Shawn Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 As long as the partnership lasts through Friday, he'll have served his purpose. After that it'll take a lawsuit for backers to get refunds. Sadly I agree that is more likely than not to be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Bitjunkie Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) it's rising again... (28th. June is fluent still) Edited June 28, 2018 by 8Bitjunkie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodmot Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) A leading industry professional & his "team" can not be bothered to go past the Wordpress stock template on their site? In 2018? Wow Yeah, it's just too fitting. Personal gripe: Tin Giant is obviously a reference to the Iron Giant (see their lame logo and the original film). It's one of my all time favourites, not sure I'm happy about this corporate appropriation. Lol, yeahh….. I just saw the site. Even MY website is more complete than that. XD Edited June 28, 2018 by Lodmot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 -Any meager Atari, SA stock gains made yesterday have been essentially wiped away today, so far. -Someone at Reddit resurrected the /ColecoChameleon subforum, dubbing the Atari VCS the "Coleco Chameleon 2". -Curt Vendel quotes have sparked some conversation over in that subforum. Naturally, our favorite Atari-can-do-no-wrong, Atari SA stock-holding shill is on the attack. -N3rdabl3: Atari Continues to Blame Trolls for Bad Press, Gets Called Out (another Register & Tallarico story ) -Yesterday's damage-control press release did manage to push some of the negative news stories down the line or out of sight. Between that, and a moderate bump in donations, it seems it's "mission accomplished" for the press release? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 All this on the original (real) Atari's 46th birthday! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Atari University Is this one of those prestigious non-accredited universities that I used to get emails for? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVgaTv Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Is this one of those prestigious non-accredited universities that I used to get emails for? Pretty sure it's on par with Ralph Wiggum's choice for higher education Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom_of_Krankor Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 My advisor hung up on me when I told him to buy Atari stock. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 So cynical! I think it's perfectly plausible they offered him a few thousand dollars in exchange for the promise of a few hours' work. If it were me, I'd need enough money to offset the stink of working with the shambling corpse wearing the skin of Atari, for little enough work so my prodigious talents wouldn't be wasted on this debacle. BTW Nathan, good catch on the Tin Giant website. It neatly encapsulates everything wrong with the product: an empty name, resting on accomplishments from many years ago, devoid of relevant content or substance. The fans: "aww yeah! The creator of the Xbox is on board! Yippee ki yay!" I am from now on going to refer to the Atari VCS as the Atari Jesus. It fits, shambling corpse, possible resurrection, and ultimately will we see the second coming of Atari? Guess we'll wait and see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 All this on the original (real) Atari's 46th birthday! Here's what I don't get... if they'd approached Nolan Bushnell and had him be a part of this, I think a lot of the naysayers may actually be far more interested. Then again the #metoo thing claimed he was a misogynist and he didn't get some award because he liked to party in the 70s. EVERYONE partied in the 70s. Hell, Atari more or less founded the Silicon Valley 'vibe'. That's the Atari they're trying to target, so when people keep asking about 7800 and later emulation, that's the different Atari (though I guess technically the 7800 was in the works before the Tramiel era). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffsGamingVideos Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 is it normal for a subcontractor to foist an nda on their employer Normally the one who has the content wants the NDA. So a musician, video game designer, author... However, a lot of times it's the reverse. If the NDA came from Atari then maybe they wanted what they are doing to be secret. I could see both wanting an NDA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Atari SA is eating it's own tail (saying the same thing over and over again with phrases that raise the red flag.) This thread eats it's own tale at times. So.... Edited June 28, 2018 by cybercylon 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestyx Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 -Any meager Atari, SA stock gains made yesterday have been essentially wiped away today, so far. -Someone at Reddit resurrected the /ColecoChameleon subforum, dubbing the Atari VCS the "Coleco Chameleon 2". -Curt Vendel quotes have sparked some conversation over in that subforum. Naturally, our favorite Atari-can-do-no-wrong, Atari SA stock-holding shill is on the attack. -N3rdabl3: Atari Continues to Blame Trolls for Bad Press, Gets Called Out (another Register & Tallarico story ) -Yesterday's damage-control press release did manage to push some of the negative news stories down the line or out of sight. Between that, and a moderate bump in donations, it seems it's "mission accomplished" for the press release? Wow, regarding the stock-holding shill. I've seen the kind of talk he's doing on the infamous penny stock forum site Investors Hub (ihub for short). Everything is rosy and even if there are concerns, he either dismisses them as people trying to tank the stock, sour grapes, or "well I'm willing to take the risk on it being great!" type of posts. The bottom line is that there don't appear to be any developers lined up for this machine, there are no actual specs, there is no actual footage of it actually running anything, such as a simple boot screen, only some sub-30 second video of someone supposedly playing Atari 2600 Centipede on it, and all we continue to see is the hunk of plastic they've been showing for about a year now. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 [...] Not cool bro... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Not cool bro... I apologize, been hanging out in an Atheist group too long! Tacos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 it's rising again... (28th. June is fluent still) falling.PNG Another thing we need to standardize on, . Vs , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 While doing a search of a Squeakerhat, I saw this: a taco scarf to keep your neck warm in those chilly months. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari PAC-MAN Fan Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 While doing a search of a Squeakerhat, I saw this: a taco scarf to keep your neck warm in those chilly months. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Atari's stock ended today at EUR 0.52 (USD 0.60), the exact number it was before they made the announcement yesterday. It seems Atari's given up on replying on Facebook, and hasn't written a word on Indiegogo in twenty-four hours. Maybe Atari figures they've put out enough pigeon food to last a few days? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerx Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I guess I was half right. The Indiegogo is heading up...I admit defeat. The public is even dumber than I gave them credit for. I'll probably check out, and check back in next July. It's all over but the cryin'. With everything blowing up whenever they make a new post, I wonder if we'll see anything out of them for a last minute campaign push on social media or if they'll just lay low and try to ride it out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 I guess I was half right. The Indiegogo is heading up...I admit defeat. The public is even dumber than I gave them credit for. I'll probably check out, and check back in next July. It's all over but the cryin'. It is trending upwards, but has barely surpassed the amount lost by backers leaving over the past few days. Honestly not surprised to see this; I figured there'd be an uptick at the end, but by how much I had no idea. If it breaks $3M, though, it won't be by much. Interest overall seems to have plateaued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwhyrock Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Somebody mentioned a disastrous investor's report on Atari released today on the campaign page. Any truth to that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Somebody mentioned a disastrous investor's report on Atari released today on the campaign page. Any truth to that?Someone linked to this ... I'm not sure what to make of it http://m.4-traders.com/ATARI-2168735/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwhyrock Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 That's what I found, but seems fairly inconsequential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodmot Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 I did it guys. x w x 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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