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And while Schilling is a lot of things I do feel bad for him.

Posted by Mel Profit (aka mel profit) Oct 8 '13, 07:37

he didn't blow it on custom SUVs and Dom but he did spend it foolishly. But still...having people go through your house like it's a big garage sale must be humiliating.

Now don't mind me, I have to go check the couch for a spare $92k...

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Yup. -- nm - David Oct 8, 07:47
i dunno, it was his own typically fatheaded hubris that did him in.....nm - x Oct 8, 07:42 14
- although I think it's different slightly... - Mel Profit Oct 8, 07:56 4
  - i mostly agree. but the fatal flaw was thinking that because he liked games that he knew enough to develop something that could compete with wow.... - x Oct 8, 08:02 2
    - totally agree. it was hubris. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 8, 08:05 1
      - like... - Mel Profit Oct 8, 08:06
  - although, he would have had a better time going bankrupt. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 8, 07:57
- agreed, I suppose. He wasn't buying tigers but it's the same thing. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 8, 07:46 8
  - Schilling's d-bagness aside, I feel worse for the taxpayers in RI who gave him that loan. -- nm - Diva Oct 8, 07:51 6
    - I blame the RI officials who gave him the loan. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 8, 07:54 5
      - Most of them weren't officials - they were mostly CEOs. The Governor was the only public official on the board. -- (link) - Roger More Oct 8, 08:11 2
        
        Right, I sit corrected. I blame these guys a lot. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 8, 08:13 1
        
        It's fascinating to me, because the thought is obviously "government decision makers don't understand the private sector and don't understand risk and - Roger More Oct 8, 08:24
      - they were focused like a laser beam on jobs. -- nm - Diva Oct 8, 08:02
      - This. And it's the employees I feel bad for. Many got shafted bad when he shut things down -- nm - decline Oct 8, 07:55
  - total self centered belief in what you're doing can often pay off in athletics and in business.... - x Oct 8, 07:50
His gamble on the videogame empire was a bridge too far -- nm - budice Oct 8, 07:40 8
- It's too bad, imo. The game was quite enjoyable and is also free right now on PS+. -- nm - Shaun Oct 8, 08:02
- GTA made what, 800 trillion million dollars? - groiny Oct 8, 07:48 5
  - Nah, that just means it's a substantial market. Speaks nothing to his ability to earn a slice of that market. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 8, 08:09 1
    - just saying there is a good chance to hit it big with a great idea and execution.... - groiny Oct 8, 08:14
  - yeah, if you know about making games. it seems like they never had much of a business plan beyond "make cool games!" -- nm - mafic Oct 8, 07:59
  - trying to out-wow wow was a total fool's errand.....nm - x Oct 8, 07:52
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- He tried to live his dream. I respect that. It is the state money that bothers me. -- nm - David Oct 8, 07:47
I really don't. -- nm - Diva Oct 8, 07:38

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