Current Events > Arenanet publisher of Guild Wars just fired 2 lead writers of over a decade

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https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-07-06-arenanet-fires-two-guild-wars-2-writers-over-twitter-exchange-with-youtuber
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Good, they were completely out of line.
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...

Good, they were completely out of line.

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Only one of the lead writers was there for over a decade. The other was over a year.

But still. Fair, next.
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The main problem, Jessica Price, hasn't been there long at all. I do feel a bit bad about Peter, but he willingly went into that mess and picked the batshit crazy side.

Fair, next though. Hard.
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What a bizarre reaction

In fact, why bother replying at all?
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...

Good, they were completely out of line.

This. Fuck em
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hahahaha lmfao
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Mystery_Mission posted...

D-Lo_BrownTown posted...

Good, they were completely out of line.

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Hexenherz posted...

I read this article earlier and I'm not defending the writers but I think it's kind of bullshit that it doesn't show the original comments of the people. I want to see how inflammatory or innocuous they were.

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Hexenherz posted...

I read this article earlier and I'm not defending the writers but I think it's kind of bullshit that it doesn't show the original comments of the people. I want to see how inflammatory or innocuous they were.

yongyea covered the incident pretty well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5sDwspGgUQ" data-time="
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sucks for the dude who got fired and continues to get people messaging him about fucking his wife and other such nonsense considering his comments were pretty uneventful and were deleted, but i guess its nice for arenanet to have an excuse to let people go after that failure of an expansion
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She sounds crazy lol
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Link43130 posted...

sucks for the dude who got fired and continues to get people messaging him about fucking his wife and other such nonsense considering his comments were pretty uneventful and were deleted, but i guess its nice for arenanet to have an excuse to let people go after that failure of an expansion

What's wrong with the expansion? I haven't bought it yet, on another GW2 break. \( 'o' )/
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The guy got screwed a bit, but at the same time, don't white knight someone who shits on a major player for no reason
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alphagamble posted...

What a bizarre reaction

In fact, why bother replying at all?

It'd be one thing if the reply that started all of this were actually inflammatory, but they weren't. Maybe slightly passive aggressive at worst if you're looking at them with bad faith.
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refmon posted...

Mystery_Mission posted...

D-Lo_BrownTown posted...

Good, they were completely out of line.

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But why fire them at all? Why not give them a warning first? Were Price's comments really so strong as to warrant automatic removal? And what about Fries? Were his remarks really enough to bring more than 13 years of employment abruptly to an end?

and then he goes on to say why

jesus christ journalism is bad all around but you must have to be the worst of the worst to be a game journalist

Hopefully she is overflowing with hatred of men and blames this whole thing on the pigs.

Truly hope she hasnt learned anything from this
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wow, being a relatively low-level employee who publicly shits on your customers could end badly? whoda thunk it
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Good to see a SJW get rekt for a change.
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They got fired for THAT? Yikes. Gamergaters must've came out hard
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FrisbeeDude posted...

They got fired for THAT? Yikes. Gamergaters must've came out hard

Yeah the more I think about it, they shoulda just got a stern talking to. This aint fire worthy. Especially for the dude who has been there 13 years
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I wonder if there was more going on behind the scenes and this incident was the proverbial straw.
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FrisbeeDude posted...

They got fired for THAT? Yikes. Gamergaters must've came out hard

the woman at least has a history of insane garbage on her twitter that got unearthed

it's pretty fair next
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Definitely seems like there had to be more to it. I'm not usually one for all the firings, but speculation that they lashed out at behind-the-scenes reprimands doesn't seem far-fetched
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ColdOne666 posted...

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-07-06-arenanet-fires-two-guild-wars-2-writers-over-twitter-exchange-with-youtuber

The comments are mostly people who are understanding or supportive of their firing. Except one guy who is white knighting for Price so hard.
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Wigs out over polite discussion, yells sexism, says sexist things, snaps at and insta-bans simple inquiries, insults the player base and says she pretends to like them.

Not fire-worthy my ass lol

And that's before getting into her Twitter history before this month.
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What a surprise that the same people who'll gladly claim those with opinions they don't like should be fired, get upset when one of theirs gets that treatment.

And these same people will attack the other side when they show the same inconsistency, before going on to show it themself.

...And some people still believe that one side is more consistent and/or less hypocritical than the other.
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Yeah hopefully she is black-listed from the industry
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FrisbeeDude posted...

They got fired for THAT? Yikes. Gamergaters must've came out hard

She also apparently tweeted that she was relieved when TotalBiscuit died, so I assume this was the final straw, rather than an isolated incident. The guy she got into an argument with is also apparently a fairly big content creator for GW2 as well, so much so that they made him an NPC in the game.

I'm not sure how warranted the other guy's termination was though.

MorganTJ posted...

FrisbeeDude posted...

They got fired for THAT? Yikes. Gamergaters must've came out hard

She also apparently tweeted that she was relieved when TotalBiscuit died, so I assume this was the final straw, rather than an isolated incident. The guy she got into an argument with is also apparently a fairly big content creator for GW2 as well, so much so that they made him an NPC in the game.

I'm not sure how warranted the other guy's termination was though.

I suspect it was mostly "I'm not on the clock here. I don't have to pretend to like you." comment to the community that did her in.
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Esrac posted...

I suspect it was mostly "I'm not on the clock here. I don't have to pretend to like you." comment to the community that did her in.

That basically revealed her "True Nature" to the world.
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KamenRiderBlade posted...

Esrac posted...

