As a former Dev Nirrtix I would like to throw my view into the ring....
I started in the Dev game there as a mod just before the Sparkle era. Sparkle as mentioned was a character. I let it go as it did not at the time seem to affect me or the game. Then I started to hear about changes to the game like Removal of the Revanant class and adding Teddybears. Her lore consisted of 8 good gods and one "neutral god" (which does not sound like Everquest at all.) This was all bizarre but I tolerated it until as mentioned above Sparkle on her personal facebook page started posting radical stuff, like telling people not to trust their doctor, and anti GLBT stuff. People have a right to their opinions, but that was where I drew the line.
I protested her stances several times to no avail. She claimed she took the original thread down, which I messaged to Brad a week previously. I know Brad is busy, but that is something devistating that could end his game. Sparkle cared very little for the games community often dissing them when they disagreed with her. IF you sign up for the site look up the 3 strikes thread, where she shouts down some community members wanting to know what their investment is making. Problem is that many of us invested toward the kickstarter dream, not what sparkle was making.
When I left I posted a thread linking Sparkles posts on facebook and giving my goodbye. I wanted the community to know who was making their game. When I did so, it was deleted. I reposted it and it was deleted again and I was turned light blue (meaning my $250 investment was taken away for telling the truth without disclosing the NDA I signed.) I turned my information over to the rerolled.org site here. I posted the information to members on their profiles, then they locked my account.
After doing that I was IP banned. I do not get why they IP banned me. I could only look at the Pantheon site with my account locked. I could not even see private information..
Look at the Pantheon site at their wiki etc for lore. errors all over. This is totally unprofessional. I do not know about the $45000 issue I do not know all the facts behind that. I jsut know what was told by Brad and the others. I can tell you he (as he is the only true employee of Visionary Realms) robbed me of $250 for telling the truth about the game. Sad thing is until I breached the NDA to rerolled all of the information I gave was free on their site leaked by Brad, Radash and others.
For those unfamiliar with Visions:
Visions is the game that Sparkle has been working on for 9 years. Currently it is in Alpha...
Official website for Visions Visions
People listen to those of us who have been on the project. Brad always promises things like to be more active with the community. Then he is MIA for a month and posts once. He was hard for many of us devs to get a hold of.
I did the right thing, actually to help Pantheon as Sparkle was dooming the game. The game still has an uphill climb to be finished. With someone other than Sparkle in charge is a step in the right direction, but with how I was treated, would you invest in this game? The devs promise me I will be allowed back. When is that? They say Brad is mad at me. Brad I invested into your game.
I guess my point is either allow me back or send me a check for $250. Do not tell me with that huge mansion built on Everquest money you do not have $250.
-Nirrtix (Former Pantheon Mod)
