A quick turn of the knife should do the trick. NCsoft. Again.

[Signe]

I can see Lum wandering around followed by an entourage of gamer girlz.

Also, I did NOT eat Aion and I am NOT a zombie!

[Mrbloodworth]

That was a vampire!

[stu]

Hello I play Tabula Rasa.

If you recruit another friend, you'll be able to double the concurrent server population.

Tale am Legend.

[Nonentity]

I can see Lum wandering around followed by an entourage of gamer girlz.

Also, I did NOT eat Aion and I am NOT a zombie!

You can make all the excuses you want to, darling, but all we're doing about here is discussing cold, hard fact. Thou dost protest too much, methinks.

The fact of the matter is that I know you didn't eat Aion, but Korean MMOs set off the T-Virus of KMMO lust within you. That's all.

[Tale]

Richard Garriott is shooting Stephen Colbert's DNA into space to promote Tabula Rasa.

[schild]

Goddamn that sounds better than "I am carrying a compact flash drive with binary on it to a space station where it will be forgotten."

[Drugstore Space Cowboy]

Didn't Lum already make a really long post a few months back demolishing this sort of overly reductionist bullshit?

Probably, but a simpler response is to simply point out that the most successful MMO in Asia is World of Warcraft.

Is this supposed to refute the "Asian people like grinding" argument?

[taolurker]

No... It's to show you just how industrious their gold farmers are.

[Sir T]

http://www.statesman.com/search/content/business/stories/other/09/11/0911cbriefs.html

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NCsoft to move North American headquarters to Seattle
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

VIDEO GAMES

NCsoft to leave Austin for new base in Seattle

NCsoft Corp., the South Korean computer gaming publisher, has reorganized its local operations and is moving its North American headquarters from Austin to Seattle.

The move is a blow to the Austin gaming industry, which prided itself on having a game publisher based here. But NCsoft spokesman David Swofford said the development team and some departments such as customer service and quality assurance testing will remain in Austin.

The team that runs Richard Garriott's "Tabula Rasa" computer game will also remain in Austin.

Swofford said Seattle was a more attractive location for the company's North American headquarters because of its proximity to South Korea and direct flights to London, where NC Europe is based.

NCsoft has about 300 employees in Austin. Swofford said the headquarters move will affect about 12 people.

Chris Chung, former president of NCsoft's Austin operations, will become chief executive of NC West, a new subsidiary that will include NC Interactive, NC Austin, NC Europe and ArenaNet.

Garriott, a renowned local game developer who is the creative force behind the "Ultima" series as well as "Tabula Rasa," will retain his title as executive producer.

Recently, NCsoft laid off 21 people from its Austin operations and in February laid off a small number of people from its "Tabula Rasa" team after the much-anticipated game failed to meet expectations.

I play Tab Ras.. and its subscriber positive right now despite your hate. There was even some clown on general last night yammering about eve and how "this game was such a Disappointment and I'm heading back to eve where its really really fun. Oh heres the good points about EVE. EVEVEVE" for an hour and everyone was like "ok By See ya. Have fun. Arnt you gone allready ffs" plus a queue of people saying "hey I'm having actual FUN here."

Fun. Remember that? That thing you used to have before gaming became a second job? And I'm having it in tab ras. If I stop having fun I'll go play something else with a thank you. *shrug*

[Hawkbit]

It's like a Klansman in the ghetto. 

[Zetleft]