That's like saying "Let's raise the Titanic and offer cruises on it".

Originally posted by Sharkypal 

Companies exploiting players (especially minors in the case of SWG's TCG) is a big deal, as you are about to find out.
 

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$OE exploiting their customers?

Perish the thought

Hey.. as long as their check clears, Smed's A-OK to Obriak.

Originally posted by miagisan

i got one thing to say.....

 

ad hominum

 

that is all.....

And we have a winner.

Originally posted by chlaos

Originally posted by tillamook

Originally posted by chlaos

Trub, I started to read your post but then I saw how many words there were and some of them looked long and hard (teehee, i said long and hard), so I just stopped before I got too confused.  Im sure it was great though and full of insight.  

 lol chlaos, what are you doing over here trolling?

 

 

Hey thar Till....   Moi?.....Trolling? 

Why I must say im shocked at the suggestion that I would ever engage in such behavior.  I would prefer to call it an expression of emotion through alternative dialogue.   Or umm....something like that...  

/cheers  

I love you.

Go Go NGE Defendersquad!!!

Form of... a chihuahua

Shape of... an ice spatula

Lighten up babe. Chlaos was just trying to brighten your mood. Seems playing the nge let you a bit tetchy and defensive. It's happy fun playtime!!!

How can anyone complain the game is neglected in any way?

It's been perfect since the nge. Absolutely stellar. Best thing that ever happened to the game.

At least that's what they keep telling me.

/signed

Only thing worse than a whiner is someone whining about the whiner.

They're making a sequel to Battlefront.  Hellooooooooo

My Jedi trainer? Never wanted one.

But I did hunt quite a few talking to theirs

Oh, and first jedi - Monika T'sarn, Intrepid server.

Originally posted by jaxscorpio34

Originally posted by DeadJester

SWG was all about crafting,  and had the best system for it.

The crafting system, which drove the player economy, is one of the reasons they restricted us to one character per server.  So I would have to agree with the OP about the number of crafters simply because a great many players bought and maintained two or more accounts so they could have at least one dedicated crafter.

Every crafter I knew had a second account, many with three or four. With extra lots,harvs and factories to make their business outshine the competition.

The greatness of their crafting system was responsible for more profits for SWG than any other system. I hated crafting, and I had one account.

I think the "Who thought camps were fun?" comment did it for me.

Maybe "Working as intended"?

Originally posted by Kordesh

Originally posted by Suvroc

Originally posted by Kordesh

Yeah, I can understand that but think of it from the point of view from the employees of SOE. Wouldn't it be bad PR for SOE to be going into the Xmas holidays with their workers in a state of panic, not knowing if their jobs were on the line?

I believe that Smed would in fact have to say something to calm those people at this time.

Yes he could, except it would be highly illegal and would threaten any deals they had going on/may result in fines. There is a reason you can't discuss those things, it's not just because they think its fun.

I'm not necessarily doubting you but under what context is denying this illegal? I can understand confirming it being illegal, but I don't understand how denying it is.

As I was made to understand last time the issue of merger came up, it was illegal for them to make statements either way as it could influence stockholder position. Feel free to correct me anyone.

You are correct, sir. Smed legally can't say they're being bought until it is official according to trading laws. There has to be a negotiated offer on the table, and the article clearly stated they haven't closed the deal.

Originally posted by LordSic

 I kinda assumed it was false when that idiot posted the same thing on every forum folder on the site.

Just the $OE owned games, not every forum.

What Smed has said truthfully could fill a thimble. We're talking one of the most credible Indian news agencies, and Reuters news service. They have far more credibility than Smed could have on a pile of bibles with a lie detector strapped to him and his veins filled with sodium pentethol.

Funny how the mods deleted this off the current board. Don't know how this could be more current and have more of an effect on current gameplay.

Great job mods. /tiphat

Originally posted by Tibbz

Don't forget that the FCC has also tried to sue South Park for the episode with the "largest crap," becuase they showed doody...

Wasn't jsut doody.. but Emmy filled doody.

I believe Reuters more than Smed. He was probably never in the loop.

Originally posted by malachidark

Did you really have to post this in like 3 different forum categories?!

Happy news travels fast, and in every forum it conforms to that game's protocols and importance.

OOPS... forgot the VG forum.

Dots not feathers.

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NEW DELHI: Zapak Digital entertainment, the online gaming company promoted by Anil Ambani-led ADAG group, is all set to buy out Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) for around $300 million (Rs 1,200 crore).

 

According to sources close to the development, the deal will be finalised within the next few days. Sony Online was on the block for the past two weeks and Zapak, which has been looking for acquiring international studios, is finally said to have reached a consensus over the valuation of Sony Online.

“The deal is almost through. It is in the final stages of negotiations and by next week, Zapak will have a full right to all content, owned and published by Sony Online,” sources told SundayET.

Sony Online Entertainment is the game development and game publishing unit of Sony and posts revenue of around $ 150 million (the company doesn’t reveal the exact details for the division). It has in the past come out with popular games such as Everquest, PlanetSide, Star War Galaxies and Vanguard. SOE’s headquartered at San Diego, California, with additional game development studios located in Austin, Texas, Denver, Colorado and Seattle.

This acquisition is in line with the future plans of Zapak Digital, which is planning to enter the gaming space in China by early next year. “This makes perfect sense for us, as around 80% of content in the gaming industry is manufactured internationally. Buying out Sony, will not only give us access but also expand our reach in the global market,” said a senior Zapak Official.

The major expenses in the gaming industry is on content and marketing, and Zapak aims to reduce the cost of publishing a game by buying out those studios and relocating them to India. “This will reduce the cost drastically from $30 mn to $10mn, which will give us the advantage to channelise our funds towards marketing and other activities,” the official said.

In the recent past, Sony has aligned with Virgin Comics, a Bangalore-based collaboration of famed, self-help guru Deepak Chopra, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and Richard Branson of Virgin Group. After the proposed acquisition, Zapak plans to retain control over all the deals, which has been signed by Sony Online.

According to the latest IMRB report, there are about 2.8 million online gamers in India and the online gaming industry is worth Rs 21 crore. Zapak is one of the top players in the Indian gaming space.

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First of all... a sell off of the company as a whole does NOT mean they're doing well.

Second of all.. it's nice that the game developers will be in the same place as the customer service department.

Third of all, there's MANY quotes above that are just fall-down laughable.

Originally posted by Obraik

 

Originally posted by GreenHell

Coudlnt you spin things by using the rotate command but adding a number after it? I remember having" /rotate right 15" set up as a macro and that would pretty much let you spin the item around in a circle if you wanted to.

Yes, you could but that's not what this.  The new movement commands allow you to tile and pitch things, so you can essentially rotate things to any angle you like now, eg things that are standing up can now be made to lie flat.

 

HOLY CRAP!!! ITEM ROTATION!!!

/resubscribe