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Penny-Arcade: "Marketers of the Avenger Controller are thieves and liars".
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Sethtimus Prime
Neo Member
I think we're being trolled. Gonna sit back and see what develops over the next day.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Gary Whitta
Member
Photon
Member
And if you look at the 5 star reviews, most of them appear to be from shills who only created an Amazon account to give it a 5 star review..
Gary Whitta
Member
Well this guy was busted for that already, as well using using shill accounts to write reviews trashing his competitors' products. BUSINESS!
Manmademan
Member
Absolutely incredible. Not that he doesn't deserve it (and he really, REALLY does) but we're seeing a guy's entire career- no, his entire LIFE literally melt down in less than a day.
He'll never work in anything resembling his field again and will be extremely fortunate if he isn't sued into oblivion.
I feel nothing but pity for this guy's wife and child who will have their lives turned upside down because their father is an incompetent, thieving jackass.
He'll never work in anything resembling his field again and will be extremely fortunate if he isn't sued into oblivion.
I feel nothing but pity for this guy's wife and child who will have their lives turned upside down because their father is an incompetent, thieving jackass.
Neuromancer
Member
This Frank Shephard guy sounds like a real stand up dude. Hope this whole thing hasn't done irreparable harm to his product though.
Oh kinda late ( too much damaged done already to their brand and controller) but yeah I guess this mean bye bye to Paul,he will not be missed.
I'm not cool with PA posting the guy's phone number like that. There are some fuckin crazy people who will drag his wife and kid into this. Imagine one of them answering the phone to somebody threatening to send them a bomb and they have no idea their stupid husband/dad did all this stuff.
Sure, the guy is a huge tool and deserves to drown in shit, but leave his family out of it.
Sure, the guy is a huge tool and deserves to drown in shit, but leave his family out of it.
Mihos
Gold Member
Yeah, I kind of like this guy so far also. Maybe something good will come out of this after all.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Wasn't the PA number and info business and office info, not home and personal?
Manmademan
Member
yup.
I kindof hope he is, I think this feeding frenzy is unsettling.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Yup. This dude is gonna be standing in the unemployment line soon enough. And all of this could've been avoided by giving the guy a $10 credit and being polite.
What an absolute fucktard.
flyinpiranha
Member
I'm still not sure this is "his" field anyway. He seems like a con artist that whipped together a website and lied to clients about his abilities and talents.
Oh if that's the case, I wasn't aware. I thought it was personal info they posted. Lets hope I was wrong.
Azure Dream
Member
Was it his home phone number? Or did they list his business number?
...Then again, those two may still be the same thing.
Neuromancer
Member
Eh, fuck him. Besides it's a 1-800 number for Chrissakes. I'm sure it's a business number.
What field the con-artist field? I'm sure he can operate under a fake name and company if he really wanted to.
Yep, thats the sad part of all this story. The guy is clearly out of his league, does not fullly understand what he has started and posibbly is in the middle of some roid rage episode. It would be funny if he did not have a family to support.
Pretty sure Gabe just posted his public information. Information that was already on his website as corporate contact information.
Manmademan
Member
You may have a point. I saw the posts about his site literally being plagiarized from other websites (as well as the tweet from IGN calling him "unprofessional" to deal with) and it was only a matter of time before his business failed.
Still, I feel sorry for his family- no kid wants to find out his dad is a bad guy (especially if/when he hears about this at school), and no wife wants to hear that "oops, we won't be able to make a living anymore."
all his fault and probably inevitable- but this has got to be painful.
Pagusas
Elden Member
It truly is amazing thinking about how all you know can be so fragile. I hope one day the guy will see where it all went wrong and make a conscious effort to change his attitude and direction.
la flama blanca
Banned
Doubt it, no way he's having a lesson taught to him at this stage in his life for the first time.
You would be surprised. Especially considering the idea that he's always put himself around people who would perpetuate his beliefs and choices. The wife and friends are the usual candidates for that.
la flama blanca
Banned
So then the possibility of him coming to the realization of how unprofessional and immature he's been is low considering he's possibly built this inner circle of affirmative reinforcement? I hope he does learn his lesson however, it's a bit embarrassing to have learned about business etiquette, professionalism, social media, networking and the internet in one day
Who says the wife wouldn't be able to make a living? It's not going to be the poverty lane for that family because of this, I assume.
This guys' career in this field is fucking done though, that's for sure.
So then the possibility of him coming to the realization of how unprofessional and immature he's been is low considering he's possibly built this inner circle of affirmative reinforcement? I hope he does learn his lesson however, it's a bit embarrassing to have learned about business etiquette, professionalism, social media, networking and the internet in one day
Exactly my thoughts. Most people (in my experience) who behave this way usually obfuscate the issue by blaming everyone else's actions/reactions rather than paying attention to their own choices.
I'm surprised his address hasn't been posted on any sites, it's pretty easy to find.
Right now, I'm not sure SoCal is the best place to be in real estate.
The Lamonster
Member
This is so awesome. Dude sounds like a Class A Asshole. Glad to see this story blow up.
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
You may have missed the small fact that his wife also works with/for him at Ocean Marketting
Her career may not be affected, but her current income is likely to be impacted
True, but I really doubt that his family has been on such a fringe that this will collapse the entire house of cards.
Unless he's lied and scammed about money and payments, too.
You may have missed the small fact that his wife also works with/for him at Ocean Marketting
Her career may not be affected, but her current income is likely to be impacted
What would she do? Play PR? I can't see how both of them can be doing the same thing to make a living..especially with the job we know the husband does.
The Lamonster
Member
Another hapless victim of roid rage.
The web site text could be marketing boilerplate that everybody got from the same source. Although seop looks like a legitimate company.
Lulz, and now I'm getting ads for seop on GAF.
Unless you are a big guy I think I'd nix the plans on giving him a dictionary. Looks like he has self control issues, I think it could end badly.
Lulz, and now I'm getting ads for seop on GAF.
Unless you are a big guy I think I'd nix the plans on giving him a dictionary. Looks like he has self control issues, I think it could end badly.
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
la flama blanca
Banned
I'm afraid this guy is gonna go postal one of these days(aside from the internet version of going postal).
My thoughts exactly. I don't think it's stole per se. More likely it came pre-packaged in one of those "make money on the internets!" scams sold on TV.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Well judging by that it really seems like odds are she would know what a sham the site is and what kind of stupid shit he's been pulling. I don't feel sorry for her then.