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    • Magoose said:
    Hi Magoose here one of the guys helping Duke.

    So we have some bad news.

    The quest has been canceled as duke does not want to write it anymore.

    I'm going to ask if I can take over for it, because I like this quest, and it would be a shame to kill it
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    TBF, Mags, you have been doing a lot of the heavylifting for the quest, so this will be in good hands. :)

    To be clear to everyone, this is just me burning out on imagination of the quest, since my muse has been hitting me over the head a lot with so many different ideas that I just can't find myself too interested in this.

    I'll still hang out here, though, since this still does have a sepcial place in my heart.

    I'd like to thank you all for making this a wonderful experience while it lasted.

    I'd also like to thank @Magoose, @Fluffy_serpent, and @Martin Noctis for doing so much to help prepare and write this quest. I couldn't have done it without you all. :D

    I'll see you all around.

    With so many regards, Duke William Of.
     
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    • Nova_kaiser said:
    Good, for a moment I thought you wanted to buy casino's. Like in a money perspective it's a good idea but I think Bruce would be opposed to gambling.
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    Nah, Kirk can keep his casinos. They make money but they also make people miserable and ruin their lives.

    MGM honestly has such a weird and bizarro history of ownership. Kirk bought it only to use it to brand his Casinos and neglected film production, like if Elon Musk bought Disney and used it to make Disney-themed cars and rockets and not do anything else. Kirk then sold MGM and UA to Ted Turner in '86, only for Ted to sell both back to Kirk because he had huge ass debt and couldn't finance any productions, only for Ted to end up owning the film library of MGM and UA.

    All Ted really did with that library was just use it to build up his channels and here we're gonna enter into TV so I want those creative licenses to be in Lucasfilms' hands.

    It's an opportunity that I think is gonna be likely unless Magoose Dice favor Kirk cause he has no passion or interest in making movies and just wants to play in Vegas.

    So with FNAF movie coming out that got me thinking, Chuck E. Cheese is going public in 1981. Should we invest in that or is that kind of business doomed to end up failing?
     
    Kaiser Chris said:
    Chuck E. Cheese is going public in 1981. Should we invest in that or is that kind of business doomed to end up failing?
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    I think it's a good idea because it gives synergy when we (hopefully) found Lucasarts. And maybe we can make them into arcades and hope we can buck the trend of them disapearing in the west and make them as popular as arcade's are in Japan.
     
    Kaiser Chris said:
    So with FNAF movie coming out that got me thinking, Chuck E. Cheese is going public in 1981. Should we invest in that or is that kind of business doomed to end up failing?
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    If it ever expanded to have a Dave & Busters section, that allowed alcohol after hours...maybe.

    I think what really killed it was the failure to innovate and manage their locations.
     
    Kaiser Chris said:
    Kirk Kerkorian has no interest in making movies. He's just a casino magnate who bought MGM for the branding. I want to buy MGM primarily to get their library and thus add it to VHS sales and streaming if we decide to make a platform years later. Plus MGM made most of Debbie's movies so it's nice to keep those within the family.
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    I hear you, but I honestly was kind of hoping to bang out an omake about Trump looking to buy up MGM. I think it makes a lot of sense as an extension of his rivalry with Joseph, he would have similar money motives as Kerkorian(as in seeing how much money can be made in movies now and wanting to move in), he'd very much want the spotlight like is given to the likes of Lucasfilm, he already did tons of media related stuff personally since the 80s and also later with The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice as well as being massively connected with Hollywood types, he apparently actually tried to get into the film industry with his own studio at some point otl around 2010ish or something, and perhaps the most important reason is that it has Gold in the name! I'm only half joking about that last one. I just think it would be really interesting to see Trump enter into the film industry, but it's not a big deal to me either way and I just wanted to put that out there.

    Kaiser Chris said:
    So with FNAF movie coming out that got me thinking, Chuck E. Cheese is going public in 1981. Should we invest in that or is that kind of business doomed to end up failing?
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    I don't think it would be doomed to fail, but I don't care either way. I absolutely want to get into the game, but I kind of wanted to try and do Freddy Fazbear's as our franchise, making it into a real chain, and compete with Chuck E. Cheese, although that would probably conflict with any attempts to make FNAF in the future(not in any real sense, but it's probably not smart to make a horror franchise about dead children off of your kid friendly establishment).
     
