The idea has some merit, but it doesn't really add up with NCSoft's pushing of Blade and Soul onto the US market - if they were doing a withdrawl strategy would it not have been wiser to not announce B&S at all? (if they knew they were withdrawing by the time they shut down CoH they probably also knew it already when announcing B&S)Not to mention Wildstar.
Guess we'll know if they announce one of these days that Blade and Soul's US/EU launch is cancelled.
Dunno. Maybe replace the logo with the Kaiju monster's head and the bandana. Or a closeup of the bunny with the bandana on, and game boxes laying around it, & a bloody CoH box hanging from its mouth. *shrug*How about this? ;D
The server failed to communicate is the error I keep getting with that photobucket link.Hmm, odd - works for me, I just uploaded this here pic to that account... ???
If you know a good frame-by-frame animation editor, just take my video, make it a huge gif(that why you need a good software), and cherry-pick the 30 or so frames to do that, you missed some frames.Alas, the ancient Zero Wing gif I found only had those 18 frames, and at the moment I don't have anything that can handle gifs other than PSP's Animation Shop, and it can't handle video imports :-\
How about this? ;D
(https://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o714/MMOKiller/NCSoft%20the%20MMOKiller/NCSoftArchitect_zps0f73ac83.jpg)
I think this has a high chance to spread among any of the images.
What's it supposed to be, though?The 'hat' is actually a Guild Wars bandana - ironic, no? ;)
I have no idea what that's supposed to say or mean.It's supposed to be "Unexpected" I think.
It occurs to me that having a highly destructive gang of vandals in the Plan Z universe that wear a red bandanna with a smudged blue logo that is not quite legible but vaguely recognizable might be appropriate.
ASSUMING CONTROL !
Got another one in my head but need to get to sleep.Tada!
The Borg Cube.
We are NCsoft your MMO will be assimilated, your game uniqueness will be discontinued.
Ah I didn't see it then. Bravo Lily it is a brilliant idea.
(https://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o714/MMOKiller/NCSoft%20the%20MMOKiller/NCSofttheFamilyKiller_zpsb6486f8d.jpg)
Nice...
I think it should still say MMO Killer though, not Family Killer. Just for the sake of consistency.
I can picture Statesman saying "But I don't want to go on the cart!"
It was posted on this thread, first post (http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,5966.0.html).
Just posted on the Cape channel in-game by @Ankhani. Ghostbusters idea:
NCSoft the Game Killer? Good evening. As the duly appointed represenative of the city of Paragon, I hereby request that you cease and desist all sunsetting activities and return forthwith to your place of origin or the nearest convenient parallel MMO.
Lots of awesomeness here; especially Quich and Todogut.Ah yes, sorry - I did change the name of the Variations folder - it used to be 'Variations GameKiller' but now it's simply 'GameKiller', so yep, that will break links to the old name.
Turjan, have you changed the stuff in the photobucket directory? One seems to have disappeared.
Just wanna say, been loving the images so far. I've been alternating them when playing TF2 and it brightens my day when players stop and read it.I've been down with a bug last few days, but mostly over it now so I'll see what I can do about knocking up some higher contrast corporate bandana imagery and maybe reworking some old pics. Nice to know they're getting positive comments too - we gots to keep on fightin' :)
I will ask though, since this is something that was brough to my attention, the NCSoft logo needs to stand out in the picture. I've gotten a few comments asking about what was written on the red hat, used in the images as it's a bit blended into the area. And I should mention I was kinda surprised with the lack of negative comments and actual positive comments I have received.
(https://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o714/MMOKiller/NCsoft%20the%20MMOKiller/NCsoftGollumisnotlistening_zps698a4259.jpg)
Anyway, because I suck at art, a couple of suggestions.
This picture (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/33551029/vlcsnap-00004.png){linked for file hugeness} with the captions;
That pic is incredible. lol my computer would have blown up if I had been there. But that just shows how unique and varied the game and players are. Good capture, I'm saving that on my computer so I can look at it and cry on Dec 1st.The game doesn't have the capability to render that many entities. It was done by demo record/edit by Leandro of the attendees to the Unity Rally in September. But yes, good image.
Funny! But if we're casting NCSoft as Gollum, does that make City of Heroes/Villains Sauron's ring.... ?
I'm sorry. I've never seen American Psycho, but is Christian Bale holding a "cordless" air nailer? I wasn't aware that movie was a comedy. :oUm... but they do exist.
