[DL] Statement

[Steve Peterson <steve@herogames.com>]

There is a great deal of speculation and opinion on this list about 
what Pinnacle is doing, what Cybergames.com is doing, and why. It is 
not appropriate for me, or anyone else in our company or our 
subsidiaries, to discuss operational details of Pinnacle's business. 
What we can share with this list is the goal that we have: to keep 
producing a stream of great new products. We want to produce 
high-quality games that provide a good value to the consumer. 
Cybergames.com acquired Pinnacle in order to get access to some great 
intellectual properties, and to help Pinnacle achieve a steady, 
profitable status producing gaming products. What Cybergames.com 
wants to see from Pinnacle is a steady schedule of profitable 
products, and that's what we're working towards. In order to get to 
that point, we have to deal with the current situations that exist in 
every aspect of the business.

Right now we are taking the actions we deem appropriate with respect 
to the business and the product lines. These actions are taken with 
full knowledge of the facts of the business and the product lines. No 
one outside of the company has that full knowledge, and not everyone 
inside the company is privy to financial information about our 
companies. Therefore the reasons behind the decisions being made can 
only be addressed in general terms, if at all. It's certainly 
difficult to understand why decisions are made without all of the 
facts, and of course details of our business operations are (of 
necessity) confidential. So speculation is a natural result, and 
equally naturally most of the speculation will be wrong to a greater 
or lesser degree, since it's based on very incomplete information.

All of that, though, is really secondary to the purpose of this list. 
This list is for fans of Deadlands, and therefore what's really 
important is not speculation about the process of producing Deadlands 
products, but the Deadlands products themselves. As products are 
released we want to hear what you think of them, so we can continue 
to improve the products in the future. Collegium was just released, 
so we'd hope to get some feedback about what you think of the 
product. When Waste Warriors comes out soon, we'd like to hear 
comments about that.

It's important for us to hear what you'd like to see in new products, 
so that we can factor that in when making product decisions. What 
would you like to see in future Deadlands products?

I'll be gone for the next few days, so I won't be reviewing or 
responding to this list for some time.
-- 
- Steve Peterson, Cybergames.com