"...a realignment of company focus"

[TonyV]

Like!

[Kosmos]

Oh - yesterday I came up with something in-game that I haven't mentioned here yet.

Caveat - it's a CHILDISH JUVENILE CHEAP SHOT and I'm well aware of it. But I couldn't resist.

"Taek-Jin Kim -  Because he's gonna 'Taek' all your games away!"

Unfortunately the 'ae' is pronounced like the 'a' in 'add'.

[Kosmos]

From their FAQ;

Of course it's all in the eye of the beholder... "not a grind fest" could mean something completely different to them than it does to us.

They also said that all that was needed to make it appeal to a Western audience is altering the reward and spawn rates. So, once again, they clearly have no idea what they're doing in the West. NCSoftcore seems to be the gaming industry's equivalent of the Ugly American - blithely assuming their cultural norms are universal. And maybe that's a good thing, or with Nexon's investment they might require developers to add tentacle technology so that can more fully penetrate the Japanese market.

[DrakeGrimm]

They also said that all that was needed to make it appeal to a Western audience is altering the reward and spawn rates. So, once again, they clearly have no idea what they're doing in the West. NCSoftcore seems to be the gaming industry's equivalent of the Ugly American - blithely assuming their cultural norms are universal. And maybe that's a good thing, or with Nexon's investment they might require developers to add tentacle technology so that can more fully penetrate the Japanese market.

....I see what you did there. >.>

[V-Mink]

....I see what you did there. >.>

So did I, and what has been seen cannot be unseen. 

[dwturducken]

So did I, and what has been seen cannot be unseen. 

OK, my brain read this in the voice of, I believe, Maurice LeMarche and replayed the video of the impossible boob physics.  I think I hate you a little bit, right now.

[Atlantea]

Oh BTW - ran into this guy on Virtue tonight. Think we can do something with this? (I asked permission and he's cool with it. His bio is even a subtle satire on NCSoft already!)

[downix]

Oh BTW - ran into this guy on Virtue tonight. Think we can do something with this? (I asked permission and he's cool with it. His bio is even a subtle satire on NCSoft already!)

Suggest it on the NC Gangnam style thread.

[TimtheEnchanter]

Looks like an opponent for the NCzilla character.

[Knightslayer]

They also said that all that was needed to make it appeal to a Western audience is altering the reward and spawn rates. So, once again, they clearly have no idea what they're doing in the West. NCSoftcore seems to be the gaming industry's equivalent of the Ugly American - blithely assuming their cultural norms are universal. And maybe that's a good thing, or with Nexon's investment they might require developers to add tentacle technology so that can more fully penetrate the Japanese market.

LOL!
With B&S physics engine I have no doubt they'd be able to make some seriously wriggly tentacles. 

[TimtheEnchanter]

And maybe that's a good thing, or with Nexon's investment they might require developers to add tentacle technology so that can more fully penetrate the Japanese market.

Re-quoted and re-bolded for additional ironic humor. 

[Kosmos]

So did I, and what has been seen cannot be unseen. 

Sorry, I had just visited NCSoftcore's corporate website and they have the motto under Integrity "DEDICATED TO CREATING THE PLEASURE" (emphasis added). With the definite article in there and the all-caps font I read it as "The Pleasure" and envisioned a Doctor Who style group along the lines of The Flesh.

[V-Mink]

Sorry, I had just visited NCSoftcore's corporate website and they have the motto under Integrity "DEDICATED TO CREATING THE PLEASURE" (emphasis added). With the definite article in there and the all-caps font I read it as "The Pleasure" and envisioned a Doctor Who style group along the lines of The Flesh.

"Dedicted to creating the pleasure."

 

Well, that explains Blade & Soul.

[Kosmos]

"Dedicted to creating the pleasure."

 

Well, that explains Blade & Soul.

[Scene]

View from behind of a man in a three-piece suit entering a ultra-modern glass-fronted building with the NCSoft logo over the door.

The camera follows him into a very crowded lobby and before we get a good look at the occupants it immediately pans up to follow his gaze to a marquee above the desk reading...

PASSION
THE POWER TO INSPIRE THE WORLD.

...as we watch it changes...

NEVER-ENDING CHANGE
THINK BEYOND IMAGINATIONS.

...and then...

INTEGRITY
DEDICATED TO CREATING THE PLEASURE.

The man drops his gaze to the lobby and its occupants, and the camera pans back to take in the whole room.

We see a large group of identical Korean men, recognizable as Taek-Jin Kim; all in drag with silicone-padded bras visible, badly applied lipstick and blonde wigs so poorly attached we can see the tape holding them on. The men-in-drag take notice of the man in the suit and turn towards him. They smile mechanically, maniacally, in unison, and walk forward with exaggerated hip swings and bouncing "breasts" while saying...

"Welcome to NCSoft, we are The Pleasure."


[Note: Those three slogans are taken from NCSoft's website. Notice that they got the grammar on the latter two a bit wrong? Using a definite article with pleasure, making it seem like a proper noun and using the plural "imaginations" despite seemingly referring to the abstract concept. It appears this $5B company with intentions of expanding its business in the West can't even be bothered to hire a truly fluent English speaker to do their English-language website content.]

[V-Mink]

[Scene]We see a large group of identical Korean men, recognizable as Taek-Jin Kim; all in drag with silicone-padded bras visible, badly applied lipstick and blonde wigs so poorly attached we can see the tape holding them on. The men-in-drag take notice of the man in the suit and turn towards him. They smile mechanically, maniacally, in unison, and walk forward with exaggerated hip swings and bouncing "breasts" while saying...

"Welcome to NCSoft, we are The Pleasure."

ANd now I'm thinking of 'The Rocky Horror NCsoft Show.'  "Give yourself over // to The (absolute) Pleasure...."

[Atlantea]

We see a large group of identical Korean men, recognizable as Taek-Jin Kim; all in drag with silicone-padded bras visible, badly applied lipstick and blonde wigs so poorly attached we can see the tape holding them on. The men-in-drag take notice of the man in the suit and turn towards him. They smile mechanically, maniacally, in unison, and walk forward with exaggerated hip swings and bouncing "breasts" while saying...

"Welcome to NCSoft, we are The Pleasure."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*runs screaming off into the distance*

[Victoria Victrix]

I got yer "realignment of company focus" right here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM5rgsmtO4k

(note the "uncanny valley" face on top of the pole-dancing stripper's neck.  Codewalker was particularly creeped out by that)

[Segev]

It's not just the face. The whole body is just distorted enough, the motions just off enough, to throw it right into Uncanny Valley. Worse, the motions are overtly sexual in the gross and crass sense. There's nothing alluring, nothing sexy about it. It's like it's designed to be unpleasant to look at AND make you feel bad for being caught in any way associated with it.

[Moonfyire101]

I got yer "realignment of company focus" right here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM5rgsmtO4k

(note the "uncanny valley" face on top of the pole-dancing stripper's neck.  Codewalker was particularly creeped out by that)

I think you just burned my retinas with that one...

[Kaiser Tarantula]

I got yer "realignment of company focus" right here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM5rgsmtO4k

(note the "uncanny valley" face on top of the pole-dancing stripper's neck.  Codewalker was particularly creeped out by that)

Please tell me crab spider helmets come with eyeball-scours.  I sorely need them now.