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Yeah clearly the more level headed thing to do is post meme pictures celebrating him being fired.
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Adam Orth no longer with Microsoft
- Thread starter Wario64
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Yeah clearly the more level headed thing to do is post meme pictures celebrating him being fired.
You mean pissy gamers.
People are celebrating?
Sorry, but when you insult 75% of your userbase, I can't feel sympathy for you. Dude basically nuked any hype MS had for it's next X-box at the moment unless MS comes out and outright says "no, the 720 isn't always-on. So you won't have to #dealwithit."
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Ah shit, I agree with Gies. Now my moral compass is all sorts of screwed up.
A good poster
Banned
I wonder if they're hiring Gies to take his place.
mysteriousmage09
Member
#dealwithit
I have empathy for him; I can put myself in his shoes and imagine how fucked up the entire situation is from his point of view. But sympathy? I tend to reserve that for those deserving of it.
I already have very little patience as it is for Microsoft's hideous practices, so when one of their grunts comes out and so brazenly mocks and insults a whole swath of people while supporting damaging causes, I'm not going to feel a great amount of compassion.
RustyNails
Member
I know everyone is joking, but not only Sony, but no company will want to hire someone like Orth. The guy practically saved every company a behavioral interview.
GuitarAtomik
Member
Pretty sad. Not saying he shouldn't have been more careful on his public Twitter account given his position but, when the comments are put in context, what he said was relatively harmless. It's just sad that the bloodthirsty internet mob can put a guy with a family out of a job for something so innocuous in the greater scheme of things and then declare victory as if they served some kind of justice.
DukeTogo1300
Member
These companies need to beef up their Twitter training, seriously.
whos the other?
Haunted
Member
Those responsible have been sacked.
edit: this hasn't been the internet or GAF's doing, this has been about a Creative Director at Microsoft talking about things he shouldn't have in a public venue and creating a negative narrative for his employer, at worst actively disrupting long-standing marketing plans and schedules that now have to be changed/revised.
The lesson learned here is to be aware what you are writing about on a public website if you have signed NDAs and are representing more than just yourself.
Best of luck for Adam to land on his feet again.
edit: this hasn't been the internet or GAF's doing, this has been about a Creative Director at Microsoft talking about things he shouldn't have in a public venue and creating a negative narrative for his employer, at worst actively disrupting long-standing marketing plans and schedules that now have to be changed/revised.
The lesson learned here is to be aware what you are writing about on a public website if you have signed NDAs and are representing more than just yourself.
Best of luck for Adam to land on his feet again.
Quadraphonic
Member
Of course Gies has to be against logic. He wouldn't be batshit crazy if he didn't say crap like that.
Agreed. The vindictiveness is a little gross.
according to kevin dent he will be picked up immediately:
RE https://twitter.com/TheKevinDent/status/322133250384486401
"And for the record said MSFT exec is incredibly talented and will get picked up pretty quickly, it's MSFT's loss 100%! They were stupid."
KojiKnight
Member
Cold as ice.
Yeah no one should be celebrating him losing his job... but nor should we be getting on the bandwagon of "that poor guy". It's not your company's fault if you do something stupid that gets you fired. No one should have to tell him that even INSINUATED insults at your potential customers is a TERRIBLE idea.
As others have said, companies have PR departments for a reason...
daninthemix
Member
A bloodythirsty Internet mob can strong-arm Microsoft? Would they not have acted upon reading his nonsense even if there wasn't a storm whipped up?
Barbacoatl
Banned
Nah, clueless people who don't know when to keep their mouth shut. You CAN make anonymous accounts on twitter to spew your nonsense, but that wouldn't be as awesome as "Creative Director at Microsoft". Need those followers!
Hi-yooo
I hope MS learns something from this. The recent rumor article about always on being bull and that BC device is a step in the definitive right direction. MS has an empire, its been heartbreaking watching them fuck it all up. There is still time to make it right.
Also, goodbye to this asshat, i dont know if he was joking, but you dont joke like that when you are in that high a position. Dumbass.
Also, goodbye to this asshat, i dont know if he was joking, but you dont joke like that when you are in that high a position. Dumbass.
IsntChrisL
Member
Them's the breaks. The fact that he got kicked out for it doesn't help the case of those hoping the rumors are false, either.
Jake Tower
Banned
"I do not care about your problems."
Petrae
Member
It was a conscious decision Orth made. He screwed up, created a PR firestorm for his employer, and paid the price.
His fault that his life is "fucked up", as Mr. Gies claims. Lesson (hopefully) learned. Just because gaming press make their living on being controversial and being dismissive of their constituents doesn't mean that flies everywhere else.
Is Gies actually blaming Orth's poor decision making on "the internet" and not Orth himself?
He was a high-profile figure and he acted like a fool. It's a shame he made that mistake.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Don't see how Orth's loss of employment is anyone's fault but his own. Writing vague statements about your company's big project in a public forum? Moron.
my sides
I'm so glad people don't use common sense before broadcasting their bullshit for the world to see. Provides endless entertainment.
Or maybe every minor exec doesn't need a twitter account.
RustyNails
Member
Sure. He will be picked up by a company that shares the same attitude towards it's consumer base.
That's most of gaf, should they all get fired?
What would he know about accountability, anyways.
Really, it's not that hard to not be an idiot on the internet. If you can't self-monitor or know when to stop, I don't think you should be able in power or someone of influence in a large corporation anyways. He should have known better, full stop.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Awwww...thanks! Awful Geese!
IsntChrisL
Member
This guy needs to realize that he played a huge part in getting his friend fired.
Before we go too far down the road of blaming/congratulating the Internet for this it's worth noting that his leaving/termination may have had more to do with his discussing details of an unreleased product than his japes about cities. Even if the always online stuff turns out not to be true, commenting on an unreleased product in any way can easily get you fired. Especially when it's something as big as the next Xbox.
ElRenoRaven
Member
You know that's the truth too. If you're going to be an ass on the net where everyone can see it and it can be captured for an eternity, then you reap what you sow. It's just common sense. So many lack that too as shown yet again with this.
i don't get the point in blaming "the internet". dude was going to get sacked regardless.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Hard to feel bad, how can it be a good idea to post that kinda stuff on twitter? He's an idiot.
A good poster
Banned
Context matters, dude.