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Calling out rumors, insiders and "sources"
- Thread starter .Pennywise
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kingpotato
Ask me about my Stream Deck
.Pennywise
Jeff Grubb deserves another strike in the OP for his dumbass tweets
.Pennywise
Banned
There was no rumor whatsoever, he even made it look like it was a joke with tweets literally after the first one. It's on people circlejerking around every single word some people spit and starting to look for literally anything into the rabbit hole.
This thread is for a little bit of accountability, not for witch hunting.
The rumor was that something ass-pissingly great was gonna be announced today. If that was all just a "joke", he needs to be accounted-for in this thread so people can point to it when he comes-up with his next leak or ''joke'' as a dis-crediting exercise. "Grub's the source? Nah he makes shit up, The complete fucking loser, see this post here..."
What of other people also saying today was supposed to be big for an announcement? Clout-chasing hanger's-on of Grubb's, or anything been announced anywhere today that I might have missed (or might be considered big news to some but not me, so I'll have missed it)?
It wasn't a rumor. It was a random uncorroborated tweet made by one guy.
You answered your own question. As you stated they're clout chasers, so treat them as such.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
I know I was catching shit because I had said I expected a PSVR2 show to be announced last week but seems something indeed is cooking
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
BbMajor7th
Member
As a real insider, I approve this thread.
Bernd Lauert
Banned
He really doesn't. He made a joke which he clarified literally 10 minutes later.
kingpotato
Ask me about my Stream Deck
Thanks for the update. I've been sitting on the edge of my seat for the last month waiting for this info.
He used his platform to troll people. The same platform he tries to use to share information. Don't shit where you eat.
Vognerful
Member
Bro what is the context?
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Just a phoenix rising the thread
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Here we go 
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
What exactly qualifies an insider these days? So many people like myself have worked in tech for years and via that end up knowing lots of people who were once game devs, still are, or moved into careers adjacent to the industry so they still have connections. I mean, I knew about the God of War PC release a good five or six months before it was announced thanks to an old industry friend. So am I and insider?
nominedomine
Banned
If you had leaked it, yes. You'd be ahead of 99.9% of them, most leakers never got anything right.
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bitbydeath
Gold Member
He didn’t clarify until the next day, after nothing happened, which is why the thread went on for 11 pages.
Bernd Lauert
Banned
Not true. He clarified literally 16 minutes later, I just checked.
bitbydeath
Gold Member
Check the old thread, page 10 or 11 is where he outright admits it was a joke.
Bernd Lauert
Banned
That's clarifying his clarification. He made the joke and then 16 minutes later he explicitly said he doesn't know anything beside the Spartacus thing. Doesn't get more clarifying than that, people just refuse to read.
bitbydeath
Gold Member
If you continue, he said “I’ll find out with everyone else in the morning.”
Which implies he was still expecting something.
Hence the continued speculation for 11 pages.
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Bernd Lauert
Banned
Yeah, so the speculation happened because of the other five or so "insiders" who actually spread the rumors, and Grubb waited with all of us "non-insiders" to see if anything happens. Grubb did nothing wrong here imo.
kyliethicc
Member
Borowski_1
Member
Trust me bro
bitbydeath
Gold Member
Sony typically announces things then, if they wanted to be taken seriously they should have indicated the type of announcement to expect. We’re due to get the new PS++ list of games soon.
bitbydeath
Gold Member
I guess I should take my rightful seat at the insiders table. By this time next week Sony will announce something you wouldn’t have seen coming!
Oh, and those Bluebox rumours are all true!
.Pennywise
Banned
Welp, this thread has only 3 months since it was created.
There's about 40 rumors in the table.
THAT'S A MEDIA OF 3 RUMORS PER WEEK!
Not even counting I don't pick up on unsustained or little rumors.
Anyway, this week and the next should shutdown quite a few of those.
Yes, I keep updating it.
There's about 40 rumors in the table.
THAT'S A MEDIA OF 3 RUMORS PER WEEK!
Not even counting I don't pick up on unsustained or little rumors.
Anyway, this week and the next should shutdown quite a few of those.
Yes, I keep updating it.
Pelta88
Member
The rise of these insiders is really about telling a certain audience that they need to "Wait."
"Next year. Next E3. They need time. Tools. Big things are happening that I can't talk about." I heard but plans are fluid."
Are they "Insiders" or "Corporate apologists?" If you listen to the message they push, it's actually pretty clear.
"Next year. Next E3. They need time. Tools. Big things are happening that I can't talk about." I heard but plans are fluid."
Are they "Insiders" or "Corporate apologists?" If you listen to the message they push, it's actually pretty clear.
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Swift_Star
Banned
I wonder if movie and book industries also have these clowns to hype people up.
saintjules
Member
Bladed Thesis
Member
Great thread, this should get pinned.
.Pennywise
Banned
Seen him pop up lately.
Unfortunately, I cannot add a non-rumor thing. When they are so overly vague it's hard to put it in the list. Let's say he's talking about TLOU Remake. What happens if it wasn't but it was about an episodic game? What are those emojis for? Xbox or PS? What does the PC mean? Day 1 on PC? Well, there's been a leak telling it's IN DEVELOPMENT for PC, but not day one despite him putting the date with the emoji...
So yeah, I'll avoid him until he starts being more clear rather than obscure.
Thanks for the heads up tho.
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Bernd Lauert
Banned
Serrano has been the worst leaker in the history of leakers, maybe ever.
Kacho
Gold Member
Nailed it
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
While things do change thats always his excuse
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The worst of the worst of the absolute worst in a now deleted tweet.
Meanwhil in reality
I think Colt is the most flagrant "My sources told me!" and then delete history when he's proven wrong emphatically, fake insider on social media.
That's not a "leak" though, he's reacting to an image that was put up which had the game pass tag on the madden cover on the official xbox website.
Jerm411
Member
But he tries to act like an insider and makes wild predictions and he doesn’t know jack shit…like most of the XBox “insiders”…
Grubb and Corden to a certain extent are the only believable XBox guys…
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
I think he's reliable, lmfao
Jerm411
Member
He leaked the entire SoP to a T before it came out…he actually seems reliable.
.Pennywise
Banned
Not telling he's not. I'm telling he's vague enough so I cannot tell what rumor he's on about.
E.G.: he just twitted "overdose" while Tom Henderson posted the game name, from which it was and what he seen from a trailer.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Varteras
Member
Hey guys. Never mind that I got so much shit on that list wrong and that most of what I got right was publicly announced before the show, but I forgot to tell you guys that Sony made the last second decision to not include Ragnarok on the show because they already had the TLOU remake on it. They just kinda forgot too. Anyways, let's look forward to the Xbox show. Then you'll see I have sources. Trust me!
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TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Roberto Alwayswrongo, m I rite
Hobbygaming
has been asked to post in 'Grounded' mode.
This guy hasn't been wrong yet and what's crazy is his background is Abandoned the game and he only follows 6 people including Hasan
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Hobbygaming
has been asked to post in 'Grounded' mode.
The Snitch is legit I went through his few tweets he hasn't missed. He was right about TLOU and he listed every single game that was in SOP
Part 1 isn't that vague, how many games refer to the 1st game as Part 1
.Pennywise
Banned
We didn't know until announcement. Also, if it weren't for Tom Henderson you'd also not understand what the fuck "overdose" means. And as per his TLOU tweet you all thought it was PC day one.
Stop quoting me telling me he's legit, read my last posts, I agree he's legit, and I'll add his rumors once he actually puts something meaningful and understandable.
SoT tweet wasn't seen by anyone until much after SoT ended and people started sharing it. I couldn't catch it.
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