I wish you were guaranteed something in the lottery lol. I would play every time. What do you have to lose?
Xbot site is the beacon of light in a sea full of ignorant sewer water lol.
Yup. He could just be some asshole, I don’t know. He did use the word “toxic” so that probably means he’s a bit fruity already lol. I know a chick that has gotten multiple people fired for hamless jokes that weren’t even directed at her. Some people use whatever it takes to their advantage, especially in something like car sales.
“Not really clear on what went down”
That’s what makes it shady to me lol. The shady part to me is the cover-up. The hush money. The uncl...
@kowan
True. Why did he deny the severance though? And why wasn’t that clarified in their official statement? They didn’t deny anything he said, they just said there is no evidence of anything he said occurring. That doesn’t mean they haven’t heard the hearsay.
Canada has some good snipers. That’s about it though lol.
Oh muh gerd! Think of the kids! The kids!
True, he could have just interpreted it that way. Or he could be telling the truth. Like rain says, “they wouldn’t be stupid enough to leave themselves open to a lawsuit like that”. But sure they would, if it was worth it. I don’t know which “lead” they are talking about but if it’s a play maker I’m almost certain Sony and ND would go to bat for them. They don’t want to lose a lead because of some pissant, make the problem disappear. The NDA could have included his entire time at ND.
My question is why would he deny the severance package if that’s all it was? Why didn’t he sign an NDA if the game was all it was about?
Yes, it’s off the record and he has no evidence of what went down unless he was clever about it. What was this “mental breakdown” about? He just went nuts and decided to accuse a lead in the studio of sexual harassment? He could be a flaming nutter for all I know but this whole thing seems shady to me. Of course there is no evidence lol.
Are you trying to say it was severance package? He got fired and got paid to keep his mouth shut on everything including the harassment (that they have no evidence of)? So he denied the 20k just so he could legally speak out against it. I’d say that’s a special case.
If they offered him 20k it was definitely “off the record”. No question. If the accuser doesn’t have any proof of this then there is nothing he can do.
“We have not found any evidence of having received allegations from Mr. Ballard that he was harassed in any way at Naughty Dog or Sony Interactive Entertainment.“
Lol! That’s shady AF. I like how they fail to deny offering him 20k to keep his lips shut. It’s not what you know Dave, it’s what you can prove! See you in court!
I’m not ridiculing them. I’m not calling people dumb pieces of shit, I’m saying it’s ignorant. Ignorant just means you don’t know any better for one reason or another, maybe they just don’t care enough to come up with a rational conclusion. I don’t want “everyone’s interest served” when people who don’t know what they are talking have stupid interests that don’t make any sense.
@Liquid
The regulations aren’t why gaming is so successful. The lack of regulation is why it’s successful. The market giants duking it out on very basic broad guidelines, gaming is the perfect example of balanced free market capitalism. Healthy competition to the point of saturation and the indie explosion. Many big names have left their studio to make smaller ones. This is because of technology that is rapidly advanced by the demand of enthusiasts, not regulations.
@super monkey
“Of course we need to protect the naive and innocent from these money grabbing assholes. If we need a few more laws to control this then so be it. We have more laws now than we have ever had in history and believe it or not, that's a good thing for people.”
With what laws exactly? I don’t believe that at all lol. That more laws and regulations are good for a free people. It’s easy to say that but I doubt you could come up with a theory t...
I didn’t make the China comment, I was quoting it. I didn’t assume anything, I repeated the logic. I did add communist to make a point.
You’re the one that doesn’t want a Chinese market. You tell me why the western markets aren’t better. Is that the only regulation they have in lootboxes? I don’t know china’s gambling laws but I doubt it. I just know they are communists and “it’s regulated in China” is a no shit Sherlock comment.
I have no issue with a compan...
"Wow. That's a stretch. This is videos games regulation, a "private" industry and thus civil matter still legislated by government. This is not exploring criminal efforts to create more of a Communist Police State."
No shit, they have to follow laws lol. What I dont get is why you're trying to get them to make more laws. What regulation would you recommend that would "fix" this perfectly legal practice? I heard somebody say "it'...
Highly unlikely though. They have to prove it's violating any gambling laws first, which it's not. Unless you want to change the criteria altogether just so you can get the end result you want. "social justice" or "moving the goal post" which is corny and scumbagish. Gambling regulation is to protect us from illegal practices by businesses. They aren't there to protect us from our own shitty habits.
I have thought about it and I think it'...
True. But I can see his point, maybe because that’s just not my style. 4v4 with both teams creeping around in spartan shield formation lol. I’d quit too. I just bought destiny 2 for the story and coop stuff so I dunno, maybe he’s just salty. He’s good in destiny 1, that’s all I know lol.
Damn.. I started on my og PS4 because I thought there wasn’t a patch 😩