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Game Development is really hard. The best work comes from people who build up trust through working together over many, many years.
lol This faggot literally stole the concept and art design for Borderlands from some amateur film makers and literally used art stolen from some random guy's movie poster for Borderlands 2 promotional material. Gearbox also allegedly stole money from Sega that was supposed to go towards that awful Aliens game they worked on and instead used it to fund Borderklands.
I seem to also remember him telling some weird lie regarding Valve's GabeN and a poker game and getting publicly called out for it.
I seem to also remember him telling some weird lie regarding Valve's GabeN and a poker game and getting publicly called out for it.
More or less. Joystiq was doing one of those fluff pieces on the origins of stuido's names, and he told them that he won the rights to the name Gearbox from Gabe Newell with a hand of poker on a riverboat casino. It got picked up by other blogs and he retracted it pretty quickly after, calling it a "tall tale".
That said, I feel like something as ridiculous as that should have gotten some sort of verification from Valve before publishing, but video game blogs aren't exactly known for their fact-checking.
He's a total autist. 4chan used to have a thread on him in /v/ every other week where cringe compilations of all the retarded shit he did/said were posted.
In an industry full of people saying dumb shit and doing shady business, he still manages to stand out. Not quite to the level of Denis Dyack, but still up there.
The company name poker game thing is clearly a joke that fell flat, something he thought was hilarious in his head but didn't pass by another human before sending to the journalist. Unfortunately most gamers, including the journalists, are fucking idiots who are too fucking po-faced about their hobby and decided to brand him a liar rather than someone with a crap sense of humour because they would really like to believe people play card games with Gabe for company names - just not this particular Pitchford man, who is unworthy because of whatever minor upset the fucking gaming fanbase has got stuck up its arse that week.
stole the concept and art design for Borderlands from some amateur film makers and literally used art stolen from some random guy's movie poster for Borderlands 2 promotional material.
Didn't he discover the rule34 subreddit for Battleborn and then promoted it in hopes thirsty nerds would be more likely to play battleborn instead of Overwatch?
It's a good narrative, but I think it's pathetic enough that he was browsing the regular battleborn subreddit like a hawk to find something like that so he could try and get people's attention again.
I mean, in theory, that's not a bad idea, considering what made Overwatch popular with horny nerds was the SFM porn.
Then again, maybe if you're going to go that route, you should put some effort into making your characters actually attractive, not a menagerie of hideous monstrosities.
Don't forget that the Gussy owner was working for ArenaNet for all of 8 months. And was previously fired from Paizo Publishing because of a similar incident.
Randy Bitchford, once again, talks shit about something he knows nothing about.
Notch has got to be one of the saddest people in the world.
Most people ranting on the Internet have nothing better to do, which is sad in its own right. But Notch, as a billionaire, could literally do anything he wants, and yet still gets involved with petty online spats.
Trump is also in that category TBF. Even before he got into the presidential gig I recall this one interview where he basically showed the reporter around his gold-plated hotel and penthouse and tried to get the guy to appreciate his garish spectacles of wealth. Like, literally some rando reporter. The Twitter spats are expected.
Too bad the league of part time bartenders didn't stick up for the guy who assaulted children at a whataburger like these people do for their all important video games.
so real talk here, I don't think those dev's should've been fired. but the fact that the culture they helped to craft led to their own destruction is so delicious to me.
I have no doubt that Price (especially after being fired for her previous job for similar reasons) was on thin ice and that this was not her first offense there. But there is no reason at all for ANet to go into the gritty details of why they fire people, it's unprofessional, so they're getting raked over the coals with everyone thinking her and Fries got fired for such a small thing.
They wanted her out. She's an insufferable and entitled cunt. She berates fans at Expos calling everything sexist. There's no doubt in my mind that the company wanted her gone in the first place.
Whatever white knight gaming company flies in and hires her next will very soon come to regret it.
These mean girls need to get the hell out of the gaming industry. They give hard working women a bad name.
so real talk here, I don't think those dev's should've been fired.
I don't get this.
If one of my employees went off on a customer, let alone a pretty well known one and then also did it publicly, I'd have no choice but to fire them. This is why we have things like an employee code of conduct and a social media policy at my company.
