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[BisMarckie]

Major Nelson Handshakegate was one of the best things to ever happen on the internet.

Maybe I somehow misinterpreted the scenario where I walked up to you with my group in order to thank you in person for the E3 offer, said hi, made eye contact, went in for a handshake, and then you took my hand but immediately spun a 180 while the handshake was still in progress to directly put your back to me, to gasps and aghast facial expressions from the people I was with. A little bit '60s comic book villain, but charming in its forthrightness, I will say.

But, you know, maybe somehow it's all a misunderstanding, as unlikely as that seems, and I shouldn't have spoken harshly on Kotaku in case it was, leading to this silly public drama we have on our hands now. But had there been any room for interpretation I would have given the benefit of the doubt.

[Transhuman]

Lol don't act like you wouldn't be all up in those guts in a heartbeat TVC

[BisMarckie]

Is that thread archived somewhere? I found just one post.
Tyler nuked that thread out of respect for Major Nelson to save his dignity from the massive L Tyler handed to him of course.

[TVC15]

Lol don't act like you wouldn't be all up in those guts in a heartbeat TVC

Depends on what’s still in his bank account.

[Nintex]

Major Nelson Handshakegate was one of the best things to ever happen on the internet.

Maybe I somehow misinterpreted the scenario where I walked up to you with my group in order to thank you in person for the E3 offer, said hi, made eye contact, went in for a handshake, and then you took my hand but immediately spun a 180 while the handshake was still in progress to directly put your back to me, to gasps and aghast facial expressions from the people I was with. A little bit '60s comic book villain, but charming in its forthrightness, I will say.

But, you know, maybe somehow it's all a misunderstanding, as unlikely as that seems, and I shouldn't have spoken harshly on Kotaku in case it was, leading to this silly public drama we have on our hands now. But had there been any room for interpretation I would have given the benefit of the doubt.

LOL he is so fucking awesomely insane.

To be fair Microsoft VP of sales(?) Jeff Bell signed up to PM GAF members asking them what their contribution to society was.
Those were strange times.

[thetylerrob]

The level of discourse in this thread has been frequently disappointing.[/size]

[TVC15]

Seriously look at this fucking nut-case:

http://archive.is/fi2bB

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I interpreted your E3 offer as professional courtesy... UNTIL YOU TURNED AROUND DURING A HANDSHAKE THEN I OBVIOUSLY CORRECTLY INTERPRETED IT AS A BRIBE!

And all the people that are currently on Reee responded with “Woooo Evilore YOU DA MAN!”

[Drainage]

Maybe that chick didn’t deserve to be fired for the tweets alone but do we have any reason to believe she didn’t double down on that shit when her boss called her in for a meeting and made clear she’d do it again in a second and would continue to in the future? That was her public stance, so why the fuck would you keep her around for the next inevitable shitshow?

This is what happens when keeping it real goes wrong. Nothing new except twitter.

[clothedmacuser]

The New York Times needs to be burnt to the ground but never vilify the "journalistic" integrity of Kotaku

[Transhuman]

I also don't see why she wouldn't have said so in interviews; she seems like the type who would have specifically called out ArenaNet for asking her to apologize or anything of that sort.

I mean she's dumb but she's not dumb dumb.

[Nintex]

For any business it's pretty dumb to go after your consumers publicly.

Just keep that shit in the locker room or at the lunch table. 

[Joe Molotov]

Going in for a handshake and then spinning around and turning your back to the person is 100% certified slick, btw.

[TVC15]

Going in for a handshake and then spinning around and turning your back to the person is 100% certified slick, btw.

And a dangerous move in the presence of the shower nosferatu.

[agrajag]

why didn't Lore just put the reprobate in one of his patented jiu jitsu holds, he could've channeled his calm and collected focus from a thousand fights.

[daemon]

I think it's shit too but the problem is, presumably if you don't fire the person then you will get boycotted, possibly by a couple hundred thousand angry people on twitter, perhaps more if it makes the news

Like if you remember this girl who tweeted "Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!"  What would have happened if she'd kept her job as a PR exec?

