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Microsoft / Activision Deal Approval Watch |OT| (MS/ABK close)

Do you believe the deal will be approved?

  • Yes, will be approved without changes.

    Votes: 221 24.9%

  • Yes, will be approved but with structural changes to ABK.

    Votes: 102 11.5%

  • Yes, will be approved but only with behavioral concessions.

    Votes: 262 29.6%

  • No, will not be approved.

    Votes: 301 34.0%
  • Total voters
    886
  • Poll closed .
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feynoob

feynoob

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Banjo64 said:
Breaking hearts will do for me :messenger_smiling_hearts:
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Us and Dortmund fans
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DForce

DForce

NaughtyDog Defense Force
ManaByte said:
Well if Florian invented an entire separate persona and spent the time to create two Xbox accounts and then get 300,000+ gamer score on one, it's a pretty insane burner scheme.
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Tried to remove the screenshot.
Deleted their Twitter account.
Deleted their Reddit account.

Would you do this if you were being accused of being someone else and you were innocent?
 
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Elios83

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ManaByte said:
All of those accounts (reddit, XB, etc) say he lived in England. Isn't Florian German?

Edit: I don't care if he was this guy or not. The thing I care about is if someone was perm'd following a witch hunt here and he WASN'T actually Florian. That stinks of the old days before the mental patients fled.
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If it wasn't him regardless of the evidence provided through screenshots of his missteps, why would he rush to edit his post here and make changes/nuke his other accounts elsewhere when he was caught?

I think there's really no witch hunt, just a crazy MS sponsored astroturfer caught and banned.
 
Topher

Topher

Gold Member
ManaByte said:
The thing that’s suspicious is his claim that he’s never heard of GAF.
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What's suspicious to me is that Florian's first reaction wasn't to deny the accusation, but attempt to make the same accusation against Idas of era. If Florian's response had been "I don't post on NeoGAF under any name" then I would have a heck of a lot more doubt. But seeing his frantic bullshit responses as well as SoloKingRobert's freaking out deleting accounts.......nah, I'm 90% sure he's an idiot who got busted. I reserve a healthy 10% of doubt for just about anything that happens on the internet.
 
TheDreadLord

TheDreadLord

Member
BennyBlanco said:
He definitely was at one point a consultant for them. Although I wouldn’t put it past a brand worshipper to try to play up a small gig into something bigger.
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Right, but isn’t this almost the same situation as the CMA guy that worked or provide service to Sony like 10yrs ago? Look, I do agree with what people were saying here about that. What I’m pointing out is the double standard.
 
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feynoob

feynoob

Member
xHunter said:
The post was also only up for 4 hours before he edited the screenshot out. Certainly, some stuff seems fishy, but this is not "100% proof"
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If you use Twitter computer, you will see your user account that way.

The guy was happy to post that, without paying any attention to his user account.
 
reinking

reinking

Gold Member
Do we really have a FDF (Florian Defense Force) on GAF? Crazy.

The immediate edit spoke loudly. 100% Florian? Nah, impossible to say, but this isn't a court of law so the threshold (and impact on one's life) is much lower. It will be interesting to see which dormant alt shows up when things cool down.
 
Thirty7ven

Thirty7ven

Banned
Topher said:
SoloKingRobert is much more subdued on GAF than Florian on twitter. That could simply be a matter of trying to stay low key. Not sure why SoloKingRobert would go to the effort of trying to impersonate Florian. It is possible, I suppose.

But to me, Florian insinuating that Idas is also a shill posting on a forum kind of solidified it for me. Misery loves company and Florian wanted to bring someone down with him.
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Yup, when he accused Idas low key of doing the same he pretty much blurted it out.
 
BennyBlanco

BennyBlanco

aka IMurRIVAL69
TheDreadLord said:
Right, but isn’t this almost the same situation as the CMA guy that worked or provide service to Sony like 10yrs ago? Look, I do agree with what people were saying here about that. What I’m pointing out is the double standard.
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Was the CMA guy shitposting on NeoGAF? If so I would find that even more hilarious. Florian is just a guy addicted to the twitter engagement he’s getting by shilling for MS/ABK under the guise of being an expert.
 
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Elios83

Member
TheDreadLord said:
Right, but isn’t this almost the same situation as the CMA guy that worked or provide service to Sony like 10yrs ago? Look, I do agree with what people were saying here about that. What I’m pointing out is the double standard.
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Sorry but what double standard are you talking about?
Have you found that guy you're talking about posting here and not getting banned?
 
Topher

Topher

Gold Member
TheDreadLord said:
Right, but isn’t this almost the same situation as the CMA guy that worked or provide service to Sony like 10yrs ago? Look, I do agree with what people were saying here about that. What I’m pointing out is the double standard.
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Incorrect. Florian created that narrative out of thin air. Colin Raftery isn't involved in the Microsoft-ABK acquisition at all. That would be his counterpart Sorcha O’Carroll.

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www.gov.uk

Microsoft / Activision deal could lead to competition concerns

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is concerned that Microsoft’s anticipated purchase of Activision Blizzard could substantially lessen competition in gaming consoles, multi-game subscription services, and cloud gaming services (game streaming).
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Dick Jones

Dick Jones

Gold Member
TheDreadLord said:
Right, but isn’t this almost the same situation as the CMA guy that worked or provide service to Sony like 10yrs ago? Look, I do agree with what people were saying here about that. What I’m pointing out is the double standard.
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The CMA guy who wasn't involved in this CMA decision and was never paid directly by Sony for something over a decade ago and this virgin shill are not the same.
 
MasterCornholio

MasterCornholio

Member
TheDreadLord said:
Right, but isn’t this almost the same situation as the CMA guy that worked or provide service to Sony like 10yrs ago? Look, I do agree with what people were saying here about that. What I’m pointing out is the double standard.
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That's crazy Florian bullshit. The guy wasn't even working Sonys case. However he did do one for Sonys music acquisition in 2021.
 
Dick Jones

Dick Jones

Gold Member
MasterCornholio said:
That's crazy Florian bullshit. The guy wasn't even working Sonys case. However he did do one for Sonys music acquisition in 2021.
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I imagine with the EC hiring that Microsoft lad, the EC must reject all MS acquisitions for the foreseeable future, even if that same person was not involved in the decision making for any MS relevant cases.
 
ReBurn

ReBurn

Gold Member
Elios83 said:
Explaining what happened with that screenshot wasn't an option instead? :messenger_grinning_sweat:
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Please. This thread has become the poster child of conspiracy theory. We now have horrible people in this thread people begging for witch hunting anyone who left a like on one of their comments here. Who would have actually believed an explanation? It would have just been more blood in the water for these obsessed morons who are following the account across social media.
 
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Topher

Topher

Gold Member
ReBurn said:
Do what? Explain how people resorting to harassment over video games is a bad look? I'm not the one who needs to regain self respect. It's you guys who let people like this live In your heads rent free. The behavior on display here is disgusting.
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Are you really trying to portray SoloKingRobert as a victim here?

Let's make sure you are clear about what happened.....

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Bernoulli

Bernoulli

M2 slut
Astray said:
Whatever means he had of getting the screenshot, it can't be outside two possibilities:
1) He is Florian himself.
2) He is in a server with Florian coordinating stuff.

There is no other reason for this screenshot to be in his possession imo.
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the way he talks when he said meltdown for gamers is very florian like if you check his tweets, he loves the word "gamers"
 
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Astray

Astray

Member
He's honestly one of the funniest figures to come out of this kerfuffle. I legit expected that Jim Ryan x Phil Spencer memes were the peak of it, but now we got Lulu and now this clown.
 
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