@Background Pony #BE6E
I agree, but so should’ve Derek Smart, whom informed us of the whole event. Anyhow, his info is as follows:
The only major part he errs in is his conclusion, as the burden of proof is on the person
making the claim, not the person the claim is aimed at. Quote hstaphath:
As usual, he has it completely backwards. The onus was on The Escapist to continue the investigation and bring to light actual evidence if there was anything truly underhanded going on at CIG. Aside from protesting how they felt they had done enough to vet their extremely suspicious “sources”, we got nothing from them.
And now they have taken it down. CIG already has lawyers on staff drawing paychecks. Any cost by them that didn’t result in going to court was negligible at best. Since CR had already stated no donor money would be used on a lawsuit, it would not surprise at all to know that it was funded by Chris and Otwin personally. DS would have to prove otherwise, which he can’t so he won’t. We can be sure that he will insinuate it took millions of donor money regardless!
readies the popcorn
Edit: And if this really had gone to court, that podcast (also removed, of course!) would have been a pretty tight rope around The Escapist’s neck.
Taking into account that a lot of what was said in those articles never came to pass, like how CIG was almost bankrupt, and how they were in the process of closing down their Austin, TX studio; the only thing that can be taken with any degree of certainty is that Chris Roberts is a dickbag visionary…which isn’t really news in the grand scheme of things. Hell, there’s strong signs that he’s backed off being that since 2015 (thank kek).
Since you asked, my sources, which include a journalist who is in contact with Lizzy F, another journalist who used to work at the Escapist, and an independent investigative journalist whom is trying to piece together what’s going on at CIG through cross-examining the writings of Derek Smart, haven’t gotten back to me yet. The former has acknowledged my query, and is looking into the matter, and I have yet to receive word from the latter two.
