THQ Nordic holding an AMA on... 8chan (UP: website linked to multiple mass shootings) READ THREADMARKS

Cloud-Hidden · Feb 26, 2019

fantomena said:
Is everyone at THQ Nordic sleeping? They need to do something goddammit.

It's almost 8 p.m. in Sweden, so response could be slow, especially if they had no idea this was happening. If the people in charge of their social accounts are incompetent, it's possible they're still trying to wrest control of the profile again, especially if passwords were changed.

Alpheus · Feb 26, 2019

Strat said:
Oh, hey. I'm never buying anything they publish ever again! I had an interest in BioMutant and just cancelled my preorder. Fuck off, THQ. Hopefully your pedophile nazi fanbase will support you.

aww fuck i was looking forward to BioMutant too didnt know it was them, well shit shame they had to be stupid like this.

NitX · Feb 26, 2019

Just looking at the kinda of posts being made on 8Chan you can conclude this is not them ..

Foffy · Feb 26, 2019

Wouldn't working hours be over for the company? Assuming everyone they employ works where the company is housed..

Watchtower · Feb 26, 2019

How in the fuck did anyone even think of this as an idea, let alone a good one?

Gleethor said:
Did nobody involved with approving this actually do any research?

It's actually somehow worse than that, because 8chan doesn't have nearly the same mindshare that 4chan does. The most likely way THQ Nordic even knew 8chan was a thing was if someone actually knew what 8chan was beforehand. Which means that person had to already know why 8chan is a thing at all.

Gundam · Feb 26, 2019

Granjinha said:
They are not on commercial hours over there, it's possible that people at the company didn't even see this yet

DorkLord54 said:
I wonder - if it is a hack - if they locked them out of the Twitter account, abut even then you'd think they'd just use their Facebook to send a message.

Surely other employees must be following the official account, and surely those other employees' social media accounts haven't been compromised.

Not that it's the duty of every THQ employee to comment on these matters, but it seems bizarre to me that there's been essentially nothing from anyone.

I would be shocked if no other THQ employee was aware of the situation right now.

NewDust · Feb 26, 2019

This went from "YIKES! gross" to "I have to seriously reconsider buying stuff published by THQ".

Daniel Westlake · Feb 26, 2019

If anyone here follows anyone who works for Nordic can you see if they've put anything on Twitter yet?

mael · Feb 26, 2019

Dalinaar said:
Because THQ Nordic is not based in NA. Its like 8 pm there and people have lives. They are not constantly on twitter checking what the official THQ account is posting.

That's gonna be a bigass mess to clean up for people tomorrow, I don't envy them.

WhySoDevious · Feb 26, 2019

Is their social media manager an incel or something?

Confused Cheeseburger · Feb 26, 2019

Incredible.

This is Herculean stupidity.

Deleted member 176 · Feb 26, 2019

Dalinaar said:
Just looking at the kinda of posts being made on 8Chan you can conclude this is not them ..

If they're the kind of people who would have an AMA on 8chan, those posts wouldn't be surprising.

sredgrin · Feb 26, 2019

Twenty5Thousand said:
"Why would THQ Nordic do an AMA on 8chan"

I think the 9 pages of responses to this is your answer.

What do you think they're doing, selling stock or something? How does a major company turn this into a profit?

This sort of logic might hold up if they were like, promoting some game they're releasing today, but somehow I doubt this was all for pimping the Switch version of Rad Rodgers.

Deleted member 6235 · Feb 26, 2019

SpottieO said:
Higher ups in PR and Marketing are always on, in the day of corporate smartphones you don't escape that if it's your job.

That's not always the case. If this is true, it's inexcusable and i hope whoever is responsible for it gets fired but stuff like revealing their E3 line-up (which they generally skip) is reaaaaaaally weird.

Driver · Feb 26, 2019

Alpheus · Feb 26, 2019

Dalinaar said:
Just looking at the kinda of posts being made on 8Chan you can conclude this is not them ..

well i hope its not them. would spare me the heartbreak but just bracing myself for the worst case scenario at this point
edit note: thought i had quoted but had to add it in in a edit

Doukou · Feb 26, 2019

Twenty5Thousand said:
"Why would THQ Nordic do an AMA on 8chan"

I think the 9 pages of responses to this is your answer.

Why would THQ kidnapp a bunch of people?
Did you not see the coverage by CNN?

If you think being associated with 8chan is not going to have negative consequences that outweigh the benefits you need to do more research.

Gestault · Feb 26, 2019

Mazzle said:
Huh. Just a few seconds ago you defended their actions, because they are getting attention right now.

