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[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://nichegamer.com/2019/04/19/opinion-the-questionable-ethics-of-laura-kate-dale/

 

now thats how you write a hitpiece

e:

To give an idea of how off-base Laura was, even the users of RESETera, a notoriously toxic forum in which those who expressed wrong think outside of the general far left woke consensus often get banned, were opposed to her line of thinking.

[stufte]

https://nichegamer.com/2019/04/19/opinion-the-questionable-ethics-of-laura-kate-dale/

 

now thats how you write a hitpiece

TRANS ON TRANS VIOLENCE!

[Great Rumbler]

https://www.kotaku.co.uk/2019/04/19/we-screwed-up-with-that-persona-lyric

 

games journalists

[Boredfrom]

I never said it wasn't a valid criticism of EGS...

Man the Epic Games Store is the new gaming side virtue signal topic.. bunch of probably US/UK people screaming about how EGS destroys the hobby for people in countries where the pricing sucks or their currency or favorite payment method isn't supported.   Get that shoved in your face if you shrug off caring about it...

:confuse

"Get that shoved in your face if you shrug off caring about it..." 

I don't personally care much about regional pricing because it doesn't effect me;  and I don't think it's worth brow beating people because it's not some moral issue.  They act like you walked into a thread about children starving and said you don't care because your Mom just made you tendies.

It's a valid criticism.. it sucks for the people it effects.. if other people really care that much in countries where it doesn't effect them.. hell.. good for you.  I highly doubt those people even REALLY CARE though, they just want to be on a soap box.. I bet half of them don't even own gaming PCs and have never set foot in the countries this effects. 

There are also people in those countries who post on Resetera and they in general aren't screaming down anyone saying they don't care much about EGS;  it's other people making the huge deal.. AKA virtue signaling.  "I CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE!"  (not really)

I love paying the equivalent of 70 dollars for a 60 dollar game. /s

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Riotous: Empathy, what is that?

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[stufte]

[Boredfrom]

So you don’t mind if I pirate games? 

[stufte]

So you don’t mind if I pirate games? 

LOL, go nuts.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.kotaku.co.uk/2019/04/19/we-screwed-up-with-that-persona-lyric

 

Kotaku UK does not delete articles. On the internet, what would be the point anyway? We admit our mistakes, own them, and update the original to reflect new information.

Maybe if parent group Gawker didn't have a "we don't delete shit muhfucker" it wouldn't have run into those legal problems, and kotaku wouldn;t have just been sold off (again) for pennies on the dollar

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

I don't personally care much about regional pricing because it doesn't effect me;  and I don't think it's worth brow beating people because it's not some moral issue.

I mean... I told you why it does effect you, regardless of where on the continuum your personal stance is between
  but its unfair that videogames are too expensive for people in some countries
and
  why would I live there anyway? Just give me those AAAs at Day One for $15

regional pricing is a win-win-win for everyone

[bork]

NICHE GAMER ON THE ATTACK

https://nichegamer.com/2019/04/19/opinion-the-questionable-ethics-of-laura-kate-dale/

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"Niche Gamer"
 

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[10centtacos]

So much 'tism to dig into right now 



Yes truly 

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

So much 'tism to dig into right now 

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Yes truly 

wheres redmercury defending the principles of accountability???

[Boredfrom]

So you don’t mind if I pirate games? 

LOL, go nuts.

But I like to actually own stuff. Why devs hate my dirty Mexican money?

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

This entire thing is the most ridiculous shitstorm ever and it would be nice if Era didn't devolve into those very same clickbait standards.

Also there's now twice as many articles on Kotaku about this urgent and pressing matter than there are about THQ 8chan's AMA.

[agrajag]

when keeping it real goes wrong

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

[james]

You come at Nintendo, you best not miss.

Sorry trans journalist, but your ally friends will always choose Nintendo over you. Always.

[nudemacusers]

i'm boycotting epic store cause they don't have any games i want to buy

This is like my old navy boycott

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/LaurakBuzz/status/1119255987167346689
https://twitter.com/LaurakBuzz/status/1119255989533007873
https://twitter.com/LaurakBuzz/status/1119256216440582146

She is really bad at her job. Is she going to claim that she didn't throw her boss under the bus now?

[BisMarckie]

Really though, who the hell cares?

Kotaku was a joke before that shit and is still a joke.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-uk-nintendo-responds-we-checked-with-atlus-who-confirmed-that-the-actual-lyrics-of-the-song-do-not-include-the-word-distinguished mentally-challenged fellowed.112437/post-20002188

Retort it.

Says you

e:

No, I went out and asked people and then decided not to cover the story but thanks for questioning my professionalism.

oh snap

[Tripon]

Spicy!

