Back to the main page

Mailing List Logs for ShadowRN

Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Adam J)
Subject: FASA Closing FAQ
Date: Sat Jan 27 16:00:08 2001
Hey folks,

Paolo and I have whipped up a brief FAQ about FASA closing. Comments,
corrections, questions we've missed, and that sort of thing are welcome.

http://www.dumpshock.com/FASA-FAQ.html

Adam
--
< http://tss.dumpshock.com : http://www.jillted.org >
< adamj@*********.com | ICQ# 2350330 | TSS Productions >
Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (abortion_engine)
Subject: FASA Closing FAQ
Date: Sat Jan 27 16:25:02 2001
From: "Adam J" <adamj@*********.com>
> Paolo and I have whipped up a brief FAQ about FASA closing. Comments,
> corrections, questions we've missed, and that sort of thing are welcome.

Good work, gentlemen. Mind if I link to that?
Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (John)
Subject: FASA Closing FAQ
Date: Sat Jan 27 16:25:08 2001
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam J <adamj@*********.com>
To: <shadowrn@*********.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 4:22 PM
Subject: FASA Closing FAQ


> Hey folks,
>
> Paolo and I have whipped up a brief FAQ about FASA closing. Comments,
> corrections, questions we've missed, and that sort of thing are welcome.
>
> http://www.dumpshock.com/FASA-FAQ.html
>

So, according to the FAQ's copy of LRG's statement, FASA isn't actually
closing down they are just selling off the majority of their intellectual
property lines?

>From the statement:
"Because FASA will continue to exist as a Corporation, and Earthdawn is not
one of the intellectual properties that they are selling, our license
contract with FASA will continue uninterupted."

What else does FASA do?

John
Message no. 4
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Adam J)
Subject: FASA Closing FAQ
Date: Sat Jan 27 16:30:01 2001
At 16:36 27/01/2001 -0500, abortion_engine wrote:
>From: "Adam J" <adamj@*********.com>
>> Paolo and I have whipped up a brief FAQ about FASA closing. Comments,
>> corrections, questions we've missed, and that sort of thing are welcome.
>
>Good work, gentlemen. Mind if I link to that?

Go right ahead. That's what the web is for. :)

Adam
--
< http://tss.dumpshock.com : http://www.jillted.org >
< adamj@*********.com | ICQ# 2350330 | TSS Productions >
Message no. 5
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Adam J)
Subject: FASA Closing FAQ
Date: Sat Jan 27 16:35:01 2001
At 16:44 27/01/2001 -0500, John wrote:

>So, according to the FAQ's copy of LRG's statement, FASA isn't actually
>closing down they are just selling off the majority of their intellectual
>property lines?

FASA will have to exist in some form for the next X years to continue to
claim money from licensing agreements, money they are owed from other
sources, etc.

>>From the statement:
>"Because FASA will continue to exist as a Corporation, and Earthdawn is not
>one of the intellectual properties that they are selling, our license
>contract with FASA will continue uninterupted."
>
>What else does FASA do?

What do you mean? The complete current list of games is Shadowrun,
Battletech, Mechwarrior, Crimson Skies, Crucible, Vor, plus the Ral Partha
mini's, and then money they make from licensing their properties out...

adam
--
< http://tss.dumpshock.com : http://www.jillted.org >
< adamj@*********.com | ICQ# 2350330 | TSS Productions >
Message no. 6
From: shadowrn@*********.com (John)
Subject: FASA Closing FAQ
Date: Sat Jan 27 16:40:23 2001
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam J <adamj@*********.com>
To: <shadowrn@*********.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: FASA Closing FAQ


> FASA will have to exist in some form for the next X years to continue to
> claim money from licensing agreements, money they are owed from other
> sources, etc.
>
> >What else does FASA do?
>
> What do you mean? The complete current list of games is Shadowrun,
> Battletech, Mechwarrior, Crimson Skies, Crucible, Vor, plus the Ral Partha
> mini's, and then money they make from licensing their properties out...
>
> adam
Well, you answered that for me in your first comment. The statement that
had me was "FASA will continue to exist as a Corporation" through me off. I
didn't know if they were into other things and the gaming stuff was just a
small part of the big picture. I guess not.

Thanks
John
Message no. 7
From: shadowrn@*********.com (J. Keith Henry)
Subject: FASA Closing FAQ
Date: Sat Jan 27 16:45:26 2001
From: "John" <john@*******.com>
Subject: Re: FASA Closing FAQ


> > Paolo and I have whipped up a brief FAQ about FASA closing. Comments,
> > corrections, questions we've missed, and that sort of thing are welcome.
> >
> > http://www.dumpshock.com/FASA-FAQ.html
>
> So, according to the FAQ's copy of LRG's statement, FASA isn't actually
> closing down they are just selling off the majority of their intellectual
> property lines?
>
> >From the statement:
> "Because FASA will continue to exist as a Corporation, and Earthdawn is
not
> one of the intellectual properties that they are selling, our license
> contract with FASA will continue uninterupted."
>
> What else does FASA do?

This is an interesting question, because even after I read the FAQ (and
redrafted smaller version for our own site really quick)... I had to wonder
other than games production... what else was there.

Part of me thinks this may merely be a mis-statement of some kind, but I do
not know for certain of course (speculation).
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
J. Keith Henry ("K" "NeoJudas")
Hoosier Hacker House (http://hoosierhackerhouse.com/)
Message no. 8
From: shadowrn@*********.com (abortion_engine)
Subject: FASA Closing FAQ
Date: Sat Jan 27 17:30:14 2001
From: "J. Keith Henry" <neojudas@******************.com>
> From: "John" <john@*******.com>
> > So, according to the FAQ's copy of LRG's statement, FASA isn't actually
> > closing down they are just selling off the majority of their
intellectual
> > property lines?
> >
> > >From the statement:
> > "Because FASA will continue to exist as a Corporation, and Earthdawn is
> not
> > one of the intellectual properties that they are selling, our license
> > contract with FASA will continue uninterupted."
> >
> > What else does FASA do?
>
> This is an interesting question, because even after I read the FAQ (and
> redrafted smaller version for our own site really quick)... I had to
wonder
> other than games production... what else was there.

Of course, this is only speculation - like everyone else's weighing-in, but
as far as I can tell, it means exactly what it says: "FASA will continue to
exist /as a Corporation./" Legally and in terms of businesses, FASA will
still exist /as a Corporation./ Just a Corporation of paper and plastic,
which is, essentially, what Adam said.

Further Reading

If you enjoyed reading about FASA Closing FAQ, you may also be interested in:

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.

Thwap!