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Title: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: cforciea on December 05, 2012, 08:30:44 PM
Good job whoever submitted the story.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/12/05/1844208/city-of-heroes-reaches-sunset-ncsoft-paying-the-price

Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: TonyV on December 05, 2012, 08:45:20 PM
I may or may not have had something to do with that.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: corvus1970 on December 05, 2012, 08:50:28 PM
I won't repeat my image response here. I shall only say...

BOOYAH!
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: JanessaVR on December 05, 2012, 09:17:52 PM
This is - by far - my favorite comment so far there:

"They said that it's a strategic decision. No one said it was a good strategy."

Indeed...  ;)
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Treees on December 05, 2012, 09:21:06 PM
The comments are kinda...not so great, so it'd be nice for all of us to help with that issue x:
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: V-Mink on December 05, 2012, 09:21:49 PM
A fair warning: This is, after all, slashdot, where cynicism, jaded commentary, and the jaundiced eye are almost de rigueur.  Expect more than a few comments that could be interpreted as unicorn-like.  It's good that we slammed into Slashdot, but be aware the commentariat may not be terribly sympathetic.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: corvus1970 on December 05, 2012, 09:26:07 PM
Well, I handle slashdot the same way I handle yahoo news articles: I typically avoid the comments that follow to retain something resembling a tiny nugget of faith in humanity.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: TonyV on December 05, 2012, 09:47:51 PM
Quote from: V-Mink on December 05, 2012, 09:21:49 PM
A fair warning: This is, after all, slashdot, where cynicism, jaded commentary, and the jaundiced eye are almost de rigueur.  Expect more than a few comments that could be interpreted as unicorn-like.  It's good that we slammed into Slashdot, but be aware the commentariat may not be terribly sympathetic.

They're actually pretty good so far.  Only one or two that are outright negative, and several good replies to them.  Most are currently along the lines of, "Yeah, that's a shame...", and I'm okay with that.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: P51mus on December 05, 2012, 09:57:03 PM
Quote from: corvus1970 on December 05, 2012, 09:26:07 PM
Well, I handle slashdot the same way I handle yahoo news articles: I typically avoid the comments that follow to retain something resembling a tiny nugget of faith in humanity.

I posted on slashdot for a little bit.  Got +1 to my status from a good comment.  Then I got -2 for telling someone a racist or sexist joke was in bad taste, and all of a sudden my posts defaulted to people not being able to see them without clicking.  Then I stopped looking at slashdot.

Still, nice to hear the story's made slashdot.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: NecrotechMaster on December 05, 2012, 10:04:48 PM
i use slashdot as my home page when i first open my browser so i can do a quick scan to see what kind of news is about with the real world lol
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Osborn on December 05, 2012, 10:07:31 PM
Quote from: TonyV on December 05, 2012, 09:47:51 PM
They're actually pretty good so far.  Only one or two that are outright negative, and several good replies to them.  Most are currently along the lines of, "Yeah, that's a shame...", and I'm okay with that.

Even if they weren't, I think it's assumed by the global internet community that comment sections on anything are cesspits and you only view them to view the ideas of those most or least opinionated in something. There's no middle ground, because those people only kinda opinionated are gonna be like "Eh, I got things to do".
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: NecrotechMaster on December 05, 2012, 10:12:12 PM
Quote from: Osborn on December 05, 2012, 10:07:31 PM
Even if they weren't, I think it's assumed by the global internet community that comment sections on anything are cesspits and you only view them to view the ideas of those most or least opinionated in something. There's no middle ground, because those people only kinda opinionated are gonna be like "Eh, I got things to do".

this is how i view it, however from an outside perspective a lot of comments means that this is a "hot topic" and thus would attract media attention (i dont know if they actually look and see what the comments are, or if they just see the # of total comments)
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Perfidus on December 05, 2012, 10:17:39 PM
Live or die on this day. Live or die on this day.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: TimtheEnchanter on December 05, 2012, 10:33:04 PM
As far as the comments are concerned, they look like a real pain to navigate.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: dwturducken on December 05, 2012, 10:39:42 PM
I'm in the "There's no such thing as bad press" camp on this one. It's exposure, and it's a LOT of it! And, though there are fantastical equines and sub-bridge dwellers, Tony's right: the majority of the comments are at least sympathetic.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Colette on December 06, 2012, 12:17:39 AM
Well done... whoever... submitted this. The hits just keep coming.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Yoru-hime on December 06, 2012, 12:23:43 AM
It's very strange to see CoH in my Slashdot RSS feed. Strange and awesome. By Slashdot standards, the reception for it definitely isn't bad at all.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Kistulot on December 06, 2012, 12:25:27 AM
I used to read Slashdot every day, but I got sick of the negativity in the comments. Seeing us there is very awesome feeling :D
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Lucretia MacEvil on December 06, 2012, 12:37:58 AM
Quote from: dwturducken on December 05, 2012, 10:39:42 PM
I'm in the "There's no such thing as bad press" camp on this one. It's exposure, and it's a LOT of it! And, though there are fantastical equines and sub-bridge dwellers, Tony's right: the majority of the comments are at least sympathetic.

I agree that this is good exposure for us, and that the sympathetic comments prove that.

As for the saying "there's no such thing as bad press".... I thought our campaign to point out NCsoft's faults was helping to drive their stock down....
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: dwturducken on December 06, 2012, 12:49:58 AM
Quote from: Lucretia MacEvil on December 06, 2012, 12:37:58 AM
I agree that this is good exposure for us, and that the sympathetic comments prove that.

As for the saying "there's no such thing as bad press".... I thought our campaign to point out NCsoft's faults was helping to drive their stock down....

