Richard Garriot sues NCSoft

[Lathlas]

From Slashdot:

Om writes
"Richard Garriott, lead designer of the now-defunct NCSoft game Tabula Rasa, is suing former employer NCSoft to the tune of $24,000,000. GamePolitics has details on the legal filings, but contrary to official postings from 'General British' himself, it appears this split wasn't exactly amicable."

Link to Slashdot article

Apparently he's claiming that the letter he wrote resigning from NCsoft to pursue "other interests" was forged while he was in space so that NCSoft wouldn't have to pay out stock dividends to him, which if they'd just fired him they would have.

That sounds like a made for TV legal thriller, or maybe an episode of Law & Order.

[drcode]

... or maybe an episode of Star Trek?:-)

[Wizardry Dragon]

It sounds entirely probably, given NCSofts history - it was something I wondered when Garriot first got involved, why he would bother with people who have that murky a history, that it couldn't end well - and, lo and behold... it didn't.

[Oblivious]

RG certainly has a history of being taken advantage of by companies... I wonder why that is?

[Wizardry Dragon]

The problem with being the "good guy" in the real world is there are a lot of people who will take advantage.

[R. Neil]

I'm not surprised NCSoft pulled a fast one on LB. Best of luck to him, hope he takes them down in court.