Back on topic, and re: Kotaku being a joke:
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Brother None said:I dare because I have shown integrity and loyalty throughout NMA's hard run, whereas you abandoned the site at the drop of a hat for your precious press access and preferential treatment. I am on a high horse because my behavior and yours put me there. You can do what you want, but you could at least have the decency to be honest about it, like Chobot. Haha.
It takes a lot to get on my bad side, but you managed it. You can try to blame me for that, or think back and figure out how your behavior would come across to someone who once considered you a friend and reliable colleague. You have no one to blame but yourself, and I have no reason not to be brutally honest about this. I have no respect for your bending over backwards, and have no reason to hide it.
1 time. Unless you're counting the time I went to volunteer in Russia, which would be funny. I also left simply because I felt like it/was tired of it for a while, which is fine. Odin and Silencer left for such reasons, and that's fine, I have no problem with either of them. Heck, I don't have a problem with anyone on NMA staff present or past, not even Roshambo, who hates my guts, but I know he meant well, and he might have been right in hindsight. Only one I have a problem with is you.Briosafreak said:You left NMA 2 times.
Being banned for going on a rage doesn't sound like much of an indictment on GameBanshee.Briosafreak said:In the place where I was first banned ever, because I went there on a rage because they insulted NMA every single time they could.
I always link to whoever the source is. I read GameBanshee regularly, I very rarely read the Vault, Planet Fallout or DaC. Like, I load up those sites only once or twice a month, unless I'm looking up stuff on the Vault. So yeah, I source where I actually read it. Sue me. Use the news submit forum if you want to beat GB to it.Briosafreak said:In the same place that you link every time you can to spur traffic to receive your check, even if the sources of those news were others, like Ausir or me or DAC or Kotaku or whatever.
Nope. I don't get any stash (my Fallout 3 T-Shirt is the only gaming peripheral I ever got), we rarely get exclusives. And when we do, it doesn't matter. For example, we got the exclusive worldwide first interview for Game of Thrones. But the review criticizes expansively, notes the reviewer initially disliked it, and notes it's only for fans of the books/series who don't mind a slower pace. We've always had a good relation with, say, Spiderweb, but I still disliked and criticized Avadon. We got a preview version of Risen 2 and I liked it and the game well enough, but still criticized it and we torched the DLC in our review. It's called integrity, you may want to look it up. It's how we worked, it's how we continue to work. For instance, there's no way I'd review Wasteland 2 because I'm way too invested in that game. GB is like a model site for journalism, too bad it only has the resources for reviews/previews/interviews, not actual journalism.Briosafreak said:You are the one that talks nice things about the small publishers that actually give you exclusives or stash.
Briosafreak said:And you are the one that gave a 360º turn absolving Bethesda of every practice that you accuse me of doing, because you're trying to maintain a good atmosphere between those that pay you and Beth.
What limelight? I just truck along imperfectly. This is some paranoid stuff, dude.Briosafreak said:You're the one that shut out everyone that could "steal" your limelight
Uh, you never told me who brought everything about Van Buren to us. Unless you mean yourself, but it's no secret you're the source of all Van Buren goodies. The actual source of it is a secret though, isn't he? I have no idea who it is. Would like to keep it that way, too, the more people know, the more likely it is to leak. And you quit after Van Buren, and were always welcome back. You made bad decisions for the wrong reasons, dude, no point in blaming me for that.Briosafreak said:like the person that brought everything about Van Buren to us
Wuh? I mailed Nexus once to ask if they would do contests together with us, they said sure, and then I kind of forgot about it. I've had no contact with them since, and the only relation NMA has to them is linking to their mods. Are you saying I should have some kind of antagonistic policy towards them? Why? What good would that do? We never had the resources to challenge them as a mod hub.Briosafreak said:or like the time you boycotted the Fallout wiki while going all mellow and peacefull to Nexus
Nope, that was all your decision. Not my fault when you force my hand. You're welcome back, always have been, but I certainly wouldn't trust you. You made your own bed, man, don't blame me for it.Briosafreak said:You're the one that decided I was the enemy
I don't understand what you're saying here. I have a secret real site? Or what?Briosafreak said:the Nexus crews and mainstream sites were crushing us at NMA. That wasn't a problem, since your real site was going so so.
