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On forum comments…

On forum comments…

Recently, we published a video showing my son playing the new Halo Reach beta, sitting alongside Icrontic contributor Bobby “UPSLynx” Miller. We posted it on popular gaming news site News4Gamers, part of the Newsboiler network.

Now, let me start by saying that we love N4G. Several Icrontic members are also participating members of the N4G community, and we love the service they provide. We’re also very excited that they’ve taken the “peer-review” news model (in which members approve stories) to the tech news world with their new site TechSpy.

However, some of the people who comment on N4G stories leave a bit to be desired. Bobby, Robert Hallock and I were sitting around talking the other night and we realized that the comments on that story really represent several internet archetypes—so we set up a camera, pushed record, and talked about it.

Without further ado:

Comments

  1. Snarkasm
    Snarkasm lol u guyz suck what a shit site y dont u go cry to ur mommas
  2. rolleggroll
    rolleggroll OMGS PS3 sucks bcz they dont have Halo HAHAHAHAHAH. Evrybudy nos that PS3s and ipads dont sell.
  3. Tim
    Tim Am I mentioned in your video? If I am, I'll watch it.
  4. Ryder
  5. Snarkasm
    Snarkasm do want global ban Tim
  6. Cliff_Forster
    Cliff_Forster They are only console gamers, what did you expect?
  7. PP u fat fuck go on a diet.
  8. primesuspect
    primesuspect
    PP wrote:
    u fat fuck go on a diet.

    I'm thinking about it. Not sure yet.
  9. sammyT (PSN:gamesnskate) lolz, 'tis quite true. Most commenters on N4G are raging PS3 fanboys :P Which sucks because most of the time when I mention something good about the PS3 or one of its' games (because I'm a PS3 fan - not a fanboy) I get labeled a PS3 fanboy. So I just speak the truth and try not to be biased, that's the only real way to show my true colors. Acting like a total dumbass, a.k.a. mostly everyone else, wouldn't get me very far.
  10. PP lol i got u thinking its a start.....but don't get on my bad side i've been banned from many sites including N4G and ps3 turd sites so be very wary.
  11. primesuspect
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  12. clifford_cooley
    clifford_cooley PP with your attitude, I can see why you have been banned from many sites. The one little comment toward prime places you on the list of people that deserve to be banned.
  13. Kwitko
    Kwitko
    PP wrote:
    lol i got u thinking its a start.....but don't get on my bad side i've been banned from many sites including N4G and ps3 turd sites so be very wary.
    I bet you have the death sentence on 12 systems, you crazy kid.
  14. Kwitko
    Kwitko
    PP wrote:
    u fat fuck go on a diet.

    Oooh, scary.
  15. NLichtman
    NLichtman This video was so hilarious. I almost cried.
  16. Sledgehammer70
    Sledgehammer70 Honestly this is a great video of just covering any game story... The comments you speak about follow any gaming thread that goes against the grain.
  17. Winfrey
    Winfrey The disembodied thumbs up was pretty sweet special effects.
  18. juuken And then I lol'd
  19. clifford_cooley
    clifford_cooley The disembodied thumbs up was actually PP. Thats why PP was so upset at prime. Primes mind control works every time.
  20. _k
  21. Tim
    Tim I watched the video anyhow. It was ok, but I've never been to the N4G website so I didn't really understand most of it.

    Way back when I started playing Halo 2, I got an Xbox because Halo 2 was on Xbox. That was the beginning, middle, and end of the Xbox / PS3 debate for me.
  22. xXdEVILsXx To icrontic,

    I'm sorry for your incompetent complaints. Frankly, I can't take any of you seriously with the 70's couch and how close each of you are sitting. Obviously neither of you can afford anything better leaving me with an underlying view that neither of you are intelligent enough to get a decent job. Uneducated would be to kind of a word. Your biased views are obviously unwelcome so please don't share them with the public. Go play on your mac or something..

    devils shadow88
  23. Kwitko
    Kwitko Your complete sentences and correct grammar don't scare us.
  24. Tenmohican A hole comments are not something new. And if you re arrange the letters in Halo, its not too different than A hole. Coincidences.
  25. clifford_cooley
    clifford_cooley
    xXdEVILsXx wrote:
    Frankly, I can't take any of you seriously with the 70's couch and how close each of you are sitting.
    I can't believe I actually read this. How stupid can someone be, to judge intelligence by what others are sitting on.
  26. Agent-X You guys are such haters, these guys are alright. Keep it up guys and forget about the haters.

