12-09-2005, 10:00 AM | #1 | |
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King's Quest IX - Saved.
Can't believe nobody brought this up yet. Apparently, there's more to VU than meets the eye.
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12-09-2005, 10:03 AM | #2 |
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But aren't Sierra the spawn of the devil?
Haven't they single-handedly destroyed all that we hold dear in this genre? And aren't they trying to murder our children and burn down our homes through their evil corporate practices and senseless cancelling of harmless fan projects? And will those who have moaned about the cancellation of KQIX now decide that Sierra are in fact a perfectly decent company who were acting entirely within their rights as the legal holders of the rights to the King's Quest series? Anyway, welcome back The Silver Lining. I'm sure you're going to be very good. And at least people will stop moaning now . |
12-09-2005, 10:11 AM | #3 |
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Amazing, I'm so glad, I got a strange feeling that SQ7 has something similar to this agreement. They woulden't say yes or no weather they have negociated with VU. (Whats with ''VUG'' anyway?)
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12-09-2005, 10:55 AM | #4 |
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VUG = Vivendi Universal Games
This is great news. I honestly didn't expect it. If anyone from Vivendi happens to be reading this thread -- thanks. EDIT: So it seems they can't call it King's Quest IX, but they can keep the KQ characters? Interesting indeed. |
12-09-2005, 10:56 AM | #5 | |
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Doesn't affect my opinion of Vivendi any though.
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12-09-2005, 11:08 AM | #6 |
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Hey all. This is mcomp72 from the Save King's Quest IX campaign. I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone here that supported the cause. I'm so happy that we were able to help save the game!
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12-09-2005, 11:42 AM | #7 | |
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12-09-2005, 11:52 AM | #8 |
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YES! YEEESSSSS!!! YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!
...That just made MY Christmas.
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12-09-2005, 12:19 PM | #9 |
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Yes, great news!
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12-09-2005, 02:21 PM | #10 | |
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12-09-2005, 02:48 PM | #11 |
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Well blow me down with a feather.
Unexpected but fantastic news.
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12-09-2005, 04:00 PM | #12 |
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I don't believe it!
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No. It's great that Vivendi eventually agreed to make a deal with the KQ9 team. That doesn't mean their initial action wasn't callously belligerent. If you take a charitable view, you might speculate that the c&d was just a shot over the bow to get the team's attention, or establish a negotiating position. Even under that interpretation their initial contact was boorish at best, but I don't buy it. If Vivendi had been open to a deal at first, they could just have opened a dialogue in reasonable fashion. As the stronger party, they were in a position to pretty much dictate the terms of an agreement anyway. Probably, the petition and campaign to save the game got the matter to the attention of someone responsible enough and decent enough not to be acting on corporate auto-pilot. Someone who realized (like those of us moaning argued all along) that the game offered no serious threat to the value of Vivendi's properties, and that the minor issues (like calling the game "King's Quest IX") could be easily rectified. To sum up: This is what Vivendi should have done in the first place. Let me just repost something I wrote when the game was cancelled: Quote:
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12-09-2005, 04:06 PM | #14 |
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O, by the way. This is great news. Yay!
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12-10-2005, 12:29 AM | #15 | |
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12-10-2005, 03:42 AM | #16 |
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KQIX BACK - check the news, folks!
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12-10-2005, 04:07 AM | #17 |
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You could also check the amateur adventure forum from yesterday
http://forums.adventuregamers.com/sh...ad.php?t=12233
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Or not, seeing as 98% of this forum don't have a clue what that is!
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That is very good news.
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12-10-2005, 04:35 AM | #20 | |
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