monkeyslap

Originally Posted by Schismatrix

No, you're not sorry at all. Also, i'm not sure if you're actively lying, profoundly stupid, or just good at self-deception. You're certainly not talented enough to be all three at once. Your post is the sort of non-apology apology smegheads make when called out on acting like an *** and feel they should apologize for appearance's sake, but actually don't regret acting like a human waste stain.

In other words you're still behaving like a poorly-socialized-12-year-old. Although i have to admit your writing quality is better than what would usually be expected at that age, so i suspect your physical age is older than that, and it merely reflects your level of emotional development.

Moving on...

Originally Posted by Fansy

Guess whose getting banned.

Originally Posted by Schismatrix

Very classy. While i do have several queer (and proud of it) friends, they would probably only laugh at your poorly-socialized-12-year-old antics. i found it offensive, but then i suppose it's because insults are always more offensive when they're aimed at a friend than when they're aimed at yourself. (For me anyway, i imagine it's not the case for sociopaths and those with no empathy at all.)

You, monkeyslap, are a right prat.

Originally Posted by Fansy

Guess whose getting banned.

Originally Posted by Fansy

Industrial strength, even!

Originally Posted by Fansy

Good thing I have air freshener!

Originally Posted by Fansy

My Grandpa once told me a story about slapping monkeys with their own peels. I never got that reference until I read your name and then it hit me like puberty (just last week!) I can finally say I now understand how the world works in its many a splendor!

Originally Posted by Fansy

Hail Heroes (Villains & Nuets)!

I bring news that may just be smoke blowing in the wind but I have been in contact with a certain Good Team supporter in Korea who has a connection that knows the most foul, and evil of all the Corporation in a dungeon sealed away deep in a twisted, dark Castle in the shadows keep!

What does this mean for us? For you? For me? For my goat?
..
Goat?

Belay that! I have news of importance! Yes, news, it is why you're reading still isn't it? No? You like me? Really? I did not prepare for this, I mean I'm blushing. No time to bewitch the Bard who sings now the praise that has come from this dark place. A source inside the source has spoken out yet asked to remain anonymous but fear not for I can give you my truth and word that this is quite credible but the decisions are not to fall on just NCSoft alone. Instead, the source explains that there truly ARE legal repercussions at the moment that are being dealt with behind the scenes and there is rumor that a possible ditch effort has been done so not to lose anymore money from quoted, '' current profitable projects currently in popular demand. '' This has also been backed by another source, a publisher, for a magazine I have inquired with. So what does this mean?

Well, now for the end yet meatiest morsel you can chew. There is, as the source says, a possibility that once CoH shuts down completely without further action by any Staff then the game IP can be sold at the lowest bid given that all legal ties are severed by its shut down. This also will take care of any >PARTNERS< who may have financial control or gain over the game to be severed as well for they will no longer receive or invest in a dead project. All contracts (unless elongated behind closed doors before the shut down occurred) will by law be no more and as the source explains NCsoft can freely move to do with the IP as they like. Without any attachments on the IP there is a high possibility, if it does sell, that the price will be reduced substantially for their interest in the game and title in and of itself is mostly depleted except by enthusiasts who are on their last leg in the company, sad to report, or are ready to retire. A lot of effort from next generation studios are now being bought into as the era of old games are being left as they were without any care for what is coming next, the source boasted, will more than likely sway customers in swaths as the new technology implemented will take gaming to and beyond the next level. What does this mean for us, Good Team? I haven't the slightest.

Finally we have come to the end of news for there is none left to sing. I have done the best I could from the moment I arrived and will do what I can until the last sun sets. You truly are all Heroes, and this is what you inspired me to do.

Forever a song,
Fansy The Famous Bard

Originally Posted by Father Xmas

And this is where it get's interesting. We only get to see two things about the subsidiaries, their profit or loss, and their sales contribution to the NCSoft Corporate.

