http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2015/11/12/star-wars-battlefront-reddit-mods-bribed/#/slide/1
>A pretty damning allegation has been made against an EA representative and some Reddit mods ahead of the highly-anticipated launch of Star Wars Battlefront on November 17. Apparently, moderators of the game’s subreddit were asked by the rep to remove any negative Battlefront posts in exchange for early access to the closed alpha, tickets to the Star Wars festival, and more.
>I’m the ex-moderator that finally found the time to report them for all of the shady shit they have been doing over the course of the last year. They originally demodded me due to my suspicion that the subreddit was filled with paid reputation management accounts. Since this has gone down, these accounts have been assaulting my character nonstop, trying to drag my name through the mud. Here’s the basic rundown regarding the moderators:
They accepted favors in return for moderator actions.
They farmed the subreddit nonstop for YouTube revenue by stickying videos made by the moderators and adding referral links in the sidebar.
They tried to cover up the bribery by banning users who tried to expose them
They willingly suppressed criticism of the game through moderator action
They turned a blind eye to the massive astroturfing operation that is underway in the subreddit.
They exposed personal details about users that were confided in private.
why is no one talking about this?
>>316476439
It's EA, if something like this wasn't happening I would be more shocked.
>>316476439
Who cares about fucking reddit. The same thing is happening here with sjws for the record.
>why is no one talking about this?
Who gives a shit
>>316476439
>why is no one talking about this?
Because I come here to talk about video games not internet drama.
>>316476439
>Reddit taking bribes from EA.
tb.h that is not surprising.
>>316476439
>why is no one talking about this?
First off, it's reddit
Secondly, what the fuck can anyone do about it? It's not the first time something like this has happened and it won't be the last time. There is fuck all you, or anyone else, can do about it.
>>316476648
Reddit is a pretty big media outlet so probably a lot of people even if I am not one of them.
>EA being par for the course
No one is talking about it because its not news.
Access to a fucking alpha is considered a bribe?
How is this shit surprising at all?
Who even fucking cares about reddit
>>316476439
Because this surprises nobody on /v/, and outside of /v/ they're just going to bury it under censorship.
Hiro should make that a banable offense, along with filtering shill, meme, and all SJW Twitter shit that's only made for (you) collecting
>>316476841
Anything can be considered to be a bribe under the right context.
>>316476878
>Hiro should make that a banable offense, along with filtering shill, meme, and all SJW Twitter shit that's only made for (you) collecting
by that logic, hiro should also ban himself for being the most reddit administrator ever.
>>316476439
>why is no one talking about this?
Because our mods do it for free.
>>316477135
Are mad because he filtered your favourite meme words?
>>316476710
You've come to the wrong place.
>>316477183
Be honest anon, how long have you been waiting to repost that image ?
>>316476560
This honestly.
As for why no one is talking about this, reddit is a site full of fags who care more about themselves than the standard of the community they reside in. Big surprise, not like we learned anything new by this.
>>316476841
Anything given to someone in order to persuade them to do what you want them to do is a bribe.
Wow, congrats /v/, you finally found an actual scandal of sorts for once.
Well, you found someone on reddit who found it, anyway.
>>316476439
Reddit and EA are shit
tell me more OP
if only EA invested the resources on adding content instead of marketing and shilling
>>316477457
You mean some faggot from reddit posts it here and nobody gives a fuck?
>>316477274
you forgot your trip mod-san
Gamergate is useless, /v/ said,.
>>316477183
>>316477274
>le 4free may may
Would you rather have reddits mods? At least our mods have a shred of dignity. They're nolifers sure, but so are all of us on this site. At least we have one of our own running the site instead of people who would sell us out the second EA slapped its corporate dick down onto the table.
>inb4 m-muh g-gaymur gate
Praise the mods and their action to ban each and every one of those threads which infested the entire board for MONTHS
>>316476590
>The same thing is happening here with sjws for the record.
See the thing is the guy on reddit has proof for his claims.
Also EA is a company with a marketing budget whereas "SJWs" aren't.
Honestly this shit is happening with everything, reddit mods are basically controlling the market
>>316477564
They don't have a budget?
Ever looked at patreon?
