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Merging = Yielding to Oncoming Traffic
December 6th 2003, 07:27 CET by crash Breaking news: IGN and GameSpy are "merging." The Yahoo press release. Any tasty tidbits? Why, certainly. First question is "Who gets to be the bitch?" From the writeup, it would appear to be GameSpy: Mr. Jung [IGN's current CEO] will serve the new company as CEO, and Mr. Surfas will serve as the Chief Strategy Officer and will join Mr. Jung on the Board of Directors. Because of their distinct audiences and strong loyalties, both the IGN.com and GameSpy.com brands will be retained. The companies expect to complete the merger in the first half of 2004. Second point of note: When has a merger ever resulted in parallel companies, especially when said companies compete for the same mindshare? Hrm. I can't think of one, but I'm sure someone will, so I can't say, "It has never happened." All I can do is qualify that with "...to the best of my recollection." Which isn't so hot any more, come right down to it. Third: Why's the merger happening? Simple: IGN wants better writers [difficult to get worse than they have, honestly -ed], a better PC-game presence, and FilePlanet: "This combination offers tremendous synergies as GameSpy and IGN have very complementary strengths," said Mark Jung, IGN's CEO. "GameSpy is the market leader with the PC game audience, game downloads and online gaming technology. IGN is the market leader with the console game audience and in community services such as message boards. Both companies have very strong subscription acquisition and retention programs." IGN's "VN Boards" are staggeringly successful in terms of retention and traffic. Checking their front door, at 8:40 Pacific time on 4 December, they're sporting 557 total messageboards, nearly 71 million messages, and almost 54 thousand posted in the last 20 hours... which comes out to 45 messages every second all day long. Probably every day, too. Sure, they're a pit of idiots, and a lot of 'em, but the idiots come back, read the ads, and pay the "Insider" fees to get icons and colored text in their posts. And that looks real good on the bottom line. IGN has a lot of real good reasons to want to field-strip GameSpy's assets, and the clout to do it. Can GameSpy be dealing from a position of strength on this one? If they are, why's Bastard playing second fiddle to a guy heading a company who's stock was trading at a nickel a share not so very long ago? What's gonna happen now, do you think? |
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#189 Dumdeedum That's Captain Sam Bakula to you. Trapped in the series, he finds himself leaping from episode to episode, getting things wrong that could have been right and hoping each time, that his science officer will finally get naked. You mean the oriental chick or the Spock looking babe? "..and Trolly McTroll is the best name EVER. I laugh every time I see it." - ZEP
" If i ever have a daughter, I'm going to name her Trolly. - The_Joker "I agree with Trolly. " - yotsuya |
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#175 mgns JFK is a damn good film. Back, and to the left. Back...and to the left. Back.......and to the left. BACK...and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back............... ... .... .... ... ...and to the left. The five percent nation of harmful free radicals
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Oh no, Promopheus. Prometheus! Dood.
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Fin. The five percent nation of harmful free radicals
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PENGUINS CAN'T FLY! Dood.
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AND HE'S BEEN DRINKING! The five percent nation of harmful free radicals
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SEND RUM Dood.
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That doesn't spell anything backwards at all. "Ja! Mein Leapen!"
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I'm not sending my rum anywhere but to the rum depository. re: Avatar Icon
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I hate that "back and to the left" thing because it's easily explained by physics if, you know, anyone took the damn time to look at it. It's possible for a head to snap backwards from a shot that came from behind, though it may require some critical thinking on one's part to figure it out. sunny days have funny ways of quieting the roar
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Are you offering to be a test subject? Duality [bunge shot bonus] +10G
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I'll pull the trigger, and since I said it first the line starts here. (why am i even bothering to post this?) |
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#202 Dethstryk It's possible for a head to snap backwards from a shot that came from behind, though it may require some critical thinking on one's part to figure it out. What the fuck are you talking about?"It was fucking RPGotY, fucker!"
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I'm guessing the JFK thing still. By this time tomorrow we can be doing BODY SHOTS off HOOKERS in some MEXICAN HELLHOLE
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Hey, guys! Did you know that the head will snap backwards after a forceful push forward? TRY IT, FUCKERS! Goddamn, why is this so hard to understand? Push your head down towards your chest really fast and it will end up snapping back up. Hurr, durr? sunny days have funny ways of quieting the roar
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Oh, I'm sorry. Conspiracies are cool, I'll shut up now because logic shouldn't be introduced anywhere. sunny days have funny ways of quieting the roar
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Conspiracy theories are the new religion of the stupid. "You know you are doing art when everyone has an opinion of what you're doing." - Lexx, creator of the supremely stupid Doom for Columbine mod.
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There's a lot more to the Kennedy assassination than just 'back and to the left' though. I'm generally the first to laugh at fruitcake conspiracy theorists, but when you have so many people dying in such a short period of time (John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Malcom X, Bobby Kennedy, etc) all due to "lone whacko assassins" and all under somewhat bizarre circumstances, you really have to wonder... Comment Signature
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Imagine! Many and varied public figures dying at a time of huge civil upheaval and changes! "You know you are doing art when everyone has an opinion of what you're doing." - Lexx, creator of the supremely stupid Doom for Columbine mod.
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#207 Dethstryk Goddamn, why is this so hard to understand? Push your head down towards your chest really fast and it will end up snapping back up. Hurr, durr? Maybe it's because of the tremendous spray of blood and brains. Durr, huh?"It was fucking RPGotY, fucker!"
