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[ChorizoPicozo]

yes...everytime i see someone say "GamePass, the best value in gaming" i get sus.

 

[cireza]

Yeah how do we know he isn't being paid by Sony to say this?
But then how do we know I didn't get paid by MS to say this about what he said?

Pretty sure that Sony pays people to pretend they are Xbox related, and ask them to pay internet users to say good stuff about Xbox. So that they can create a negative picture of Xbox.

 

[Darsxx82]

1- The guy who has been creating a call effect for several days saying little less than MS is the devil and that he hates big companies because they want control and squeeze users with microtransactions...

2- A guy who worked for Blizard who was criticized for his policy of squeezing the user by showing his hopocrisy.

3- The Xbox community (it is clear that most of them are fanatics and trolls) responds with insults and points at him.

4- The guy reacts by accusing an entire community being paid fans and bots at the service of MS. Clearly showing his bias and anger to the Xbox community.

5- Someone in Neogaf sees fit to open a thread insinuating that the words of the ExBlizard guy is some kind of confirmation that MS pays all the fans that are attacking him.

6- Moderation sees this consolewars thread as appropriate even when several usual suspects here appear to attack and bullying to several of the users here with preferences towards Xbox.

7- At the moment my answer is filled with emoticons of laughter, shame and empathy...

All right in this healthy community. Proud to participate in this forum

Person who posts against the acquisition incessantly thinks negatively of Xbox fans

Enough ingredients for open a tread here against Xbox and its entire community...

 

[harry mason 1989]

Reeeeeeeeeee will try to cancel the poor guy

 

[Oppoi]

yes...everytime i see someone say "GamePass, the best value in gaming" i get sus.

... just shut the fuck up and use this affiliate link for 20% off. We got something good going here take the bait and piss off.

 

[Snake29]

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Mark Kern with an hot take, what a surprise.

Nothing hot about this take.

Folks who have been here a long time remember the ban waves of Xbox astroturfers around the XB1 launch era.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Reeeeeeeeeee will try to cancel the poor guy

They've probably been trying to cancel the guy from the very start. He was and probably still is a very prominent Gamergate supporter.

 

[X-Wing]

I mean… how could they not. The personalities who don’t see a difference between 30 and 60 fps when it comes to Starfield but somehow notice a drop in internal resolution in Final Fantasy XVI could only be bots.

 

[Crayon]

You can be like klobrille. He got his start right here. Just apply yourself.

 

[Fredrik]

yes...everytime i see someone say "GamePass, the best value in gaming" i get sus.

Well. It is. Unless you pirate or play everything late through sales it’s the cheapest way to play the biggest number of games.
Well, at least it used to be... I don’t know how many tricks there is left. I got 2x3 years at $5/month by prepayment of XBLG and EAP. Is there something else to trick the system? that don’t include using Bing

 

[Hendrick's]

What makes this guy or anything he is saying credible?

 

[sono]

Oh brother this is depressing

 

[MasterCornholio]

A large amount of alts do get caught on this site. I wonder if they are actually bots (not actual people but programs creating the alts).

 

[Oppoi]

Well. It is. Unless you pirate or play everything late through sales it’s the cheapest way to play the biggest number of games.
Well, at least it used to be... I don’t know how many tricks there is left. I got 2x3 years at $5/month by prepayment of XBLG and EAP. Is there something else to trick the system? that don’t include using Bing

A big brown sack with a couple dollar signs coming your way Eriksson.

 

[MasterCornholio]

What makes this guy or anything he is saying credible?

The ban list.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Well. It is. Unless you pirate or play everything late through sales it’s the cheapest way to play the biggest number of games.
Well, at least it used to be... I don’t know how many tricks there is left. I got 2x3 years at $5/month by prepayment of XBLG and EAP. Is there something else to trick the system? that don’t include using Bing

we got one boyz!!!!!

 

[jm89]

 

[semiconscious]

busted...

thing is, it wasn't just for the money. i mostly did it because ms assured me that it was for the good of gaming, as well as for the good of mankind...

 

[Gobjuduck]

Mark Kern is a moron, and has been wrong about everything. Firefall is one of the biggest failures in all of gaming, and its all because of him.

 

[Kenshin775]

How do I get in on this money. I am a Sega fan but I feel like I have been spending too much time arguing for MS in the ABK acquisition thread. I want to get paid too

 

[jm89]

Maybe i've wrote wrong my bank account number...

Don't need to pay those willing to do it for free.....

 

[Fredrik]

A big brown sack with a couple dollar signs coming your way Eriksson.

Thanks! Didn’t think it was this easy to get in on this!

 

[Aika'svyse]

I need to tell all my cats they are on to us. I sure by buying cat litter with MS rewards.

 

[Warnen]

Now I’m out of a job thanks

 

[Tsaki]

Some of them do talk like bots.

 

[ManaByte]

Mark Kern with an hot take, what a surprise.

Shhh don’t rain on the confirmation bias.

