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Re: Well, so much for the respect part.
Posted By: Shishka <shishka@mac.com>Date: 7/3/02 7:01 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Well, so much for the respect part. (vector40)

Wow, guys.

Welp, I'd just like to point out that selling one fifth of your company in order to stave off rent, maintanence, labor, and publsihing fees is not exactly a sign of financial security. Personally, reading something like that would set off an alarm in my head. Especially about Bungie. Independent game studios are often very expensive to run. Need proof?

rent & fees associated with owning a room or building can be very expensive, tack on

paying your employees,
taxes,
publishing,
advertising,
the fact that we're paying for TWO DIFFERENT STUDIOS, and three different projects were having some kind of work done on them (Halo, Oni, and Phoenix). Considering Phoenix as just an idea, you still have to take all the above prices and DOUBLE them.

Plus, Bungie West was in California, so, instead of doubling rent you might as well triple it, and then tack on the heavy business taxes and lisencing costs.

Speaking of lisencing, as a professional business you are required to lisence all your software. That's a lotta MSVC++ and 3DSMax.

You also need to keep your hardware up to date...

And if Matt isn't taking an extra take for his work, then we owe him a big hug for putting up with idiots all the time. ;)

Seriously, I doubt selling 20% of Bungie to Take Two was the huge solution you seem to think The Man made it out to be. It wasn't a good sign at all. And even if it WERE capable of funding through Halo (which was neither solid nor liquid, at the time), it wouldn't have lasted them much longer, and you can only sell so much of your company before it isn't yours anymore.

-S

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Of Acquisitions and GamingShishka 6/26/02 7:33 p.m.
     well said...to world domination! ::clink!:: thanks *NM*Roger Wilco 6/26/02 7:55 p.m.
     Re: Of Acquisitions and GamingJack Black 6/26/02 8:29 p.m.
     Thank you, Bungie! *NM*NthDegree256 6/27/02 12:28 a.m.
     :) Rock on.vector40 6/27/02 12:40 a.m.
     A life without Halo! (weeping in the background)Spartan III 6/27/02 1:50 a.m.
           Yay Bungie! *waves flag*Tarrsk 6/27/02 3:09 a.m.
     Hear hear! *NM*Theocracity 6/27/02 10:02 a.m.
     Re: Of Acquisitions and GamingAida-kun 6/27/02 5:34 p.m.
     On what do you base this claim?Gromit 6/28/02 8:25 p.m.
     i respectfully disagree.karstux 6/30/02 12:50 p.m.
           Re: i respectfully disagree.*Ar-Isildur of *WP* 6/30/02 2:20 p.m.
                 Re: i respectfully disagree.karstux 6/30/02 3:43 p.m.
                       Re: i respectfully disagree.Louis Wu 6/30/02 3:53 p.m.
                       Re: i respectfully disagree.vector40 6/30/02 11:01 p.m.
                             Re: i respectfully disagree.Shishka 7/1/02 12:06 a.m.
                                   Gratitude and respect?Gromit 7/1/02 12:58 a.m.
                                         Re: Gratitude and respect?Shishka 7/1/02 1:14 a.m.
                                               Re: Gratitude and respect?karstux 7/1/02 12:31 p.m.
                                                     Re: Gratitude and respect?Shishka 7/1/02 6:02 p.m.
                                               Well, so much for the respect part.Gromit 7/1/02 2:20 p.m.
                                                     Re: Well, so much for the respect part.vector40 7/1/02 5:39 p.m.
                                                           Thanks for the backup, Vec.Shishka 7/1/02 5:51 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Thanks for the backup, Vec.Gromit 7/1/02 9:21 p.m.
                                                                 ::forces Gromit to smell rocks:: *NM*Andrew Nagy 7/5/02 12:50 p.m.
                                                                       I'm not familiar with that idiom...Gromit 7/6/02 7:41 p.m.
                                                           Re: Well, so much for the respect part.Gromit 7/1/02 8:06 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Well, so much for the respect part.vector40 7/1/02 8:55 p.m.
                                                                       This thread is too confusing. :( *NM**Ar-Isildur of *WP* 7/1/02 9:30 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Well, so much for the respect part.Gromit 7/1/02 9:46 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Well, so much for the respect part.NthDegree256 7/1/02 10:04 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Well, so much for the respect part.vector40 7/1/02 10:59 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Well, so much for the respect part.Gromit 7/1/02 11:51 p.m.
                                                                                         Re: Well, so much for the respect part.vector40 7/2/02 12:30 a.m.
                                                                                               Re: Well, so much for the respect part.Gromit 7/2/02 1:55 p.m.
                                                                                                     Re: Well, so much for the respect part.vector40 7/2/02 4:39 p.m.
                                                                                                           Re: Well, so much for the respect part.Shishka 7/3/02 7:01 p.m.
                                                                                                                 A Quick CommentMatt 7/3/02 9:56 p.m.
                                                                                                                       I'm going to come to your house... and BLAM.vector40 7/3/02 10:40 p.m.
                                                                                                                             Re: I'm going to come to your house... and BLAM.Uriel 7/4/02 9:21 a.m.
                                                                                                                             Where's the mystery?Miguel Chavez 7/4/02 9:49 a.m.
                                                                                                                             Re: I'm going to come to your house... and BLAM.Gromit 7/4/02 1:11 p.m.
                                                                                                                       Hehe, okay, okay.Shishka 7/4/02 12:07 a.m.
                                                                                                                       Thanks for addressing this. *NM*Gromit 7/4/02 1:13 p.m.
                             Ten?Andrew Nagy 7/5/02 1:33 p.m.



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