    Schehera Zade said:
    I don't think it would be doomed to fail, but I don't care either way. I absolutely want to get into the game, but I kind of wanted to try and do Freddy Fazbear's as our franchise and compete with Chuck E. Cheese, although that would probably conflict with any attempts to make FNAF in the future(not in any real sense, but it's probably not smart to make a horror franchise about dead children off of your kid friendly establishment).
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    Whichever happens, I just want Matthew Lillard to be there.
     
    Orion Ultor said:
    Whichever happens, I just want Matthew Illard to be there.
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    I love Matthew Lillard. Huge part of my childhood and one of my favorite actors. He's just such a wholesome person from what I've seen of him. I strongly support backing this man. And now that I'm thinking of it, since we have Wes Craven and are also trying to get Scooby Doo(and other Hanna-Barbera properties), we get to work with him in the future potentially.
     
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    Kaiser Chris said:
    Yeah I meant Marvel.
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    Well, I don´t think that Charlton is a good investment even then... I think it would be much more interesting to wait a few years and buy Dark Horse Comics...

    And since they are mostly specialized in independent comics and licensed material that often does not fit into mainstream media, they are an interesting acquisition even if we purchase Marvel without any problems
    Kaiser Chris said:
    Kirk Kerkorian has no interest in making movies. He's just a casino magnate who bought MGM for the branding. I want to buy MGM primarily to get their library and thus add it to VHS sales and streaming if we decide to make a platform years later. Plus MGM made most of Debbie's movies so it's nice to keep those within the family.
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    Speaking of VHS, another great investment could be to create something like Blockbuster for VHS rentals...

    I mean, the whole business it is doomed to fall like a hose of cards in the 2000s, but there is plenty of business to be made until then...
     
    I would like to try and make a pitch for an animatronic Horror movie, but not involving FNAF. Would that butterfly it away nonetheless?
     
    Fanhunter696 said:
    I mean, the whole business it is doomed to fall like a hose of cards in the 2000s, but there is plenty of business to be made until then...
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    It's not doomed to fail...their leadership just got complacent, and they spurned the offer to own Netflix.

    If we transition them into a TV station and/or a streaming service in the 2000s, they should survive.
     
    Fanhunter696 said:
    Speaking of VHS, another great investment could be to create something like Blockbuster for VHS rentals...

    I mean, the whole business it is doomed to fall like a hose of cards in the 2000s, but there is plenty of business to be made until then...
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    As much as I would love to have Blockbuster be a permanent store and help support one of my favorite childhood places, United States v. Paramount has me scared that if we do it then someone is gonna launch an anti-trust suit.

    However, one action I absolutely will do at any cost is to have Bruce be the one to buy YouTube instead of Google. YouTube is one of the most important websites ever and it has lots of content creators that are better than modern Hollywood and TV. If nothing else, I want to make sure that under Bruce's oversight that Susan's reign of corporate BS never comes to fruition.
     
    Schehera Zade said:
    I just think it would be really interesting to see Trump enter into the film industry, but it's not a big deal to me either way and I just wanted to put that out there.
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    The thing is MGM has nothing left in the movie space and only has old shows and ip's from aeon's past. So If Donnie wants to start a movie company I think he would either stick to what he knows with TV and then expand there or maybe start a partnership with Fox, but even then Trump is not a guy known for his patience and honesty (and competence) so most likely he would enter a parnership or start his own company, do something stupid and then get kicked out/ declare bankrupcy and then do something new and the process repeats.
     
    overmind said:
    I would like to try and make a pitch for an animatronic Horror movie, but not involving FNAF. Would that butterfly it away nonetheless?
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    Probably not, if I remember right half the reason they were animatronic in the first place was there being limitations with his animation software and it was the easiest way to configure and stylize the models.
    Kaiser Chris said:
    If nothing else, I want to make sure that under Bruce's oversight that Susan's reign of corporate BS never comes to fruition
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    I'm already blocked out of using it on Opera because I refuse to take down my ad-blockers.

    Literally told me, you get three videos and if you don't remove it then the videoplayer won't even operate.
     