I suspect it was mostly "I'm not on the clock here. I don't have to pretend to like you." comment to the community that did her in.

That basically revealed her "True Nature" to the world.

It would be like having a uniformed employee, in uniform, tell their customers to fuck off.
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In a world where discussions should be encouraged, and not belittled, yet the opposite becomes reality, I've apparently found myself in the midst of a war I never intended to partake in.

lmao
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Shotgunnova posted...

In a world where discussions should be encouraged, and not belittled, yet the opposite becomes reality, I've apparently found myself in the midst of a war I never intended to partake in.

lmao

if she was on tis board i would mark her for trolling tbh
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MorganTJ posted...

I'm not sure how warranted the other guy's termination was though.

He came rushing to her defense.

He called out everyone that was calling her out.

That's why. He chose the wrong hill to fall on his sword.

Being an SJW or pulling *insert race or gender here* card doesn't justify or excuse shit behavior.
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solosnake posted...

if she was on tis board i would mark her for trolling tbh

That's Deroir that said that, not Jessica.
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Apparently the woman was one of those Twitter users who was disrespectful when total biscuit died. Shows just what kind of person she is.
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SpiritSephiroth posted...

Apparently the woman was one of those Twitter users who was disrespectful when total biscuit died. Shows just what kind of person she is.

And apparently she wasn't very popular at ANet either.
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SpiritSephiroth posted...

Apparently the woman was one of those Twitter users who was disrespectful when total biscuit died. Shows just what kind of person she is.

Thats really messed up. Just like David crooks.
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Times we live in, these days you can end a career in 140 characters or less if what you say pisses off enough people. That said, nothing targeted at her from Deroir warranted her going off on him. I mean really? What exactly did he do wrong? He was casual and respectful in his 4 tweets and she just shit all over him for it. I don't believe this alone warranted firing but again, this is the times we live in. Don't do twitter, it's just a ticking time bomb. Eventually you'll tweet something you'll regret forever.
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What's the downside?
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D E E G S posted...

Times we live in, these days you can end a career in 140 characters or less if what you say pisses off enough people. That said, nothing targeted at her from Deroir warranted her going off on him. I mean really? What exactly did he do wrong? He was casual and respectful in his 4 tweets and she just shit all over him for it. I don't believe this alone warranted firing but again, this is the times we live in. Don't do twitter, it's just a ticking time bomb. Eventually you'll tweet something you'll regret forever.

Dude, it's the precedent that society has set.

Say something stupid, people complain that person should be fired, company fires person to save face.

If people didnt have such fragile egos or feelings the worst that should happen is a slap on the wrist and a strike.

I'm saying fair based on prior instances.
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D E E G S posted...

Times we live in, these days you can end a career in 140 characters or less if what you say pisses off enough people. That said, nothing targeted at her from Deroir warranted her going off on him. I mean really? What exactly did he do wrong? He was casual and respectful in his 4 tweets and she just shit all over him for it. I don't believe this alone warranted firing but again, this is the times we live in. Don't do twitter, it's just a ticking time bomb. Eventually you'll tweet something you'll regret forever.

Same happens irl too. Don't. be. stupid when you'reon the clock.

Balnazarr posted...

D E E G S posted...

Times we live in, these days you can end a career in 140 characters or less if what you say pisses off enough people. That said, nothing targeted at her from Deroir warranted her going off on him. I mean really? What exactly did he do wrong? He was casual and respectful in his 4 tweets and she just shit all over him for it. I don't believe this alone warranted firing but again, this is the times we live in. Don't do twitter, it's just a ticking time bomb. Eventually you'll tweet something you'll regret forever.

Same happens irl too. Don't. be. stupid when you'reon the clock.

Tbf she wasnt on the clock. BUT her Twitter handle did show her as an ANet employee.
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D E E G S posted...

Don't do twitter, it's just a ticking time bomb. Eventually you'll tweet something you'll regret forever.

Only if you're a crappy person that lacks a filter in what you send out for the world to see. >_> If not, you're good!
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D E E G S posted...

Times we live in, these days you can end a career in 140 characters or less if what you say pisses off enough people. That said, nothing targeted at her from Deroir warranted her going off on him. I mean really? What exactly did he do wrong? He was casual and respectful in his 4 tweets and she just shit all over him for it. I don't believe this alone warranted firing but again, this is the times we live in. Don't do twitter, it's just a ticking time bomb. Eventually you'll tweet something you'll regret forever.

There are loads of people that have been "doing Twitter" for years that haven't gotten themselves in hot shit because they aren't shitheads like that woman

chrono625 posted...

Balnazarr posted...

D E E G S posted...

Times we live in, these days you can end a career in 140 characters or less if what you say pisses off enough people. That said, nothing targeted at her from Deroir warranted her going off on him. I mean really? What exactly did he do wrong? He was casual and respectful in his 4 tweets and she just shit all over him for it. I don't believe this alone warranted firing but again, this is the times we live in. Don't do twitter, it's just a ticking time bomb. Eventually you'll tweet something you'll regret forever.

Same happens irl too. Don't. be. stupid when you'reon the clock.

Tbf she wasnt on the clock. BUT her Twitter handle did show her as an ANet employee.

It was also a reply to a very prominent customer involving her work

Almost like if an employee of a university had told a major donor to fuck off
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"Journalists" act like being at same job for longer means you can treat your fans like dogshit and say that you're "wearing a mask" when you're talking as a dev and that you don't like any of your fans and have no consequences from your employer who you represent.
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