Yeah in this case I even remember the TED talk. People are vile. They surely like to nail that woman to the crucifix but they sure as hell don't donate to fix the matter at hand: AIDS in Africa. People don't really understand that enabling that kind of conduct is what we supposedly tried to strive away from, as civilized societies.

[agrajag]

After a groggy morning where all the ladies, Canadians from various origins who had banded together, pranced around in their underwear (until I headed toward the shower in my own underwear and they stared; thanks Calvin Klein!), I made my way to the Guinness Storehouse and poured a perfect pint and took in the landscape from the Gravity Bar. Back to Temple Bar, now, lunch in belly and writing this post. Accompanying photos to follow.

The modern day Hemingway, that one.

[Joe Molotov]

why didn't Lore just put the reprobate in one of his patented jiu jitsu holds, he could've channeled his calm and collected focus from a thousand fights.

He was just too calm and too collected. He made a promise to his master that he would not go all out, not even one time.

[Bore Expert]

I mean I have a lot of respect for MS to some extent;  the company really is now full of incredibly competent technical people... their workforce is actually incredibly diverse, they recgonize competence internally not politicing / age / seniority /etc... their corporate altruism is insane as well, etc.  but you basically have to be a cocky dick to make it there.. hence why cocky dicks make fools of themsleves in the media here and there.

Perhaps there is a position open there for everyone’s favorite cocky dick 

[agrajag]

riotous can you elucidate on the pros and cons of being a cocky dick vs a dicky cock?

[Bore Expert]

How about a cheeky wiener?
 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

tfw when you see people elucidating the qualities of their phallics, and all you gotta do is slam it down.

[clothedmacuser]

All that separates them from your "garden variety" Trump supporter is they got some torches and marched. The sentiments are still the same.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-you-were-an-employer-would-you-hire-a-trump-supporter.53870/page-15#post-10177027

The only difference between a nazi and a republican is that nazis were soldiers under the German state in early half of the 20th century but they are the same.

[EightBitNate]

Does anyone have that fake image of Bish explaining why the forum was so far up Sony’s ass?

[Spieler1]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-bought-a-switch-and-everything-game-costs-crazy-money.54064/page-7

Why should a company that lives and dies solely on hardware and software sales heavily slash their prices like their competitors that make up for it in microtransactions, subscriptions, and non-gaming divisions?

Just to satisfy your own greed that you deserve these products for a price you deem worthy?

Because Sony devalues their games doesn't mean Nintendo should. And yes demanding they change just to placate your own desires does make you greedy.

It's capitalism. You don't like the price, don't buy it.

 

e: jesus christ that thread does gaming have the most spineless fans?

Conditioning, lol. A lot of people (myself included) consider Nintendo titles far superior to anything other companies will put out. I'd pay 500 dollars for something like Smash Bros, i'll put likely thousands of hours into that game. I put 200 hours into BOTW and didn't even do everything, and it was one of the best gaming experiences of my life. I have over 300 hours in Splatoon 2 and many hours among their other releases. Not everything Nintendo does is gold but when they hit it, they hit it harder than anyone else. Other companies very rarely put out something as compelling as a game experience, and when they do it's considered an astonishing achievement (see RE4, Ninja Gaiden Black, Halo CE). I'm sure plenty would happily pay 60 for a game that would match those experiences for them, something Nintendo does more often than any other company. These games that Sony put out that blow people away today, they largely won't hold up in 5, 10+ years because their concepts will become outdated, but amazing gameplay stays amazing forever, and for those of us who care about that most of all, we're good to go with Nintendo.

good to see no warnings for console wars for, so far

[VomKriege]

sp0rsk got banned for 24h

https://www.resetera.com/threads/12-boys-and-soccer-coach-stuck-in-thailand-cave-4-boys-out-on-pause-to-prepare-for-next-operation.51546/page-35#post-10174214

[Atramental]

Lol sp0rsk posts on reset?

Guess he wasn’t cool with us boritos. 

[agrajag]

Dicky Cock would be a good porn name.

if I was black and a porn star, my stage name would be

Afro Disiac

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/12-boys-and-soccer-coach-stuck-in-thailand-cave-4-boys-out-on-pause-to-prepare-for-next-operation.51546/page-36#post-10175263

Having a savior complex when children need saving = no bueno

[davepoobond]

Dicky Cock would be a good porn name.

