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		Curt Schilling: Rhode Island Governor A 'Dunce Of Epic Proportions'. Yeah about those two companies, Curt? (huffingtonpost.com)		30
		More: Asinine, Governors of Rhode Island, Curt Schilling, Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee, public comment, Diamondbacks

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sweetmelissa31		2012-08-21 11:45:07 AM

Schilling tweeted that "if the state loses money it's because the Governor is a dunce of epic proportions, nothing I can do about that."

So he's a dunce for loaning money to Schiller. I guess I can agree with that.

Because People in power are Stupid		2012-08-21 11:45:39 AM

Did he ever just once consider taking all the money that he invested in the video game companies and investing it in actual currently performing video game companies? What makes him an expert on managing, well -anybody?

scottydoesntknow		2012-08-21 11:49:52 AM

It takes one to know one Curt.

Fear_and_Loathing		2012-08-21 11:51:53 AM

sweetmelissa31: Schilling tweeted that "if the state loses money it's because the Governor is a dunce of epic proportions, nothing I can do about that."

So he's a dunce for loaning money to Schiller. I guess I can agree with that.

The Govenor that called his bluff, didn't give him the money. He was against it.

sweetmelissa31		2012-08-21 12:00:47 PM

Fear_and_Loathing: The Govenor that called his bluff, didn't give him the money. He was against it.

Ah, so the governor is a dunce because he didn't want to lend money to a company that eventually failed and the state did it anyway and lost money.

Fear_and_Loathing		2012-08-21 12:09:09 PM

sweetmelissa31: Fear_and_Loathing: The Govenor that called his bluff, didn't give him the money. He was against it.

Ah, so the governor is a dunce because he didn't want to lend money to a company that eventually failed and the state did it anyway and lost money.

No the past governor signed off on 122 million. The current governor was against it. Curt blew 75 million in just over a year. Which was 70% of the budget the state had to create jobs. They layed off 400 people, against the law. Defaualted on the loan and bought another company that they also laid off everyone. Two states, one blow hard.

DeltaPunch		2012-08-21 12:25:43 PM

Fear_and_Loathing: sweetmelissa31: Fear_and_Loathing: The Govenor that called his bluff, didn't give him the money. He was against it.

Ah, so the governor is a dunce because he didn't want to lend money to a company that eventually failed and the state did it anyway and lost money.

No the past governor signed off on 122 million. The current governor was against it. Curt blew 75 million in just over a year. Which was 70% of the budget the state had to create jobs. They layed off 400 people, against the law. Defaualted on the loan and bought another company that they also laid off everyone. Two states, one blow hard.

Party of personal responsibility, after all. You think when his company needed $120 million that anybody helped him out? HECK NO. He picked his company up by the bootstraps and CREATED 400 game designers now available to work at ANY company that's hiring, talk about getting this economy moving again! But Curt doesn't need your thanks, he's a self-made man who knows how to get things done.

Sgt Otter		2012-08-21 12:26:31 PM

Fear_and_Loathing: sweetmelissa31: Fear_and_Loathing: The Govenor that called his bluff, didn't give him the money. He was against it.

Ah, so the governor is a dunce because he didn't want to lend money to a company that eventually failed and the state did it anyway and lost money.

No the past governor signed off on 122 million. The current governor was against it. Curt blew 75 million in just over a year. Which was 70% of the budget the state had to create jobs. They layed off 400 people, against the law. Defaualted on the loan and bought another company that they also laid off everyone. Two states, one blow hard.

...and if I understand correctly, what money that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning made, nearly all of it went to the publisher, Electronic Arts, instead of going back to Schilling's actual game studio, due to the idiotic publishing contract he signed with EA.

FriarReb98		2012-08-21 12:51:16 PM

Sgt Otter: ...and if I understand correctly, what money that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning made, nearly all of it went to the publisher, Electronic Arts, instead of going back to Schilling's actual game studio, due to the idiotic publishing contract he signed with EA.

Need to contact Merriam-Webster. We have a new definition of "karma."

itsdan		2012-08-21 01:07:22 PM

Sgt Otter: ...and if I understand correctly, what money that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning made, nearly all of it went to the publisher, Electronic Arts, instead of going back to Schilling's actual game studio, due to the idiotic publishing contract he signed with EA.

