rakkadakka
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It's been rough the last week. Good god I hope I never have to endure the wraithful eye of NeoGaf.
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Something interesting in Battlefield 4 site source code
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It's been rough the last week. Good god I hope I never have to endure the wraithful eye of NeoGaf.
He's clearly the Bradley Manning of video games!
BlackGoku03
Member
Considering who found it and posted it, it's mostly likely a case of EA having a big head regardless of how much GAF would want to believe it's something else.
Still, it looks bad on EA no matter what happened.
Still, it looks bad on EA no matter what happened.
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
Why act surprised over preview analysis? they're always positive.
GenericBadGuy
Member
I think its the fact that the actual saying of it hasn't happened yet. The site acts like its guaranteed to happen and just needs to be switched on.
rakkadakka
Member
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
EA has been showing the game off for awhile; they likely got a few quotes from press ready to go. This happens... all the time, with every industry. It's unfortunate that it happened now to IGN though, it is really funny timing!
not that im defending it... just this case isn't that damning. the whole media/gaming industry IS totally borked, i could go for days
ramoisdead
Member
To paraphrase what Master Shake would say: c'mon EA, why don't you marry IGN you love them so damn much.
Someone want to actually explain this before everyone jumps to Code Dorito levels of panic?
Is this some silly placeholder that the person who coded the website left in? Or like, is this actually intended to be a link with that headline?
I'm just a little confused by what's going on here. People are saying "lol games journalism", but I'm not sure that has anything to do with what's actually happening. Kinda exemplifies a lot of the schadenfreude and conclusion jumping going on lately.
Is this some silly placeholder that the person who coded the website left in? Or like, is this actually intended to be a link with that headline?
I'm just a little confused by what's going on here. People are saying "lol games journalism", but I'm not sure that has anything to do with what's actually happening. Kinda exemplifies a lot of the schadenfreude and conclusion jumping going on lately.
I was scrolling down hoping someone would say this. Thank you.
I need to know what Ja Rule thinks, personally
XANDER CAGE
Member
Website source code? So this'd be a like, blurb on the site once it all goes live?
"Battlefield 4 is already a contender for GOTY - IGN," or something?
I assume that's what this means. The shady part is the fact that whatever article this code refers to just doesn't exist yet, which would imply that the preview or whatever is being timed to coincide with the site, which is kinda skeezy - it'd feel more like a timed PR effort than a real preview. Given that an IGN staffer is the one who broke this story, though, I'd be willing to be it's a placeholder or something of that nature.
"Battlefield 4 is already a contender for GOTY - IGN," or something?
I assume that's what this means. The shady part is the fact that whatever article this code refers to just doesn't exist yet, which would imply that the preview or whatever is being timed to coincide with the site, which is kinda skeezy - it'd feel more like a timed PR effort than a real preview. Given that an IGN staffer is the one who broke this story, though, I'd be willing to be it's a placeholder or something of that nature.
Hahahahaha hilarious
So they paid IGN to let them make up a quote about it being a GotY contender and they have it in the gates ready to bust out
Or am I just being too negative, perhaps IGN has had their hands on it for awhile and they just checked out their crystal ball and saw that this is going to be one of the GotY's
Hahahaha wait, wait....yeah, no option makes sense that doesn't make IGN look terrible.
So they paid IGN to let them make up a quote about it being a GotY contender and they have it in the gates ready to bust out
Or am I just being too negative, perhaps IGN has had their hands on it for awhile and they just checked out their crystal ball and saw that this is going to be one of the GotY's
Hahahaha wait, wait....yeah, no option makes sense that doesn't make IGN look terrible.
Or, you know, it's just a placeholder and has nothing to do with IGN
SafeinSound
Member
This month has been insane.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
don't be sad aegies, you'll get your job at EA.
Nope, NO OPTION AT ALL.
The funny thing is that these are IGN editors.
Various Artists
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CountAntonius
Member
TalesOfWin
Banned
MW3 scored higher than BF3 on IGN. Actvision had the larger ads.
Poohblaster
Member
Some engineer put it in as a joke. You conspiracy theorist nutjobs need to relax, go listen to number stations or something.
The "lol games journalism" stuff is getting tedious on here.
"ya'll gonna make me lose my mind"....probably
"ya'll gonna make me lose my mind"....probably
TheGreyHulk
Member
Lmao!
This is why I never bother with reviews. I'll peak at some scores from time to time, but I never take it seriously for games im interested in.
word of mouth >>>> reviews
I trust unpaid gamers more
This is why I never bother with reviews. I'll peak at some scores from time to time, but I never take it seriously for games im interested in.
word of mouth >>>> reviews
I trust unpaid gamers more
suavelicious
Member
That's DMX, dude
While these are probably the most likely scenarios, why deploy these to production?
dragonflys545
Member
HAHAHHAHAHAHA
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
Save us Polygon!
welcome to neogaf
maquiladora
Member
I said wow.
Are you talking about the junior who never once mentioned who he was, as if everyone on GAF would somehow recognise his id? Yeah, not the sharpest tool in the shed.