What I saw as interesting is the massive sale revenue increases not only for ArenaNet but NC Interactive and NC Europe. Since Blade & Soul isn't out in NA or Europe yet this tells me some reason NC Interactive and NC Europe gets some kind of cut of the sales for GW2 (perhaps box sales in those regions and ArenaNet gets direct purchase sales?). Maybe NC Interactive and NC Europe acts as ArenaNet's publisher for those regions, who knows.

Also ArenaNet's P/L is actually a loss now that the game is out? Say what? Does this represent paying off development cost "loans" from daddy? We'll never know because the subsidiaries are "black boxes" that we only see sales in and profit/loss out. No idea how the money is spent.

Sadly but somewhat expected, CoH is no longer broken out in the game sales graphs or charts but is now lumped with "other" (so is GW1 BTW). B&S is broken out of "other" for 2Q which wasn't the case at the time. It only came out a week or two before the end of the quarter which is why it went from 2,582 in 2Q to 32,662 in 3Q. The interesting number about sales is that GW2 was the game with the largest sales revenue in 3Q beating all their mainstays. It also looks like B&S ate into Aion, L1 and L2 sales.

Also NCSoft's Korean sales revenues were actually down quarter to quarter and it was the big bounce in NA and Europe, likely due to GW2, which saved their bacon. The question now is what happens to GW2 sale numbers in 4Q? Do they plummet because the majority who were looking to buy the game already have. Does the holiday season hide the dropoff until 1Q next year. How soon until the first paid expansion due out? GW1 had a fairly spikey set of sales numbers as they release expansions and once they were done with that their sales quickly dropped off.

Will B&S continue to cannibalize sales numbers of NCSoft's older games or will it grow on it's own the way Aion originally did in it's first few quarters? As it stands right now I can't see NCSoft hitting either their 1 or 1.2 Trillion KrW sales targets they listed in their late 2010 and 2011 investor reports respectively. They don't even have 500 billion in sales after three quarters. They may hit 700-750 if the holidays are kind or B&S is released outside of Korea by then (likely in the other Asian markets) and is wildly successful.

Originally Posted by Texas Justice

Curiosity is getting the better of me.

Why wouldn't Premiums be able to buy it if it's released to the Live servers?

Originally Posted by Scheol

They did it again.

Originally Posted by Jacks Assortment

Sooo. There is a dev available still to publish things to beta. Well at least they are giving you guys a pinch of wiggle room still. *crosses fingers for psi melee*

Originally Posted by Zwillinger

You should upgrade to LED. They're much softer than CRTs.

Originally Posted by MrsAlphaOne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI5hi4c4y9k

Never give up...never surrender!

Originally Posted by LittleDavid

Good to know there's more sites covering our fight! This is somewhat a rehash, but I told somebody I know about the ongoing efforts to get the word out about City of Heroes' death and the player base's attempts to stop it from happening. I showed him some of the articles that have been published already, from Game & Guide and Addicting Info.

His response was,

"So that's two articles from one site I've barely even heard of, and one I've never heard of. Where is Kotaku? Where is The Verge? Where is Ars Technica? FFS, where's Slashdot, even?"

If anybody knows how to get ahold of (or post articles to) Kokatu, The Verge, Ars Technica, or Slashdot, they oughta try.

Originally Posted by littledavid

alpha wolf's words have gotten out to the press.

"this example of gamers banding together for the forces of good is a lot like the kind of quests you'd find in city of heroes - funny that..."

Originally Posted by Commander

2.) The may not have said anything, but for a brief amount of time, in beta and live, Peacebringers had a power customization option called "Wisps." While the Wisps option was selectable, nothing could be changed.

Originally Posted by Pitho

I was sent two different e-mails telling me my Guild Wars e-mail address was changed. I've never played either of them. I'm assuming the links in the e-mails lead to some sort of phishing site.

Originally Posted by Night-Hawk07

Yeah, you have to worry about how CNN would spin the story if they were to run it. My concern would be them giving out the wrong details (which happens a lot) or reporting it in a way that, rather than making us out to be dedicated fans, they make us out to be a bunch of 35 year old virgins nerdraging in Mom's basement.