Huh? Rosh hates me. I'm not even sure what you're referring to here. I don't even remember Roshambo going over the top against you. He went over the top against a lot of people though.Briosafreak said:And if it's true that you were the one that pushed Roshambo over the top against me.
None of us ever saw any of the competition as a war, nor did we see PF or the Nexus or FO3blog or anyone else as "the enemy". I'm not even sure how we'd go about waging war on another fansite anyway.Briosafreak said:You're the one that shut out everyone that could "steal" your limelight, like the person that brought everything about Van Buren to us, or like the time you boycotted the Fallout wiki while going all mellow and peacefull to Nexus, where they insulted NMA and fallout fans every single freaking day. You're the one that decided I was the enemy, on FO3blog and PF, while the Nexus crews and mainstream sites were crushing us at NMA. That wasn't a problem, since your real site was going so so.
Sander said:I'm not even going to address the numerous falsehoods/fabrications in Briosa's post, but I find this interesting:
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Briosa said:If he destroys NMA with the chimeric going independent and payed by the community project, either to bring it to Gamebanshee or monetize it, or if I know 100% sure that it was really you who pushed Rosh, then Kharn, the next talk will be face to face
As far as I can tell he hasn't lied or misrepresented anything in this thread. But half the things you're talking about I either can't remember (which doesn't mean they didn't happen, I just don't remember them), or they went down differently from the way you describe them.Briosafreak said:Sorry? I didn't fabricate nothing, he's the one doing it from the start, and it started years ago. This time it just went too far, lying like that and conveniently manipulating what one "remembers" and "doesn't remember" it's the substance of fabrications. And lying about the way he expelled the fallout fan that got the van Van Buren files is way too much. He expelled John at the time from because he was too friendly with the former BIS people, but I'm sure he forgot to tell everyone about that. Oh actually he didn't. Or maybe he didn't tell you Sander.
I think I know BN pretty well, both online and in person. I'm very certain I'm right when I say that you are completely and utterly wrong about his motivations.Briosafreak said:And he forgot that he tried to absolve Beth RIGHT on the top of this thread. Why if nothing changed? If they continue to flood the "journos" with gifts, swag and paid trips? If they continue to hire gaming media people for voiceovers? Because Fallout 4 is already in pre production for some time, it's coming, and he wants Gamebanshee to not be put aside as NMA is. Because, you know, one has to protect the bosses prosperity, since they are paying him, making him a complete hypocrite.
And a douchebag, by the way.
I honestly have no clue what you're talking about re: pushing Rosh. Hell, you knew Rosh far longer than I did - he wasn't the type to get pushed into anything by anyone. In fact, if you may recall, he left over a disagreement with BN and me. He went off on you on his own, man. Rosh was (is, presumably) like that.Briosafreak said:if I know 100% sure that it was really you who pushed Rosh, then Kharn, the next talk will be face to face.
Brother None said:Man, going independent. I'd be happy if we could get the new forum system up. That's kind of how NMA is. Sometimes we have nice ideas, but we're never organized enough to get it done.
Brother None said:Heh. It is an idea I floated now and again, but it's not a high priority right now. I'd worry first about getting the forum update done before worrying about any of that complex stuff. Hell, there's a bunch of little things I think take priority.
Fact is we have very steady, reliable hosting from Atomic Gamer, so we should be in no hurry to go anywhere, especially not at a time like this, where a lull in news from both Fallout and Wasteland means our traffic is steady but unspectacular.
TheWesDude said:un-baised truth is what people want.
Sandy said:You seem to view all of this as some kind of Machiavellian power play, where BN is manipulating everyone to some small-time internet celebrity end. That's just...well, delusional, and it doesn't fit with what he's done throughout the years.