Trials of Ascension, Shady Practices and the Big Crowdfunding Debate

[lawow74]

Geez....this is bad. And then I see several of my friends own this game. Was it on sale for pennies or in a bundle? I think the only reason people have it is for trading cards.

Yeah, it's just like someone commented a bit ago, dangle some cheevs and trading cards in front of them and people will buy anything. I guess that'll be the next thing ToA announces they're working on, eh?

[Kyanion]

Yeah, it's just like someone commented a bit ago, dangle some cheevs and trading cards in front of them and people will buy anything. I guess that'll be the next thing ToA announces they're working on, eh?

One of the cards can be "Chopping Wood" another "Raknar stuck under the ground" and finally "Dragon...TBA"

[Bodoh]

One of the cards can be "Chopping Wood" another "Raknar stuck under the ground" and finally "Dragon...TBA"

The 2D artist is not Magic the Gathering quality. He can only do simple sketches.


Maybe joke or amateur quality card-art...

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I got a reply from (State) anti-fraud, investigation and recovery from Ohio, asking for more info!

[Taojnhy]

I got a reply from (State) anti-fraud, investigation and recovery from Ohio, asking for more info!

Ohio? Is this about Appleton?

[Bodoh]

Ohio? Is this about Appleton?

That's James Proctor.

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They're all the same...

Joshua (multiple), Jason (multiple), James (multiple), Aaron (multiple).


Aaron the graphics artist... where's his portfolio?


Anybody with those first names, I just avoid them as I probably would guess they don't have any good portfolio or non-existent portfolio.

[Deleted]

A news post has been made stating that people can still sign up for the 'private dev chat'. Tells me that they haven't even got 5 people yet

Oh wait...

http://www.trialsofascension.com/for...9/#post-132523

Unforseen consequences! They probably didn't even have 1 sign-up. kek

[lawow74]

If that dev-chat notion gets swept under the rug, we can safely assume it's cos no one even bothered to sign up for it. So, we will wait and see.

[Azrile]

The 2D artist is not Magic the Gathering quality. He can only do simple sketches.


Maybe joke or amateur quality card-art...

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I got a reply from (State) anti-fraud, investigation and recovery from Ohio, asking for more info!

I thought Proctor was from Maine. Applegate is from Ohio.

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If that dev-chat notion gets swept under the rug, we can safely assume it's cos no one even bothered to sign up for it. So, we will wait and see.

5 of us should all sign up! It would be more funny than Proctor´s GreedMonger hangout.

[Taojnhy]

I thought Proctor was from Maine. Applegate is from Ohio.

Yeah, that's the info I have as well, which was why I was a little confused.

[Bodoh]

I got two responses.
One was to file for unreported income to the SSA (Social Security Administration).


That's for the welfare cheats who have unreported income, like James Proctor, Josh and others:

http://oig.ssa.gov/report-fraud-wast...aste-and-abuse

MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ON CLAIMS

When people apply for Social Security Benefits, they state that all information they provide on the forms are true and correct to the best of their knowledge. If a person reports something they know is not true, it may be a crime.

For example:

An individual indicates on their application that they are not married when in fact they are married or living as such.

An applicant claims to be blind and unable to drive a motor vehicle when in fact the individual possesses a valid driver’s license and is observed driving.

A person indicates they do not have any income, when in fact they make money from an outside source such as rental income or an insurance policy.

Do you suspect someone has made a false statement on a claim for Social Security Benefits? Report it to the OIG Fraud Hotline.



The second is attorney general, Ohio, in order for the FTC to initiate action against this Greed Monger scam.

http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/About-AG/Contact (under Scams)

Post constructively. -Infracted. Lucetia

[Kyanion]

Dude, why are you still going on about this stuff? I get it you have an axe to grind but lets focus on the topic at hand.

[Bodoh]

A news post has been made stating that people can still sign up for the 'private dev chat'. Tells me that they haven't even got 5 people yet

Oh wait...

http://www.trialsofascension.com/for...9/#post-132523

Unforseen consequences! They probably didn't even have 1 sign-up. kek

Back to the topic...

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I'll take the axe-grinding on Greed Monger and James Proctor away from this forum and this thread.


If you want to inquire, you can PM me.


I see a wonderful time happening to them... This will probably be the last greed they will monger .

[NatePsy]

http://www.trialsofascension.com/news

They can't even code a page properly. Scroll down to the bottom and you'll see the background image begins again.

[Kyanion]

Back to the topic...

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I'll take the axe-grinding on Greed Monger and James Proctor away from this forum and this thread.


If you want to inquire, you can PM me.


I see a wonderful time happening to them... This will probably be the last greed they will monger .

Like it is fine to point out flaws of the game and stuff the are doing and why its a scam, but that's it, we can't start a crusade to take these people out in a public forum.

