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Funcom confirms Age of Conan layoffs
Funcom confirms Age of Conan layoffs
Joystiq.com - November 25, 2008
Submitted by vGInfidel (150) at 4:36PM PST on November 24, 2008
TenTonHammer has confirmed layoffs at developer Funcom's US branch. Although the company would only acknowledge "staffing cuts," TTH reported rumors that 70% of the staff, mostly from the customer service and quality assurance departments, were let go.
Although it's certainly no secret that Age of Conan is hurting at this point, the QA and CS departments are the two bookends of support on many MMORPGs. When there's no need for them, it speaks volumes about what happens next.
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2apujanata posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 3:46PM PST on November 25, 2008. RE: Funcom confirms Age of Conan layoffs@vGInfidel,
Congratulation on your success in predicting this stock's worth. 27K stocks is definitely big investment. I only have 1 stock (Diablo 3 PC GLS) that match the size of your investment in this stock.
BTW, congratulation on reaching Top 10.
When did you join simEx ? I think it is sometime before my registration, since your id# is smaller than mine, but bigger than Just_Ben. I think you joined somewhere between early September 07 (after Just_Ben) and early November 07 (before me). I didn't remember when exactly I joined simEx, but remember that I was dormant/inactive for a certain period since registering, and only became active around Dec 4 2007.[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
1vGInfidel posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 11:36AM PST on November 25, 2008. RE: Funcom confirms Age of Conan layoffs@apujanata,
Certainly this drop gave me a big chunk of my profit yesterday, i now have about 27,300 short on this stock, a few thousand of that came yesterday when i saw this news but most was sold at well over the 220 price point. However some of the profit was from a drop on some other stocks that i have smaller investments in and i took up a few small positions yesterday such as Mirrors Edge on PS3 and 360.
I think the stock should be in the 1-1.2million range. Probably towards the bottom end of that to be honest.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 150 ]bids
1apujanata posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 3:02AM PST on November 25, 2008. RE: Funcom confirms Age of Conan layoffs@vGInfidel,
Is this stock the cause of your significant profit yesterday ? What price do you think this stock should be at ?
I don't have plan to invest in this stock, since I am focusing on other stocks at the moment, and I only have limited amount of DKP.
BTW, I noticed that Zukaus also enjoyed some profit yesteday, which could be caused by this stock. OTOH, I noticed that rikitikitik didn't get big profit yesterday, even though he should have significantly big short on this stock. Maybe he has cashed out some of his stocks before this?[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
1vGInfidel posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 4:59PM PST on November 24, 2008. RE: Funcom confirms Age of Conan layoffs@vGInfidel,
Definetly not a good sign, i wouldnt be suprised to see the servers shut down soon. As i repeatedly said, this game had no legs and its now showing. In my opinion its still overvalued.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 150 ]bids
16vGInfidel posted on Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) at 4:36PM PST on November 24, 2008. Article: Funcom confirms Age of Conan layoffsTenTonHammer has confirmed layoffs at developer Funcom's US branch. Although the company would only acknowledge "staffing cuts," TTH reported rumors that 70% of the staff, mostly from the customer service and quality assurance departments, were let go. Although it's certainly no secret that Age of Conan is hurting at this point, the QA and CS departments are the two bookends of support on many MMORPGs. When there's no need for them, it speaks volumes about what happens next.[ Oracle ] [ Level 22 ] [ Rank: 150 ]
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Im fairly sure it was about this time last year, definetly within a couple of weeks, although i didnt really start playing often and tracking stocks until well into the new year, i just had a few gambles when i started as i didnt know much about the sales number side of the industry.