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Yep. Probably a test run to wet their feet on the market! Apparently, things are not going bad. ------- I tried buying 1500 Vals, and the UI allowed. So apparently they build more than 1000, and sold them. ------- Great!! They accepted my credit card! I FINALLY could buy some KSP merch after all these years! By reasons beyound reason, P.D. refused to sell me anything connecting from my IP in Brazil, even by having a address in USA to receive the merch and handle all the Customs mambo jambo - and I could not use a VPN to fool their <insert-your-favorite-non-forum-compliant-expletive-here> "security check" because I can't buy things using Credit Card on a VPN without infringing my CC Insurance clauses, voiding the insurance - what's a dumb move when doing international transactions. Things are already improving!

Sorry, dude, but the Jeb one is already sold out! https://estesrockets.com/products/kerbal-rocket

McDonnell's V-1 Flying "Jeep". Apparently it's a kind of helicopter - but I'm not sure... \ Source: https://www.mrjakeparker.com/blog/2023/5/8/the-flying-jeep

Today is Paranoid, Black Sabath (just because! )

I just finished report I was working on: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/226503-about-ksp2-on-steam-split-from-another-thread/?do=findComment&comment=4434152 Reproducing it here for convenience: 4 were due Legal Reasons: https://delistedgames.com/abstractism/ https://delistedgames.com/bolsomito/ https://delistedgames.com/demons-age/ https://delistedgames.com/the-outbound-ghost/ 2 were delisted by "abusing the ToS or the Store terms", but were relisted back (perhaps a mistake?): https://delistedgames.com/aery/ https://delistedgames.com/dagestan-technology-titles/ 4 by "creating numerous accounts and rigging reviews" (it's qualified fraud nowadays, but it wasn't at that time): https://delistedgames.com/art-of-stealth/ https://delistedgames.com/cold-dreams/ https://delistedgames.com/platformica/ https://delistedgames.com/sharf/ 2 by "By malpractice of steam resources", meaning using Steam to attack a person or protected minority. https://delistedgames.com/corporate-lifestyle-simulator/ https://delistedgames.com/domina/ 3 by "abuse of Steamworks tools or Steam’s terms of use": https://delistedgames.com/death-gasp/ https://delistedgames.com/retro-tanks/ https://delistedgames.com/siberian-digital-titles/ 2 entire Studios were blanket banned also by "abuse of Steamworks tools or Steam’s terms of use": https://delistedgames.com/digital-mistake-titles/ https://delistedgames.com/drunken-ape-titles/ 1 removed apparently due Censorship, but unknown if by VALVe or the Publisher: https://delistedgames.com/the-wall/ 1 removed by unknown reasons, and it's not known by whom. Apparently the Studio got a good deal with Oculus Rift, but it's spectulation: https://delistedgames.com/silicon-rising/ 1 removed by VALVe *for sure* due external Censorship https://delistedgames.com/devotion/ 1 removed bv VALVe *for sure* after a death treat against Gabe https://delistedgames.com/paranautical-activity/ 1 removed by VALVe *for sure* after the publisher tried a subpoena against 100 Steam users: https://delistedgames.com/digital-homicide-studios/ 1 removed by VALVe *for sure* due privacy reasons. It's the only one really arbitrary, IMHO. https://delistedgames.com/tax-heaven-3000/

Guys, I think Forum is suffering an Event: 2025-01-11T20:19:53Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T20:20:16Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T20:20:37Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T20:21:05Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T20:21:32Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T20:22:00Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T20:22:28Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T20:22:56Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T20:24:40Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T20:25:30Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T20:25:45Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T20:25:57Z 504 GATEWAY_TIMEOUT 2025-01-11T20:27:24Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T20:28:06Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T20:28:36Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T20:29:03Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T23:19:30Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T23:20:07Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T23:20:34Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T23:21:01Z 504 GATEWAY_TIMEOUT 2025-01-11T23:22:02Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T23:22:30Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T23:22:59Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T23:23:39Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T23:24:04Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T23:24:27Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T23:24:54Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T23:25:11Z 503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity 2025-01-11T23:26:07Z 502 Bad Gateway 2025-01-11T23:26:42Z 504 GATEWAY_TIMEOUT The MO is some 502, then some 503, and finally a 504 when things get back to normal for some time. This almost surely means that we had exceeded that quota I mentioned before. Why this quota is being exceeded I can't tell - but I dare to guess that Forum is being increasingly hammered by less than friendly actors. === POST EDIT === Conspiracy Theory Mode On

