LastBattle
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WTF I was told by HQ it’s charity work!! Haven’t received a dime 
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“Xbox Fans Are Paid”, Says Former World of Warcraft Designer
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Oddvintagechap
Banned
I want to be an Xbot, ill be cheaper than AI.
kvltus lvlzvs
Member
The weird thing to me about all of this is that some people actually, like, really care about what happens to these giant corporations. White knighting for either Ms or Sony is weird, IMHO. Some people are probably even having dreams about the court case. it blows my mind.
Ansphn
Member
AI is free and will work faster than 1000s of people
alphachino
Member
Fess
Member
I’m here to talk about games with people from the other side of the planet. I wish it was easier to have serious talks but the ABK deal has pretty much ruined all discussions imo, it’s infecting everything, so many has picked a side now and geared up and gone to war. It’s incredibly exhausting. I have 20+ ABK threads on ignore right now.
Lol I totally should!
I notice your profile picture its actually advertisement, do you receive money for that?
But no it’s from an avatar bet I lost about the delay. It started off with some crossed over previous release dates and a question mark on the latest one, but the figures were mixed up with the backwards US date system so I just went with the real date cropped from a trailer. I’ll go back to my old crosseyed green pig once the game is out
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ShadyAcshuns
Member
I think most of the people here are chill and just messing around. Of course, every gaming community has its share of hardline tribals, but just ignore, or better yet, pity them.
polybius80
Member
so you are forced to use advertisement for a game?I’m here to talk about games with people from the other side of the planet. I wish it was easier to have serious talks but the ABK deal has pretty much ruined all discussions imo, it’s infecting everything, so many has picked a side now and geared up and gone to war. It’s incredibly exhausting. I have 20+ ABK threads on ignore right now.
Lol I totally should!
But no it’s from an avatar bet I lost about the delay. It started off with some crossed over previous release dates and a question mark on the latest one, but the figures were mixed up with the backwards US date system so I just went with the real date cropped from a trailer. I’ll go back to my old crosseyed green pig once the game is out
Vognerful
Member
Ok now that explains all the tod Howard profile pictures.I’m here to talk about games with people from the other side of the planet. I wish it was easier to have serious talks but the ABK deal has pretty much ruined all discussions imo, it’s infecting everything, so many has picked a side now and geared up and gone to war. It’s incredibly exhausting. I have 20+ ABK threads on ignore right now.
Lol I totally should!
But no it’s from an avatar bet I lost about the delay. It started off with some crossed over previous release dates and a question mark on the latest one, but the figures were mixed up with the backwards US date system so I just went with the real date cropped from a trailer. I’ll go back to my old crosseyed green pig once the game is out
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
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Nydius
Gold Member
Jokes aside, I just want to share my experience with the whole Ambassador program.
This will have a few images embedded, so bear with me.
This is my account, almost 2 years after I signed up. There are 4 "levels" to the Ambassador program, but reaching level 3 or 4 is ridiculously insane. It's been my experience that only actual influencers and people who have been here since the launch of the program are in the tier 4 level. Every 90-ish days (3 total months) they do a new 'season' with weekly and monthly 'quests'. Completing quests gets you XP toward both your lifetime level and your seasonal level. Seasons have their own reward tiers:
Almost all of these "rewards" are things like pointless digital wallpapers or 'pins' that you can only show off on your Ambassador profile. Not even your Xbox profile (only the Ambassador level shows there). The only thing that could be considered being "paid" is the one month of Game Pass Ultimate at the Diamond level. However, reaching Diamond is difficult. It takes 12,000 seasonal XP (used to be 15K until this season) to get there, but weekly quests only give anywhere between 10-100xp per 'quest'. Sometimes they'll give one or two quests around 150 or above. The big XP quests are the "Xbox Community Quests", but they can only be done once per month.
(Note: There's a fourth monthly one as well, but my screengrab cut it off.)
To get a single month of Game Pass Ultimate, you'd have to do almost every single quest they post over the course of a 90-day season. The closest I ever came to reaching Diamond was last season when they dropped a ton of Accessibility Quests, and even after doing ALL of those, I still fell 300xp short because I missed doing a month of the community quests. Conversely, I can earn a free month of Game Pass Ultimate through Microsoft Rewards significantly faster than via the Ambassador program.
As for the Sweepstakes tickets, well, here's a sampling of what they put up to win:
Hardly anything I'd call world shattering or rising to the level of becoming a paid shill.
