Talk:One Minute Melee/@comment-25182985-20160226150737/@comment-25182985-20160227144245

^Ben cleared things out.

http://forums.screwattack.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=23720&start=1200

''Hey all! It seems some rumors have been floating around, so we’re here to clear things up. It is true that One Minute Melee (OMM) will no longer be hosted on ScrewAttack. For OMM’s run on ScrewAttack, we were in business with its owner and creator, Mali De’lisser, and only him. We contracted Mali on a season by season basis and gave him plenty of creative freedom. He decided on his own accord to subcontract other animators to produce some of the episodes. Which is fine, lots of businesses do this, but this means ScrewAttack was not involved with them at all regarding OMM. Mali was the one responsible for managing them, determining their pay and providing it to them.

Regarding the accusation of poor treatment, it’s extremely important to us that animators feel they’re receiving everything they deserve. As soon as we found out the subcontractors were not happy with the situation, we immediately opened a discussion with them to change it. The structure in place was creating miscommunication and we were hesitant to continue our professional relationship with Mali. We decided that for future projects we wanted to work directly with animators, like we do with Death Battle. We chose not to renew OMM and wished Mali well with his show in the future. In addition, we informed the subcontracted animators that if they’d like to work with us directly on other projects in the future, we’d be happy to work around their upcoming animation schedules with Hyper Gauge. Similar to how we work around the school schedules of contracted animators who are also students. By no means were we trying to “split the group up.” We only wished to provide them with additional opportunities, because honestly we love their talent and dedication to their trade. Unfortunately, we learned that should one of these animators take up our offer, they would be removed from Hyper Gauge. We wish things could have ended on better terms, and it’s a shame that Mali felt the need to withhold so much of the OMM finale. That’s extremely disappointing.

Regardless, we wish each of these animators all the best going forward. They are always welcome to take us up on our offer should Hyper Gauge change its policy.

Hopefully this helps bring some clarity to the situation. Thank you! - Craig Skistimas, Ben Singer, Chad James ''