Golden Girl
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I play for moving hair.
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Quote:MA powers aren't fatalOriginally Posted by Another_Fan
Did you adopt that philosophy before or after you provoked the destruction of the praetorian's civilization, or was it an epiphany you had while slaughtering people trying to escape the B.A.F.
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Quote:Lying goes agianst that whole "truth, justice and the American way" stuffOriginally Posted by Another_Fan
You even had volunteer liars like Golden Girl step in to amplify.
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Quote:They're not the one that needs itOriginally Posted by Brillig
And have you gotten psychiatric help yet?
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Quote:I sense much fear in youOriginally Posted by I Burnt The Toast
Even if CoH DOES come back - the damage has been done. The players have disappeared. Any attempt to make it a financially viable game is gone. At this rate I doubt there is barely enough players to support a maintenance mode.
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Quote:A term that all the kool kids on the krazy Titan krew useOriginally Posted by Angry_Citizen
"Unicorns"?
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Quote:So you only care about money? Is that why you started stealing in the first place?Originally Posted by Terwyn
Thief yes, racist no. Discriminating against people on the basis of their ethnicity is bad for business no matter how you look at it.
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Quote:A racist thief, then?Originally Posted by Terwyn
I don't own an iPod.
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Quote:Was Brian Clayton really that well paid that he'd do all this instead of just getting another job like the other devs?Originally Posted by Another_Fan
Or deliberately misled people to stir up support.
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Quote:Think of it in ArenaNet terms - some devs were still working on GW1, while the rest were working on GW2 - the cost of developing GW2 was an investment, and wasn't palced on GW1 to support.Originally Posted by Brillig
Which is ultimately irrelevant if NCSoft considers Paragon Studios as a whole rather than breaking it out individually.
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Quote:Now that really is getting desperateOriginally Posted by Brillig
Which, in turn, would mean that Brian Clayton had no idea what the real numbers were.
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Quote:It also depends on long-term investment plans - for example, EA spent 5+ years pouring 200 miilion dollars into the TORtanic, which had a 600+ dev team - so they were quite prepared for several years of "losses" on a project in the expectation that they'd get a major teturn on their investment once it went live.Originally Posted by Terwyn
I don't know, but probably enough to finance the development of a second game under an entirely different IP.
NCsoft did the same with GW2 - GW1 wasn't earning enough to support the development costs of GW2, but they incested in GW2 in the expectation of a retun on that investment eventually.
The costs of the super secret Pagaon project would have been treated as an investment, and the outlay for supporting it wouldn't have been placed on CoH. -
Quote:Don't forget that over half the studio weren't working on CoH.Originally Posted by Brillig
80 person dev studio. Silicon Valley wages and cost of living. Add servers and support.
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Quote:I'm not seeing where she said it...Originally Posted by Another_Fan
These
http://www.google.ca/search?as_q=vic...w=1280&bih=588
Btw it's a little telling that casual people are aware of the misinformation the titan forums are spreading but the front men arent -
Quote:Which one was that?Originally Posted by Brillig
The one where she said CoH had profits of $800k a month.
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Quote:The "it" is the latest idea/angle of attack to get our game back - more details should be out in a day or two.Originally Posted by Intrinsic
Was there anything before this part of the quote? What does 'it' refer to?
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Quote:Which one?Originally Posted by Another_Fan
Thread on the titan boards.
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Quote:Not all the core team have taken up new jobs yetOriginally Posted by JayboH
Whatever - we're supposed to believe the core people will quit their new jobs if there is a chance at maintaining the game?
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Quote:That would depend on what sort of deal they could stirke.Originally Posted by Hercules
So, what exactly does "rise from the ashes" mean?
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Quote:They wouldn't need to discard so many of their products if they were that successful.Originally Posted by Another_Fan
Yet they are incredibly successful in the business.
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Quote:Where?Originally Posted by Another_Fan
Claiming CoH had profits of 10 mil + a year for one.
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Quote:That's ok -NCsoft doesn't know how they're organized either.Originally Posted by Another_Fan
I will be the first to admit I don't understand how game companies are organized.
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Quote:Examples?Originally Posted by Gangrel_EU
2. Mercedes Lackey has also made false statements and exaggerations in this matter. She is also not credible.
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Quote:Your quote was a little messy, so I fixed it up.Originally Posted by JohnRobey
Mercedes Lackey has this to say today on Titan:
Quote:I, too, cannot reveal my source, but it is solid, and I hope you will accept my credibility at this point. Let's just say I had an interesting afternoon gathering information.
Fansy's source is correct. The reason that the game "must" be shut down before it can be sold is because of perceived legal problems and liabilities on the part of the NCSoft legal department. (It's not lawsuits or potential lawsuits with Marvel, but other issues regarding ownership). Apparently dealing with the Garriott case scared the whey out of them, and they are now jumping at imagined shadows. They won't even consider selling until it is officially "dead."
The bad news: the game will close Nov 30.
The good news: it can rise from the ashes.