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jafd - Are you an idiot? That has fuck all to do with Kennedy's neck making his bounce back. sunny days have funny ways of quieting the roar
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Er, making his head bounce back. sunny days have funny ways of quieting the roar
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That's precisely my point. The neck might make the head bounce back. How are you attributing a tremendous reward spray of blood and brains to a bullet entering from the rear? "It was fucking RPGotY, fucker!"
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reward? 9 years later you're the fat kid with his face pressed against the window of The Industry. - crash
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What, you expected a power up? I believe I can fly......urk.
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rearward* "It was fucking RPGotY, fucker!"
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jafd - I don't know, really. Exit wounds are the nasty ones, so I'm not sure what to say about it. sunny days have funny ways of quieting the roar
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Ah, now it becomes clear. 9 years later you're the fat kid with his face pressed against the window of The Industry. - crash
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You could say, "Haggle gaggle, I'm an armchair ballistics expert!" Alternately, you could say "Goddammn" and "Hurr, durr" a few more times. Really, at this point, you've nothing to lose. "It was fucking RPGotY, fucker!"
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Well, as long as you're presenting a reasoned argument, he should too I guess. Respawn Games
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It's amazing. You can concede a part of an argument, yet jafd will still jump on your ass, even if you're being honest about it. Gotcha. I forgot that arguing with jafd was pointless. sunny days have funny ways of quieting the roar
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Arguing with ANYONE is pointless, you numbskull. That's why they call it "arguing." "It was fucking RPGotY, fucker!"
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Right. sunny days have funny ways of quieting the roar
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Only dictionary.com and a thesaurus can save this now... |
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Are you an idiot? That has fuck all to do with Kennedy's neck making his bounce back. Actually, I was talking about the second shot that blew Kennedy's braincase open. The Warren Commission insisted that he was shot from the rear, even though the front-right side of his head was what blew apart (from viewing the Zapruder foortage), and his head snaps back to a considerable degree. Duality [bunge shot bonus] +10G
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I know nothing about the case, but wouldn't the front part of your head be the part that was most messy if shot from behind? Compression waves in grey matter and all that. |
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You might be right. I forgot the exact details, now that you mention it. I do remember hearing that Jackie was picking up pieces of his head off the back of the convertible and trying to put it back together on his head. Duality [bunge shot bonus] +10G
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I just got the footage on Kazaa and boy, does that magic bullet make a hell of a mess. |
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Speaking of bloody murders, I saw Invasion of the Blood Fountains... I mean, Kill Bill last night. Very entertaining, but it can also be shortly described as Tarantino's summary of five years of watching anime and Takashi Miike films. "The need to be observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can implement the same functionality with data-mining algorithms."
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I would comment but it's been so long since I've seen it... Respawn Games
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Thanks for not commenting then. 9 years later you're the fat kid with his face pressed against the window of The Industry. - crash
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I'm a bit confused, myself. The forehead would be the part that explodes into a mess, considering how bullets expand. Unfortunately, I don't see how that puts brain onto the back of the car. sunny days have funny ways of quieting the roar
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The forward movement of the car could've been a factor. "The need to be observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can implement the same functionality with data-mining algorithms."
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#234 Dethstryk I don't see how that puts brain onto the back of the car. Because he was shot from the front, you knob!"It was fucking RPGotY, fucker!"
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Dethstryk in #234 said: I'm a bit confused, myself. The forehead would be the part that explodes into a mess, considering how bullets expand. Unfortunately, I don't see how that puts brain onto the back of the car. Do you really know anything about how bullets expand or what bullets were used, what gun was used, how many shots were fired, from what angle, etc? If we are going to have any sort of reasonably productive discussion on this we should all read this first so that we have a base of shared knowledge and accepted facts to start with. |
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I mean christ it's like a Mort Sahl convention in here. |
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If we are going to have any sort of reasonably productive discussion on this... This is PlanetCrap, we don't do that sort of thing. Anyway, have you any idea how DULL those records are? There's a reason I get my history from Oliver Stone. Hey You! Don't watch that, watch this! This is the heavy, heavy monster sound.
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and besides, if there is a conspiracy, a government investigation could hardly be treated as the truth, could it? 9 years later you're the fat kid with his face pressed against the window of The Industry. - crash
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G-Man - Beating you with my armchair. sunny days have funny ways of quieting the roar
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Seconds later shots resounded in rapid succession. The President's hands moved to his neck. He appeared to stiffen momentarily and lurch slightly forward in his seat. A bullet had entered the base of the back of his neck slightly to the right of the spine. It traveled downward and exited from the front of the neck, causing a nick in the left lower portion of the knot in the President's necktie. Before the shooting started, Governor Connally had been facing toward the crowd on the right. He started to turn toward the left and suddenly felt a blow on his back. The Governor had been hit by a bullet which entered at the extreme right side of his back at a point below his right armpit. The bullet traveled through his chest in a downward and forward direction, exited below his right nipple, passed through his right wrist which had been in his lap, and then caused a wound to his left thigh. The force of the bullet's impact appeared to spin the Governor to his right, and Mrs. Connally pulled him down into her lap. Another bullet then struck President Kennedy in the rear portion of his head, causing a massive and fatal wound. The President fell to the left into Mrs. Kennedy's lap. I don't think that is boring. All you really need to read is this section anyway. |
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