This week's NVC was indeed a bit more natural and fun than it has been, as Filip wasn't really as strong a personality - he was improving though. The apology sucks a bit because there is no admittance, I don't know to what level IGN allows him to fully admit to plagiarism, but the reactions from his colleagues are making me believe his intentions less and less.
I think he definitely used the other review as a firm template that he simply reworded, perhaps because his initial drafts were being constantly rejected, and the deadline was looming with crazy amounts of pressure - and I wish he had gone to that level of detail in his response, instead of painting a picture of "I read lots of things and I just happened to reconstruct one specific review by accident".
In reality, he was probably ignorant of the gravity of doing that rewording to begin with, coming from youtube - but that doesn't take away from the seriousness of the offense, I'm getting to understand that more as I read more about it. A full admittance even if the intention wasn't to cause anyone harm, would have been a more respectful approach to the public.
However, he already got enough punishment, and to the extent that the industry deemed appropriate, which is fair - now I hope he moves on as a human and finds another path.
I think he definitely used the other review as a firm template that he simply reworded, perhaps because his initial drafts were being constantly rejected, and the deadline was looming with crazy amounts of pressure - and I wish he had gone to that level of detail in his response, instead of painting a picture of "I read lots of things and I just happened to reconstruct one specific review by accident".
In reality, he was probably ignorant of the gravity of doing that rewording to begin with, coming from youtube - but that doesn't take away from the seriousness of the offense, I'm getting to understand that more as I read more about it. A full admittance even if the intention wasn't to cause anyone harm, would have been a more respectful approach to the public.
However, he already got enough punishment, and to the extent that the industry deemed appropriate, which is fair - now I hope he moves on as a human and finds another path.