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Microsoft decided to deal with it.
Snarky? More like douchey.
I'm sure Microsoft were capable of reaching that decision all on their own without any input from the spectators. Mistakes were made, people resigned.
<3Microsoft does not comment on rumors and speculation.
When its linked to your job or employer then it very much is, he was foolish to act like he did and he brought a boat load of shit to msft door. He made a massive error, people pay with their jobs everyday for similar goofs.
what are non-disclosure agreements
When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
What you guys need to realize before you go on one of these heroic crusades for internet justice is this. You guys acted like a bunch a manbabies on the internet, causing this huge uproar because some dude said some dumb shit. Your uproar got so big, that you got this man fired; and for what? Because he said a thing that you disagreed with, not a important social issue or something like this that would warrant such an outrage. No, you got him fired because of his opinion on gaming...
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
All I can hope for is for some of you, before you post stuff like this, think about what you are actually upset about. Are videogames really a thing to devote your venom and hate towards?
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
LMAOWhen I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
What you guys need to realize before you go on one of these heroic crusades for internet justice is this. You guys acted like a bunch a manbabies on the internet, causing this huge uproar because some dude said some dumb shit. Your uproar got so big, that you got this man fired; and for what? Because he said a thing that you disagreed with, not a important social issue or something like this that would warrant such an outrage. No, you got him fired because of his opinion on gaming...
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
All I can hope for is for some of you, before you post stuff like this, think about what you are actually upset about. Are videogames really a thing to devote your venom and hate towards?
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
It does also seem that Adam Orth was something of a patsy for Microsoft's failures in Durango PR.
When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
What you guys need to realize before you go on one of these heroic crusades for internet justice is this. You guys acted like a bunch a manbabies on the internet, causing this huge uproar because some dude said some dumb shit. Your uproar got so big, that you got this man fired; and for what? Because he said a thing that you disagreed with, not a important social issue or something like this that would warrant such an outrage. No, you got him fired because of his opinion on gaming...
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
All I can hope for is for some of you, before you post stuff like this, think about what you are actually upset about. Are videogames really a thing to devote your venom and hate towards?
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
You could've just asked man.When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
You could've just asked man.
When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home.
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
What you guys need to realize before you go on one of these heroic crusades for internet justice is this. You guys acted like a bunch a manbabies on the internet, causing this huge uproar because some dude said some dumb shit. Your uproar got so big, that you got this man fired; and for what? Because he said a thing that you disagreed with, not a important social issue or something like this that would warrant such an outrage. No, you got him fired because of his opinion on gaming...
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
All I can hope for is for some of you, before you post stuff like this, think about what you are actually upset about. Are videogames really a thing to devote your venom and hate towards?
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
Yes, it does, it wasn't your marker and all these years later you still can't admit that, yes, it was right you were called a thief because that's exactly what you were.When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
What you guys need to realize before you go on one of these heroic crusades for internet justice is this. You guys acted like a bunch a manbabies on the internet, causing this huge uproar because some dude said some dumb shit. Your uproar got so big, that you got this man fired; and for what? Because he said a thing that you disagreed with, not a important social issue or something like this that would warrant such an outrage. No, you got him fired because of his opinion on gaming...
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
All I can hope for is for some of you, before you post stuff like this, think about what you are actually upset about. Are videogames really a thing to devote your venom and hate towards?
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
You guys got a man fired from a really good job because of videogames. NeoGAF is funny
When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
What you guys need to realize before you go on one of these heroic crusades for internet justice is this. You guys acted like a bunch a manbabies on the internet, causing this huge uproar because some dude said some dumb shit. Your uproar got so big, that you got this man fired; and for what? Because he said a thing that you disagreed with, not a important social issue or something like this that would warrant such an outrage. No, you got him fired because of his opinion on gaming...
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
All I can hope for is for some of you, before you post stuff like this, think about what you are actually upset about. Are videogames really a thing to devote your venom and hate towards?
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
Markers, man. We talking about markers. And shit breath.What in the actual fuck are you talking about.
Did I just get chastised by a filthy thief?When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
What you guys need to realize before you go on one of these heroic crusades for internet justice is this. You guys acted like a bunch a manbabies on the internet, causing this huge uproar because some dude said some dumb shit. Your uproar got so big, that you got this man fired; and for what? Because he said a thing that you disagreed with, not a important social issue or something like this that would warrant such an outrage. No, you got him fired because of his opinion on gaming...
