In case you guys are wondering why there's a sig with krispy cream doughnets with cut out of smedly's head next to it,  here's the scoop!

http://www.penny-arcade.com/2006/03/01 - http://www.penny-arcade.com/2006/03/01

Apparently,  Smedly has a sense of humor..  Ever quest must be booming to shell out 1200 doughnuts wouldn't you say?

hehe actually the guy who ran pstats automatically converted all the stat bars too that.

Sof or my sig on there, it had half of Smedlys head cut off, because I have XRivals sig taking up most of the space.

Thankfully, I am going to replace my stat bar with a little RIP stat bar that also came out.

How many game companies do?

Does Blizzard really?

Only the super small niche ones seem to give much of a rip.

Cornerd Rats Studio does more than SOE , in regards to WW2online.

And That Desert wierd ass MMO("Tale in teh Desert") had people actually call the head dev on his CELL PHONE 24 hours a day if they needed help. Had a sub base of under 5k though...

It just seems like more of the  bottom line ruling again....what kind of stuff do they teach in business ethics these days? Is there any kind of movement to become at least be more receptive to customer needs and/or community relations? Anyone know about this?

All I hear is the same old broken record regarding large companies-impersonal, money grubbing and seemingly devoid of human emotion. Probably won't change much in my generation either, if history holds true.

I actually saw a rather interesting documentary called "The Corporation", which argued a thesis that basically called the modern day Mega Corp a Psychotic institution.

http://www.thecorporation.com/index.php?page_id=2 - http://www.thecorporation.com/index.php?page_id=2

There is a difference between the indifference needed to succesfully keep a large corporation moving and the blatent disregard for consumers that Sony shows over and over and over again.  It's not just the OE division, it's a corporate mantra..

You still get giddy over a boomer kill....:}

Or Magscatting a TR looting an NC backpack. :}

Don't let the evils of SOE ruin PS.

Although it may be kinda hard not to....ahh well...Huxely anyone?

*rushes back to History paper due in 2 hours.

Aye, SOE is planning a new MMO based on the DC comics and characters by world-renowned Jim Lee. DCOnline, or DCO for short will probably play itself as a City of Heroes/Matrix Online, basically.. crap.

Penny Arcade made a comic about it, namely comparing Jim Lee to delicious Krispy Kremes and SOE to an a**hole, yielding crap. Together, they would make sh*t-covered donuts.

Anyway, SOE took it personally and shipped 1200 donuts to the Penny Arcade team. Nice waste of money.

Wow, I should start insulting SOE

Everyone else is doing it.

Ah I'm not bashing SOE, I'm just shocked by the apparent waste of donuts (I have one every day...)!

replace that with a bowl of cereal and go lift weights. Donuts ftL =/

I will never eat cereal again. I ate it every day for what, 17 years? I can't stand it anymore, I've exhausted every single brand and milked it (pun intended) for all its worth.

COFFEE and a donut, that's where it's at. Don't get all worked up though, it's an old-fashion-plain, so just the ring of dough, not sugar coated, no icing, nothing. And as for protein: iso-whey powder shakes every day as well. Yes, you should be proud!

Go lift weights? Unlike most college kids who binge and laze, a regular active lifestyle with sports and fresh air keeps me in shape, and I don't end up looking like a fake-and-baker Beefy McBeefington either. That's why I can still sport a Small/Medium T-shirt quite comfortably (Preach!) and still look good!

I don't care for the taste of alcohol, except for "bitch beer", stuff like Zima, Mike's Hard Lemonade.

Stuff is like pop.

And lately, whenever I drink, I flare up like a goddamn strawberry and feel extremly hot in my face.

Did you play Russian Roullete in some alleyway bar Khemo?

A la "Deer Hunter?"