This one happened to me too. It evolved from 502 to 503, and then to 504 before coming back. On a side note, it looked as some service being rebooted or similar event. In a way or another, my monitoring caught this one. I will publish the charts after midnight Zulu time.

Everything but the code. The Conceptual Art is good, the tutorials are decent, the Sound is marvelous. Not everything was done wrong on this game. This would be interesting...

And this something I find incredibly interesting, I would love having access to their NGINX (and ClouudFlare) logs.

This is the reason God created difficulty levels!

I think is more likely Apollo Global inc deciding to buy Embracer instead. Haveli is too small to make profits this way. The current portfolio suggests they bought things they need to accomplish something. Right now I'm counting our blesses. The only empirical evidences we have is that they plan to keep us alive. These ex-Annapurna guys are still wetting their feet on this mess.

Not a problem if the moon is equaly inclined so it's orbit would match the Kerbin's equator. Remember, positions in space are relative. What matters is the Mun attitude and position related to Kerbin, not Kerbol.

Interesting enough, almost no one besides me and Skorj cared to doa deep dive into the buyers past, not even SZ . Great journalism, only compared to the greatness of their criticizers. WORST.... The counter argument is still more speculation, but without any grounds. Oh, dear... KSP2 failed for a reason, after all.

Axial tillts and, so, seasons. Adding seasons on Kerbin and other bodies will not add any significant challenge, but will make things look more relatable to reality - having longer days on summer and shorter on winter will incentive the user to plan the missions in time more carefully and better introduce the concept for Opportunity Windows. For example, a South Pole expedition should be planned happen on South Hemisphere Summer or you will need bring more fuel for electricity and warming.

I didn't caught this one on my logs. The last one I have registered is: 2025-01-09T23:25:07Z 502 Bad Gateway But, yeah, the problems are gradually scaling up again. I have some hunches about this subject, however. My personal site was badly hammered this week, and since I'm a maniac archivist, I have detailed logs for all the events (and found some more in the past, now that I know what to look). Let's see if I manage to catch someone's attention without spooking the brats.

As a matter of fact, it's the original meaning of the word, and it's pretty reasonably to conclude that if there's a miracle, some deity would be responsible for it. Agreed, but it's not impossible they would had used the word at value's face. At least me use this word with the original meaning, even when using it on a tongue-in-cheek catch phrase.

It's what I think too. Investors aims to maximize the earnings and minimizing risks - and what would be the best way to minimize development risks if not by outsourcing them? I didn't knew about this. These guys are literally spreading everywhere they can. Wondering about what Cost Center is managing these acquisitions - if they have a R&D Cost Center, we may be seeing a new player with very large backs breaking into the market.

