[Rumor] EA to be bought out by Nexon

[Freelance Henchman]

dear motherfucking GOD this horror can not possibly have been wrought by human hands and minds

 

[Menckenstein]

dear motherfucking GOD this horror can not possibly have been wrought by human hands and minds

I love how they have to flood their posts w/ @@@@@ to make them taller than the rest so they don't drown in the background. Chat window much? hahahaha

 

[Sul]

dear motherfucking GOD this horror can not possibly have been wrought by human hands and minds

What? Never played Ragnarok at its height? You couldn't even see your character if not for your own health bar. And keep in mind the game wasn't F2P, so most of the merchants (the only game job, along with it's evolutions, could open shops) where actually players seeling rare items.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

dammit sul you've been holding out on best thread ever

this is a quality level of videogame hell right here

 

[Oriebam]

at least ragnarok has better graphics and isn't a fucking sidescroller

 

[sgc_meltdown]

a veritable bustling paradise of social gameplay

（￣ー￣）

 

[EG]

Looks like an excellent crowd simulator, complete with overly loud individuals attempting to broach communication with the stars themselves.

 

[Oriebam]

a veritable bustling paradise of social gameplay

*no niggers on mah MMO*

I see they saw this other paradise of social gameplay and learned from it

 

[Clockwork Knight]

I WAS THERE, MANG

I WAS THERE FOR THE HABBO RAID

dear motherfucking GOD this horror can not possibly have been wrought by human hands and minds

I love how they have to flood their posts w/ @@@@@ to make them taller than the rest so they don't drown in the background. Chat window much? hahahaha

There is a chat window, but I don't think anyone reads it. There are also several market zones like that (notice the portals on the upper portion of the screen), but for some ungodly reason everyone stays on the first room.

Ragnarok does have some nice music, though.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

I WAS THERE, MANG

I WAS THERE FOR THE HABBO RAID

I think nobody raids RO because it looks raided already

 

[Zed]

I played one of those cluster-fuck MMO games once. "Helbreath."
You could dye your cloaks. The low level farm mobs were snakes. That's all I remember from it. Besides the cluster-fucks of course.

 

[Freelance Henchman]

I played one of those cluster-fuck MMO games once. "Helbreath."
You could dye your cloaks. The low level farm mobs were snakes. That's all I remember from it. Besides the cluster-fucks of course.

Was "Rabbi" a caster class?

 

[Zed]

Golems and Jews everywhere. I didn't notice that. I guess it's a kosher game.

 

[treave]

At least those games live up to their massively-multiplayer title. With any luck, the Koreans will ensure that TOR finally becomes a real MMORPG.

 

[Helly]

Don't diss RO too much, it's still probably the 'best' thing to have come out of korea in the ten past years.
And it's isometric for crying out loud.

 

[Menckenstein]

 

[Infinitron]

Some sympathetic comments about that here: http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/...4703-ultimate-shortcut-bundle-misleading.html


It seems even folks on "electronicarts.co.uk" don't think much of EA.

 

[Duckard]

Some guy's sig from EA's forum. They are surely masters of invoking brand loyalty in their consumer base:

 

[Azalin]

Damn I thought this was a photoshop but I googled it and it's real


/ from me

 

[Havoc]

It's from one of "those" videos:




There was one more about EA's SW:TOR + their market drop.

 

[Excommunicator]

Ragnarok does have some nice music, though.

I saw the images of the game and then saw you linking the music and was prepared to rage about it.

I clicked anyway and am positively surprised by the Labyrinth track. I will look into this



Edit: Get from my sight. Disgusting

Fuck youtube links

 

[Nattvardsvin]

Labyrinth is an awesome track. I have some fond memories of Ragnarok in the early 2000's.
Remember being a high lvl Wizard, going around in the Labyrinth Forest while this track was playing, helping lower lvl noobs with tanking and giving them random shit loot.

Game wasn't that bad actually. The PVE side of the game had a certain charm I can't put my finger on. It just had atmosphere, despite the anime cutesy shit style and the korean grinding gameplay. Not UO atmosphere or anything, but still, something that kept me playing. Now it's much more shite though.

 

[Jaesun]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/05/03/nexon-ea-reportedly-teaming-up-on-game-not-merger/

Remember that rumor about the South Korean online gaming company Nexon potentially making a bid for Electronic Arts?

Well, Bloomberg has another theory on what’s going on, and it isn’t nearly as dramatic.

The wire service says that, according to “three people with knowledge of the matter,” Nexon is in talks to distribute EA’s FIFA Online game in Asia – and has no plans to buy the company.

Electronic Arts reportedly is considering using Nexon’s online servers and developers in Asia, for the game, with the goal of leveraging Nexon’s expertise in persuading players to spend money on virtual goods.

The story says point-blank that sources say the two sides are not discussing a merger; the two companies are not commenting.

 

[EG]

Clearly a smokescreen.

EA is already in Nexon's hands.

 

[Mother Russia]

$312 Million in net income?

$274 Million in net income for EA? And EA is the biggest games producer in the decadent west?

The fuck?

My bank had a higher proft than that at the end of the last fiscal year. Sure it's a bank, but it's a Pakistani bank.

No wonder people say game producing is shit, and that there is no job security and little money to be had. Sure there are exceptions, like Notch/Minecraft, WoW, Ultima series, etc etc but those are exceptions mainly due to the geinuses behind those products.

If you 'tards want to see some real fucking numbers, check out the net incomes of Microsoft, Jewgle, Apple, or Fagbook.

And ofcourse, this is all the fault of PIRACY and PIRATES.