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[The Infectious Paradox]

Excuse me, but where is my GAT DAMN money?!?!

 

[DeepEnigma]

Although from a nobody this is gonna be good.

HeisenbergFX4 was told by someone really high up in MS/Xbox.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Pretty pathetic

 

[nikolino840]

Maybe i've wrote wrong my bank account number...

 

[Puscifer]

I'm shocked(not that shocked, because MS was aways into heavy astrosturfing). I though the ones that were acting like cultists were in fact retards.

I came across this account once and it was pretty obvious someone's paying them. Their tweet frequency is insane and it's supposedly a Woman

https://twitter.com/AndreaPichinini

 

[FrankWza]

 

[THE DUCK]

So many of us ripped off. What should we do?

 

[Zathalus]

How would he even know? Certainly not from Blizzard, he hadn't worked there for 17 years.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Pretty pathetic

 

[mrmustard]

And I made exactly ZERO money from this hobby.

Try scalping, that's more honorable.

 

[8BiTw0LF]

MS should make it an optional sign-up when you make a new account or login to a new Xbox.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Hey MS, pay me and I can act like a middle aged schoolyard retard who says everything opposite of reality too!

 

[nikolino840]

I came across this account once and it was pretty obvious someone's paying them. Their tweet frequency is insane and it's supposedly a Woman

https://twitter.com/AndreaPichinini

Well look also red dragon something

 

[I Master l]

Some people are doing it for free here

 

[Edmund]

Is Kumbaya the national anthem of Xbox fans? Riky adamsapple

 

[Sleepwalker]

How much do we think adamsapple is banking?

Less base wage than Riky and DarkMage619 but he makes it up with overtime.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Pretty pathetic

Well look also red dragon something

He's not paid and is against there bs.

 

[Kamina]

Wait, i could sign up to get paid by MS for promoting Xbox? How and where?

 

[intbal]

...he also wrote that the ongoing situation will become “far worse with AI”.

This guy is about 5 years too late.

 

[Bry0]

I would wager every platform holder has firms doing this. Where’s my check? Still waiting for my soros bux to clear too, smh. I’m getting ripped off at every angle

Social media is largely unusable at this point because of the sheer amount of inorganic garbage.

 

[Happosai]

It seems like someone just got really affected by the recently concluded case between Microsoft and FTC (on behalf of Sony). Probably that’s why they ended up sharing a tweet that could cause a major controversy on the internet, especially among the Xbox fanatics. What’s even more interesting to note is that the tweet is made by someone who was previously associated with World of Warcraft. The latter is the IP by Activision – the same publisher Microsoft is trying to acquire for $68.7 billion.

Ex-World of Warcraft Team Lead reveals Xbox fans are not real but paid bots by Microsoft​

Mark Kern, a Taiwanese-American video game designer best known for being a team leader on World of Warcraft, recently took to Twitter to share his opinions on the Xbox fandom. While dropping his tweet, he wrote that hardcore fans praising Microsoft are not real.

“A lot of these xbox fans are paid firms or bots (rabid fan run or MS run). This is standard practice now in corpo warfare”, read Mr. Kern’s tweet. Additionally, he also wrote that the ongoing situation will become “far worse with AI”.

“Xbox Fans Are Paid”, Says Former World of Warcraft Designer

A former WoW designer posts a controversial tweet while mentioning that Xbox fans are not real but paid bots by Microsoft.

www.essentiallysports.com

So much wrong here and I'm talking about how sources are cited, information is announced and the fact that people get triggered by a 'Tweet.'

"sharing a tweet that could cause a major controversy on the internet...,"

"recently took to Twitter to share his opinions on the Xbox fandom..."

Right, because real journslists look to cause a spark for people on the internet. Screw writing an article...everyone will believe me if I 'take to Twitter.' Oh, and I work of WoW...that's my bibliography. Idiots.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

I came across this account once and it was pretty obvious someone's paying them. Their tweet frequency is insane and it's supposedly a Woman

https://twitter.com/AndreaPichinini

 

[Sleepwalker]

I came across this account once and it was pretty obvious someone's paying them. Their tweet frequency is insane and it's supposedly a Woman

https://twitter.com/AndreaPichinini

Yep, quite clearly a dude as well.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Okay, times are tough, I'll bite ...

