NCSoft Stockwatch

[chasearcanum]

*presses button labeled "Canned Mad Scientist Laughter #0172"*

Wow, you've got 172 different canned mad scientists laughs?  Mine ran out of oxygen somewhere around 12.  Beyond that, it was just whimpering and wheezing and an occasional hammering as he tried to get out. 

What's your secret? 
Should I be drilling air holes in the can?
...Or are you using multiple mad scientists in multiple cans?
...or multiple mad scientists in the same can, I guess.... they do say they're recyclable, after all.
... the cans, not the scientists....
... although....

[Dr Shadow]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-20/ncsoft-nhn-shares-slump-on-regulation-speculation-seoul-mover.html

NCsoft Corp. (036570) led South Korean gamemaker shares lower in Seoul stock trading on speculation the government will continue to regulate the industry.
NCsoft, a producer of online games, slumped 6.1 percent to 147,500 won, its steepest drop since Dec. 5. NHN Corp. (035420), the country's biggest Internet search-engine operator, declined 6.3 percent to 216,500 won. Gamevil Inc. (063080) tumbled 14 percent to 90,300 won, the biggest loss since Aug. 19, 2011, while Neowiz Games Corp. (095660) sank 7.7 percent to 22,250 won, the lowest close since Dec. 7. The benchmark Kospi index added 0.3 percent.
Park Geun Hye, South Korea's newly elected president, was reported by MoneyToday on Dec. 5 as supporting a shutdown system for mobile games, which would would prevent students from playing games after midnight. Park, 60, of the ruling New Frontier Party, defeated main opposition nominee Moon Jae In in yesterday's election.
"Investors are betting the current government's regulatory pressure on the game industry will continue after Park's victory," Choi Hoon, an analyst at KB Investment & Securities Co., said by phone today.
NHN shares still "seem expensive," while there are some concerns the company may struggle to succeed in the mobile game business overseas, Jeong Woo Cheol, an analyst at Mirae Asset Securities Co., said today.

[Segev]

No, no, he's using "canned" in the business sense. He hires a string of scientists, then cans them just before their work would achieve its breakthrough. After they finish swearing their revenge, he records the laughter part! (As for how he is sure they're mad? Wouldn't YOU be if you were canned days before your magnum opus was complete?)

[Lily Barclay]

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Pity they decided to stop concentrating on the western market where we have no such regulations, huh?

[DarkCurrent]

Don't forget about their faithful sidekick:

http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/3659:JP/chart/

I wonder if NCSoft is returning their phone calls.

[Triplash]

*presses button labeled "Canned Mad Scientist Laughter #0172"*

https://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz55/KansasCrawford/Funny%20Pics/216951_3141817764579_1917099602_n.jpg

[Minotaur]

Don't forget about their faithful sidekick:

http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/3659:JP/chart/

I wonder if NCSoft is returning their phone calls.

Just discovered that Nexon are one of the sponsors of English premiership football club Queen's Park Rangers. Not sure if there's anything we can do with this info.

[Mister Bison]

Just discovered that Nexon are one of the sponsors of English premiership football club Queen's Park Rangers. Not sure if there's anything we can do with this info.

And me that the 7th floor toilets were clogged.

[dwturducken]

Wow, you've got 172 different canned mad scientists laughs?  Mine ran out of oxygen somewhere around 12.  Beyond that, it was just whimpering and wheezing and an occasional hammering as he tried to get out. 

What's your secret? 
Should I be drilling air holes in the can?
...Or are you using multiple mad scientists in multiple cans?
...or multiple mad scientists in the same can, I guess.... they do say they're recyclable, after all.
... the cans, not the scientists....
... although....

It's more sinister than that. All of his math is done in base 8 for security. It's actually only 122.

[V-Mink]

It's more sinister than that. All of his math is done in base 8 for security. It's actually only 122.

Diabolical!

Nobody should have to do base-8 conversions in their heads!

... though we've got a Mad Science wetware patch for that....

[TimtheEnchanter]

DROP up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, DROP, down, down, down, SUDDEN RISE,up, down, up, down, up, down, up...

What is this, a drinking game or the morning aerobics workout?

[Segev]

What is this, a drinking game or the morning aerobics workout?

It's actually NCSoft's attempt to crack the Konami Code.

[TonyV]

Pity they decided to stop concentrating on the western market where we have no such regulations, huh?

Heh, keen observation.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Nobody should have to do base-8 conversions in their heads!

Programmers find base-16 far more useful. ;)

[Segev]

Programmers find base-16 far more useful. ;)

Oh, great, next you'll be handing out our secret decoder rings!  :roll:

[SARobb]

Oh, great, next you'll be handing out our secret decoder rings!  :roll:

*hides his decoder ring*

[corvus1970]

*presses button labeled "Canned Mad Scientist Laughter #0172"*

I sure hope Dr. Horrible's laugh is in there! Both in its practice and final-form phases ;)

[Electric-Knight]

You all lead me on a search for mad scientist soundboards... and I am displeased to say that I did not find anything to my liking!!  >:(

Closest I found was this, but it's really not very good at all (not great selections, poor audio quality, too much delay from when you start a clip):
Professor Farnsworth Soundboard
:roll:

[Xieveral]

You all lead me on a search for mad scientist soundboards... and I am displeased to say that I did not find anything to my liking!!  >:(

Closest I found was this, but it's really not very good at all (not great selections, poor audio quality, too much delay from when you start a clip):
Professor Farnsworth Soundboard
:roll:

I'm highly disappointed that "Good news. everybody!" is not on there.

[NecrotechMaster]

I'm highly disappointed that "Good news. everybody!" is not on there.

i agree, thats like his catchphrase