Quick thing - I hate that the title is wrapped around two rows, but whatever works.
http://cheezburger.com/6770684160
One cleaned up picture, and a couple of others. The stockwatch one, I'm not too happy with, the text is all over the place. Anyone have an idea how to clean that up?
How about this?Hey Samuraiko, did you get your 'suit/case // frowning pajama hero // gangs' drawing yet ? (that's what I remember of it)
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net%2Fphotos%2Ffull%2F688779815.jpg%3Fkey%3D800600%26amp%3BExpires%3D1353186588%26amp%3BKey-Pair-Id%3DAPKAIYVGSUJFNRFZBBTA%26amp%3BSignature%3DpFwMQiuDm-FamBokDHoW2L0icjNQuGUeG8jQRPneYoYHvvCAp5wgUBtMswJUWK60rZFqSKDyXyaulUq3jyBa-0LzPo0KqZ3ZxMnKENgergx8dcvEDmUgRcl8Z2nL5eU6lL57L8WhBCSa2j8pCH9CRtYQnfBSPSbnmX0lPGAV55o_)
If you can't see it, go here (http://twitpic.com/be2xwn/full).
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Hey Samuraiko, did you get your 'suit/case // frowning pajama hero // gangs' drawing yet ? (that's what I remember of it)
Love it, Globetrotter. Great composition and color.
I personally would like to see "#Save CoH' bigger, so it's more an ad for us and less an ad for CoH.
How about this?
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net%2Fphotos%2Ffull%2F688779815.jpg%3Fkey%3D800600%26amp%3BExpires%3D1353186588%26amp%3BKey-Pair-Id%3DAPKAIYVGSUJFNRFZBBTA%26amp%3BSignature%3DpFwMQiuDm-FamBokDHoW2L0icjNQuGUeG8jQRPneYoYHvvCAp5wgUBtMswJUWK60rZFqSKDyXyaulUq3jyBa-0LzPo0KqZ3ZxMnKENgergx8dcvEDmUgRcl8Z2nL5eU6lL57L8WhBCSa2j8pCH9CRtYQnfBSPSbnmX0lPGAV55o_)
If you can't see it, go here (http://twitpic.com/be2xwn/full).
That one is nailing it!
Very Original
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
The stockwatch one, I'm not too happy with, the text is all over the place. Anyone have an idea how to clean that up?
Just posted that image a few times across various posts in NCSoft's Facebook page. :D
I'm a bit of a noob with Forums, so could someone tell me how to post a picture? XDFirst, find an image host that allows hotlinking. I use Imgur (http://imgur.com/) or Photobucket (http://beta.photobucket.com/), personally.
[img]http://image.url.com/image.jpg[/img]Ah, there we go! Thanks! ;D
Just something I made today. Had the idea while in Economics.
Not as good as the other pics here but hopefully I'll come up with something better.
(https://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y532/Matoro16/NCSoftStockBomber.jpg)
I don't want to get into rights to cross post the image, so am just linking to it in another forum, but the image on post 22 cracked me up.That image really hit hard. :'(
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=298479&page=2
all it needed was a very odd looking B&S dog.
(https://i.imgur.com/4frLV.jpg)
Request for the photoshoppers - would it possible to knock together a Shut Up And Take My Money (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shut-up-and-take-my-money) picture with Disney ears and something identifiably CoHlike?
- fixes fixes link -
Also, what do you mean intense? Or do you mean... hold on, to clarify - Fry would be us. Thus, the mouse ears and the CoH insignia/cape/whateverisidentifiable would convey the message "we like Disney, we like CoH, we have money to spend".
In theory, anyway.
He just looks all mean and impatient. Seems like an insult to whoever is buying.No, it is a very, VERY common meme for something they really, really, really want.
No, it is a very, VERY common meme for something they really, really, really want.
Besides, have you ever seen Futurama? Fry doesn't have a mean bone in his body.
(https://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s556/JackNolan1/vampire.jpg)
(https://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s556/JackNolan1/scrooge.jpg)
You're okay by my book corvus. Robocop wins every time.
