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Old 12-16-2006, 07:32 PM   #1
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12-24-2006 Re-Emergence Hoax

Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games, has posted the following comment on the official Gears of War forums:

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Folks,

This is a hoax.

We've already stated that we are working on releasing an update soon but we don't know the exact date of the release yet because it has not passed certification yet.

I wish the fan sites and online media would check with me first before they post stuff like this. Pretty much all of them have at least my email address (if not my phone number) and I check mail many, many times throughout the day.


My holiday spirit has just been gibsawed.
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Old 12-16-2006, 09:23 PM   #2
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At least that made my reputation of Epic go that much higher, that they are actually willing to give person-to-person feedback.

God forbid someone actually stopped to ask the people who made the game about what they plan to do with the game.

Oh... First and such.
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Old 12-16-2006, 09:32 PM   #3
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Ha...I think that's funny. But yeah, that's cool of Epic.
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Old 12-16-2006, 09:45 PM   #4
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At least that made my reputation of Epic go that much higher, that they are actually willing to give person-to-person feedback.

God forbid someone actually stopped to ask the people who made the game about what they plan to do with the game.

Oh... First and such.
Agreed. I know I have made this comparison before, but; The lack of half this much communication and support is why I will never buy another game by From.
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Old 12-16-2006, 10:12 PM   #5
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Old 12-16-2006, 10:16 PM   #6
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Old 12-16-2006, 10:34 PM   #7
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"Re-emergence Day"

lol fuckin' idiots.
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Old 12-16-2006, 10:39 PM   #8
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I appreciate the guy's candor and willingness to get the record set straight.

Of course, they can hardly afford to have people "geared" up for what isn't actually going to happen, so it's in his interest to be forthright.

All the same, props to Epic for honesty and all...
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Old 12-16-2006, 10:47 PM   #9
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Someone post his email address. I want to know where CliffyB lives and if there are any nude photos of that hawt cutie available.

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Old 12-16-2006, 10:50 PM   #10
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We really should just stop reading Team X-Box and Planet (insert) as real sources of news, anyway.
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Old 12-16-2006, 10:56 PM   #11
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I guess no one on the EA staff is a trained journalist.
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Old 12-16-2006, 11:33 PM   #12
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I guess no one on the EA staff is a trained journalist.
...and Mark Rein hates us.

Really, I think Evil trolled him about a year ago on a thread here. So, I am not sure if calling him up is a great idea "hey Mark, this is Phil, yeah EvilAvatar... I was really mean to you, but anyways... you got some gears love happening on the 24th? Whats that? Go fuck myself? ...I'd prefer not to.. but I will post that as the story, thanks."

At least, that was the impression I got, it was about the reselling of PC games and support of those.
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Old 12-16-2006, 11:43 PM   #13
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I guess no one on the EA staff is a trained journalist.
I seem to remember a quote at one point by someone who I am too lazy to look up....

"We aren't a blog, we aren't a news site. We are fucking Evil Avatar"

Go take that journalism degree and shove it.



edit: removed the quotation box since it technically isn't a verbatim quote. search engine for EA owned me.

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Old 12-16-2006, 11:45 PM   #14
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Well that's disappointing.
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Old 12-17-2006, 01:31 AM   #15
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This really makes me wonder what that website is about then. I wonder who put it up if it was not epic. I tried to go back to the site, but it is no longer up. How mysterious.
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Old 12-17-2006, 01:41 AM   #16
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We really should just stop reading Team X-Box and Planet (insert) as real sources of news, anyway.
Team X-Box? It's not like it was a rumor from taken from Joystiq and posted as news. Although I don't believe it was on gamespot or IGN. But, they tend to be so slow on news that a clarification was bound to come out before they got around to posting it in the first place. I don't think it used to be that way.
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Old 12-17-2006, 06:28 AM   #17
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I've EMailed Mark before, and he's EMailed me too. I have no problem with doing what he said. That kind of attitude is so rare in this industry though that I think most gaming sites wouldn't think to do that. Most people simply don't return emails unless you go through the "proper channels" and at times, that takes days.
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Old 12-17-2006, 06:31 AM   #18
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I've EMailed Mark before, and he's EMailed me too. I have no problem with doing what he said. That kind of attitude is so rare in this industry though that I think most gaming sites wouldn't think to do that. Most people simply don't return emails unless you go through the "proper channels" and at times, that takes days.
I concur with Sir Bappy here. Mark Rein's attitude is absolutely the exception, not the norm.

Still, it's a bit of a bummer.
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Old 12-17-2006, 06:36 AM   #19
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At least, that was the impression I got, it was about the reselling of PC games and support of those.
Yes, wasn't he one of those chumps who thinks that they should get a share of the resale of any used games?

Sorry, that was fracking bullshit. No one should get a share of the sale of a used game except the person who purchased the retail copy.
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Old 12-17-2006, 06:40 AM   #20
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"We aren't a blog, we aren't a news site. We are fucking Evil Avatar"

Go take that journalism degree and shove it.
Looks like post of the week to me.
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