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#1 greyfox02
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Yes, it's a fake. Hopefully we all know that now. Why did I do it? Take it as a valuable lesson. It took hours before somebody caught on; most people just looked at the score and moved on. People only really took notice after somebody else mentioned that there were errors (which, by the way, were intentional...I'll get to that later). So what's my point? I'm stressing the importance of the review itself, rather than the score. Editors write the review for a reason: You're meant to read it. People put way too much emphasis on scores these days. Most just ignore the content within the review altogether (Proof? Just look at how many people fell for it). Many cried "flop confirmed!" or "fail!" without even reading the review, as if ONE REVIEW is the be-all and end-all of how a game will turn out. If you actually took the time to read and analyze the review, you would see that there were mistakes all over the place. Pictures that were months old, spelling and grammatical errors, incorrect information. I even put a hidden message somewhere in there (which I believe is yet to be discovered). Anyone who actually took the time to READ the review could easily catch them. So if you embarrassed yourself earlier by falling for it, hopefully you will learn something from this. And if you didn't get a chance to read the review, but you know that you often find yourself only looking at the scores, maybe it's time you take a step back and realize that there's more to a review than the number next to it. Apparently, this "review" spread across the internet like wildfire. I don't have accounts at any other websites, so if anybody wants to copy-paste this somewhere else, please feel free. And remember, games are meant to be played. Let's just enjoy them. Have a great day!
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#2 Brawl578
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You just ruined the Conduit haters' fun.

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#3 W1NGMAN-
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Dangit I didn't get to read it or see it :( I'm always late to the party!

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#4 Next-Gen-Tec
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Here's to expecting a lower score. *raises glass*
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#5 deactivated-586249e1b64ba
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Dangit I didn't get to read it or see it :( I'm always late to the party!

W1NGMAN-

Well, now you get to see what remains of the party.

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#6 mr_mozilla
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Well done sir, too bad I missed it.
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#7 W1NGMAN-
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[QUOTE="W1NGMAN-"]

Dangit I didn't get to read it or see it :( I'm always late to the party!

Technoweirdo

Well, now you get to see what remains of the party.

HA that was fantastic....I would have fallen for it too, the text was killing my eyes...there's no way I would have read that.

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#8 teh_VU
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Actually I think it's more because most didn't care and so did not really check to see if it was really valid.
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#9 killerfist
Member since 2005 • 20155 Posts

Dangit I didn't get to read it or see it :( I'm always late to the party!

W1NGMAN-
 Here it is. Well done TC, you sure fooled me. (untill the guy that pointed out the gramatical errors)
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#10 FirstDiscovery
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Its Nintendo Power, they overate anything:| A 6.5 there is a 2 on GS
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#11 WiiMan21
Member since 2007 • 8191 Posts

What Conduit review? Did i miss something? there was already people bagging on the game with a fake review, and it was already debunked in under an hour? Wow..alrighty then.

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#12 Silenthps
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*looks for the hidden message*
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#13 -Snooze-
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Actually I think it's more because most didn't care and so did not really check to see if it was really valid.teh_VU
This. I didn't care at all for the game. It's looks crappy, no score will change that.
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#14 WiiMan21
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[QUOTE="W1NGMAN-"]

Dangit I didn't get to read it or see it :( I'm always late to the party!

killerfist

 Here it is. Well done TC, you sure fooled me. (untill the guy that pointed out the gramatical errors)

The first mistake that I noticed is that it says 16 player online, while they changed it to 12 players.

Point out any more mistakes that I missed before that point.

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#15 killerfist
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The first mistake that I noticed is that it says 16 player online, while they changed it to 12 players.

Point out any more mistakes that I missed before that point.

WiiMan21

I just noticed the review says they had terrible lag while playing on a local server (or in the same office anyway). That the complete opposite what IGN said in their latest preview. Or maybe it was Gamespot who said it, I forgot.

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#16 jonnyt61
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What's the "hidden message" then? This is the first I've seen of this fake review, but, I still believe Conduit is going to be a heavy disappointment, and sincerely believe Wii owners should focus on Little King's Story. It's out in the UK already, and it's a real good game, something the Wii needs. Not lousy looking FPS that only get hype because of a big mouth dev.
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#17 Next-Gen-Tec
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[QUOTE="killerfist"][QUOTE="W1NGMAN-"]

Dangit I didn't get to read it or see it :( I'm always late to the party!

WiiMan21

Here it is. Well done TC, you sure fooled me. (untill the guy that pointed out the gramatical errors)

The first mistake that I noticed is that it says 16 player online, while they changed it to 12 players.

Point out any more mistakes that I missed before that point.

"it had everything", "stunning graphics"

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#18 legend26
Member since 2007 • 16010 Posts

conduit haters are so despret they made a fake reveiw to bash it :?

thats a new low in fanboyism...

