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The most funded MMO on Kickstarter just collapsed in days. The founder resigned, 250 staff weren’t paid, and a mystery buyer may have killed the whole thing.

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00:00 The Biggest Kickstarter MMO In History
00:35 Creation of Ashes
05:03 Days Between Promise And Collapse
08:40 The Buyers Nobody Knew About
12:13 Who’s Left To Pay?
14:48 A Hurting Community

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