Curse you and your logic!  :P
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Victoria Victrix on December 06, 2012, 02:17:58 AM
AND MMORPG.COM!!!!!
"The efforts of the City of Heroes players have been spreading throughout the Internet. Celebrities such as actor Sean Astin, actress Tara Platt, authors Neil Gaiman, Mercedes Lackey, John C. Wright, Laurell K. Hamilton, and web comic artist and illustrator John Kovalic"
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: JWBullfrog on December 06, 2012, 02:20:31 AM
And bleeding cool  http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/12/05/wednesday-runaround-the-scarcity-of-deadpool/ (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/12/05/wednesday-runaround-the-scarcity-of-deadpool/)

Yes, we're not quite top of the page but hey, who can argue with Deadpool?
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: DrakeGrimm on December 06, 2012, 02:21:27 AM
/me smirks.


And they thought we'd go away after the closure. Poor deluded fools.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Daimyoshi on December 06, 2012, 02:25:06 AM
They shall agree with us or I shall arrange rubber hose beatings!
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: JWBullfrog on December 06, 2012, 02:47:35 AM
Actually, I'm kind of surprised how many pages are cross linking the slashdot post.

Another cool bit from our friends in Sweden.

http://www.gamecore.se/?tag=city-of-heroes (http://www.gamecore.se/?tag=city-of-heroes)
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Aggelakis on December 06, 2012, 03:05:59 AM
Quote from: NecrotechMaster on December 05, 2012, 10:04:48 PM
i use slashdot as my home page when i first open my browser so i can do a quick scan to see what kind of news is about with the real world lol
I do that with Fark. That way I get weird shit and caturday in addition to my meatspace news.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Perfidus on December 06, 2012, 03:07:09 AM
Where's the link to the stuff on MMORPG? I don't see it on front page, am I stupid?
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: dwturducken on December 06, 2012, 03:22:58 AM
No one seems to be using the Thank the Media thread, anymore.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Aggelakis on December 06, 2012, 03:27:19 AM
So start throwing the links in there yourself. No one says someone else has to do it! :p


(((NOT a mod comment! just some silly to lighten the day)))
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: dwturducken on December 06, 2012, 03:29:33 AM
I've been throwing a few in, but the ones on tap, today, don't really match the significance of the ones that now have their own threads. I'm not worried about it if you aren't.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Codewalker on December 06, 2012, 03:41:43 AM
Quote from: Aggelakis on December 06, 2012, 03:05:59 AM
I do that with Fark. That way I get weird pancake and caturday in addition to my meatspace news.

(https://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss72/mshar352/obvious.gif)
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: dwturducken on December 06, 2012, 03:50:52 AM
The MMORPG.com thing comes and goes. It's tied to forum activity. It wasn't there one time I looked but was the next.

The responses have mostly what folks expected on slashdot.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: cforciea on December 06, 2012, 03:54:30 AM
The crosslinking isn't surprising to me, for the same reason I was excited enough to make a Slashdot thread. Slashdot has a reader base much higher than any of the gaming outlets that we've hit on (3.7 million viewers a month according to wikipedia). It isn't a gaming publication, it is a popular tech publication.

This is not to say that game publications aren't still important, but Slashdot is significantly more mainstream and will get a lot more views from people who might play games but are not "gamers" in the sense that they'll read gaming publications.

I didn't mean to highjack the thank the media thread.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Perfidus on December 06, 2012, 04:05:46 AM
I like to think that we all understand at this point, to thank the media. However, from this point on, if it'll make things easier I have no problems taking it on whenever someone posts a seperate thread for the press we get. It's what, a few seconds of my time to take it to the Media thread and remind people?

Whenever we see these big deal postings, we're always going to get a bit excited. We want everyone to see it, so it's natural to want to post a new thread. Especially when it's things like Slashdot. Heck, even Tony did this.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: dwturducken on December 06, 2012, 04:07:27 AM
I'm not complaining. It was meant more as a "kids these days" moment. The Korea Times, slashdot, and NYPost pieces deserve their own threads.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Perfidus on December 06, 2012, 04:16:26 AM
Understood! Now, at least. Before I misunderstood. :P
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Dr Shadow on December 06, 2012, 04:40:50 AM
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/post/5439238/City-of-Heroes-Closure-Article-in-The-Korea-Times-MONEY-Section.html#5439238

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/371066/page/1
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Teutonic Rogue on December 06, 2012, 04:47:03 AM
Quote from: Perfidus on December 05, 2012, 10:17:39 PM
Live or die on this day. Live or die on this day.

*tapes bottles from the mini-bar to fingers, breaks them on a rock and faces off against the game-devouring alpha wolf that is NCSoft*

<.<
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Perfidus on December 06, 2012, 04:49:28 AM
Ahahaha. If only we could all gang up and do that for real, huh?
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: dwturducken on December 06, 2012, 05:18:17 AM
OK, the second was the one I saw. The first is garnering a more positive response.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Vasarto on December 06, 2012, 05:25:51 AM
wait....over 40%?

When did this happen? Just yesterday it was only just under 7%.
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: Aggelakis on December 06, 2012, 05:28:10 AM
It has dropped 40% from where it was at/before the announcement (Aug 31).
Title: Re: Mainpage slashdot!
Post by: FatherXmas on December 06, 2012, 08:37:23 AM
Well I see someone out there still confuses revenue with profit.

The last 12 months of CoH sales was roughly $10-11 million dollars.  Now lets see take 11 and divide by 4 and you get $2.75 million a quarter.  Now where have I heard that number before?

Unless of course you believe NCSoft has been cooking the books about the games sales revenues.