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Somini on 21 January 2014
kowenicki said:
Somini said:
We're used to these Microsoft tricks by now. Pff so pathetic that this is their standard!

Seriously?  Get off your high horse.

I doubt there is any major corporation that hasnt at some time used shills or covert marketing techniques.  hell Sony has a massive army of unpaid ones. lol

oh look...

LOS ANGELES - A judge approved an agreement calling for Sony Pictures Entertainment to pay $1.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the studio of citing a fake movie critic in ads for several films, an attorney said Tuesday.

Oops...  I wonder how many times companies get caught and how many times they dont.

Are you saying that you are being paid then? Else you wouldn't be fine with this!



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Machiavellian on 21 January 2014

So let me get this straight. MS paid to have a personality praise their product. Would this be any different if MS paid Tom Cruz to promote the X1. Am I missing something?



FlamingWeazel on 21 January 2014
Machiavellian said:
So let me get this straight. MS paid to have a personality praise their product. Would this be any different if MS paid Tom Cruz to promote the X1. Am I missing something?


Yes it's called read the article....................  it's illegal for one, unethical at best.



Somini on 21 January 2014
kowenicki said:
Somini said:
kowenicki said:
Somini said:
We're used to these Microsoft tricks by now. Pff so pathetic that this is their standard!

Seriously?  Get off your high horse.

I doubt there is any major corporation that hasnt at some time used shills or covert marketing techniques.  hell Sony has a massive army of unpaid ones. lol

oh look...

LOS ANGELES - A judge approved an agreement calling for Sony Pictures Entertainment to pay $1.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the studio of citing a fake movie critic in ads for several films, an attorney said Tuesday.

Oops...  I wonder how many times companies get caught and how many times they dont.

Are you saying that you are being paid then? Else you wouldn't be fine with this!

Lol. wtf!?

thats bit of a leap dont you think?  I'm being paid because I dont care about it this... thats your honest and considered, logical conclusion?   wow.

I dont need a few bucks from a company to be a shill.  I have plenty thanks... plenty.

Look I've said what I think.

If this is illegal, then they will get a fine as Sony did.

But dont get all precious and serious about it... nobody died ffs.

 

 

Why so sensitive? It seems to be impossible for you to say anything without calling people names or try and belittle them. Try to argue/discuss without it as it reflects poorly on your personality.

 

Now then, people dying is not the only reason to find something bad, have some perspective. This is illegal and misguiding, why does it need to be secret otherwise?



Somini on 21 January 2014
kowenicki said:
Somini said:
kowenicki said:
Somini said:
kowenicki said:
Somini said:
We're used to these Microsoft tricks by now. Pff so pathetic that this is their standard!

Seriously?  Get off your high horse.

I doubt there is any major corporation that hasnt at some time used shills or covert marketing techniques.  hell Sony has a massive army of unpaid ones. lol

oh look...

LOS ANGELES - A judge approved an agreement calling for Sony Pictures Entertainment to pay $1.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the studio of citing a fake movie critic in ads for several films, an attorney said Tuesday.

Oops...  I wonder how many times companies get caught and how many times they dont.

Are you saying that you are being paid then? Else you wouldn't be fine with this!

Lol. wtf!?

thats bit of a leap dont you think?  I'm being paid because I dont care about it this... thats your honest and considered, logical conclusion?   wow.

I dont need a few bucks from a company to be a shill.  I have plenty thanks... plenty.

Look I've said what I think.

If this is illegal, then they will get a fine as Sony did.

But dont get all precious and serious about it... nobody died ffs.

 

 

Why so sensitive? It seems to be impossible for you to say anything without calling people names or try and belittle them. Try to argue/discuss without it as it reflects poorly on your personality.

 

Now then, people dying is not the only rwason to find something, have some perspective. This is illegal and misguiding, why does it need to be secret otherwise.

erm... you started it pal.   But I dont see any name calling or belittling in that post whatsoever.

you on the other hand accused me of being a paid shill, essentially a fraud and a liar. Now thats offensive.

stop with the fake concerm.  its boring.

