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Deleted User 26513
Profile Joined February 2007
2376 Posts
January 02 2014 19:53 GMT
#41
On January 03 2014 04:28 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 03 2014 03:49 Zealously wrote:
On January 03 2014 03:44 Derez wrote:
On January 03 2014 03:20 Zealously wrote:
On January 03 2014 03:04 Fuchsteufelswild wrote:
So why is it that neither the CEO or board of directors ever seems to be held responsible for shit they do?
Why the hell can't they be held responsible for the company they are the heads of?
Are laws really so screwed up that if you can't directly charge the company, you can never hold the people responsible accountable for it?


The problem here is that the "CEO" (I use the term loosely) stole money from both the company and the employees and then took off. Do you want the employees who also had their money stolen from them because their employer is a jackass? If someone "finds" Simon he might be persecuted, but it's impossible to take legal action against someone you can't actually find. And let's not forget that legal action costs money, which isn't exactly in abundance in the industry.


Also, Hyun has earned close to 200k without salaries. Even if we take away the 23k, how on earth does he not have the money to pay for a lawyer in what should be a pretty straight forward case? Yea, it sucks for Hyun but I'm not feeling any pity for a fortunate individual, nor do I see the need for the community to help out here.


No. Divide the number by three and you get closer to the actual number. As for legal action, Golden and Hyun have been put in touch with a lawyer specialising on international issues, but there is no guarantee that he'll ever see the money or that Simon is even capable of paying him back.

People need to understand that law is not magic and can't make money appear from nowhere. And generally courts are not in the business of garnishing people's wages to force them to pay funds they owe. Also, in the America court system, if Simon had no money to give, he could just declare bankruptcy and resolve the debt dispute that way.

Courts are not magic and generally it is not worth suing an individual to try and get your money back.


Even if he declares bankruptcy, he still must pay what he owes to his creditors. I don't know how is it in Canada, but I'm pretty sure you can't just declare bankruptcy and go in the green. Either with his own money or by selling assets he will be forced to pay. Now I don't know what kind of company Quantic is (or is it company at all), but usually this happens, at least in EU...
jubil
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2602 Posts
January 02 2014 19:55 GMT
#42
What a shame that the company had such a grossly inexperienced, immature, and immoral CEO. He needs to turn himself in and atone for this mess. In just running away from the situation, I hope his soul is ill at ease with what he's done.

Hearing these stories also makes you appreciate owners like Nazgul and Alex Garfield even more. Such a disaster would cause irreparable ruin to the scene had it happened at one of the pillars of eSports teams or community.
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Kuni
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Austria765 Posts
January 02 2014 19:58 GMT
#43
If he was running away with millions, but for 40k ... what kind of idiot is this person?
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TAMinator
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2706 Posts
January 02 2014 19:59 GMT
#44
What if the CEO died of lung cancer?
Pirfiktshon
Profile Joined June 2013
United States1072 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-02 20:01:47
January 02 2014 20:01 GMT
#45
Then I can tell you who his beneficiaries are going to be......
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
January 02 2014 20:03 GMT
#46
On January 03 2014 04:53 Pr0wler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 03 2014 04:28 Plansix wrote:
On January 03 2014 03:49 Zealously wrote:
On January 03 2014 03:44 Derez wrote:
On January 03 2014 03:20 Zealously wrote:
On January 03 2014 03:04 Fuchsteufelswild wrote:
So why is it that neither the CEO or board of directors ever seems to be held responsible for shit they do?
Why the hell can't they be held responsible for the company they are the heads of?
Are laws really so screwed up that if you can't directly charge the company, you can never hold the people responsible accountable for it?


The problem here is that the "CEO" (I use the term loosely) stole money from both the company and the employees and then took off. Do you want the employees who also had their money stolen from them because their employer is a jackass? If someone "finds" Simon he might be persecuted, but it's impossible to take legal action against someone you can't actually find. And let's not forget that legal action costs money, which isn't exactly in abundance in the industry.


Also, Hyun has earned close to 200k without salaries. Even if we take away the 23k, how on earth does he not have the money to pay for a lawyer in what should be a pretty straight forward case? Yea, it sucks for Hyun but I'm not feeling any pity for a fortunate individual, nor do I see the need for the community to help out here.


No. Divide the number by three and you get closer to the actual number. As for legal action, Golden and Hyun have been put in touch with a lawyer specialising on international issues, but there is no guarantee that he'll ever see the money or that Simon is even capable of paying him back.

