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Re:I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft and giv... by mikkom on Thursday December 08, 2022 @07:05AM (#33906980)
And that's why he paid 20000 euros for it, right?

I don't understand what this guy is complaining about to be honest.

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Re:I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft and giv... by jrochkind1 on Thursday December 08, 2022 @10:50AM (#33909162)
Is he complaining?

I don't think so? He does say he has had hurt feelings. Do you mean you don't understand why he has hurt feelings?

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Re:I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft and giv... by mikkom on Thursday December 08, 2022 @02:11PM (#33911856)
It's very clear that he thinks he deserves more money because the game he write short story for was a success.

20k is a very reasonable sum for this kind of gig.

For me he sounds greedy and yes it sounds like he complains (a lot)

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Re:I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft and giv... by pbhjpbhj on Thursday December 08, 2022 @08:16AM (#33907547)
I can't recall the details but wasn't it $20k under a $15M total valuation? Proportionally that would be $3.3M of a $2.5B valuation.
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Re:I liberate the ending to Minecraft from Microsoft and giv... by bena on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:31AM (#33908222)
He wasn't offering a portion of the game's profits or a portion of the company. He was offering money for a work-for-hire.

At a $15M valuation, the work was worth $20k to them. At a $2.5B valuation, the work was $20k to them.

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