Their motivations were pretty obvious in the first reply telling others not to talk about the topic. It becomes a whole other level of transparent (and predictable) when they "somehow" direct all their responses to defend what's happening.

LewieP · Feb 26, 2019

Seems confirmed it is real.

BossAttack · Feb 26, 2019

hydrophilic attack said:
lol

Damn you, Austin. That was a good history joke.

--R · Feb 26, 2019

Surely someone would have noticed that shit is going down at 6:30PM on a Tuesday. It's not like it's 2AM on Austria, come on.

Diego Renault · Feb 26, 2019

Mazzle said:
Huh. Just a few seconds ago you defended their actions, because they are getting attention right now.

I'm not defending anyone's action. I'm just observing a strange social phenomenon.

Cat Party · Feb 26, 2019

It's been over an hour. This wasn't a hack, and there's no way THQN's management didn't know about this before hand. Might as well accept that now.

Deleted member 5491 · Feb 26, 2019

THE. FUCK.

Deleted member 43084 · Feb 26, 2019

Foffy said:
Wouldn't working hours be over for the company? Assuming everyone they employ works where the company is housed..

The obvious follow-up question would then be "why start an AMA (a work-related task) outside of working hours?"

KoolAid · Feb 26, 2019

LewieP said:
Seems confirmed it is real.

What the fuck

Deleted member 28076 · Feb 26, 2019

Can we just ban the fucking "Well you guys are talking about it aren't you!?" hot takes at this point because Jesus Christ.

Deleted member 6235 · Feb 26, 2019

welp

wrap it up

Daniel Westlake · Feb 26, 2019

LewieP said:
Seems confirmed it is real.

Goddamn. Yo what the fuck then?

Gundam · Feb 26, 2019

Dalinaar said:
Just looking at the kinda of posts being made on 8Chan you can conclude this is not them ..

I hope you're right but you'll forgive me if I'm not so easily willing to give publishers the benefit of the doubt on this kind of stuff, especially post-CDPR buffoonery.

SpottieO · Feb 26, 2019

LewieP said:
Seems confirmed it is real.

If this is true then there is going to be a lot of empty desks next week geeze

Deleted member 401 · Feb 26, 2019

sredgrin said:
What do you think they're doing, selling stock or something? How does a major company turn this into a profit?

I was gonna make a snark about shareholders, but I can't do it. This situation is that thoroughly fucked up.

Rodjer · Feb 26, 2019

INSANITY

Sim · Feb 26, 2019

LewieP said:
Seems confirmed it is real.

well shit

Deleted member 3897 · Feb 26, 2019

LewieP said:
Seems confirmed it is real.

BAD · Feb 26, 2019

Palette Swap · Feb 26, 2019

If true, which looks more and more likely, that company can fuck off into the sun.

gabdeg · Feb 26, 2019

LewieP said:
Seems confirmed it is real.

Jesus christ man. Way to flush your whole reputation down the toilet forever.

neonneongod · Feb 26, 2019

Mazzle said:
THE. FUCK.

wooooooooof

Deleted member 176 · Feb 26, 2019

LewieP said:
Seems confirmed it is real.

Clearly this man was hacked too

RM8 · Feb 26, 2019

I'm actually not surprised, edgy gamers love stuff like this.

Deleted member 3925 · Feb 26, 2019

LewieP said:
Seems confirmed it is real.

What is you doing THQ, lmao.

ProstatePuncher · Feb 26, 2019

Its not a hack.

Twenty5Thousand · Feb 26, 2019

Doukou said:
Why would THQ kidnapp a bunch of people?
Did you not see the coverage by CNN?

If you think being associated with 8chan is not going to have negative consequences that outweigh the benefits you need to do more research.

I, an intellectual, also love to use false equivalencies.

Deleted member 4260 · Feb 26, 2019

LewieP said:
Seems confirmed it is real.

Lol.

modiz · Feb 26, 2019

OH MY GOD THIS IS LEGIT?!!

holy fuck

okay i think we already have our winner for screw up of the year.

AvernOffset · Feb 26, 2019

What the hell is this timeline, and how can I get off it?

Gundam · Feb 26, 2019

Rodjer said:
INSANITY

Surprise!

Yeah, fuck THQ Nordic. I hope they fail and have licenses taken away from them.

NitX · Feb 26, 2019

Brock Reiher said:
You'd think someone would tell them

Yup. I the position he is in somebody should have DMed him by now but like i said we dont know what situation that person is in and for all we know if its actually hacked THQ is trying to regain control of the account

SpottieO · Feb 26, 2019

RM8 said:
I'm actually not surprised, edgy gamers love stuff like this.

I think even a lot of edgy gamers might draw the line at CP

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