    PS. 50% of N4G users are haters.
  27. spandexxking lol MR V's (not mirv lol, not that it matters) is obviously a tard. what douche that reads books at starbucks is gonna crack on with a halo novel!
    im not saying its a bad book, after all its up to the reader to decide that.
    but if you're the intelectual type that reads books at starbucks, a halo novel wouldnt be my first guess at what they would read.

    that said you guys singling a retard out of a crowd of many is kinda moot
  28. CrazyJoe
    CrazyJoe
    xXdEVILsXx wrote:
    To icrontic,

    Your biased views are obviously unwelcome so please don't share them with the public. Go play on your mac or something..

    devils shadow88

    Hey Prime, I for one welcome your biased views and hereby give you my permission to post these videos on the site that you own and run yourself. Carry on!
  29. Thrax
    Thrax
    Agent-X wrote:
    You guys are such haters, these guys are alright. Keep it up guys and forget about the haters.

    PS. 50% of N4G users are haters.

    haters-gonna-hate.gif
  30. Gate28
    Gate28 halo reach is da shit yo i got da beta so you old peeps betr stay off my xbox live cuz i bet u all leik gay furry pron ITS GUNA ROCK HARDER THEN MW2 HOLLA
  31. NLichtman
    NLichtman
    Gate28 wrote:
    halo reach is da shit yo i got da beta so you old peeps betr stay off my xbox live cuz i bet u all leik gay furry pron ITS GUNA ROCK HARDER THEN MW2 HOLLA

    I lolled.

    Don't bring Furries into this, man. We don't want them coming down on us. They troll hardcore, man... You can't imagine the things I've seen. Oh, the horror.

    On a side note: They's just jealous of the awesome that is Master K.
  32. Canti
    Canti
    I can't believe I actually read this. How stupid can someone be, to judge intelligence by what others are sitting on.

    Would an intelligent person sit on a pile of rusty chainsaws that are fully running?
  33. xXdEVILsXx Thank you Canti for clarifying that. It's clear that there are intelligent and unintelligent members on this planet. Crazy Joe, please go back to your ps3 or mac and play some mature games that your parents allow you to play since they are so responsible.
  34. Canti
    Canti
    xXdEVILsXx wrote:
    Thank you Canti for clarifying that. It's clear that there are intelligent and unintelligent members on this planet. Crazy Joe, please go back to your ps3 or mac and play some mature games that your parents allow you to play since they are so responsible.

    lol wut?

    I didn't see any of the people you refer to in your original comment sitting on chainsaw's, rusty or otherwise. Maybe you misunderstand me (it's ok, everyone does) but I would challenge you to attempt any discussion with Mr. Ambrozy, Miller, or Hallock and not walk away butthurt.

    P.S. Telling Joe to go play games his parents allow is just lol.
  35. TheOffensiveGamer Look, I'm not sure who these guys are or what they are crapping on about, but holy shite! Americans with a sense of humour? I'm gob smacked!

    Can I be the racist forum poster?

    Cheers.

    -Lexx
  36. Thrax
    Thrax Every legitimate string of comments requires at least one racist. It's cosmic law.
  37. Snarkasm
    Snarkasm In point of fact, we'd be honored to have you, Lexx.
  38. fairy muff You boys have got a bloody good point there.
  39. Kwitko
    Kwitko How long until Godwin's Rule comes into play?
  40. o0RECON0o Well you got the just attention, maybe not the attention you wanted, learn from it.
  41. o0RECON0o I bet you could stick the 3rd guy up the first guys ass! lol stupid sonyboys. Your son is the only smart one!
  42. QCH
    QCH Thank you for all for the comments... We appreciate it. The great part about Icrontic is that we have a range of members. Some are in high school, some in college, some in graduate school, some have long since left the age of college. We have the unemployed, the part-time employed, full-time, and some working 2 jobs. We have parents, grandparents, some own homes, rent homes, some have cars, and some don't.

    We welcome everyone.
  43. Cliff_Forster
    Cliff_Forster
    Kwitko wrote:
    How long until Godwin's Rule comes into play?

