Anybody else think there is a massive Typo here?
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AresCrusader,
Posted on: 2012-09-05 24:24 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Yeah, mission statements are generally public relations B.S.that no one takes too seriously, but the rhetoric on that page is way over the top compared to the usual corporate drivel ("make each and everyone on earth happier," and "do not hesitate doing what is right.") It is pretty funny when they lay it on so thick with the noble sentiments and then turn around and make the same cold, hard business decisions that every other big, "heartless" corporation makes. |
Originally Posted by Mad Grim
Yet still funny.
Seriously, they could have said something like "to provide good service for as long as possible". But no, they made it their mission to not stop until everyone in the world was happier because of them. they were, seriously, asking for it. |
Also, I notice that they have the same bookcases in their office that we have in our base items. I think they just took a picture of the bookcases on the far right and used that for artwork in game.
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You might also want to consider that it may read differently in Korean. It's pretty clearly a translation, and not a great one at that.
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Originally Posted by Red_Raccoon
Yeah, mission statements are generally public relations B.S.that no one takes too seriously, but the rhetoric on that page is way over the top compared to the usual corporate drivel ("make each and everyone on earth happier," and "do not hesitate doing what is right.") It is pretty funny when they lay it on so thick with the noble sentiments and then turn around and make the same cold, hard business decisions that every other big, "heartless" corporation makes.
Also, I notice that they have the same bookcases in their office that we have in our base items. I think they just took a picture of the bookcases on the far right and used that for artwork in game. |
..Here's my reaction to that ... R.I.P some random guy i decided to call NcSoft
... In all fairness, they did make me ten times more happier then i have been 
The CEO's Message is particularly risible:
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Seems as if that part of the CEO's message needs to be edited to change the position of City of Heroes to 'under the bus', where they threw it.|
Today we continue that comitment to quality and innovation. Just over a decade after our founding, we are a global presence in games. We constantly push the boundaries of game design, technology, and services. So not that long ago we were a new upstart competitor. But today with great games like Aion, City of Heroes, and Guild Wars under our belt, we now set the standard for the industry. |
But I suspect that the whole website has gotten thrown under the bus, too. Looking at the press releases, the most recent is from 2009, talking about the Aion open beta, and the latest 'In the Press' article is from December 2007. So taking anything you find there as representative of the company as it now stands may be worse than useless.
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I haven't seen a |
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
But still be polite about it - just ask them how their refusal to sell CoH fits in with their goal of making everybody happy.
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from you in a few days. Who are you and what did you do with the real Golden Girl? 
I do appreciate what you are doing, by the way. Even if we didn't always see eye to eye in the past.
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HardRider, this may be a sad commentary about the state of my inner being right now, but your little black and white cartoon of the stick figure beating the other stick figure into a pulp with all differently kinds of weapons that just magically appear has been the first thing to make me smile in days. It's wonderful! I had to just sit and watch it for awhile |
Originally Posted by HardRider
..Here's my reaction to that ... R.I.P some random guy i decided to call NcSoft
... In all fairness, they did make me ten times more happier then i have been |
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Yes, did you not read the Praetorian Loyalist propaganda? How much of THAT was true, eh?
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Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
That page is just so much fluff. It's meaningless.
They might be trying to convince themselves that they're living up to those "goals", but in the real world, their actions speak the loudest of all. |
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TO THE END!Villains are those who dedicate their lives to causing mayhem. Villians are people from the planet Villia!
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All of it! |
Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer
Yes, did you not read the Praetorian Loyalist propaganda? How much of THAT was true, eh?
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Thought for the day:
"Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment."
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All I can say on NCSoft's web presence is this. I've been trying to get onto ncsoft.com - the first Google result, and let's face it the most obvious site address to have for the company - for days. I've had nothing but timeouts.
I had the same result about 6 months ago.
Like srmalloy I'm convinced that they don't really care about the state of their online footprint.
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Originally Posted by Elvenheart
HardRider, this may be a sad commentary about the state of my inner being right now, but your little black and white cartoon of the stick figure beating the other stick figure into a pulp with all differently kinds of weapons that just magically appear has been the first thing to make me smile in days. It's wonderful! I had to just sit and watch it for awhile
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That's awesome to here I too have been quite down lately due to the news so your not the only one 
And at first when i saw it i was annoyed hence the random naming of some stranger and the killing and beating of Z person.. But after a while of watching that i 2 started to smile n laugh, especially when i added music in the background
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I think it'd be interesting to see the same timeline with entries added for all their games' cancellations.
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Originally Posted by Sabriel
According to their own history pages (http://global.ncsoft.com/global/aboutus/nchistory.aspx) City of Heroes was launched after City of Villains in Europe...
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I also considered that corporate culture in Korea may differ than that of America. Rhetoric that sounds completely overboard to our minds might just be standard corporate-speak over there. Maybe every Korean company is expected to talk like they care more about making the world a better place than making money, even if noone really believes that. Nevertheless, considering what's happened recently, you can't blame people from finding that statement of company philosophy a bit ironic.
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Originally Posted by Brillig
You might also want to consider that it may read differently in Korean. It's pretty clearly a translation, and not a great one at that.
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Even if that's correct, any semi-professional company would be aware of cultural differences, and create variations on their mission statement for their various markets, not just for their customers, but for any potential investors.
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They don't have the power to make the whole world happy, but they do have the power to make the thousands of CoH fans happy.
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