[SmokyDave]

This whole thing is really weird. It's as if the Republique kickstarter was well received until this guy came along but that's not how I remember it at all.

Still, I've no love for TouchArcade and the guy has exposed himself as something of a cock, so I guess it's game on.

[Riggs]

This whole thing is really weird. It's as if the Republique kickstarter was well received until this guy came along but that's not how I remember it at all. Still, I've no love for TouchArcade and the guy has exposed himself as something of a cock, so I guess it's game on.

Game on indeed!

[Aselith]

This whole thing is really weird. It's as if the Republique kickstarter was well received until this guy came along but that's not how I remember it at all. Still, I've no love for TouchArcade and the guy has exposed himself as something of a cock, so I guess it's game on.

People wouldn't mind if he just said, "We're not going to cover Kickstarter games." and stated his reasons or whatever. But the dude is actively shitting on the project and generally being a cock about the whole thing. Like Ryan Peyton says he will fly to his location and show him the project when he says it's vaporware and the dude makes fun of him for that. Like, really?

Don't be a dick and people won't mind if you aren't interested in featuring the game.

[JoeTheBlow]

I find it really sad and pathetic when a grown man in a professional position shouts into the internet void in the style of a spoilt 12-yr old.

Seems to be happening a lot recently. Have some class, people, FFS.

[Coal]

Haha I'm glad I posted that. I still think KS is lame IMO but this dude takes the cake.

[Shaneus]

Not surprised.

[M-PG71C]

So we have a big damn liar, eh? I just don't see what is so funny about even remotely joking about buying Wiis for the children's hospital when the intention is to sell them for a profit.

A piece of shit is a piece of shit. He'll pay for this.

[INDIGO_CYCLOPS]

Am I the only one who thinks posting the contact info in the OP is somewhat crossing a line? Even if they're not land lines and home addresses. Come on guys, reel it back a little. It's becoming a little too vindictive for my taste.

It's just a screen-cap from his website, so it's already out there. I see what you're saying, but with no respect for the guy, I don't really mind.

[Chinner]

i don't really know how we can respond to this. he could be trolling, and it is possible to photoshop that shit. unless new evidence come to light its essentially their word against his, and he's got the position of power.

i'd honestly stop posting about this. pick your battles bros.

[FieryBalrog]

i don't really know how we can respond to this. he could be trolling, and it is possible to photoshop that shit. unless new evidence come to light its essentially their word against his, and he's got the position of power. i'd honestly stop posting about this. pick your battles bros.

OK bros

[Coal]

i don't really know how we can respond to this. he could be trolling, and it is possible to photoshop that shit. unless new evidence come to light its essentially their word against his, and he's got the position of power. i'd honestly stop posting about this. pick your battles bros.

Please tell me you aren't defending this man.

[subversus]

you are giving him too much attention, guys. Some random dude on the internet who also happen to own a site hates KS. SO WHAT? There are a lot of dumb people out there, should we rage about all of them?

[Chinner]

nah hes a cunt. im just saying that apathy rules and you shouldn't spend your energy getting frustrated when you can't seemingly touch him. don't make it personal as it plays to his advantage.

[mclem]

He did say it was VERY HARD to photoshop....

Of course, in that case it's quite easy for him to prove his innocence. Someone can give him an image of an empty room, and he can photoshop in eight or nine Wii boxes at varying angles, some on furniture.

It's a nice easy way for him to restore his good name, he should *jump* at the chance!

Not saying it is or anything... but you could just put a camera on a tripod and take a picture of one box, then move the box and take more pics... then shop all of them together.

Poop. That's annoyingly plausible, and it'd account for the slightly odd spacing.

[Shurs]

Am I the only one who thinks posting the contact info in the OP is somewhat crossing a line? Even if they're not land lines and home addresses. Come on guys, reel it back a little. It's becoming a little too vindictive for my taste.

I'm with you.

[Corto]

I'm with you.

Me too. Pursuing this will be counterproductive.

[Square Triangle]

So he hasn't given up. Eli just randomly tweets me this link saying I need to be educated.
http://i.a-13.net/wii_troll/

[Anteater]

So he hasn't given up. Eli just randomly tweets me this link saying I need to be educated. http://i.a-13.net/wii_troll/

You guys got trolled, he's saying those are the original images that he used to photoshop that picture, from what I can tell.

[Ken Masters]

People actually are now saying he is a world class photoshop expert to denounce the exposure that he is a piece of trash?

Wow

[mclem]

People actually are now saying he is a world class photoshop expert to denounce the exposure that he is a piece of trash?