(https://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa341/xXPixieBratXx/ncsoft_happinessmalls.png)
I've added those recent ones to the MMOKiller Photobucket Community (http://s1339.photobucket.com/albums/o714/MMOKiller/Community%20authored%20images/) folder - that corporate one is a classic, made me remember this one I knocked up a bit back :D
(https://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o714/MMOKiller/GameKiller/swimmingcat_zps5e360f71.jpg)
Send for the Furies....
(https://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s556/JackNolan1/furies.jpg)
Win.
Also, I hope that jumping cat was ok, it looked like he was a story or two off the ground. :-\
That MUST be captured and captioned, "NCSoft tries to cross over into the Western Market."
I'd do it but I have no idea how to work with moving pics.
(https://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa341/xXPixieBratXx/AvengeCOH/ncstupid_cat.gif)
45 frame gif. Had to layer roughly 30 of those frames. Proof that I love my COH community! ;D
I think I love you now. XD
Well done!
Well if the cat is below the square/cube threshold he'll be okay.
Oh I should explain. Without getting all technical - The square/cube threshold is where an animal has enough mass/size to actually hurt themselves via falling damage. Below a certain point, air resistance is a greater factor than gravity. Squirrels and small rodents like mice and rats almost cannot be killed by falls. If you tossed a squirrel out of a plane, he'd instintively spread out his legs (like a flying squirrel of course) and even if he's NOT a flying squirrel, the air resistance will keep the "terminal velocity" from being - well - terminal. There's just not enough mass there. And when he lands, there's not enough inertia to cause internal organ damage or even enough to break bones.
Cats - depending on the breed are right on the edge of that threshold. Smaller cats have been known to survive falls off of 12 story balconies.
But larger cats - like say, a Maine Coone? They would definitely go SPLAT.
That's why I feel no guilt being amused by things like this -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgDa_cpgHWs
- because the squirrel is suffering nothing but the loss of dignity. :)
Celtic Lass? Superb! I suggest the "fail" at the end might be gilding the lily, but I'll leave that for others to comment on.
JR, don't be so ashamed of primal things. They too must be served, carefully. I myself go all fanboy over the Furies up there. I'd advise you to go take an axe brute into Sharkshead, but....
"When people consign too much to the subconscious, that unrecognized, unheeded demon must come roaring back out into the light."
-- Joseph Campbell, regarding the Jungian "Shadow-self."
my latestLOL I love this. You have to admire this one for the facial hair alone! (https://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa341/xXPixieBratXx/Forum%20Smileys/Holidays/presents_under_the_tree-1726.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/9qvj0.jpg)
Thanks. I've been trying to work the NCsoft logo in there somehow, but I always end up making a mess of the composition.
(https://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y532/Matoro16/NCSoftBlackKnight_zpsb35ce560.jpg)
Love me some S & G! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dau2_Lt8pbM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dau2_Lt8pbM)Thanks, Colette! I can't think of a single thing better atm re: help than your being here hanging out on Titan forums! yeah I love "Scarborough Fair" and Thanks for the My Little Pony vid; MLP is almost outside this dinosaur's cultural reference but LOL Friendship IS magical!
And for those to whom the ponies are a mystery... http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_814358&feature=iv&src_vid=dCUT-KHWeec&v=6IQzz8mSHuM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_814358&feature=iv&src_vid=dCUT-KHWeec&v=6IQzz8mSHuM)
Thanks, JR, Quinch. Anything I can do to help.
Coup, while I of course love the anti-NCSoft memes, it's nice to see positive, pro-CoH ones too.
(https://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s556/JackNolan1/fstein_zps2172def3.jpg)
"I absolutely love it!"
Nice of you to say. I wonder if you know the source material? Virtual cookie to the first to ID the image. :)
"This is so fitting with what I have witnessed happening on these forums..."
Little vague, though. What have you witnessed?
Why, angry mobs with torches, of course.I know you're trying really hard to skirt the green-skinned fairy-tale creature line, but be honest with yourself: Titan forums is not a place for angry mobs with torches. At most there's a few people here who are kind of on the batshit side of things. Most of us, though, are pretty moderate and we don't want to burn NCsoft at the stake.
I know you're trying really hard to skirt the green-skinned fairy-tale creature line, but be honest with yourself: Titan forums is not a place for angry mobs with torches.
At most there's a few people here who are kind of on the batshit side of things. Most of us, though, are pretty moderate and we don't want to burn NCsoft at the stake.
