Totally Not Corrupt Professional Objective Gaming Journalism DRAMA

[Jasede]

"people"

 

[HiddenX]

lemme see if i get it straight. gb discovered some news and linked to it with their own flavor text, couchpotato, being a lazy twat, copied their article without marking it as a quote, effectively selling said flavour as his own brainfart, sea got understandably pissed at this and you people think he's trolling?

Just trolling, because sea makes a mountain out of a molehill and makes legal threats to a non-profit site.

RPGWatch

Phenomicus the developer who made SpellForce, and SpellForce 2 has been been closed according to a report on GamesIndustry.biz.
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Now excuse me as I go mourn for a studio that once made games I loved. Damn you EA.

Gamebanshee

The studio that brought us SpellForce, SpellForce 2, Lord of Ultima, and a variety of other strategy/RPG titles and add-ons has officially been closed, according to a report on GamesIndustry.biz. I've always been a fan of Phenomic's work (well, up until EA acquired them), so this is really disappointing - if somewhat expected - news to me:
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[SuicideBunny]

is that the original watch text? i assumed it was altered after sea started a shitstorm.

 

[HiddenX]

is that the original watch text? i assumed it was altered after sea started a shitstorm.

Also Credit goes to Gamnebanshee for finding the story.

This was added.

The real source www.gamesindustry.biz was in the original text.

 

[SuicideBunny]

watchers are fags, apparently.

 

[Redlands]

I think this goes to show how terrible a punishment being Watchwitzed is.

 

[Infinitron]

@sea : I thought "we" were at a "friends" level with Gamebanshee ?

And "friends" usually don't mind copying from each other.

Now you express - no matter whether explicitely or impliciotely - that there should be competition between RPG-news sites. You express this by saying that The Watch has "stolen" the Newsbit from Gamebanshee - which implies that Gamebanshee should have a kind of "exclusive news" status. Or at least a "I'm first !" status.

Your posting has one very special effect on me : It severely damged the whole reputation Gamebanshee had for me - personally. And I won't hesitate telling people about this issue - no matter who was first and who was second. What exclusively matters to me is the nEws itself. Having "exclusive" news = "we don't care if others get it or not" or, to push it a bit further on, even = "we consciously want to exclude people from certain, hand-picked (or not) News".

I'm feeling reminded of Marion's Kochbuch now.

P.S. : I shouldn't write here anymore - just in case my things might get copied by Gamebanshee.

is that the original watch text? i assumed it was altered after sea started a shitstorm.

I think they might have changed it, yeah

 

[HiddenX]

You are copying 1% more from Gamebanshee than from us.
Proof:

http://www.similarsites.com/site/rpgcodex.net

 

[evdk]

You are copying 1% more from Gamebanshee than from us.
Proof:

http://www.similarsites.com/site/rpgcodex.net

Do you understand the word "attribution" or do you need a guide?

 

[Infinitron]

http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/111812-deus-ex-the-fall-released-reviews.html

a few reviews for the mobile title have been released and, while overall mixed, the positive opinions seem to outnumber the negative ones.

http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=22806

the positive opinions seem to outnumber the negative ones.

(exact same reviews linked)

http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/111...pace-a-sci-fi-game-concept-from-obsidian.html

Backspace, a time traveling sci-fi action-RPG that a small team at Obsidian worked on for a while before getting shelves.

http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=22804

Backspace. It was a time traveling sci-fi ARPG that a small team at Obsidian worked on for a while before getting shelved.

 

[SuicideBunny]

heh, couchpotato really is a lazy twat.

(exact same reviews linked)

it's even the same order.
guess the real troll is and always has been couchpotato.

 

[Jarpie]

Giving a nod/thanks/etc to the original source of the story is (or should be) the common courtesy at least, when called up on it and then reacting all butthurt is just fucking douchebaggery and childish as hell but I wouldn't expect anything else from passive-agressive smug assholes like RPGWatch.

 

[HiddenX]

So you want "attribution" for this high level of one sentence content journalism, that probably both sides have read on twitter?

You are playing the hypocrite here. Wrong role for a Codexian. I agree with the , though.

 

[HiddenX]

Let's give attribution a try:

Giving a nod/thanks/etc to the original source of the story is (or should be) the common courtesy at least, when called up on it and then reacting all butthurt is just fucking douchebaggery and childish as hell but I wouldn't expect anything else from passive-agressive smug assholes like RPGWatch.

This is original shit from Jarpie, bad troll from RPGCodex.com 14. July 2013

 

[Volrath]

http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/111812-deus-ex-the-fall-released-reviews.html

a few reviews for the mobile title have been released and, while overall mixed, the positive opinions seem to outnumber the negative ones.

http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=22806

the positive opinions seem to outnumber the negative ones.

(exact same reviews linked)

http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/111...pace-a-sci-fi-game-concept-from-obsidian.html

Backspace, a time traveling sci-fi action-RPG that a small team at Obsidian worked on for a while before getting shelves.

http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=22804

Backspace. It was a time traveling sci-fi ARPG that a small team at Obsidian worked on for a while before getting shelved.

Holy shit, they don't even try to hide it

 

[SuicideBunny]

So you want "attribution" for this high level of one sentence content journalism, that probably both sides have read on twitter?

small courtesies like that matter, as does honesty.

 

[thesoup]

Not on RPG Watch apparently. Truly a den of barbarians.

 

[HiddenX]

They both steal here:

http://www.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/sid/215777087/scat/3ad589a2237b8bda

Obsidian was at one time working on a sci-fi RPG called Backpsace, which had time travel elements...

RGGWatch

Kotaku has news about a new Obsidian game called Backspace. It was a time traveling sci-fi ARPG that a small team at Obsidian worked on for a while before getting shelved.

Gamebanshee

While I have to admit that it seems unorthodox to me that an internal pitch that went nowhere would get exposure on a major website, this is what has happened to Backspace, a time traveling sci-fi action-RPG that a small team at Obsidian worked on for a while before getting shelves.

It is not so similar like Infinitron tries to make it.

 

[Infinitron]

The gentlemen doth protest too much, methinks.

 

[Zewp]

It is not so similar like Infinitron tries to make it.

The GB sentence is longer, so I guess that nullifies the fact that yours is basically a carbon copy of the last part of their sentence.

 

[Excidium]

GB and Watch should try to get along, they have the same gaming tastes

 

[Cowboy Moment]

RPGWatch should stop being drama queens and steal the Codex' scoop about Prosper's new crowdfunding campaign instead. Forward the necessary info to your copywriter, HiddenX.

 

[HiddenX]

Wasn't Prosper this alien gfx-artist from outer space? - keep him here, please. He fits perfectly to you.

 

[Zewp]

Prosper is not too pussy for the Codex and he hasn't been banned here. Therefore he doesn't meet the criteria for joining RPGWatch.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Wasn't Prosper this alien gfx-artist from outer space? - keep him here, please. He fits perfectly to you.

Oh, come on, HiddenX, don't be so coy. You've already boasted about the Watch having accepted Fretrider into the fold, clearly your inclusiveness knows no bounds. Give some love to poor Prosper, a starving artist in singular pursuit of his grand vision. You won't even have to provide attribution, DU won't care, so it' s a perfect match for your site!