameless.

I personally find him worse than Sergei Titov

2TonGamer

This guy is a legit POS and had it right the first time. Now some of these folks who dared to dream will get strung along longer. The day he wrote this, there were fans on the forums offering to actually give more money to see this joke finished. Now those people will finance his legal fund because we all know that any money gathered now will go straight to that. Shameless...

HolyAvengerOne

More BS and smoke blown.

Join us in our actions to bring more clarity and transparency to what happened here and make sure Jeromy doesn't get away with this so easily!

https://discord.gg/PaVjjmM

KLECKO

LOL everybody said he is a scammer. They were right

Morfo2

Chronicles of Scam - A Massive Offline Role Playing Scam

Ozmodan

This game is not even close to Alpha let alone a Beta.  

Slapshot1188

@lotrlore ; How about an in-depth op-ed on what happened with this game/company?

Do you have a take on it?   What do you feel MMORPG.COMs role was in getting us to this point?  Is there anything you would do differently in hindsight?   Will this impact how you communicate PR from other companies in the future?

HolyAvengerOne

Slapshot1188 said:

@lotrlore ; How about an in-depth op-ed on what happened with this game/company?

Do you have a take on it?   What do you feel MMORPG.COMs role was in getting us to this point?  Is there anything you would do differently in hindsight?   Will this impact how you communicate PR from other companies in the future?

This would be awesome. Can connect you with top people in the community if need be.

lotrlore

Slapshot1188 said:

@lotrlore ; How about an in-depth op-ed on what happened with this game/company?

Do you have a take on it?   What do you feel MMORPG.COMs role was in getting us to this point?  Is there anything you would do differently in hindsight?   Will this impact how you communicate PR from other companies in the future?

So this is something I've been mulling around as well, but it takes research and time to put together. Additionally, I can't speak to how the game was covered at MMORPG before I took over back in August 2019 as I was a freelancer and didn't cover CoE personally. But, it's something that's being worked on, yes. I also know Tim was looking at a possible editorial/aftermath post, but due to the global situation other priorities have taken precedent.

On a broader note, @Slapshot1188 , I've been in games media since 2012. I've always felt that while we are obviously fans of the medium we cover and that will always inherently seep into coverage of a particular title or genre, the media has done a bad job of managing expectations, instead overhyping games. One only needs to look at the initial launch of No Man's Sky as a larger example of this. Part of what fueled that frenzy was the fact that many in the media failed in their first obligation - to relay facts and accurate information to readers in order to provide the best consumer advice possible.

I've been thinking of writing a piece on the our role as media and the part we play in events such as this, especially since so much in news reporting nowadays is re purposing announcements from developers and PR. Investigative reporting doesn't happen as often as it should, and part of that is due the nature of the business of games media as well. It's a pretty nuanced subject, and one that requires a bit more thought on my part to accurately convey my feelings and how I see games coverage evolving throughout my time in the business. I do think it's time to write up something along these lines to explore and examine our role more fully. 

Hope that helps and answers some of your questions. Feel free to DM me as always as well, for sure. 

@HolyAvengerOne - Sure thing, DM me and we can chat.

MightyUnclean

I guess you can just put off being sued forever if you claim perpetual development, right?  Simply never fail to produce.




Please LOL at this post if you are an idiot.

Amathe

Ok new rules for mmorpg development. No mulligans, no do overs, no take backsies.

MightyUnclean

Just read this shit:  "The March 24th statement was ultimately born out of a concern for the development team and their opportunity to secure alternative paying work as quickly as possible, as well as an awareness of our community’s need to prioritize secure food and shelter during this time instead of additional contributions to an in-development game."

And tell me a lawyer didn't feed him this line:  "It was never my intent to permanently end the development of the game, disregard your contributions, or fail to deliver what we promised."




Please LOL at this post if you are an idiot.

Kyleran

Interesting choice of media to post this message on, the original KSer page instead of say...  the SBS reddit which is still going strong. 

Maybe his choice was influenced by the fact the State of Washington will likely focus on whether the KSer terms and promises were met or not.

By saying the game is still in development as soon as he finds the money...it clouds the issue....smart move if so 

bcbully

“Team of lawyers...eeer advisors...” lmfao

ickyspot

Whomever throws money at this developer after this are absolute fools. Scam. Scam. Scam.

Axllow18

I don't know what is more impressive; the balls of the guy who announced the closing of a studio and game to un-announce it in a desperate attempt to avoid potential backlash, or @Gdemami 's commitment to reacting to every post that has even slight signs of negativity with a LOL.

But for both our contestants, shine on you mad bastards.

Slapshot1188

Kyleran said:

Interesting choice of media to post this message on, the original KSer page instead of say...  the SBS reddit which is still going strong. 

Maybe his choice was influenced by the fact the State of Washington will likely focus on whether the KSer terms and promises were met or not.

By saying the game is still in development as soon as he finds the money...it clouds the issue....smart move if so 

Please note his Tweet where he clearly states he is grieving the loss of his studio closure.  He publicly said he closed his studio.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200328194034/https:/twitter.com/JeromyWalsh/status/1243964029149671425

MightyUnclean

From a Reddit post where the user archived Caspian directly stating that the studio had closed:

https://web.archive.org/web/20200328194034/https:/twitter.com/JeromyWalsh/status/1243964029149671425

"So, in spite of my desire to stand strong, stand tall, and weather the storm publicly of my studio closure, I am instead going to draft another public letter on the company website, in our game's Discord server, and email, and then I'm going to grieve my loss."

Let me guess, he meant that SBS is closed, but now they're going to open a new studio to bravely continue development?  The closing of the studio didn't actually mean that development would be ceased, I'm sure.

Iselin

Lying POS continues to embellish the lie... news at 11.

Ltldogg

What a scumbag.

Linif

Slapshot1188 said:

This guy is utterly shameless.

I personally find him worse than Sergei Titov

It's almost definitely an attempt to disuade people from doing a class action suit

laxie

Announcing studio closure is a great way to secure additional funding. Yes, the cover story makes perfect sense.

Kyleran

Slapshot1188 said:

Kyleran said:

Interesting choice of media to post this message on, the original KSer page instead of say...  the SBS reddit which is still going strong. 

Maybe his choice was influenced by the fact the State of Washington will likely focus on whether the KSer terms and promises were met or not.

By saying the game is still in development as soon as he finds the money...it clouds the issue....smart move if so 

Please note his Tweet where he clearly states he is grieving the loss of his studio closure.  He publicly said he closed his studio.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200328194034/https:/twitter.com/JeromyWalsh/status/1243964029149671425

Ahh, but you recall Jeremy is a masterful wordsmith, the studio has closed...but the game's development still is ongoing.

"In fact, several of the team members have agreed to continue development"

Meets the terms of the Kickstarter, still "earnestly" trying to deliver the game.

Nothing in any of his messages to date has indicated he took his toys and went home,  in fact quite the opposite.

Loophole.

Amathe

Maybe he realized the Jeep needs a boat trailer? Turn those lights back on!