To be fair, the claim's not that he's a world-class photoshop expert as much as it is claiming that he's capable of taking some carefully-posed pictures and stitching them together.

Perhaps the title should be changed. "Likes to lie about stealing from children's charities" isn't exactly much better.

[Neuromancer]

So he hasn't given up. Eli just randomly tweets me this link saying I need to be educated. http://i.a-13.net/wii_troll/

Hmmmmm he may have a case here

[Alextended]

Either way, that was just the cherry on top, dude is clearly an ass regardless, hence the 10 or whatever pages before that.

[Haunted]

To be fair, the claim's not that he's a world-class photoshop expert as much as it is claiming that he's capable of taking some carefully-posed pictures and stitching them together. Perhaps the title should be changed. "Likes to lie about stealing from children's charities" isn't exactly much better.

Yes, this basically downgrades him from monumental asshole to just regular old asshole.

[joedick]

If you guys are really upset with him, contact his employer, EGM. He's acting like such an ass, I wouldn't want to be associated with somebody like that. Instead of regretting his immature troll from years back, he's revelling in it. Terrible.


http://egmdigitalmedia.com/contact
contact@egmnow.com
If Steve Harris has a twitter, hit that too.

[Tunesmith]

You can tell that the original wii photo posted is a composite. The wii on the right side in the chair doesn't have the wii on the left side in its reflection, only the arm rest which shouldn't be visible at that point as its behind the left box.

[Wrestlemania]

This is embarassing, GAF. Get a grip.

[thetrin]

Wouldn't it be WORSE if it was photoshopped? He thinks it's funny to steal from children's charities?

[Wrestlemania]

Wouldn't it be WORSE if it was photoshopped? He thinks it's funny to steal from children's charities?

No.

[Dog Problems]

Wouldn't it be WORSE if it was photoshopped? He thinks it's funny to steal from children's charities?

It's about the same. He's a terrible person either way and right now he seems afraid over all of this blowing up in his face so he's scrambling to find a way to explain it. Maybe it's a joke, maybe not. It doesn't matter as he's already exposed himself for the piece of shit he is.

[Aselith]

Wouldn't it be WORSE if it was photoshopped? He thinks it's funny to steal from children's charities?

The point of trolling is to make people mad at you generally. So it's not so much that you think such and such is funny but just to get a rise out of people. The funny part to the troll is that part where people get pissed about it or are taken in by it or whatever.

[Dreams-Visions]

What a bizarre thread this became.

[Angry Fork]

I cannot comprehend people's hatred/dislike of kickstarter, it can be the best thing for gaming in a long time. It seems like the hate comes from butt hurt capitalists that don't like altruism or charity (despite kickstarter offering rewards and you still get the game when you pledge a certain amount).

[Riggs]

This is embarassing, GAF. Get a grip.

Your probably right at this point, but I really don't like this guy!

[Wrestlemania]

Your probably right at this point, but I really don't like this guy!

Because he doesn't like Kickstarter and wound people up on Twitter about it a bit? Grow up.

[Riggs]

Because he doesn't like Kickstarter and wound people up on Twitter about it a bit? Grow up.

Wow you're in a splendid little mood today are you not? I basically agreed with you, and you manage to sound just as rude as you did in the 1st post. Bravo. Thanks for entering this thread to tell us all to grow up btw, you have contributed.

[FrontalMonk]

Because he doesn't like Kickstarter and wound people up on Twitter about it a bit? Grow up.

personally I could care less about kickstarter, the fact that this guy is such an unrepentant unprofessional douchebag though turns me from a reader to a former reader. One who won't hesitate to tell any/all friends who read TA to stop giving the guy clicks.

[Forever]

Because he doesn't like Kickstarter and wound people up on Twitter about it a bit? Grow up.

You know that providing a defense force for the guy only ensures that this thread will go on even longer, right?

[bluemax]

Because he doesn't like Kickstarter and wound people up on Twitter about it a bit? Grow up.

Hell hath no fury like a nerd scorned.

But seriously this is pretty sad. Neogaf hive mind defending some half assed kick starter project to crazy levels.

[Wrestlemania]

You know that providing a defense force for the guy only ensures that this thread will go on even longer, right?

Haha, "defense force". Good one.

[JJD]

Holy shit, hopefully I will always stay on the good side of gaf detectives! Good work guys!

[RedNumberFive]

Hell hath no fury like a nerd scorned. But seriously this is pretty sad. Neogaf hive mind defending some half assed kick starter project to crazy levels.

Neogaf takes Kickstarter very seriously.

