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Polytron Hacked?
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4chan isn't THAT anonymous. People get busted by the police by thinking they can post kiddy porn on it. They did an AMA about it a bit over a year back how all the details of people that do get sent to the FBI.
They don't allow that.
Infernal Monkey
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We don't know that for certain. Look at the volume of data that was stolen. Does it honestly seem feasible that someone managed to hack into and gather all this stuff over a matter of a few days? I'm just a guy on the internet but it seems to me that this type of hack would have taken more time to pull off. You have to break into an account, find out what you have access to, install keyloggers or whatever to gain more credentials over time, slowly take over other accounts to gather more data and then download it all and pack it for the doxxing. Only then would you actually reveal the hack and make it all public. At that point you can claim it was due to whatever "justification" you'd like, that doesn't necessarily make it so.
They're not "defending against the passionate consumer," they're condemning the distressingly large number of immature reactionaries in the community.
I hope "passionate consumers" aren't the ones harassing people online.
Agreed. Hence why no one is above a ass kicking. More metaphoric. Tho I could care less about him for all the reasons you gave. 4chan is run by the lunatics shall we say or those that just enjoy playing in the mud. But you have a public figure acting like he can swing around mud but at same time have some sort of anti mud shield around him.. geez phil what happened to your common sense?
someguyinahat
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I don't dislike him. I have no reason to dislike him. And while I don't think it's probable he did this himself for attention, I do think it's possible.
Wolves Evolve
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For anybody reading this at normal speed, the Fine Young Capitalists are by no means non-aggressors in this whole mess and if you were around when their competition kicked off years ago (!), you would remember their whole bullshit. Ignore them.
If you're actually talking about this hacking case, It's not really an issue of businesses vs consumers in this case. Phil Fish might be the least likable person in the whole industry but it's not an act of a 'consumer' to take criminal action against him. It's an act of a criminal. Likewise, the airing of Quinn laundry had nothing to do with consumers. Even if she slept around with Pope and Cliffy B at the same time, it was just malicious gossip fueled by paranoia.
Social Justice Warrior: ie. defending Quinn like Phil did
I've never heard of this guy before, but he made FEZ? I just downloaded the game off of Playstation Plus, but if he actually said things like "kill yourself", I'm going to delete it tonight.
Piston Hyundai
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dark_inferno
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Probably every dev said something like "kill yourself". But not everyone in public so why should you delete a game because somebody said a bad word?
I expect it, honestly. This kind of topic gets people's hackles up, and they want to "fight the good fight."
BibiMaghoo
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I don't understand how someone so successful can be so angry all the time over internet comments. I have no beef with the guy, nor have I ever insulted him or his work, but really, he needs to just chill the fuck out, the guy is wired with rage.
Phil, if you read this, take a holiday or something man. Chill with your friends or family, take a time out. You are feeding the rage that feeds the trolls, it is inescapable if you don't break it.
Phil, if you read this, take a holiday or something man. Chill with your friends or family, take a time out. You are feeding the rage that feeds the trolls, it is inescapable if you don't break it.
Ingueferroque
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I heard Van Gogh was an asshole too, better skip that section next time you're at the MET.
Really? I don't think someone telling another person to "kill themselves" is common.
Yup, was about to say that I find that fishy and checked the official CloudFlare twitter. That image was totally fabricated.
It would be pretty easy if there was a master password file in a lastpass or somesuch that was compromised.
Password managers are great as long as you have rock solid security around the password manager. If you don't it's a big target that fucks everything if it's compromised.
The guy (Marcus Beer) called him a wanker and fucking asshole before.
Fish's answer is a direct quote from Futurama.
jim-jam bongs
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We had a recent influx of registrations from the He-Man Woman Haters Club.
DON'T DOX ME BROS
It stems more from WHOM it was. And what those people was pushing through that median. It gets people thinking that their is some agenda at work being shoved down their throats And I wouldn't put them past it, but at least marvel is straight up about it. But censoring people who have a different view, and or not posting VILE stuff about you, that is wrong. whole site taking down? comments being deleted? WTH?
dark_inferno
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Michael Bay did it. Do you stop watching his movies now?
And it probably doesnt stop there.
"The passionate consumer" you are talking about just broke into a guy's private info and leaked it because he said some nasty things on twitter.
As a passionate consumer, I find it offensive to be lumped in with their ilk.
benicillin
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You know, I love video games. And I love discussing video games. But it feels really bad when the last few days have more or less showed the absolute worst of the culture around them...maybe it's time to take a break from the Internet for a while.
Thankfully NeoGAF is mostly devoid of that kind of thing because of its moderation.
As for Phil Fish, he's only popular because people love to hate him. Just because he says dumb things on his Twitter doesn't mean he deserves to be the victim of some crazy Internet mob.
Thankfully NeoGAF is mostly devoid of that kind of thing because of its moderation.
As for Phil Fish, he's only popular because people love to hate him. Just because he says dumb things on his Twitter doesn't mean he deserves to be the victim of some crazy Internet mob.
jim-jam bongs
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If you don't like it you can scurry back to shitheaps like 4chan where vilifying someone because they have a vagina is considered to be quality discourse.
I stopped watching his films before even finding this out.
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
If a developer makes a funny remark while quoting Futurama you delete their game?
There is a subreddit where banned Gaffers call everyone liberal faggots because they got banned for their wisdom
So yeah people think like this and they are pretty pathetic
Obviously I was unaware he was quoting a cartoon. It's still extremely childish.
Felix Lighter
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I want people in his public position to be able to speak their mind as they see fit. It's refreshing to see a developer not restricted by a PR department. That said, he's not half as aggressive as the internet mob that he occasionally snaps back against. Those attacking him for being himself and not communicating through a filter are the same people that hate NDAs and canned responses crafted by PR departments and marketing plans. If it's generally accepted that all public figures, especially those surrounding "geek culture," have to tip toe around the internet, in fear of this kind of response, then the whole thing is broken.
Interfectum
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You should never tell someone you are arguing with to kill themselves, whether it be from a TV show quote or not.
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