The Outside Link Thread (All Your GAF, OA, SA, YouTube, etc. Links Go In Here!)

[TVC15]

Coincidence that it's a PS3 exclusive?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340358
 

Are you talking about the size of it? The Gears 2 thread tries to be the same way.

Yeah, but the Gears OP doesn't have access to a special secret forum in order to make sure that his individual posts go up uninterrupted.  BruceLeroy, however. . .

[TVC15]

Yeah, but the Gears OP doesn't have access to a special secret forum in order to make sure that his individual posts go up uninterrupted.  BruceLeroy, however. . .

i knew there was something super fishy about how he prepares his multiple OPs

but again, is it cuz of Bruce or Sony?

I can't say anything else.  Let's just say that for whatever reason, he has access to a special forum where his multiple OP posts can be prepared, and then they can be copied into the main forum, so nobody can interrupt them.

[TVC15]

what if GAFers want the same treatment for their Gears2 OT... do you "think" they'll get it?

I honestly cannot say.  I do not know the circumstances that lead to way things are.

[Tieno]

Coincidence that it's a PS3 exclusive?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340358
 

Are you talking about the size of it? The Gears 2 thread tries to be the same way.

Both, size, length, effort whatever. I already complained about a Gears 2 thread before (hype thread in anticipation for a fucking trailer) and I got banned for 3 months.
Check out the hosting website Bruce uses for his images...

[Jansen]

neogaf has been accused of catering to virals for a long time. and i think brucey boys two official threads and the way he gets to create them are sufficient enough to validate that accusation. well that and wollan.

[Philip Cardgage]

Lol,

Whiteman just outed Bruce.

The guy is a shill, no doubt about it.

I wonder if Tyler would let Paladino prepare a Gears 2 OT.

I'm guessing..... no.

[castle007]

Coincidence that it's a PS3 exclusive?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340358
 

that is actually very sad

[Philip Cardgage]

Coincidence that it's a PS3 exclusive?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340358
 

that is actually very sad

Only if he isn't being paid.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I would shill if I got paid.

[Philip Cardgage]

I'm almost 100% positive, tyler pays him for these threads.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

I guess it's just odd that GAF is run as "you can't be a viral" on one hand then you have this on the other.

It's not odd.  It's GAF.  If it's Sony related you are basically given carte blanche to do whatever the hell you want to do.  Viral the fuck outta that shit!  RAWR

[tiesto]

obama is batman?

jesus was a blackman
NO, jesus was batman!
no no no no
that was Bruce Wayne!

I'm Batman!

spoiler (click to show/hide)

for Halloween this year...

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[Tabasco]

It's over and done.  evilore makes his living off of GAF.  So that means a constant influx of banner ad viewers, and any additional revenue he can scrounge up.  It's all just press releases now.  The beautiful flame wars and drama threads are in the past.

[Brehvolution]

Cry moar haters. Who's sad?
smh

[bud]

New Jay Z song just leaked. Here are the lyrics.

Jay Z - Sloppy Seconds

Well I fit that sloppy second mentality
I'm wifin' Beyonce, but that's reality
Me and Bud share poon how I "share" my lyrics
Raw, without remorse, full of hysterics
It's true cuz all the real distinguished black fellows share all their shit
Women, some rubbers, even menthol Camel cigs
The truth is hard to believe, although it's clear to see
Women love it when you treat em like property
I love my wife but she howls about my camel face endlessly
Bud can have her anyday, I'm bored
These dick suckin' lips gotta have a use
pussy's out for me but penis is right in the door
Sloppy seconds cha'll
sloppy seconds for all ya'll
Right here at the bore

*BLAAAOOOWW*

(Image removed from quote.)

himu, how big is your penis? i remember you once made a thread about how big it was

[Don Flamenco]

Okay BruceLeeRoy is clearly paid to do this shit.  GAF has really fallen from grace since I joined...or is it just the same, but with more viral, I can't tell lol.

Now lets all take bets on when this will be locked:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340420

Also take note of who bashes the OP and disagrees

[Rman]

Don't blame Bruce LeeRoy, blame the mods and admins.  There the ones who have encouraged these overdone OPs.  I like GAF, for the most part, but the impartially of the site bothers me.  I can understand that there will always be a natural bias.  This place skews 360, for example, but why do only PS3 exclusives--MGS4 and R2--get this official thread treatment.  Give it to all the big releases. 


Edit: I don't care anymore.  It's a private forum and owner can run it however he sees fit.  It's not like writing about it here will change anything.