Nope - unless we have a different concept about what's a scrapyard. They had bought stakes of two gaming companies already: Candivore: US private equity firm Haveli Investments, L.P. has acquired a minority interest in Israeli mobile games company Candivore for USD100 million. Texas-based Haveli says it will fund the transaction from Haveli VC Gaming Fund I, L.P. Founded in 2018, Tel Aviv-based gaming studio, Candivore, is best known as the developer of Match Masters, a competitive match-3 puzzle game, which has generated more than USD300 million in revenue to date. Behaviour Interactive: In early 2022, Behaviour Interactive Inc. (“Behaviour”) entered into an investment agreement with NetEase Interactive Entertainment, an existing shareholder, and Haveli Investments, a new investor, pursuant to which a minority stake of Behaviour was acquired. This equity financing will allow Behaviour’s continuous growth, including through acquisitions. Behaviour, headquartered in Montreal, is Canada’s largest independent game developer, employing more than 1,000 talented people, with over 200 games released since their beginnings in 1992. And now they own their own Game Publisher company. To me it's obvious these guys are expanding into gaming business. Given their acquisitions on the gaming industry, they are expanding into the gaming business - they, right now, have stakes on two game studios (one mobile and other desktop/console.portable) and now they own their own Game Publisher. This is way beyound just harvesting corpses. This is investment on the productivity chain. Keep in mind that these ex-Annapurna Interactive guys, they have a huge network. They are going to leverage that for sure - otherwise, why bother striking a deal with these guys? Keep in mind that they left Annapurna in September, more or less at the same time Haveli should be striking the deal with TTWO. So Haveli didn't hired a bunch of unemployed professionals, they literally yanked them from Annapurna - what's more costly than just looking for good enough professionals available in LinkedIn. You don't need seasoned (and well reputable) professionals to sell scraps. Selling merchandising can be very lucrative. This thing manages to sell enough, they will have reasons to invest back into KSP. Anyone on the toy business in the 80s and 90s knows very well that He-Man, GI-Joe, Transformers et all weren't really meant to be lucrative on TV syndication, they were meant to sell toys. And boy, toys they sold. This is going to work? Dunno. But all the evidences suggest they are going to try. You know... This is not a bad idea at all - what would be the life of a stray cat on a Mars Colony? Or perhaps, Aliens from the point of view of the cat?

Be smarter. Hey are INVESTORS, not salesmen.

You can't say that. They have the means, and none of us have a clue if they have the will.

Additionaly, Haveli have stakes on two Game Studios: Candivore: US private equity firm Haveli Investments, L.P. has acquired a minority interest in Israeli mobile games company Candivore for USD100 million. Texas-based Haveli says it will fund the transaction from Haveli VC Gaming Fund I, L.P. Founded in 2018, Tel Aviv-based gaming studio, Candivore, is best known as the developer of Match Masters, a competitive match-3 puzzle game, which has generated more than USD300 million in revenue to date. Behaviour Interactive: In early 2022, Behaviour Interactive Inc. (“Behaviour”) entered into an investment agreement with NetEase Interactive Entertainment, an existing shareholder, and Haveli Investments, a new investor, pursuant to which a minority stake of Behaviour was acquired. This equity financing will allow Behaviour’s continuous growth, including through acquisitions. Behaviour, headquartered in Montreal, is Canada’s largest independent game developer, employing more than 1,000 talented people, with over 200 games released since their beginnings in 1992. They are expanding their business into gaming, have stakes on (at least) two gaming companies and now own their own Publisher. It's obvious these guys are expanding into gaming - so any statement telling that these guys aims only on making money from dead games is, well, highly speculative to say the least. Granted, as anyone saying they will not.

Well... Apparently, it's not game over yet. Haveli will honor Private Division’s pre-existing contracts, including Tales of the Shire: A “The Lord of the Rings” Game, Game Freak’s unannounced title, codenamed Project Bloom, and Kerbal Space Program. https://gameranx.com/updates/id/523449/article/private-divisions-buyer-has-launched-a-new-game-publishing-company-with-annapurnas-former-staff/

With the game at the current state? And without even trying? This is not how these guys do business!! They buy for cheap, recover the business and then, if the projected RoI is not good enough, sell them at some profit. These guys are not scrapyards - they are not in the scrap business.

Mon Dieu, c'est plein de Baobabs...

Easy. We are not dealing with a "small" (compared to the new real owners) bad managed company like TTWO anymore. We are dealing with people buying Movie Studios on Monday and Cable Networks before the weekend - not to mention some absolutely gigantic enterprises on Las Vegas. They are among the best in the World, no one sits over 650B USD in assets without being pretty good on this business. Anything, absolutely anything is possible with these guys (granted, including nothing). They can easily foot money for years if someone convince them that they will recover all the investment with a decent ROI in 10 years - to anyone managing the funding, be absolutely sure that this happens, because otherwise... This is a whole new level of entertainment/entrepreneurship.