I don’t believe that Empire is not getting it’s due share of the blame. Empire made a deal without taking consideration (legally) of the affiliates that helped build their Empire business. To say Empire is without blame is totally incorrect. They are one of the 2 parties to this deal and they received $250M which should take into consideration the purchase of the players. I believe that Empire should be paying affiliates (like InterTops) a fixed fee as a compensation for the loss of revenue.
Eg. This should be equal to the:
% deal agreed with affiliates x (the money they received from Party on a player value basis). Eg. if the player value is $3000 and you get 30% they should pay you 30% = $1000 for each player affiliates ever sent.
My calculation is that they got $250M for say 80,000 players. Each player was bought for $3125.00 . If you have a 30% deal you own 30% of the player and Empire, not Party, should be paying $937.50 for each player sent.
There is something that can be done: Since I believe Empire is more at fault, affiliates should abandon all Empire properties including ClubDice etc. These guys are as much to blame as anybody and as they hold the money they should do what InterTops did when they lost their skin and that is to pay the affiliates.