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Posted by: St Major Dan
Posted by: DarkBen64
Why would him being cut from Machinima warrant him stopping ArbyntheChief? DO Machinima own it?
Well if you don't get paid for it why do it?
This is the problem, actually.
When I joined Machinima.com in 2008, Jon's work was consistently its biggest hit, and sent their channel skyward. Directors such as myself and others got offers around this point, and we joined not because we wanted to cash in on Halo machinima, but because it was something we really enjoyed doing, and because it was fun to get more people watching your stuff.
Fast-forward to the present, where Machinima.com has gained so much mass that anything they upload is going to get enough views to make both parties money (though Machinima.com does get most of it). That's why directors who were interested in the bonus of making money got fixated on it, and realized that they could just upload commentaries and "Let's Play"-style videos with the exact same outcome as if they had spent hours working on a narrative machinima. You can guess what happens from there.
I stopped making videos for them when I realized that they were blatantly accepting anything that would get them more publicity. Sad to see them possibly axe someone who they owe a lot to.
[Edited on 12.08.2012 3:09 PM PST]