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Props to Patrick Klepek there for calling out that non-apology.
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Factually incorrect, speculative and way too personal. Hence my need to put the record straight.
I'm not calling for a witch hunt for Pete Dodd. Whatever issues we have are between he and I. What I am doing is protecting my professional integrity by correcting comments which ended up being posted as news on games industry websites. Websites that are read by my potential employers. Really, I'm not too worried about people talking about me on forums - my work has been praised and criticised over the years by loads of people - what I'm concerned about is when posts on forums become personally damaging.
which is why Patrick's calling him out at all
Patrick's absolutely right, but unless I'm missing something we don't really see him doing this when established games writers are being shitty.
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It's not an official retirement yet.
Now it is.
It's not an official retirement yet.
Now it is.
This is a good postCol, is there anything the community can do to help your son - contribute to medical bills or what have you?
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Given that emotions are a little charged right now, I don't really want to weigh in too heavily and offer what may come across as an official NeoGAF position on this right now, but I really wanted to single out that this is not a good justification for offering hearsay. Without speaking specifically about mortimer, I think it should be pretty obvious that any legit or pseudo insiders have at least some responsibility to exercise discretion in what they pass along.
He has.
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We never think about the real victims in bannings, do wenooooooooo my tag for him....
gone....
It's not an official retirement yet.
Now it is.
nooooooooo my tag for him....
gone....
In all fairness, you see Pete's name a lot as a "GAF Insider" on N4G article links and the tweet could just be a response to a wider range of backlash and not solely about this particular incident.
That being said, if he hasn't apologized already he certainly should.
EDIT: Also, I only have so much sympathy for someone who puts them self out there giving information (true or not) in highly contentious fanboy waters. I currently have the tiniest piece of what could be technically considered insider information about a totally unrelated topic but I'm sure as hell not putting anything out there because my skin is way too thin.
I wanted to give a clearer picture, that his intention was different.
His choice of words was also wrong, but as I said, he gave what he heard.
nooooooooo my tag for him....
gone....
It's not an official retirement yet.
Now it is.
rip "i'm not famousanymortimer" 2014-2014We never think about the real victims in bannings, do we
nooooooooo my tag for him....
gone....
It's not an official retirement yet.
Now it is.
nooooooooo my tag for him....
gone....
Given that emotions are a little charged right now, I don't really want to weigh in too heavily and offer what may come across as an official NeoGAF position on this right now, but I really wanted to single out that this is not a good justification for offering hearsay. Without speaking specifically about mortimer, I think it should be pretty obvious that any legit or pseudo insiders have at least some responsibility to exercise discretion in what they pass along.
rip "i'm not famousanymortimer" 2014-2014
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You just had to get that in there, didn't you?
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Now I HAVE to tweet this to him.rip "i'm not famousanymortimer" 2014-2014
It's not an official retirement yet.
Now it is.
It's not an official retirement yet.
Now it is.
Col, is there anything the community can do to help your son - contribute to medical bills or what have you?
i felt pretty clever even if cyan was the one who brought up the shia thing firstYou just had to get that in there, didn't you?
rip "i'm not famousanymortimer" 2014-2014