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Originally Posted by -=ArchAngel=-
...is counter productive and only screws overs others in the same situation.
Just because one is entitled to do something, doesn't mean they should do it.
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Yes but are you really obligated to consider every possible person or every possible outcome? The company wanted to run an event - it didn't happen, and the bulk of the money is sunk into assets. Why is it you who are screwing over other people? Why isn't it the company who is not taking out a business loan to front the cost of the assets until they can be liquidated, sold for profit or paid back by the profits of a future event? Or not having sunk so much of the profits into such things in the first place so they could issue partial refunds immediately to everybody.
There is a bit of a distinction between getting like 80% of your money back and the host "trying" to get the rest, and a person holding onto your entire money, saying you might one day get some of it back, or maybe all of it, but you can't complain, say bad things, or do anything or else Imma just hold onto it longer.
In the game of what people should do, it seems that isn't a winning move.
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Originally Posted by Varjeal
I've been following the story so far and am honestly almost more upset that its going to make things more difficult for me and the company I represent (FrontLine Milsim in Alberta) to get people to pre-pay and signup for bigger games in the future because of this extremely mismanaged bs.
All that said, I agree with most of the previous comments, and am watching carefully what the end results are going to be. It has definitely caused us to examine how we will be doing things going forward to insure everyone is properly protected.
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I think it's a pretty big shit show for everybody. I don't think it's going to impact the perception of our local players for me and the other Ontario hosts, mostly because nobody here even experienced it (or even knows about it) -- but as Nardac said when he chimed in: you gotta be aware nothing is 100% until it's done. Maybe don't commit so much of the profits from the game that is happening until it's done.
But for you people West of the center of the universe, I imagine the optics are going to change for you guys. Maybe you might need some transparency going on, or communications about what happens in the event of a canceled event, etc. I don't know, but I can imagine so many people are going to be skeptical to sign up so early for games now... But at the same time you really need those sign ups to lock in field relationships and keep costs low.
It sucks man. I feel your pain
