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[Izick]

Some real schadenfreude stuff going on in here.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

Yesss, yessss this is gooood. Maybe this will mean that people actually watch what they say when they're posting from an account that directly ties them to their employer especially given current context regarding always online.

I am all for free speech but everything you say should always carry consequence.

 

[Mik_Pad]

I'm surprised Aurther Gies still works for MS

I think he just got promoted.

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

It's not really a witch hunt, per se.

More like a guy standing in the middle of Salem and yelling out that he's a witch.

lol

Some real schadenfreude stuff going on in here.

Yeah, it's pretty f'ed up if you ask me.

 

[dmr87]

WTF did I miss? This thread is the first I've ever heard of this guy.

Apparently I missed the witch hunt... how disappointing.

Not sure if serious, but anyway, http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=534951

 

[DragonSworne]

Would be funny if Sony hired him.

He already worked for Sony.

His next stop is EA

 

[GraveRobberX]

Guy seems like a douche, but twitter is a fucking lynch mob. It needs to stop.

He put the statements out there for the world to see

Twitter isn't some close-knit seclusive social website, you post anything, you better damn well be prepared for what you said

 

[VariantX]

Considering developers and publishers aren't even allowed to even acknowledge that there's another Xbox on the way soon, its not surprising he got in trouble for it over a public messaging service.

 

[Man]

That's a pretty big position to fire over some Internet drama.
Creative Director of Microsoft Games Studio was he not?

 

[Ouren]

You've just been erased.

 

[Durante]

I'm surprised Aurther Gies still works for MS

Damn. This one got me.

 

[Seventy_X_Seven]

Very very sad. He messed up, but I don't think he should've lost his job. People screw up, and I hate that some people will demand blood.

We live in such a shitty time when it comes to jobs and now he's marked probably for the rest of his career because he messed up. Sucks. I feel really bad for him.

Is this coming from the "Everyone wins" generation? Come on man, he made a very bad decision and no he is learning from it. It's not like he's never going to be able to find a decent job again, just probably not one that has much to do with communication.

 

[enzo_gt]

you forgot this in the OP

Brilliant.

 

[Reiko]

Sucks if the console is NOT online required and he still got fired...

Ouch.

 

[Wario64]

I'm surprised Aurther Gies still works for MS

 

[Phire Phox]

Funny how the Durango doesn't have to be online after all.

 

[Osiris]

Guy seems like a douche, but twitter is a fucking lynch mob. It needs to stop.

No, what needs to stop is people believing comments made on twitter, about topics in their professional sphere will have no consequences for their livelihoods in that professional sphere.

Companies have policies about commenting in public about such things, it always ends up bad for those doing so, that's why PR departments exist.

 

[Truespeed]

you forgot this in the OP

LOL. He still uses a CRT.

 

[Guess Who]

Maybe he'll hook back up with Justin Fisher, reform Shufflepuck, go on tour.

 

[onQ123]

Wait! if the system isn't online only then why did he lose his job?

 

[mysteriousmage09]

Well done Sony.

 

[Foffy]

He already worked for Sony.

His next stop is EA

As PR guy, right?

 

[ronito]

LOL. He still uses a CRT.

They always stay on. No sleep mode.

 

[ramoisdead]

I hope he thanks Obama for what happened to him.

 

[Brimstone]

So what are the job duties of a Creative Director?

 

[Exentryk]

Good riddance. Don't need someone like that as a creative head for any company.

 

[alr1ght]

 

[RustyNails]

Allergies has spoken

 

[RMI]

Jesus Christ. This guy needs to go next.

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

I'm sure he wasted no time in sending his resume to Microsoft for Adam's job.

 

[KojiKnight]

That's a pretty big position to fire over some Internet drama.
Creative Director of Microsoft Games Studio was he not?

A creative director. The simple fact was he made too big of a scene. If I work at a meat packing company, and in my free time I make fun of people that buy my company's products, I wouldn't expect to work there much longer either.

You have to know when and how to pick your battles. This is a case of being anonymous on the internet doesn't work. People get too cocky/think they are shielded from repurcussions on the internet... I'm not glad the guy got fired over it. It was a stupid reason to get fired or forced to resign, but HE was the one that did it. No one else made him do it.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

I never see anyone mention it on gaf but the only game this guy was a creative director on for Ms was star wars Kinect.

Then he should have been given the boot ages ago.

 

[Dysun]

Man these sweet billy memes lmao

 

[Mavromatis]

I hope he sues Microsoft for firing him and I also hope that Microsoft and other companies start teaching their employees how to use social media.

Well, he always wanted to be on the internet, so we can't really blame internet. And Aegies may try to point the finger to Microsoft, for firing their employee for a rumor that they have no answer for.

 

[Acorn]

Would be funny if Sony hired him.

He always was. He's the new vp of corporate espionage and trolling.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Kinda sucks people can lose their jobs for this kind of shit.

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

Jesus Christ. This guy needs to go next.

Nope. Polygon gets way too much money from EA from him being an employee.

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

Is this coming from the "Everyone wins" generation? Come on man, he made a very bad decision and no he is learning from it. It's not like he's never going to be able to find a decent job again, just probably not one that has much to do with communication.

I just don't get why some people here are celebrating, as if him losing his job is a win for Neogaf.

 

[Divvy]

Guy stands atop a soapbox and insults people with a megaphone the whole world can hear, under his own name, about the company he works at.

No tears shed here.

 

[Vire]

I love how GAF has now gotten two Microsoft employees fired now.

Goodnight Sweet Billy.

 

[electro]

I'm sure he wasted no time in sending his resume to Microsoft for Adam's job.

Even though this might be interpreted as a joke, it's probably not too far from reality.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Goodbye to Orth!

 

[alr1ght]

Don't act like a dumbass in a public forum? His employers actually care.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Oh god damn it. Really dumb comments, and on twitter of all places, but to fire him?

Perhaps it was a choice given to hmm. I certainly do feel sorry for him now.

Sucks if the console is NOT online required and he still got fired...

Oh man, that would especially suck.

 

[Conciliator]

Ah, poor guy. What he did was really dumb though.

 

[FStop7]

Because of that?

They are very aggressive about NDAs.

 

[Log4Girlz]

So what kind of promotion does this entail? You know, at Sony.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Twitter claims another victim, justly this time.

 

[Glorified G]

Don't act like a dumbass in a public forum? His employers actually care.

Can't say the same for Polygon

 

[HueyFreeman]

Too much disturbing schadenfreude in this thread. He got his come-uppance, not need to piss on him while he's down.