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#19 nintendo-4life
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[QUOTE="WiiMan21"]

[QUOTE="killerfist"] Here it is. Well done TC, you sure fooled me. (untill the guy that pointed out the gramatical errors) Next-Gen-Tec

The first mistake that I noticed is that it says 16 player online, while they changed it to 12 players.

Point out any more mistakes that I missed before that point.

"it had everything", "stunning graphics"

where are the mistakes there? :?
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#20 deactivated-5d6e91f5c147a
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The review for the what now? Unless your wall'o'text has something to do with a number being used as a grade for a product, then I'm not interested.
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#21 ActicEdge
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There is so many grammatical errors in that review. Anyway, don't people have better things to do with there lives thanmake fake scans/reviews?

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#22 rpg9000owner
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Right.

Personally I think that it was a lil excessive, but whatever.

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#23 ultraking
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agreed. it is kinda sad that he went thru all that trouble

There is so many grammatical errors in that review. Anyway, don't people have better things to do with there lives thanmake fake scans/reviews?

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#24 darth-pyschosis
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Its Nintendo Power, they overate anything:| A 6.5 there is a 2 on GSFirstDiscovery

how is that relavant? he just said he made that review, and it was fake, and intentionally so.

what does however NP score games and how they relate to how GS scores games relate to his OP?

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#25 baladan
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There is so many grammatical errors in that review. Anyway, don't people have better things to do with there lives than make fake scans/reviews?

ActicEdge

Are there better things to do with our lives than bash the Wii and its games?

Are there better things to do with our lives than brag that one system has "superior" graphics than the others?

Are there better things to do with our lives than talking about video games instead of playing them?

The questions go on.

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#26 longprocess
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That was..... a pretty big waste of time. Trying to teach fanboys lessons is like trying trying to teach cats how to drive. Not gonna happen. Plus I don't really even get the lesson you're trying to teach. If you had written a positive review of the game and scored it poorly...then there would be a lesson to be learned about fanboys just reading scores, but as it stands, I'm not sure what you were trying to achieve.
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#27 ActicEdge
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[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

There is so many grammatical errors in that review. Anyway, don't people have better things to do with there lives than make fake scans/reviews?

baladan

Are there better things to do with our lives than bash the Wii and its games?

Are there better things to do with our lives than brag that one system has "superior" graphics than the others?

Are there better things to do with our lives than talking about video games instead of playing them?

The questions go on.

There probably are except the things you listed only affect a single person. Creating a false scan misleads everybody. Which one is worse.

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#28 bc1391
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You just ruined the Conduit haters' fun.

Brawl578

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#29 habkeinbock
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That was..... a pretty big waste of time. Trying to teach fanboys lessons is like trying trying to teach cats how to drive. Not gonna happen. Plus I don't really even get the lesson you're trying to teach. If you had written a positive review of the game and scored it poorly...then there would be a lesson to be learned about fanboys just reading scores, but as it stands, I'm not sure what you were trying to achieve.longprocess

exactly !

i think he got some pressure and thats why he made this thread ;)

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#30 farnham
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Where is the fake review ??

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#31 kansasdude2009
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Interesting lesson if you are being honest... but seriously, that was such a bad review. >_

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#32 Willy105
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I liked the review. Fooled me for a second. But I was not surprised. Which did surprise me.
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#33 stepat201
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What exactly did the TC teach us? I think his lesson failed.

Like above users said, if you had written a positive review, then yes it would be been a lesson (a stupid lesson, but a lesson).

All you did here was trick people for a couple of minutes into thinking the game flopped.

I know when I saw the review, all I read was the last line "It's just not fun" and that was all I needed to see.

So yea, I'm not sure what you were trying to achieve exactly, a failed attempt at seeming wise, I think.

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#34 Willy105
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What exactly did the TC teach us? I think his lesson failed.

Like above users said, if you had written a positive review, then yes it would be been a lesson (a stupid lesson, but a lesson).

All you did here was trick people for a couple of minutes into thinking the game flopped.

I know when I saw the review, all I read was the last line "It's just not fun" and that was all I needed to see.

So yea, I'm not sure what you were trying to achieve exactly, a failed attempt at seeming wise, I think.

stepat201
Because the student didn't get it doesn't mean the teacher was not saying anything.
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#35 stepat201
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[QUOTE="stepat201"]

What exactly did the TC teach us? I think his lesson failed.

Like above users said, if you had written a positive review, then yes it would be been a lesson (a stupid lesson, but a lesson).

All you did here was trick people for a couple of minutes into thinking the game flopped.

I know when I saw the review, all I read was the last line "It's just not fun" and that was all I needed to see.

So yea, I'm not sure what you were trying to achieve exactly, a failed attempt at seeming wise, I think.

Willy105

Because the student didn't get it doesn't mean the teacher was not saying anything.