[Bloodwake]

Don't blame Bruce LeeRoy, blame the mods and admins.  There the ones who have encouraged these overdone OPs.  I like GAF, for the most part, but the impartially of the site bothers me.  I can understand that there will always be a natural bias.  This place skews 360, for example, but why do only PS3 exclusives--MGS4 and R2--get this official thread treatment.  Give it to all the big releases. 

The way it seems to me is that the people who get assigned the official threads just seem to be more dedicated. For one, I know that brandonh83 was supposed to get the MGS4 thread originally but he gave it up to Bruce LeeRoy after he PMed him what his OP looked like, so he gave it up because it was such an extravaganza.

Honestly if every game got such an awesome OP for an official thread it would be amazing.

[patrickula]

It's pretty disgusting.
I'd rather the forum have publicly known sponsors who are allowed to create official threads (then they'd really be official) in that style... or even better, just a plain jane discussion topic with a couple of links in the OP to media, previews, and reviews.  This shit is just fishy.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

The backlash is mounting against those advertisement-official threads.  I'm sure someone is getting paid for it since GAF provides enough exposure to where a few hundred copies may be sold just from the hype alone.  Eventually they will start backfiring.  Mods will try to ban as many as possible but soon they will start banning quality members, creating a backlash in and of itself.

In the end, its EviLore's forum so he can do whatever he wants with it.  I could envision a GAF two or three years from now that is nothing but shills and virals, with everyone with an independent opinion banned or driven to the OT.

[patrickula]

It's already getting there.  Alot of quality members are already banned or pretty much never post there anymore anyway (many post here  ).
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13414092&postcount=98 Bruce's response... has some weird line breaks like he C+P'ed from an email.  Looks like he always does this?  Makes it read like the G-Man's voice.

[T234]

TIENO +1000

[Don Flamenco]

Tieno should be hired to make every official thread. 

It's evilore's forum and he can do what he wants, it's just kind of gaudy and reads like an advertisement.  and a lot of people who make those OPs say they're trying to get people to buy the game, which is kind of over the line, imho.  Sales age is distinguished mentally-challenged, lets just discuss the games...oh yeah, that's why I'm here. 

[Philip Cardgage]

Seriously, why not just fucking tell the developers they can have ad agencies create OT and be open about it. Hell, they could do promos, like coupons, free DLC and shit too because they're close to the publisher.

[castle007]

 sonarrat's avatar confuses the hell out of me     

Avatar stealer

[Crushed]

I JUST CARE ABOUT THE GAME MAN I'M AN ENTHUSIAST

THIS IS JUST CREATIVITY, DO YOU NOT WANT US TO LIKE THE GAME

[Philip Cardgage]

(Image removed from quote.)Fuck the crybabies, Bruce. Keep making them he way you want. You have the tag so its obviously condoned. They dont like it they dont have to read it and they can go somewhere else that gives them what they want.

Just because some of you feel another OT did it better than another doesnt mean thats what it needs to be. Ppl make it based on how they want. When there is a huge group of fans following a game on gaf, its not unreasonable to believe that the OT would get a over the top kind of thread.

Keep doing what you do Bruce, these guys are crybabies lol. Why shouldnt we make such a thread like the R2 or MGS4 ones? Guys like Jstevenson/Rpayton/etc are awesome ppl who take time out of their day to make stops here and answer a lot of our questions, they have tons of fans following their games, and we think of making a huge OT like R2 and MGS4 is like a tribute to our favorite upcoming game.

Leave it be and if it continues to get out of hand, the mods will decide the best action.

(Image removed from quote.)

Nay.

It's pretty damn ridiculous and totally unnecessary to the point that I actually rolled my eyes while scrolling down the R2 thread last night. Who the hell is actually going to read all of that? Seriously.

I did!

It was very informative, and I found out some things I didn't know about.

Great job Bruce!

(Image removed from quote.)This is correct.

To all the hatters with the can and string connected to the internet: I'm sure there is a text based user group somewhere for you to bitch and moan about your jealousy of people more creative than you.

I'm sensing a pattern....

[Philip Cardgage]

Damn, he beat me!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13415081&postcount=186

[Reb]

Wow, Sony fans appreciate a topic about a Sony game?

Good jon detectives.

[ManaByte]

I'm almost 100% positive, tyler pays him for these threads.

It's probably the other way around.

[Brehvolution]

Wow, Sony fans appreciate a topic about a Sony game?

Good jon detectives.

Seriously. It's funny that Tieno sites a 360 exclusive game thread as the "proper" way to make an official thread and gets daps by the xfags back here. Can you fegs complain about anything more worthless?

