SlipperyFishes
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This isn't the time for cutesy jokes about the value of gaming as cultural collateral. The guy is openly supporting the propagation of racist memes.
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Oculus' Palmer Luckey is funding an anti-Hilary shitposting org
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Wrestlemania
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Christ. Get some perspective.
I think I meant it as, I don't understand completely dropping support for Oculus because of this, because 99% of the people working on Oculus aren't Palmer Luckey. You'd be hurting Facebook more than Luckey.
If they don't distance themselves from him in the coming days, then I could understand dropping support.
Wrestlemania
Banned
How they react to this is the important thing, absolutely. Other than as a figurehead, I doubt he's of any value to them, and a figurehead bankrolling garbage like this could only be damanging to them.
I'd be tempted to switch to another headset next time if they don't sever ties with him.
Is that what they said? That's not what I read. They said that you shouldn't blame Oculus because they are now owned by facebook and their reputation shouldn't be hurt by Luckey. If they had said that Luckey fucked up and Oculus/ Facebook had reason to distance themselves from Lucky then I would actually agree. But it isn't.
GoodCoffeeJoey
Banned
Not really that surprising. There have long been rumours of sexist practices at Oculus.
I don't see virtual reality as a gaming platform in the long run, no more than I see the internet merely as a portal for online games. VR will ultimately give way to AR, and ubiquitous AR will have a pretty dramatic affect on the world.
I see both topics as being black marks coming from someone who cares quite a bit about both topics.
Zepp Twofist
Member
Granted I'm no fan of either the company or the man, but I don't see how the two would connect. Palmer doesn't run Oculus.
Empty Space
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.001%er thank you very much!
Facebook has the same problem, right?
GoodCoffeeJoey
Banned
These rumours date from before the facebook acquisition.
Yeah it's hard to see him being paraded around for interviews anymore, or appearing on magazine covers. Again, really dumb to ruin your reputation over memes, no matter how dank.
FunkyDealer
Banned
My interest in Oculus....
It's dead, Jim. It's dead.
It's dead, Jim. It's dead.
Leona Lewis
Banned
The thing with Thiel is that he exposed himself as a soulless technocrat after years of at least humbly running out of fucks to give.
This Palmer fellow, on the other hand, is rich but still finding his footing as the face of an unproven upstart that's heading nowhere fast. With this story blowing up and overshadowing all the good PR that the $3 billion pledge to combat global disease brought, Facebook will be all too eager to excise this cancerous growth and erase all records of his pathetic existence.
He will be rich, but he will be a non-entity. Even more so when Trump gets wiped out in a landslide this November. And the valley is an infamously insular group, so good luck finding someone else to give you the time of day.
Could've been the next Steve Jobs, but instead wants to be the next Milo.
Sad!
This Palmer fellow, on the other hand, is rich but still finding his footing as the face of an unproven upstart that's heading nowhere fast. With this story blowing up and overshadowing all the good PR that the $3 billion pledge to combat global disease brought, Facebook will be all too eager to excise this cancerous growth and erase all records of his pathetic existence.
He will be rich, but he will be a non-entity. Even more so when Trump gets wiped out in a landslide this November. And the valley is an infamously insular group, so good luck finding someone else to give you the time of day.
Could've been the next Steve Jobs, but instead wants to be the next Milo.
Sad!
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Odd perspective
CaptainABAB
Member
This sums up my feelings as well.
I will refuse to support Oculus in any way while he still works there.
What bizarre news to wake up to today. Just can't fathom this, I thought Palmer was a doofus, but that he was one of the good guys. Enlightened and forward thinking. Not this. Oh well.
I expect this won't help Oculus much but they were fucking themselves over already with their business decisions (no Touch on launch, trying to clamp down in the market of relative PC openness, cost etc). I can see Facebook ditching Oculus or doing something drastic. At least Zuckerburg has his head screwed on.
I expect this won't help Oculus much but they were fucking themselves over already with their business decisions (no Touch on launch, trying to clamp down in the market of relative PC openness, cost etc). I can see Facebook ditching Oculus or doing something drastic. At least Zuckerburg has his head screwed on.
SomedayTheFire
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This is a weird as fuck post. Satire? Sarcasm?
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Deleted member 80556
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No, no, these people always say "sorry you were offended!"
Wow, you're not kidding. Anyone Googling this guy is going to find a lot of articles about this.
ClosingADoor
Member
So is Zuckerberg making some calls right now that one of the faces of the technology he paid a few billion for is hurting the companies image?
entremet
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How would we know?
Lightning_Roller
Banned
Oh shit, it's getting big? I wonder if Zuckerberg is feeling about this? I think right now he is making all the calls to cut Luckey loose from Oculus.
But any way you slice it, Luckey is fucked. No one, not a soul is gonna want to deal with this toxic guy after this fiasco. Not a one. I hope every single person or company that dealt with Luckey are thinking real hard about cutting ties with him, because if I was in their shoes right now I certainly would.
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BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Escapism is serious business
chrominance
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I think GB had to do some growing on that front. I wouldn't be surprised if Leigh Alexander felt a bit like she got thrown under the bus for the E3 stuff, and perhaps rightfully so--she didn't deserve any of that hot mess. But the Giant Bomb staff were better about locking down E3/GDC livestream chats later on when they would get misogynist (I think shortly after their move to a "real" studio they posted a message about not harassing the shit out of their guests), they were more vocal about rejecting the hate aimed at Samantha Allen after the Dan/Jason hiring, and then of course the Gamergate response, which was one of the first in the game writing industry (though still arguably pretty late in the game).
It sucks that Alexander was the one who had to pay the price for GB's inaction and significant shitty parts of their community (which, by the way: also parts of OUR community, the GAF thread that year was pretty hard on her), but I think the crew did take some lessons from that whole debacle.
It's true, making sure VR games are playable across all platforms is a much more important issue than trying to lock down the entire country to Muslims and forced deportation, or any of a thousand other things Trump might do. There's no way any of that stuff could affect me more than "fuck I can only play this VR game on an Oculus Rift."
Lightning_Roller
Banned
Welp, he's fucked. Say goodbye to potential partnerships, Luckey. Because your ass is grass.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
He has rich boy blinders on. I'm sure he's been really insulated since Oculus took off, and he didn't really seem socially adept before then. His rude awakening is happening as I type.
CreepingFear
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If I don't support ChickFila, then I sure as hell won't support Oculus after this.
QuantumZebra
Member
I thought that thing was a ripoff anyway so no skin off my back here
Also fuck that guy
Also fuck that guy
Samurai G0SU
Member
So wait, he isn't involved with Oculus anymore right? Facebook bought it from him or is he still working there on the project itsself?
RPGCrazied
Member
I hope the tides turn on him very soon. People like this don't deserve all this money to waste it on hate. Losers.
Dreams-Visions
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He's still there.
Malick[AI]
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