....Seriously, speculation is wasting time we could be using to actually fight with. We still have so much to do. Sitting back to speculate when we haven't spead the latest links, made comments, liked and +1'd coverage etc is not something that will make us win a fight against the odds.
I swore I wouldn't weigh in on this, but I agree with this right here.
The human mind has a tendency to find patterns- we're frighteningly good at it- we even find patterns where they don't exist. We're grasping at straws here, trying to make sense out of something that doesn't seem to fit the reality we know. To do that, we look for patterns. We take every tablescrap we can find even loosely tied to NCSoft, Paragon, or whatever and we cobble them together whether they make sense or not. We learn facts like the recent distribution deal and stock purchase between Nexon and NCSoft and we assume that it MUST be related to this. It's a clue, dammit, it HAS to mean something. Nexon must be involved somehow... as does Blade & Soul... as does Perfect World and thus Cryptic (PW, Nexon, & NC all have business agreements, after all). Now how do we connect them all? someone else mentions the possibility of a sale? all the better....
I swear, I'm surprised someone hasn't found a way to tie in the Star Wars Sale to Disney, the Avengers movie, and the
recent presidential elections (Correction: someone DID try to tie in Obamacare's costs to the decision to close Paragon Studios)into the quagmire by now. Sure, they don't directly relate to NCSoft, but given some of the other tangents we tie in, it wouldn't take much to do a "six-degrees-to-Kevin-Bacon" kind of thing here.
Ironically the less we know about a certain subject, the more convinced we can become about the picture we create from the few scraps we see. This is the basis for so many of humanity's long-standing impossible-to-debunk conspiracy theories, and its one reason why those more "in the know" for these conspiracies have a such a tough time taking the theorists seriously.
The speculation and debate is a waste of time and a diversion from any productive effort.
It's easy to fall into the trap. We all want answers- *I* want answers, but at some point, you have to say to yourself, "
We don't have enough information to put together a real answer. We can't even GET the information we need.... but we can do other things even without that information." - We can keep the pressure on NCSoft to head toward a community-friendly solution.
- We can keep the spotlight on the situation so other MMO publishers know not to follow the lead of these boneheads.
- We can continue to enjoy the game while we have it.
- We can help record all that the game offered, as others are doing here on the boards.
- We can look to contribute to the game's "Spiritual Successor"
- We can remain prepared to support any effort to legitimately resurrect the game, once more details come to light.
Focus on these things.
Focus on action.
Leave the speculation for when that's all we have left.