[Tieno]

Wow, Sony fans appreciate a topic about a Sony game?

Good jon detectives.

Seriously. It's funny that Tieno sites a 360 exclusive game thread as the "proper" way to make an official thread and gets daps by the xfags back here. Can you distinguished effete fellows complain about anything more worthless?

Complaining about complaining, you effet fellow? Anything more worthless?

[Brehvolution]

Just making sure you guys understand that you are doing the very same thing that you hate sfags for doing. That it's ok to fawn over a 360 game but pathetic when you do for a PS3 game. How can you be "better" when you do the exact same thing you hate the others for doing?

[bud]

i don't know what's sadder: the people who make those giant op's or the people that actually care enough to complain about them. just use your fucking manuals. smh

[Don Flamenco]

I can't watch Days of Our Lives during school, this is the next best thing?   

[Philip Cardgage]

oh, Zero Hero.

The reason why the NG2 OT was good was because it was funny, not because of the console it was on.

[tiesto]

I don't care about overdone official threads for games, but when you make banners and icons and little animated gifs and walls of text for firmware updates or trailers for big games, that's fucking lame.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Wow, Sony fans appreciate a topic about a Sony game?

Good jon detectives.

Seriously. It's funny that Tieno sites a 360 exclusive game thread as the "proper" way to make an official thread and gets daps by the xfags back here. Can you distinguished effete fellows complain about anything more worthless?

Did you even read the NG2 OT?  It was all tongue-in-cheek and that's why people liked it.

[duckman2000]

Zero Hero is right though. You guys really wouldn't be whining like this if it wasn't for a PS3 exclusive (or did I miss the great backlash following the Gears of War 2 thread?) You know it's true so just fucking admit it already. What is it, anger that Sony fanboys are so remarkably dedicated to their objects of admiration that they actually put some work into it? Anger that a PS3 game is being promoted? Not saying that these giant threads aren't a bugger to read or a little bit fucked up in nature, but it doesn't make a ton of sense to bitch about this when the whole reason that you bitch about is because of your own fanboy leanings.

And out of curiosity, since we're cheering for the sour here...

BruceLeeroy's and some other OT are more porn for masturbating your anticipated-game boner than anything else. Highly suspect and not needed.

What exactly is wrong about an OT like that? Sounds like a good format for a hype thread, which is all these threads are anyway. Instead of concluding that the format unnecessary, maybe the assumption should be that forum isn't for you these days?

[Brehvolution]

Wow, Sony fans appreciate a topic about a Sony game?

Good jon detectives.

Seriously. It's funny that Tieno sites a 360 exclusive game thread as the "proper" way to make an official thread and gets daps by the xfags back here. Can you distinguished effete fellows complain about anything more worthless?

Did you even read the NG2 OT?  It was all tongue-in-cheek and that's why people liked it.

No, so sorry about that. I don't go in any threads I have no interest in.

[Philip Cardgage]

lol jesus

[Crushed]

Sounds like a good format for a hype thread, which is all these threads are anyway.

no they're not

they're discussion threads



even though the kz2 and r2 crowds managed to circumvent those rules by creating separate "official hype threads"

[Ganhyun]

(Image removed from quote.)

who the fuck is this

So no one ever answered Himuro. And now i'm curious. Who is this?

[duckman2000]

Sounds like a good format for a hype thread, which is all these threads are anyway.

no they're not

they're discussion threads



even though the kz2 and r2 crowds managed to circumvent those rules by creating separate "official hype threads"

And people discuss in them, and there's info to be had in the OP. There are also people who excited about the game and want to talk about, well, being excited about the game. There's material for those people, too. So what's wrong with it again? Not cynical enough? That's hardly something to fault people over.

[Cindi Mayweather]

New Jay Z song just leaked. Here are the lyrics.

Jay Z - Sloppy Seconds

Well I fit that sloppy second mentality
I'm wifin' Beyonce, but that's reality
Me and Bud share poon how I "share" my lyrics
Raw, without remorse, full of hysterics
It's true cuz all the real distinguished black fellows share all their shit
Women, some rubbers, even menthol Camel cigs
The truth is hard to believe, although it's clear to see
Women love it when you treat em like property
I love my wife but she howls about my camel face endlessly
Bud can have her anyday, I'm bored
These dick suckin' lips gotta have a use
pussy's out for me but penis is right in the door
Sloppy seconds cha'll
sloppy seconds for all ya'll
Right here at the bore

*BLAAAOOOWW*

(Image removed from quote.)

himu, how big is your penis? i remember you once made a thread about how big it was

Haha what does that have to do with anything

spoiler (click to show/hide)

12 inches

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[Phoenix Dark]

[youtube=425,350]-mSPRlrnhCc[/youtube]
"I fuck wit nikkas too"

Ultimate violation of No Homo etiquette: Asking a male to come on stage and compete in a "Back Dat Azz Up" competition

[Joe Molotov]

They should just add a walkthrough to these Official Threads and then lock them. No need for discussion guys, every single piece of minutiae concerning this game has already been posted in the first post.