I know. Please note that I am not saying that these forums are like that, only that I keep witnessing certain behaviors here. Naturally it is to be expected as some people take it harder than others. What surprises me, however, is the reaction of the community or lack of thereof. That makes me somewhat bitter and prone to making snarky comments. I suppose I need to up my dose of zen.
It's called negative publicity. I warned NCsoft repeatedly that it was what they were facing by making the decision they did, and then not releasing the IP to be acquired by the former employees of Paragon Studios. I'm not sure exactly what "negative publicity" means to you, but this is pretty much right in line with what I expected.
And be honest, as far a s negative publicity goes, this is hardly carrying torches. Maybe it's because I've lived in places where there were coal miner strikes that got very ugly--as in, people slashing tires, vandalizing property, using physical intimidation and threats, even to the point where people were injured and killed, but to my knowledge, no one here has even done anything illegal, and no one is trying to incite a literal riot. So accusations that people are going overboard and complaints that "Goshdarnit, some of those pictures are just plain mean!" are kind of lost on me.
I think you're oversaying it a little, Frog. I mean yeah, there was a -lot- of that in the early weeks since the closing, but much of it has since died down. I'm not seeing as much of that caustic stuff that was flung around all willy nilly like originally.
Well, just try and keep a leash on it, you know? If you catch yourself starting to fall into that bitterness, take a step back and figure out if you really think it should be posted. I know you're not a unicorn and you're as beat up as the rest of us. But we have to stick together as best we can. I feel like antagonizing each other, intentionally or otherwise, is counter productive.
Not getting on your case. Just trying to help.
Now now, give it up for Couper. He caught on.
"...people slashing tires, vandalizing property, using physical intimidation and threats...."
Oh yeah! I'd totally bail if the movement started down that path. There's no point in my preaching about them breaking the spirit of their contract if we start crossing worse lines.
I know, it's weak.
(https://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a213/FatherXmas/Misc/SavedBrain_zps924e82aa.jpg)
In the sad absence of an Ignore button,Click "Profile" at the top of the page. Hover over "Modify Profile" then hover over "Buddies/Ignore list" and click on "Edit Ignore List". Put their name in.
Click "Profile" at the top of the page. Hover over "Modify Profile" then hover over "Buddies/Ignore list" and click on "Edit Ignore List". Put their name in.
(I apologise to everyone for this unpleasant scene. Please overlook this.)
"I'm simply tired of the never ending Orwellian Hate Week that is taking place here."
Frog, I dunno what you've you've seen or think you've seen. You were speaking to the guy who has worked so hard to keep us together, and you just compared the community he founded to a brutal totalitarian dictatorship.
How dare you!
How dare you strut in here and say that to Tony? You ought'a be slapped! What have you contributed to this community besides sowing discord and throwing around insults? This is not the place for your childish 4-chan games. We're trying to accomplish something here.
Perfidus called you on it with far more politeness than you deserve, and you relied like a snotty six year old.
"...put some effort into sounding a tad bit less patronizing."
I have made an honest effort to engage you with civility, and this is your answer. Well, I'm done with you. In the sad absence of an Ignore button, I'm just gonna pretend you don't exist from now on, and I advise everyone else to do the same until you man up and apologise to Tony. And Perf too. To perdition with you, you toxic little toad.
You may save your righteous ramblings for the next heretic to come. I don't want to have anything to do with post-CoH community again.Seriously?
Frog's signing out.
You ought'a be slapped! What have you contributed to this community besides sowing discord and throwing around insults?
But don't worry, I won't be upsetting you any longer. I was opting to be a part of a community devoted to a game, but got a religious movement instead. Shouldn't really be surprised: this is internet - a lot of silly stuff is happening here. But hey! Who am I to tell you how to have your fun? So... You may save your righteous ramblings for the next heretic to come. I don't want to have anything to do with post-CoH community again.
Frog's signing out.
For 99.999999% of the creatures in the universe having a bad day means you got eaten:o
To be fair, his strawberry tarts are out of this world.
Right, because there are no other threads about anything else anywhere to be found here at all?
Folks, I'm going to say this again. There are people here who want to see NCsoft boiled in oil. I personally don't like the company myself (although to be fair, shout-out to the GM team, they're awesome; I'm referring to the corporate offices in Korea). There are anti-NCsoft threads, and that's not going to stop in the foreseeable future. Consider yourself warned.