 

[poppabk]

Pretty sure that Sony pays people to pretend they are Xbox related, and ask them to pay internet users to say good stuff about Xbox. So that they can create a negative picture of Xbox.

I think they also pay people to pretend to be obnoxious shills for MS.

 

[Three]

While some may be paid in cash, most are paid via rewards and digital codes.

A while ago, I wrote a detailed post on how the Xbox Ambassador program works, including a sneak peek at their "tasks".

Link: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/phil...-hear-the-feedback-ign.1636574/post-266168788

I don't think this is even referring to ambassadors but some firm which signs in with multiple accounts across different media just astroturfing, pretending to be different people. Solokingrobert was found here to at the very least have access to Florian's twitter account but I doubt it was actually Florian himself signing in and talking before. It's like one of those firms using bots to generate buzz and followers.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

I hate every single one of them

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

That explains how Xbox users spend more money on average.

 

[damidu]

again shocked (not). they have at best like %25 of the console market by their numbers.
but somehow swarming twitter and forums like rabid dogs.
now with chatgpt and stuff, i guess most will be out of jobs

 

[BlueLyria]

Y'all think that free gamepass from MS Rewards and the xbox ambassador program doesn't come with an *?

 

[OverHeat]

Where is my money then?

 

[Putonahappyface]

We will execute every last mother fucking one of you astroturfers!

 

[Topher]

How much do we think @adamsapple is banking?

He seems to be hiding....

 

[T-Cake]

I certainly am! I get free Game Pass thanks to Microsoft Rewards. And any bonus points go on PlayStation Plus (via Amazon).

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

It was possible to be paid ? Damn !

I'll DM Phil to write you a check. He desperately needs some good PR and this could be his ticket.

I get paid in Microsoft rewards. Does that count?

Yes.

Which is also at least half of the ResetERA Xbox people paying for Game Pass with MS Reward points.

 

[harry mason 1989]

He seems to be hiding....

Funniest gif ever

 

[killatopak]

Slide me a DM on how to join this and I can be the Kretos of Xbox immediately for you.

 

[01011001]

so those sad sony shills on twitter do it for free?

now that's the real news here!

 

[RedC]

GamePass, the best value in gaming!!!

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[Bumblebeetuna]

Every company does it. Back when I worked retail, Nintendo and Sony had programs where they would literally give you free games and merchandise to sway customers their way. I’m sure MS had the same thing, they just never bothered to send my store a rep. This was back when internets was in its infancy, but I know the Sony program lasted until a year or two ago. No doubt they’ve all switched to the internet shills now, way larger reach and probably cheaper.

Of course, the sad thing is a vast majority of the people who spend hours on twitter and YouTube engaging in console wars aren’t even paid at all. They’re just fanboys.

edit, they aren’t paid at all by the big three I mean. I’m sure they make money off of their social media accounts.

 

[Thirty7ven]

“It seems like someone just got really affected by the recently concluded case between Microsoft and FTC (on behalf of Sony)”

What is this? On behalf of Sony? What?

Also yes, finally people say it. MS loves this type of bs, astroturfing hello

 

[graywolf323]

oh man the point he raises about AI is something I hadn’t even thought of…

Microsoft is definitely the type that’s going to take advantage of that, why keep paying astroturfers when they can just have AI do it?

I am sorry. I have been found out. I will now format myself. Goodbye.

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[Thirty7ven]

Every company does it. Back when I worked retail, Nintendo and Sony had programs where they would literally give you free games and merchandise to sway customers their way. I’m sure MS had the same thing, they just never bothered to send my store a rep. This was back when internets was in its infancy, but I know the Sony program lasted until a year or two ago. No doubt they’ve all switched to the internet shills now, way larger reach and probably cheaper.

Of course, the sad thing is a vast majority of the people who spend hours on twitter and YouTube engaging in console wars aren’t even paid at all. They’re just fanboys.

edit, they aren’t paid at all by the big three I mean. I’m sure they make money off of their social media accounts.

You just can’t help yourself it’s so funny, even going so far as equating what is being said in the op with your incredibly valuable retail experience. #Sonytoo

 

[harry mason 1989]

“It seems like someone just got really affected by the recently concluded case between Microsoft and FTC (on behalf of Sony)”

What is this? On behalf of Sony? What?

Also yes, finally people say it. MS loves this type of bs, astroturfing hello

I know it's impossible
But I really want to see the reactions on twitter if the ftc will be the reason this deal gets blocked

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

You just can’t help yourself it’s so funny, even going so far as equating what is being said in the op with your incredibly valuable retail experience. #Sonytoo

See kids, this is an example of someone doing it for absolutely nothing. Don’t be like this guy.

 

[Thirty7ven]

See kids, this is an example of someone doing it for absolutely nothing. Don’t be like this guy.

You’re not real.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

oh man the point he raises about AI is something I hadn’t even thought of…

Microsoft is definitely the type that’s going to take advantage of that, why keep paying astroturfers when they can just have AI do it?

You and EvilLore are the only real people here.