I understand exactly what he was trying to do, he explained it clearly in his post.

It just didn't work is all.

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#36 Willy105
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[QUOTE="Willy105"][QUOTE="stepat201"]

What exactly did the TC teach us? I think his lesson failed.

Like above users said, if you had written a positive review, then yes it would be been a lesson (a stupid lesson, but a lesson).

All you did here was trick people for a couple of minutes into thinking the game flopped.

I know when I saw the review, all I read was the last line "It's just not fun" and that was all I needed to see.

So yea, I'm not sure what you were trying to achieve exactly, a failed attempt at seeming wise, I think.

stepat201

Because the student didn't get it doesn't mean the teacher was not saying anything.

I understand exactly what he was trying to do, he explained it clearly in his post.

It just didn't work is all.

Ok then.
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#37 stepat201
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[QUOTE="stepat201"]

[QUOTE="Willy105"] Because the student didn't get it doesn't mean the teacher was not saying anything.Willy105

I understand exactly what he was trying to do, he explained it clearly in his post.

It just didn't work is all.

Ok then.

Alrighty.

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#38 longprocess
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http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26861706&page=24 Ok got it. This guy started this crap in the Wii forum. Gave everyone there the link to this review he wrote but tried to pass it off as real. Everyone saw the mistakes in his review (which he's now telling everyone he did on purpose :roll: as though all a part in the divine plan ), it was proven fake, and in effort to take the heat off of himself he came out with this big story, he is trying to pass himself off as some great mythological hero that made a jesus-like sacrafice so he would teach the people a lesson (what lesson?) and they would see the error of their ways. On the third day he rose again. Amen.
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#39 stepat201
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Ok got it. This guy started this crap in the Wii forum. Gave everyone there the link to this review he wrote but tried to pass it off as real. Everyone saw the mistakes in his review (which he's now telling everyone he did on purpose :roll: as though all a part in the divine plan ), it was proven fake, and in effort to take the heat off of himself he came out with this big story, he is trying to pass himself off as some great mythological hero that made a jesus-like sacrafice so he would teach the people a lesson (what lesson?) and they would see the error of their ways. On the third day he rose again. Amen.longprocess

Actually I think he's a sheep and he was trying to teach us all a god-like lesson but he failed in that regard also.

Idunno, but either way he failed.

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#40 lebanese_boy
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Wow, you have a ****-load of time to waste :|. Please don't waste ours with your fake reviews.

With all mods deleting that fake review, not many had the ''opportunity'' to read it. I sure didn't and simply heard about the score. I then went to gamerankings and saw that there was no review from NP so I assumed it was actually fake or an actual leak.

Thanks for wasting our time with this crap

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#43 longprocess
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And gaf finds out it was fake....the circle of life is complete... http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349083&page=25 "Pretty obvious it was fake, and I don't understand why some people are so surprised. Am I the only one who notices the rabid hatred for this game and the Wii in general? Just look at the idiots this review drew out of the sewer."
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#44 404-not-found
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Intentional logical fallacies, lolitrolu, etc.

Saw it coming.

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#45 magiciandude
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You should have seen the reaction at NGG on GameFAQs. The Wii haters over there were saying that "it's a fake" claims were nothing but damage control. Then it later turns that it IS fake:

Someone over posted this pic as an overview

haters owange in ngg

It's one of the few (perhaps) moments where the "damge control" actually owns the haters.

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#46 ActicEdge
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You should have seen the reaction at NGG on GameFAQs. The Wii haters over there were saying that "it's a fake" claims were nothing but damage control. Then it later turns that it IS fake:

Someone over posted this pic as an overview

haters owange in ngg

It's one of the few (perhaps) moments where the "damge control" actually owns the haters.

magiciandude

Oh my God, that is absolutely hilarious. Thank you Magiciandude, you are my hero for the day. (pushes Aljosa off pedistool)

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#47 Hungry_Jello
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You know your desperate to prove a game is good when you make a fake review. TC, do you seriously think you taught anyone a lesson over this? This is system wars FFS.

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#48 JangoWuzHere
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I read the last sentence and thats it "its not very fun" would have been enough justice. Faking a review isn't going to make me give you or the game respect.

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#49 magiciandude
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[QUOTE="magiciandude"]

You should have seen the reaction at NGG on GameFAQs. The Wii haters over there were saying that "it's a fake" claims were nothing but damage control. Then it later turns that it IS fake:

Someone over posted this pic as an overview

haters owange in ngg

It's one of the few (perhaps) moments where the "damge control" actually owns the haters.

ActicEdge

Oh my God, that is absolutely hilarious. Thank you Magiciandude, you are my hero for the day. (pushes Aljosa off pedistool)

To top it off, this is thread where it all happened:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=213&topic=49538506

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#50 Keltoid
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Wow, congrats TC. You are an internet sensation. You should have put your name on it.