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Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: koko_99_2001 on December 09, 2005, 08:38:08 PM I just want to say Thank You to all the fans of KQIX who supported the team. The news is official. Vivendi is going to allow the game to continue in development! This is a wonderful victory for the KQIX team and the fans. More information can be found at www.kqix.org. Also, if you contacted Vivendi to ask them to continue development of the game, please contact them and thank them. You can reach them at games.comments@vugames.com.
Thanks! Cat Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: Silverbolt on December 09, 2005, 09:09:18 PM That's great news. Their browsers probably kept crahsing from all the hate mail. ^_^
Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: Jafar on December 09, 2005, 11:21:08 PM I just want to say...
I TOLD YOU SO! ;P Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: The Guy on December 09, 2005, 11:46:19 PM Quote I just want to say... I TOLD YOU SO! I wasn't here at the time, so in actuality you told me nothing!! Seriously though, that's good for the King's Quest IX team. Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: Swift on December 10, 2005, 03:37:34 AM I'm too late to deliver the good news! :'(
Ah well, congrats to all who fought for kqix. I'm thrilled to see your efforts paid off. :royal: Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: lazygamer on December 10, 2005, 05:17:50 AM What wonderful news! I never expected KQ9 to see the light of day. What's really suprising is that somehow, a relatively small(?) amount of people managed to convince a large corporation to change it's mind just by asking. Thanks to everyone who wrote those letters!
Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: mcomp72 on December 10, 2005, 06:52:58 AM This is mcomp72 of the Save King's Quest IX campaign. I just wanted to say THANK YOU to all of you that supported the cause. We wouldn't have been successful without you.
To those of you that posted pessimistic things about our campaign (Corsair5, for instance), I hope you will learn from this that if people rally together to fight for something they believe in, they do have a chance at being successful. Remember, if you believe you cannot accomplish something, and don't bother trying, then you won't accomplish anything. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. But if you believe that you CAN accomplish something, and you TRY, you just might have success. I hope everyone takes that to heart. Thanks again to all who supported the cause. Long live King's Quest! Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: Reish Vedaur on December 10, 2005, 07:03:27 AM I apologize. Well done. And thank goodness that it's Vivendi and not like... EA or Activision.
Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: Jigen on December 11, 2005, 10:36:32 PM Paging Mr. Corsair: Your extra-large serving of humble pie is ready.
Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: Silverbolt on December 12, 2005, 01:55:52 PM Quote This is mcomp72 of the Save King's Quest IX campaign. I just wanted to say THANK YOU to all of you that supported the cause. We wouldn't have been successful without you. Translation for Corsair:To those of you that posted pessimistic things about our campaign (Corsair5, for instance), I hope you will learn from this that if people rally together to fight for something they believe in, they do have a chance at being successful. Remember, if you believe you cannot accomplish something, and don't bother trying, then you won't accomplish anything. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. But if you believe that you CAN accomplish something, and you TRY, you just might have success. I hope everyone takes that to heart. Thanks again to all who supported the cause. Long live King's Quest! (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/Silverbolt1337/nelson.gif) Ok, now we're just being mean. ^_^ :P Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: Corsair5 on December 13, 2005, 02:07:13 AM I stand corrected. Congratulations.
And, in my defense, I'm more used to dealing with more totalitarian companies. VU must not be the slimy slimebags I thought they were. And I wasn't the only naysayer, so stuff it. Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: PHattiE on December 13, 2005, 04:11:54 PM Well, if there were a good time to say "I told you so", this is the time. I was a bit of a naysayer too, so I stand corrected...
Tho I still wonder what exactly caused VU to change their mind. Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: Silverbolt on December 13, 2005, 05:26:36 PM Maybe they saw what Corsair said about them and hate him and wanted to spite him.
... WHAT? It could happen? Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: Swift on December 13, 2005, 06:14:06 PM Well, the Silver Lining team believes it was the fans who had convinced VU. Here's Say's quote in the MTV article (http://www.mtv.com/games/video_games/news/story.jhtml?id=1517812).
Quote "Eventually what got them to talk to us was the fan community," Salazar said. And more from her post in the forums (http://www.kqix.com/forum/index.php?topic=3219.msg135031#msg135031). Quote 3.- We got truly lucky they were open minded even after the C&D letter, and we're even more lucky to have such great fans who DID help on this situation, and push them to realize that maybe there is more than what they thought there was. Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: PHattiE on December 13, 2005, 08:00:36 PM Wow. They made MTV. Pretty neat
Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: The Guy on December 13, 2005, 08:56:11 PM Quote Maybe they saw what Corsair said about them and hate him and wanted to spite him. ... WHAT? It could happen? I think I might have to agree with Silverbolt here. hehe Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: mcomp72 on December 14, 2005, 09:33:02 AM Quote Wow. They made MTV. Pretty neat The news about Vivendi allowing the game to continue has actually been getting a lot of attention these past few days. Some gaming press, as well as a lot of bloggers, have been writing about it. If you're curious to check out some of what's been written, I've been posting links to everything I've found over at the SaveKQIX forum. Here's a link:http://savekqix.proboards25.com/index.cgi?...read=1134164628 (http://savekqix.proboards25.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1134164628) Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: Reish Vedaur on December 14, 2005, 10:48:14 AM Someone should submit this news to 3D Gamers. Great exposure over there, and it fits the bill.
Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: PHattiE on December 14, 2005, 04:47:22 PM Quote If you're curious to check out some of what's been written, I've been posting links to everything I've found over at the SaveKQIX forum. Here's a link: That's incredible! How'd you find all of those links? google? http://savekqix.proboards25.com/index.cgi?...read=1134164628 (http://savekqix.proboards25.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1134164628) Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: The Guy on December 14, 2005, 06:25:06 PM That's one hell of a list of links to be going through!! Congrats on all the publicity.
Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: The Guy on December 16, 2005, 02:50:07 PM I'm sure some people may already know this, but those who don't The Silver Lining even has a place on Gamspot.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/thesi...ning/index.html (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/thesilverlining/index.html) I don't think I've ever heard of or seen a fangame on a site like this. Title: King's Quest IX is Saved! Post by: Silverbolt on December 16, 2005, 03:05:19 PM The news was on a Romanian Gaming magazine's website too.
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