Grampz

I still don't completely understand why Atari shut down the multiplayer games that they had just purchased. They purchased a community based on what they saw as being a good foundation to build upon, or at least that's what we were told. As an Admin of WPH, once they fired Gregg Baker, whom they bought WPH from, I was IP banned for having more access than some of the Atari Super Moderators, even though I held the same title as they did. This was known about by the guy that hired Baker at Atari. Shortly after that deal, he was gone and no one knew anything about Baker's deal that included me. Anyway, the ban was lifted but by then, they de-Modded all of the WPH volunteer staff and gave no warning or reasoning behind it, nor will they ever. That has led me back to GamerParty (originally founded by Baker) as an Admin. We are looking at getting some multiplayer games back to our community and to give them back what they lost. I believe that Atari may have done me a favor in that aspect. The issues have inspired me to make something of GamerParty, and with the help of a mutual friend, I intend to do just that. I believe that Infrogames is looking to unload this cash-strapped business but I don't know to whom. By shutting down the development team they have shown that they are no longer interested in doing anything but distribution. I was directly affected when they killed their online community project. Atari had purchased a smaller community named WePlayHere, where I was an Administrator. WPH had 3 multiplayer games, and a wonderful community of people that stood their ground through a lot of bs. Atari purchased this community because they liked the way that the community was ran, and how close people were. After the purchase, there was talk about making one site that would merge the WPH games with the Atari Play games. The AP games were taken off the Internet without warning because Atari lost the digital rights back to Hasbro. Shortly after that, the WPH gaming site was shut down, and the forums were put into archive status. The once vibrant community was thrown into turmoil and members were banned for retaliating against Atari by spamming the forums with "down with Atari" posts and some vulgar language. Former WPH members have a new home on the Net and we are working on rebuilding what we once had.

I believe that Infrogames is looking to unload this cash-strapped business but I don't know to whom. By shutting down the development team they have shown that they are no longer interested in doing anything but distribution. I was directly affected when they killed their online community project. Atari had purchased a smaller community named WePlayHere, where I was an Administrator. WPH had 3 multiplayer games, and a wonderful community of people that stood their ground through a lot of bs. Atari purchased this community because they liked the way that the community was ran, and how close people were. After the purchase, there was talk about making one site that would merge the WPH games with the Atari Play games. The AP games were taken off the Internet without warning because Atari lost the digital rights back to Hasbro. Shortly after that, the WPH gaming site was shut down, and the forums were put into archive status. The once vibrant community was thrown into turmoil and members were banned for retaliating against Atari by spamming the forums with "down with Atari" posts and some vulgar language. Former WPH members have a new home on the Net and we are working on rebuilding what we once had.