>>316477561
>All this delusion
Ahaha, anon. I'm only laughing because I wouldn't be able to stop if I started crying.
>>316477515
Yeah, figures nobody would give a fuck. Not enough SJWs and e-celebs and women and drama and grudges and non-vidya involved.
>>316477535
Well, they had nothing to do with this, so yeah.
>>316477697
Fuck off, OP
Nobody wants you here
>>316476876
>Reddit doesn't mad about it too
Oh wow I sure hate that Reddit place I don't even go there enough to know what the fuck I'm talking about
>>316477561
Only god mods are those who are old enough to stomach dissenting/opposite opinion.
Last month on /a/ showed that some don't really lurk here.
And you are already blowing out of proportion your effect of selective memory.
>>316477635
Please link the patreon of that sjw organization to me
Surely you don't mean random people
>>316476648
Holy shit, is this really what the niglets on /v/ look like?
>>316477635
r u daft m8
>>316477848
It was a joke anon. They're making bank on that shit.
>>316477535
Bribes, censorship and general slander defeats all opponents.
>>316477862
moot hasn't been on /v/ in forever.
>>316477824
/sci/fag here, i don't really lurk on /a/
what happen?
>>316476439
This happens on every subreddit. bribery or not, posts that dont fit the narrative get removed. The whole concept of a shadowban is reason enough to avoid getting involved with anything reddit.
>>316477747
Not OP.
You know part of me is glad that /v/ is more reluctant to get involved with this shit this time around but part of me is a little disappointed that you'd pick the one time there's actually demonstrably a good reason to get peeved to completely ignore it. Wish you'd all have done that with Anita and Dina and Zoe.
Oh well, if it ever comes out that the EA representative responsible was female I'm sure /v/ will do a 180.
>>316478029
Are you legitimately retarded?
>>316478017
I wish 4chan had hellbans
people in this thread keep saying no one cares and that they don't care, but they keep bumping the thread. Literally autism
>caring enough to reply
>>316478068
I'm one of the few people on /v/ who isn't.
>>316477991
Deletions on "too lewd" pics that even air on TV.
After month of /a/nger they actually realized that this is 4chan and not Christian HQ.
>>316478146
Fair enough, I might be missing out here on the meaning of a good animu but this doesn't seem like such a big deal to me, especially on a blue board.
Am I missing the point?
>>316478123
>Too young to remember sage
>>316478029
wish you were gassed with rest of jews
Looks like EA has a bunch of faggots in here too.
>"this isn't news!"
>"who cares???"
>"go back to reddit XD!!!"
Disgusting.
>>316478029
>Expecting /v/ to get upset on reddit's behalf
How fucking new are you?
>>316478249
cool
>>316478256
They're not anti-EA, silly. It's anti-reddit. All you have to do to cause a shitstorm on this site is mention reddit.
Honestly though, from what OP just posted, that hate is more than deserved.
>>316478274
Well, it happened with gamergate.
Plus, this is more about EA's shady business practices than who specifically has been affected.
>>316478223
It was minor incident but it made clear that there is a disconnection between moderation and userbase.
Talking out average fanservice animu #456456 got real hard back then.
>>316478274
>missing the point
If you weren't so new, you'd understand that a company being accused of paying to censor critics of their game, especially on an extremely popular website like reddit, is bad for all video games.
All of you are really stupid people.
>>316478120
Is that where there's shitty music in the background and everythimg moves and has weird colors and stuff?
>>316476439
>why is no one talking about it
I wonder
>>316478493
You sure it wasn't some new faggot janitor?
I'm pretty sure all mods have been here for a while.
>>316478353
Literally retards.
>>316478493
If it hindered the board then I agree with you, bad idea to ban that stuff. >>316478569 but also what this guy said, I thought to become a mod you had to be the most hardcore of nolifer lurkers or moots friend?
>>316478539
That's hell
Hellbans are when you're banned from posting, but you don't know you're banned. Your posts will still appear on the website but only you can see them. Imagine hellbanning some memespamming shitposting retard, he'd get no more reactions to his bullshit and either go full paranoid and change IPs every few minutes, or he'd stop with his bullshit
>>316478384
>"but gamergate was about mysoginy, not ethics in gaming journalism and how it affects the gaming industry!!!"