People need to understand that law is not magic and can't make money appear from nowhere. And generally courts are not in the business of garnishing people's wages to force them to pay funds they owe. Also, in the America court system, if Simon had no money to give, he could just declare bankruptcy and resolve the debt dispute that way.

Courts are not magic and generally it is not worth suing an individual to try and get your money back.


Even if he declares bankruptcy, he still must pay what he owes to his creditors. I don't know how is it in Canada, but I'm pretty sure you can't just declare bankruptcy and go in the green. Either with his own money or by selling assets he will be forced to pay. Now I don't know what kind of company Quantic is (or is it company at all), but usually this happens, at least in EU...


I think Plansix has some kind of legal education (might be a paralegal?), and if he were to explain the legal situation I'd feel inclined to believe what he's saying. I would appreciate some clarification on the subject though if that's possible.


On January 03 2014 04:55 jubil wrote:
What a shame that the company had such a grossly inexperienced, immature, and immoral CEO. He needs to turn himself in and atone for this mess. In just running away from the situation, I hope his soul is ill at ease with what he's done.


Does anyone actually believe that this will happen? I mean I'd be jumping from joy if it did, but "turning himself in" for stealing some money? I doubt he's feeling very burdened by this situation.
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elfonse
Profile Joined March 2011
416 Posts
January 02 2014 20:05 GMT
#47
On January 03 2014 04:59 TAMinator wrote:
What if the CEO died of lung cancer?


you dont simply vanish off the radar one day if you were dying of lung cancer.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16962 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-02 20:16:51
January 02 2014 20:11 GMT
#48
i watched an eSPorts money mogul guy claim he had bone and lung cancer as well.
It was clear he was running out of money.
every one around him was afraid to say he was full of shit and just using it as an excuse.

its been more than 5 years now. and miracle of miracles this man is still alive.

God Bless America!

On January 03 2014 04:53 Pr0wler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 03 2014 04:28 Plansix wrote:
On January 03 2014 03:49 Zealously wrote:
On January 03 2014 03:44 Derez wrote:
On January 03 2014 03:20 Zealously wrote:
On January 03 2014 03:04 Fuchsteufelswild wrote:
So why is it that neither the CEO or board of directors ever seems to be held responsible for shit they do?
Why the hell can't they be held responsible for the company they are the heads of?
Are laws really so screwed up that if you can't directly charge the company, you can never hold the people responsible accountable for it?


The problem here is that the "CEO" (I use the term loosely) stole money from both the company and the employees and then took off. Do you want the employees who also had their money stolen from them because their employer is a jackass? If someone "finds" Simon he might be persecuted, but it's impossible to take legal action against someone you can't actually find. And let's not forget that legal action costs money, which isn't exactly in abundance in the industry.


Also, Hyun has earned close to 200k without salaries. Even if we take away the 23k, how on earth does he not have the money to pay for a lawyer in what should be a pretty straight forward case? Yea, it sucks for Hyun but I'm not feeling any pity for a fortunate individual, nor do I see the need for the community to help out here.


No. Divide the number by three and you get closer to the actual number. As for legal action, Golden and Hyun have been put in touch with a lawyer specialising on international issues, but there is no guarantee that he'll ever see the money or that Simon is even capable of paying him back.

People need to understand that law is not magic and can't make money appear from nowhere. And generally courts are not in the business of garnishing people's wages to force them to pay funds they owe. Also, in the America court system, if Simon had no money to give, he could just declare bankruptcy and resolve the debt dispute that way.

Courts are not magic and generally it is not worth suing an individual to try and get your money back.


Even if he declares bankruptcy, he still must pay what he owes to his creditors. I don't know how is it in Canada, but I'm pretty sure you can't just declare bankruptcy and go in the green. Either with his own money or by selling assets he will be forced to pay. Now I don't know what kind of company Quantic is (or is it company at all), but usually this happens, at least in EU...


Quebec is a whole other ball game. It's like a country inside a country.
Families can shuffle the cash around and avoid paying their creditors.

A text book Canadian example of shuffling internal family money around to avoid paying creditors occurred with "Sam THe Record Man".

The place went bankrupt 3 different times and the assets got shuffled around between Sam Sniderman and his sons.

Countless employees and creditors got thoroughly fucked over multiple times.

If this Simon guy wants to just throw up his hands and cry poor, and he knows what he is doing and plans it carefully.
then all his creditors are screwed.
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Caihead
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada8550 Posts
January 02 2014 20:19 GMT
#49
On January 03 2014 05:05 elfonse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 03 2014 04:59 TAMinator wrote:
What if the CEO died of lung cancer?


you dont simply vanish off the radar one day if you were dying of lung cancer.


