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So... Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard...

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  • M Mike Prof Chuck

    What was your first thought when you read that news?

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    Slacker007
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    very surprised. 68.7 billion all cash. Wow, MS has some serious money at their disposal. Microsoft saved Minecraft, so hopefully, they can save the games that Blizzard and Activision have created. I mean, come one, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Hearthstone,....

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    • M Mike Prof Chuck

      What was your first thought when you read that news?

      || You know nothing, Jon Snow. || The most important thing in Scrum? ... The "r"! || My Android Label (mbar Software) || My Android Apps in Play Store

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      OriginalGriff
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      I hate the whole idea, but ... could they please buy The Expanse TV series and make the rest of 'em? Pretty please with sugar on? Or would they just give it a Ribbon and stick the Roci in the middle of the screen and call it a new series? :-D

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      • P PIEBALDconsult

        That they went to DQ?

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        David Crow
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        I was thinking the same thing.

        "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

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        • M Mike Prof Chuck

          What was your first thought when you read that news?

          || You know nothing, Jon Snow. || The most important thing in Scrum? ... The "r"! || My Android Label (mbar Software) || My Android Apps in Play Store

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          raddevus
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          Mike (Prof. Chuck) wrote:

          What was your first thought...

          Money-grab!

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          • M Mike Prof Chuck

            What was your first thought when you read that news?

            || You know nothing, Jon Snow. || The most important thing in Scrum? ... The "r"! || My Android Label (mbar Software) || My Android Apps in Play Store

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            Super Lloyd
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            #11

            Overwatch 2!!!

            A new .NET Serializer All in one Menu-Ribbon Bar Taking over the world since 1371!

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            • M Mike Prof Chuck

              What was your first thought when you read that news?

              || You know nothing, Jon Snow. || The most important thing in Scrum? ... The "r"! || My Android Label (mbar Software) || My Android Apps in Play Store

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              Stepan Hakobyan
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              1. Less competition now. 2. Bobby fount a way to get more money while his company was on a decline. 3. Some of the games could be saved, because many talents were leaving the company, and now it could be stopped. Maybe.

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              • M Mike Prof Chuck

                What was your first thought when you read that news?

                || You know nothing, Jon Snow. || The most important thing in Scrum? ... The "r"! || My Android Label (mbar Software) || My Android Apps in Play Store

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                DerekT P
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                Honestly? "What is Activision Blizzard?" ...

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                • D DerekT P

                  Honestly? "What is Activision Blizzard?" ...

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                  Mike Prof Chuck
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                  you are kidding, right? it's like asking "what is porsche" or "what is australia" :wtf:

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                  • M Mike Prof Chuck

                    you are kidding, right? it's like asking "what is porsche" or "what is australia" :wtf:

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                    DerekT P
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                    No, I'm not kidding. I know a Canadian finance company called Blizzard and Activision vaguely makes me think of VR goggles or something. However from the discussion above I'm assuming it's a computer games company. As per a thread elsewhere in the lounge today, I don't play them (occasional sudoku and 2048 aside) so have never had any reason to come across them.

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                    • M Mike Prof Chuck

                      What was your first thought when you read that news?

                      || You know nothing, Jon Snow. || The most important thing in Scrum? ... The "r"! || My Android Label (mbar Software) || My Android Apps in Play Store

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                      oofalladeez343
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                      So the old rivalry *Halo* vs. *Call of Duty* is no more... they are owned by the same company!

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                      • M Mike Prof Chuck

                        What was your first thought when you read that news?

                        || You know nothing, Jon Snow. || The most important thing in Scrum? ... The "r"! || My Android Label (mbar Software) || My Android Apps in Play Store

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                        englebart
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                        Activision is a trigger word to me that causes a flashback to Pitfall on the Atari 2600.

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                          Activision is a trigger word to me that causes a flashback to Pitfall on the Atari 2600.

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                          Mike Prof Chuck
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                          My first console! Phoenix, Pitfall, PacMan - The three big P's of our time :-)

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