>>316478512
And how is that anything new or surprising at all?
Reviews have been bought since god knows when.
>>316478384
>>316478512
>>316478029
>when sociopaths do it then it's okay
>when EVUL CORPORATIONS do it then it's bad
Shouldn't you go join some revolution or something?
>>316478512
4chan's hatred for reddit vastly outweighs its hatred for corrupt practices in vidya.
>>316476439
i really don't give a fuck what they post on reddit
Look. Do you see how fast the astroturfers hit this thread? Look how they try to undermine this by greentexting.
Yes. That means they are here too. Enjoy your front page sponsored by AAA publishersAnd Nintendo stickies.
>>316477527
>mfw I try to post my webm but someone already posted it
>>316478758
It's new because this is a new incident, you retard. Are you really that stupid?
>>316478789
Nice strawman.
>Reddit bans discussion of Zoe Quinn due to witch-hunting, doxxing, nudes, and harmful rumours
>THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! GIVE ME YOUR ANGRY, YOUR TROLLS, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO SPEAK FREE! WELCOME REDDIT, ONE AND ALL!
>Reddit bans negative discussion of video game because EA told them to
>WHO CARES IT'S REDDIT UGH GAWD
I really fucking hate you sometimes /v/.
>>316479001
>WELCOME REDDIT, ONE AND ALL!
Bet they also took money from Bethesda. The amount of FO4 cocksucking is through the roof.
>>316478791
Then I hate 4chan. See you all in hell (from heaven).
>>316479001
No one cares about your shitty internet drama, we come here to talk about video games.
>>316479001
The only people who care/cared for GamerGate were from fucking Reddit to begin with you retard.
>>316478929
So it's the FOTM corruption scandal?
Nothing new.
>>316479001
Get out Chanology 3.0 :^)
This thread swarming with EA shills. I wouldn't save you if you were drowning in front of your families who probably hate you.
>>316479001
>UGH GAWD
>>316479285
>This thread swarming with EA shills
>>316479285
This only reveals that /v/ is getting hit by the same astroturfers.
>>316479134
This is more video games than that reddit shitstorm that held /v/ in its grip for months.
>>316479143
Sure, and I'm glad they finally fucked off again, but you're missing the whole point. This isn't really about reddit. This is about having dirt on EA. I'm not asking you to be upset about reddit. Forget about reddit. They're incidental to this whole thing.
>>316479436
Nice memepic, fellow child.
>>316479484
Then let fucking reddit handle it. Don't fucking post it here.
>>316479465
How did you guess?
Because we get same marketing threads as Ribbit?
Because when they ban discussion about something we get it too?
>>316479285
What's wrong with shills, anon? If it weren't for shills, you'd never know anything about anything. They provide and valuable service and I, for one, am glad they are here.
>>316479507
>posts le ebin shill memay
>calls someone else out on posting a meme picture
I to like iron knees
>>316479534
>Thinking this issue is unique to Reddit
Yeah man, I guess it was just coincidence that only Nintendo shit gets stickied on /v/.
>>316479534
Not as easy for you to suppress information here, huh? Scum.
>>316478727
shadowbanning. i could have sworn there was some sort of system in such a manner here.
>>316479484
>This is about having dirt on EA. I'm not asking you to be upset about reddit. Forget about reddit. They're incidental to this whole thing.
this tbqhwy family, although having yet MORE proof their mods will sell them out at a moments notice is satisfying
>>316479629
>>316479631
How the fuck is it even relevant to /v/ in any way?
There is LITERALLY no way to control any kind of shilling on this site.
wooooooooooooow
ETHICS
>>316476439
>why is no one talking about this?
Because this isn't Reddit so take your bullshit elsewhere.
>>316479575
The only information they give us is "30FPS is more cinematic" and "DLC is not that bad".
Git out shill.
>>316479679
Yeah mate, I'm sure our beloved mods aren't affiliated with Nintendo in any way.
Boy, can't wait for the next Direct sticky.
>>316479534
You're still missing the point. It's not about reddit. It's about EA.
>>316479565
>when they ban discussion about something we get it too?
