Well, that's one way to kill the thread's momentum and make people not want to keep participating in the discussion.
Mods just rejected my report against the other member too.
Fuck that, I'm out of this thread. Beastiality ftw apparently.
Well, that's one way to kill the thread's momentum and make people not want to keep participating in the discussion.
It's weird that you can (apparently) make a joke about somebody raping a user's cat, and then that user gets banned, for calling you out for making that joke?
Good to know, I guess? Doesn't really make me want to participate in discussions here, but oh well
It's weird that you can (apparently) make a joke about somebody raping a user's cat, and then that user gets banned, for calling you out for making that joke?
Good to know, I guess? Doesn't really make me want to participate in discussions here, but oh well
It's weird that you can (apparently) make a joke about somebody raping a user's cat, and then that user gets banned, for calling you out for making that joke?
Good to know, I guess? Doesn't really make me want to participate in discussions here, but oh well
Definitely encouraging to see people can come in here and bait arguments by posting in bad faith and making comments about raping a cat and get nothing for it.
What the fuck? Why the fuck the mods banned Welltall?
What is going on? Mods, get a grip and actually read the thread.
Mine too.I did. My report was rejected, so they know exactly what they're doing here.
Official Staff CommunicationLooking at the discussion, it appears that while AOPM *may* initially be coming into the thread to start something, it's not always the case, like the other instances have been prior in this thread. Unless something is particularly egregious, we'll take a moment to assess the situation and decide whether or not to take action. However sometimes people are asking questions without JAQing. AOPM had several posts responding to other users that seemed to be fine. It was only Weltall that was going for the throat.
Based on previous bans in this thread with people coming in to cause trouble, and the situation as a whole, we understand that people can be on edge and unwilling to be forgiving if someone makes a statement that hasn't completely caught up. We've taken action on a few drive-by posts of that nature in this thread. However this doesn't appear to be a drive-by.
In this case, we're inclined to remove both infractions and leave the modpost with the understanding that going forward, hostility is still against our rules. If you feel someone is coming in to cause trouble, report it. We'll take a look at it like we have so many other posts in the thread.
It would be super great if another mod or admin would come in here and re-check the situation, because I'm not certain that the mod responsible paid very close attention to what they were doing. Weltall may have been a bit aggressive, but considering what he was responding to, it's not a surprise. Hecht BronsonLee
Fuck outta here. Just saw the initial post. They knew exactly what they did and they endorsed child porn and hate crimesFor what is worth, I didn't even report the other user so I don't know what's going on. I also don't want him (?) to be banned since he has me on ignore and we won't be continuing our little rattle. Also apologies to his cat, if he owns one :-)
He was extremely hostile though. I didn't bait troll, I was genuinely expressing my opinion and I never justified or promoted what those people did.
I will say for a last time that it - through my experience in the industry - still baffles my mind that this immense PR fuckery could be considered as strategic move from THQ but maybe I'm too naive. It seems thought that I could be very much accused to be a company apologizer soon, so I will exit the discussion before it makes me feel appalled.
This is the new paradigm of corporate marketingFor what is worth, I didn't even report the other user so I don't know what's going on. I also don't want him (?) to be banned since he has me on ignore and we won't be continuing our little rattle. Also apologies to his cat, if he owns one :-)
He was extremely hostile though. I didn't bait troll, I was genuinely expressing my opinion and I never justified or promoted what those people did.
I will say for a last time that it - through my experience in the industry - still baffles my mind that this immense PR fuckery could be considered as strategic move from THQ but maybe I'm too naive. It seems thought that I could be very much accused to be a company apologizer soon, so I will exit the discussion before it makes me feel appalled.
I wrote a post and decided against posting it and then I make a reply and this is posted as well :/
So, do y'all think the game press will keep bringing this up to THQ or will they just try and forget this ever happened?
Don't forget child abuse is okay here too with all the posts cheering on videos showing police brutality against childrenThey removed the warning and the ban. It's good to know that dog whistling bad faith arguments and beastiality jokes (?) are accepted here.
I wrote a post and decided against posting it and then I make a reply and this is posted as well :/
You caught the shadow edit.
Don't forget child abuse is okay here too with all the posts cheering on videos showing police brutality against children
So, to be clear, is implying an aggressive posters attitude due to that certain user's cat (or substitute any animal really) getting fucked off the table now? Will it result in a warning or will it be a harsher ban if someone else does it now?Official Staff CommunicationLooking at the discussion, it appears that while AOPM *may* initially be coming into the thread to start something, it's not always the case, like the other instances have been prior in this thread. Unless something is particularly egregious, we'll take a moment to assess the situation and decide whether or not to take action. However sometimes people are asking questions without JAQing. AOPM had several posts responding to other users that seemed to be fine. It was only Weltall that was going for the throat.
Based on previous bans in this thread with people coming in to cause trouble, and the situation as a whole, we understand that people can be on edge and unwilling to be forgiving if someone makes a statement that hasn't completely caught up. We've taken action on a few drive-by posts of that nature in this thread. However this doesn't appear to be a drive-by.
In this case, we're inclined to remove both infractions and leave the modpost with the understanding that going forward, hostility is still against our rules. If you feel someone is coming in to cause trouble, report it. We'll take a look at it like we have so many other posts in the thread.
Worked so many times already sadly. This is on another dimension but look at how the GOG/CDP incidents went.Ah, the good old "hope it goes away" strategy. Let's see if it works.
I think the majority will forget it by next week.So, do y'all think the game press will keep bringing this up to THQ or will they just try and forget this ever happened?
Ah, the good old "hope it goes away" strategy. Let's see if it works.
Some of them didn't even remember key pieces of information to begin with and are putting the main focus on THQN's apology, letting their bullshit be the narrative.So, do y'all think the game press will keep bringing this up to THQ or will they just try and forget this ever happened?
I think Gamespot, Kotaku and co will have forgotten about it by the end of the day. Non-gaming outlets and a couple of people like Patrick Klepek will do better.So, do y'all think the game press will keep bringing this up to THQ or will they just try and forget this ever happened?
Publishers have all sites by the balls, meaning they can get blacklisted easily. Not saying it's OK, but if you're paid to bring coverage and you don't get the games ahead of time/invited to events, it sucks. It's always been like that. So the silence is partly due to the intimate relationship between publishers and writers.It's shit like this that rally highlights how garbage the "journalism" for games is and how most game journalist sites (outside of Kotaku, Waypoint, etc) are essentially just advertising sites that don't care about covering important news, or actually asking important questions to publishers.
The whole company was in on it.I'm surprised a PR person can make their brand be associated with CP on search engines and not be fired.