[Bodoh]

http://www.trialsofascension.com/news

They can't even code a page properly. Scroll down to the bottom and you'll see the background image begins again.

That's a limitation of HTML's CSS background tag with monitors that are getting larger and larger. You can try this yourself...


Usually for CSS, what you do, is have 3 repeating backgrounds, one for the top part, (preferably 8192 x 8192, so those with 4K HD monitors don't see it), one for the middle (where the important bit is) and bottom (footer).

[MMOIJamesPro]

Well Bodoh I just want to thank you... You DO know what grinding an axe does? It makes it sharper unless of course you break it first which I promise you you won't break me. Your little false accusations and false reporting is having one very good side effect. It's forcing me to take a look at everything and ensure 100% that everything is legit and that I'm going by the books. Regardless of what you say I'm a Game Developer... That's where my passion is, and it won't be broken by random strangers on a forum saying anything different. I got into Game Development so I could create Virtual Worlds where I could interact and play with others... I don't care how many others. As long as the games I create bring in enough money to pay for their continued development and Operational Costs I'll call them a success. And my Games success or failure in my eyes will never be based on what random people who have a vendetta against me have to say about the game. But I have to get going... Got plenty of work ahead of me getting ready for our internal test the end of the month. I look forward to reading what other lies you create about me and laughing about them with my friends.

[lawow74]

Bla bla bla hot air and emo-charged narcissism blee bloo blow

*munches tasty tear-salted popcorn*

Yeah, can't wait to hear about your next project you'll work on for two months and abandon in favor of the next project you work on for two months and abandon. Keep telling yourself all those puffed-up lies, wannabe. Maybe one day you'll believe them.

One thing's for sure, long as you keep trying to cling to your 'corporate brand' we'll make sure everyone knows just what a fake and a cheat you are where others' money is concerned.

[Taojnhy]

Well Bodoh I just want to thank you... You DO know what grinding an axe does? It makes it sharper unless of course you break it first which I promise you you won't break me. Your little false accusations and false reporting is having one very good side effect. It's forcing me to take a look at everything and ensure 100% that everything is legit and that I'm going by the books. Regardless of what you say I'm a Game Developer... That's where my passion is, and it won't be broken by random strangers on a forum saying anything different. I got into Game Development so I could create Virtual Worlds where I could interact and play with others... I don't care how many others. As long as the games I create bring in enough money to pay for their continued development and Operational Costs I'll call them a success. And my Games success or failure in my eyes will never be based on what random people who have a vendetta against me have to say about the game. But I have to get going... Got plenty of work ahead of me getting ready for our internal test the end of the month. I look forward to reading what other lies you create about me and laughing about them with my friends.

Proctor...just stop.

It seems like you have a need to paint a bullseye on yourself every time you try to defend your...for politeness' sake we'll call it a "track record".

I have a question for you:

If you got into game development so that you could create virtual worlds for yourself and others to play in, and you have -yet- to achieve this in any of your near-dozen projects, then which of your games would you consider a success?

As far as "making sure everything is 100% legit" goes MMOI still isn't an actual, legal company. Is this something you plan to address? I hope for your sake that you're a better lawyer than a game developer.

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As long as the games I create bring in enough money to pay for their continued development and Operational Costs I'll call them a success.

So you can't call anything you've done a success then by your words. You should really think about people have an axe to grind with you instead of just turning it into an "us vs them", that's the same thing ToA does and it doesn't help.

[Kyanion]

Well Bodoh I just want to thank you... You DO know what grinding an axe does? It makes it sharper unless of course you break it first which I promise you you won't break me. Your little false accusations and false reporting is having one very good side effect. It's forcing me to take a look at everything and ensure 100% that everything is legit and that I'm going by the books. Regardless of what you say I'm a Game Developer... That's where my passion is, and it won't be broken by random strangers on a forum saying anything different. I got into Game Development so I could create Virtual Worlds where I could interact and play with others... I don't care how many others. As long as the games I create bring in enough money to pay for their continued development and Operational Costs I'll call them a success. And my Games success or failure in my eyes will never be based on what random people who have a vendetta against me have to say about the game. But I have to get going... Got plenty of work ahead of me getting ready for our internal test the end of the month. I look forward to reading what other lies you create about me and laughing about them with my friends.

Some people never learn to just shut up and fade into the shadows. All you are accomplishing is getting more negative attention on you are your...'company'. So as long as you find a way to keep sucking in money for Dev and Operational Costs you never actually need to 'finish' anything huh? You are nothing but a really shitty scam artist who ripped people off by taking part in a KS that fleeced the stupid of their money. You have no talent, cannot produce a single game yet you have no problem pretending to be important and someone that is capable of making a game. Just keep digging that hole man, just keep digging.