I have never once seen contests or sweepstakes for hardware or new triple-A titles.
Anyway, that's just my experience with the program over the last two years.
I haven't found it any more or less rewarding than PlayStation Stars on the PS App, to be honest.
In both cases, most of what I get are digital fluff for my respective profiles.
This will have a few images embedded, so bear with me.
This is my account, almost 2 years after I signed up. There are 4 "levels" to the Ambassador program, but reaching level 3 or 4 is ridiculously insane. It's been my experience that only actual influencers and people who have been here since the launch of the program are in the tier 4 level. Every 90-ish days (3 total months) they do a new 'season' with weekly and monthly 'quests'. Completing quests gets you XP toward both your lifetime level and your seasonal level. Seasons have their own reward tiers:
Almost all of these "rewards" are things like pointless digital wallpapers or 'pins' that you can only show off on your Ambassador profile. Not even your Xbox profile (only the Ambassador level shows there). The only thing that could be considered being "paid" is the one month of Game Pass Ultimate at the Diamond level. However, reaching Diamond is difficult. It takes 12,000 seasonal XP (used to be 15K until this season) to get there, but weekly quests only give anywhere between 10-100xp per 'quest'. Sometimes they'll give one or two quests around 150 or above. The big XP quests are the "Xbox Community Quests", but they can only be done once per month.
(Note: There's a fourth monthly one as well, but my screengrab cut it off.)
To get a single month of Game Pass Ultimate, you'd have to do almost every single quest they post over the course of a 90-day season. The closest I ever came to reaching Diamond was last season when they dropped a ton of Accessibility Quests, and even after doing ALL of those, I still fell 300xp short because I missed doing a month of the community quests. Conversely, I can earn a free month of Game Pass Ultimate through Microsoft Rewards significantly faster than via the Ambassador program.
As for the Sweepstakes tickets, well, here's a sampling of what they put up to win:
Hardly anything I'd call world shattering or rising to the level of becoming a paid shill.
I have never once seen contests or sweepstakes for hardware or new triple-A titles.
Anyway, that's just my experience with the program over the last two years.
I haven't found it any more or less rewarding than PlayStation Stars on the PS App, to be honest.
In both cases, most of what I get are digital fluff for my respective profiles.
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CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
They're just doing their job, give them a break.
The Fuzz damn you!
Gold Member
Give him some time to reply, probably coordinating with the discord
Deflect, equivocate, normalise.
Every single one of you.
None of you criticise MS
I really hope, for your sake, that you’re getting paid in some way. The alternative is too pathetic to entertain.
Pasta la Vista
Member
I like money. Where do I apply?
FrankWza
Member
Your daddy called your own people that do that Evangelists after the worst console generation by a company that didn't go out of business.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Crispy Gamer
Member
I'm not sure about the messenger but it's a real problem that should be talked about because it has only gotten worse. The other site was absolutely disgusting and riddled with shills this place is a lot better with way more genuine fans and twitter is just lost. Maybe it's old age but I find it extremely easy to spot a paid shill just like Slimy said a lot of Sony fans seem to go at each other while a lot of Xbox fans stick together it's very strange 
and when they do "call out" leadership they do it in unison accompanied with an apology tour in the media from Phil 
it's always the same song and dance. Last point, you can't tell me Microsoft didn't pay people to shove gamepass down our throat it was some odd messaging going on in 2017-2019.
and when they do "call out" leadership they do it in unison accompanied with an apology tour in the media from Phil it's always the same song and dance. Last point, you can't tell me Microsoft didn't pay people to shove gamepass down our throat it was some odd messaging going on in 2017-2019.
FrankWza
Member
The Fuzz damn you!
Gold Member
Much as I hate the propaganda, it’s the lack of critical thought that irks me the most. The propaganda will always be there, but we don’t need to let it infect our communities.
If people are arguing passionately and in good faith for one side or another - great!
When they make disingenuous arguments, double-down on obvious falsehoods, thoughtlesssly spew slogans and sponsored talking points, and otherwise disrupt genuine, community-driven discussion, however, it really doesn’t make a difference whether they’re paid or stupid. The end result is the same.
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Crayon
Member
Give him some time to reply, probably coordinating with the discord
Good luck working that angle! We heard the tales of Xbox era.
