Spirited News & Observations II -- NGE/Baxter

[HMF]

Staggs still thinks he will replace Iger.

It's always good to be confident. It's also good to have a grasp on things and the forces that will see to it that that never becomes a reality ...

Forget confidence, he sounds delusional to me.

 

[Sue_Vongello]

Forget confidence, he sounds delusional to me.

Perfect! Because isn't that a prerequisite to be a Disney exec these days?

 

[PhotoDave219]

Perfect! Because isn't that a prerequisite to be a Disney exec these days?

Style over Substance. Its about hype and making yourself look good; not actual results.

People who get things done never get noticed because the people not doing anything are the ones making sure they get noticed.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Style over Substance. Its about hype and making yourself look good; not actual results.

People who get things done never get noticed because the people not doing anything are the ones making sure they get noticed.

Which has destroyed WDI btw.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Interesting video about bribing game reviewers.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Interesting video about bribing game reviewers.

That explains the one positive review of Aliens:Colonial Marines. Which was ghawdawful.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

That explains the one positive review of Aliens:Colonial Marines. Which was ghawdawful.

Or how every review of Mass Effect 3 last year failed to mention how the ending was a steaming pile of and has caused irreparable damage to BioWare and Mass Effect's BRAND.

 

[Californian Elitist]

That series is the best thing the Parks Blog has ever done. I liked this from a long time ago, because it was about a job I didn't even know existed: Disneyland SCUBA diver.

You learn something new everyday. I had no clue there were scuba divers at Disneyland either.

 

[Longhairbear]

You learn something new everyday. I had no clue there were scuba divers at Disneyland either.

There was a diver that used to post on the old alt.net. disneyland newsgroups. He had lots of fun stories about things he'd find while working in any one of the waterways. Of course that was before DCA even existed.

 

[SirLink]

Bob Iger, Tom Staggs, Meg Crofton ... for starters.

Anyone on the Board who would like to take that leash off...

 

[SirLink]

Interesting video about bribing game reviewers.

Hmmmm really want to say something about how widespread it actually is and the meetings I was in about that in first job in the industry ....

 

[SirLink]

Or how every review of Mass Effect 3 last year failed to mention how the ending was a steaming pile of **** and has caused irreparable damage to BioWare and Mass Effect's BRAND.

The ending wasn't bad because most everyone else figured Shepard was going to be Space Jesus - in the second game, the reason why a small minority of players threw up there hands was because it didn't "feel" to them like a Mass Effect game ... no damage was caused to the Mass Effect name otherwise the micro-transaction payments for MP wouldn't have made the kind of dough that they did ... Bioware is damaged but due to the fact that people want them to make turn based RPGs whilst at the time the two good Doctors wanted to make action RPGs....

 

[ParentsOf4]

So is this the 'spirited change' we have heard about?

http://www.4-traders.com/THE-WALT-D...-in-studio-consumer-products-source-16606889/

Companies have so changed in the last decade or two. It used to be that layoffs were rare at a company that just announced record profits (again) and the CEO received a 20% pay bump. Now it's par for the course. It no longer matters what you've done for the company in the past or what you can do for the company in the future. It's now what will drive the greatest profits today.

In such an environment, no one's job is safe no matter how well you perform. Except senior executives of course, who receive multi-year contracts guaranteeing their jobs and who are paid millions to leave if they really screw things up.

The hypocrisy reeks.

 

[jt04]

Companies have so changed in the last decade or two. It used to be that layoffs were rare at a company that just announced record profits (again) and the CEO received a 20% pay bump. Now it's par for the course. It no longer matters what you've done for the company in the past or what you can do for the company in the future. It's now what will drive the greatest profits today.

In such an environment, no one's job is safe no matter how well you perform. Except senior executives of course, who receive multi-year contracts guaranteeing their jobs and who are paid millions to leave if they really screw things up.

The hypocrisy reeks.

It does seem like they should grow faster rather than trim. I am only talking about Parks and Resorts. LucasArts layoffs may have been unavoidable. Just depends on the situation.

 

[alphac2005]

Companies have so changed in the last decade or two. It used to be that layoffs were rare at a company that just announced record profits (again) and the CEO received a 20% pay bump. Now it's par for the course. It no longer matters what you've done for the company in the past or what you can do for the company in the future. It's now what will drive the greatest profits today.

In such an environment, no one's job is safe no matter how well you perform. Except senior executives of course, who receive multi-year contracts guaranteeing their jobs and who are paid millions to leave if they really screw things up.

The hypocrisy reeks.

What is even worse is that there is absolutely no end in sight to this madness. After the fiscal collapse, instead of bringing stability to the system and making certain that we don't have "too big to fail institutions," the Treasury run by a crew from Goldman made the banks extraordinarily larger and absolutely too big to fail. There is no incentive for big banks or the Street to ever temper their insanity because we are caught in a system where the government will never let them fail because they are now truly structured as too big to fail. We're in a socialist/capitalistic system now, but not as what the chattering talking heads claim it is. Our giant fiscal institutions are socialized in that if they ever have a problem, they'll be saved in order to "save" our economy. Main St. ends up on the capitalistic side, but the bad side of capitalism in that they continue to get screwed over by the big businesses and the banks that still fail to provide ample capital to fund many of those small businesses.

While it might seem like two different things to many, there is a striking theme here, those in banking and Wall St. have absolutely no incentive to do things the so-called old fashioned way and there is no ethos for the vast majority. It's all about the here and now, lining your own pockets, and without a care to the damage that you do to the greater good, or rather, other human beings. To see the corporate profits and the disconnect from the reality of the worker and economy as a whole is sickening and as you noted, it completely goes against the historical nature of things.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

That explains the one positive review of Aliens:Colonial Marines. Which was ghawdawful.

From the start I always said, "This is gonna suck." Turns out I was right

 

[asianway]

Hey, so have any of these new developments made it to the twitter-verse? They are usually Johnny on the spot grabbing any rumors from here...

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Hey, so have any of these new developments made it to the twitter-verse? They are usually Johnny on the spot grabbing any rumors from here...

Which developments.

 

[asianway]

Another social media conspiracy...

Am I the only that noticed that for the Limited Time Magic promo, there is a very rigid timeline:
1.) Announcement made at 11:30 Fri on limitedtimemagic.com
2.) Bloggers write their articles
3.) Profit through clicks since "Disney Parks" hasnt tweeted or posted blog article
4.) Parks Blog tweets and posts article at noon

 

[asianway]

Another social media conspiracy...

Am I the only that noticed that for the Limited Time Magic promo, there is a very rigid timeline:
1.) Announcement made at 11:30 Fri on limitedtimemagic.com
2.) Bloggers write their articles
3.) Profit through clicks since "Disney Parks" hasnt tweeted or posted blog article
4.) Parks Blog tweets and posts article at noon

And theres Tommy at high noon, right on schedule...