"As part of the investment, Chris Mitchell and Jim Quagliaroli of Spectrum Equity, and Brandon Gardner and John Salter of Raine, will join Jagex's board of Directors. Mark Gerhard, along with **** ****** and **** ******* from [IVP], will continue to serve as Directors of the company."
The above was when IVP took majority holding into Jagex inc.. Jagex doesn't own Jagex anymore folks. IVP are the people making the decisions now, they've turned MMG into a puppet. The post he posted earlier about microtransactions probably wasn't in his writing, he most likely endorsed it. Just think, why would he not post under his own account?
Next fun quote for everyone to digest:
"Jagex has long held a leadership position in bringing to market innovative, entertaining and sophisticated online games", said **** ******, Managing Director at [IVP]. "Jagex's team has been developing several new games in the same tradition; our new investment will help accelerate their successful launch."
---All quotes taken from a Jagex press release, circa Feb. 2011
Notice 'accelerate their successful launch', what it seems IVP meant by that statement was they intend to milk us, the loyal fanbase of 12+ years, for everything we're worth. Since IVP has gained majority control they've probably had a hand in SoF and Solomon's. Jagex is currently in a state of battle within itself. You'll see jagex posting about 'bot killing' and 'player banning', because they want to maintain the appearance of being the same company that they were before IVP. Posts like that were unheard of before this summer. Jagex has no control of what happens with microtransactions. Look at GAIA online, another game IVP has majority control over, that's the path runescape is headed down. We're past the point of no return. Under IVP's control, membership will continue to become dwarfed by microtransactions, Solomon and SoF will only become more invasive. Anything short of that is a lie. Don't blame MMG, and don't blame Jagex
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