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Giant Bomb #13 | good and faithful friends ahead
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Using your job for self-promotion is kinda gross, but I guess that's the age we live in. Tireless self-promoters are creepy, in general, though. I follow Giant Bomb for the personalities and game info, not to be part of a captive audience for Dan Ryckert's extracurricular career ambitions.
sproutella
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Seller name: ryckert316
I can imagine teenage Dan making an eBay account to browse wrestling crap
I can imagine teenage Dan making an eBay account to browse wrestling crap
Basileus777
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Using your job for self-promotion is kinda gross, but I guess that's the age we live in. Tireless self-promoters are creepy, in general, though.
Using his job? It's on his personal twitter account, not Giantbomb.
Then don't follow him on Twitter.I follow Giant Bomb for the personalities and game info, not to be part of a captive audience for Dan Ryckert's extracurricular career ambitions.
Using his job? It's on his personal twitter account, not Giantbomb.
Then don't follow him on Twitter.
I don't have to considering 3/4 of what he tweets ends up in this thread.
Basileus777
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I don't have to considering 3/4 of what he tweets ends up in this thread.
And this is Dan's fault how?
Freedom = $1.05
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it's already up to triple digits. whoever is bidding on it needs to be removed from society and forced to play ngage games till their tacophone dies.
stump sock
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I don't know how to put it in words but it seems really gross.. The money should go to charity then it'd be 100% okay.
Also jesus christ i'ts @ $100
why? man sells dumb crap, people buy dumb crap, whatever.
to his credit, the man can write a hell of a listing description
it's already up to triple digits. whoever is bidding on it needs to be removed from society and forced to play ngage games till their tacophone dies.
Greg Miller bid on it, so I'm ok with this
skLaFarebear
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lol @ outrage over this. If people want to be dumb with their money that's their perogative
Agreed. Blame the people dumb enough to spend money on it, not the guy selling it. Its not like Dan's a scalper.
SteveWinwood
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if it was like some free game crap he was selling then we could have an outrage thread in gaming
this is his 3rd grader level art he brought to a live soap opera who gives a shit if he puts it on ebay
this is his 3rd grader level art he brought to a live soap opera who gives a shit if he puts it on ebay
nckillthegrimace
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This is far less offensive than game's press selling promotional items/swag and free review copies for personal profit.
Basileus777
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if it was like some free game crap he was selling then we could have an outrage thread in gaming
this is his 3rd grader level art he brought to a live soap opera who gives a shit if he puts it on ebay
People get mad that he promotes his books on twitter. There are some really bizarre perspectives out there.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
This is about as much of a non-issue as dan saying he loves america.
SteveWinwood
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i love america
SatelliteOfLove
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Every day he's hustlin'
Not a retorical question in this thread!
it's up to 50 bucks. Legitimate bids too. What the fuck is wrong with people
Not a retorical question in this thread!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
i love america
That is literally the worst thing anyone could say I can't believe that you actually said that.
RepairmanJack
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I just don't get the outrage when he even says in the tweet it'd basically be dumb to buy it.
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I bet we'll see it again on PAX.
RepairmanJack
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It's kind of funny, it reminds me of Abbi selling her drawings of actors' (Imagined) favorite foods on Broad City.
Yes.God, some idiot is going to bid on that sign, aren't they?
I remember finding a giant gun duringthe segment where you lose your weapons and just mowing down soldiers and the dogs chasing me in the sewers with it.
I think Drew actually picked up that M63 but didn't get to use it.
skLaFarebear
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I think Drew actually picked up that M63 but didn't get to use it.
Really? That's odd because I got to.
Then again I haven't even seen the video since I'm still catching up on MGScanlon 1. And from what I've seen Dan has been pretty helpful for when Drew gets stuck, but doesn't tell him the answers right away and teaching him good things to keep in mind like keeping the rations equipped and using the codec.
Using his job? It's on his personal twitter account, not Giantbomb.
I know the loyalty of fans runs strong in here, but come on. The self-promotional stuff has come up on the Bombcast and video stuff on the site, too. Not to mention the GAF GB threads.
And dismissively calling criticism "outrage" is silly. Nobody's outraged.
shadyspace
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Capitalism motherfuckers, rational actors making the best decisions for themselves, its their money they can do what they like with it
You have to remember that a lot of posters in this thread are European.
Basileus777
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I know the loyalty of fans runs strong in here, but come on. The self-promotional stuff has come up on the Bombcast and video stuff on the site, too. Not to mention the GAF GB threads.
Gaf posts aren't using his job. And nothing he's said on GB has really crossed the line into the hyperbolic words people are using to describe it here.
TheMrPliskin
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We need more box office bomb, I've just started listening to some episodes and it's great!
You have to remember that a lot of posters in this thread are European.
I want an overboard EU regulation directive to prevent selling any paper goods on ebay. Which will be adopted into national law within 24 months.
I know the loyalty of fans runs strong in here, but come on. The self-promotional stuff has come up on the Bombcast and video stuff on the site, too. Not to mention the GAF GB threads.
And dismissively calling criticism "outrage" is silly. Nobody's outraged.
I pay for a giant bomb subscription because i like their work and want to support them.
I bought Dan's book because i like his work and want to support him.
I don't see what there is to criticize.
You have to remember that a lot of posters in this thread are European.
I'm European ehehehehe
We need more box office bomb, I've just started listening to some episodes and it's great!
Yes we do, podcast was great, it's a shame we haven't gotten an episode in a long time.
The sign isn't even related to his job. If he advertised on UPF that he was going to ebay a copy of Bloodborne signed by everyone in the office and keep the profits then yeah, that'd be weird and gross. But some stupid sign he waved around at a wrestling event? More power to him.
RepairmanJack
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Let's talk about the real controversy that is Alex's stance that 4>2.
TheMrPliskin
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It's kind of funny that there's a bunch of episodes that were weeks apart and then they suddenly become months apart.Yes we do, podcast was great, it's a shame we haven't gotten an episode in a long time.
What a weird leap of logic to get there.You have to remember that a lot of posters in this thread are European.
OdysseusVA
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Let's talk about the real controversy that is Alex's stance that 4>2.
That is the correct opinion
RepairmanJack
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That is the correct opinion
4 is just a completely boring peice of shit. I'll take stupid funny action of 2 over falling asleep to CGI cave driving in 4 any day.
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