However, that is not the sole purpose of the Titan Network. In fact, in spite of my own personal feelings towards NCsoft, there is a thread dedicated specifically to former CoH players who are now playing Guild Wars 2 (http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,6961.0.html). And yes, people have posted anti-NCsoft posts there. And yes, we have moderated them because it's disruptive (http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,6961.msg96964.html#msg96964). So please, spare me the lectures and comparisons to Orwell, and no matter how many ragequit posts I read, you're not going to make me feel one iota of guilt or convince me to start shutting down people who are peacefully expressing their anger and disappointment with NCsoft without disrupting others. Funny thing, to me it would be more Orwellian of me to start locking threads, deleting posts, and otherwise telling people what to think or say when they're not causing any harm or disruption to discussion, yet apparently that's what some people expect me to do.
It's really simple. If you don't agree with the anti-NCsoft crowd, then find other threads to read and post in. It's not like they're hard to find. This particular forum, "Save Paragon City!", is specifically dedicated to ideas and discussion around getting NCsoft to change their mind and release the game IP. That's not going to happen with people sitting around doing nothing, and all of our positive efforts have been rebuffed, so it's not unreasonable to expect many of the posts here to focus on how to negatively affect NCsoft to the point where they will let the IP go to stop the negative publicity. If you have better ideas, by all means, please post them! (Just be forewarned that "Just let it go..." is probably also not going to meet a warm reception in the "Save Paragon City!" forum.)
If you want to leave the Titan Network because of anti-NCsoft posts in this forum, then don't let the door hit you on the way out. I'm not saying that I want you to go, but I won't lose any sleep over it because to be brutally honest, if you come to this particular forum and you're offended by anti-NCsoft posts, that's your problem, not mine. Why aren't you contributing to pitching City of Heroes to other companies (http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/board,161.0.html)? Why aren't you participating in discussions about the comic medium in general (http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/board,163.0.html)? Why are you seeking other former CoH players to play other games with (http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/board,158.0.html)? Why aren't you contributing to a successor to City of Heroes (http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/board,170.0.html)? Why aren't you discussing the future of the Paragon Wiki now that CoH is shut down (http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/board,67.0.html)?
If instead of doing any of these or many other things that are topics of discussion you deliberately choose to come into threads that are about a topic that you know you're probably not going to enjoy reading or participating in, hey, I really don't have any issue with that, either. Spirited discussion and even civil arguments--including dissenting viewpoints--are welcome and encouraged. If you're under the impression that I'm going to shut down conversation because someone has a disagreement, though, I can tell you that's not going to happen. I'm sorry if that's the standard by which you just a community worth participating in, but that's not how we roll here. If we were so anti-NCsoft, why do you think we haven't moderated any of your posts?
The kind of funny thing is, I just had another ragequit a week ago for precisely the opposite reason; someone was all hurt and upset because we moderated their posts for using an offensive derogatory term. If I were more fragile, I'd give up, under the impression that I just can't win. As it is, though, I'm just arrogant enough to know when I'm right about something, and a few things I know I'm right about are that not everyone here is anti-NCsoft, there are plenty of discussions that have nothing to do with NCsoft at all, and accusations of being Orwellian aren't going to get very far when we moderate as little as we do.
With some of those comments, which is allowed, if a person was to take out NCSoft, and insert say, Paragon Studios, they probably would be flamed, and or banned or modded.Only a handful of people have been banned, and one of those was for posting nothing but nigh-on gibberish so he doesn't count, and another one was banned AFTER throwing a hissy fit, so he doesn't count either. I personally haven't done a whole lot of modding people's posts, whether pro- or anti-NCsoft, unless they get into racist comments or are being belligerent or offensive. I haven't seen any of the other mods/admins doing anything more than what I've been doing. So honestly, I have no idea where you're coming from with this.
While it was only one person, not the first and probably wont be the last, we really should, as a whole, be a bit more open to differing opinions without jumping down each other throat. Yeah I know, people SAY the yare open to differing opinions but their actions sometimes speak different.
Only a handful of people have been banned, and one of those was for posting nothing but nigh-on gibberish so he doesn't count, and another one was banned AFTER throwing a hissy fit, so he doesn't count either. I personally haven't done a whole lot of modding people's posts, whether pro- or anti-NCsoft, unless they get into racist comments or are being belligerent or offensive. I haven't seen any of the other mods/admins doing anything more than what I've been doing. So honestly, I have no idea where you're coming from with this.
