HL2 mod scam?

[CptStern]

The Atharon Conspiracy

This is the story of a fictitious man directing a fictitious company in the creation of a real game. Joshua Alejandro Jacobo, the pseudonym for a group of experienced fraudsters, recruited a significant number of modders between May and November 2005 for unpaid work on Realms of Valhallon: Age of Campaigns, purportedly a free Half-Life 2 mod. Campaigns was to act as a gateway for developers and players alike to Age of Nations, a retail MMORPG developed full-time and under contract; in reality, the fraudsters’ plan was almost certainly to take their victims’ work and sell it on, keeping every last drop of revenue to themselves.

interesting read, that sucks that people would stoop so low


http://features.moddb.com/251/the-atharon-conspiracy/

 

[Dekstar]

Well they get a 10 for initiative.

 

[JNightshade]

Bastards :/

 

[Javert]

Well if the fraudsters wrote a fraudalent disclaimer or agreement, the artists can haul their ass to court.

 

[Asuka]

Losers.

 

[63]

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=106358

More info there.