Dick Bigdickian is my favorite


now i'm going to go type in "big boobs" in google images

[Transhuman]

I'm sure it's not the first time a bunch of young Thai boys have been put into an airtight box to fulfill a Billionaire's fantasy.

[thisismyusername]

I'm sure it's not the first time a bunch of young Thai boys have been put into an airtight box to fulfill a Billionaire's fantasy.

[Transhuman]

Now that he's made the kid-sized submarine, he needs a kid-sized submarine-sized dumpster to put that dumb fucking idea into.

[BisMarckie]

Perhaps there is a position open there for everyone’s favorite cocky dick 

I think he is too busy stopping climate change



I wonder why he nuked that thread ? :

Too bad because the reactions were at least as funny as Tyler's drivel.

[Assimilate]

Seriously look at this fucking nut-case:

http://archive.is/fi2bB

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I interpreted your E3 offer as professional courtesy... UNTIL YOU TURNED AROUND DURING A HANDSHAKE THEN I OBVIOUSLY CORRECTLY INTERPRETED IT AS A BRIBE!

I don't blame Evillore for this. He was always a little bitch with too much influence in the 'gaming community' and undeservingly so. This is what happens when someone gains something they never really earned, only got lucky with.

Microsoft, or any dev for that matter should have never tried to play nice with GAF.  It's no different than being an adult and trying to appeal to a group 14 and 15 year olds. It doesn't work.

[nudemacusers]

I'm sure it's not the first time a bunch of young Thai boys have been put into an airtight box to fulfill a Billionaire's fantasy.

and yet history will only remember the boys that got themselves lost in a cave. for free.

[Bore Expert]

Dicky Cock would be a good porn name.

Hanging Chad would work too 

[Averon]

The hypocrisy in that GW2 was insane. These are the same people who loves to drill into your head that what you say on social media should affect you in real life. They are the biggest advocates of getting people shitcanned and socially ostracized if that person does something they think is problematic on social media. Now that their own standards are being used against someone they feel are on their "side," all that firing people for what they say on social media is now a problem. They can't even live by the their own rules.

To be fair, at least half the people in that thread were sane and felt that the firing was justified, but some of the takes in there was mental. I seriously think many of them believes that the authoritarian stuff they want will only affect the alt-righters, racists, and sexists. They honestly do not believe that it will boomerang back and hit them, and are shocked and salty when it does.

[Uncle]

Dicky Cock would be a good porn name.

Hanging Chad would work too 

This is literally 18 years old

There are people who have been driving for a couple years who have never heard of a hanging chad

[FStop7]

The top marking on my blender says “Max Liquid” so I figured I’d go for that as my porn name.

[Bore Expert]

Dicky Cock would be a good porn name.

Hanging Chad would work too 

This is literally 18 years old

There are people who have been driving for a couple years who have never heard of a hanging chad

Those damn kiddos

[Averon]

Also, it is so painfully obvious who in that GW2 thread has a job or even ever held one. I'm still reading through it, but some there are honestly surprised shit talking to customers is a firable offense. They are mad that their comments on their public Twitter, with their company's name plastered on it, while in the context of talking about their company's product, means they speak for the company!!

How sheltered are these people?  I honestly cannot believe these people are well-adjusted, grown adults.

[clothedmacuser]

Correct me if I'm wrong but posted unsourced bullshit, not wanting to engage but posting anyways, talking shit out (without quoting anyone you're talking about), and then trying to jump out of the thread without clarifying anything you are saying, that ain't exactly a picture of good faith.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-you-were-an-employer-would-you-hire-a-trump-supporter.53870/page-16#post-10182547


Questioning moderation?    Not fucking likely

[samfish]

I may be late to this party because of other responsibilities lately, but allow me to say

https://www.resetera.com/threads/creepy-stalker-liveblogs-about-two-other-people-on-a-plane-ends-up-getting-one-of-them-doxxed.53232/page-11#post-10175788

Eh, she'll move on and whatever dregs of humanity who've had their worthless interest caught will move on as well. She's clearly shown no interest in becoming a public figure because of this, eventually it'll just be the normal background level of gross harassment she has to endure.

