He is one of my favorite Star Trek Villains. He’s the man that everyone loves to hate – none other than the man himself, Khan. Most people who read this site and listen to our show will remember the moment when the Shakespeare quoting villain says “Revenge is a dish best served cold, and it is very cold in space.”
For those of you who Richard Garriott aka Lord British aka Admiral British, the man who brought us Ultima Online and Tabula Rasa, was issued stock options valid through May 30, 2011 as part of his tenure at NCSoft. When Richard took a leave of absence from NCSoft, someone at the company that brought us Aion thought they would pull a Slick Willy…
NCsoft waited until Garriott’s post flight quarantine after his famous trip about the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and canned him. The problem is, they told the world that he had quit voluntarily, that activating a clause in his contract that caused his stock options to expire in the event Garriott left NCSoft of his own accord.
Now Richard Garriott has had his day in court, and the courts agreed.
Lord British is now 28 million dollars richer (o.k. he will be when NCSoft pays up). Let’s hope this means that Lord British will consider exercising that tremendous talent of his and bring us something other than a poker game from his new company Portalarium. And yes, before you ask, I still long for the good old days of Ultima Online. One of the biggest disappointments was when the UO2 project was cancelled.
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Julie Whitefeather
[posted for Julie Whitefeather by The Webmaster]