I've yet to see that though.
>>316477561
>At least our mods have a shred of dignity.
How new can you be?
Gingermod used to post himself over in the early stages of /soc/. He is also the same stupid fuck who made a sticky for his Battlefield server while deleting threads with other people's servers.
>>316478727
>>316479647
There are people on /sp/ and /tg/ that need this.
>>316478542
>>316478835
>>316479695
I bet you post "nobody cares" in 700 posts threads.
>>316479742
I'm sure 4chan hosts exactly the kind of audience nintendo wants to attract.
>>316476439
Because you threw away gamergate as "LOL CHANOLOGY 2.0 XDDD" and now you have no system of response.
>>316480020
No one does care, this thread is proof of that.
You can kill yourself now :)
>>316479484
EA has been voted shittiest company multiple times. We have gigatons of dirt on them. No normie will care though and will keep gobbling up their shit.
Any person still buying EA stuff deserves to be anally fucked and spat on by EAs giant corporate cock. Idgaf about their practices, we all know EA does this shit.
The only "shocking" is that reddit mods took bribes, which isn't actually shocking at all, so anyone that cares basically cares about reddit and its mods. People on 4chan know how shitty the place is, so we're not suprised, outraged or shocked. We just don't care.
>>316480030
It doesn't. Yet for some reason, our moderation has become painfully pro-Nintendo. moot really fucked up this place before he left.
>>316476439
If i could get paid by being a dick one the internet, i would
>>316476648
Theres 12 months in a year, not 15
>>316480138
>We just don't care.
4chan isn't a hivemind. You don't speak in my stead, cocksucker. Sounds more like you're just trying to spin this instead of considering what implications it has on 4chan.
>>316480138
>We have gigatons of dirt on them.
I think most of what you have is suspicions and conjecture, hence why the only consequences for them so far have been winning shittiest company in a public vote.
>>316479894
Do you remember that small thing that happened last year when plebbit threads/boards got deleted?
Kids got here expecting better things from this "anarchistic site".
>>316480187
The saddest part is they got payed with videogames, not money.
>>316478727
>Use phone network
>change IP
WOW THAT WAS HARD
>>316480167
Autists in the mod team wouldn't really surprise me.
There's paranoia and then there's being plain retarded.
>>316480091
Even no system of response would be better than chanology 2.0.
>>316480278
Exactly what implications does it have?
Do indulge me.
>>316480302
What I mean is, have mods ever deleted a Battlefront thread because it was too negative? We'd have no Battlefront threads left.
>>316480307
Paid
P A I D
>>316480421
Are you literally retarded? Look at the picture I posted, you dumb fucking shit. Ubisoft shit was stickied just a few months ago for no reason at all. You're delusional if you don't think /v/ mods aren't getting paid.
>>316479143
>>316479134
>>316477746
>>316479221
>>316479320
Are we being raided?
That's why anonymity is better. Can't control anyone if you don't know who to control.
>>316480502
Ok thanks.
>>316480138
>we
fuck off you child. ea is just as shitty as valve or anyone else. i play battlefield and i even bought premium and nothing your nerd ass can say will make me feel bad about it.
battlefront sucks balls but you are a fucking tool
>>316480463
I guess give it time to be sure.
Remember when Battlefield server was sticked?
>>316480547
I never saw it.
Link the archive.
>>316480360
So what site are you originally from?
>>316480565
buttmad goobers everyone.
>>316480610
>i even bought premium
ror
thread closed
no hope for humanity
>>316476439
this is why gamers gate is a good thing.
anyone who says else is a shill
>>316480627
It was a mod's server, wasn't it? Could just be narcissism.
>>316480681
Link the archive? You have the sticky pictured right there, you dumb fucking shit. Are you literally too newfag to remember this? No wonder these publishers get away bribing mods when your dumb ass is too dumb to notice.
>>316476439
Disgusting site.
>>316480828
Not him but yes. See >>316479941
>>316480610
Someone actually bought premium? Jesus Christ, I thought that was just a joke people told. Well, was it worth it? I bet it wasn't, huh?
>>316476439
>why is no one talking about this?
