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CambriaRising
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Jesus Christ.
No, we're talking about bronies in IRC.
It goes deeper, keep reading
If he was wrongly banned, all it takes is a simply "Sorry, we were a little too quick on the trigger!" and an un-ban or shortening the ban for other reasons (don't know if he said anything rude or offensive). If it's a correct ban, then WHATEVS BRAH #REKT
Then it's over, no one cares anymore, and we can move on.
Then it's over, no one cares anymore, and we can move on.
Except when there's a thread like this where the only point is public shaming. They locked the thread but opened it again when they decided to ban the OP. What else is there to discuss but the ban?
FonkyByNature
Member
Wow, i thought the guy was legit and all that... i feel bad taking him into consideration in some threads. Now that he's a PR person... eughhh
Never knew MS payed people to spread good news on message boards... weird.
Never knew MS payed people to spread good news on message boards... weird.
zeorhymer
Member
In this post here, he admits to working in a PR firm and looks at replies from their point of view and spins it as if PR is great for the customers (which isn't always the case.)
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=116957996&highlight=pr#post116957996
But from the OP and original title, he's straight up telling the consumers that we're all a bunch of morons and it's time to be "re-educated." Not only does that come off as confrontational as you can get, but it also paints a picture of the poster being a total zealot and having fingers in their ears and go la la la la la. It only makes the case of the post astroturfing even more believable.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=116957996&highlight=pr#post116957996
But from the OP and original title, he's straight up telling the consumers that we're all a bunch of morons and it's time to be "re-educated." Not only does that come off as confrontational as you can get, but it also paints a picture of the poster being a total zealot and having fingers in their ears and go la la la la la. It only makes the case of the post astroturfing even more believable.
Every company anywhere tries agenda setting. Thats what advertising is.
MisterHero
Super Member
While Bish is probably rash in his Page 1 judgment, the thread title is still correct. prmax is an unfortunate name for an email
Also I don't like either XBO or PS4. I don't have an HDTV so I can't even play PS4
/gaming ghetto
Also I don't like either XBO or PS4. I don't have an HDTV so I can't even play PS4
/gaming ghetto
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Don't know who's joking anymore.
It's more pointing out the email doesn't suggest he's shilling. He's probably not and he's just aggressively fanboying.
No one puts this much effort into defending a box unless paid. Shill confirmed. I'll be keeping my eyes open.
Is that a conspiracy theory? I used to be a mod on a MMORPG message board. That's what we did when we did when things got complicated. I'm almost 100% sure that the mods are talking it out on IRC right now.
Wait, it's all true, haha.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
I agree with OP. Almost every part of it. It's a bit condescending, but other than that I do agree.
Maybe you're a shill.... maybe everyone is a shill.... Who can I trust?
gamechanger87
Member
I would hope so, unfortunately the thread title will never be changed and that's the biggest problem.
Nope...because this is NeoGAF.
Ban's are up to Mods, but the title should be changed...misleading and clearly incorrect
Pattycakes
Banned
Competition is always good for the market, regardless of how much you hate MS.
statham
Member
Just make him a Junior for his bad OP, then keep an eye on him.
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Cpt.Underpants
Member
What a catch
Has any mod responded about this? Makes me wonder about the other PR bans.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Yes, that was the sort of quality posting I want to see here. Tragic ban.
JinjoUnchained
Member
My head is spinning. Stepped away for 30 minutes and this thread has gone insane.
Buried within all the strawmans and the childish vitriol, there were a few decent points in the OP. I do notice a fair amount of console warriors here that can't have a reasonable discussion about XB1 in 2014 b/c they can't get over reversed policies in 2013. So, sure OP, go ahead and "educate those fools", Mr. T style.
The problem is that some of those policies aren't reversible. Mattrick may be gone, but we're still stuck with his underpowered machine that can't run multiplat games as well as PS4. No amount of cloud processing can eliminate Mattrick's decision to gimp the hardware specs in favor of all-in-one entertainment options that the market didn't want. The proper way to bridge the power gap is with exclusives, and Phil should be praised for starting that process. But, for most people, we're still A LONG WAYS AWAY from the day where you can say "the power gap doesn't matter because XB1 has such great exclusives". Until that day, "the fools" have perfectly justifiable reasons for criticizing the XB1 and its' 2013 roll-out.
Buried within all the strawmans and the childish vitriol, there were a few decent points in the OP. I do notice a fair amount of console warriors here that can't have a reasonable discussion about XB1 in 2014 b/c they can't get over reversed policies in 2013. So, sure OP, go ahead and "educate those fools", Mr. T style.
The problem is that some of those policies aren't reversible. Mattrick may be gone, but we're still stuck with his underpowered machine that can't run multiplat games as well as PS4. No amount of cloud processing can eliminate Mattrick's decision to gimp the hardware specs in favor of all-in-one entertainment options that the market didn't want. The proper way to bridge the power gap is with exclusives, and Phil should be praised for starting that process. But, for most people, we're still A LONG WAYS AWAY from the day where you can say "the power gap doesn't matter because XB1 has such great exclusives". Until that day, "the fools" have perfectly justifiable reasons for criticizing the XB1 and its' 2013 roll-out.
BronsonLee
Member
...Are you plotting to turn them into your personal bear army?!
Not really, it makes perfect sense. I just couldn't think of the right wording. The authority figure in me, maybe?
ConradCervantes
Banned
It wouldn't jive with this super badass persona posters have conjured up for Bish if he did admit he was wrong.
That's the weird thing. He WAS banned until today.
Read the first two pages.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
Couldn't disagree more. It's like a religion to some people.
Wow, I don't even..
milkham
Member
Like the OP
SEGAvangelist
Member
Come on. There are plenty of non-shills who put incredible effort into console defense.
BronsonLee
Member
Huh?!
Well, netting a astroturfer and then having a thread full of people laugh at astroturfers is a good way to spook other astroturfers.
Turns out the OP probably wasn't a astroturfer.
BoboBrazil
Member
MS has been doing this forever. There were a ton of them banned around E3 last year. Also they flood reddit and MS was caught red handed trying to pay off youtubers.
He decided to celebrate his unbanning with a rebanning.
DoktorEvil
Banned
What he does in that post and what he does in the OP are not the same.
He didn't use the OP to state his case. He used it to make broad sweeping remarks on all of GAF.
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