System Wars Lounge v69-The "verbtex is not kill" Edition!

Here's what she did for Nintendo.

https://youtu.be/gXP0UCh2-NE?list=PL2JiZAV5BmDU_Dk6KuW8in13DnxerYMU3

i thought i told you never to show your face here again >:(

Alison Rapp: Former member of Treehouse's marketing division. Bore zero relevance to localization decisions in recent games. Picked by known extreme circles of gamers as a scapegoat for censorship in said games for the past couple of months. In the past few months, things got more heated when she had an old college paper of hers (that, ironically, paints her as more against censorship than the circles attacking her) used against her. Even brought the ire of an (apparently large) anti-sex trafficking foundation. Basically, a PR nightmare. You got most of it already.

-BUT-, as per Nintendo's official statement on the matter released a little after the news broke out, all that had nothing to do with her firing. Rather, it was a second job that she held during her employment which was a breach of contract.

-BUT THEN- you start reading Rapp's own comments on the matter and things go back to her just being a PR nightmare that Nintendo grasped the first straw it could get a hand on trying to end, which doesn't paint Nintendo in the best of lights here.

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At this point in time, my current thought on the matter is "Goddamnit, Nintendo. Stand up for your f***ing employees. Unless she moonlighted as a hitman, any business you lose over it is worth losing."

@verbtex: Sorry but I don't even know you or who you are.

Love the FF XV environment trailer, being in some of the most beautiful parts of southern USA and England recently, I wish that some of them got recreated in video game form. This may be the closest I get.

As usual, lolPC.

I'm away from my computer for one evening and this is what happens.

FFXV new trailer, anime, demo, and release date. New lounge. Verbtex still has mod status. What is going on!?!?!?!?!??! D:

They really shouldn't in this case because it has nothing to do with one of their video games. This is a lot different than when EA or Ubisoft stood up for their creative decisions, like adding non-straight characters to their games. No one is going to stand up for their employees talking about child sex laws on their twitter. Posting stuff like that is a suicidal move for a professional career. Everyone should know by now to watch what you say on your social media accounts, especially when you're the head of PR/HR/whatever she was for a company that relies on its family friendly image. They did the best possible thing by cutting ties and saying nothing about it because now it'll just blow over, which is what any other company would do.

WTF

The Final Fantasy 15 limited edition was sold out in less than 20 minutes... F**K F**K F**K!!!!!!!!!!

Sadly, it's probably not worth losing for Nintendo. The people supporting groups like GG are EXTREMELY vocal. Nintendo doesn't want to be caught in their crosshairs, so they refused to comment on her harassment. Businesses just want to make money, they don't exactly care about what is ethically correct.

Counter will always be my most hated skill in Fire Emblem.

I'm probably going to go with HTC Vive or PSVR when it comes picking a headset.

Oculus is middle of the road, and that's a little disappointing. Sure, it's $200 cheaper than the Vive, but it doesn't come with any touch controllers. When they do release those later on, I bet they will cost $100, meaning that the Oculus is basically a $700 VR experience. The Vive is just $100 more and it seems to offer a better experience overall. PSVR is the worst of the bunch, but that's fine. It's a much more affordable experience, making it a perfectly fine entry to VR.

Started getting my components for my upgraded PC now.

This is cheaper than I thought it would be, and only makes me wonder, how cheap will PC componenets get when 3D Printing becomes widespread?

That is normal for Nintendo stuff. Fire Emblem Fates being the most recent example. ;)

http://io9.gizmodo.com/batman-v-superman-spoiler-faq-of-justice-1767720335?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Perfect.

:D It's a been almost over a year since i've been active on SW , hope to see you more here!

lulz.

That was great.

12 Apr, is well 12 days more to suffer :(

This is the part you won't be coming to Gamespot a lot like you are now. I know you're always busy in April. My Condolence :(

I read it all. That was glorious.

I almost want to see it now. Almost.

Caught up on Daredevil on netflix. I await season 3 with eager anticipation. Now I've got find something else to watch.

Anyone here use the new Samsung S7 Edge? Looking to upgrade from my 5s but the 6s doesn't look that great.

Probable most overused weapon in Dark Souls 3 PvP: The Farron Greatsword (+ dagger). Won't blame people for using it. Has too much cool factor. Suck it, Artorias.