What a fucking disgusting way to move the goal posts from "a nice story" to whatever the hell this is. She got doxxed. She was forced to delete her social media presence because of a string of unwarranted attacks at the hands of disgusting, misogynistic incels. You criticize the people who looked down in this kind of freakish people worship, and then you claim this kind of cyber bullying is only 'the normal kind of everyday background harassment'.

Fucking hell, everything you've said in this thread is vile.

Congratulations marrec on reaching full shitlord status. I knew you had it in you all along. Great things happen when you post on the ass-end of the gaming community. May your inevitable perma-ban be over something completely unworthy and irrelevant.

[EightBitNate]

New digital black face thread: https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-are-memes-of-black-people-reacting-so-popular-online-the-guardian.54161/#post-10182822

I'm a white dude but I see this a fair bit on facebook from other white people that I know that maybe raises an eyebrow a bit, just one of those things like "hm, it's odd they chose that gif from a movie they'll never see or of an actor they will never know the name of".

[kingv]

Also, it is so painfully obvious who in that GW2 thread has a job or even ever held one. I'm still reading through it, but some there are honestly surprised shit talking to customers is a firable offense. They are mad that their comments on their public Twitter, with their company's name plastered on it, while in the context of talking about their company's product, means they speak for the company!!

How sheltered are these people?  I honestly cannot believe these people are well-adjusted, grown adults.

I don’t know if I would say she should have been fired, but she was out of line, and should have expected to be fired. Her boss was out of line too.

The dude was super respectful, and frankly, I took the comment as a “gee, wouldn’t this be a cool way to have some more personalization in an MMO?” And she called him a sexist for it. Then her boss compared writing the GW2 story to building a fucking space shuttle, and chastised him for commenting.

There maybe is another way to handle it, but none of that should have been surprising.

[VomKriege]

I may be late to this party because of other responsibilities lately, but allow me to say

Congratulations marrec on reaching full shitlord status. I knew you had it in you all along. Great things happen when you post on the ass-end of the gaming community. May your inevitable perma-ban be over something completely unworthy and irrelevant.

Thank you and others that called him out on his vile posts in this thread. Dude tried to normalize and downplay this disgusting incident and realized he bit more than he could chew and tried to back-peddle out of it.

[clothedmacuser]

Normalizer!

[VomKriege]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-do-they-call-it-practicing-law.54140/

For once, "literally" applies.

[VomKriege]

That Korean translator has gone full MAGA normalizing 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/korean-reporter-reveals-why-donald-trump-is-hard-to-translate-‘sounds-like-an-elementary-kid’.54041/

Isn't the point of translation to also convey context and meaning? Ergo, she shouldn't expand his vocabulary if he's illiterate. The world needs to understand he's a fucking moron and his supporters are proud of it.

Yeah, when it comes to news reporting she really shouldn't help his vocabulary. Make him sound like an elementary kid, because that's what he sounds like.

Yeah I was going to say, she's being too kind. She should let him sound like an elementary kid, because that's what he sounds like. Don't try to make his rambling sound pretty.

It's not your job to make him sound intelligent.

They should just translate his sentences to "I'm a dumbass dipshit who has no idea what I'm talking about and right now I'm rambling on a topic I have no grasp of the concept of but I'm a petty little bitch who has to sound intelligent and get the last word in no matter what." And then repeat that line for his whole speech.

Cause that's essentially the main takeaway any moderately intelligent person gets whenever he opens his mouth.

Imagine hand sign translators. At some point they just got to stick the middle finger up like fuck this clown.

Her intentions would be fine....if she was editing a book or script. However, she's supposed to be translating Donald Trump, a man who sounds like a grade-schooler because he has a grade-schooler's vocabulary.

In doing this, she is actually doing Trump a massive service, by making him come across as more refined and articulate than he could ever hope to achieve on his own.

[ashep]

New digital black face thread: https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-are-memes-of-black-people-reacting-so-popular-online-the-guardian.54161/#post-10182822

I'm a white dude but I see this a fair bit on facebook from other white people that I know that maybe raises an eyebrow a bit, just one of those things like "hm, it's odd they chose that gif from a movie they'll never see or of an actor they will never know the name of".