[Zefah]

Hell hath no fury like a nerd scorned. But seriously this is pretty sad. Neogaf hive mind defending some half assed kick starter project to crazy levels.

Your comprehension abilities are greatly lacking if you really think that's what this is all about.

Then again, with the "hive mind" comment, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case.

[EleventhDoctor]

If you guys are really upset with him, contact his employer, EGM. He's acting like such an ass, I wouldn't want to be associated with somebody like that. Instead of regretting his immature troll from years back, he's revelling in it. Terrible. http://egmdigitalmedia.com/contact contact@egmnow.com If Steve Harris has a twitter, hit that too.

Whoa whoa whoa, stop the clock-he works for EGM???

[Alextended]

Hell hath no fury like a nerd scorned. But seriously this is pretty sad. Neogaf hive mind defending some half assed kick starter project to crazy levels.

So, basically, you haven't even read the thread and just came in to make some ignorant and off base generalisation with the only apparent goal being to white knight some dude. On the internet. By insulting a community you're an active member of. That's not smart. The majority of the people calling him out (no, not for having an opinion over Kickstarter) aren't even supporters of Republique (while many of them don't like Kickstarter either), otherwise the project would have many more backers than it does. Next time try and be more informed before you comment in this manner, or you'll end up making a fool out of yourself, again. Sad.

Edit: and just to make it clear to you, people are just calling him out for the slander, double standards and general douchebaggery, not because he happens to like/dislike Kickstarter, Republique, or whatever else. And no, taking the time to post on the internet (!) doesn't mean people are obsessed, overreacting, raging, or whatever, it takes next to no time to do, especially when people are already visiting these boards to read or discuss about other stuff, potentially while multitasking.

[Wrestlemania]

people are just calling him out for the slander, double standards and general douchebaggery, not because he happens to like/dislike Kickstarter, Republique, or whatever else.

Slander, general douchebaggery and double standards? On the internet?! Holy shit! If we had a new thread for every instance of this I doubt the servers would hold up under the strain.
Don't dress this up and anything more than it was - a defence force for Republique overreacting quite pathetically to one man's undeniably crass response to being asked to cover it, plus a bunch of other people jumping on the bandwagon to stick the boot in. NeoGAF should really be above this sort of shit.

[Alextended]

Slander, general douchebaggery and double standards? On the internet?! Holy shit! If we had a new thread for every instance of this I doubt the servers would hold up under the strain. Don't dress this up and anything more than it was - a defence force for Republique overreacting quite pathetically to one man's undeniably crass response to being asked to cover it, plus a bunch of other people jumping on the bandwagon to stick the boot in. NeoGAF should really be above this sort of shit.

Again, you miss the fact plenty of the people who are doing little more than point out his slander, double standards and general douchebaggery don't like Republique/Kickstarter. If posting on the internet is pathetic overreacting, what are you doing? Showing GAF how superior you are and how it should reach your standards by doing the same thing (+ adding stupid generalisations over a community you're a part of on top), ie, posting on the internet about how you don't approve of something people do? Cool...

[Forever]

Don't dress this up and anything more than it was - a defence force for Republique overreacting quite pathetically to one man's undeniably crass response to being asked to cover it, plus a bunch of other people jumping on the bandwagon to stick the boot in.

So which category do all the mods that posted in here fall under?

[Wrestlemania]

Again, you miss the fact plenty of the people against his slander, double standards and general douchebaggery don't like Republique/Kickstarter. And if posting on the internet is "overreacting" then what are you doing here?

Posting on the internet isn't overreacting. Overreacting is overreacting. I believe I covered people who don't like Reoublique/Kickstarter under "a bunch of other people jumping on the bandwagon to stick the boot in".

[Wrestlemania]

Just to be clear - I'm not defending anything he's done. He's acted like an idiot.
But, I mean, look at the OP of this thread. It's ridiculous.

[Alextended]

Posting on the internet isn't overreacting. Overreacting is overreacting. I believe I covered people who don't like Reoublique/Kickstarter under "a bunch of other people jumping on the bandwagon to stick the boot in".

So posting on the internet isn't overreacting but pretty much everyone who posted any disapproval of this guy's actions is either a Republique fanboy defending it or someone jumping on the bandwagon of Republique fanboys defending it, and most definitely overreacting. And that includes pretty much all of GAF that passed through the thread, as per your earlier generalisation. But what you're doing doesn't count, it's totally different and definitely simply posting on the internet rather than posting on the internet in a manner that's overreacting. Cool. So, you're basically very, very confused and/or delusional. Thanks.

Edit: I don't see how your disapproval of some elements in the OP, ie 1 post, justifies any of the implications in your previous posts.