Because the same shit goes on here and is blatantly obvious to anyone with half a brain. The whole place is chock full of marketing companies and their affiliates and people with vested interests.
>>316480803
>stop liking what i dont like!
pic related, you seeing something you dont like on 4chan
>>316480703
/v/
Unlike chanology 2.0
>>316480807
when will gamergoobers learn?
>>316476439
This happens in NeoGAF everyday.
>>316480854
The day I believe random 4chan screenshots is the day I kill myself.
I've browsed this shithole pretty much every fucking day the last ten years and I've never seen it, nor heard any discussion about so do forgive me if I don't believe you for a second.
>>316480735
>Goober
Anyone who uses that term is a shill, it's painfully fucking obvious as they're trying to deflect attention by winding people up.
there forums are just as bad try saying one bad thing about star wars battlefront and conveniently your threadt never gets bumped up to the top when someone post in the thread. There is so much negativity about the game but EA has been hiding it all
>>316480939
This is an anonymous image board, you don't have to lie, there's no way I could tell another post is from you, really, where are you from?
>>316480932
okay premium buying bitch boi
>>316480924
>Because the same shit goes on here and is blatantly obvious to anyone with half a brain.
You know, the thing about that is, everyone thinks they have half a brain, and I know for a fact some don't. I think everyone who has had something positive to say about a video game on /v/ has been on the receiving end of accusations of being a viral marketer. So how many of those that we see are false positives, and how many are really obviously marketers to anyone with half a brain?
>>316480897
i have over 450 hours into the game so of course it was worth it. lots of people bought it and shit they even released more maps recently. battlefront sucks balls but you are fucking delusional trying to go down this path
>>316481024
Why the fuck would I fake a sticky? I could've literally just used yesterday's Nintendo sticky as proof if I wanted to. This place is run by mods on corporate payroll. It's obvious considering how selective they are in deleting posts, stickying threads and banning users.
>>316481037
>Anyone who uses that term is a shill
Nice try Gibberly Goober Gimberly Gabbler
The real question is
Why would they pay money to make a game people would make negative comments about
then pay more money to have those negative comments removed?
>>316481149
Link the archive.
>>316480610
>>316480897
>>316481118
Should THIS be bannable?
>ea
>gangster moves
not surprising
>>316481037
>goobers getting mad over a word
>>316481226
what, me enjoying a game? why dont you go back to your faggot indie undertale game or go buy some more hats from steam kiddo. you are literally a tool
>>316481116
A lot.
>>316481053
Don't ask the question if you don't like the answer.
It's still /v/.
Funny how you point out it's an anonymous board while at the same time thinking you can tell something about my identity.
Well alright, I did go to some Star Wars gaming forum when I was a kid before I discovered 4chan. Must've been about a decade ago. That satisfy you?
>>316481149
>Why the fuck would I fake a sticky?
Because you are a sad little shitposting faggot.
There was no sticky, if there was you would remember what it was for. If there was one it was most likely for conference at one of the game show.
There have never been random stickies for no reason, in all the years of browsing /v/ I have not once ever seen a sticky for anything for no reason.
>>316481053
extreme.pcgameshardware.de
Why I really dislike the idea of subreddits, or even custom boards in Hotwheels, is that they have full control over what's is and isn't being broadcasted.
Good thing no groups like this actually use Hotwheels
I seriously hope you guys don't use reddit, we are aware of all the shadey shit that even the people behind that site do
>>316481349
How do you know?
>>316481381
Anon, 4chan has largely increased in popularity over the past few years, especially last year with The Fappening.Unfortunately, it's not our sekrit klub anymore.
>>316481354
>There was no sticky
That's because I'm talking to either an immense newfag or an astroturfer. It's painfully obvious how upset this makes you.
Shill cocksucker.
This thread is juicey.
>>316481573
It shows how pathetic these astroturfers are willing to deny any involvement with 4chan. It just makes me more convinced that this place is riddled with corporate drones.
>>316481550
Epic, simply epic.
To think someone would go on the internet and tell lies.
>>316481550
Never knew 8gags could be this pathetic.
Hilarious.
>>316481542
4chan hasn't been a secret club since at least 2007. I know because that's when I first heard about it on a fanfiction forum.
