Sounds like they were kids with a dream with crusty investors who left it up to the 4 or 5 of them to figure it out ... I can't imagine the excitement coupled with the terror of never running a business or having been a part of a real dev-team; making it up as you go. It all sounds like sky diving ... lol.
It sounds like FUNCOM never really had/has a stable structure; very fluid and kinda messy. Ironically ~ I saw a documentary on the LEGO company and how they were in a similar situation back in the day (just on a bigger scale).
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