• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 13:12
CET 19:12
KST 03:12
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info3herO wins SC2 All-Star Invitational14SC2 All-Star Invitational: Tournament Preview5RSL Revival - 2025 Season Finals Preview8RSL Season 3 - Playoffs Preview0
Community News
Weekly Cups (Jan 19-25): Bunny, Trigger, MaxPax win3Weekly Cups (Jan 12-18): herO, MaxPax, Solar win0BSL Season 2025 - Full Overview and Conclusion8Weekly Cups (Jan 5-11): Clem wins big offline, Trigger upsets4$21,000 Rongyi Cup Season 3 announced (Jan 22-Feb 7)37
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (Jan 19-25): Bunny, Trigger, MaxPax win StarCraft 2 not at the Esports World Cup 2026 Oliveira Would Have Returned If EWC Continued herO wins SC2 All-Star Invitational PhD study /w SC2 - help with a survey!
Tourneys
$21,000 Rongyi Cup Season 3 announced (Jan 22-Feb 7) OSC Season 13 World Championship $70 Prize Pool Ladder Legends Academy Weekly Open! SC2 All-Star Invitational: Jan 17-18 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament
Strategy
Simple Questions Simple Answers
Custom Maps
[A] Starcraft Sound Mod
External Content
Mutation # 510 Safety Violation Mutation # 509 Doomsday Report Mutation # 508 Violent Night Mutation # 507 Well Trained
Brood War
General
[ASL21] Potential Map Candidates BW General Discussion Gypsy to Korea BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Which foreign pros are considered the best?
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues Small VOD Thread 2.0 Azhi's Colosseum - Season 2 [BSL21] Non-Korean Championship - Starts Jan 10
Strategy
Zealot bombing is no longer popular? Current Meta Simple Questions, Simple Answers Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2
Other Games
General Games
Battle Aces/David Kim RTS Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Beyond All Reason Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Provigil(modafinil) pills Cape Town+27 81 850 2816
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread YouTube Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club! The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
How Esports Advertising Shap…
TrAiDoS
My 2025 Magic: The Gathering…
DARKING
Life Update and thoughts.
FuDDx
How do archons sleep?
8882
James Bond movies ranking - pa…
Topin
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1806 users

"Author Faults a Game, and Gamers Flame Back"

Blogs > Energies
Post a Reply
1 2 Next All
Energies
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Australia3225 Posts
January 28 2008 02:06 GMT
#1
The Internet hath no fury like a gamer scorned.

That’s the lesson Fox News and a self-help author learned this week after a program on that channel featured a discussion of the sexual content of the hit video game Mass Effect.


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/arts/television/26mass.html?_r=3&ref=arts&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

As written on Tim Absath (CTRL-ALT-DEL) blog.

"It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside."

*****
"Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder but dont nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight" - Ronnie Coleman.
ilovejonn
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada2548 Posts
January 28 2008 02:21 GMT
#2
Go gamers!!!
Snowflakes in January, Heart warm like February, I wouldn't ordinarily..
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
January 28 2008 02:36 GMT
#3
I cant read it because nytimes is dumb
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
BottleAbuser
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1888 Posts
January 28 2008 02:40 GMT
#4
Cooper Lawrence: “Here’s how they’re seeing women: They’re seeing them as these objects of desire, as these, you know, hot bodies. They don’t show women as being valued for anything other than their sexuality. And it’s a man in this game deciding how many women he wants to be with.”

This is talking about the game Mass Effect. She answers "No, I haven't played it before."

So people go to Amazon.com and bombard her books with horrible reviews, sometimes noting "I haven't actually read it."

It's sad that people are childish enough to do this, and it's worse that broadcasting companies actually take that kind of stuff into account (spamming is what it takes to make someone listen? WTF?).
Compilers are like boyfriends, you miss a period and they go crazy on you.
dronebabo
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
10866 Posts
January 28 2008 02:43 GMT
#5
--- Nuked ---
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
January 28 2008 02:48 GMT
#6
On January 28 2008 11:40 BottleAbuser wrote:
Cooper Lawrence: “Here’s how they’re seeing women: They’re seeing them as these objects of desire, as these, you know, hot bodies. They don’t show women as being valued for anything other than their sexuality. And it’s a man in this game deciding how many women he wants to be with.”

This is talking about the game Mass Effect. She answers "No, I haven't played it before."

So people go to Amazon.com and bombard her books with horrible reviews, sometimes noting "I haven't actually read it."

It's sad that people are childish enough to do this, and it's worse that broadcasting companies actually take that kind of stuff into account (spamming is what it takes to make someone listen? WTF?).

