At 9/21/09 06:01 PM, Magical-Zorse wrote:
At 9/21/09 05:00 PM, Zuggz wrote:
Yes it is the greyhound racing game on addicitinggames. And Snubby is just some alias addictinggames used for themselves since it was an exclusive sponsorship we basically we're working literally for them as contracted staff in a way.
That's just low, that abtoons guy, or whoever he is should be ashamed of himself
That sucks, sorry to hear about your situation. Definately always always always keep documentation of things. You learn the hard way but you seriously are better off if you hammer into your head to keep documentation of any and everything if it involves money changing hands. Make photocopies of checks you get, e-mails discussing money amounts, whatever. First year i did freelance work i didnt bother to keep documentation and i got into some shit with a client because he 'verbally' promised one amount and then come time to pay the bill said he never agreed to such a thing.
As for your particular situation, you really shoulda gotten in there in the mix with your sponsor from the begenning and have been getting checks from the sponsor. Funneling your cut through the other person really put you in a vulnerable spot and the worst scenario played itself out unfortunately. Games are a team effort generally and most sponsors are well aware of that and are typically used to/open to the idea of having to cut a check to artist and another to programmer (and another to audio artist if applicable). This way worse case scenario if he runs off with your check, he couldnt cash it anyway.
Having you just trust someone who you've never worked with to handle your end of your finances is about as insane as it sounds outside of the internet.
I have no experience in law so i have no clue how much leverage you actually have in this scenario to recover your money, my guess would be very little since you werent contractually bound to your sponsor at all but rather some stranger who had access to your money and decided to run off.
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