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    Fanhunter696 said:
    Well, I don´t think that Charlton is a good investment even then... I think it would be much more interesting to wait a few years and buy Dark Horse Comics...
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    Why the hell would we do that? Why would we give up the opportunity to buy an established comic company with established characters(that we know from OTL have lots of potential to become super popular) and other IP in order to instead buy a brand new company with no IP that specializes in licensed material, meaning we get absolutely nothing from it? Especially since we'd have to wait until 1986 to do it. At that point, I'd rather us just set up our own company. Speaking of, if we did set up our own comic company(which I think would be good just in case we can't get Marvel or can't get any other replacements/a replacement becomes too contentious), I think in that case we should buy Bantam Publishing(which we were already going to do because of their OTL connections with Lucasfilm and the Star Wars books) and create an arm of the company called Bantam Comics. We can publish comics based on our material through that for a while and if we get another company instead, we can just merge the companies, but we can also just keep them around if things don't pan out for any other company.
     
    Kaiser Chris said:
    As much as I would love to have Blockbuster be a permanent store and help support one of my favorite childhood places, United States v. Paramount has me scared that if we do it then someone is gonna launch an anti-trust suit.
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    Wait a couple years under Reagan and if need be agree to an agreement where will not give preferential or detrimental treatment to any company.
     
    Nova_kaiser said:
    Wait a couple years under Reagan and if need be agree to an agreement where will not give preferential or detrimental treatment to any company.
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    Alternatively, we can just buy the Blockbuster brand without the rest of the company when it collapses in order to use the brand as our streaming service competitor to Netflix. Even today, Blockbuster has a lot of brand recognition so I think it would be a worthwhile purchase even in such a limited capacity.
     
    Schehera Zade said:
    Alternatively, we can just buy the Blockbuster brand without the rest of the company when it collapses in order to use the brand as our streaming service competitor to Netflix. Even today, Blockbuster has a lot of brand recognition so I think it would be a worthwhile purchase even in such a limited capacity.
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    Blockbuster won't exist as a corporate entity for another five years, and one of the founders of Netflix only created the company after he was fined $40 for a late fee, it's easier to create the company ourselves at this point in time.
     
    Orion Ultor said:
    It's not doomed to fail...their leadership just got complacent, and they spurned the offer to own Netflix.

    If we transition them into a TV station and/or a streaming service in the 2000s, they should survive.
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    I mean, we could certainly make the brand thrive by converting it to a streaming service in the 2000s...

    But no matter what we do physical video rental shops are doomed to extinction...
    Schehera Zade said:
    Why the hell would we do that? Why would we give up the opportunity to buy an established comic company with established characters(that we know from OTL have lots of potential to become super popular) and other IP in order to instead buy a brand new company with no IP that specializes in licensed material? Especially since we'd have to wait until 1986 to do it. At that point, I'd rather us just set up our own company. Speaking of, if we did set up our own comic company(which I think would be good just in case we can't get Marvel or can't get any other replacements/a replacement becomes too contentious), I think in that case we should buy Bantam Publishing(which we were already going to do because of their OTL connections with Lucasfilm and the Star Wars books) and create an arm of the company called Bantam Comics. We can publish comics based on our material through that for a while and if we get another company instead, we can just merge the companies, but we can also just keep them around if things don't pan out for any other company.
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    Because at this point Charlton is nothing but the rights of a handful of characters that have been inactive for years and an antiquated printing press... Whereas Dark Horse Comics is the third biggest comic editorial in America which has produced some of the most iconic comic books of all time like Hellboy, the Goon, Sin City, and so forth.
    Schehera Zade said:
    Alternatively, we can just buy the Blockbuster brand without the rest of the company when it collapses in order to use the brand as our streaming service competitor to Netflix. Even today, Blockbuster has a lot of brand recognition so I think it would be a worthwhile purchase even in such a limited capacity.
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    Why wait? Let´s create/buy the company now and when the 2000s come we transform it in a streaming platform...
     
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    Fanhunter696 said:
    Because at this point Charlton is nothing but the rights of a handful of characters that have been inactive for years and an antiquated printing press... Whereas Dark Horse Comics is the third biggest comic editorial in America which has produced some of the most iconic comic books of all time like Hellboy, the Goon, Sin City, and so forth.
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    You're ignoring the fact that it won't exist as a company for another 6 years(which depending on what happens moving forward could end up being a long fucking time to wait out of game) and none of those IP existed until the mid to late 90s, as well as the fact that it's primarily a company that publishes licensed comics(which means we get nothing substantial from them in terms of IP until the 90s or even the 2000s in some cases). It's an utterly pointless purchase and we would be better served just forming our own comic company at that point to handle new and original comic IP, comics licensing, as well as comic adaptations of our own existing IP.
     