Flamed, sure, maybe, but we don't have control over how the userbase responds to people, only how we tone down the craziest parts.
HEY SHUT UP!!! YOU'RE WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!lol. :P. You cheeky fellow you.
*dranked my medicine I mean Rockstar and brain working better now.*
Oh yeas, you all been doing an excellent job at modding. It's not the modding part that is even the slight of worrisome. Just the reaction you cant control. And that can be worrisome. For example, with a Meme in this thread that got a reply along the lines of "Photoshop the brain down to about 1/10 the size and give the guy a magnifying glass." which implied that Kim has small brain. Although not the classic outrageous ranting, if it was about someone or soemthing else, it would had been taken a great offense even though the subliminal meaning is the same. Maybe he do havea small brain maybe he dont, but if say that Meme was about Tony for example and get the same quote. I doubt the following postings would be a whole lot different.
That was me, maybe I should have used smilies, the comment was not entirely serious in responding to a picture that I felt wasn't entirely serious either.nah nah I know. That why I used it as an example because I knew it wasnt serious intent so less chance of me pissing someone off instead of using one that might have been serious and written with hurt emotions and come off as attacking their emotions which is not my intentions at all.
Well to be fair I was doing a send up of "They Saved Hitler's Brain". There isn't a lot of suitable options at Pulp-o-Matic that could apply to a MMOKiller meme. I admit it was more personal than intended.So... comparisons to Mengele wouldn't be too far off.
Taek Jin Kim is unquestionably a very bright man. However that doesn't mean he doesn't make wrong headed decisions or at the very least understand the consequences of those decisions down the road.
Very neatly done, Lady Shin.
"I absolutely love it!"
Nice of you to say. I wonder if you know the source material? Virtual cookie to the first to ID the image. :)
"This is so fitting with what I have witnessed happening on these forums..."
Little vague, though. What have you witnessed?
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=cdn.memegenerator.net%2Finstances%2F250x250%2F34623991.jpg)Wow!! both images really reach and "speak" to me; thank you, LadyShin! I actually surfed in to write something else, so here goes. While I like all the humor and feel or rather KNOW our cause is just, I feel like the very least we can do is look at root causes. by this i mean why did ncsoft execs do this? and why was their manner even brusque and callous. I think part of the reason lies here at home within the United States, for all i know maybe parts of Europe. Somewhere along the road after World War II the United States pretty much just decided it was the "top." the most "super" of the Super Power nations. That supremacy was largely supported by Western Europe; e.g. the N.A.T.O. Allies, with the Soviet Block of countries behind the Iron Curtain, as well as the rising importance militarily but especially economically of Red China (sorry for my early 1960s lingo; it's now just China, of course). Anyhow what that meant is post-WW2 much of the so-called Free World looked up to and respected the United States. Now as a U.S. citizen and patriot I'm proud to report that my nation and homeland does indeed have some virtues, many worth emulating. The downside is that we're not perfect and have flaws, and tragically often flaws get copied as much as the good stuff. Consequently, I feel like what we are personally on the receiving end of, what NCSoft execs have done is 'cause inadvertently WE/our culture taught them to be that way: to prize money over virtue and ideals, even noble ones. Just imagine if you will the most compulsive shiney-chaser that ever existed in gaming and go further, and that's an executive; it's their character class - or if you prefer it's a characteristic of their class. Other than turning pigs into pigskins I don't see any way for pigs to fly, except maybe in their dreams like Charlotte and Wilbur. [I am assuming you've all read Charlotte's Web http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%27s_Web ]
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I know, it's weak.
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I'm a bit late I think, but I'd have to say it's from the movie Van Helsing, when the villagers try to destroy Frankenstein and his creator.LadyShin, I love your work and your mind! You have beautiful insight. re: why? i have to go old school to the Bronski Beat (hope there are other hipsters here who enjoy this and/or get the reference): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzA-V0YN3QA warning: this original video contains religious imagery as the incomparable Jimmy Somerville asks the quintessential question: Why?
To which Frankenstein demands with a mighty bellow as his creator lay dying, 'WHY?!?!?!' ...They have no answer.
EDIT: and nooo, I didn't browse through any responses to try and copy them if they got it right. :P
Further edit: My favorite line in that movie is where the priest is trying to send Frankenstein to his death...and Frankenstein resists.
