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Roadrage158
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Can't WE refuse? Don't WE get any say?

Yea let a bunch of random ppl across the internet decide whats best for a multi-million pound company... I've bought at least 30 McDonalds meals in the last year. Are you telling me that I don't get to tell Ronald how to run his company? :O

If one of those meals did not include a Big Mac, Large Fries, and a drink then Ronald bids you good day and come again later.

15-Mar-2016 20:04:27

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Can't WE refuse? Don't WE get any say?

Yea let a bunch of random ppl across the internet decide whats best for a multi-million pound company... I've bought at least 30 McDonalds meals in the last year. Are you telling me that I don't get to tell Ronald how to run his company? :O

15-Mar-2016 20:06:48

Gold Wisp
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Surprised I didn't find a single "we pay, we say" comment in all of the 30 pages. I feel neutral about this, whoever is in charge of the decision hopefully has the community and all of the current Jagex staff in mind.
You shall regret hovering over Spoilers. One day, in the future... trust me.

15-Mar-2016 20:10:09

Jedi Invoker

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So lets get this straight:
Jagex is in the process of being sold off by IVP to a company Shandong Hongda Mining Co which, according to the
article published by Financial Times,
have had a pretty rough past recently.
Read it if you haven't yet already.
It is labelled as a "
lossmaking
" enterprise looking for investments that have 'stable returns' whereas the company itself has had mounting debts where its shareholders "have borrowed heavily in the domestic shadow banking sector" and that its losses have been reportedly around 55m USD for 2015.

If Jagex was doing well on its own or if IVP had any hope of making more profit or expecting more growth from the company, it would NOT sell Jagex to another enterprise. If they had any choice, they would NOT agree to the acquisition proposal coming from a company from a totally different domain that does NOT understand the gaming market, and the recent performance track record.

It looks like Jagex is being sold as a cash cow for this new company to milk and cover its own losses. I am quite certain that Jagex will be forced to make quite some controversial changes to achieve those revenue goals.

All I have to say is RIP

15-Mar-2016 20:15:12

Box244

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Hail the chinese overlords and remember to sacrifice a bag of rice so that runescape doesn't end up as the next pachink* machine like silent hill did with kon**i.
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object ?

15-Mar-2016 20:17:46

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