It's not like this woman was fired for her opinions, or beliefs, or politics. It's pretty clear she was fired for trying to bully a semi-popular youtuber with close connections to that fan community, and she did it in front of the entire planet.
I mean, I get it. I just don't think this one particular issue is worth of a firing. Since I wrote that, it seems like this has been a pattern with her, so it makes more sense now.
The other dude getting fired though, I still think that's pretty harsh. But maybe this'll suspend the whole "insult your customer base because a good portion of them don't agree with me ideologically" trend for a little while.
The other dude getting fired though, I still think that's pretty hars
Two things:
1) If it's company policy, then it applies to everyone equally.
2) This womyn is a raging misandrist gender warrior. If they fired her and not the boi trying to white knight for her, then she'd simply claim that Anet was sexist. Hell, she's doing this now already and of course the usual suspects in the gaming press are eating it up.
If it's JUST because of those tweets, then I don't think so.
My guess, is that the lady is toxic to work with so this was used as an excuse...I however would also kept the firings pretty low key, knowing that it's the current year and such.
However if any of Randy's team would fuck up on twatter Randy himself would fire him/her as soon as the news would start rolling, so he's a hypocrite.
If it was anyone but Anthony Burch, I'd at least consider it, but Burch is such a fucking cucked (literally cucked) loser he probably would just hide in the closet while he watched some other chad game dev fuck the chubby intern against the foozeball table.
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1 SnapshillBot 2018-07-07
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1 Nerdlinger 2018-07-07
Where’s the really fucking stupid shit?
1 genericunimportant 2018-07-07
Well it's related to video games so..
1 illyrie 2018-07-07
lol https://i.imgur.com/9oIRnV6.png
1 captainktainer 2018-07-07
As much as I think ArenaNet did the right thing, that was rather elegantly done.
1 CulturalYogurt 2018-07-07
I dont get it
1 lifesbrink 2018-07-07
Yet again, this yet one more argument against tweeting
1 dongas420 2018-07-07
Ceterum censeo Twittrum esse delendam
1 LemonScore_ 2018-07-07
lol This faggot literally stole the concept and art design for Borderlands from some amateur film makers and literally used art stolen from some random guy's movie poster for Borderlands 2 promotional material. Gearbox also allegedly stole money from Sega that was supposed to go towards that awful Aliens game they worked on and instead used it to fund Borderklands.
I seem to also remember him telling some weird lie regarding Valve's GabeN and a poker game and getting publicly called out for it.
1 imaginarycreatures 2018-07-07
More or less. Joystiq was doing one of those fluff pieces on the origins of stuido's names, and he told them that he won the rights to the name Gearbox from Gabe Newell with a hand of poker on a riverboat casino. It got picked up by other blogs and he retracted it pretty quickly after, calling it a "tall tale".
That said, I feel like something as ridiculous as that should have gotten some sort of verification from Valve before publishing, but video game blogs aren't exactly known for their fact-checking.
1 LemonScore_ 2018-07-07
He's a total autist. 4chan used to have a thread on him in /v/ every other week where cringe compilations of all the retarded shit he did/said were posted.
1 imaginarycreatures 2018-07-07
In an industry full of people saying dumb shit and doing shady business, he still manages to stand out. Not quite to the level of Denis Dyack, but still up there.
1 funerary_planet 2018-07-07
The company name poker game thing is clearly a joke that fell flat, something he thought was hilarious in his head but didn't pass by another human before sending to the journalist. Unfortunately most gamers, including the journalists, are fucking idiots who are too fucking po-faced about their hobby and decided to brand him a liar rather than someone with a crap sense of humour because they would really like to believe people play card games with Gabe for company names - just not this particular Pitchford man, who is unworthy because of whatever minor upset the fucking gaming fanbase has got stuck up its arse that week.
1 Starship_Litterbox_C 2018-07-07
Sauce bb?
1 TrailerParkBride 2018-07-07
This article gives a pretty good rundown.
