One source blamed mismanagement for the current situation, claiming that management was “always acting like there was an enemy, be it the old Disco team, the press, or even people working there” and consequently failed to value its existing talent, allegedly preferring to hire fresh blood from outside rather than promoting employees from within the company.
Who saw that coming???
It is prime tragicomedy in a sense that communist game devs from a post-Soviet state got cheated by literally the first convicted white-collar criminal in post-Soviet Estonia.
Of all the money men to go with they picked the guy who did a speed run on fraud after the fall.
I’ve always thought this about the team.
As principled communists, they should have known never to trust a porky. Especially a turbo grifter porky.