[agrajag]

"journalist" on "journalist" crime

 

[james]

Really though, who the hell cares?

Kotaku was a joke before that shit and is still a joke.

I was going to post the Mario Kart chart but apparently Kotaku and Polygon are different websites.

Who knew?

[10centtacos]

Really though, who the hell cares?

Kotaku was a joke before that shit and is still a joke.

No one cares outside of KIA and Smash fans on the spectrum. That's the brilliance of it. This has a 1000% more attention than the THQN AMA on 8chan. It's like poetry. Just enjoy.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

(Image removed from quote.)Spicy!

Raawrrr

I have a feeling there is more to that response than at face value lol

Doesn't the one guy ACTUALLY WORK in the industry and the other guy doesn't?  (while being the VEREFIED one lol)

ShockingAlberto is prime minister of pakistan and west coast news editor at game informer
Hobbes is 'between gigs'

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

But really I'm just curious if muteKi is going to get the actioning he so richly deserves for shitting up his own topic with bad faith disingenous nonsense

[Tripon]

Really though, who the hell cares?

Kotaku was a joke before that shit and is still a joke.

I was going to post the Mario Kart chart but apparently Kotaku and Polygon are different websites.

Who knew?

I'll defend that chart, post it.

(not a contrarian)

[Jansen]

So this is Dales explanation for the article before she deleted them

https://twitter.com/SophNar0747/status/1119226074678865920

Kotaku potentially throwing a trans writer under the bus should be thread worthy for RE

https://twitter.com/leon14344/status/1119250870120669184

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

(not a contrarian)

[who is ted danson?]

"journalist" on "journalist" crime

 

Looks like they're vilifying each other. Pull the trigger cerium.

[Tripon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-uk-nintendo-responds-we-checked-with-atlus-who-confirmed-that-the-actual-lyrics-of-the-song-do-not-include-the-word-distinguished mentally-challenged fellowed.112437/post-20002188

Retort it.

Says you

e:

No, I went out and asked people and then decided not to cover the story but thanks for questioning my professionalism.

oh snap

The Bore's word filter breaks the link since a resetera mod added a banned word. 

The Bore is more liberal than resestera? 

[james]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-uk-nintendo-responds-we-checked-with-atlus-who-confirmed-that-the-actual-lyrics-of-the-song-do-not-include-the-word-distinguished mentally-challenged fellowed.112437/post-20002188

Retort it.

Says you

e:

No, I went out and asked people and then decided not to cover the story but thanks for questioning my professionalism.

oh snap

The Bore's word filter breaks the link since a resetera mod added a banned word. 

The Bore is more liberal than resestera? 

Not more liberal, just more distinguished mentally-challenged

[james]

via Imgflip Meme Generator

[team filler]

You come at Nintendo, you best not miss.

Sorry trans journalist, but your ally friends will always choose Nintendo over you. Always.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

The Bore's word filter breaks the link since a resetera mod added a banned word. 

The Bore is more liberal than resestera? 

it would have still worked if notorious hate site The Bire used &nbsp or whatever, due to the way eras links work.

like;
https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-bore-is-a-more-welcoming-and-tolerant-forum-than-era-and-its-den-of-assholes.112437/post-20002188
will go riiiiiiiiight to that post

I’m not, it’s a dumb accusation.

yeah, well, that's what a contrarian would say; automatically disagree

[team filler]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-uk-nintendo-responds-we-checked-with-atlus-who-confirmed-that-the-actual-lyrics-of-the-song-do-not-include-the-word-distinguished mentally-challenged fellowed.112437/post-20002188

Retort it.

Says you

e:

No, I went out and asked people and then decided not to cover the story but thanks for questioning my professionalism.

oh snap

The Bore's word filter breaks the link since a resetera mod added a banned word. 

The Bore is more liberal than resestera? 

*more neo-liberal 

[agrajag]

The Corrupt Bore also filters the word autistic, making it impossible to have a serious conversation about the issues that autistic children and the parents of autistic children face in our society.

[PogiJones]

via Imgflip Meme Generator

Yeah, I never got why distinguished mentally-challenged fellow is supposed to be a slur, but posting spongebog acting like a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow to insult someone is supposed to be fine. Posting that is just visually calling someone a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow

[10centtacos]

Saying Nintendo fanboy distinguished mentally-challenged is arguably more of a knee slapper than the hard R version

Just IMO

[nachobro]

I thought he was acting like a bird. Are birds wreetorted?

totally

[Himu]

How far down the toilet is reset? How much is it dying?

/Emperor chuckle

[headwalk]

this disability slur somehow becoming okay through popular usage shit is dumb.

[nachobro]

none of it is dying

[bork]

none of it is dying

Nothing is going to happen until the forum implodes and they all move to another forum and start over again. 