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
All I can hope for is for some of you, before you post stuff like this, think about what you are actually upset about. Are videogames really a thing to devote your venom and hate towards?
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
Microsoft got him fired. Suggesting that "the internet" or "neogaf" got him fired is just fucking ludicrous.
When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
What you guys need to realize before you go on one of these heroic crusades for internet justice is this. You guys acted like a bunch a manbabies on the internet, causing this huge uproar because some dude said some dumb shit. Your uproar got so big, that you got this man fired; and for what? Because he said a thing that you disagreed with, not a important social issue or something like this that would warrant such an outrage. No, you got him fired because of his opinion on gaming...
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
All I can hope for is for some of you, before you post stuff like this, think about what you are actually upset about. Are videogames really a thing to devote your venom and hate towards?
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
Dude no we have the power. Who's unpopular right now? Let's make them jobless.
Dude no we have the power. Who's unpopular right now? Let's make them jobless.
When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
What you guys need to realize before you go on one of these heroic crusades for internet justice is this. You guys acted like a bunch a manbabies on the internet, causing this huge uproar because some dude said some dumb shit. Your uproar got so big, that you got this man fired; and for what? Because he said a thing that you disagreed with, not a important social issue or something like this that would warrant such an outrage. No, you got him fired because of his opinion on gaming...
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
All I can hope for is for some of you, before you post stuff like this, think about what you are actually upset about. Are videogames really a thing to devote your venom and hate towards?
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
Dude no we have the power. Who's unpopular right now? Let's make them jobless.
Dude no we have the power. Who's unpopular right now? Let's make them jobless.
The irony is he's feeding the delusion that the internet can fire someone, that it has nothing to do with someone's conduct as an employee.
according to some, we have the power to lay off people now?! Quick, someone make a thread and let's clean up the gaming scene starting with bad game journalists.
When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
What you guys need to realize before you go on one of these heroic crusades for internet justice is this. You guys acted like a bunch a manbabies on the internet, causing this huge uproar because some dude said some dumb shit. Your uproar got so big, that you got this man fired; and for what? Because he said a thing that you disagreed with, not a important social issue or something like this that would warrant such an outrage. No, you got him fired because of his opinion on gaming...
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
All I can hope for is for some of you, before you post stuff like this, think about what you are actually upset about. Are videogames really a thing to devote your venom and hate towards?
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
.Markers man.
They'd probably just find another puppet in his place. I'd rather all the generals lost their jobs and suddenly Kim Jong Un has no choice but to make peace with the entire world.Kim Jong Un.
While I agree it's probably a bit of a grey area, his defensive tweets did almost immediately give a lot of people the impression that the next XBox would be online-only. In that sense I can see how, even if unintentionally, that could be a breach of his NDA. Indirect confirmation this is a (unpopular), mandatory feature in a still officially unrevealed console, which is still just as bad if it turns out that recent VGleaks saying the exact opposite about the next XBox turns out true instead.This is the one thing that would make sense for him to lose his job over. It'd be a really weird non-disclosure agreement to include not talking about always on devices however, since he never actually confirmed the Durango would be always online (and we now know it won't be.) But sure, it's possible he had an NDA saying "Don't talk about always on devices even though we're not making one."
Yes, the internet is at fault for Adam Orth's poor thought processes and decision making skills with regard to online conduct despite professing to be adept at being always-online. The internet made Adam Orth make inflammatory and perhaps revelatory comments in a public manner about a billion dollar project to which he was presumably under non-disclosure, at exactly the time a rumor had come out about said project. Poor Adam Orth, what with no personal control of your actions you really shouldn't have to take any personal responsibility for your life choices. I mean the internet controls all of that. Shame on you, internet, you devilish puppet-master you. But you're still awesome. Sweet Billy said so.Because it's not true. Guy made a few snarky comments about always on devices, there is no logical reason that should be a resignation worthy event.
People overreacting and blowing what he said completely out of proportion is what caused him to lose his job.
EviLore already shot that one down today.
EviLore already shot that one down today.
When I was a kid this stinky weird kid saw me take a marker from my teacher so I could use it at home. The next morning before I put the marker back my teacher with horrible shit breath and a fupa the size of small bean bag searched my bag and found the marker. She yelled at me, informed my mom I was a thief, and gave me detention for a week.
