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KiwiTerraRizing
10/29/19 4:29:34 PM
#51:


RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...
Hopefully it's dead.
They're pieces of shit who decided to leak a sex tape of a man while condemning some other site posting pictures ofa topless woman on a beach


Thats Gawker
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OctilIery
10/29/19 4:32:50 PM
#52:


RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...
Hopefully it's dead.
They're pieces of shit who decided to leak a sex tape of a man while condemning some other site posting pictures ofa topless woman on a beach

Those were different sites.
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MC_BatCommander
10/29/19 4:33:19 PM
#53:


OctilIery posted...
RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...
Hopefully it's dead.
They're pieces of shit who decided to leak a sex tape of a man while condemning some other site posting pictures ofa topless woman on a beach

Those were different sites.


Typical brutai not getting anything right.
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Umbreon
10/29/19 4:34:12 PM
#54:


Good riddance, one less clickbait site out there.
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mustachedmystic
10/29/19 4:35:30 PM
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I like Tim Rogers videos, and this is coming from someone who uses Youtube almost exclusively for music.
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WoIverine
10/29/19 4:43:37 PM
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mustachedmystic posted...
I like Tim Rogers videos, and this is coming from someone who uses Youtube almost exclusively for music.
Tim Rogers was amazing. Literally could care less about the rest of that site (Im an ign man myself).
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AmericaTheBrave
10/29/19 4:47:00 PM
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Good
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refmon
10/29/19 4:52:34 PM
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Umbreon posted...
Good riddance, one less clickbait site out there.

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King_Hutton
10/29/19 4:53:17 PM
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This is I like it when people lose their livelihood over things that dont affect me the topic
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Smashingpmkns
10/29/19 4:55:13 PM
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Damn that sucks. Jason Schreier has always been a good source for leaks.
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Hop103
10/29/19 4:57:01 PM
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Thank goodness it's dead, hopefully Schreier gets a new job hopefully in the MSM, he'd be better off there than in game's journalism, and the rest might want to start learning to code.
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Zikten
10/29/19 4:58:17 PM
#63:


King_Hutton posted...
This is I like it when people lose their livelihood over things that dont affect me the topic


Kotaku was trying to ruin gaming. that effects me
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King_Hutton
10/29/19 5:01:04 PM
#64:


Zikten posted...
King_Hutton posted...
This is I like it when people lose their livelihood over things that dont affect me the topic


Kotaku was trying to ruin gaming. that effects me

Ah yes, the ever important my video games might be slightly different but probably not therefore fuck those people they dont deserve a job from the guy who doesnt have a job.
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Zikten
10/29/19 5:01:50 PM
#65:


yep
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Frosted_Midna
10/29/19 5:02:17 PM
#66:


Good!
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Paper_Okami
10/29/19 5:06:46 PM
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How was Kotaku trying to ruin gaming?
if you say SJW at any point i will not listen to a single thing you have to say

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Spidey5
10/29/19 5:07:10 PM
#69:


Paper_Okami posted...
not surprised that some of CE's worst posters are celebrating this

Not surprised craptaku dying upsets you.
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Esrac
10/29/19 5:10:29 PM
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I'm just surprised it took this long.
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King_Hutton
10/29/19 5:13:40 PM
#71:


Paper_Okami posted...
How was Kotaku trying to ruin gaming?
if you say SJW at any point i will not listen to a single thing you have to say

I dont think Ive ever heard an explanation without a rant about SJWs and feminists
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Superlinkbro
10/29/19 5:15:46 PM
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Can we get Polygon and Vice outta here next please?
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The Catgirl Fondler
10/29/19 5:16:17 PM
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And nothing of value was lost.
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Jagr_68
10/29/19 5:16:21 PM
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OctilIery
10/29/19 5:18:26 PM
#75:


Zikten posted...
King_Hutton posted...
This is I like it when people lose their livelihood over things that dont affect me the topic


Kotaku was trying to ruin gaming. that effects me

No they weren't.
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MC_BatCommander
10/29/19 5:22:20 PM
#76:


Zikten posted...
King_Hutton posted...
This is I like it when people lose their livelihood over things that dont affect me the topic


Kotaku was trying to ruin gaming. that effects me


Oh please
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Darmik
10/29/19 5:27:18 PM
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Uhh Gawker was like two owners ago for Kotaku.

