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• • Gaute Godager RESIGNED!!!

  • Originally posted by Xris375
    

    Originally posted by WisebutCruel
    

    Funny thing is, as a founder, Funcom couldn't really fire him. Wonder how bad the pressure was to make him resign. Wonder if investors perhaps had a say in his decision. I'm betting those stocks the fanbois kept saying didn't matter did indeed.

    He hasn't just left Funcom, he's been run out of the entire industry.

    
     

    I was wondering about this myself. As a founder, he should be immune to this. Usually people have to leave after doing something wrong. As there weren't any news the last few days that I am aware of, , I'm guessing some bad news are coming...

    
     

    Why would a founder be immune to that?

  • Posted: 9/23/08 1:19 PM
    Age of Conan
• • Why is forced overtime still legal?

  • Originally posted by xDarc
    

    Just because someone isnt physically twisting my arm it doesnt mean im not being forced.

    If I dont do what they say I lose my job.  How is that not being forced? 

    If someone came up to you and said, do what I say or i cut off your pinky, are you being forced to do anything?  Are you going to start with your high falutin' bullshit about how cutting off your pinky will not force you to do anything- that your free will is an abstract or an absolute and cannot be broken?  That there is always choice?

    Welcome to the real world Mr. 9 Fingers.

    Maybe we should call it "under duress overtime" or "coercive overtime" for all the people who like to wax philosophical. 

    It's forced freaking overtime- get over yourself.  Most people need a job a hell of a lot more than a digit.

    
     

    Your definition of "force" is inaccurate and somewhat naive.  Employers are largely free to make whatever demands they want so long as the employee's wellbeing is looked after and they are appopriately compensated.  If the employer demands that you work 52 hours per week or more and you refuse to acknowledge that demand, your recourse is to find another job. 

    Your finger analogy is grossly irrelevant, too.  One scenario involves choosing to work or not work, and the other involves threatend bodily harm that you apparently cannot just walk away from.  Why are we even playing such a ridiculous game of dissimilarities? 

    You are obviously unhappy, so quit and work somewhere else.  Trust me, the people in the world who have actual problems, including those who experience real forced labor under tyrannical regimes, would laugh at what you consider a grave issue. 

     

     

  • Posted: 9/18/08 12:16 PM
    General Discussion
• • No fast travel through the mines of Moria

  • The fact that there are stables makes me think Moria will suck.  I just...I....*sigh*

     

     

    Stables.  In Moria. 

  • Posted: 9/07/08 12:23 AM
    Lord of the Rings Online
• • cigarette smoke causes cancer?

  • I've always considered the abnormally high rates of lung and throat cancer to be coincidental, probably caused by something like swamp gas and diet soda. 

    Just in case though avoid the cancer packs.  Get the ones that say low birth weight instead.  If you're a dude you have nothing to worry about. 

  • Posted: 9/04/08 3:40 PM
    General Discussion
• • Lets face it, Humans are animals.

  • I know what you're getting at, but I disagree with a couple of your points.  First of all we don't keep our human instincts turned off.  Our human instincts are what make us social animals, in other words what draw us to live within a certain proximity to one another for security and support.  This only goes so far, however, and the fact that we are undeniably predatorial sometimes rears its head as we lash out against our own species.  Many animal species exhibit this sort of behavior, including highly intelligent ones.  Monkeys have been known to cannibalize their own, and dolphins have been documented murdering their family members and neighbors for no apparent reason whatsoever.  The brain is an extremely complex and fragile piece of engineering. 

    Second, I would argue that religion does not keep people sane, but in fact burdens and strains our natural sanity for the most part.  It is true that religion has formed much of the foundation of western society as we know it and fostered some of the greatest charitable works in history.  It has also perpetrated some of history's greatest horrors and some of its most illogical events and circumstances.  Religion's teachings have been known to be in direct contrast with even our most basic instincts and in fact sometimes demand that we disbelieve our own senses and accept that which cannot be verified by any known natural means.   

    The concept of religion is a mostly new occurrence in the development of our species.  Through it we seem to be attempting to redefine who we are based on what is by all appearances a merely psychosomatic experience.  The implicit significance of that behavior cannot be overstated, nor can the dangers of underestimating the long term impact of abandoning or suppressing that which makes us fundamentally human. 

  • Posted: 9/02/08 12:17 AM
    General Discussion