RapidShare interested in buying Subspace o.O

[DankNuggets]

so been absent awhile, is this really happening or is this sort of a eastern orthodox calendar April Fool's joke?

[D1st0rt]

The dude can't even use proper grammar or syntax.

I'm sure your German is impeccable. Really, out of the whole thing this is what you pick to talk about? Come on now.

[PaulOakenfold]

I'm sure your German is impeccable. Really, out of the whole thing this is what you pick to talk about? Come on now.

A serious company has someone that will write these things for them.

[veetee]

I was hoping that a serious suggestion that makes a 'global' change would require a professional representant. This could be either fake or relatively unimportant for them. Anyways the idea itself is interesting enough to negociate on it (despite the fact we have no say), so as to get an in-sight on their (if real) suggestions on the matter.

This, however, gives us a strong impression that this zone and game overall are in the need of, even drastic, changes that might manipulate the population trend. Best thing is to consider money gain, but how? Perhaps add adverts to zones or league? I do not know, but it could be a start for another thread: how to take actions that could resist the diminishing population? - Yes I know it has been discussed, but little or no actions were taken. Perhaps merging with another zone could do something?

vt

[Xog]

I will let you guys know of anything from the support from RapidShare. I'm using my email account from the law firm I work at to make this sound a bit more serious.

[Dameon Angell]

Page 4, thread shoulda died in flames on page 1.

[Xog]

Someone Post This On Ssforums

Dear Sir,

We need your identity to know who we are talking to. My name is Bobby Chang and I am the managing director of RapidShare AG.
If you are the responsible person who can negotiate for Subspace, I would appreciate if we could set up a call to discuss an interesting opportunity for both companies.

Please send me an email back to confirm your identity with contact details to set up a call.

Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüssen

Bobby Chang
COO

RapidShare AG
Gewerbestrasse 6
6330 Cham
Switzerland

Tel: +41 41 748 78 88
Fax: +41 41 748 78 99

Web: http://www.rapidshare.com


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From: Logan SinClair <*****@****.com>
To: support@rapidshare.com
Subject: There was an E-Mail supposedly from the CEO of Rapidshare sent..
Date: 2009-05-07 04:25:03

> Hello,
>
> There has been emails supposedly being sent back and forth from a VIP
> on www.SSForum.net and the CEO of Rapidshare ( "Christian Schmid" ).
> This is a very serious concern considering the circumstances. SSForums
> is a forum for the game Subspace, which is independently ran and is
> being asked of by the CEO of Rapidshare. This is important to us to
> know if these emails are truly from him or if they are fake. You can
> view copies of the emails from the "CEO" in the link to the SSForum here:
> http://www.ssforum.net/index.php?showtopic=22995
>
> Please take the time to look into this. There is no way for us to know
> for sure if this truly is an email from the CEO of Rapidshare.
>
> Thank you.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------
> From: Christian Schmid <****@rapidshare. com>
> Subject: Bringing Subspace to the masses
> To: grelminar@yahoo. com
> Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 6:35 PM
>
>
> Hello.
>
> I am owning one of the biggest websites world-wide. Maybe you have
> already heard about RapidShare.com? We have around 30 Million users
> per day rising and a bandwidth of over 500 Gigabit/s.
>
> So why am I contacting you?
>
> I have already played Subspace when it was released one decade ago
> iirc. I spent many sleepness nights playing it and well... it was just a great game.
> Now I have found out that its still alive and I played it again... and
> well... its still cool.
>
> So I am thinking about bringing that little nice game to a big new
> user-base. Think about 100.000 players playing SS at the same time.
> Wouldn't that be nice? We have the bandwidth and the servers to solve
> the technical issues, we have the money to hopefully solve the legal issues.
>
> Is it possible to chat a bit so I can solve the issue if this project
> is possible at all?
>
> Christian Schmid
> CEO
> RapidShare AG
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------------------------
> --
> >
---- End forwarded message ---

[Kid Kaos]

What is the hold up on this? If its all legit we should have done this 2 fucking years ago.

[Xog]

i need to get in contact with someone of the councel or PoLiX ASAP. Can someone PM me his email or phone number?

[Blocks]

Was the assurance that these emails were real not enough for you? I don't know what you intended to accomplish by contacting them.

[Eeks]

Was the assurance that these emails were real not enough for you? I don't know what you intended to accomplish by contacting them.

He probably just wanted to get himself noticed.

[PaulOakenfold]

I'm the CEO bitch! I ain't taking this email! Hold on, heh heh, let me have my COO take care of this very important matter.


wtf?

[DankNuggets]

I don't think him independently verifying that the email is legit is any cause for concern. I mean if anything, it will just show the people at RapidShare that there are people interested in what's going on, and that they are also very interested in preserving continuum. If xog was pretending to be someone who can negotiate from a point of influence, then maybe you'd have a point. But as a curious "regular player" he's just reinforcing their beliefs that the game is viable, and that people will actually use RapidShare in order to play it (he had to have an account to email them i'm assuming).

I'd seriously doubt there'd ever be a lot of legal recourse because whoever seems to own the rights to SS doesn't seem to give a fuck what goes on with it.

I'd also be interested to see what games they have that make them money. Does anybody know? What's their source of revenue from? Subscriptions or ads?

[Xog]

I don't think him independently verifying that the email is legit is any cause for concern. I mean if anything, it will just show the people at RapidShare that there are people interested in what's going on, and that they are also very interested in preserving continuum. If xog was pretending to be someone who can negotiate from a point of influence, then maybe you'd have a point. But as a curious "regular player" he's just reinforcing their beliefs that the game is viable, and that people will actually use RapidShare in order to play it (he had to have an account to email them i'm assuming).

I'd seriously doubt there'd ever be a lot of legal recourse because whoever seems to own the rights to SS doesn't seem to give a fuck what goes on with it.

I'd also be interested to see what games they have that make them money. Does anybody know? What's their source of revenue from? Subscriptions or ads?

I already contacted PoLiX and let him & Bobby Chang know who I was and where I stand and how I can help (believe me I'm a very resourceful person in this matter, I wont go into details). They are going to discuss the matter further. If I am needed, polix will contact me. It's now between PoLiX, the councel, and rapidshare.

[Dutch_]

In the meantime: "ladies and gentlemen!"