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His response...
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"I didn't know who that guy at Penny Arcade was," he admitted. "If I had known, I would have treated the situation a little better. PAX is a great show. What he does is what I've been idlolizing since I was a kid. It's admirable he's put that together. He has a lot of connections, ones I want too."
lol what a douche
Well he sure got what was coming to him. Gues goes to show that a single slip-up in customer service can completely destroy a product and the person who was in-charge of the slip-up.
I see this happen in the Canadian airsoft market all the time, a single retailer will be completely destroyed by a single bad exhange. It's a two-edges sword however in this case. It forces all retailers to be exceptional, but it makes opening new outlets extremely daunting.
It's also a pretty common occurance with troublesome individuals at medium to large size gaming events. You'll have a single veteran attendee who gets banned from future events because one new scrub gets on his nerves and he says some things that hurt the scrubs feelings. The scrub complains to the event staff and to keep up a good atmospheric apearence they have to ban the vet so they don't lose newer attendees. I'm lucky enough to be able to attend Fragapalooza where the staff don't give two shits about new people, they have a loyal veteran group at least 200 strong and that's enough to run the even every year.
other than the out of line threats to people not involved, he got alot of what he deserved.
Someone in charge of public relations should not have such a shitty attitude towards customers.
as a guy who works in retail.... Retail is the easiest thing in the world.
if you cant smile and hold a civil conversation, your in the wrong industry.
Though this article was pretty good:
http://www.oxm.co.uk/37593/blog/fore...idiots/?page=2
THAT ARTICLE WOULDN'T EVEN EXIST IF GREG BEAR DIDN'T WRITE HIS STEAMPING PILE OF GARBAGE.
...>=(
I blame Frank O'Connor. He's the head-honcho offering those authors a chance to butcher the Halo Legacy.
I blame people who keep stating (in mass numbers) that Halo is dying, or is a cash-cow, or is something causing a decline in population. It causes O'Connor to think he'd have to bring in cliche authors in an attempt to bring more population to Halo from other SciFi fanbases. That's all Bear is; a cliche author. Basically, I blame the CoD fanbase of which are douchebags. :iamafag:
Halo is dying, because it's sucking. CoD is still fast paced and simple, like Halo used to be.
halo was never fast paced.
it just stumbeled on the trinity of melee, nades and guns, and allowed a skill curve of great players to smash randoms.
I agree here.
If anything bothers me more it's the emphasis on Grenades. They just feel really cheap now, like you don't even have to try and cut away the shields to score a kill. If any grenades were the best, they would have to be either Halo 2's. Halo 1's and Halo:Reach's grenades just have too much of a massive blast radius to retain a fun, yet fair, feeling.
seriously? nades where awesome anti-hog tools, and you could dodge them easily...
i think what he means is theyre easier to spot. like, seeing them come towards you and seeing them on the ground. they had quite the smoke trail and light effect iirc. now DODGING them is a different story, especially on maps like rat race and chill out. but even if someone throws one near your feet, youre kind of fucked if it doesnt bounce enough for you to get some distance from it
Ahahaha, this was good:
http://www.zergnet.com/news/18993/hi...ing-knock-offs
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/big-bang-th...005602680.html
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Part of its (The Big Bang Theory) charm is offering jokes about work, romance, sex and geekdom, without falling back on stereotypes.
That was actually a pretty funny read, Noob.
Although, I disagree with just about all of it...
that's-the-joke
My Little Pony: Friendship is Satanic
Oh, I'm fucking dying over here! :lmao:
Why does anyone post hyper-conservative, Christian-extremist articles anymore? Those crackpots stopped being funny 2 years ago.