That's how most publishing contracts work, although if HE paid for the development of the game and not EA, then yeah, that's stupid as hell.

rudemix		2012-08-21 01:43:38 PM

Apparently boot-straps were not sewn on when they stitched the ketchup to his socks. What a farking piece of shiat this guy is.

Jackson Herring		2012-08-21 02:06:51 PM

Sgt Otter: ...and if I understand correctly, what money that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning made, nearly all of it went to the publisher, Electronic Arts, instead of going back to Schilling's actual game studio, due to the idiotic publishing contract he signed with EA.

Which is a bummer, because it was a pretty awesome game.

groppet		2012-08-21 03:09:07 PM

Too bad you cant go to jail for being a douchebag

Tannhauser		2012-08-21 03:09:18 PM

KoA was a good game, they just spent like drunken sailors and no one seemed to be in charge of the purse strings. The executives at 38 Studios are just as much to blame as Curt.

The Muthaship		2012-08-21 03:12:19 PM

Chafee told WPRO-AM that Schilling's comments were "regretful."

Sounds like Schilling may be right....

tlchwi02		2012-08-21 03:19:46 PM

good to see old curt is still trying to blame others for his own failures.

EyeballKid		2012-08-21 03:23:05 PM

Your Party of Personal Accountability^TM!!!!

The Muthaship		2012-08-21 03:28:49 PM

EyeballKid: Your Party of Personal AccountabilityTM!!!!

The ex-pitcher, who also played for Baltimore, Philadelphia and Houston, conceded previously that he himself was "absolutely" part of the reason the company failed.

Yep.

Uncle Pooky		2012-08-21 03:46:11 PM

groppet: Too bad you cant go to jail for being a douchebag

Fark would be a very desolate place.

UNC_Samurai		2012-08-21 04:17:07 PM

Two companies? You leave Multi-Man Publishing out of this!

js34603		2012-08-21 04:43:34 PM

Why the fark would any state guarantee that kind of money to a new game company? Not like those things are generally long lasting, job creating businesses or that market is particularly friendly and stable to newcomers.

Best case the game was a hit and then you might get some return on investment before the company folded under the pressure of trying to come up with the next game.

Worst case...well, this happens.

tlchwi02		2012-08-21 04:48:16 PM

js34603: Why the fark would any state guarantee that kind of money to a new game company?

when its an outgoing governor who has maxed his term limits, who makes the decision without any input from the legislature and the person who receives all the money is a local sports hero and personal friend of said governor?

js34603		2012-08-21 04:55:30 PM

tlchwi02: js34603: Why the fark would any state guarantee that kind of money to a new game company?

when its an outgoing governor who has maxed his term limits, who makes the decision without any input from the legislature and the person who receives all the money is a local sports hero and personal friend of said governor?

Cronyism you say? Suppose that would explain it.

Incog_Neeto		2012-08-21 05:25:46 PM

groppet: Too bad you cant go to jail for being a douchebag

Came here to say that Curt always has been and always will be a colossal douchbag.

Flappyhead		2012-08-21 05:52:03 PM

Hey Curt, WWJD?

phalamir		2012-08-21 09:24:12 PM

UNC_Samurai: Two companies? You leave ~~Multi~~Melti-Man Publishing out of this!

Free Radical		2012-08-21 10:00:21 PM

Hey Curt what about these poor ex-employees?

I know some good peeps there who got screwed because they trusted Schilling.

/sad

jht		2012-08-22 10:07:21 AM

So Lincoln Chafee is a dunce because he wouldn't release nearly $50 million more to a bankrupt company and held the losses to the $75 million that his predecessor had already given away. Ok, I get this. Sorry, Curt - you were a borderline HOF pitcher, standup competitor, and a crappy businessman. Deal with it.

cefm		2012-08-22 11:14:01 AM

Throwing good money after bad? I can see how Kurt would think that's normal practice since he played for the Red Sox, but in the rest of the world you cut your losses when there's no hope of success.

bottsicus		2012-08-22 08:18:38 PM

Tannhauser: KoA was a good game, they just spent like drunken sailors and no one seemed to be in charge of the purse strings. The executives at 38 Studios are just as much to blame as Curt.

Apparently the COO was Curt's uncle, who had as much management experience going in as Curt did.

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