Spoiler: NCAA coming back? Judge approves NCAA video game settlements to pay players July 16, 2015 11:17 pm ET More than 20,000 claims have been made seeking money from the settlements. (USATSI) Thousands of football and men's basketball players will soon be paid for past appearances in NCAA-branded video games. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken orally approved a combined $60 million settlement that ended claims against video game manufacturer Electronic Arts, Collegiate Licensing Company and the NCAA over the use of players' names, images and likenesses in video games. Rob Carey and Steve Berman, two attorneys for the plaintiffs, confirmed Wilken's decision after a hearing Thursday in California. At the moment, the maximum amount a player could receive from the settlements is about $7,200, Berman said. More than 20,000 claims have been made and the deadline for players to seek money has been extended to July 31, according to Berman. Claims can be made here. It's possible the dollar amount for players will increase. Carey said it's “very possible” that Wilken will reduce attorneys' fees from 33 percent of the settlement to 30 percent. If that happens, the pool of money would increase for athletes who make claims. “She wants what we want: a fair payment for the attorneys, who took tremendous risks, and the best results for those athletes who make claims,” Carey said. “The claims rate is approaching 30 percent and that is a great response. The awards are sizable, and the athletes who were there — (Sam) Keller and (Shawne) Alston — are elated with the result and their roles in it.” After Wilken formally approves the settlement, a 30-day objection period will occur for appeals. If no appeals slow the process, payments could start going out as early as September, Berman said. Current football and men's basketball players who played during the period the video games existed are eligible for money without losing their NCAA eligibility. As of last week,about 400 to 450 current athletes had made claims. The amount of money a player can receive varies based on whether his name appeared on a team roster, his jersey appeared on a virtual avatar, his photograph appeared in a game, and which years he appeared in a game or had a photograph used. There were 111,174 real roster football players 21,309 real roster basketball players who appeared in EA video games from 2003 to 2014. “I'm pleased to be part of a landmark effort that will get student-athletes paid for the first time in history,” Berman said. we might be getting ncaa back in the future.
I really can't stand when Bungie kills a gun I never even caught a whiff of acquiring. Or one like the Black Hammer, that I've never even actually seen in-game.
I feel they should give everyone a TTK exotic weapon to make up for this slap in the face. Or just me, that would work too. Seriously though, that is a bullshit cop out answer from them. They just don't want to bother with fixing it.
Weapon rebalancing has always been a part of the fps genre. It is what it is. I don't mind adapting. I'm really looking forward to Hard Light being completely dominant.
A friend of mine that I hadn't seen for three years came to town and I was coaxed into it. Peer pressure, man.
So, Skolas. Got a message at 730 from a friend that hadn't beaten Skolas yet. Figured I'd give it a run. We were making really good time, but he got booted at the Pilot Servitor boss. Not a huge issue though, his other friend and I two manned it and waited for him to rejoin. It's only about 815, so I think that I'm going to actually finish this and watch True Detective. Unfortunately, every time we start Skolas, my buddy gets booted. An hour later, Destiny finally stops being a dick. We got 5-6 solid runs until player #3 decides he has to go to bed. Posted on LFG that I had a Skolas checkpoint (got shitloads of responses). Picked a dude that destinytracker.com says is in the top 15% of Crucible kills and had done Skolas previously. It takes 4 runs, three of which we screwed up, one of which was really fucking glitchy. Pretty thankful that we finished, with no Skolas drops, of course, we hurry down to the chest room. Nothing pops for me, but I realized that all of my weapon slots were full. So we ran to the reef. What was waiting for me at the postmaster? Fucking Wolves Bane. TL;DR: Skolas is stupid
I'm on. Need Everything (Nightfall, Heroic, POE, Raids) on two characters. Both 32, Titan and Warlock. Send invite my way if you're doing any of that and have an open slot. I'll be good in about 15, I'm hooking up some speakers.
Jaxteller, did I just see you in ProfessorBroman's stream getting dumped on for saying rape like it's some sort of funny joke?