The following statement was posted today by the CEO of TriKing
Games. Hopefully these words will feed off of our Anachronism
cravings.
Dear All,
I have no excuses.
I tried everything in my power to get a presence up to Origins and,
in the end, could not make it.
Series of events:
1. We placed a deposit for Origins and submitted our tournament
schedule
2. We communicated our concerns / considerations with Origins
3. As of Wednesday, July 4 we were still planning to come (scaled
down booth, people to run tournaments)
4. On Thursday, July 5, I placed a call to Origins to let them know
we were going to be unable to attend in the Exhibit hall, but that
we were still planning on running events
5. On Friday, July 6, I got a call from Origins saying one of our
mercenaries showed up and said, "Screw it, if TKG isn't here, we're
not going to run tournaments."
6. Origins called me and asked about our plans?
7. At that point, I talked to Susan and Charlie, Charlie talked to
Jeremy, we investigated costs associated with getting someone to the
show for Saturday and Sunday and finally pulled the "no suck" lever
8. Based on feedback, whoever we sent would have been stoned (in a
Biblical sense)
9. We have placed a deposit and are still planning on attending
GenCon - Indy if you want us there
Considerations:
1. Our communication has been, and still is, less-than-favorable
2. I would rather not go than to have a minimal or substandard
presence
3. Last year we spent over $25,000 for Origins
4. To send one person to the show (including convention costs,
booth, airfare, lodging, food, and prize support) runs over $6000.00
5. I tried everything possible to go to the show, and had to make a
business decision on Thursday night / Friday afternoon to abort
6. Set 8 has been finished since last Christmas, however I'm still
holding to the fact that I told our illustrators I would not release
another set until they were "paid-in-full" - something I am still
slaving to accomplish
7. Anachronism Online has proven difficult-at-best to get produced
8. We are in the final stages of funding (with a private entity) to
finally get a chance to give Anachronism the push / support it needs
9. TKG currently has 6 employees, all of us working out of our
homes, none of us getting paid, all of us working second jobs, as we
negotiate through our seventh merger / reverse merger /
acquisition / funding play
10. We're all doing what we can to survive and keep the dream alive
11. MK3 stands for Mike - Karen - and our 3 children (the reasons I
left teaching in hopes of changing my stars)
12. My cell number is ****(See bottom)****- Please don't call my
home phone, or throw things at my house, or fault Charlie, Dennis,
Susan, Jeremy or Steve for our current situation
* If there's a way to work this thing out...I'll find a way.
Respectfully,
mb
****I know he posted his cell and can be found in the TKG forums on
the fourth page of the "Bad News from Origin" topic, but I felt it
would be inappropriate to post it here.
I hope these words further progress the state of the game.
-ebill23