echoshifting
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Good on ya, N-Control. Well done.
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Penny-Arcade: "Marketers of the Avenger Controller are thieves and liars".
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Good on ya, N-Control. Well done.
Owlowiscious
Member
No, n-control had other issues aside from Paul. But the new PR guy is addressing these issues which include apologizing for and correcting the issues.
Philthy
Member
Actually, this isn't true. If the police gets a call for DV, they are required to arrest someone, and brought to trial. This is the same with Boston law. They are mandated to bring someone to trial, even if both people say nothing happened. I sat on the jury for one of these, and the guy was brought in for a DV against his wife. The guy was beat up, had a black eye, the woman had no markings. The doctors had no evidence of her being hit, attacked, or otherwise. She said she was never hit, etc. Their children said the same thing. None of us could convict the guy based on zero actual evidence, and we asked the judge why all of us were brought here for a week, and the response was that the law required it.
Edit: To make any sense of this in my mind, I chalked it up to that sometimes people can be pressured to 'keep quiet" about abuse, which leaves it up to total strangers to convict people based on evidence, or let it be dismissed or hung. The "better safe than sorry" may actually apply here. But holy crap that was a week of our lives, the cop to appear, the medical people to appear, the judge, the people typing it out. I couldn't fathom how much money something like this cost.
ElRenoRaven
Member
See what gets me is that the guy was the one that looked beat up yet they took him in instead of the wife.
br0ken_shad0w
Member
They still share some of the blame. Poor customer service does not excuse poor shipping. But it looks like they're attempting to fix their issues.
SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
http://www.gametrailers.com/episode/gametrailers-tv/143
Paul Christoforo interview is in this episode.
Paul Christoforo interview is in this episode.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Pretty sure this isn't the case in California.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
He thinks is is positive publicity, too.
SouthernDragon
Member
Pretty sure there's a summary about two pages back.
SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
Yeah, just finished that part, I guess they want to drag it to the CES episode for more viewers.
I bet next episode will talk about how he is a family man and such.
MiniBossBattle
Member
Wow, now my friend from twitter was asking me about Christoforo. I am just gonna send him this thread and penny-arcade link.
They have sold that much?
And the Ocean guy is clueless. Didn't know of Penny Arcade but is a self-proclaimed hotshot in the industry..and did he really say "mimi" for meme?
Asshole PR guy does asshole thing to customer, namedrops Penny-Arcade, Gabe doesn't like this and posts it, turns out asshole PR guy is a complete unprofessional poser and also apparently a woman-beater so everyone had a good laugh at his career falling apart.
Except for his defenders in this thread, because they are creeps.
MisterNugNug
Member
Just looking at the intro segment of the interview cements just how big of an asshole this guy really is. Its him standing next to his motorcycle with shades on. He's loving the attention. His responses are anemic and without a hint of sincerity or regret. He even lies through his teeth saying he didn't know about Penny Arcade (you were at PAX EAST 2011 manning the Avenger BOOTH, there's fucking video evidence) whilst shitting over their website to boot. He got what he deserved and then some.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I used to work with a guy who was dating a complete psycho. She came to work a few times, and that was all it took for us to tell him to run for the hills. Anyway, he didn't listen. (of course, but we had to try)
She ended trying to kill him with a knife during an argument. (Talk about having the last word...) He was able to dodge some of it and block what he couldn't with his forearms long enough get an opening. When it came, he shoved her into the refrigerator. The knife fell out of her hand, he got it, and all that was left was to get the cops there.
They showed up, saw the defensive wounds on him (to the bone), looked at her, (no marks) took their statements, took him to the hospital and then jail. She was free to stay home.
Her son was in the living room and saw all of this go down. He told the cops the truth about what happened. Didn't matter.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
"I went on Penny Arcade, but I had never heard what it was."
... the fact that he thinks this makes any sense at all speaks volumes.
"It didn't look like a well-put together site."
So, basically, he's falling back on his attitude of 'if I had known they were popular, I would have not been an asshole'.
