Of course in the end this is speculation, but the evidence is strong if you can rely on your ability to recognize a face. In a way I did this not to expose the guy per se because I really can't hate the guy for being a fan for the place he works for; in a twisted way, that's just loyalty (I won't give out all information, you can go where I left off and find him just as easily as I have if you're that eager). In reality I wanted to apologize for what I said about executives and by extension Microsoft's Executives by stating that they were schmucks. That wasn't fair to Microsoft and it wasn't fair to the thousands of honest, hardworking executives working in America and around the world trying to produce jobs and earn a living for their families.
With that out of the way, on with the show. Please follow the points with a rational and sober mind and you may well yet be entertained.
- The poster on Neogaf was named RandomXTX, he works at Microsoft, and he really likes Bill Gates.
- RandomXTX is also a name on Youtube with a video of a person who won a horse's head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPSYQH2O2A
- If you play it through,
a. @ :15 you see the distinguished gentleman who won the head raise his hand with the horse in hand.
b. You see the guy nodding in the video while the devs/1up.com guys on stage talk to the winner as the person who won the horse, and if you watch around :22 the person onstage says "if you put it on e-bay, we'll know" to which the person nods his head in response to the statement.
Okay, so what does that prove so far?
1. RandomXTX was in the video according to himself stating that he won the horse's head in the blog.
2. He has a good barber because his 'dew is the one of the best on camera.
So from there, if you pause it at :23, you can see his face fairly well.
Okay, keeping his face in mind, I'll have to go "lights out" on the absolute url and some other sensitive information from here on out out of respect for a fellow artist; that, and like I said before I respect that he loves the company he works for (or the game he's about to put out, whatever). If you want to put him out there like that, you're welcome to do so at your own peril; I'm just not willing to do so. Not that I can't, but I'm not willing. I have no desire to hurt the guy, just to prove that it wasn't who I blamed before.
What I will do though is pass this information along to Tor Davis of Bitbag.com and leave it there; if he reads it in the next few days and decides to make a story out of it, then he'll know what is sensitive and what is not. I'm a writer, not a reporter. if he doesn't do anything with it, I'll release the general page because its common knowledge, but probably not the turn 10 page.
Okay; going from there, if you do a little snooping you can find his page on live.com (here's a pic of his page)
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4206/step1jf.jpg
To which he states he works at Microsoft. But where exactly in the organization? Hmmm... to find that out, you'll have to either have access to his account as a friend, or "white hat" a way in (legally and easily).
Well, let's be honest: if you're above thirteen years old and have touched a PC before, you already know that like most things in life, there's no such thing as a locked door if you have k.e.y. ;), so after unlocking a door, I get this:
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6976/step2s.jpg
his personal page that shows that he works at Turn 10.
Now what does that mean? Okay, for those who don't know:
- Turn 10 is the company that developed the Forza Motorsport series, a series that is exclusive for the XboX 360
- Forza is the direct rival to The Gran Turismo series, which is a series that is Playstation exclusive.
So the fact that a person who appears to be (no pun intended) randomly posting negative information about Gran Turismo turns out to be working on the direct competitor of the GT brand either makes this an interesting post and can be considered not only a snapshot into the mind-state of Microsoft at any work level, but the industry as a whole, and brings up some serious questions.
Are posts like these secretly fueling the Flamewars around the net?
When a flaming patten is established, can it be ultimately tied to the release of a game or drop in price by a rival company or product? (remember the Watchdog report on Sony just days after the price drop, for example)
And are we, the consumers of these products are in such a state of either blind loyalty or abject poverty that we willingly cling to these forms of propaganda?
In the end, one must look into ones-self to discover why we are so willing to go along with a lie that benefits us, even if we don't believe it ourselves.
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
A renowned industry insider has suggested the rumored PlayStation May 2024 showcase featuring Silent Hill 2 could happen this week.
Bogus!
Why would Sony do that and how would this benefit them?
1) It would piss off their media partners (IGN, Gamespot, Edge, etc.) since they would have to allocate resources fast to cover the event.
2) Risk of not having great coverage or proper coverage from the various source
3) It could give the impression that they are not confident in their own stuff.
4) They would miss the chance to hype the event losing viewers and losing free marketing time.
Again I'm calling it bogus unless it's a small showcase before the big one or because they want to announce that Hellbalde 2 is also coming on PS5.
As far as I can remember, they typically give a week heads up for these sorts of things.
Last year it was a weeks notice.
https://blog.playstation.co...
May 17th announcement for may 24th show.
Nintendo always tweets that a direct is happening tomorrow but no one cares.
Sony gives a week or days of notice and we get anti sony type fake outrage like this.
But good luck trying trying to get some Sony hate going...
You just mention it!
Sony gives a week in advance NOT just a couple of days.
So I fail to see what Sony's hate movement I'm trying to start when it's a basic business strategy to not piss off your partners (ask Sega).
And I doubt it's hate to ask how it would benefit Sony in doing so.
@Versus
Huh? What?
Bro you really should relax, if what you read was some kinda negative against Sony.... seriously, is that what you got from the comments?
Bro, he was debunking the rumor, and gave perfectly good reasons why it would be unlikely, and your Nintendo Direct comparison is different, as this is supposed to be a BIG Sony showcase, not a surprise 20 min direct, and Sony 's pattern has been one week.
Slow down warmonger.
@thesoftware730
"1) It would piss off their media partners (IGN, Gamespot, Edge, etc.) since they would have to allocate resources fast to cover the event."
That is implying Sony is preventing them from doing their job properly therefore negatively affecting their business...but i guess that's a reach in your mind?
And it's not like they need that many resources to cover the stream. They just need 3 people to react to the stream live and make some easy articles made up mostly of summaries of Sony provided press releases. They would have enough time to "prepare" if it was announced with one days notice.
Before I get tons of replies for Sony given a week in advance, my initial comments are related to the notion that the Show could happen this week as the title mentions.
Now to be fair the complete article mentions that Jeff said the Show could happen later in May giving time for Sony to give the normal 7-day notice.
Again not trying to start a negative thing here just thinking that it's bogus that Sony will have a show this week
Yeah as much as I’d like to hear what sony’s 1st parties have cooked, it’s not their style to shadow drop a showcase.
Still waiting for ghost of tsushima 2, I’m ready whenever man..
Going in with no expectations but likely will see something that resonates with me.
Here is a look at the new Joker Trailer. Warner Bros. Games today released a new MultiVersus trailer revealing the first look at gameplay for The Joker, who will join the roster as a playable character when the upcoming free-to-play platform fighter videogame launches on May 28th.
Thats pretty crazy man, makes you wonder abotu Turn 10... cant be very proud of their game if they are really concerned with another racing game coming out on a different system. They just shouldnt have claimed they would have the definitive racer of this Gen when its really really not looking that way.
The user already deleted his video on youtube.It makes you think how real all of this.Funny huh,it makes you think who else didn't get caught in this site and many other mainstream sites.