>>316481708
Yeah sure. It's not like I already provided proof.
>b-but archives for a sticky that was up months ago
Hilarious how fast you are to defend shills. Gotta watch each others backs, right?
>>316481550
You just got BTFO kid.
Why would you even make shit like that up, for what reason?
>>316479143
stfu Quinn
>There are no shills on 4chan
Whenever someone tells you this, you can rest assure that you're talking to a shill.
>>316476439
This kind of stuff really doesn't bother me because subreddits are run by just random people. They're not official or anything, they're not company-based. If I had some little social group on the internet and there was some way I could profit of it / benefit from it, I probably would.
Coming after individual people is fucked up behaviour though. Like banning people that are getting in the way of their profiting is one thing, but talking shit about them and turning people against them and posting private information is not cool.
>>316481803
>I already provided proof.
Where is this "proof" anon?
I have never once seen a sticky for anything for no reason. I been on /v/ since 2008 and I have never seen this happen.
>>316481437
Because I didn't come down in the last shower.
>>316481893
So in the midst of all this, the viral marketing scare is flaring up again. That's at least one reason this is relevant to /v/.
>>316481893
Of course 4chan has fucking shills. Has anyone even denied it?
>>316481542
Although it was never really a sekrit klub past 2008, most of this is true. Every day I see more and more painfully obvious newfags flooding /v/ and other boards. I wouldn't really be bothered by it so much but it seems like nobody gives a shit about lurking before posting anymore.
>>316481918
So you don't.
>can't complain about shitty people because "MUH CHANOLOGY"
>can't complain about shitty companies with jewish practices because "MUH GOOBERS"
>soon phoning to police about pack of baboons raping people on street will be answered "sure, it's about ethics in zoo management xD"
>>316481916
>image evidence of sticky
>it doesn't count because I haven't seen it
>>316481285
>hey guys i support ea!
>>316482136
How about you just talk about video games?
This is /v/- video games not /v/ - muh internet drama.
>>316482136
Fuck off with your persecution complex 8gag, this doesn't involve SJWs so it has nothing to do with you.
LMAO
GTFO
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>>316482131
But can you disprove it?
>>316476841
They've also been given tickets to various star wars related festivals, free dinners, merchandise etc
>>316482168
THIS JUST IN
ANONYMOUS USER ON 4CHAN IS A RAGING HOMOSEXUAL
>>316482225
What does EA do outside of video games and feeding shills like you?
>>316482168
>a sticky for the Assassins creed world premier event
>a sticky for no reason
And for a moment I thought you were being serious
>>316481354
It happens.... all the fucking time.
Nothing new. Anyone that still financially supports EA, Activision or Ubisoft is a massive moron.
>>316476439
I know at this point everyone here uses both but I don't give a fuck about reddit, only visited once but that awful layout drove me away. I also don't give a fuck about companies trying to make money. That's what companies do, ALL of them. If it works, they do it and should do it.
None of my concern if you fucking retards pay attention to marketing. I knew what this game would be when it was announced. I was right. I'll buy it when I can get the DLC in the same pack because fuck $110 for a game.
Choke on EA's dick then mine. I'm not here to tell them not to make money and I'm not going to assign morality to a business. Consumers need to be their own critic. What next, we want shitty games to be advertised as "Don't buy our game, it's not very good"? Never gonna happen, cupcake.
>>316482474
So now you're no longer denying it atleast? And no fucking specific game ever gets a sticky on /v/, least of all a fucking Ass Creed game.
>>316482479
Do you know why that thread was sticked?
>>316482479
Are you literally retarded?
>>316481542
It's not so much the sekrit I care about, always good to see new friends if they have some sense.
But I appreciate having a platform where we can have a sensible discussion, where moderators aren't given shit to control information. Sure you have some janitors who can't handle fucking heat, although this isn't the case if a conversation remains civil or meaningful.
>>316480565
THICK WHITE LOAD
>>316477561
ur a fagot congrats
>>316476439
>why is no one talking about this
Because this is /v/ were we pretend that anyone outside of /v/ gives a fuck about /v/. So because this isn't happening here (which it is just in a different way) it's seen as below us. We only talk about bullshit we speculate about EA but when there is actual PROOF of wrong doing elsewhere.. we can't be bothered to pay attention.