1- You can discuss my opinion whatever you want, but the reality is that allowing this type of thread is an example of the complete opposite of what is expected of a forum where you can discuss different opinions in a healthy and respectful way.
2- A thread, whose basis to open it is already ridiculous, is used by a group of users to condemn an entire community and, worst of all and what I censor, attack, try to ridicule and even harass users with preferences towards XBOX and They don't deserve such treatment. That you do not see it or want to see it as a situation where moderation should act ..... OK.
3- Showing that the XBOX community is totally fanatical alone and wanting to make believe that one is better than another and not being moderated is also significant.
4- That MS has genuinely always shown closeness and collaboration with XBOX figures/fans and that they have even been rewarded does not give the right to generalization. You should look more at attitudes Of the fans, and in that the PlayStation fans are no different.
5- You talk about users with fake profiles or new accounts as if they only always had a tinted green color. It is clear that you are not one of those who receives hundreds of emoticons of mockery and empathy for each opinion that is not in the line of "Playstation good and Xbox bad" from accounts without a single message or written opinion.
6- Entering into comparisons with other forums and the moderation of these does nothing more than describe ourselves. Those of us who decided to participate here should only be interested in what happens here and try to do our part to make this a forum where different opinions are well received and respected. The impression that you leave in your answer is that you are here because it is a forum more akin to your preferences and not because of the healthy environment and healthy discussion.
The Fuzz damn you!
Gold Member
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
I'm genuinely interested in this stuff.
Would you sign an nda and be paid and inflotrate communities etc...but how would it not get out?
Or is this genuinely the news breaking?
Would you sign an nda and be paid and inflotrate communities etc...but how would it not get out?
Or is this genuinely the news breaking?
Giallo Corsa
Member
Ozriel Is mysteriously missing from this thread - Hendrick's too.
At least bumblebee tuna and Catlady showed up.
Now, imagine if Senjutsu Sage was still here...
At least bumblebee tuna and Catlady showed up.
Now, imagine if Senjutsu Sage was still here...
Well, wheres my money then?
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
5 pages in and I still aint been paid.
The Fuzz damn you!
Gold Member
No… really?
PendekarRajawali
Member
Ok, I’m an Xbox fan now.
NeverYouMind
Member
This thread in a nutshell:
Kiraly
Member
Slicker than your average
Banned
Pretty much sums up the situation on this forum right now
When their shill posts get called out or quoted. They follow the same pattern.
Carry on the same line of argument with someone else; abandoned thread and then repeat the same in the next thread
There are more Sony fans here, but they don't do this insane level of shilling and rightly complain about stuff they don't like or games they don't like. Never see that from the same Xbox posters.
Apparently calling out ms or Phil's lies or shitty tactics of buying the industry sis shilling for Sony? Whats to stop then making all their games exclusive not just to Xbox, but to game pass itself? I don't want to subscribe to their shitty service to play diablo 5.
The difference here is Xbox has been continuing letting down Xbox fans or pulling henuis shit. And instead of calling it out, they cheer it on.
LastBattle
Member
But Gamepass really is the best deal in gaming.I'm not sure about the messenger but it's a real problem that should be talked about because it has only gotten worse. The other site was absolutely disgusting and riddled with shills this place is a lot better with way more genuine fans and twitter is just lost. Maybe it's old age but I find it extremely easy to spot a paid shill just like Slimy said a lot of Sony fans seem to go at each other while a lot of Xbox fans stick together it's very strange
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He's basically telling you can't like Halo or other ms games like some pathetic Twitter accounts making the same arguments about what people should like, that attitude belongs to post ps2 era, what people should like is not anyone's business, they like what they choose to like.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Slicker than your average
Banned
Interesting. Because I'm pretty sure you were banned. You're entire posts are the exact same I mentioned.
Brigandier
Member
Good fucking grief that "Xbot" is in cuckoo land, The second hand embarrassment I had reading the drivel on it's twitter was worse than Retardera
reinking
Gold Member
ABK might have made things a little worse but this started long before that. Remember before the console launches not that long ago? There is, and always will be, something for those emotionally invested to battle over. Especially when people are getting paid. By people getting paid, those tweets and stories that are constantly linked, not necessarily posters here even though we know of one recent outing.
CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
That is so nice and they're are adorable. Downloading the now. Thank you.Off topic and unrelated, but I cropped these for you if you want to use them as new avatars.
Not sure how well they'll look but the trailer yesterday made me think of you.
