cody8200
08-09-2004, 10:28 PM
Arlie Rahn, Adam Ryland, and Gary have all resigned from the company.
Arlie had this to say:
To All My .400 Software Studios Friends And Family,
It is with a heavy heart that I leave this note today. Today represents an ending of a part of my life that has consumed every waking hour for the past three years. Yet today represents a beginning to a new and exciting part of my life, full of big dreams and big ideas. Days like today never bring good news, and this will be no different.
On Friday, July 30th, 2004, I submitted, and the company accepted, my resignation. Today is my last day as an official .400 Software Studios employee.
It was a very tough decision. I’ve worked non-stop for the past three years to make games for this company. It was my dream. I’ve missed birthdays, holidays, family reunions and anniversaries. I’ve stayed up all night supporting our products on Christmas Eve two years in a row…this company was part of me. Deciding to walk away from it, and all of my hard work was the most difficult decision I’ve ever had to make. But sometimes a person needs to learn from their mistakes, cut their losses and move on. So I am.
The specific reasons for my resignation are personal, and I would prefer to keep them that way. I will say this - it has nothing to do with the current staff of .400 Software Studios. Scott, Tara and TC have been wonderful. They were always there to lend a hand when I needed them, put up with loads of crap from customers and the company owners when it wasn’t deserved, and they play a mean game of foosball. Gary, Adam, Jim and Rick have been fantastic technical resources for me, and I will miss that. When I needed to bounce an idea off someone, or had a question on how something was done in their games, they were all too happy to talk shop.
This is probably a shock to most of you. After all – I am an owner, how can I resign? When I thought about the reasons for my resignation, they were also reasons for me not wanting to be an owner any longer. So in connection with my resignation, and in accordance with the company’s operating agreement, I transferred my 25% ownership interest in this company to Farrah Whitworth-Rahn. Joe Stallings and Farrah Whitworth-Rahn are now equal owners of this company, each owning 50%. Farrah remains the Managing Member.
How does this impact you and the games you have come to love? Well, .400 owns Total Pro Football and Tournament Dreams College Basketball. The company tells me they will continue to sell both. I have agreed to offer tech support and will continue to post and monitor the forums for technical issues for both of those products for the next year.
I will not be producing any future games for .400. Any projects that I was working on stay with .400, and .400 can do what they wish with them. I am walking away empty handed.
I am sad that all my hard work stays with .400, but I am excited for my future. It’s a clean slate, a fresh start. It’s a way to analyze what did, and didn’t work. It’s a chance to do it right the next time, building it from the ground up. My dream is still to write games, and I will. And I will do it right. Just not with this company, .400 is my past. There’s another one out there somewhere that is my future.
Thank you all for your support over the past three years. Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, the suggestions, the feedback, even the criticism because it only made me work that much harder. And I am a better game designer for it.
Kindest Regards,
Arlie Rahn
Its sad to see him and all of his gaming code lost...TPF was close to greatness.
Arlie had this to say:
To All My .400 Software Studios Friends And Family,
It is with a heavy heart that I leave this note today. Today represents an ending of a part of my life that has consumed every waking hour for the past three years. Yet today represents a beginning to a new and exciting part of my life, full of big dreams and big ideas. Days like today never bring good news, and this will be no different.
On Friday, July 30th, 2004, I submitted, and the company accepted, my resignation. Today is my last day as an official .400 Software Studios employee.
It was a very tough decision. I’ve worked non-stop for the past three years to make games for this company. It was my dream. I’ve missed birthdays, holidays, family reunions and anniversaries. I’ve stayed up all night supporting our products on Christmas Eve two years in a row…this company was part of me. Deciding to walk away from it, and all of my hard work was the most difficult decision I’ve ever had to make. But sometimes a person needs to learn from their mistakes, cut their losses and move on. So I am.
The specific reasons for my resignation are personal, and I would prefer to keep them that way. I will say this - it has nothing to do with the current staff of .400 Software Studios. Scott, Tara and TC have been wonderful. They were always there to lend a hand when I needed them, put up with loads of crap from customers and the company owners when it wasn’t deserved, and they play a mean game of foosball. Gary, Adam, Jim and Rick have been fantastic technical resources for me, and I will miss that. When I needed to bounce an idea off someone, or had a question on how something was done in their games, they were all too happy to talk shop.
This is probably a shock to most of you. After all – I am an owner, how can I resign? When I thought about the reasons for my resignation, they were also reasons for me not wanting to be an owner any longer. So in connection with my resignation, and in accordance with the company’s operating agreement, I transferred my 25% ownership interest in this company to Farrah Whitworth-Rahn. Joe Stallings and Farrah Whitworth-Rahn are now equal owners of this company, each owning 50%. Farrah remains the Managing Member.
How does this impact you and the games you have come to love? Well, .400 owns Total Pro Football and Tournament Dreams College Basketball. The company tells me they will continue to sell both. I have agreed to offer tech support and will continue to post and monitor the forums for technical issues for both of those products for the next year.
I will not be producing any future games for .400. Any projects that I was working on stay with .400, and .400 can do what they wish with them. I am walking away empty handed.
I am sad that all my hard work stays with .400, but I am excited for my future. It’s a clean slate, a fresh start. It’s a way to analyze what did, and didn’t work. It’s a chance to do it right the next time, building it from the ground up. My dream is still to write games, and I will. And I will do it right. Just not with this company, .400 is my past. There’s another one out there somewhere that is my future.
Thank you all for your support over the past three years. Thanks for the kind words of encouragement, the suggestions, the feedback, even the criticism because it only made me work that much harder. And I am a better game designer for it.
Kindest Regards,
Arlie Rahn
Its sad to see him and all of his gaming code lost...TPF was close to greatness.