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    Nova_kaiser said:
    The thing is MGM has nothing left in the movie space and only has old shows and ip's from aeon's past.
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    I chose MGM specifically for Trump since it's still considered one of the "larger" film companies as well as the only one still "available" since all the others have some larger owner/backing, I think a sale between Kerkorian and Trump makes a lot of sense based on what I know about the two, Kerkorian is the most likely to actually want to sell, and because it has Gold in the name. That's pretty much it. It works fine if he just makes his own studio, but I think it makes more sense for him to at least try to get MGM.
     
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    Cyberphilosipher said:
    The Debriefing
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    +10 to Audience and Critic Roll to Star Wars as agreed.
    Orion Ultor said:
    Na Żelaznym Koniu Jadę: Gdy Przybywają Husaria Skrzydlatych ] On An Iron Horse I Ride: When The Winged Hussars Arrive: [ Film | Historical Drama / War ]
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    +15 to SP... For reasons.

    (When the winged hussars arrive plays in the background.)
    Orion Ultor said:
    The Album:
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    []Carrie's Got Metal in her Veins (Carrie begins producing a metal Album after she gives birth, and its good. very good)
    []Queen Takes notice (Carries metal vocals gives her an invite to guest sing for Queen in their new album)
    []Take Control (Unkonw Effect.)
    overmind said:
    Movie Pitch:
    Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
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    How about this:

    Script Quality:
    D100 + 100 => 192
    Orion Ultor said:
    Jewel's Are A Girls Best Friend:
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    ...

    As Agreed: The Crown Jewels of Ireland are now in the possession of Debbie Reynolds, having been bought from Marylin Monroe's estate before they were stolen...

    And they have a story to tell.
    Kaiser Chris said:
    Treaty of Stockholm
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    Romania will see itself joining NATO next year, as well as another D100 that will show itself.
    Kaiser Chris said:
    @Magoose If Orion's car action is chosen will Bruce mostly be acting as the money man and the existing auto people will handle the bulk of design, production and distribution? At the very least these people aren't in legal and personal hell like Delorian.
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    Moneyman only, Bruce has absolutely no time to do that.
    Schehera Zade said:
    I hear you, but I honestly was kind of hoping to bang out an omake about Trump looking to buy up MGM. I think it makes a lot of sense as an extension of his rivalry with Joseph, he would have similar money motives as Kerkorian(as in seeing how much money can be made in movies now and wanting to move in), he'd very much want the spotlight like is given to the likes of Lucasfilm, he already did tons of media related stuff personally since the 80s and also later with The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice as well as being massively connected with Hollywood types, he apparently actually tried to get into the film industry with his own studio at some point otl around 2010ish or something, and perhaps the most important reason is that it has Gold in the name!
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    The funny thing is...

    Donnie has the possibility to not only make many moves that he wasn't able to, because as it turns out... he didn't have the drive tothink about it.

    With the O'Brian Rivally? Well he may buy the knicks before Dolan does... and maybe not run that fucking team into the ground.

    The USFL may actually survive without his meddling, or rather, he will push even harder to succeed, just because he dosen't want to see Carrie win.

    The possibilities are endless.

    Except MGM... mostly because I have plans for Donnie in the film industry. if he decides to do that.
    Schehera Zade said:
    I just think it would be really interesting to see Trump enter into the film industry, but it's not a big deal to me either way and I just wanted to put that out there.
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    Donnie won't enter the Film industry unless two things happen. And those are secrets.
     
    I would love to see Trump bumble and fall flat on his face in trying to make a movie studio with all the patience, honesty and talent he posses. If he's lucky he might last a couple years before he declares chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
     
    Nova_kaiser said:
    I would love to see Trump bumble and fall flat on his face in trying to make a movie studio with all the patience, honesty and talent he posses. If he's lucky he might last a couple years before he declares chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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    ... Or he succeeds just to rub it in our face. :V

    Magoose dice are in play after all.
     
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