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Snausages
United States529 Posts
On July 11 2010 06:58 moon` wrote: :\ Hopefully Blizz remains its own company, independent of Activision's schemes. they will notice the success of SC2 and decide to take over Blizzard as well | ||
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UmmTheHobo
United States650 Posts
On July 11 2010 06:55 jello_biafra wrote: If by 'ridiculous claim' you mean 'it actually happened' then yeah. Dude committed suicide... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10291701-37.html http://www.programmerfish.com/punishment-for-missing-iphone-4g-prototype-suicide/ http://ignoranceisfutile.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/11th-suicide-at-apple-factory-real-torture-of-an-ipad-on-video/ http://gizmodo.com/5319275/report-iphone-leak-interrogations-drive-foxconn-employee-to-suicide http://dashes.com/anil/2009/07/apple-secrecy-does-not-scale.html Apple's products are over-priced, they suck balls and they're fucking evil. They can eat a dick as far as I'm concerned. Foxconn is NOT part of Apple. That guy was NOT an employee of Apple. Apple does NOT torture their employees. Foxconn might torture there employees, Apple should definitely distance themselves from Foxconn. My dad works at Apple, and while I think their products are stupid and overpriced, I also know Apple is one of the best places to work in the tech world. Great pay, great vacation, good hours. I have been to my dads office while he works, ate lunch with him, and I know the Apple campus is pretty laid back and casual. If Apple employees were being tortured I think I would be seeing people quietly eating their lunch looking over their shoulders every five seconds rather than laughing and chatting it up with coworkers in flip-flops and sandles. | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6639 Posts
On July 11 2010 07:04 UmmTheHobo wrote: Foxconn is NOT part of Apple. That guy was NOT an employee of Apple. Apple does NOT torture their employees. Foxconn might torture there employees, Apple should definitely distance themselves from Foxconn. My dad works at Apple, and while I think their products are stupid and overpriced, I also know Apple is one of the best places to work in the tech world. Great pay, great vacation, good hours. I have been to my dads office while he works, ate lunch with him, and I know the Apple campus is pretty laid back and casual. If Apple employees were being tortured I think I would be seeing people quietly eating their lunch looking over their shoulders every five seconds rather than laughing and chatting it up with coworkers in flip-flops and sandles. I know it wasn't literally Apple but clearly they were mad enough at the guy to get Foxconn to do that shit, their security measures are ridiculous. Also there are some other reasons I don't like them: http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-apple.html Guess I mainly dislike them because they always have to rename everything and everyone goes along with it, it's not an MP3 player anymore it's an i-Pod, it's not a smart phone it's an i-Phone, it's not an FM transmitter it's an i-Trip, it's not a laptop it's an i-Book! etc. Also my stepfather works for microsoft so I may be slightly biased  | ||
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XsebT
Denmark2980 Posts
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mufin
United States616 Posts
On July 11 2010 01:23 Saturnize wrote: This is so sick. When is someone going to stop this madman? He can't be stopped, his wrath is evil and unending! | ||
ArvickHero
10387 Posts
On July 11 2010 06:11 UmmTheHobo wrote: Nintendo? Let's try to name 5 good games for the Wii 1. Mario galaxy definitely 2. Resident Evil 4, even though it's a Ps2 remake, the motion controls are so well done that it is a completely new experience, and the game was awesome to begin with. EDIT: The list is much bigger if you are a 2 year old or soccer mom Metroid Prime 3? Paper Mario? Red Steel 2? No More Heroes? Monster Hunter Tri? Modern Warfare Reflex? Zack & Wiki? Trauma Center? Sin and Punishment? Wii has plenty of good games, and many more coming up | ||
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anderoo
Canada1876 Posts
On July 11 2010 06:11 UmmTheHobo wrote: Nintendo? Let's try to name 5 good games for the Wii 1. Mario galaxy definitely 2. Resident Evil 4, even though it's a Ps2 remake, the motion controls are so well done that it is a completely new experience, and the game was awesome to begin with. EDIT: The list is much bigger if you are a 2 year old or soccer mom 3. Twilight Princess - Not a remake, just released for both systems, more or less the same game with different controls? 4. Smash Bros - Is a fun game to play with friends, especially since most people don't play it so competitively as to really care if it's as deep as melee 5. Mario Kart Wii - Is fun as hell, as really interesting tracks, fun controls, and slingshot mechanics that you can turn off in the options and choose between several types of weapon distributions Edit: List is much bigger if you are able to play games for fun instead of trying to make every game out like it is trying to be a candidate for the next big esport | ||
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RoosterSamurai
Japan2108 Posts
I guess I can't argue that. | ||
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baller
527 Posts
if it makes u guys feel any better, he's pretty poor compared to steve jobs or bill gates kotick only makes $15 million per year he could buy only 250,000 copies of SC2 with that money, thats not even half the population of cleveland so yah, he's probably not even a billionaire yet  | ||
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SilentCrono
United States1420 Posts
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Inschato
Canada1349 Posts
On July 11 2010 08:25 baller wrote: lol so many kotick haters if it makes u guys feel any better, he's pretty poor compared to steve jobs or bill gates kotick only makes $15 million per year he could buy only 250,000 copies of SC2 with that money, thats not even half the population of cleveland so yah, he's probably not even a billionaire yet How is telling us he *only* makes FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS a year (~300+ times the average salary) supposed to make us feel better? | ||