The priest goes..'But you're supposed to die!'
Frankenstein... 'I want to live!'
I know, it's weak.
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(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.imagecoast.com%2Fimages%2Fblondeshell%2Fnchq.jpg)Powerful image there, Blondeshell!! That ought to be devastating, assuming of course that the younger people remember anything as far back as the 1970's. ;)
:: Cackles! :: I have taught you well, my little hellraisers! Laugh with me -- mwah hahahaha!Absolutely, Colette!! Thanks for teaching we little ones: (clears throat) draws breath *remembers a vague something muttered by a Theatre & Dance student-teacher once about supporting the voice from the diaphragm* BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, good stuff.
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Looks like El Pasogosh, i never thought about where Lucas was photographing his images. Colloquialism, like Hogwarts, might be anywhere... ;)
In my dimension The Matrix has no sequels
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ash3%2F538311_539746786057672_325440784_n.jpg)Thank you as always, LadyShin. I cannot imagine a better more skilled actor than Hugo Weaving to show an audience one version of a superbeing. When i think of Elrond of Rivendell, Agent Smith and Anthony Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra i gain a sense for our species potential as well as a sense of civilization and history. Speculative Sci Fi unto the Edges of Space-Time. /em Holdtorch
http://xkcd.com/566/*Rolls On Floor, Laughing* Man, Quinch, that was funny! 8)
"This is almost as much fun as CoH!"Thank you, Colette, for the fascinating details as well as glimpse into your world. I'd be delighted to join you there. yeah, it's a shame The Matrix had no sequels; there was such potential there, as in Neo's last statement via phone to The Matrix: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/quotes?qt0324278
Oh, not even close. But NCSoft has crossed a moral line for me, and made themselves valid targets. I'm happy to tell any and everyone that NCSoft is to MMOs what strip-miners are to the environment -- greedy, unfeeling and destructive.
"I never thought about where Lucas was photographing his images."
The small north African nation of Tunisia served as Tattooine for Star Wars. Lucas stayed local with the Mojave for Return of the Jedi.
The interior of Luke's homestead (the pit where he ate dinner with his uncle and aunt) is actually a hotel, still in existence and would have been used again for the prequels, if the prequels actually existed in my world. Fortunately, they do not. In my dimension The Matrix has no sequels, nor have any Alien sequels appeared since the eighties. It's a better world, and you're all welcome to join me here.
Thank you as always, LadyShin. I cannot imagine a better more skilled actor than Hugo Weaving to show an audience one version of a superbeing. When i think of Elrond of Rivendell, Agent Smith and Anthony Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra i gain a sense for our species potential as well as a sense of civilization and history. Speculative Sci Fi unto the Edges of Space-Time. /em Holdtorch
Although...
I found Tyrant, he's gotten a wonderful day job...Know what would make that even better? Sub "Old Spice" out and "Enriche" in it's place. :)
Although...LOL, @srmalloy; i'd remembered the first two of those Dork Tower panels but forgotten the last two. Dork Tower forever, along with /em holdtorch! ;D
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But, that begs the question..Hello again, LadyShin; great photo of Marcus as Praetorian "Statesman." Of course any dude on a horse winds up smelling of horse perspiration. Do ladies dig the smell of horse cologne that much? If so, I should buy a bottle! ;) (note: i don't need the Enriche model with all it's chemical additives that likely include formaldehyde and other toxins - but then ladies are hip to what's toxic in their own cosmetics, perfumes and such, just as we men are - right guys?) New big word for the day: Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, formerly called Environmental Illness. Kermit the Frog on Being Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpiIWMWWVco
Where are they now?
I found Tyrant, he's gotten a wonderful day job...
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This one is a much-expanded version of a couple that appeared earlier in the thread. I think it pretty much covers all the bases, and I was surprised at how well it fit the tone and rhythmic cadence of the original material.Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! Thank you, Blondeshell!!!!
Note: Please don't include the images if you quote this post so it doesn't kill my hosting bandwidth.
I tweaked some of the dialogue in my meme/comic to use a few more phrases that we've been so fond ofThat "superior service" quip gets me every time. ;Dabusingreferencing.
Let's not forget their mission statement - it's a really simple one. (grammar issues belong solely to NCSoft :P)
Mission:"To make people in this world happier - The ultimate mission of NCSoft is to make each and every one on earth happier. That is, to make people's lives more enjoyable."
