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Tonya about new CPL: "Don't Be Fooled"
Former employee Tonya Welch has come forwards claiming to expose the new CPL as being the work of Scott Valencia, who she describes as a "compulsive liar".
By Duncan 'Thorin' Shields
Apr 3, 2010 09:50
Former employee Tonya Welch has come forwards claiming to expose the new CPL as being the work of Scott Valencia, who she describes as a "compulsive liar".Former long time CPL employee Tonya Welch has provided compLexity with a blog which claims to reveal a whole variety of details about the new owners behind the CPL and how they came to be in that position. The overall story presented is that the new owners of the CPL are a group composed of some ex-employees who planned to build up the CPL and then sell it on.
Most startling of all is the claim that apparently Scott Valencia (most famous for his time in the failed WSVG) masterminded the entire purchase of the CPL while an employee of the CGS and by laying out dozens of lies in numerous directions to throw people off the scent and keep himself and his partners hidden until everything was completed. She describes Valencia as a "compulsive liar".
Despite the public being informed the CPL had been bought by a Middle Eastern investment group from Abu Dhabi Tonya claims the group behind the purchase was in fact composed of herself, Scott Valencia, Frank Yong and someone she refers to by the alias "Nathan". Apparently the concept behind the purchase was to build up the brand again and then sell it off in a period of around two years.
Explaining why purchasing a damaged brand like the CPL's could be worthwhile:
The blog paints a very negative picture of Scott Valencia who is made out to be a scheming traitor who to some degree betrays everyone he is involved with as long as it works towards his own favour ultimately. This also apparently includes his previous employers at the CPL and his then employers at the CGS:
The blog is lengthy and follows a story which takes a number of twists and turns before reaching its conclusion. There are dummy company names setup overseas, fake press releases put out and an incident which sees Valencia apparently putting all of the shares for the new CPL in his name. There may yet be further revelations as Tonya explains:
Source: compLexity
Most startling of all is the claim that apparently Scott Valencia (most famous for his time in the failed WSVG) masterminded the entire purchase of the CPL while an employee of the CGS and by laying out dozens of lies in numerous directions to throw people off the scent and keep himself and his partners hidden until everything was completed. She describes Valencia as a "compulsive liar".
Despite the public being informed the CPL had been bought by a Middle Eastern investment group from Abu Dhabi Tonya claims the group behind the purchase was in fact composed of herself, Scott Valencia, Frank Yong and someone she refers to by the alias "Nathan". Apparently the concept behind the purchase was to build up the brand again and then sell it off in a period of around two years.
Explaining why purchasing a damaged brand like the CPL's could be worthwhile:
"The reason was that “CPL”, despite the negative history associated with the name, was still the hottest and most well-known brand in competitive gaming in Asia. Even while working for CGS, when we would go to China, the CPL brand always came up when dealing with Chinese partners. And since China (at the time) seemed to have the greatest potential for growth in the competitive gaming industry, the purchase made perfect sense. So there's your answer."
The blog paints a very negative picture of Scott Valencia who is made out to be a scheming traitor who to some degree betrays everyone he is involved with as long as it works towards his own favour ultimately. This also apparently includes his previous employers at the CPL and his then employers at the CGS:
"Mr. Valencia would do all of the negotiating with the owners to get the CPL IP. The rest of us were to stay hidden in the background. Why? Because (and there is a lot of history behind this...) the owners would never sell if they knew who constituted the group making the purchase. It was Mr. Valencia's intention, from the very beginning, to deceive the owners about who was included in the partnership. Mr. Valencia looked forward to 'surprising' the owners with this information when the purchase was finally complete because he delighted in the idea of 'fooling' them. It was an exercise in revenge for him.
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Within a week we had taken the CPL logo and decked it out in gold (a cheesy reference to the middle-eastern investment). I actually wrote the first press release that went out (August 25, 2008) – the one in which we lied about being a middle-eastern investment group – and we sat back and watched the news sites and message boards buzz. At CGS, Mr. Valencia positively giggled at the response from the CGS execs – all of the speculation in the office about the purchase, how fun it was that we were doing this right under their noses, etc. etc..
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Lay-offs for both Mr. Valencia and I came in November. I was thankfully let go without being asked to sign a non-compete. Mr. Valencia, however, signed a 4 month non-compete in exchange for full pay during those four months. It was amazing, really...we had started competing against CGS way back in May, but Mr. Valencia took in excess of $61,000 of CGS money while continuing to compete against them AFTER signing a contract not to do so."
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Within a week we had taken the CPL logo and decked it out in gold (a cheesy reference to the middle-eastern investment). I actually wrote the first press release that went out (August 25, 2008) – the one in which we lied about being a middle-eastern investment group – and we sat back and watched the news sites and message boards buzz. At CGS, Mr. Valencia positively giggled at the response from the CGS execs – all of the speculation in the office about the purchase, how fun it was that we were doing this right under their noses, etc. etc..
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Lay-offs for both Mr. Valencia and I came in November. I was thankfully let go without being asked to sign a non-compete. Mr. Valencia, however, signed a 4 month non-compete in exchange for full pay during those four months. It was amazing, really...we had started competing against CGS way back in May, but Mr. Valencia took in excess of $61,000 of CGS money while continuing to compete against them AFTER signing a contract not to do so."
The blog is lengthy and follows a story which takes a number of twists and turns before reaching its conclusion. There are dummy company names setup overseas, fake press releases put out and an incident which sees Valencia apparently putting all of the shares for the new CPL in his name. There may yet be further revelations as Tonya explains:
"I will be continuing with this blog for a bit because I have some serious apologies to make, and more examples to give you. Then I will disappear and its likely you'll never hear from me again."
Source: compLexity
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i would think twice before going to those events now.
Sad, really sad...