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IGN to scrub Filip Miucin from site almost completely after even more plagiarism surfaces (READ OP)
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I'm not saying it's an easy job or anything. But it's not like IGN was asking him to write features, editorials or even extensive reviews. Like someone else pointed out... He could have even winged it by playing a bit of the game and made up a bunch of points by guess work on previews and asking other staff members and fellow journalists how they're liking X game just as normal chatter... Guy is just dumb aside from being a thief.
"If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research." - Flip, July 5, 2014
This Youtuber should've stayed in his site instead of shaming himself trying to become a "journalist" for IGN. Geez!
how did I do?
At this point I almost respect the hustle. Dude got paid for a job he literally almost never did.
umm check my edit i just copy a poster same line for shitz and gigglez
"It is impossible to be a maverick or a true original if you're too well behaved or don't want to break the rules. You have to think outside the box. That's what I believe. After all, what is the point of being on this earth if all you want to do is be liked by everyone and avoid trouble?" - Filip Miucin
This situation is so bizarre. I am sorry for you guys at IGN, but im kind of facinated to know what was he thinking.
In the few hours after I leave work, everything came crashing down. Plagiarizing Polygon was ballsy, but even his own coworker? You can't make this up.
This situation is so bizarre. I am sorry for the guys at IGN, but im kind of facinated to know what was he thinking.
This one posted by Burly is just blatant as shit: https://www.resetera.com/posts/11472186/
Polygon:
Filip:
Polygon:
"Otherwise, the two games will remain largely identical to their older counterparts. But at a Los Angeles press event on Wednesday, I was treated to a bit of Bayonetta 2 on the Switch console, and was pleasantly surprised by how much it holds up and by how good it looks on a 60-inch TV. The increased frame rate allows for smoother gameplay, so you can dodge attacks with relative ease and finish off enemies with your chainsaw boots. I know a lot of people would've hoped for 1080p and 60fps, but even at 720p, it looks great."
Filip:
"In regards to the amount of content included, both games seem to have remained virtually identical to their previous counterpart consoles. Despite the game's lower resolution, they both looked absolutely stunning on the 60-inch TV I played on, and the increased frame rate provided a much smoother play experience which made my time with the game much more enjoyable as a whole. A lot of us were expecting 1080p/60 fps for this one, but even while running at 720p, it still manages to look fantastic."
This event is very strange. I fell bad for workers at IGN. But I am very interested in finding out what was going through his head.
Never challenge the internet, because someone somewhere will have the time that day.
So is this guy the Stephen Glass of gaming? Were ANY of his reviews not plagiarized in some fashion?
That dinoTOOB fella comes off as real dense. How many times can someone rehrase "the technology you describe does not exist?"
I know this is more for IGN legal, but you guys should consider some legal action against him. And more importantly some sort of pre-emptive settling with some of the major publications he stole from.
This now way far beyond the stage of apologizing and sending some cash to the small unknown youtuber whose work got stolen for a couple of days.
Truth is, (regardless of intent) IGN profitted for a long time, from stolen work created by other big outlets like Polygon.
I hope you can tell us its not just you and Dan working overnight to remove his reviews, but your legal team and everyone else is on it 24/7 to cover this from every angle.
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Thanks to the IGN staff for keeping this board up to date. Have to feel the utmost sympathy for them, as I can't imagine they'll hear the end of it. Paying dearly for understandably putting stock in this individual. At this point, looks as though there's simply no other recourse but to wipe his material wholesale in order to retain credibility.
You beat me to it, I was searching for it and was just about post it.
and yet
"So I did a little bit of research on my own and here's what I came up with." (proceeds to quote an entire paragraph lifted from one post on neogaf)
Oh my lord. The last sentence killed me... and even the TV size?? COME ON.
"I'm just an old killer, hired to do some wetwork" - Princess Peach
Too early for flapjacks?
You beat me to it, I was searching for it and was just about post it.
You beat me to it, I was searching for it and was just about post it.
Jesus man this keeps getting worse and worse. He really shouldn't have challenged the internet to try and find more plagiarism examples, though honestly whether he had or hadn't I would guess all of this still would come out, it just makes the whole situation even more crazy cause he did.