Contradictory Details Emerge in OWC Sponsorship

Other World Computer Confirms Sponsorship Timeline, Throws Peters’ Statements into Doubt

Other World Computing said February 13 it sponsored what Alec Peters now calls Ares Studios for a year, with a six-month extension. That confirms one claim by Peters but belies a few others made as he launched a Patreon campaign to pay for the facility.

OWC’s original sponsorship deal was for 12 months, running from May 2017 through April 2018. A six-month extension would’ve run from May-October 2018, just days before Peters held Axacon at what he still called OWC Studios even after the deal’s expiration.

OWC also donated equipment and offered production support for the Axanar film under a separate agreement.

FORMER OWC STUDIOS Other World Computing confirms how long it sponsored what’s now called Ares Studios.

Peters’ previous public pronouncements contradicted one another about when OWC ended its sponsorship, and how long he had been paying rent and expenses for the warehouse.

Months after OWC pulled out, Peters was still using the company’s name. He also failed to disclose the end of OWC’s sponsorship until needed — when he had to turn to fans to subsidize the warehouse.

Failure to disclose has become Peters’ typical behavior with regard to what could be considered bad news.

The six-month extension was a detail that appeared in an alternate pitch video never published on the Patreon page.

The sponsorship was going great as late as September 24, 2018, according to Peters: “OWC Digital is still sponsoring the studio that bears their name, and they’re still very happy with what we’re doing.”

Five weeks later, the extension of OWC’s sponsorship expired.

OWC clarified its sponsorship timeline via its MacSales Facebook page, in a direct message to Erick Pierce.

OWC declined to answer, saying, “We cannot disclose any financial details, unfortunately.”

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