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To which ever mod banned Bruce:

I owe you one beer.



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Wow bod...you really broke him in half.



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ClaudeLv250 said:
Wow bod...you really broke him in half.

Well there may be good explanations for his poor grammar and knowledge, but it's rather prevalant and, again, is discouraging precisely because he so pointedly reminds us that he is a professional, a respected industry analyst, and thus his opinions are of greater value.

I've just taken a few examples to stress the point, but they are quite numerous. As another rather amusing example, in the same sentence that he sarcastically refers to someone as a "brian surgeon," he suggests that perhaps they "make halon colliders" in their spare time.

As someone with a strong grasp of particle physics (I am minoring in physics at University), I am quite sure that he meant "Hadron Colliders," which is a particle accelerator in Europe (there is no plural, by the way. It is a singular machine). There is no such thing as a "Halon Collider." Normally, typos can be forgiven if they are simple, one letter mistakes with keys quite near each other, such as "thid" instead of "this." But typing Halon instead of Hadron takes a conscious effort, which means Mr. Everiss almost certainly didn't know how to spell the name, rather than it just being a little slip of the keystroke.

Given that both "brian surgery" and "halon colliders" were terms thrown around with the specific intention of belittling the intelligence of another poster, the errors in both examples are ironic, at the very least. It undermines one's credibility when you make such errors in any case, but particularly so when you are adamant about your professionalism and expertise.



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when you are adamant about your professionalism and expertise, then behave professional. if any of his clients would have read what he says here, i imagine it would not have been good for his reputation by any means.



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Sqrl: sorry for destroying you oh so harmonious ending



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Faxanadu said:
Sqrl: sorry for destroying you oh so harmonious ending

 Np, just edit in a cat pic for each of your posts...don't have to get rid of anything either really.



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Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

why did you ban him? it was so funny.

and I thought the same when I started reading his posts in the topic he created yesterday: a teenager. or even a FAKE profile. because his manners didn't match a 50+ man, who self-proclaims a "video games expert" or whatever.



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