Note: This is the only published portion of Part IV I wrote. The full article is available in the unknownplayer.com archives.
Also in a phone conversation with Forest Parker AKA Stryder, Sunday night, Forest admits to still using the @everlore.com e-mail address to get into betas and get gaming information from companies. Huh?? Isn’t beta where people find lots of bugs?
If Everlore, CamelotExchange and Obsidian are all the same people, then what does this mean for the gaming community at large? Even if it’s only that Stryder and Forest work(ed) for both, how could someone involved with a legitimate site condone the actions of exploiters by working with them and providing e-mail and other services or information?
If they are working for them, what does Bryan Reynolds, the owner of Obsidian and the Lore.com sites get out of it? Phat lewtz? Free powerlevelling? Or is he involved in BS himself? Hell, maybe he gets $7000 a month! That’s what BS offered Adam to look the other way, isn’t it? Assuming this is all correct, this becomes no less than tacit acceptance of exploiting by Obsidian/Lore.com/Bryan Reynolds.
How deep does this rabbit hole lead? Where else could we wind up? One thing is for sure, this saga isn’t through yet…
My original, unedited portion of part IV went along these lines:
I guess we can call this an after-school report. At least one that made that little vein in my forhead start pulsing and threaten to explode again.
On a whim, I threw the info for Camelotexchange.com though the Internic WHOIS system. What I found surprised me, and started a bit of a brainburner with UP and I.
Here’s the log of sites I ran. The thing that got me was the administrative contact listed for Camelotexchange.com is Stryder@everlore.com.
But the administrative contact is listed as an employee of Obsidian-Tech.com, which is the same company as Obsidianonline.com. The employee listed is presumably the brother of “Wes” from Part 1. We’re also privy to the information that Wes works for Obsidian-Tech.com as well…and he’s also noted as the creator of the BS macro program that gained characters 50 levels in 12 minutes.
And Everlore is currently running paid advertisements for Anarchy Online.
Did we mention that Lee Caldwell of BS is also the alternate contact for XShard.com?
What it all boils down to is that the major Everquest fansite is intricately linked to BS and their exploiting ways, by way of the people running them.
If Everlore, CamelotExchange and Obsidian are all the same people, then what does this mean for the gaming community at large? Even if it’s only that Stryder works for both, how could someone involved with a legitimate site condone the actions of exploiters by working with them?
What does he get out of it? Phat lewtz? Free powerlevelling? Or is he involved in the exploiting himself? Hell, maybe he gets $7000 a month! That’s what BS offered Adam Young to look the other way, isn’t it? This becomes no less than tacit acceptance of exploiting by Everlore.
How deep does this rabbit hole lead? Where else could we wind up?
There’s nothing worse than duping a newbie, with the exception of duping a newbie for real money. After all, this is the same company who wanted to know when exploits would be fixed so they could maximize their profit.
That’s right, their profit. Wasn’t this suit with Mythic for “players’ rights?” And this propsed suit against FunCom would be for “players’ rights” as well, wouldn’t it?
Come off it, Lee. Admit what we’re all capable of seeing. This suit isn’t about players’ rights. It’s about the Almighty Dollar. The Phat Lewtz.
Thinking of what’s going on makes my stomach turn.
Yours should too.
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