Attention was needed. That's what did it. I don't think it could have gone any other way.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
January 28 2008 03:31 GMT
#7
Even though it was stupid for her to make that comment specifically about Mass Effect, she's essentially right about the "internet crowd."
ModeratorNow I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
XCetron
Profile Joined November 2006
5226 Posts
January 28 2008 03:59 GMT
#8
hey, us TLnet exists on the internet, were within that "internet crowd" group
Krohm
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada1857 Posts
January 28 2008 04:18 GMT
#9
That is awesome. I really had no idea that gamers could pull so much weight over that. They made that author crumble. I'm pretty impressed to be honest.
Not bad for a cat toy.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
January 28 2008 04:21 GMT
#10
On January 28 2008 13:18 Krohm wrote:
That is awesome. I really had no idea that gamers could pull so much weight over that. They made that author crumble. I'm pretty impressed to be honest.


I have to quote this for truth, us v1deogam0rz are a force to be reckoned with :p
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
BottleAbuser
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1888 Posts
January 28 2008 04:24 GMT
#11
That's like being impressed that a worm was pressured by dirt.

This situation is pathetic on many levels.

Fox has long ago thrown away any sort of credibility a long time ago. Their stories are never researched. They always attach their own opinions and spin to stories. I don't know why they still call Fox News by that name; people watch it for entertainment, not news. Pathetic.

And yet people forget this, and spend their time insulting and spamming a fiction producer for producing fiction. Again pathetic.
Compilers are like boyfriends, you miss a period and they go crazy on you.
Scorpion
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1974 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-01-28 04:43:45
January 28 2008 04:43 GMT
#12
Adam Sessler did a bit on this Fox Story about how the author was a dumb bitch since she hadn't played the game yet commented on its sexual content. So, Adam Sessler did the same with her book, also saying that this was "Mass Stupidity":


Enjoy =D
Mango @ U.S.East!
Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
January 28 2008 05:09 GMT
#13
lol what a dumb bitch
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
January 28 2008 05:12 GMT
#14
OWNED.
Peace~
Physician *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-01-28 05:58:58
January 28 2008 05:56 GMT
#15
It still amazes me that people still watch and pay attention to fox fiction; got to give it to you BottleAbuser, you nailed it.
"I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities...."
BottleAbuser
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1888 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-01-28 06:08:24
January 28 2008 06:08 GMT
#16
I can appreciate good satire. The nature of satire justifies its own existence.

Spam isn't.
Compilers are like boyfriends, you miss a period and they go crazy on you.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24753 Posts
January 28 2008 06:08 GMT
#17
Ah Scorpion thanks a lot. I wish I saw then when it aired.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
January 28 2008 07:43 GMT
#18
WTF?

When I beat Mass Effect my guy got no sex fuck
Energies
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Australia3225 Posts
January 28 2008 08:35 GMT
#19
They destroyed Kane and Lynch when the gamespot reviewer got fired for giving the game a bad review, the game was rated 1.0 across the net, within days.
"Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder but dont nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight" - Ronnie Coleman.
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
January 28 2008 12:08 GMT
#20
On January 28 2008 16:43 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
WTF?

When I beat Mass Effect my guy got no sex fuck

Irony xD
Peace~
1 2 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 15h 48m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
TKL 143
ProTech139
JuggernautJason107
UpATreeSC 103
BRAT_OK 96
MindelVK 36
StarCraft: Brood War
EffOrt 755
Soulkey 229
BeSt 227
Snow 164
Shuttle 102
Rock 26
910 15
NaDa 6
Dota 2
qojqva2440
Dendi881
420jenkins310
League of Legends
C9.Mang0130
Counter-Strike
fl0m3919
adren_tv48
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu276
Khaldor153
Other Games
Grubby3693
FrodaN1542
hiko789
Beastyqt551
DeMusliM328
QueenE164
ArmadaUGS128
Livibee109
Mew2King83
minikerr9
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 19 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• HeavenSC 100
• Adnapsc2 15
• intothetv
• Kozan
• sooper7s
• Migwel
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• blackmanpl 54
• FirePhoenix6
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV597
League of Legends
• TFBlade1614
• imaqtpie734
• Nemesis602
• Shiphtur317
Upcoming Events
The PondCast
15h 48m
HomeStory Cup
1d 17h
Korean StarCraft League
2 days
HomeStory Cup
2 days
Replay Cast
3 days
HomeStory Cup
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Wardi Open
5 days
WardiTV Invitational
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-01-27
OSC Championship Season 13
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

CSL 2025 WINTER (S19)
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
Acropolis #4 - TS4
Rongyi Cup S3
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual
eXTREMESLAND 2025
SL Budapest Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S1: W6
Escore Tournament S1: W7
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
LiuLi Cup: 2025 Grand Finals
HSC XXVIII
Nations Cup 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League Season 23
ESL Pro League Season 23
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.