Following Twitter Tirade, Microsoft Creative Director Adam Orth No Longer With Microsoft

[kitler53]

kain_kusanagi said:

kitler53 said:

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stop being naive.  this has nothing to do with fanboys.

as a publicly known employee of MS he made a public comment about an MS product and directly insulted a portion of the MS consumer base.

..i don't know what MS does but i have yearly (online) training specifically to learn not to do stupid shit like this.  had i done anything similar i would be fired, guaranteed.

He never used the word Xbox or even eluded to the next Xbox. He also didn't insult anyone with a sense of humor.

The ONLY reason it got out of hand was because fanboys blew it out of proportion as if he confirmed rumors, which he didn't.

Of course employees need to be carefull what they say on the internet, but the guy didn't say anything that reasonable person would bother to repeat. It's the fanboys who took what he said and ran with it to the point that MS had to respond. Now the poor guy is out a job because some people take fanboy console wars too seriously.

i would never ever say  the "why would i live there" comment.  but then again, i deal with my customer base daily and i know how to act like a professional.