Stopped reading there. Absolutely ridiculous. Not even funny, just fucking sad.Quote:
The depiction of ponies in this series is un-biblical. According to the Bible (Gen 1:26) man has been given dominion over all beasts (including ponies), and thus the portrayal of these worker-animals as talking intelligent creatures with their own will and personality is clearly in contradiction to God’s teaching. We would have preferred to see a more realistic portrayal of God’s creation, for example showing young men and women working the land with their ponies just as God intended. As everybody knows, Man (created in God’s image) is the only life on earth born with a soul, and capable of moral reasoning. To suggest that ponies might also have souls undermines the entire basis of the Christian Bible.
Lawd Have mercy on your soul, godless heathen :P
Godless heathens are the best kind of heathens.
People have to learn to not take everything so seriously unless it is a serious topic. Ponies are a cartoon; no way are they meant to be taken seriously. Either that person is a successful troll, or they just need to understand pop-culture and internet cartoons. Seriously, God won't hate on people who enjoy these cartoons. God won't ate on anyone, for that fact.
Look! A good Christian! :D They're so rare these days I swear. :SQuote:
Originally Posted by from that pony article
It`s because hardly anyone out there claiming to be a Christian, really is a Christian. ;)
They are more like fire and brimstone Puritans or something.
http://www.bloomberg.com/consumer-sp...er.html#slide3
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While Gordon uses his laptop to play Zynga games, many PC gamers are more hard-core. "PCs are the hot rodders of game play," says Jamin Warren, founder of Kill Screen magazine, which focuses on the game industry. Warren says hard-core gamers often soup up systems by adding motherboards, boosting RAM and optimizing graphics.
Haha...Quote:
Being a gamer is INSANELY expensive. I've spent $212,000 this year alone.
First I went out and bought a Wii, which was $150. I thought that was bad enough.
It turns out that a Wii requires a power connection, which means I also needed a house.
The house cost $211,850.
Gaming is way too expensive.
^rofl
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2988...inja-hijab.htm
iranian ninja bitches
Oh those crazy Hadjis. What will they think of next?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...pport-gamepads
Is there anything good about bioware these days? :lol:Quote:
"There is a development cost in terms of time/effort to get all the graphical user interfaces so 360 buttons show up on PC," senior designer Manveer Heir explained to Eurogamer reader j0hn385 on Twitter.
Long, but satisfying: Steam Scammer Gets Counter-Scammed
This isn't a funny or random article. This is the first edition of Valve's handbook for new employees.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=h...ome=true&pli=1
thats amazing.
if you havnt read that, you've missed out on how a buisness should operate.
I dissagree that all buisnesses should opperate that way (it clearly leads to Valvetime which would be horrible for any deadline-orientated buisness) but it seems to be a great way to ensure quality games are produced.
http://mp1st.com/2012/02/11/why-halo...ce/?utm_source
Had me lollin' for a good while :downs:
They've got "...defined by balance..." right. The multiplayer in Halo seems fairer than BF3 or MW3 in this respect.
FIXED:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Narm/CodeGeass
This article is pretty funny. It basically rags on the original Japanese version of the Code Geass series. Though occasionally the comments on the list are more cynical than they should, if you want a light-hearted laugh, this is a good place to go, especially if you watch or have watched Code Geass.
@=sw=warlord
Amusing though.
http://www.thegoodness.com/matt-and-...craft-wedding/
It's as horrifying as it sounds.
I don't even want to play Minecraft anymore...
:smith:
Dear god. I feel a bit sorry for the people that had to go to that.
I don't see what's wrong with it. Just 2 people having a wedding the way they want.
This always requires reposting for these things:
Youtube thead is in the other room.
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/05...f-duty-office/
Im sure you guys will love this one. new guy on the police force arrests an off duty cop for drunk driving, then gets verbally abused by the rest of the police force for doing his job.
Wow. Some of the police force really is a group of bullies.
Fucking hilarious article about father's day: http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-p...athers-day_p1/
I FUCKING LOVE CRACKED
http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/category/economics/
If you havent seen this, its interesting.
:lmao: http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/7457/article/25-worst-gaming-setups
I was on the floor for some of those. Tears in my eyes. #'s 5, 13, and 16 have my votes for the most funny setups ever.