(Image removed from quote.)

Wait, RedMercury is white?

Holy fucking shit.

Also, "locked per OPs request" - why the fuck is this a thing. If you start a thread you shouldn't get to shut it down because your dumb ass didn't anticipate just how stupid your initial position would be.

[Leadbelly]

Dicky Cock would be a good porn name.

For some reason I thought of Johnny Wadd. Incidentally, John Holmes life story is quite... something.

[Big Hoops]

Elon Musk is really shitting the bed with this rescue operation. I refuse to believe he doesn't already have a Grimes-sized submarine that he could immediately dispatch to save a typically-sized Thai boy

[HaughtyFrank]

New digital black face thread: https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-are-memes-of-black-people-reacting-so-popular-online-the-guardian.54161/#post-10182822

I'm a white dude but I see this a fair bit on facebook from other white people that I know that maybe raises an eyebrow a bit, just one of those things like "hm, it's odd they chose that gif from a movie they'll never see or of an actor they will never know the name of".

(Image removed from quote.)

Wait, RedMercury is white?

Holy fucking shit.

Also, "locked per OPs request" - why the fuck is this a thing. If you start a thread you shouldn't get to shut it down because your dumb ass didn't anticipate just how stupid your initial position would be.

He backed out like a little bitch

Alright, then chill. We'll tell y'all what you need to get upset about, don't try and tell us what we should be up in arms about. That's why so many Black-Era members are laughing at this thread and article.

I'm not telling you to get upset, I didn't ask you to get upset, I just shared an article. I shared it so I could get perspectives on it like the one you shared. if I was wrong to do that or offended anyone I apologize. I'll ask the mods to close it.

[clothedmacuser]

New digital black face thread: https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-are-memes-of-black-people-reacting-so-popular-online-the-guardian.54161/#post-10182822

I'm a white dude but I see this a fair bit on facebook from other white people that I know that maybe raises an eyebrow a bit, just one of those things like "hm, it's odd they chose that gif from a movie they'll never see or of an actor they will never know the name of".

(Image removed from quote.)

Wait, RedMercury is white?

Holy fucking shit.

Also, "locked per OPs request" - why the fuck is this a thing. If you start a thread you shouldn't get to shut it down because your dumb ass didn't anticipate just how stupid your initial position would be.

Bad thinkers get banned.  Good thinkers have their threads locked so they can "cool down."

[VomKriege]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/has-the-resetera-experiment-worked-so-far.54181/

I think it's the opposite. mods are enforcing a single opinion and worldview. it's actually more strict than GAF but without the embarassment of having a compromised public face.

"welcoming others with differing points of view" is basically a dogwhistle at this point.

[VomKriege]

More International Iron Man goodness.


https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-you-were-an-employer-would-you-hire-a-trump-supporter.53870/page-17#post-10185583

[SmokyDave]

"welcoming others with differing points of view" is basically a dogwhistle at this point. No. If that is your barometer, you are in the wrong fucking place. "Differing views" are not as valid as one other, nor should they be as tolerated as one another. Nor should certain views be ""welcomed"". I do not think OP is posting in good faith. I smell a locked thread coming very quickly.

I am genuinely dumbfounded. Some of these posters have less of a grasp on the real world than my infant daughter.

I just read it as ‘I cannot defend my illogical knee-jerk opinions, and nor should I have to’.

If you’re looking for differing opinions, you’re in the wrong fucking place. Written with righteousness, no less. Astonishing.

[joeboy101]

Restera in a nutshell:

This thread is going nicely.

It's ok to have your worldview-whatever it may be-be challenged to the realities of well, reality. Echo chambers are in and of themselves, self-destructive messes where individuality dies. Have a good discussion, dammit.

Please do not make threads about cross forum drama.

And locked.

[VomKriege]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-value-of-internet-discussion-with-the-uneducated-disingenuous.54196/

Bookmarked for more opinions on differing opinions being all dogwhistles.

[VomKriege]

TIME TO
LIBERATE
RUSSIA

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-poliera-2018-ot6-in-a-near-drunken-state.51499/page-171#post-10175202

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