I used to work for Ernie Baker when he was the US VP for Games Workshop. He was a fool, (and a dishonest fool at that) back then and from my experience, is going to be a fool for the rest of his miserable life.
He was a petty tyrant, and bitter, but the thing I despised the most was his basic dishonesty. I think, unfortunately, the KS backers are experiencing the consequences of that as well.
I feel bad that there is another set of victims, but there are not enough bad things that can happen to him.
Hey Will, yeah I heard allot of the rumblings from the kickstarter, late shipments etc. I had no idea about his history but, from what you said it all tracks. Bloody shame as the idea and the figures really looked sweet. I do hope a reputable person or company picks this up, if that is even possible.
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2 comments:
I used to work for Ernie Baker when he was the US VP for Games Workshop. He was a fool, (and a dishonest fool at that) back then and from my experience, is going to be a fool for the rest of his miserable life.
He was a petty tyrant, and bitter, but the thing I despised the most was his basic dishonesty. I think, unfortunately, the KS backers are experiencing the consequences of that as well.
I feel bad that there is another set of victims, but there are not enough bad things that can happen to him.
I hope he burns in hell.
Will Postell
Hey Will, yeah I heard allot of the rumblings from the kickstarter, late shipments etc. I had no idea about his history but, from what you said it all tracks. Bloody
shame as the idea and the figures really looked sweet. I do hope a reputable person
or company picks this up, if that is even possible.
Don
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