tofucake
Hyrule19189 Posts
On July 11 2010 07:50 anderoo wrote: TP was under development for Cube, and when they realized they were going to go past the launch of Wii they said "shit....port it!?"3. Twilight Princess - Not a remake, just released for both systems, more or less the same game with different controls? 4. Smash Bros - Is a fun game to play with friends, especially since most people don't play it so competitively as to really care if it's as deep as melee 5. Mario Kart Wii - Is fun as hell, as really interesting tracks, fun controls, and slingshot mechanics that you can turn off in the options and choose between several types of weapon distributions Edit: List is much bigger if you are able to play games for fun instead of trying to make every game out like it is trying to be a candidate for the next big esport Brawl is awful in so very many ways. MKW is fun to play for a while, but it's not GOOD. There's a certain point where playing it alone is just a plain waste of time. As for Galaxy, that gave everyone motion sickness...that's not exactly a hallmark of a good game. | ||
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The_Pacifist
United States540 Posts
EDIT: Really, guys? Really? Are we going to make this into another console fanboy argument thread? Because there aren't already a ton of those on the internet already, right? For those involved, do you really think your back and forth pro/anti Nintendo posts are going to make the other guy go "Oh, I guess you're right?" | ||
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Backpack
United States1776 Posts
On July 11 2010 08:44 Inschato wrote: + Show Spoiler + On July 11 2010 08:25 baller wrote: lol so many kotick haters if it makes u guys feel any better, he's pretty poor compared to steve jobs or bill gates kotick only makes $15 million per year he could buy only 250,000 copies of SC2 with that money, thats not even half the population of cleveland so yah, he's probably not even a billionaire yet How is telling us he *only* makes FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS a year (~300+ times the average salary) supposed to make us feel better? Its only 15 million in benefits and what not. His actual salery is only like 900 grand. (according to wikipedia) | ||
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Tabbris
Bangladesh2839 Posts
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Megalisk
United States6095 Posts
On July 11 2010 08:25 baller wrote: lol so many kotick haters if it makes u guys feel any better, he's pretty poor compared to steve jobs or bill gates kotick only makes $15 million per year he could buy only 250,000 copies of SC2 with that money, thats not even half the population of cleveland so yah, he's probably not even a billionaire yet Shit..I think I'll buy 5 copoies of sc2 for each server..I feel so bad for him  . | ||
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NicolBolas
United States1388 Posts
The suit alleges that during the build up that led to the firing of West and Zampella, Activision forced Infinity Ward employees to submit to secret interrogations and told the employees not to tell anyone about them. The publisher also brought in security personnel to man the office exits, according to the suit. Man, I just love the rhetoric in this. Employees had to "submit" to "secret interrogations". No, I'm sorry; "secret interrogations" are what happen at Gitmo, when some people in army fatigues or grey suits strap you down and try to drown you. Unless you're being threatened with jail time or physical harm, it's not an "interrogation." Stripped of the hyperbole, this was just Activision investigating West and Zampella. They pulled some employees aside and asked them some questions, and they told them not to tell anyone about the investigation. But because that doesn't make headlines, the plaintiffs decided to call them "secret interrogations." Is Activision being something of an asshole here? Yes, particularly surrounding the "not paying them" part. But the hyperbolic rhetoric here is completely unnecessary. And I'm surprised to see such language in what is a formal legal document. | ||
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UmmTheHobo
United States650 Posts
On July 11 2010 09:00 NicolBolas wrote: Man, I just love the rhetoric in this. Employees had to "submit" to "secret interrogations". No, I'm sorry; "secret interrogations" are what happen at Gitmo, when some people in army fatigues or grey suits strap you down and try to drown you. Unless you're being threatened with jail time or physical harm, it's not an "interrogation." Stripped of the hyperbole, this was just Activision investigating West and Zampella. They pulled some employees aside and asked them some questions, and they told them not to tell anyone about the investigation. But because that doesn't make headlines, the plaintiffs decided to call them "secret interrogations." Is Activision being something of an asshole here? Yes, particularly surrounding the "not paying them" part. But the hyperbolic rhetoric here is completely unnecessary. And I'm surprised to see such language in what is a formal legal document. They could have threatened them with their jobs, maybe even threatened not to pay them for work they had done. I'd consider that an Interrogation. Just for clarification, are only West and Zampella suing Activision or are all 38 of the employees who left suing? | ||
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anderoo
Canada1876 Posts
On July 11 2010 08:46 The_Pacifist wrote: Hey, it could be worse... could be 16 million... EDIT: Really, guys? Really? Are we going to make this into another console fanboy argument thread? Because there aren't already a ton of those on the internet already, right? For those involved, do you really think your back and forth pro/anti Nintendo posts are going to make the other guy go "Oh, I guess you're right?" i was actually arguing against him writing off nintendo wii games as being for "2 year olds and soccer moms" because he didn't like them, but you are right either way i don't even know how that came up to begin with | ||
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PanN
United States2828 Posts
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