Soulbound Studios Discusses The Way Forward For Chronicles Of Elyria In New Post

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• Panther2103 Member EpicPosts: 5,777

  June 2020

  I would never trust them if I was a backer originally. They announce shuttering the studio and then after the huge backlash and potential lawsuits they didn't actually mean they were shutting down?
  
  Funny.

  
• Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,586

  June 2020

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
  
  Does anyone... and I mean ANYONE... believe this guy? He doesn't even have the brains to quietly slither away. IMHO every single thing he has said or posted since he "shuttered" the studio is about the lawsuit and Xsolla.

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• alkarionlog Member EpicPosts: 3,584

  June 2020

  
  

  Slapshot1188 said:

  
  

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
  
  
  
  Does anyone... and I mean ANYONE... believe this guy? He doesn't even have the brains to quietly slither away. IMHO every single thing he has said or posted since he "shuttered" the studio is about the lawsuit and Xsolla.

  
  

  
  
  the sad part is there is
  
  
  only thing I read was really, ok guys I will now fake progress so you guys don't send me to jail, till I can disapear

  

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• lahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,050

  June 2020

  I love how the article talks about fans, as if there is a single one left....
  
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• Mendel Member LegendaryPosts: 5,609

  June 2020

  Now we see a blatant attempt to simply ignore or rewrite their own development history.  I fully expect another sales event in our near future.  How much money does a rational person need to throw away before it becomes serious to them?

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• WhiteLantern Member RarePosts: 3,319

  June 2020

  "We're going to make available all threads...except the one where we said we were closing down."
  Sounds legit.

  

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• Tiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,449

  June 2020 edited June 2020

  This game has been one shitty un-fun ride

  
  

  

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• Warlyx Member EpicPosts: 3,367

  June 2020

  a way to avoid the lawsuit?

  
• HolyAvengerOne Member UncommonPosts: 708

  June 2020

  What a load of bullcrap. That guy just won't stop, so let's all /popcorn and watch this shit boat sink under the weight of his hubris and ego.
  
  Lol, Jeromy, lol. You're not fooling anyone but yourself.

  
• BrotherMaynard Member RarePosts: 647

  June 2020

  Jeromy Walsh: "Yo, guys, if you start paying me millions again, I will keep 'developing' for yeeeaaars to come!"
  
  
  
  

  
• Nitro-1 Member UncommonPosts: 42

  June 2020 edited June 2020

  Wouldn't a lawsuit being successful stem from there being money left to sue over? The track record here tells me its all gone either into thin air or into pockets....unless he was so lacking in thought he didn't form Soulbound correctly not many avenues to pursue. I see they are an LLC

  
• Kyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975

  June 2020 edited June 2020

  
  

  Nitro-1 said:

  
  

  Wouldn't a lawsuit being successful stem from there being money left to sue over? The track record here tells me its all gone either into thin air or into pockets....unless he was so lacking in thought he didn't form Soulbound correctly not many avenues to pursue.
  
  I see they are an LLC

  
  Backers have resorted to trying to get money from Xsolla for not honoring their own policy on refunds, actually isn't about SBS so much anymore.
  
  It's a bit disingenuous if not dishonest approach, but such is the legal system.
  
  

  

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• xpsync Member EpicPosts: 1,854

  June 2020 edited June 2020

  Wow this pos is seriously concerned of his scam completely falling apart. I guess he figured he may as well follow in Star Citizen footsteps and ramp up on virtual sales for the rest of time.
  
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• Vrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,973

  June 2020

  Arterius said:

  So if they do start development up again, even if it's just one or two people, does that mean the lawsuit is null and void. They would be working on the game if it was with a skeleton crew and would allow them to beat the system

  No. Once you announce you will not deliver some or all of the contract, the other party does not need to accept you changing your mind.
  
  The idea is that once seller announces they're not delivering, the one who bought stuff can instantly contract another seller for replacement products. Then the original seller may not weasel out of the consequences of non-delivery with any later tricks.
  
  

  

   
• Jaguaratron1 Member UncommonPosts: 299

  June 2020

  Scam setup to try and circumvent refund laws.

  
• Kajidourden Member EpicPosts: 3,030

  June 2020

  All the way to the trashcan where it belongs

  
• Asm0deus Member EpicPosts: 4,600

  June 2020

  While not very nice to say maybe I am glad to see my instincts on this one was correct from day one when some of us tried calling him on his BS.
  
  While sad for the backers tbh I can't feel much sympathy for the one's that white knighted to hell and back for this guy and tried to make us, some of us personally and mmorpg.com posters in general, out as some kind of evil naysayers for trying to show them he was full of manure.

  

  Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.

  
  
  
  
  
• Amathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630

  June 2020

  It's like a game from my middle school years.
  
  Pull my finger.
  
  Wanna play again?
  
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• Nilden Member EpicPosts: 3,916

  June 2020

  I don't understand how this guy isn't behind bars for fraud.
  

  

  

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• WBadger Member RarePosts: 381

  June 2020 edited June 2020

  Slapshot1188 said:

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
  
  Does anyone... and I mean ANYONE... believe this guy? He doesn't even have the brains to quietly slither away. IMHO every single thing he has said or posted since he "shuttered" the studio is about the lawsuit and Xsolla.

  Oh he's still going to slither away.  He just realized outright saying "We're not doing the game anymore," means he may have to give the money back.  Now though he can take donations in again, not have as much of a legal threat hanging over his head, and keep all of the money since all of the employees got canned.  He's basically going to sit there and take money in while eating grapes in his living room.

  
• ChildoftheShadows Member EpicPosts: 2,193

  June 2020

  Oh ffs. 

  
• TiamatRoar Member RarePosts: 1,688

  June 2020

  I'm amazed he was crazy enough to announce that development was ending when he could have just kept grifting and downsized the costs (it's not like the money they were spending was actually producing anything anyways).
  
  I'm even more amazed he was even crazier enough to come out of the shadows and try to renege after the mirror of illusion was shattered.
  
  20 years ago I would have thought that the most amazing thing out of all this is still that someone this crazy was able to find so many other crazy people willing to give him millions.  But... Star Citizen still beats it by light years in that department.

  
• xion12121 Member UncommonPosts: 199

  June 2020

  This is what it boils down to. If they "pretend to keep the game in development" then technically it has never stopped being developed. Therefore, nobody can legally sue them. That's what's going on here, this is to avoid a lawsuit and nothing more. There is no intention of ever completing this game. This is only being done to avoid a lawsuit moving forward.

  

  I would give you a guest pass to SWOTR, but then I wouldn't be able to find a way to live with myself afterwards....
• Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,586

  June 2020

  xion12121 said:

  This is what it boils down to. If they "pretend to keep the game in development" then technically it has never stopped being developed. Therefore, nobody can legally sue them. That's what's going on here, this is to avoid a lawsuit and nothing more. There is no intention of ever completing this game. This is only being done to avoid a lawsuit moving forward.

  And thus the inclusion of Xsolla which guarantees refunds as long as you have not yet received any digital content for the sale.  So folks are attempting to refund their specific purchases... the mounts, the items, all that stuff that was sold in the store.   This is why Xsolla and Jeromy have been in dialog because they know how hard it will be to recover from him.
  
  

  

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• AngryElf Member UncommonPosts: 194

  June 2020

  They should just sell it to gamigo. They specialize in releasing (and re-re-releasing) dead games and unfinished content.