Yes, it's very, very draining trying to speak out on bullshit to say the least. But then you consider she's already been speaking out on her undeserved shit for a while and wonder why they didn't speak out too despite her being part of the company.

Best possible situation without rocking the boat would've been not to ever hire someone known to be outspoken on various issues in the first place because that could only possibly come into conflict with traditional corporate stoicism. But they did.

Best possible outcome that involves firing her would've been making sure they gagged her properly before firing her, making sure nobody would've known about it until well after things had blown over for her and Nintendo because she's currently high-profile and Nintendo's own movements would be scrutinized on how it handles her firing should it come to light. At that point, you may as well not.

But they did fire her and they did forget to gag her and people did find out about her firing amidst ongoing harassment against her, leading to Nintendo getting scrutinized over the matter because Nintendo also has the image of being an inclusive company, from the employees they hire to the games they release, in an industry that's the opposite of inclusive. They failed to protect that image back when the harassment campaign started by staying silent well before her detractors took a look at her LinkedIn profile, then failed again by firing her with a weak-ass excuse intended to deflect any political motive (because firing someone for their views on sensitive issues doesn't do the inclusiveness image much good regardless of her position in the company -- and should've been done much more quickly if it were).

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Basically, they walked into this shitshow and they didn't do a good job of walking out of it.

On a completely unrelated note...

Counter Snipers? Counter Snipers. It doesn't get much more evil than giving the series' punching bag the worst possible thing imaginable short of making all bows 1-2 ranged. lol

Yeah, I remember Chele didn't like me all that much.

Eh, not everyone is going to like you. Inevitable fact of life.

I wrote the original survival guide. :(

Yeah the fact that I still have tags kind of surprises me. It seems they are much more lax now in terms of activity requirement.

That was Stevo_The_Gamer who I saw on my first steps in SW 2 years ago I think. You should post here more so I can get to know you more.

Verb isn't dead? What did we pay the hitmen for?

You're not hiring the right one's then.

I wrote the original version that Stevo updated when the TOU changed.

I killed them myself.

Good job!

So are you a hermit,cow,lem or sheep? :D

I own all three and use them all in my free time. I enjoy gaming more than I enjoy being part of a faction.

But If I couldn't take the easy way out and say manticore, I tend to have my cowish tendencies, because my first console was a PlayStation.

Batman v Superman was disappointing!

I meant Dark Souls 3 releasing on 12 APRL, 've to bear 12 days more lol.

Decided to not buy a graphics card yet and wait for the new NVIDIA cards to come out before I decide on my graphics card. Will just use my old card until then.

Haven't seen you in a while.

In Houston, kill means good smoke. Verbtex is not good smoke.

You suck Verb.

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So wtf are the character designers at Capcom thinking though?

@ConanTheStoner: damn, wario lost weight

@CountBleck12:

legit lol man, Haha.

Amazing! :D

Smart choice. Even though I have a 970 and it's enough for most things at 4k I really hope the next cards have a large amount of vram cause it's clear that is what devs want.

That Doom live-action trailer was pretty cool. Wish they'd show some single-player footage though.

Yeah we're all gamers after all. Being in a particular faction and teasing other factions can be fun tho :P

So tormentos isn't an act? He's just really that stupid?

I bought Hyper Light Drifter on the back of Illmatic's truthery ass thread, and the game is locked at 30 frames per second. Greatest troll ever.

Resident Evil live action only had a one ok movie and one that was cool because nemesis. But the rest of them feel like fan made really some cringy stuff especially in Retribution. I can't believe how stupid that scene looked when they tried to copy from the RE4 Ada and Leon knife gun encounter. The dialogue is terrible too, the actors must be laughing their ass off inside. This is perhaps the worst movie I have ever seen. What joke.

Went to see BvS with such low expectations that I actually ended up enjoying it.

Me too, considering Snyder...still came away disappointed, but enjoyed the spectacle more due to knowing that Snyder is trying to become the next Micheal Bay and I've come to accept his massive limitations in storytelling.

Man of Steel and Sucker Punch prepared me for his current and future work.

Star of the whole movie.

Definitely the best part.

@SolidTy: his movies reminds me of crytek lol. Technical showcase and all style and no substance. Pretty much eye candy which is enjoyable if you're looking for something to do in your free time and have nothing else to see.