[Robbie]

The trainwreck that is the Bootleg right now is strangely compelling.

As that crippled site coughs and spits in the ether and only sporadically presents something interactive to its subscriber base, my mind can't help but imagine what is going on in the HQ offices of whatever outfit owns the Scout operation now.  Pandemonium.  Frustration/anger.  Disgust.  Engineering Mutiny?

The possibilities are endless . . .

I'm willing ton answer this.

The original team and much of the original engineering staff has reacquired the assets of the company. Fox ran the company in Los Angeles, and did not do anything with it except keep it running. (Very little innovation during its ownership.)

They are moving operations back to Seattle. They need to recreate all of the infrastructure and move it off of Fox servers to their own world. All while building a team. It's a bit chaotic. Meanwhile each of the individual sites (like the Bootleg) is like its own fiefdom, and adapting on its own terms.

They are just trying to tread water.

[Robbie]

The trainwreck that is the Bootleg right now is strangely compelling.

As that crippled site coughs and spits in the ether and only sporadically presents something interactive to its subscriber base, my mind can't help but imagine what is going on in the HQ offices of whatever outfit owns the Scout operation now.  Pandemonium.  Frustration/anger.  Disgust.  Engineering Mutiny?

The possibilities are endless . . .

I'm willing ton answer this.

The original team and much of the original engineering staff has reacquired the assets of the company. Fox ran the company in Los Angeles, and did not do anything with it except keep it running. (Very little innovation during its ownership.)

They are moving operations back to Seattle. They need to recreate all of the infrastructure and move it off of Fox servers to their own world. All while building a team. It's a bit chaotic. Meanwhile each of the individual sites (like the Bootleg) is like its own fiefdom, and adapting on its own terms.

They are just trying to tread water.