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Wretched
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Australia121 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-27 01:28:49
March 27 2010 01:26 GMT
#1
Gaming journalists who write in mainstream gaming magazines and online reviews are total assholes. Every month I waste another $10 buying something that I can read while i take a shit, and inevitably i leave the bathroom feeling frustrated and angry.

There are 3 main types of asshole journalists which i will try to describe in detail.

Journalist 1: The robot

All this guy does is repeat the specs of the hardware or the features of the game. He doesn't give any insight, has no opinions. Example: "The new gaming keyboard has black keys and a USB connection. It also has 5 macro buttons"....Thanks asshole, I really could not have found out this information without you. Did you just cut and paste straight from the developers website?

Journalist 2: The noob


This guy has NO idea. He tries to describe a game or product but totally misses the important issues. You might as well read the side of a ceral box to get the latest info on starcraft beta. Example: "I really like the new mutalisks in Starcraft 2 beta, they remind me of the old ones".... Thanks asshole, if I wanted bland statement on nothing i would have asked my 3 year old cousin. And he would probably have even done a better job.

Journalist 3: The pro


This guy thinks he knows everything but never actually gets into a single game enough to make an intelligent comment. In fact, half of his convicting opinions are straight up incorrect. This guy gets his credentials by beating everyone in the office with mass carriers. When he tells you "Thankfully blizzard lowered the cost of mutalisks in starcraft 2" you just cant stand to read another page.

Next time I'm just gonna buy a womens gossip magazine. At least I'm not going to get angry about the rubbish they put in them.

How the fuck is Esports and gaming ever going to take a mainstream hold in Western culture when the journalists are dumb assholes.

*****
Saturnize
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States2473 Posts
March 27 2010 01:30 GMT
#2
I feel the same way reading video game reviews.
"Time to put the mustard on the hotdog. -_-"
Jlab
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States217 Posts
March 27 2010 01:33 GMT
#3
This is the problem with every gaming magazine, basically i subscribed every year for the bast 6 years to PCWorld, anything i want to know about GAMES is off sites like TL where the community knows whats up.
Spazer
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada8033 Posts
March 27 2010 01:39 GMT
#4
Dude, get a library card. No sense paying for magazines you hate and are probably only going to read once.

Actually, I can't remember the last time I've touched a gaming magazine. All the stuff I read is online...
Liquipedia
Xxio
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada5565 Posts
March 27 2010 01:43 GMT
#5
Gaming magazines, and everything printed for that matter, are a thing of the past. Why not just go on the internet where you can get more information faster?
KTY
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
March 27 2010 01:47 GMT
#6
How do you think they come to be professionals in the first place? They're just regular gamers.
ModeratorNow I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
March 27 2010 01:49 GMT
#7
Totally agree, but couldn't help laughing at your ragings. :D
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
Saturnize
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States2473 Posts
March 27 2010 01:55 GMT
#8
On March 27 2010 10:39 Spazer wrote:
Dude, get a library card. No sense paying for magazines you hate and are probably only going to read once.

Actually, I can't remember the last time I've touched a gaming magazine. All the stuff I read is online...


But you can't take it with you in the bathroom
"Time to put the mustard on the hotdog. -_-"
love1another
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1844 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-27 01:58:19
March 27 2010 01:58 GMT
#9
Totally agree. Then there's the 4th type: TLFE.
TL provides the hands down best english ESports coverage ever.
"I'm learning more and more that TL isn't the place to go for advice outside of anything you need in college. It's like you guys just make up your own fantasy world shit and post it as if you've done it." - Chill
deL
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Australia5540 Posts
March 27 2010 01:59 GMT
#10
On March 27 2010 10:26 Wretched wrote:
Gaming journalists who write in mainstream gaming magazines and online reviews are total assholes. Every month I waste another $10 buying something that I can read while i take a shit, and inevitably i leave the bathroom feeling frustrated and angry.

Have you considered that it may just be constipation?
Gaming videos for fun ~ http://www.youtube.com/user/WijLopenLos
tissue
Profile Joined April 2009
Malaysia441 Posts
March 27 2010 02:07 GMT
#11
You could be the person who takes the most expensive shits ever.
Wretched
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Australia121 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-27 02:16:01
March 27 2010 02:14 GMT
#12
On March 27 2010 10:59 iCCup.deL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 27 2010 10:26 Wretched wrote:
Gaming journalists who write in mainstream gaming magazines and online reviews are total assholes. Every month I waste another $10 buying something that I can read while i take a shit, and inevitably i leave the bathroom feeling frustrated and angry.

Have you considered that it may just be constipation?


Diarrhea if anything mate. Verbal Diarrhea. Because gamer journalists GIVE ME THE SHITS
deL
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Australia5540 Posts
March 27 2010 02:21 GMT
#13
On March 27 2010 11:14 Wretched wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 27 2010 10:59 iCCup.deL wrote:
On March 27 2010 10:26 Wretched wrote:
Gaming journalists who write in mainstream gaming magazines and online reviews are total assholes. Every month I waste another $10 buying something that I can read while i take a shit, and inevitably i leave the bathroom feeling frustrated and angry.

Have you considered that it may just be constipation?


Diarrhea if anything mate. Verbal Diarrhea. Because gamer journalists GIVE ME THE SHITS

Yer they are pretty terrible, if I get them it's just for a novelty or gimmick like a special on SC2 or an interview with someone cool or something. Get the version without that shitty demo disc it's only like $7 or $8
Gaming videos for fun ~ http://www.youtube.com/user/WijLopenLos
Wretched
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Australia121 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-27 02:28:20
March 27 2010 02:26 GMT
#14
Yeah that's another thing. Those demo disks seem to rape my operating system every time you put them in the CD drive. Buggiest software EVER. Their programmers who make the disk interface software are possibly worse than the journalists. At least the journalists know how to spell .Not that I have tried to use a disk lately since I learned my lesson 10 years ago. Maybe they have improved since then.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
March 27 2010 02:28 GMT
#15
We should have our own TeamLiquid gaming magazine.
POGGERS
Ranix
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States666 Posts
March 27 2010 02:30 GMT
#16
but then we would become the assholes
Legends never gg
Oracle
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada411 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-27 02:30:55
March 27 2010 02:30 GMT
#17



somewhat related, i guess
milo
Profile Joined February 2010
116 Posts
March 27 2010 02:48 GMT
#18
Nintendo Power was awesome back in the '90's. I was paying $20/year for 100 pages of Nintendo-approved ads to show up at my house monthly, and I loved it. My favorite part was how even the most obviously awful games would never, ever get a bad score.
Jlab
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States217 Posts
March 27 2010 02:52 GMT
#19
On March 27 2010 11:48 milo wrote:
Nintendo Power was awesome back in the '90's. I was paying $20/year for 100 pages of Nintendo-approved ads to show up at my house monthly, and I loved it. My favorite part was how even the most obviously awful games would never, ever get a bad score.


Lol me and my brother had about 50 of these before we moved, and its funny cause i was telling my friend today that that was the best video-game magazine ever. haha :D
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
March 27 2010 02:55 GMT
#20
Computer game magazines journalists are sell outs.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
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