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Team Skull
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I have to agree with Telcis here, I think you have your terms confused. Human Resources isn't Public Relations. Human Resources is geared towards the employees, not the public.

Even if HR is mostly internal, who do you think develops the procedures and protocols PR has to follow? HR.

Who do you think manages what PR does? HR.

They are *far* more involved than what is being lead on here. "Revenge...is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion."- Jeremy Taylor

23-Mar-2016 09:01:18

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"Will the investors be involved in the development of Jagex’s games?
Our approach of putting community at the heart of games development is something we hold dear and has been a massive part of why RuneScape continues to be so successful. If the talks result in an acquisition, we expect to continue with this community driven approach in everything we do.
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look at ace of spades. a ****** bugged dlc
look at oldschool rs. every month new member items FOR COMBAT 90+

23-Mar-2016 09:01:52

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And you keep mentioning that they're "50m in the hole". They're not 50m in the hole, they're simply predicting a loss of 50m for 2015. That's not the same as being 50m in the hole. If you have 200m, and you lose 50m, you're not 50m in the hole, you still have 150m. 50m in the hole means you have -50m, which isn't what the company was stating when they predicted the 50m loss.
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23-Mar-2016 09:04:12

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I have to agree with Telcis here, I think you have your terms confused. Human Resources isn't Public Relations. Human Resources is geared towards the employees, not the public.

Even if HR is mostly internal, who do you think develops the procedures and protocols PR has to follow? HR.

Who do you think manages what PR does? HR.

They are *far* more involved than what is being lead on here. I would think the managers would be responsible for managing the procedures and protocols that the Public Relations team has to follow, not the Human Resources team.
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23-Mar-2016 09:06:13

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So what is it that you're implying that they will do out of "desperation"?

Maximize profits by whatever means necessary (and legal, but this is a given), even if it means completely going against Jagex has stood for (Micros come to mind here).

How they would do this? There's a lot they could do, such as making top end gear 100% buyable with IRL cash (and no, I do not mean with Bonds).

They could make EXP directly buyable (and no, I do not mean with Treasure Hunter).

They could start selling off maxed characters.

They could start sectioning off parts of the game world that could only be accessed by dropping IRL cash (and no, I do not mean by buying membership).

The list doesn't end here- this is just what I came up with off the cuff.

There's a lot they could do, but as to whether they would ACTUALLY do that? Ehh, I would LIKE to think they wouldn't, but I wouldn't hold my breath. "Revenge...is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion."- Jeremy Taylor

23-Mar-2016 09:08:32

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I would think the managers would be responsible for managing the procedures and protocols that the Public Relations team has to follow, not the Human Resources team.

It's actually one of the main functions of HR- to make the procedures and protocols each department has to follow. "Revenge...is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion."- Jeremy Taylor

23-Mar-2016 09:09:24

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So what is it that you're implying that they will do out of "desperation"?

Maximize profits by whatever means necessary (and legal, but this is a given), even if it means completely going against Jagex has stood for (Micros come to mind here).

How they would do this? There's a lot they could do, such as making top end gear 100% buyable with IRL cash (and no, I do not mean with Bonds).

They could make EXP directly buyable (and no, I do not mean with Treasure Hunter).

They could start selling off maxed characters.

They could start sectioning off parts of the game world that could only be accessed by dropping IRL cash (and no, I do not mean by buying membership).

The list doesn't end here- this is just what I came up with off the cuff.

There's a lot they could do, but as to whether they would ACTUALLY do that? Ehh, I would LIKE to think they wouldn't, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Since they're not actually in the video game industry, I highly doubt they would attempt to change the dynamics of the game in such a manner, since they have no experience in those areas. As a gamer it's easy to come up with such suggestions, but those who aren't experienced in gaming aren't likely to make those suggestions, or attempt to incorporate them into their brand new investment.
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23-Mar-2016 09:13:05

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I would actually expect that they would place more focus on the mobile version of RuneScape that is currently being developed than the current version of RuneScape, as the mobile market is a lot larger in Asia than the PC market. And they might decide to flood it with MTX/DLC/Etc., but, hey, what do we care? We have the real version of RuneScape to play.

And it would be a lot easier for them to deal with the translations etc. while developing the mobile version than attempting to translate the existing game dialog.
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23-Mar-2016 09:16:29

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Since they're not actually in the video game industry, I highly doubt they would attempt to change the dynamics of the game in such a manner, since they have no experience in those areas. As a gamer it's easy to come up with such suggestions, but those who aren't experienced in gaming aren't likely to make those suggestions, or attempt to incorporate them into their brand new investment.

Thing is though...they have people who CAN, namely the CEO. The CEO is their puppet.

And given what I read on this CEO, he would seem like a "Yes, Sir!" kinda guy to the suggestions I laid out if they told him to find a way to do what I laid out. "Revenge...is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion."- Jeremy Taylor

23-Mar-2016 09:26:11

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I would think the managers would be responsible for managing the procedures and protocols that the Public Relations team has to follow, not the Human Resources team.

It's actually one of the main functions of HR- to make the procedures and protocols each department has to follow.

HR at Jagex is Human Resources - that is they are responsible for the staff within the business. That ranges from payroll to recruitment to training to employment benefit packages to performance management of individuals and beyond. It does not include establishing procedures or processes outside of those staff based functions.

PR, Public Relations, has a very different role providing a public face to the business and interacting with various media outlets to ensure that they know about what we are doing and why we are doing it. At Jagex they also provide event management so are heavily involved in things like RuneFest. Mod MattHe | Former Community Manager, now in Events & occasional Lore Monkey

23-Mar-2016 09:26:28

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