I took the marker so it was my fault right? Yes it was
Does taking a single marker without permission for 16 hours actually matter? No it does not
Should that kid just have kept his mouth shut? Hell yes, this kid thought he was being some sort of hero for his teacher. Instead all it did was make my life suck for a couple weeks and my mom possibly think I was a thief. All because of a mother fucking marker...
What you guys need to realize before you go on one of these heroic crusades for internet justice is this. You guys acted like a bunch a manbabies on the internet, causing this huge uproar because some dude said some dumb shit. Your uproar got so big, that you got this man fired; and for what? Because he said a thing that you disagreed with, not a important social issue or something like this that would warrant such an outrage. No, you got him fired because of his opinion on gaming...
What if he goes home and kills himself? You guys don't know him, he could be depressed. What if he flips out and hurts someone? You don't know if he has mental issues.
All I can hope for is for some of you, before you post stuff like this, think about what you are actually upset about. Are videogames really a thing to devote your venom and hate towards?
Please don't pretend either that GAF didn't get this man fired either. You absolutely did.
The "boo, boo GAF!" agenda is so transparent and dull. Like this place is some organised, militant group of degenerate internet heathens out to ruin lives. It's a public form. Like Twitter. Like Facebook. Like the rest. Expose and make a poor example of yourself and people will pick up on it, and it will probably spread, especially if you're a celebrity name of any sort, or are speaking in association with a well known organisation.
Maybe one day people will wake up and realise this before behaving poorly on the most accessible, connected, and wide spread information sharing network in human history. Stop treating the internet as your personal safe haven soapbox. Stop disassociating yourself from your own behavior and blaming others for the way it spirals out of control. How many people have a sense of pride over their hundreds, if not thousands, of Twitter and Facebook followers, then refuse to be held accountable when these followers pick up on poor behavior?
Make yourself public, and everything you say becomes public. There's no other spin. You are single handedly responsible for your behavior. If you don't want this shit to happen, lock your profiles down to private access, or don't use the internet as a platform for your rants, arguments, and debates.
It's sad when shit like this happens. It's sad when people are bullied online. But at the end of the day, you should have known better.
No, I think he was fired because the response was widespread bad publicity. If there had been zero response, his actions alone would not have gotten him fired. Thus, the firing was a direct result of how certain people chose to respond to those actions. That's not to say that the response wasn't predictable or, to some degree, justified.
Since markers are equivalent to millions in PR, why not.Markers are cars.
I honestly think it's a bit harsh. MS should have made him publicly apologize but that's about it. This whole deal will be forgotten in a week anyways because the latest rumor is that Durango is not even always online.
Because of that?
I honestly think it's a bit harsh. MS should have made him publicly apologize but that's about it. This whole deal will be forgotten in a week anyways because the latest rumor is that Durango is not even always online.
Yeah, and that's not really fair to anyone. I understand that it's how things work, but the post I replied to above said that there's no other way to look at it than to associate Adam Orth's tweets with Microsoft. Except that's not how I look at it at all.
People tweet about their lives, they shoot the shit with their friends, they try to make jokes and fail. It's all normal twitter stuff until one day your opinion rubs someone the wrong way.
There's so little room for error when that happens. You make one poorly worded or ill conceived reply to someone and you're instantly on forums and game sites before you can react. It's actually a little frightening how easily this could happen to any well-meaning person.
We'll all learn before long I guess. My strategy so far has been to block anyone that looks like a customer of my employer. It caused some "<Employer> sucks, how can anyone block their customers??" on forums, but at the end of the day it's my personal account and I don't get paid to deal with customers.
26 pages? Whow...
IMHO, this is pretty simple:
If you're insulting your customers, diss everyone living in rural areas and (according to numerous sources) you're an all-around asshole...WTF do you expect?
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The great thing about the Internet is:
If you're doing good, if you genuinely care about your customers and you're honest and open in your approach, no amount of marketing or PR will come close to the Internet Word Of Mouth(TM) (GAF, numerous other sites, etc.). You'll be treated like royalty.
On the other, if you're pulling an Adam Orth thing...people will destroy you. Simple as that.
Just went over this thing with my wife who is as PC as you can get and her response was he shouldn't be fired for having a sense of humor, lol
Anyway TeamFire is losing this battle right now unless they can prove his actions are having a negative affect on MS.
This episode will be directly responsible for MS having to do the controlled leak via VGleaks about the BC and 2 boxes yesterday so as to do damage limitation..
He will have forced their hand into an early reveal of key features which they wanted as a shock and awe for the official event.
Of course he had to go.