Utterly, utterly shameless.
Comments are back up now, along with the stance they took of why they deleted them.
http://www.polygon.com/2012/10/30/3575978/halo-4-avatar-costume-offered-free-from-u-k-pizza-huts
Wouldn't the opposite inference be true?Man, you don't get out much do you?
It probably was a news submit by Wario64.
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So why change the image if you were fine with the 'story'?Guys, there's no controversy here. We decided to run a post, via EGM, that Pizza Hut was offering a prize to UK customers. Readers like to know when they can win free stuff, so we ran a post. There is no advertorial here since we weren't paid to put the piece up. Perhaps you didn't think the piece was newsworthy well, that's fine. I encourage you to let us know at feedback@polygon.com and we'll use that feedback to influence our editorial direction.
What we won't allow is to have a bunch of people invade the comments and accuse us of wrongdoing. It's off-topic, and it's not helpful. If you want to believe there's a controversy behind everything, that's fine. We have a public ethics statement and we stick by it. If that's not enough for you to believe, then I'm sorry.
In short, we welcome your feedback, but in an appropriate venue. The comments thread of an article isn't that venue.
Sorry for being "that guy" but if someone's giving away a free avatar don't you think it's a good thing to let people who might be interested in it know about it?
I know saying "lol journalism" is the in thing right now and these articles maybe take things a little too far but part of the story here is "there's a free Halo 4 avatar available if you enter this contest". Personally, I'm happy to be told that because it means they've helped me get something for free when I otherwise wouldn't have known.
It seems some are too keen to get the flaming torches and pitchforks out now because of recent events. Chill out a little.
If you're going to start claiming that reporting on a press release isn't news then maybe you shouldn't read any newspaper ever because that's sort of how some stories work.
I wouldn't have minded the post so much if the author decided to inject some personality, flavour and even a teeeeeny little bit of flair into it. It's like they really could not be bothered. Instead, it just reads like a load of inane-PR-babble. Do this, do that.
Why'd you change the picture?Guys, there's no controversy here. We decided to run a post, via EGM, that Pizza Hut was offering a prize to UK customers. Readers like to know when they can win free stuff, so we ran a post. There is no advertorial here since we weren't paid to put the piece up. Perhaps you didn't think the piece was newsworthy well, that's fine. I encourage you to let us know at feedback@polygon.com and we'll use that feedback to influence our editorial direction.
What we won't allow is to have a bunch of people invade the comments and accuse us of wrongdoing. It's off-topic, and it's not helpful. If you want to believe there's a controversy behind everything, that's fine. We have a public ethics statement and we stick by it. If that's not enough for you to believe, then I'm sorry.
In short, we welcome your feedback, but in an appropriate venue. The comments thread of an article isn't that venue.
dave is ok is a gaffer i believe.
And now they've locked the thread. Classy.
It's a pretty damn blatant violation of the ethics statement, and makes aforementioned statement redundant.
Halo 4, doritos, mountain dew and pizza. I'm in heaven!
Where no one else can see it......
The game changer turned out to be censorship.
Microsoft Kickstarted it.
Guys, there's no controversy here. We decided to run a post, via EGM, that Pizza Hut was offering a prize to UK customers. Readers like to know when they can win free stuff, so we ran a post. There is no advertorial here since we weren't paid to put the piece up. Perhaps you didn't think the piece was newsworthy well, that's fine. I encourage you to let us know at feedback@polygon.com and we'll use that feedback to influence our editorial direction.
What we won't allow is to have a bunch of people invade the comments and accuse us of wrongdoing. It's off-topic, and it's not helpful. If you want to believe there's a controversy behind everything, that's fine. We have a public ethics statement and we stick by it. If that's not enough for you to believe, then I'm sorry.
In short, we welcome your feedback, but in an appropriate venue. The comments thread of an article isn't that venue.
Comments are back up now, along with the stance they took of why they deleted them.
http://www.polygon.com/2012/10/30/3575978/halo-4-avatar-costume-offered-free-from-u-k-pizza-huts
Honestly, if this is what you people are so angry over, you should stop going to gaming sites immediately. Cuz it's only gon' get worse from here.
Guys, there's no controversy here. We decided to run a post, via EGM, that Pizza Hut was offering a prize to UK customers. Readers like to know when they can win free stuff, so we ran a post. There is no advertorial here since we weren't paid to put the piece up. Perhaps you didn't think the piece was newsworthy – well, that's fine. I encourage you to let us know at feedback@polygon.com and we'll use that feedback to influence our editorial direction.
What we won't allow is to have a bunch of people invade the comments and accuse us of wrongdoing. It's off-topic, and it's not helpful. If you want to believe there's a controversy behind everything, that's fine. We have a public ethics statement and we stick by it. If that's not enough for you to believe, then I'm sorry.
In short, we welcome your feedback, but in an appropriate venue. The comments thread of an article isn't that venue.
Sup guys.
This where we talk about the future of games journalism?
Polygon
RockstarGames.com
CTRL-C, CTRL-V, edit... aaand done.
I laughed in the other thread over how bad the site is but what makes this site so special? It has received so much attention, look like shitty gaming site #3058
So why change the image if you were fine with the 'story'?
Why'd you change the picture?
The problem is that Polygon was advertised as a "revolution in games journalism", and here we are, barely a week after launch and you get caught copying a press release for an advertisement. Which, let's be honest, is what the article was about: announcing an advertisement.Guys, there's no controversy here. We decided to run a post, via EGM, that Pizza Hut was offering a prize to UK customers. Readers like to know when they can win free stuff, so we ran a post. There is no advertorial here since we weren't paid to put the piece up. Perhaps you didn't think the piece was newsworthy well, that's fine. I encourage you to let us know at feedback@polygon.com and we'll use that feedback to influence our editorial direction.
What we won't allow is to have a bunch of people invade the comments and accuse us of wrongdoing. It's off-topic, and it's not helpful. If you want to believe there's a controversy behind everything, that's fine. We have a public ethics statement and we stick by it. If that's not enough for you to believe, then I'm sorry.
In short, we welcome your feedback, but in an appropriate venue. The comments thread of an article isn't that venue.
Wouldn't the opposite inference be true?
Pizzas are free at Pizza Hut now? Good to know.Sorry for being "that guy" but if someone's giving away a free avatar don't you think it's a good thing to let people who might be interested in it know about it?