Plus, leddit vs 4chan baby fights. Bla bla bla stolen memes bla bla bla
>>316482559
Mods sticky threads like that all the time because the board gets flooded with them when ever there is a conference.
If you were not a reddit newfag that has only been here since summer you would know this.
But no, you are a newfag and think it is some shill conspiracy to sell you games.
Grow up retard and get a fucking life.
>>316482559
>/v/ is one person
stop making yourself look retarded you fucking useless nigger and go hang yourself
>>316476439
>EA
>bribing
Ya everything you typed sounds exactly like reddit and ea
>>316482350
I can't. But I don't know how common it is either, and I know for a fact that there are false positives even when people are absolutely convinced they've found themselves a shill.
The issue here is, can you really tell or are you throwing out accusations essentially at random in the assumption that you're statistically likely to be right most of the time?
>>316482726
>le leddit newfag
Nobody on /v/ gave a single fuck about the reveal of Ass Creed Syndicate. And everyone in the sticky just shitposted because they knew OP was a shill mod.
>>316482726
>Grow up retard and get a fucking life.
This is how you spot the newfag shills.
>>316482562
Splatoon update maybe :^)
>>316482509
Fuck off, C&C Renegade was great you massive cunt.
>EA involved in more shady shit
Oh wow what a surprise
>>316482885
I can tell easily. It's what I'd do if I was in their position.
>>316482887
>Nobody on /v/ gave a single fuck about the reveal of Ass Creed Syndicate. And everyone in the sticky just shitposted because they knew OP was a shill mod.
You keep telling yourself that reddit newfag.
>>316482970
Yes anon I am a shill pls buy my game.
>>316482981
No you retard, it was sticked because it was the 30000000 get. Look at the post number, I was in that thread, shame you weren't and you are a reddit newfag that thinks everyone is a shill.
>>316482509
The only good thing EA put out in the last 7 years was Dead Space 1 and 2
>>316483220
>/v/ likes Ass Creed
Yep. I found the shill.
>>316481354
>There was no sticky
Spot the retard.
>>316482726
No, mods have never stickied shit like that. We have E3 stickies, sure, but never have we ever had a sticky which was so blatantly marketing. It never happened with previous AC games and generally /v/ doesn't give a shit about reveals for AC games.
>>316483215
>I can tell easily.
So you think, but I know for a fact that people who think that can still be wrong.
> It's what I'd do if I was in their position.
What are we talking about now? I thought we were talking about anonymous posters who talk about video games. Are you saying viral marketing on /v/ is what you'd do if you were EA? Fair enough, but that doesn't tell us anything about who is or isn't a shill.
>>316477824
Call me when 4chan is controller by pic related.
>EA doing business as usual
>reddit drama
>217 replies
yep
>>316483394
>No, mods have never stickied shit like that
You keep telling yourself that.
Not everyone is a shitposting hivemind faggot that sits around calling everyone a shill all day long.
>>316476439
>why is no one talking about this
because I don't use reddit
>>316481354
not that anon you're arguing with, but the AC sticky did happen over the summer. It was during a weird time when any press releases were getting stickied, I think a few nintendo directs got stickied as well.
It was only stickied for like an hour (the duration of the press release) but it certainly happened.
Also, archive.moe is dead, so no archive link works. I could download the /v/ dump but then all I'd have is proof via picture, which you've already established you don't accept.
>>316483434
>but that doesn't tell us anything about who is or isn't a shill.
It also doesn't _not_ tell us anything about who is or isn't a shill.
>>316483438
I bet that was a CLAB memeber
>giving a shit about reddit
>even after the gaymerg8 censorship catastrophe
>>316479001
Gamergate was legitimately one of the worst things to happen to this board
It was like the /v/ version of project chanology
it brang in a lot of retarded new fags who thought this was a board for epic raids and protests.
>>316483438
This could be him right now.
We don't know who mods us because our mods don't engage in public "suck my dick so maybe I unban you"
>>316483665
That makes no sense.
so does that mean the game will be shit? been staying away from anything related to it because i loved bf 2
>>316483834
>EA game
>multiplayer
>not shit
We don't take kindly to no redditfags around here.
