I was fine moving on after Gearbox. But when my former boss starts mouthing off about various aspects of my employment including “how highly compensated” I was and how “generous” he is, I feel obligated to correct the record.
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I had a lot of mixed feelings when asked to reprise the role of Claptrap late last year and eventually realized I was willing to put differences aside and do something cool for Borderlands fans with my friends at Gearbox.
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I ultimately offered to do it for “free” in exchange for past royalties owed plus an apology for something I’ve never spoken about publicly until now: Randy physically assaulted me in the lobby of the Marriott Marquis at GDC 2017.
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Personally, I think Randy’s been on tilt the last few years. He's not the victim he portrays himself to be. I even blocked him a couple years ago for stalking me on social media. Enough is enough.
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It's nice not feeling the need to spot any sleight of hand these days or wonder if the card was chosen or forced. I'm happy to be free from the half-truths and full-on deceptions. And thankful to no longer hear people referred to as "muggles" like a con-man refers to a "mark".
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As an aside, seems a bit conspicuous that he chimed in on my salary but didn't mention anything about the $12M of revenue he siphoned away from the employee royalty pool. FYI - GBX employees are asked to take lower salaries with the promise of royalty shares.
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2K says they won't give a statement regarding an ongoing lawsuit but if the allegation is false then it sure seems a lot easier to just deny it since that's the only reason they're mentioned. The whole thing stinks.
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Siphoning money?! I mean it would be the first time he's done it.
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i'm sorry you and the other people at gearbox have to put up with a piece of shit who had to come up with a magician-themed excuse for the barely legal porn he left with the company secrets on his usb at medieval times. he's done so much evil business shit over the years.
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He’s a self-proclaimed magician so it’s not surprising Randy’s magic trick was to make the royalties disappear. Sadly.
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This is not fair. Receiving royalties on top of moderate base pay is standard procedure not just in this industry. It's the only way a lot of people have a chance to make generous amounts of money and a number of people did.
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So we have an award winning and successful series of games that were apparently profitable... but for some reason one of the voice actors hasnt been fully paid yet.
Are we sure its just one voice actor?
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