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Giant Bomb Thread #4: A thread of perceived slights

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Maybe this thread should have been called "Brad Isn't Leaving". Or we could've gone all in and called it "Brad Is Leaving" so everyone would know the joke after a month or two.
 
Jeff seems to take the position that because there is a vocal asshole contingent that there is no valid criticism involved. There's always perfectly legitimate arguments made on both sides of the coin and you gotta just filter the idiots out.
 
Jeff's tumblr is gold. It can veer wildly between hilarious and serious but it's always quality.

Now Patrick, on the other hand, hates formspring
 
Jintor said:
Jeff's tumblr is gold. It can veer wildly between hilarious and serious but it's always quality.
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I just wish Jeff would answer my very serious question on who did the better job portraying the other in the movie Face/Off- Cage as Travolta or Travolta as Cage.

Probably more of a Ryan Davis or Alex Navarro question, though.
 
There's a lot of truth to that, but he probably shouldn't respond to stuff like that in the future considering he doesn't know the full story. Like he said in another response - he doesn't pay attention to what other people are bickering about, so I think it would make sense to just not get involved.
 
DaBuddaDa said:
Jeff seems to take the position that because there is a vocal asshole contingent that there is no valid criticism involved. There's always perfectly legitimate arguments made on both sides of the coin and you gotta just filter the idiots out.
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I'd imagine that's easier said than done, even after years of practice. It's like that at any job, some day a random asshole will just get to you. Only on the Internet, it's probably that x 1000 in terms of quantity and nastiness. Sometimes you just want to vent on the asshole.
 
DaBuddaDa said:
Jeff seems to take the position that because there is a vocal asshole contingent that there is no valid criticism involved. There's always perfectly legitimate arguments made on both sides of the coin and you gotta just filter the idiots out.
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Yes, because:

Jeff Gerstmann said:
so why is it a surprise that when people attempt to feed someone a shit sandwich that someone doesn’t exactly feel compelled to listen to that person’s argument even if there might be some merit to it
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obviously means that he feels that these people never have a point.
 
DaBuddaDa said:
Right, he's arguing that, because some people are assholes, their argument shouldn't be considered, not that they don't have a point.
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I think he's more arguing that "you'd be more likely not to be met with rampant hostility if you weren't an asshole about it."
 
oh I totally forgot about the need for little guys to need to have the mods submit their images, now they're gonna think I'm a fucking asshole
 
ultron87 said:
I think he's more arguing that "you'd be more likely not to be met with rampant hostility if you weren't an asshole about it."
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The problem is, in "internet" outrage, there's no stopping the assholes mixing in with the legitimate people. It isn't a 1 on 1 interaction like his restaurant analogy. It's not their fault the assholes agree with them.
 
ultron87 said:
I think he's more arguing that "you'd be more likely not to be met with rampant hostility if you weren't an asshole about it."
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And I think that in the vast majority of these situations, the asshole ratio is exponentially far less than one side consistently makes it out to be for purposes of acting condesending.
 
Felix Lighter said:
Yup, I'll be checking it out at some point for sure. The Quick Look was hilarious but the game also looked surprisingly compelling. I'll be keeping an extra close eye on any racing game sales on Steam in the future. I already have a few in my library but they're more arcadey style.
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Don't bother with Shift, you'll hate yourself. Also don't get F1 2012, if you want an F1 experience go with 2011.

Typographenia said:
Jeff freaking kicks butt and takes names on tumblr.
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Oh this is fantastic!
 
He seems to just be saying that if you have a rational argument against something that you want to be heard and accounted for you should present it rationally. By presenting a rational argument with emotional or sensational language you trigger people's natural tendency to filter out or discredit extreme positions. What he is saying is true in my eyes, however there is also an equal responsibility placed on the people taking in information if they are going to rebut it to put in the effort to disseminate the ridiculous from the legitimate. It's lazy and unflattering to spew hate, but it is also lazy and unflattering to unfairly generalize opinion and condemn people who try to express themselves the way they ought to just because there are a lot of assholes that share that person's opinion with less tact.
 
I just passed out for like three hours and had the weirdest dream/nightmare.

Jeff and Ryan were doing a stream of Deadly Premonition, except it had co-op. York and Zach were riding horses around a field and beating up zombies. I for some reason had control of the stream password and made it Swery65. Then Ryan was somehow in the actual game and he was getting devoured by the handstanding zombies and I was laughing my ass off. I laughed so hard I woke myself up.

This is what I get for listening to the bombcast while sleeping.
 
Crewnh said:
I just passed out for like three hours and had the weirdest dream/nightmare.

Jeff and Ryan were doing a stream of Deadly Premonition, except it had co-op. York and Zach were riding horses around a field and beating up zombies. I for some reason had control of the stream password and made it Swery65. Then Ryan was somehow in the actual game and he was getting devoured by the handstanding zombies and I was laughing my ass off. I laughed so hard I woke myself up.

This is what I get for listening to the bombcast while sleeping.
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O_O
 
Vinny emerges from the showers. Suddenly, Brad appears behind a plume of steam.

Brad:
Emails?

Vinny: More like...

Before Vinny can finish his sentence, a giant luchadeer appears!

Brad:
....

Vinny:
....

Luchadeer:
Yip.
 
I...

I picked the worst time to check back into this thread, didn't I?

Anyway, I genuinely like watching and listening to Jeff talk about Skylanders. He actually sounds incredibly enthusiastic about the entire thing, and sometimes he talks about it to the point where I completely get why it's so popular. Kids love these things (not so much Giants, but the stuff before that), and how it's marketed (with the store-exclusive products and the gotta literally catch 'em all aspect) is kind of genius in a way? Kids could take the figures around with them any time they want and play with them like regular figures, or they could use them at home with the game.

It's certainly a clever product. I'm more impressed than anything else despite being not very interested in it myself.
 
Ozone said:
You guys are the worst.
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I thought it was funny, Crewnh. That's likely more due to the horses and punching, though.
 
brianmcdoogle said:
Slowly, Brad reaches for the flightstick.

Vinny:
There's only one way this baby will fly...

Drew steps into view. The scarf around his neck flings in the cool breeze of the morning.

Drew:
Yes, comrades. It's time for a lesson.
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