Tenzhi

You can try to blame those that bought the gun, you can try to blame those that provided the bullets - certainly, some of the responsibility belongs there; but the direct and immediate blame lies on the one that pulled the trigger - in this case, that would be those who were on strike.

Had they taken the pay cut, the company might've gone under a little further down the road anyway and then they wouldn't have been to blame, but since they decided to take the dog out back and shoot it they're directly responsible for shooting the dog. It doesn't matter if they had cause to do so, they're still directly responsible for it.

If you are going to copy something, and in this context thus likely be competing against it, it would seemingly make very little sense to copy the unassailable giant. Better off establishing a relatively steady niche, I'd say.

That may have been why they were ultimately going to fail, but it seems the strike and thus those directly behind it is directly responsible for it failing now.

Personally, I always liked Lift and wanted an AoE version of it.

Watching Scrappers is an enjoyable pastime. I particularly enjoy watching them run off and faceplant in their own hubris. That never gets old.

Yeah, Ninjitsu for Tanks was another thing I was continually waiting for. Alas...

I wanted to... and then, after they got updated, I did! I only wish they had Shields and Super Strength.

I ignore people the old fashioned way with the good ol' brain filter.

I, for one, have maintained my typical posting habits.

Didn't Coca-Cola own the currently-typical-in-America conception of Santa Claus at some point?

God is public domain, I believe - I don't think anyone received royalties or licensing fees in any of those movies where Morgan Freeman or George Burns played Him. The estate of the original writer is over a thousand years past contention over the matter, I'd say.

Wait... is that Greenwich Miller Time?

Possibly less than zero.

The major reason for bringing it up would be morale, I imagine. And it's not unusual to be able to mention that things are being done without being able to give details until things are more concrete - particularly if contract negotiations are involved. I'm not saying it's definitely real, just that there's a chance it could be - and if it is and it pans out, good on them. Of course, if it isn't real or it doesn't pan out - that's why I'm not emotionally invested in the outcome.

The lack of solid information about what may or may not be going on doesn't really tell us anything one way or another. If real efforts to continue the game are, in fact, being made then those in the know might have to keep the solid facts to themselves for now. It could also all be a load of hooey with the same info or lack thereof. I'm certainly skeptical as to whether such efforts are being made, and if they are I'm also skeptical that they'll come to any sort of fruition.

Mind you, while I'm not one to maintain optimism and hope, and I will freely share my lack thereof, I'm not going to tell others that they shouldn't hope. For some, it's a powerful sustaining force. "One person's trash is another's treasure" is a statement with broad applications.

(Except, ultimately, the college girls that you date. )

Not at all, I was just pointing out what could be (to me) a silver lining.

The total MMO subs data as provided doesn't seem to prove anything relative to CoX's subs. Given that more and more MMOs have been cropping up year by year (with F2P becoming more common as well) those stats could be made up largely of games with 50K players or less.