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shmike 12-28-2011 02:40 PM
Guido gamer gone bust
 
http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/27/oc...asly-emails/1/

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Strap yourself in, you’re about to witness the most outlandlish PR blunder in video gaming history. And trust me, there have been many…

Starting earlier this morning with a post on Penny Arcade, co-founder Mike “Gabe” Krahulik brought to light a series of emails between Dave, a customer politely inquiring about the status of his Avenger PlayStation 3 controller order, and Paul Christoforo of Ocean Marketing, the PR lead for the product.

I’m going to repost the emails in their entirety, then we’ll continue much, much further down the rabbit hole afterward. There’s even a parody video thrown in on the second page…

pauldun170 12-28-2011 03:04 PM
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Dave 12-28-2011 03:27 PM
Gabe is the fucking man

OneSickPsycho 12-28-2011 03:28 PM
I love it when the internet is used for good.

Homeslice 12-28-2011 04:02 PM
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Send that over to Engadget you look like a complete moron swearing and sending your customer service complaints to a magazine as if they will post it or even pay attention do you think you’re the first or the last what are they going to do demand us to tell you were your shipment is or ask for a refund on your behalf
Guy's 38 and writes like a 17 y/o with his huge run-on sentences.

Periods. Commas. It isn't rocket science.

Rangerscott 12-28-2011 04:06 PM
I was reading about that last night. He got fired.

Read the comments on amazon. People are bomb shelling them.

Homeslice 12-28-2011 04:29 PM
Sadly, he'll still make bank off interview & book offers

shmike 12-28-2011 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Homeslice (Post 502861)
Sadly, he'll still make bank off interview & book offers
Book offers?

:lol

Mikey 12-28-2011 05:30 PM
Not likely, Homeslice. His unprofessional attitude cost his company a huge client and cost him his job. Because his real name was used, now this event will be the first thing to pop up if a potential employer googles him. My guess is that he never works again. ;)

Rangerscott 12-28-2011 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikey (Post 502869)
Not likely, Homeslice. His unprofessional attitude cost his company a huge client and cost him his job. Because his real name was used, now this event will be the first thing to pop up if a potential employer googles him. My guess is that he never works again. ;)
http://www.internetweekly.org/images/mcjobs_poster.jpg

Papa_Complex 12-28-2011 11:18 PM
I've just gotten to the response in which he says that he's 38 and was on the internet before it was the internet. I'm a 48 year old computer professional and the internet was the internet years before I got to it.

What a douche.


*EDIT* Oh shit, he fucked with "Jim DarkMagic." What a stupid motherfucker.

Homeslice 12-29-2011 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Mikey (Post 502869)
Not likely, Homeslice. His unprofessional attitude cost his company a huge client and cost him his job. Because his real name was used, now this event will be the first thing to pop up if a potential employer googles him. My guess is that he never works again. ;)
You are talking about employers. I'm talking about TV shows and websites that might pay him for an interview. Happens all the time, no matter how much of a douche the person was. In fact, the bigger the douche, the bigger the potential audience.

Papa_Complex 12-29-2011 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Homeslice (Post 502920)
You are talking about employers. I'm talking about TV shows and websites that might pay him for an interview. Happens all the time, no matter how much of a douche the person was. In fact, the bigger the douche, the bigger the potential audience.
By all means, let's see him get kicked off in the first round, of The Apprentice.

For those who don't know who Mike K. (aka "Gabe", aka "Jim DarkMagic") is, he's the guy in the right/rear of the table in this 'celebrity game' of Dungeons and Dragons. They recorded the whole session and it's occasionally hilarious, especially for those who have played the game and recognize the memes. Jump to 8:30, if you want to skip all the introductory crap.

*EDIT* Yes, the guy in the front/left is who you think it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmTIN...layer_embedded

Dave 12-29-2011 12:04 PM
Without watching I assume will weaton

Papa_Complex 12-29-2011 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave (Post 502940)
Without watching I assume will weaton
Front/left? Yup.

Dave 12-29-2011 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex (Post 502942)
Front/left? Yup.
Really wish they never stopped releasing podcasts of their comic creation sessions. THOSE were pure fucking gold entertainment. loved the one about kids downloading porn on PSPs

Sixxxxer 12-29-2011 01:01 PM
That was great!!! Idiot thought he could backtrack and save face only to realize the people of the world got ahold of the news and the internet is indeed a VERY powerful tool.

Love this Last quote by the guy from Penny Arcade

“I think there is a big difference between being sorry and being sorry you got caught,” Krahulik wrote in response on his blog. “It’s the same thing that happened with Jack Thompson. It might not always make the most business sense and it is a policy that has caused us some legal problems, but I really don’t give a shit about that. When these assholes threaten me or Penny Arcade I just laugh. I will personally burn everything I’ve made to the fucking ground if I think I can catch them in the flames.”

Papa_Complex 12-29-2011 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave (Post 502943)
Really wish they never stopped releasing podcasts of their comic creation sessions. THOSE were pure fucking gold entertainment. loved the one about kids downloading porn on PSPs
I never listened to the podcasts. Just watched the gaming session videos and read the comics. I should dig up the podcasts.

Lamnidae 12-29-2011 10:55 PM
epic....

Mikey 12-30-2011 04:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Sixxxxer (Post 502946)
That was great!!! Idiot thought he could backtrack and save face only to realize the people of the world got ahold of the news and the internet is indeed a VERY powerful tool.
It got serious. Some folks dug up his criminal history and discovered that he's a wife-beater, in addition to being a huge jackass.

This dude's life is over in the digital world. He needs to start a second career as a fucking plumber's apprentice or something.

Rangerscott 12-30-2011 12:14 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXom0OP3Rwk


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