1 LemonScore_ 2018-07-07
https://kotaku.com/5444016/separated-at-birth-borderlands-and-codehunters
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/03/15/from-codehunters-to-aliens-colonial-marines-how-gearbox-has-become-one-of-the-most-controversial-studios-in-the-industry/#2efadbc858ca
1 Starship_Litterbox_C 2018-07-07
Juicy, thank you.
1 Thhueros 2018-07-07
When he ran out of things to steal, he made Battleborn
Lets take a look at that steam chart
1 DeathBahamutXXX 2018-07-07
Didn't he discover the rule34 subreddit for Battleborn and then promoted it in hopes thirsty nerds would be more likely to play battleborn instead of Overwatch?
1 AntiLuke 2018-07-07
I prefer the theory that he created the subreddit.
1 ManOfBored 2018-07-07
It's a good narrative, but I think it's pathetic enough that he was browsing the regular battleborn subreddit like a hawk to find something like that so he could try and get people's attention again.
1 e-guy 2018-07-07
I mean, in theory, that's not a bad idea, considering what made Overwatch popular with horny nerds was the SFM porn.
Then again, maybe if you're going to go that route, you should put some effort into making your characters actually attractive, not a menagerie of hideous monstrosities.
1 Clopernicus 2018-07-07
Paladins and even Quake Arena have more attractive characters.
1 AlertTheSPLC 2018-07-07
Don't forget that the Gussy owner was working for ArenaNet for all of 8 months. And was previously fired from Paizo Publishing because of a similar incident.
Randy Bitchford, once again, talks shit about something he knows nothing about.
1 FolkLoki 2018-07-07
Someone does something unprofessional on twitter that reflects badly on the company. Company fires them.
This is apparently cause for a shitstorm.
1 ManOfBored 2018-07-07
If I say the word 'feminism' while punching someone in the cock, then you're sexist if you fire me.
1 odintal 2018-07-07
It wasn't just a "someone". This was a white woman game developer. This was the creative force behind the compelling story of Kinectimals.
Show some respect for your betters, scum.
1 Awayfone 2018-07-07
Kinectimals had a story
1 Peepeeopsis 2018-07-07
/u/xNotch why aren't you on a twitter rampage?
1 VidiotGamer 2018-07-07
He was working on some sort of new project last I heard. Probably why he hasn't been getting into as many shouting matches with the mongs on Twitter.
1 Morgoff 2018-07-07
Sitting in a big empty mansion throwing m&ms into his trilby.
1 TrailerParkBride 2018-07-07
Empty? That dude probably has, like, at least three sets of Rock Band.
1 TheLordHighExecu 2018-07-07
Notch has got to be one of the saddest people in the world.
Most people ranting on the Internet have nothing better to do, which is sad in its own right. But Notch, as a billionaire, could literally do anything he wants, and yet still gets involved with petty online spats.
1 CirqueDuFuder 2018-07-07
This dude tweets less than the POTUS.
1 Shitposting_Skeleton 2018-07-07
Trump is also in that category TBF. Even before he got into the presidential gig I recall this one interview where he basically showed the reporter around his gold-plated hotel and penthouse and tried to get the guy to appreciate his garish spectacles of wealth. Like, literally some rando reporter. The Twitter spats are expected.
1 old_grumpy_grandpa 2018-07-07
He is rich, succesful, he does what he loves, and he doesn't care about what others think.
He's pretty happy IMO.
1 redditor080917 2018-07-07
t.brainlet
1 Kosmiche 2018-07-07
he's too busy being fat
1 telandrias 2018-07-07
Defending sack of shits on twitter hrrrrrrrmmmm
Too bad the league of part time bartenders didn't stick up for the guy who assaulted children at a whataburger like these people do for their all important video games.
1 Allanon_2020 2018-07-07
These sames type of people are all for getting people with wrong think fired. Now the shoe is on the other foot. Boo hoo
1 TrailerParkBride 2018-07-07
In the case of that dead limey YouTube guy, JP was all for him getting cancer for wrongthink.
1 d-amazo 2018-07-07
gee really i am shocked
1 automatic_chuck 2018-07-07
An impressive big nose. 🤔🤔🤔 I wonder what it means. 🤔🤔🤔
1 Awayfone 2018-07-07
We are safe here, you can admit you wonder if his dick is proportional
1 RichEvansSextape 2018-07-07
If he were a Jew he'd have success and money, so no.
