Video: Crytek sues Star Citizen for breach of contract

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Christ almighty if i'd known there was going to be this much drama i'd have put my Troll hat on in my original posts.

Thats a really well-reasoned post, @Lorddarthvik ...

*Puts on Troll Hat*

This is purely a cash grab by Crytek cos they're broke as all hell, and they want nothing but to settle out of court for a nice lump some of moniez, and preferably some tech to go with it.

Spoiler: Activate Troll Hat

Well they can fuck off and when they get to wherever they fucked off to, they can fuck off from there too.

*Takes off Troll Hat*

There we go, thats my trolling for the year done, back to the psychological mind games.
*Pulls VirtualAss's puppet srtings*
Mwhahahaaaa.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Finally watched that video...

Pretty good, here's the link in case you've got this far in the thread and haven't watched it yet:

So which trial will get to court first, the Unpaid Workers Vs Crytec or Crytec vs CiG?

 

[FluffyVonRage]

Oooooooh.. loving the intro sequence. Good video too :P

 

[Sraika]

Finally watched that video...

Pretty good, here's the link in case you've got this far in the thread and haven't watched it yet:

So which trial will get to court first, the Unpaid Workers Vs Crytec or Crytec vs CiG?

Soon, we'll just have to start an entire thread filled with nothing but videos of
"Leonard French

Actual Copyright Attorney"​

 

[HeadClot]

So I managed to dig up Crytek's financial records. Since the EU does not allow shell companies - All of these records are public.

https://www.bundesanzeiger.de/ebanzwww/wexsservlet

You will want to select the English option

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Soon, we'll just have to start an entire thread filled with nothing but videos of
"Leonard French

Actual Copyright Attorney"​

I'm going to name my first Capital Ship after him.

 

[Bambooza]

I'm going to name my first Capital Ship after him.

Does this mean any capital ship that is not named after him is free game to target practice with?

 

[HeadClot]

Finally watched that video...

Pretty good, here's the link in case you've got this far in the thread and haven't watched it yet:

So which trial will get to court first, the Unpaid Workers Vs Crytec or Crytec vs CiG?

Allot of unpaid workers are suing crytek right now in German labor court. So they will get to them first.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Allot of unpaid workers are suing crytek right now in German labor court. So they will get to them first.

Thanks, it's going to be very interesting to watch. Popcorn time.

 

[Lorddarthvik]

So I managed to dig up Crytek's financial records. Since the EU does not allow shell companies - All of these records are public.

https://www.bundesanzeiger.de/ebanzwww/wexsservlet

You will want to select the English option

Thanks for digging this up, made an interesting read. I say interesting, what I mean is I couldn't make heads or tails of it lol. For some reason for the top result after searhing for Crytek, it showed me the 2015 papers.
What I wanna know really, do those numbers mean they have got some multi-million euros left, or does it mean they are totally bankrupt?

 

[HeadClot]

Thanks for digging this up, made an interesting read. I say interesting, what I mean is I couldn't make heads or tails of it lol. For some reason for the top result after searhing for Crytek, it showed me the 2015 papers.
What I wanna know really, do those numbers mean they have got some multi-million euros left, or does it mean they are totally bankrupt?

Yeah that is what I am curious about.

I think if we are able to get previous years and make some form of curve graph that shows what is going on with them financially in a broad sense. I know that crytek has been bleeding money for years.

 

[HeadClot]

Game reactor just put up an article.

It aint pretty...

https://www.gamereactor.eu/articles/617383/Crytek+From+Heroes+to+Zeros/

This comment on Reddit was interesting and makes a whole lot of sense.

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/7kv0j4/gamereactoreu_crytek_from_heroes_to_zeros_the/driauze/

 

[Pander]

Thanks for the info,

I knew as soon as i saw this it would spark up another rebellion that we the first order must crush with logic

 

[Toihva]

One thing that really caught my eye about this entire lawsuit - Jury Trial.

Now, in a criminal case, Jury trials are very common. Problem is this, and this has been told to me by many attorneys as well as my Pre-Law Prof who has over 40 yrs RL experience as a trial attorney - Jury trials are a true roll of the dice because you have no idea which they will vote and more than one case was influenced because they hated the attorney and didn't trust the 'facts' they were presenting them.

So bottom line, the fact that Crytek and the lawyers sought out a Jury trial is a signal to me that their 'strong case' isn't that strong. If it was this strong, simple case of a breach of contract no way in hell the lawyers would want a Jury trial and rather have the judge rule on it.

So needless to say, gonna be interesting if it goes to jury trial.

 

[maynard]

One thing that really caught my eye about this entire lawsuit - Jury Trial...

it's a way to signal, "Settle with us quickly," as jury damage awards can be so unpredictable

time is not on Crytek's side

 

[Toihva]

it's a way to signal,"Settle with us quickly," as jury damage awards can be so unpredictable

time is not on Crytek's side

Thing is it is a type of civil suit and odds are that the contract which may have set out a list of damages.
And again, if CIG comes out and proves how Crytek didn't hold up their end of the bargain, they can be the ones paying since CIG has already claimed that they will demand that Crytek cover it's legal bill in such a case.

And again, as for damages, don't know, since it is done in CA IIRC.

 

[HeadClot]

Well this just popped up in my alerts.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/7l640w/crytek_has_yet_to_pay_me_for_late_2016_work_help/

 

[Crymsan]

The fact Crytek is so broke is bad news, any money spent by CIG on lawyers will not be recoverable since they have nothing.

 

[HeadClot]

The fact Crytek is so broke is bad news, any money spent by CIG on lawyers will not be recoverable since they have nothing.

Apart from liquidation of Crytek. That said they literally closed the shanghai office a year ago but never gave the employees notice. They just stopped paying rent.

 

[Nightlane]

OMG...