119349-untapped-resources

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Hello,
 
I wanted to take a moment to talk to you about a resource you have, which you may not be using to its fullest potential. I believe you may have a savant in your midst. I am referring to the individual at Carbine/NCSoft who estimates expected server downtime for your Wildstar game.
 
This individual may be missing a golden career opportunity in Weather Forecasting. I mean let’s face it this person could not predict rain while standing in a downpour, in a rainforest during the height of monsoon season! They could not predict sunshine while floating in the corona-sphere of a star.
 
“Servers are expected to be down until 4:30 AM. No, wait…  5 AM. Uh.. Now we say  6 AM. Doh! I really meant 7 AM.”
 
If you are smart, you will locate this individual and take them to a horse track. Once there, get them to pick the finishing order for all the horses. Then take your money and bet it all ‘to win’ on the horse they picked to finish dead last. It cannot miss!
 
Likewise you might also get them to take a look at the Stock Market. Any stock they expect to do ‘well’ over the coming year should be ditched like a hot potato. Conversely, any stock they predict to go under you should buy. Get as much of it as you can, just as fast as you can, because chances are it’ll be a Fortune 500 soon.
 
The possible applications for this person’s talents are staggering. For instance, just off the top of my head, Carbine/NCSoft could get OUT of the MMO business entirely (something they seem to be trying very hard to do anyway), and go into the Psychic Predictions business. Again, any prediction this person deems likely you can shred, but any they say cannot possibly happen, you can tout as the “Word of God!” Using this method you could also get rid of the Ouija Board which must surely be your current method for play-testing patches & updates, and just have this person tell you if it is ready or not. Remember as long as he says it is ready to go then it is definitively in need of a HELL OF A LOT more work.
 
Such a venue would better suit your current marketing department anyway. What were these people’s qualifications for marketing jobs? Did they previously sell crack cocaine on the streets of L.A., or did they just work in advertising for McDonalds? For people like those you have in marketing (who can wrap crap in a bun and sell it as a hamburger) selling your savant’s anti-predictions as the “Word of God” would be a snap! I mean these people could sell manure to cows, for a profit! Then, with all that spare time on their hands, they could just go crazy designing asinine stuff like posters, stuffed animals, CCGs, or even life-like replicas. Best of all the money you poured into designing, packaging, and marketing such ridiculous kitsch would not take away from the management of your MMO, since you would no longer be managing an MMO (assuming you have the unmitigated gall to call what Carbine/NCSoft is doing to Wildstar, management).
 
I mean seriously, there are cocaine-addicted rats in the labs of the CDC who consistently make better choices then the folks who (mis)manage and maintain Wildstar (e.g. “UH, Network security? It shouldn't be a problem. Hey! Let’s just go without an ANY. I mean who would dare to hack us when we launch the game?” “Dur, OKAY. That sounds great!” ). It’s a shame too, because the folks who conceive, design, and create Wildstar often border on genius, but their work is unfortunately put into a venue that is frequently operated like the fifth ring of a three ring circus ran by the Three Stooges (nyuk, nyuk, nyuk).
 
Hope this helps.
 
Sincerely, Jayaj	
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Hey don't hate on weather men, it's a highly involved and highly accurate science. You'd be surprised!
 
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as much as the down time annoys me as well (this is my prime time and money going to a game I can't play right now), I agree with Oli. Except the hobby part, and uh, the life part. To netflix!	
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If you think you can do a better job, please apply with them.
Server maintenance can always get extended if problems occurs.
 
I recommend instead of raging about not being able to play for a few hours, to do something with your life and get a hobby instead.	
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Hello!
 
Thank you for your feedback. Unfortunately patching a live server differs from internal testing and new issues can crop up. That is part of the joy of running an MMO! :) We do our best to communicate these extended downtimes to our players, and we appreciate your patience when it happens. 
 
- Team WildStar 	
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Hey don't hate on weather men, it's a highly involved and highly accurate science. You'd be surprised!
 
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as much as the down time annoys me as well (this is my prime time and money going to a game I can't play right now), I agree with Oli. Except the hobby part, and uh, the life part. To netflix!
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Netflix is a hobby..... :D
Wait no, it isn't! stop supporting the competition!
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Hey gotta get my bobs burgers and futurama fix somewhere! 
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If you think you can do a better job, please apply with them.
Server maintenance can always get extended if problems occurs.
 
I recommend instead of raging about not being able to play for a few hours, to do something with your life and get a hobby instead.
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			My other hobby is astronomy. I don't write angry letters to the government when something I wanted to see happens on a cloudy night, or I live on the wrong part of the planet.Unforeseen events happen. Grown ups deal with it.	
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