I hope.
>>316482984
Shill
I wish I was a mod to enjoy her tasty tuna cunt
>>316483807
What does make sense is that this place is chock full of marketers and their affiliates and people with vested interests. It's blatantly obvious to anyone with half a brain.
>>316484181
See, now we're going in circles.
Okay, sure, it is reasonable to assume that there are marketers here in non-zero amounts. But that's really the most we can say about that. We have no way of knowing who to trust.
>>316485023
>now we're going in circles
Indeed we are. And we will continue to do so.
Is anyone going to talk about battlefield star wars?
>>316483394
There have been stickies for many games in the last 5 years. That guy is a cunt, but he is right. Regardless of viral shill shit there have been containment stickies for many announcements and for game release days.
>>316476439
wel of course they did.
they've done it in the past countless times
they'll do it again countless times
and nobody will care
because video games
>>316485223
There are a shitload of new vids on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Ok5Qpa_PI
Still not buying it though I will play Call of Duty ™ Black Ops 3 and Rainbow Six ™ Siege instead.
>making a thread about shit happening on reddit
how about you fuck off back there?
>>316485214
Probably because "it's blatantly obvious to anyone with half a brain" is itself based on circular reasoning.
>I can tell because I'm smart enough to tell because I can tell.
I know you can't tell.
>>316476439
People that get to play it with EA Early Access on Xbox One have been saying the gameplay gets old very fast, kek glad I didn't preorder it.
>>316485681
Maybe you can't.
There is even blatantly off-topic marketing for food and snacks and all other types of shit going on here all the time. I mean if you still have doubts about the depth of it going on I really pity you for you level of intelligence.
Some of it is so obvious it absolutely is insulting to anyone with a shred of intelligence.
They say "There's one born every minute..."
And you're one of them.
>>316486440
>Maybe you can't.
I know you think you do and that's what prevents you from realising you can't. You have no way of verifying if you are ever right at all and I know false positives from people exactly as certain as you aren't even uncommon.
The irony is that your faith in your ability to recognise marketers probably makes you susceptible to any subtler ones that might be lurking here.
You're retarded if you can't see /v/ as having pro-nintendo bias, but similarly if you can't see the worst posters are typically sonyfags you have dicks in your eyes
It's not surprising that EA was astroturfing so hard over the high-profile mediocre cashgrab that was the new Battlefront. It's hard to truly be mad at the mods because look what happened to the guy who reported it, but it's an especially bad continuation of a bad trend and we should consider it accordingly, Reddit or not.
>>316476439
>plebbit
fuck off
these people aren't relevant
better question would be
where is my bribbing money?
>>316486440
>Some of it is so obvious it absolutely is insulting to anyone with a shred of intelligence.
You are just like all the other retards on /v/ that thinks everyone discussing video games on /v/ - video games is a shill. You think you are smarter than other people and that you can spit shills.
But you can't because there are non, you look for stupid little things and if they don't match up to how you think someone should act or say you convince yourself that they are a shill.
You are wrong, you are dumb. There are no active shills on /v/ and you are just a sad little retard brainwashed by shitposting and memes.
I wouldn't be surprised if you ere a GG fag either.
Pic related, it is you.
>>316486789
Seeing as though You aren't denying it and are giving ground a bit, I'll do the same.
If you've been here long enough you will have seen various bits of actual proof that have been posted here a bit like the proof that has been uncovered in the OP of this thread of it going on in other places.
You're right. I can't prove anything. But neither can you disprove it either. Thus the whole "calling out shilling when you see it" will continue here.
The reason you see that going on here all the time is because it is going on here all the time. We all know that. It's blatantly obvious.
>>316487280
>You are just like all the other retards on /v/ that thinks everyone discussing video games on /v/ - video games is a shill
No I don't. I want to discuss them too and all that shit interrupts me just as much as it interrupts you.
Get stuffed.
>>316485880
it has halo 5's lack of map and game mode variety without the complexity of core gameplay. people are going to get bored really quickly
>>316476439
Because they will pass it as the actions of a particular individual that did "wrong" in their eyes.