    Tim was here.
  44. Frylock
    Frylock "UmadSon!?!" haha
  45. clifford_cooley
    clifford_cooley
    Canti wrote:
    Would an intelligent person sit on a pile of rusty chainsaws that are fully running?
    I'm tired of reading this BS. I was talking about furniture not chain saws. Forgive me for not being so specific. Sorry Icrontic there is too many stupid comments on this forum for my liking. I understand you are making money from the guest posting, however does that mean you should allow the trashy ones.
  46. mertesn
    mertesn
    I'm tired of reading this BS. I was talking about furniture not chain saws. Forgive me for not being so specific. Sorry Icrontic there is too many stupid comments on this forum for my liking. I understand you are making money from the guest posting, however does that mean you should allow the trashy ones.
    You mean like this one?
  47. Ryder
    Ryder Clifford,

    None of these comments are directed solely at you (I realize Canti quoted you, but you just missed the actual context of his statement).

    The best part about the forum is that you can ignore what doesn't interest you :)
  48. BuddyJ
    BuddyJ cool story bro
  49. RyanMM
  50. Mark N4G is a sony kid cesspool, even the mods are children.
  51. Kwitko
    Kwitko
    o0RECON0o wrote:
    I bet you could stick the 3rd guy up the first guys ass! lol stupid sonyboys. Your son is the only smart one!
    wut?
  52. Canti
    Canti
    o0RECON0o wrote:
    I bet you could stick the 3rd guy up the first guys ass! lol stupid sonyboys. Your son is the only smart one!

    Only one way to find out. This could be an interesting challenge at Epic.
  53. Preacher
    Preacher
    Canti wrote:
    Only one way to find out. This could be an interesting challenge at Epic.

    Recommend we do it before the duct tape challenge. Can we get KY Jelly to sponsor the event?
  54. Koreish
    Koreish
    Preacher wrote:
    Recommend we do it before the duct tape challenge. Can we get KY Jelly to sponsor the event?

    If you do it before the duct tape challenge you run the risk of the duct tape not sticking as much do to all the lube. Just be careful is all I'm saying.
  55. rolleggroll
    rolleggroll I think i dodged a bullet, by not attending this time.
  56. pigflipper
    pigflipper
    I think i dodged a bullet, by not attending this time.

    /me raises his gin to Eggie
  57. spin498
    spin498 Sadly, it's not limited to N4G or even gamer forums in general.
  58. Sledgehammer70
    Sledgehammer70 I think we can learn form some of the response given even on this forum for some threads.
  59. Winfrey
    Winfrey
    I think we can learn form some of the response given even on this forum for some threads.

    What? :wtf:
  60. Snarkasm
    Snarkasm Some of our own commenters are exactly as culpable of this as some N4G commenters.
  61. UPSLynx
    UPSLynx I, for one, KNOW I couldn't fit up either ass. Just putting that out there.
  62. mertesn
    mertesn
    UPSLynx wrote:
    I, for one, KNOW I couldn't fit up either ass. Just putting that out there.

    This implies experience at trying :wtf:
  63. Winfrey
    Winfrey Master Yoda wishes to motivate you.
    yoda-do-or-do-not.jpg
  64. jokerz4fun
    jokerz4fun INTERNET RAGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH
    BLLLAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
  65. Rexxar
    Rexxar
    I'm tired of reading this BS. I was talking about furniture not chain saws. Forgive me for not being so specific. Sorry Icrontic there is too many stupid comments on this forum for my liking. I understand you are making money from the guest posting, however does that mean you should allow the trashy ones.

    Buddy in life there will be people you won't like. Just deal with it or go to another website to complain to.
  66. Kwitko
    Kwitko
    UPSLynx wrote:
    I, for one, KNOW I couldn't fit up either ass. Just putting that out there.

    That's not what I've heard. Just putting that out there.
  67. Bandrik
    Bandrik I am thoroughly amused by what I'm seeing in this forum so far. To all our guest posters and the awesomesauce Icrontic responses, thank you. You continue to amaze me. Carry on.
  68. Bandrik
    Bandrik Take a look at this poster. This pretty much sums up all the garbage that occurs on even the best gaming web sites out there. It's nice that people are passionate enough to want to voice their love for their toys, but... seriously?

    print_gucomics_anatomyforumtroll_LRG.jpg
  69. primesuspect
    primesuspect
    PP wrote:
    u fat fuck go on a diet.

    I just wanted to update you, PP. Turns out your motivational post inspired me. I did end up going on a diet. Thanks for your advice!

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