1 GuillotinesNOW 2018-07-07
Is this about ethics in video game twitter?
1 no_maps_no_plans 2018-07-07
thank god i didn't buy battleborn
1 LickMyElbowItsACOCK 2018-07-07
(Don't have to read anything to verify he drinks soylent.)[https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/842417832088469504/iPF_JWuV_400x400.jpg]
1 ManOfBored 2018-07-07
Idiot twitter progressives are once again banding together to defend feminists' right to be complete dicks to people.
1 saint2e 2018-07-07
so real talk here, I don't think those dev's should've been fired. but the fact that the culture they helped to craft led to their own destruction is so delicious to me.
1 DuBBle 2018-07-07
Delicious, sure, but we must ask ourselves if it is nutritious and Cheerio-so-good to eat.
1 illyrie 2018-07-07
I have no doubt that Price (especially after being fired for her previous job for similar reasons) was on thin ice and that this was not her first offense there. But there is no reason at all for ANet to go into the gritty details of why they fire people, it's unprofessional, so they're getting raked over the coals with everyone thinking her and Fries got fired for such a small thing.
1 CrashedonMars 2018-07-07
They wanted her out. She's an insufferable and entitled cunt. She berates fans at Expos calling everything sexist. There's no doubt in my mind that the company wanted her gone in the first place.
Whatever white knight gaming company flies in and hires her next will very soon come to regret it.
These mean girls need to get the hell out of the gaming industry. They give hard working women a bad name.
1 VidiotGamer 2018-07-07
I don't get this.
If one of my employees went off on a customer, let alone a pretty well known one and then also did it publicly, I'd have no choice but to fire them. This is why we have things like an employee code of conduct and a social media policy at my company.
It's not like this woman was fired for her opinions, or beliefs, or politics. It's pretty clear she was fired for trying to bully a semi-popular youtuber with close connections to that fan community, and she did it in front of the entire planet.
I don't see how you can't fire her at that point.
1 saint2e 2018-07-07
I mean, I get it. I just don't think this one particular issue is worth of a firing. Since I wrote that, it seems like this has been a pattern with her, so it makes more sense now.
The other dude getting fired though, I still think that's pretty harsh. But maybe this'll suspend the whole "insult your customer base because a good portion of them don't agree with me ideologically" trend for a little while.
1 VidiotGamer 2018-07-07
Two things:
1) If it's company policy, then it applies to everyone equally.
2) This womyn is a raging misandrist gender warrior. If they fired her and not the boi trying to white knight for her, then she'd simply claim that Anet was sexist. Hell, she's doing this now already and of course the usual suspects in the gaming press are eating it up.
1 SensualSternum 2018-07-07
Literally who ?
1 -4x- 2018-07-07
Randy
1 voicelesshoodwinker 2018-07-07
Again Should they both been fired?
If it's JUST because of those tweets, then I don't think so.
My guess, is that the lady is toxic to work with so this was used as an excuse...I however would also kept the firings pretty low key, knowing that it's the current year and such.
However if any of Randy's team would fuck up on twatter Randy himself would fire him/her as soon as the news would start rolling, so he's a hypocrite.
1 ChateauJack 2018-07-07
please don't turn r/drama into r/kia k thx
1 OnceInTunisia 2018-07-07
Didn’t gearbox make duke nukem forever? I feel like Jessica price would’ve gotten fired from there too pretty fast.
1 HadakaApron 2018-07-07
Holly Green of Paste has made tweets hinting that Anthony Burch had a casting couch at Gearbox and that Pitchford didn't do anything about it.
1 VidiotGamer 2018-07-07
Yeah, whatever.
If it was anyone but Anthony Burch, I'd at least consider it, but Burch is such a fucking cucked (literally cucked) loser he probably would just hide in the closet while he watched some other chad game dev fuck the chubby intern against the foozeball table.
1 MooseHeckler 2018-07-07
Randy Pitchford says something unintelligent, news at 11.
1 SuperObviousShill 2018-07-07
"Cool Clock Jessica, want to bring it to the Gearhouse?"