Format:Small: "Our organization is built on trust and tight enough that there is no communication barrier."
Strong: "Our product and service are excellent that we are proud of being the best. Our company is firm and resilient."
Substantive: "We create real value to make progress and deliver the best to our customers. We always try to be excellent at what we are doing."
Spirit:Do the right thing!
"Do not hesitate doing what is right. Be brave at carrying out what we believe is right into practice."
And NCSoft's actions over the years have proven they don't care about customers - current, past, potential or otherwise.
Ignoring the closure of CoH for now, what else had they done to prove they don't care about customers?
Auto Assault and Tabula Rasa were financial failures. Period. Dungeon Runners was a tiny, quirky, MMO and it simply wasn't making enough money to keep it open. Exteel was closed world wide since it didn't have a steady income in the west or the east anymore and the income it did have simply was just too small.
So why is closing games that aren't making enough money to be profitable is now not caring about the customer? Again I'm subtracting CoH out of the conversation here.
Ignoring the closure of CoH for now, what else had they done to prove they don't care about customers?
Auto Assault and Tabula Rasa were financial failures.
So why is closing games that aren't making enough money to be profitable is now not caring about the customer? Again I'm subtracting CoH out of the conversation here.
Auto Assault and Tabula Rasa were financial failures. Period. Dungeon Runners was a tiny, quirky, MMO and it simply wasn't making enough money to keep it open. Exteel was closed world wide since it didn't have a steady income in the west or the east anymore and the income it did have simply was just too small.
I don't think that NCsoft isn't totally blameless in any of these games. I'm going off of memory here, so take it for what it's worth, but as I recall, NCsoft laid off a bunch of people including some of the founders from Auto Assault, cutting it to the bone, before the game turned into a financial failure. Tabula Rasa was just kind of a SNAFU all around, especially on NCsoft's part. I mean, I can understand them being upset about Richard Garriott going on his space adventure (and make no mistake, if I had some means to do so, I'd do the exact same thing), but their reaction to it was like shooting themselves in the nose to spite their face. It was just handled VERY badly. Also as I recall (it's been a few months since I researched all of this), there was actually some other company successfully running Exteel in Asia that was paying licensing fees to NCsoft, and NCsoft chose to cancel the arrangement and deliberately kill off the game in markets in which it was doing okay. I can't really speak much to Dungeon Runners as I never played it, but I do think it's a sad day when tiny quirky MMOs are canceled.
City of Heroes was just the most egregious mistake they made, but make no mistake, mistakes were made with the other games. The biggest one is that NCsoft seems to pick and choose not just winners that they will hype and market the hell out of, but losers that they systematically cut off from any support or marketing, then supposedly look justified in killing later due to lack of interest and/or subscriber base. And not to put too fine a point on it, but marketing and support are the primary functions of a game publisher, which makes them pretty damn bad at the very thing they're supposed to be doing best as a company.
As an aside I found this (http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/06/10/crossing-the-cultural-gap/) post about the player numbers NCsoft was seeing in the Korean version of CoH, no wonder they closed it.
I found this (http://unsubject.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/city-of-heroes-villains-2009-running-twice-as-fast-to-stay-at-the-same-place/) related article interesting from a predictive sense about what might happen to CoH, now that we're on the back side of the article's timeline.interesting. I'm kind of curious of what those stated target numbers for going Rogue was.
interesting. I'm kind of curious of what those stated target numbers for going Rogue was.Maybe they were estimating based on a "normal" advertising budget for MMOs.
Maybe they were estimating based on a "normal" advertising budget for MMOs.Yeah. I probably could of paid their alloted ad budget with one hours of work after taxes and bills.
Of course, CoH/V/P didn't really have a "normal" advertising budget...
Anyone mind making a "Special place in NCsoft's hearts" image, starring the chestburster from Alien?
My only issue with NCSoft having a "special place in their heart" for CoH is how stupid they think we are to believe that all of CoH can fit into something you need an electron microscope even to see.Well, when you think about it, I suppose you could say The One Ring sort of had a special place in Gollum's heart, too.
Well, when you think about it, I suppose you could say The One Ring sort of had a special place in Gollum's heart, too.I would have probably used a picture of Nekron instead of Larfleeze.
Or - to use a more superheroic sort of example - the orange battery has a special place in Larfleeze's heart.
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