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[Corto]

I knew that. Many people would read the rumors and move on to next things, but he didn't . He decided to do more.

Many people read the rumors and felt that there was something odd on this AfroGunsou guy claiming he had inside knowledge and then fueling conjectures and misinformation. I even asked him directly who was he to make such claims and why should we believe him. We had some PM exchange that doesn't add nothing much more to this whole mess than that he just claimed he was a voice actor that worked for Sony, nothing more specific than that. I didn't knew who he was before, but had I some knowledge of what is that anime that he claimed he worked for and that company FUNimation and I would pursue in trying to know where does this guy coming from. I would not post the images of emails and phone numbers though.

 

[PartTimeWarrior]

Afro deleted his avatar

This is a mess

 

[xKilltheMx]

wow hahaha.
I always take what I hear as a rumor and I guess it paid off.

 

[Hypereides]

Afro deleted his avatar

This is a mess

Hahaha... shit just got real.

 

[Mush]

what the actual fuck

 

[Mpl90]

What the fuck. Why did he feel the need to create this mess of lies. Why

WHY

 

[bakedpony]

I wonder if he'll post and explain himself.

 

[Mush]

This is like some Wii Will Rock U level shit.

 

[Hanmik]

looking at some of his post from earlier today..

damn boy...

 

[grimshawish]

Wow...I don't understand this sort of behaviour...its just creepy.

 

[Takao]

Afro deleted his avatar

This is a mess

He also removed the part about being an "ex-Funimation employee working at one of the big three".

 

[Drencrom]

What the fuck. Why did he feel the need to create this mess of lies. Why

WHY

He probably doesn't like SCEA and Paul Gale that much. Why would anyone spread false rumors like this otherwise?

Afro deleted his avatar

This is a mess

Hahah wow!

 

[qq more]

What was honestly the point of this, Afro Gunsou?

 

[@MUWANdo]

The saddest thing about this whole mess is that it's the only thing that interests me about this game. I would have completely forgotten about it by now if not for all this ridiculous drama.

 

[Canis lupus]

looking at some of his post from earlier today..

damn boy...

What he did was not bad enough and then he acts like this too?

 

[EatChildren]

Thank you for bringing this impersonator and fabricated report to our attention. Locking the thread and updating the op with relevant information.

 

[EatChildren]

Unlocked, bumped, so people see the thread.

 

[Wario64]

Neogaf actively trying to fool game press!

 

[A Pretty Panda]

So did he fooled press?

edit- fuck fuck fuck

 

[Twinduct]

Daaaaaaaaaym.
Roller coaster up in yaaar!

So what's happening to Paul Gale's Tag?

 

[JABEE]

That's not right. Can't you be criminally charged for impersonating someone with the sole intent to fabricate trade secrets?

 

[A Pretty Panda]

He wanted to be famous.

Now he's INFAMOUS

 

[UltimateIke]

Awww... Afro was in the Pokémon threads a lot too. Why would you do something like this? So many lies. So stupid.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Awww... Afro was in the Pokémon threads a lot too. Why would you do something like this? So many lies. So stupid.

Gale knows how to fire some people up. ^^

 

[Twinduct]

He wanted to be famous.

Now he's INFAMOUS

Suckerpunch might want a word with him now ..

 

[SteveWinwood]

What a dum dum mcgoo.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Yeesh.
As if Paul Gale's questionable claims of being a voice actor weren't enough.

 

[Sephiroth503]

Detective GAF is the best.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Yeesh.
As if Paul Gale's questionable claims of being a voice actor weren't enough.

When did this happen?

 

[Graphics Horse]

When did this happen?

http://paulgalenetwork.com/home/about-paul/

 

[fabricated backlash]

That's not right. Can't you be criminally charged for impersonating someone with the sole intent to fabricate trade secrets?

Yep, even impersonating someone is illegal. At least here in the EU impersonating someone online is illegal.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

http://paulgalenetwork.com/home/about-paul/

Maybe he has a role in PSASBR?

 

[Mpl90]

Yep, even impersonating someone is illegal. At least here in the EU impersonating someone online is illegal.

And he did this for...what? Being a jerk towards SCEA and Paul Gale because...?
Seriously, we need to know why, it's just absurd what happened. :lol

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

I knew that. Many people would read the rumors and move on to next things, but he didn't . He decided to do more.

He only decided to do more once the guy claimed to be the voice actor, then he reached out to Jerry to determine the legitimacy of afro being him. This place has a lot of industry people but afro never proved his credentials, thus someone researched it further. To make matters worse he claimed to be a specific person which is the bigger crime than spreading a frabricated story.

 

[SSReborn]

Deception, Disgraaaace...

 

[WinFonda]

This is so weird.

 

[enzo_gt]

What a big fat PHONY.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Deception, Disgraaaace...

Why didn't I think of that?

I've been listening to this recently

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eNFgN7hMWs

 

[fabricated backlash]

And he did this for...what? Being a jerk towards SCEA and Paul Gale because...?
Seriously, we need to know why, it's just absurd what happened. :lol

What's even more distressing is how people here reacted to this. Disgusting.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

What a random thing to lie about. Dude's got problems.

 

[PartTimeWarrior]

Afro was a pawn sent from Microsoft to derail PSASBR into a rumor mill

Microsoft confirmed to be making their own All-Stars game

 

[SniperHunter]

unbelievable.....glad he got permabanned. Good detective work tako

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I still don't get the idea of people lying on 'teh interwebs'. What do they get out of it? Is it personal satisfaction of pretending to be someone else? Is it the joy of getting all the attention that you crave? Ever wonder what would happen when the someone calls you out on your bullshit?

Jeez.

 

[Hanmik]

unbelievable...what a loser. Glad he got permabanned. Good detective work tako

you mean "Sovietprince"..

 

[Napalm_Frank]

unbelievable...what a loser. Glad he got permabanned. Good detective work soviet prince

fix'd

 

[Mpl90]

What's even more distressing is how people here reacted to this. Disgusting.

Now that I think about it, seeing someone called "fabricated backlash" posting in a thread about a fabricated report which actually cause a "fabricated" backlash...Irony at its finest.

 

[Wario64]

I still don't get the idea of people lying on 'teh interwebs'. What do they get out of it? Is it personal satisfaction of pretending to be someone else? Is it the joy of getting all the attention that you crave? Ever wonder what would happen when the someone calls you out on your bullshit?

Jeez.

It's pretty childish. It's ashamed that this made it on to the forum

 

[SniperHunter]

It's pretty childish. It's ashamed that this made it on to the forum

looking at his post history, its obvious he was a nintendo fan....so it doesn't surprise me (since most nfans are up in arms about this game)

 

[SSReborn]

looking at his post history, its obvious he was a nintendo fan....so it doesn't surprise me (since most nfans are up in arms about this game)

Still doesn't really explain why he faked his identity he was even doing it in the Toonami thread which was completely unrelated to this.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Still doesn't really explain why he faked his identity he was even doing it in the Toonami thread which was completely unrelated to this.

You have to convince people that you're "someone special" by creating a post history pretending to be that "someone special".