From: Legend of the Five Rings RPGA Info List
[L5RRPGINFO@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM] on behalf of Hitomi Matashiro
[joshbrumm@YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 9:30 AM
To: L5RRPGINFO@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM
Subject: [L5RRPGINFO] Bye bye Pinnacle bye bye she said in her letter .
. .

This shouldn't affect the L5R RPG any, but it does affect AEG.  I wish
all parties involved the best of luck in their individual endeavors.

Hitomi Matashiro

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Pinnacle and Alderac to Split
Posted by: GraveyardGreg 10/04/99 - 09:37pm

(reprinted from the General Discussion forums...)

Since Alderac joined with Pinnacle, the plan has been to relocate the
Virginia staff of Pinnacle to the offices of Alderac in Ontario,
California. Times change, and the Virginia staff has decided not to
relocate, forcing the companies to split on very amicable terms.

"Being with AEG has been a great experience," said Shane Hensley, CEO
of Pinnacle. "It's been a great two years. But we're ready to start on
some new projects, and the difference in geography, time zones, and
duplication of staff, has made it prohibitive. AEG also has its hands
full with Legend of the Five Rings and 7th Sea. By splitting the
companies back into their original pies, we can better accommodate the
directions each company is moving in."

Pinnacle's President, Matt Forbeck, whose hit-game Brave New World
debuted this summer, has already relocated to his hometown of Beloit,
Wisconsin. So that he can concentrate on this incredible new game,
Brave New World will remain in production out West, and bear the
Alderac Entertainment Group logo sometime near the end of the year.
"It's been a great four years." said Matt Forbeck, "I wouldn't trade it
for the world. But now that I'm in Wisconsin to write, I can't do the
production work anymore. And Pinnacle has its hands full with all the
various Deadlands projects, so we all decided it would be best if BNW
remained with Alderac."

"This does mean a temporary delay in some of our larger projects, such
as Grim Crusade," said Shane Hensley. "We have to arrange all new deals
for casting minis, make sure that all the changeover in personnel,
accounting, and shipping is in place, and generally prepare to take on
all the duties that our friends at AEG have handled for us for the past
two years."

For now, distributors and business relations should continue dealing
with the Pinnacle West staff. Changeover information, including demo
teams, billing and shipping addresses, distributor terms, and so forth,
will follow as Pinnacle East re-hires its staff in October-November.
The change should be complete by the first of the year.

from http://www.gamingoutpost.com/shownews2.php3?id=939094656

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