You would if you are losing money rapidly from an enterprise that's providing you no revenue with out deep pockets, and then realize the huge potential medical costs in order to live. I hope to god this is not actually the case.
"If you're not living in the US or are a US Citizen, please do not tell us how to vote or how you want our country to be governed." - Serpest, American Hero
Comogury
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States412 Posts
January 02 2014 20:20 GMT
#50
I've been really against Quantic since they disbanded and reformed like a week later. No one seemed to have anything nice to say about the organization. This really isn't the first time Simon has been accused of taking money or being a shitty owner, either.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=431056

However, I don't think Hyun and the others will have the same outcome because of how much money this actually is.
probuLing
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
United States75 Posts
January 02 2014 20:20 GMT
#51
wow this sucks T.T
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iMrising
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States1099 Posts
January 02 2014 20:28 GMT
#52
On January 03 2014 05:19 Caihead wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 03 2014 05:05 elfonse wrote:
On January 03 2014 04:59 TAMinator wrote:
What if the CEO died of lung cancer?


you dont simply vanish off the radar one day if you were dying of lung cancer.


You would if you are losing money rapidly from an enterprise that's providing you no revenue with out deep pockets, and then realize the huge potential medical costs in order to live. I hope to god this is not actually the case.

that was exactly what I was thinking. That might actually be the worst possible situation.

$O$ | soO
PeopleWhoAnnoyYou
Profile Joined November 2012
58 Posts
January 02 2014 20:34 GMT
#53
I don't get it.

First all of Quantic's employees claim that they are "unpaid volunteers" who are not really affiliated with Simon. (Obviously to dodge blame for Hyun's incident)
Now they claim that Simon owes them money?

Lmao it seems like ALL of Quantic's employees are scumbags.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20319 Posts
January 02 2014 20:35 GMT
#54
On January 03 2014 02:28 SixStrings wrote:
Feels like everything is going to shit in SC2.

Was there always that much bad stuff, or is it just that there isn't anything to distract us from it?


I can't remember what that Philippines tournament was called, but we've had similar events before
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Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
January 02 2014 20:38 GMT
#55
On January 03 2014 05:34 PeopleWhoAnnoyYou wrote:
First all of Quantic's employees claim that they are "unpaid volunteers"


No, that never happened. Most =/= all
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-niL
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada1131 Posts
January 02 2014 20:38 GMT
#56
Can't you like report it to the union?
Rostam
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2552 Posts
January 02 2014 20:41 GMT
#57
On January 03 2014 05:34 PeopleWhoAnnoyYou wrote:
I don't get it.

First all of Quantic's employees claim that they are "unpaid volunteers" who are not really affiliated with Simon. (Obviously to dodge blame for Hyun's incident)
Now they claim that Simon owes them money?

Lmao it seems like ALL of Quantic's employees are scumbags.


I'll admit I haven't been following this saga too closely, but somehow I really doubt the team's COO ever claimed to be an unpaid volunteer.
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Doomhunter
Profile Joined June 2013
United States12 Posts
January 02 2014 20:46 GMT
#58
On January 03 2014 05:28 iMrising wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 03 2014 05:19 Caihead wrote:
On January 03 2014 05:05 elfonse wrote:
On January 03 2014 04:59 TAMinator wrote:
What if the CEO died of lung cancer?


you dont simply vanish off the radar one day if you were dying of lung cancer.


You would if you are losing money rapidly from an enterprise that's providing you no revenue with out deep pockets, and then realize the huge potential medical costs in order to live. I hope to god this is not actually the case.

that was exactly what I was thinking. That might actually be the worst possible situation.




I really hope this Simon guy is telling the truth or that his quote about having a lump on his lung was misquoted but as someone who's significant other is a doctor with a background in cancer treatment his statement just sounds like BS. If you have a lump on your lung that a doctor feels is cancerous #1 they would not use the word cancer before the diagnosis and if they were truly worried about it they would have the test results back in a short time frame...He would not be waiting on the results for long.

His statement of having a lump on his lung and the doctors think its probably cancer sounds to me like someone who is not educated on the subject and wants people to believe something that isn't true.

chobopeon
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States7342 Posts
January 02 2014 21:22 GMT
#59
On January 03 2014 05:38 -niL wrote:
Can't you like report it to the union?


What union is that?
:O
Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
January 02 2014 21:26 GMT
#60
Would it matter even if he was suffering from cancer? You don't lie and mislead people for half a year and then run off with $40k. People die all the time, living in horrible circumstances, and they usually aren't as lucky to be a rich person living off their parent's inheritence.
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