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NZ Sheeps
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How a friendly update about a business acquisition turns into an argument about racism surprises me.

I agree, if it carries on Mod Pips will lock the thread and no one will have their chance of an opinion on the potential takeover.

Unlikely. They same tactic to control the outrage over Squeel of Fortune.

It allows them to ignore all the complaints, questions and concerns in one place. After it's died down it will suddenly get locked and/or disappear.

24-Mar-2016 22:36:45

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And a shout out to Librarian, good to see you again, and thanks for having my back!

No problem Ghost,

It's been a while, but the kids are old enough to play now (only old school, not letting them near the main game) and Jagex allow us to play for free with bonds. I'll take advantage of them as they've done it to us so many times.

Hope you've been having fun. thinks Jagex should honour the results of the original Old School Poll

24-Mar-2016 23:23:25

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How a friendly update about a business acquisition turns into an argument about racism surprises me.

I question this too, to be honest.

Not surprising at all. Many forum users like to complain and hope things will change their way but some will always come to the defense of it even with no or ridiculous arguments.

However when it reaches the point when the complainers find out their complaints won't change the outcome whatsoever and the defenders find out they don't really want to defend what they are defending but somehow they have to, both parties realize the outcome is inevitable and they will all be losers like dinosaurs steering into the falling sky. Then they will just stop the arguments and begin to talk about the weather then nonsense and eventually they wish the Gods will lock the thread and hope the other dinosaurs won't see the falling sky.

Orrrrrrrrrr there were a lot of racist comments made in this thread that are now hidden lol. And I swear I'm not going to let her know all the pain I have known

24-Mar-2016 23:28:13

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How a friendly update about a business acquisition turns into an argument about racism surprises me.

I question this too, to be honest.

Not surprising at all. Many forum users like to complain and hope things will change their way but some will always come to the defense of it even with no or ridiculous arguments.

However when it reaches the point when the complainers find out their complaints won't change the outcome whatsoever and the defenders find out they don't really want to defend what they are defending but somehow they have to, both parties realize the outcome is inevitable and they will all be losers like dinosaurs steering into the falling sky. Then they will just stop the arguments and begin to talk about the weather then nonsense and eventually they wish the Gods will lock the thread and hope the other dinosaurs won't see the falling sky.

Orrrrrrrrrr there were a lot of racist comments made in this thread that are now hidden lol.

Orrrrrrrrrr both.

There were a lot of racist comments, especially earlier in the thread, which have been reported and hidden.

Additionally there are some posters who will leap on any mention of the C-word to brand the post a racial slur.

24-Mar-2016 23:37:20

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My name's Blurryface and I care what you think.

Probs both going on but I was addressing what appears to be a majority of people in the past few pages that appear to think racism wasn't present. And I swear I'm not going to let her know all the pain I have known

25-Mar-2016 00:35:56

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25-Mar-2016 03:26:26

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Selling Runescape to China would likely be the death of it. BECAUSE the Chinese economy is collapsing. The reason that this company COULD BE expressing interest in Jagex are as follows

1. It can turn over their profits

2. As the Chinese Government is cracking down on tax fraud and corruption, those who have profited from it are seeking to move their ill-gotten gains out of the country before they are caught. Because of this, this company *this is just a theory as i mention COULD* could be wanting to stash away the money that Jagex is worth. Simple analogy

You have been breaking the rules to make GP. Jagex then launches an anti-scamming/cheating and whatnot campaign. You buy items in game and move them to an alt *out of "your country"*. The items represent Jagex as a company and you the company in China. You would invest somewhere else to stay ahead of the crackdown.

I'm not accusing them of anything, simply presenting two possibilities. What really is not a possibility though is the Chinese economy is on the verge of collapse. What this would mean for Jagex, i dont know. I trust you to make the right decision Jagex, just heed this warning as a possibility. Meet the king of teleblocking
A teleport block has been cast on you!

25-Mar-2016 04:07:43

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1. It can turn over their profits

2. As the Chinese Government is cracking down on tax fraud and corruption, those who have profited from it are seeking to move their ill-gotten gains out of the country before they are caught. Because of this, this company *this is just a theory as i mention COULD* could be wanting to stash away the money that Jagex is worth. Simple analogy

You have been breaking the rules to make GP. Jagex then launches an anti-scamming/cheating and whatnot campaign. You buy items in game and move them to an alt *out of "your country"*. The items represent Jagex as a company and you the company in China. You would invest somewhere else to stay ahead of the crackdown.

I'm not accusing them of anything, simply presenting two possibilities. What really is not a possibility though is the Chinese economy is on the verge of collapse. What this would mean for Jagex, i dont know. I trust you to make the right decision Jagex, just heed this warning as a possibility.

While I think your concerns are legitimate, I also think they are overblown.

(1) The Chinese economy is going downhill but the economy for the Chinese gaming industry is still much stronger than its western counterparts.

(2) If a Chinese company wanted to hide its money from the Chinese government, they might better buy a shell registered for business in a country which doesn't require the company's financial information to be made public. Keep in mind there is the Company House in England, the Chinese government can still snoop out secretly hidden money through it. They also don't need to spend $300 million. There are a lot much cheaper alternatives.

You also don't seem to realize the current Jagex makes the right decision for themselves regardless of what happens to the Jagex 3 months later, since the current owners will get $300 million to invest elsewhere

25-Mar-2016 08:26:52 - Last edited on 25-Mar-2016 08:28:05 by Dilbert2001

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