"Microsoft will bypass the CMA and just close the acquisition."

 

[Heisenberg007]

Wait, i could sign up to get paid by MS for promoting Xbox? How and where?

For Everyone | Xbox

We strive to make life more fun for billions of people around the world by creating gaming experiences that everyone can enjoy.

ambassadors.microsoft.com

 

[West Texas CEO]

There haven't been any real xbox fans since the 360??

 

[Nydius]

For Everyone | Xbox

We strive to make life more fun for billions of people around the world by creating gaming experiences that everyone can enjoy.

ambassadors.microsoft.com

They aren’t nearly as bad as they were when you wrote that post a year ago. Most “perks” ambassadors get now are sweepstakes tickets to enter for mediocre indie games. No more physical hardware or retail game perks except for the highest echelon of the Ambassador program, who are mostly all “influencers” already anyway.

 

[Bernoulli]

We see it all the time even here on GAF
They all come at the same time with the same narrative and try to spin everything

 

[solidus12]

Xbox is the true Market leader.

PlayStation only fans will never get their hands on Starfield.

Redfall is better than Forspoken.

The Series S is outperforming the PS5.

Worldwide, Xbox Series sales are slightly ahead of the PS5.

Spoiler

will this be enough for me to pay for Callisto Protocol Season pass?

 

[Gudji]

I'm ready Phil make me rich.

 

[DenchDeckard]

How do I start getting paid?

 

[analog_future]

 

[Bernoulli]

Xbox is the true Market leader.

PlayStation only fans will never get their hands on Starfield.

Redfall is better than Forspoken.

The Series S is outperforming the PS5.

Worldwide, Xbox Series sales are slightly ahead of the PS5.

Spoiler

will this be enough for me to pay for Callisto Protocol Season pass?

You just earned yourself a 12 hours gamepass trial

 

[adamsapple]

Person who posts against the acquisition incessantly thinks negatively of Xbox fans

 

[FrankWza]

We see it all the time even here on GAF
They all come at the same time with the same narrative and try to spin everything

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/microsoft-engineers-helping-get-baldurs-gate-3-split-screen-working-on-xbox-series-s.1658334/

 

[Krappadizzle]

 

[Fake]

Astroturfing? Thats a term I heard long time ago.

 

[Silent Viper]

Yup Xbox fanboys make big money by defending MS, so its worth defending Xbox, whereas Sony fanboys (ponies) defend sony for free.

 

[FingerBang]

I don't know who this guy is, but if he's referring to all the accounts on Twitter, I can easily believe that. It's insane how suddenly it's overwhelmingly xbox fanboys of the worst kind who can't wait for the deal to go through to they can get the same game they're already getting.

 

[Silent Viper]

They owe me money for the last 10 years then

You not doing good enough job.

 

[solidus12]

The Federal Trade Commission has clamped down on a YouTuber group that failed to disclose they were paid by Microsoft to say nice things about Xbox One and its
games.

FTC: Machinima "deceived" consumers with Xbox One videos

The Federal Trade Commission has clamped down on a YouTuber group that failed to disclose they were paid by Microsoft t…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[DJ12]

 

[Little Mac]

Just upgraded my Series S to a Series X ….

 

[TrueGrime]

I feel like we're getting into digital inquirer territory.

 

[midnightAI]

Person who posts against the acquisition incessantly thinks negatively of Xbox fans

Are you denying it's happening though? Because it certainly is, but it's not just MS of course (Apple are even worse and Sony aren't innocent either)

 

[Fess]

Todd, where is my money?!

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Although from a nobody this is gonna be good.

HeisenbergFX4 was told by someone really high up in MS/Xbox.

Even shared receipts with mods here from said high up the Xbox chain.

 

[Oppoi]

You just know so many users on this forum are all like

 

[Robb]

Me and Phil every month;

 

[poppabk]

His first line of the tweet is what makes me chuckle most. If nothing is real, then how do we know HIS Tweet is real?

“Nothing is real, except what I write, obviously.”

Yeah how do we know he isn't being paid by Sony to say this?
But then how do we know I didn't get paid by MS to say this about what he said?