This whole dispute started because the writers for Kotaku were getting complaints about their pop up ads. They put up an article to tell them to complain to their new owners. Their new owner removed that article which I believe breaks their union agreement.

Meanwhile a Deadspin writer got fired by these same owners for not keeping the site focused on sports.

It sounds more like they're about to go on strike over this and don't know what's going to happen as a result. Would you guys rather they just did nothing?
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Kitt
10/29/19 5:28:24 PM
#79:


Zikten posted...
King_Hutton posted...
This is I like it when people lose their livelihood over things that dont affect me the topic


Kotaku was trying to ruin gaming. that effects me

This is easily one of the worst posts ever made on this website.
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legendarylemur
10/29/19 5:32:19 PM
#80:


Darmik posted...
Uhh Gawker was like two owners ago for Kotaku.

This whole dispute started because the writers for Kotaku were getting complaints about their pop up ads. They put up an article to tell them to complain to their new owners. Their new owner removed that article which I believe breaks their union agreement.

Meanwhile a Deadspin writer got fired by these same owners for not keeping the site focused on sports.

It sounds more like they're about to go on strike over this and don't know what's going to happen as a result. Would you guys rather they just did nothing?
Nice lol somebody finally posted the actual context. I knew about the pop up ad thing, but I was getting really confused over the Gawker situation. One of the now former Kotaku writer mentioned Gawker so I thought they were still the owners but whoever the current owners are, this seems like the actual situation.

Some tweets detailing the whole process of Kotaku and Deadspin going down were deleted too, adding to some confusion. Hopefully an article comes out detailing the whole thing

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TheGoldenEel
10/29/19 5:33:17 PM
#81:


legendarylemur posted...
Nice lol somebody finally posted the actual context. I knew about the pop up ad thing, but I was getting really confused over the Gawker situation. One of the now former Kotaku writer mentioned Gawker so I thought they were still the owners but whoever the current owners are, this seems like the actual situation.

Some tweets detailing the whole process of Kotaku and Deadspin going down were deleted too, adding to some confusion. Hopefully an article comes out detailing the whole thing
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/29/media/deadspin-editor-fired/index.html

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-adults-in-the-room-1837487584

https://mobile.twitter.com/gmgunion/status/1188969199835779073


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cjs28
10/29/19 5:33:33 PM
#82:


Darmik posted...
Uhh Gawker was like two owners ago for Kotaku.

This whole dispute started because the writers for Kotaku were getting complaints about their pop up ads. They put up an article to tell them to complain to their new owners. Their new owner removed that article which I believe breaks their union agreement.

Meanwhile a Deadspin writer got fired by these same owners for not keeping the site focused on sports.

It sounds more like they're about to go on strike over this and don't know what's going to happen as a result. Would you guys rather they just did nothing?

Thank you for posting clear context to the mess that is this topic lol
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legendarylemur
10/29/19 5:35:59 PM
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Darmik
10/29/19 5:36:07 PM
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9kevaa/go-media-is-fighting-its-staff-over-objectively-bad-autoplay-ads

This article seems to go into it (it's not just about Kotaku)

Seems like the owner is G/O Media. Any website they own could possibly go on strike.
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Lorenzo_2003
10/29/19 5:37:53 PM
#85:


Paper_Okami posted...
RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...
oh no, bad people are having bad things happen to them!


Kotaku and Gawker being under the same banner doesn't mean they are the same fucking people

and lmao at all these dumb nerds who think gaming isn't political



You have the same condescending attitude towards gamers that Kotaku did.

