2003 and onward The game was ready for launch come 2003, but one of the owners (Prosper Capital - Skandia) failed to live up to their promise of delivering 10 million Swedish Crowns [13], [14], leaving the board with no other option than to declare bankruptcy [15]. A number of senior managers saw plenty of potential in the system, and ended up forming a new company, MindArk PE AB which bought the operation of Project Entropia from the now bankrupt MindArk PE. Many of the existing MindArk employees chose to stay, and joined the new company [16] [17].
Yep. Been there, done that. I still hate myself a little. If I had a whip I would physically assault myself and then turn myself over to the law enforcement.Even when people sell everything their avatar has, they get sucked back in. How many have said I've made a huge mistake by selling off my skills?(another one sucked back into EU, that didn't think they would be when they left).
Wall Street ain't got nothing on insider trading related to EU. That's one reason shares are technically not suppossed to be held by folks in the US according to an old statement by MA... but that never stopped em from letting some in the US get shares anyways.
http://www.mindark.com/press/press-releases/documents/mindark_prospekt_en.pdf
If Rome could fall, then we all can. And if Sparta could fall, then we're pretty much fucked.
I know. I'm pretty awesome. Probably one of the awesomenest.This may be the best 'the sky is falling' line in the history of the interwebs.
read the pdf...Using statements that are factually wrong ('technically not suppossed to be held by folks in the US')
Because of restrictions in the securities legislation of the United States of America, Australia, Canada and Japan no shares will be offered to persons who have registered adresses or are domiciled in any of those countries.
We don't admit it's a casino because we prefer to see ourselves (and, more importantly, be seen) as entrepreneurs, not gamblers. But in fact, it's the casino nature of EU that secures it's future. People always will gamble. Rome fell, Sparta fell, but people still play dice like thousands years ago.Its not a casino, they provide a plattform where you are free to login, you then decide how to interact with the plattform, and the plattform will return you results differently , based on how you choose to interact
read the pdf... Page 2, left column...
That is a document Mindark itself created. Elsewhere online is a list of the folks that owned shares about a year after that, and at least two of them on the list were 'domiciled there.'
If my take on it is 'factually wrong' no one at Mindark has said so yet, even when I ASKED MINDARK on Entropia Forum about this issue.
Its not a casino, they provide a plattform where you are free to login, you then decide how to interact with the plattform, and the plattform will return you results differently , based on how you choose to interact.
Exceptions to rules happen way too often when Mindark is involved.... If they are going to make 'exceptions' to rules like that they need to document why those exceptions happen and when they happen and why, and if the knowledge of those 'exceptions' is in the public, hit the questions head on and answer them with the truth and transparency.A share not registered for public sale with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can however still be sold to US citizens and institutions due to several exceptions.
Its not a casino, they provide a plattform where you are free to login, you then decide how to interact with the plattform, and the plattform will return you results differently , based on how you choose to interact.
Exceptions to rules happen way too often when Mindark is involved....
If they are going to make 'exceptions' to rules like that they need to document why those exceptions happen and when they happen and why, and if the knowledge of those 'exceptions' is in the public, hit the questions head on and answer them with the truth and transparency.
Same with a casino.
They provide an entertainment service. You can choose how you want to interact.
You can enjoy the casino for free. Just walking around and chatting to people.
You can buy stuff via the shops.
You can play the games of chance. You can play them according to some theory of return or you can play haphazard. You can play using small amounts of money or large amounts. You can play one type of game and then later try another type of game.
If you are successful at the game the casino provides you feedback via lights and sounds.
Perhaps, but Mindark's refusal to respond to simple little questions on the ASK Mindark threads sure make those conspiracy theories grow and develop over time... 'So this is very on topic in this thread: people like you who are obsessed with posting tons of unfounded accusations, slander, conspiracy theories and defamations, of course always without providing any facts, damage the future of this game way more then any shortcoming MindArk might have in developing it.
Perhaps, but Mindark's refusal to respond to simple little questions on the ASK Mindark threads sure make those conspiracy theories grow and develop over time... '
That in turn creates more doubts about the company, and so more conspiracy theories start developing over time...
How many questions in the Ask Mindark section of EF have gone unanswered? How many questions in various Q&A sessions over the years have gone unanswered? How many promises have various Mindark employees from the past (mainly Marco, but some others too) made in public which still have not resulted in the the promises being made true?...
Why the hell are booths being added over in Nymphtown after the owner of the main estate over there has been hobnobbing with MA through emails while the promise to add more shops to Omegaton from 2007 still has not been done, and the estate broker still owns a hell of a lot of shops that still has never been released to the public through the auction yet? Same with the Athena and PA redesigns... and lots of other junk like that... they keep adding more crap that no one, or a relative minority has asked for while not trying to address the promises they have already made, sometimes years ago. Stuff like that is THE PROBLEM.
But what has any this have to do with you accusing MindArk of insider trading and violating the Securities Act of 1933? Are you goin to apology to MindArk for that post by the way?
I agree with mastermesh on his opinions to a point.
MA as being the current owners of Calypso and the center of the game itself should hire a very active PR person to handle and provide quick responses to all the players playing, at least really good support for support cases, I actually stopped even sending support cases in because I am 100% sure I am directed to the DELETED mail folder. I see other planets do great support via forum and I just don't understand why MA itself does not. Even a crappy answer to a question is better then no answer at all and would still make a player more happy about the situation then they were when they asked the question. It would also deter stupid rumors and redirect conspiracy advocates away from trying to use "see no response it must be true" as a front line defense. I am not a advocate but I sometimes see their point and seriously contemplate if it is actually true because they are correct they do not deny anything at all.
Once upon a time, Entropia was a project, and had only one continent - Eudoria. Over the years, another continent Amethera, a space station, an asteroid and further islands were added to Calypso.
Then more planets were added, Rocktropia, Next Island, Arkadia.
Then playable space was put in between them.
I dont think Entropia or Mindark are in any way declining.
And they just collected 3 million dollars in 2 months time (half of the landdeeds have apparently already sold)
not at all.It has nothing to do with it, and tbh most of Mastermesh's accusations are complete crap. What's funny too is if you look at the original thread of my interaction with MindArk, Mastermesh was all about putting pressure on them to talk to me.
Now that a conversation between MA and a customer has actually borne some fruit, though he knows nothing of how, why, and under what circumstances, he wants to complain that it actually happened.
Seems he's more into harassing MA than actually wanting them to be productive.
not at all. I'm actually glad they listened to you, just like I'm glad they listened to me a long time ago when I complained about the turrets and tezla issue over at Omegaton and finally put in the turret next to the tp. What I'm not happy about is that they made promises a long time ago and have ignored those promises (look to the 2007 q&a)
Entropia Universe will be around for decades but i see it being under new management.I would like to see a company like Sony take it over.I do think theres a very good possibility a company like Apple would see this platform as a viable addition to Apple/Internet television.I once thought Microsft would be interested..