It's not concern it's called manners. Your comment is completely off topic as well. You should stay on topic, i'll help remind you if it's hard to remember.

 

Now then, is it possible for you to set aside your frustrations and answer what i mentioned earlier?



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LivingMetal on 21 January 2014
kowenicki said:
Somini said:
kowenicki said:
Somini said:
kowenicki said:
Somini said:
We're used to these Microsoft tricks by now. Pff so pathetic that this is their standard!

Seriously?  Get off your high horse.

I doubt there is any major corporation that hasnt at some time used shills or covert marketing techniques.  hell Sony has a massive army of unpaid ones. lol

oh look...

LOS ANGELES - A judge approved an agreement calling for Sony Pictures Entertainment to pay $1.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the studio of citing a fake movie critic in ads for several films, an attorney said Tuesday.

Oops...  I wonder how many times companies get caught and how many times they dont.

Are you saying that you are being paid then? Else you wouldn't be fine with this!

Lol. wtf!?

thats bit of a leap dont you think?  I'm being paid because I dont care about it this... thats your honest and considered, logical conclusion?   wow.

I dont need a few bucks from a company to be a shill.  I have plenty thanks... plenty.

Look I've said what I think.

If this is illegal, then they will get a fine as Sony did.

But dont get all precious and serious about it... nobody died ffs.

 

 

Why so sensitive? It seems to be impossible for you to say anything without calling people names or try and belittle them. Try to argue/discuss without it as it reflects poorly on your personality.

 

Now then, people dying is not the only rwason to find something, have some perspective. This is illegal and misguiding, why does it need to be secret otherwise.

erm... you started it pal.   But I dont see any name calling or belittling in that post whatsoever.

you on the other hand accused me of being a paid shill, essentially a fraud and a liar. Now thats offensive.

stop with the fake concerm.  its boring.


If it's so boring, ignore it. Obviously it excites you enough to respond to it.



demonfox13 on 21 January 2014


Make games, not war (that goes for ridiculous fanboys)

I may be the next Maelstorm or not, you be the judge http://videogamesgrow.blogspot.com/  hopefully I can be more of an asset than a fanboy to VGC hehe.

demonfox13 on 21 January 2014

Dude, it's kowenicki, you should not be surprised. His adamant loyalty to M$ will never change no matter how low they stoop. One of the few reasons I don't post in a long time because kowen will lurk in the corner waiting for the moment to defend M$ and attack or downplay $ony. At least Selnor is entertaining and I like the guy's enthusiasm for games (despite not being my cup of tea, his take on Ryse was an interesting read and left me curious). Now to get back on topic, this isn't the first and won't be the last time that companies do this. Sony, MS, probably even Nintendo have done similar crap like this. Heck, I am sure everyone remembers the whole situation with $E and Kane and Lynch review. Hopefully nonsense like this becomes less prevalent, but I doubt it. That's kinda why I loved watching Angry Joe and Spoony reviews (Joe on colonial marines, and Spoony on FFXIII:garbage were some of the best work lol). I rarely post on this site anymore cuz....well I been busy between work and playing games (Shadowfall so addicting, don't starve is fun, and Dragon Nest on PC is a blast, I recommend all of these). Until next time.

 

 

P.S. add me on PSN: Onikenshi, for any Vita games or ps3/4 fun.



Make games, not war (that goes for ridiculous fanboys)

I may be the next Maelstorm or not, you be the judge http://videogamesgrow.blogspot.com/  hopefully I can be more of an asset than a fanboy to VGC hehe.

FlamingWeazel on 21 January 2014

Whats with Kowenicki in this thread? derail much? Said he doesn't care about the topic, ensues to post numerous times and gets into an argument. Seem awfully defensive, geez man MS is a company not life or death for you to defend their honour.



ArnoldRimmer on 21 January 2014
kowenicki said:

No, I'm saying I dont care.  It doesn't affect me in any way.

And I'm absolutely believing it, for there's just no more credible way to prove that one doesn't care about a certain topic than by reading the associated thread and even writing the most postings in it.