Speaking of which, I kind of got "she's bi" story vibes from that Laura Kate Dale story where she blamed her boss for the article.

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[Potato]

Can someone with a REEE account please remind Hobbes that to call yourself a journalist, you actually have to be getting paid to write stuff (or actually have been paid at some point in the past).

[Tripon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-uk-nintendo-responds-we-checked-with-atlus-who-confirmed-that-the-actual-lyrics-of-the-song-do-not-include-the-word-distinguished mentally-challenged fellowed.112437/page-9#post-20005667

For being such a "Truth to Power" crowd, they are totally willing to believe in a person caught in their own lie.

These comments are doing the rounds on Twitter, and while I can't verify them as the source is apparently Kinda Funny Facebook, it puts a hell of a lot of blame on Kotaku/management

So it wasn't her fault but her boss' fault? That makes quite a lot of sense considering her behavior last night.

Given history and experience from other people who have worked alongside the author in question I highly doubt this is the case. Including people I know from the industry who have worked in close proximity. This seems like a Grade A deflection but at this point comes to personal attacks that I could get flamed/in trouble for.

Regardless the posts they were making on groups and stuff seem textbook deflection and self victimizing to avoid responsibility. And up until it was flagged they seemed to stand behind the article's writing.

Oh well, what's done is done.

So if this is real, her boss basically published her story without her consent? And now they don't want to take any of the responsibility? What the fuck.

Maybe Laura would have agreed to put the article up with those changes, maybe she wouldn't have. But the blame is completely on her boss if they bypassed her when publishing this article. Again, assuming this is legit.

Interesting.
LKD wanted to review it and hold off before being sent up. Had "seems to be" and non-confirmative statements suggesting it may not be fact. Boss decides to remove all the non-confirmative parts and goes aheads to publish without LKD approval...

Now is being prevented from any statement saying as such. Something going down in that office of theirs

This does seem to match up with what her deleted tweets said. I don't have screenshots or something of the tweets but people talked in the previous thread about this about her saying on Twitter that her editor put it out before she could get responses: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ko...lity-slur-update-doesnt-seem-to.112306/page-2

Now I feel worse for LKD and have moved from annoyed to genuinely disgusted at Kotaku UK if this is true.

[Tripon]

Can someone with a REEE account please remind Hobbes that to call yourself a journalist, you actually have to be getting paid to write stuff (or actually have been paid at some point in the past).

So you're saying he needs to start a Patreon. 

[james]

I get paid in likes

[BisMarckie]

What's poverty like?

bork-induced poverty.

James' family could have eaten for weeks if he were able to keep these 5 likes.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I feel like james got called a retardant and had to voice hisself somewhere.

[Potato]

A good rule of thumb I like to use when considering whether or not I am going to get caught up in these "gaming controversies" is the "ask a normal person scale".

I think to myself, if I told my mother/father/friend-not-into-gaming about this issue, how much of a  -face would they make?


It becomes pretty clear in most cases that these issues are just a bit 

[stufte]

I just don't care about regional like pricing.

[Lonewulfeus]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mlb-suspends-tim-anderson-one-game-for-calling-honky-the-n-word.112479/

A) Baseball is archaic as fuck with these unwritten rules and should be fixed

B) why is the word “honky” in the thread title?

You know why! 

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[Cauliflower Of Love]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/2020-democratic-presidential-primary-ot2-new-thread-same-old-candidates.109166/post-20006377

Donating to Warren for this

I always get a kick of these people. Warren just fucked herself out even making money out of the presidential run.

A senator calling for the house to do something. shut up.

[HaughtyFrank]

Finally they found their angle 

You're correct, Nintendo or Atlus isn't really the victim here. It's LKD.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-uk-nintendo-responds-we-checked-with-atlus-who-confirmed-that-the-actual-lyrics-of-the-song-do-not-include-the-word-distinguished mentally-challenged.112437/post-20007569

[thisismyusername]

I'm leeeeeaving on a jet plane, I don't know if I'll be back again.

Bye-bye, don't let the door hit you were the good lord cracked you!

[stufte]

Finally they found their angle 

You're correct, Nintendo or Atlus isn't really the victim here. It's LKD.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-uk-nintendo-responds-we-checked-with-atlus-who-confirmed-that-the-actual-lyrics-of-the-song-do-not-include-the-word-distinguished mentally-challenged fellowed.112437/post-20007569

lol.

It's not like she doesn't have a history of this kind of writing. She is not the victim here.

[daemon]

Gamergate is gonna have a field day with this, seeing as the boss imposed anti-ethic journalism and LKD was complicit on it. "But but it was my boss". Yeah,no