You should have worked there, but now its too late.
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booboy
10/29/19 5:40:33 PM
#86:


Schrier did some actual journalism, the rest of them were literal outrage-for-clicks generators.
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Darmik
10/29/19 5:41:00 PM
#87:


It's really not surprising that the people who make massive assumptions over a couple of tweets and make up their own narratives are exactly the kind of people who whine about Kotaku.

I'm guessing they're probably the people who follow YouTubers who often make clickbait videos using the actual journalism done by Kotaku writers.
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whitelytning
10/29/19 5:42:26 PM
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I read Deadspin pretty regularly and had seen what was going on the last few days. I sort of understand what management is trying to do and don't really understand why the writers get so upset. Deadspin is a sports based site that it part of a group of sites including others that are more focused on politics. I can see why it makes some sense to keep them separate.

I don't think anything is going to happen to Kotaku.
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Darmik
10/29/19 5:43:25 PM
#90:


booboy posted...
Schrier did some actual journalism, the rest of them were literal outrage-for-clicks generators.


Cecilia D'Anastasio won an award for her expose about the culture at Riot Games too.

Their weekly podcast Splitscreen is pretty good too.
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UnfairRepresent
10/29/19 5:44:42 PM
#91:


King_Hutton posted...
This is I like it when people lose their livelihood over things that dont affect me the topic

This is such a bad post
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sylverlolol
10/29/19 5:48:53 PM
#92:


RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...
Paper_Okami posted...
not surprised that some of CE's worst posters are celebrating this

It's dying dude. Nobody is celebrating it not dying. We're all the best posters celebrating good news here friendo.

Not even on bizarro world are you considered a "best poster" on CE, Brutal. Put the alcohol down for the day.
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Paper_Okami
10/29/19 5:48:55 PM
#93:


UnfairRepresent posted...
This is such a bad post


you're the king of badposts


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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk
10/29/19 5:51:56 PM
#94:


sylverlolol posted...

Not even on bizarro world are you considered a "best poster" on CE, Brutal. Put the alcohol down for the day.

more insults by the far left average user!
very bigly argument!

I guess you're upset this garbage site is dead
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Darmik
10/29/19 5:53:26 PM
#95:


If they did end up closing Kotaku over this I think the core team will be scooped up pretty quickly and I think they'd be okay.

It's shitty timing for Jason Schreier though. Him and his wife just had a baby last month. Must be a stressful thing to go through.
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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk
10/29/19 5:55:12 PM
#96:


that's what bthers me about this whole thing that's it's deserved. If you have good people like Jason and he is good but decides to stick with a place known for garbage fake news postings and hysteria titles then fuck 'em all. They're equaly guilty by refusing to get a job with ethics
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sylverlolol
10/29/19 5:57:04 PM
#97:


Put down the alcohol, brutal.
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Darmik
10/29/19 5:57:36 PM
#98:


RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...
that's what bthers me about this whole thing that's it's deserved. If you have good people like Jason and he is good but decides to stick with a place known for garbage fake news postings and hysteria titles then fuck 'em all. They're equaly guilty by refusing to get a job with ethics


Well this happening (the owner cracking down on the sites for ad revenue) is why Jason stuck with Kotaku. They give him total freedom to pursue what he wants there. Even now his boss is siding with his writers over the owners. Do you think IGN will ever have one of its writers called a Press Sneak Fuck by developers?

What fake news are you referring to anyway?
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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk
10/29/19 5:58:51 PM
#99:


Darmik posted...

Well this happening (the owner cracking down on the sites for ad revenue) is why Jason stuck with Kotaku. They give him total freedom to pursue what he wants there. Do you think IGN will ever have one of its writers called a Press Sneak Fuck by developers?

What fake news are you referring to anyway?

IGN is like Gamespot. Both are terrible for it. Go to Giantbomb or omsething.

The overwatch thing, the persona DLC for smash, etc.
Don't get me wrong, it sells but I'll call t hem what they are just like I would with any other fake news
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The_Scarecrow
10/29/19 5:59:49 PM
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I'm not happy about people losing their jobs but Kotaku is a horrible site. I say good riddance. Hopefully, anyone who lost their jobs can find something better.

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