[Don Flamenco]

They should just add a walkthrough to these Official Threads and then lock them. No need for discussion guys, every single piece of minutiae concerning this game has already been posted in the first post.

and when you click the thread, your paypal/credit card account is auto-charged and the game is shipped to you. 

Threads...have changed.  Viral OPs post for viral posters who are virally advertising products to each other.

[Tieno]

Zero Hero is right though. You guys really wouldn't be whining like this if it wasn't for a PS3 exclusive (or did I miss the great backlash following the Gears of War 2 thread?) You know it's true so just fucking admit it already. What is it, anger that Sony fanboys are so remarkably dedicated to their objects of admiration that they actually put some work into it? Anger that a PS3 game is being promoted? Not saying that these giant threads aren't a bugger to read or a little bit fucked up in nature, but it doesn't make a ton of sense to bitch about this when the whole reason that you bitch about is because of your own fanboy leanings.

And out of curiosity, since we're cheering for the sour here...

I whined before about a Gears 2 thread and got banned, do I need to whine about every thread before it's 'fair', mister counterpoint?

[pilonv1]

The beautiful flame wars and drama threads are in the past.

lol - i actually considers spicing things up by posting

"Achievement support confirmed for <x360 game here>"

then just post it for every new game that comes out so Sony fans can feel the cold burn of XFE Superiority.

I was going to do this the other day for GTAIV.

List the achievements and then say they've been added in from whatever date the game launched.

[pilonv1]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13413069&postcount=28

awesome

WTF

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13415251&postcount=213

UPDATING every monday, tuesday and thursday? its like a fucking job

[duckman2000]

as per last time, all images on http://www.globalstudio.com
which is apparently where Bruce works, he's just doing this in his spare time and is allowed to host the images there, the fact that that's a viral/ad company is just a coincidence.

i think that's the official line - i mean, it could all be true, but how does it look in this context?!

Huge virally thread from someone working for a viral company that deals with videogames/multimedia with all the images hosted on said viral companies website? hmmm.

I guess if he owns Globalstudio then that's way more plausible but still ...

Sony doesn't have a habit of hiring less-than-amazing "advertising agencies," though.  His profession explains why the threads are the way they are, and I'm pretty sure that's all there is to it. The level of organization is a bit excessive, but if you're going to do it you might as well do it properly. I mean, if this is viral marketing, then it's got to be the shittiest attempt at viral marketing ever seen.

[treythemovie]

Joe 

[Don Flamenco]

I guess it's not discrete viral marketing.  It's just regular advertising without admitting it upfront. 

[Brehvolution]

The dude felt almost as strong about Uncharted if I remember right. Just look up the official Uncharted thread and see how much he posted in it.

Be careful Kosma, you are in the fold. Sony's ninja's are watching.

[cool breeze]

I am curious to know how long it took him to make that, I mean, if it's just spare time and he has the tools/expertise from his job...uh, good for him.  I'm sure there are some people that spend more times on gifs or VG Cats edits (I only remember one guy saying he lost hours of work making a vg cat edit).  The reason I don't think its viral and more of an interest thing is really because I can't honestly believe a single person on neogaf would be stupid enough to purchase a game because of an OP, and there are some fuck-stupid people on neogaf.

[fistfulofmetal]

that R2 collectors edition is pretty awesome. You get the toy thing and it's not over 100 bucks.

[Greatness Gone]

holy shit

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=249909&page=2

worst comic ever? GAF is so incredibly fucking stupid.

[Sideshow Raheem]

holy shit

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=249909&page=2

worst comic ever? GAF is so incredibly fucking stupid.

It may not be the worst, but it is incredibly self-indulgent.

[Greatness Gone]

is there a reason why everyone decided to change their avatars today? especially GG, Himuro and BrandNew...

too confusing

EDIT: fistful did too, but from one portman avatar to another, so I forgive him.

Natalie

bn pissed on the killing joke RIGHT IN MY FACE. I just had to change my avatar. I can go back to sawyer or my christian bale one, if you like