And how he just sits there like "yeah, I called the kid stupid, so what?".
"Let's be clear, I'm not in PR and Marketing... it was originally..."
So he's going to throw his own company under the bus just to save face?
The sad thing is that if BioWare ever did this to EA, they would be praised.
"I was never in marketing...."
Admitting to lying about his company's goal? This guy is a keeper.
"If this stayed between me and Dave, we would have worked it out."
So many lulz in my tummy.
I love the look of stupification and indifference on Geoff's face.
... the fact that he thinks this makes any sense at all speaks volumes.
"It didn't look like a well-put together site."
So, basically, he's falling back on his attitude of 'if I had known they were popular, I would have not been an asshole'.
And how he just sits there like "yeah, I called the kid stupid, so what?".
"Let's be clear, I'm not in PR and Marketing... it was originally..."
So he's going to throw his own company under the bus just to save face?
The sad thing is that if BioWare ever did this to EA, they would be praised.
"I was never in marketing...."
Admitting to lying about his company's goal? This guy is a keeper.
"If this stayed between me and Dave, we would have worked it out."
So many lulz in my tummy.
I love the look of stupification and indifference on Geoff's face.
Night_Trekker
Member
So I'm now 100% unrepentant about enjoying this guy's fall.
Seraphinianus
Banned
it's sold out on amazon, fwiw.
and that's very generous of them, not merely "predictable"
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Yes, he said mimi.
Even though Geoff very clearly said meme two seconds before.
It was clear that Paul wasn't interested in being interviewed, he already had a script in his head, and that the meme comment threw him off. He even catches himself twice as he is about to say something that comes later.
Even though Geoff very clearly said meme two seconds before.
It was clear that Paul wasn't interested in being interviewed, he already had a script in his head, and that the meme comment threw him off. He even catches himself twice as he is about to say something that comes later.
Neoriceisgood
Member
Heheheh Mimis.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Neoriceisgood
Member
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Well it's true. If it had been kept between him and Dave, no one would have heard about it and it would have worked out just fine for him.
Domestic violence is always the male's fault. Duh.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Because he pushed her and he told the police so. There were also two witnesses who also said he pushed her.
In Los Angeles County, at least.
ElRenoRaven
Member
So we're t-minus 1 hour away from Spike TV's CES coverage. Don't forget Part 2 of the amazing....snicker snicker...interview will be shown during their coverage today. So sometime between 1PM EST and 5PM EST they will show part 2 of this.....LMAO....in-depth interview.
I'll be at work during this. Hope for a link so I can watch it after the fact~
ElRenoRaven
Member
He can only repeat, "I'll treat celebs better" and poor MMA analogies for so long before it becomes pointless. He's been rather quiet recently and the situation for the controller seems to have been resolved, for the most part, so not much else to say. Guess this'll be the last hurrah of the whole thing until he inevitably berates another customer and name drops the Mayor of Earth.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Yea pretty much. I'm mainly watching for the CES coverage but I just want to see how awful the interview really is. It's kind of a case of following it through to the end. I doubt after this interview we'll even hear of the guy again. In fact it seems we haven't before it even finished. Probably went into hiding lol.
ElRenoRaven
Member
So um yea I was beginning to wonder when it was going to happen and found a schedule. Seems that they had it during their CES pre show which didn't air on spike. So Geoff totally 100 percent lied on thursday when he said tune into spike for part 2. So um yea we missed it. The thread can now officially end.
Shortt Sirket
Member
Just saw this on Reddit:
Zomba13
Member
Just saw this on Reddit:
lol is that real?
Neuromancer
Member
Hahaha what
Just saw this on Reddit:
I'd like to file that in the "Best response" category.
The twitter account is the real deal and they do make the mention that the guy said Turtle Beach hired him and they do say it's false. But I can't find that specific response.
ElRenoRaven
Member
ROFLMAO. Wow. So the guy hasn't changed it seems. That's just pathetic.
Yeah that response looks fake unless turtle beach deleted that specific tweet.