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Oculus Co-Founder and Rift Creator Palmer Luckey Departs Facebook
- Thread starter Tom Nook Sawyer
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EekumBokum
Member
Took longer than it should've.
Knuckle Sandwich
Member
Fuck that guy. And fuck facebook and oculus for taking so long.
afternoon delight
Member
Yeah. I mean, at least total dismissal is occurring but I wish it had happened sooner and with less kind words- in fact no kind words at all.
Good riddance..that screwy little rat finally get the boot.
Yeah, timing is unlikely to be coincidence.
keltickennedy
Member
Why do people hate him?
I haven't really been following anything about it.
I haven't really been following anything about it.
They figured the crowds had disperssed and it was finally safe for them to slip him out of the side door.
geeeeeeet fucked Facebook, Occulus... Geeeeeet Fuuuuucked Palmer Lucky.
I won't tell you. but I do encourage you to read up on it.
That was the other thing that confused me. Are you really going to come out and say shit is fake when you know the reporter likely saved those emails? I was pretty confused like there was a missing piece to this whole ordeal, but it seemed to die after that.
Maybe he was so upset with the FB acquisition he decided to take one for the team and tank his own reputation as well as Oculus's. It would make the last 12-18 months make much more sense.
Are you serious? Google is a thing.
thepenguin55
Member
As far as I'm aware there's nothing about what he did that's illegal, it's just gross. So it may have been difficult for Facebook to legally fire him outright. Also, things playing out how they did I would guess to have actually had a softer impact on their stock (not sure if their stock was impacted at all tbo). My guess is that either his contract was up or now that the Bethesda suit is (mostly) over they finally pressured him to step down or resign.
I get that but it was just the fact that this story didn't blow up like it should have was baffling to me. Gizmodo was kind of the only outlet who even really tried to make what Palmer did the big story it should have been
no he want to engage you, and talk about the issue, and maybe discuss it a bit. and then finally explain his position for why he ultimately disagrees. But no one could have guessed, because he hasn't really been keeping up with it.
and you can't do that to google.
CarbonFire
Member
Google "Palmer Luckey Nimble Rich Man"
Very, very likely. It's probably also why they just disappeared him for so long, just waiting out his contract.
keltickennedy
Member
The Nimble America thing turned out to be him?
Oh boy....Jesus. Welp....fuck that guy.
They legit let him ride out his contract. Both FB & Oculus can eat dirt, fuck em.
Buy that boy a pair of Timbs and force him to wear them 24/7.
Azure Dream
Member
I know it was done on Page 1 in text form, but
PodcastFips
Member
I am actually surprised they allowed that goof to continue his work for 3 years. Anything he said in public backfired immediately.
Hahah that's that real punishment right there.
Bony Manifesto
Member
You wanted them to pay him a no-doubt astronomical sum to terminate his contract early?
Did he actually do anything except be the face of Oculus? Did he have any actual responsibilities?
Isn't that what they do with novice sumo wrestlers?
Soldiussnaku
Member
meanspartan
Member
True, but it is also true he was undeniably important in kickstarting (heh) the modern day push for VR.
VR has seemingly not taken the world (or even just the gaming industry) by storm, so who knows how significant it will be considered though.
How astronomical are we talking here? No other way to let go based on damage to public image or similar? Also, I don't know what I want half the time lol.
thepenguin55
Member
This seems most plausible to me. My guess is Facebook probably wanted to fire him but doing so at that time would've caused them more issues. In fact, I would not have been surprised if this was related to the Bethesda suit.
CarbonFire
Member
Cheaper and less onerous than firing him on the spot and going through long, and very public court proceedings.
Think of it this way.....we can stop talking about Palmer faster now.
IAmtheFMan
Member
Good. I think people need to give the Rift more chances.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
To be honest considering how long they kept him around to sully the brand I don't really have an interest. He fucked me off when he lied about VR pricing. He fucked me off again when he lied about exclusive deals. It's been nothing but a trail of bullshit so they've got some serious work to do before I give them a second thought.
Hit your $300 target, then drop the exclusive crap and I'll give it some thought but as it stands the Vive is all the more tempting because they were straight with us the whole time, from announcement to release.
Hit your $300 target, then drop the exclusive crap and I'll give it some thought but as it stands the Vive is all the more tempting because they were straight with us the whole time, from announcement to release.
Various Artists
Banned
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
Member
Good riddance. He's a piece of shit.
The damage is already done for OR for me though. PSVR and Vive are the two I'm targeting.
The damage is already done for OR for me though. PSVR and Vive are the two I'm targeting.
Most likely they were content to just keep him in the background until the Zenimax verdict came in and Palmer was one of the major reasons why Zenimax won as much money as they did.
No coincidence that its near the end for standard contracts (fiscal year) and recently off the verdict (in business timescale)
He sullied the company's name with this alt-right advertising, failed in PR at various points AND directly cause them to lose a lawsuit because he broke NDAs.
No coincidence that its near the end for standard contracts (fiscal year) and recently off the verdict (in business timescale)
He sullied the company's name with this alt-right advertising, failed in PR at various points AND directly cause them to lose a lawsuit because he broke NDAs.
Understood. Sounds good to me.
We did it GAF! First JonTron and now Palmer Luckey.
Everyone who stands in our way will be quickly disposed with some posts and retweets.
Believe.
This is what it looks like to be a key player.
Bony Manifesto
Member
We don't know the specifics of the deal, but considering billions of dollars were at stake, I think we can safely assume it was as close to watertight as you can get, and all parties were pretty solidly wedded to each other for the period of the contract.