Agreed. It's not a sensible tweet whatever he means.Well, unless David Eddings wants to somehow clear up that tweet asap, he's kind of throwing himself into the mix by his own involvement.
Agreed. It's not a sensible tweet whatever he means.Well, unless David Eddings wants to somehow clear up that tweet asap, he's kind of throwing himself into the mix by his own involvement.
I'm sorry but having an history of being a theif and liar is not indictive of being into kids
This thread is not only about that aspect, and astro is referring to the taking 12 million dollars accusation.
I don't see where it's accusing him of stealing.
It says he negotiated a personal bonus and kept it secret. The rest is the lawyer accusing him of exploitation and maybe vaguely suggesting it's fraudulent behavior because he told employees money was short.
But it says outright the publisher gave him a personal bonus. The lawyer twists this later to make it sound like it was somehow illegal.
I think it's just Pitchford being a greedy asshole and unfortunately nothing illegal.
I dunno, I have no clue what my CEOs bonuses are.I edited my post to say taking instead of stealing, but it being a secret is pretty telling as to the shady nature of it.
A bonus given by a publisher isn't stealing.Stop being ridiculous, this thread is also about the stolen money.
Thank you mate. :)
yeah, I didn't think of that, the lawyer likely didn't add that accusation lightly but I doubt he'd leave himself open to a slander case willinglyIt definitely won't hold up in court, but the lawyer probably knows well enough how hearing it from a 3rd party can be leveraged to clear himself from a slander suit.
A bonus given by a publisher isn't stealing.
It's greedy if you want, but it isn't stealing. There's no need to alter the presented accusations to fit your narrative right now
Callender's most lurid allegation against Pitchford is an accusation surrounding an event that he says occurred in 2014. Callender says that Pitchford left a USB drive in a Dallas, Texas restaurant containing sensitive corporate documents for Gearbox and its partners including 2K Games, Sega, Sony, Microsoft, and others. Says the lawsuit: "Upon information and belief, Randy Pitchford's USB drive also contained Randy Pitchford's personal collection of 'underage' pornography."
Callender also accuses Pitchford of holding parties in which "adult men have reportedly exposed themselves to minors, to the amusement of Randy Pitchford."
The lawyer also knows that he has litigation privilege/immunity from what he says in his complaint.yeah, I didn't think of that, the lawyer likely didn't add that accusation lightly but I doubt he'd leave himself open to a slander case willingly
Secret bonuses for non public traded companies is nothing new, isn't illegal as far as I know nor shady (provided it was properly declared to the irs).Ok, not stolen then but the shady practise surrounding the money.
Which is history of shady practise gives indication of.
wowRandy is a con-artist who stole the art-style for the Borderlands games from an artist they were going to hire then turned down, only for their game to release with a rip-off design.
Full details here for those who don't know.
Guy has always been shady af.
The statement was made in an affidavit 'upon information and belief', i.e. he can honestly say that it's something that he heard and believed to be true. By qualifying it as information and belief it protects him from claims of perjury or dishonesty.according to Jason in the OP, that accusation is hearsay at this point as the lawyer has no first hand knowledge or proof with his case
so unless the lawyer is keeping something under wraps, and if no one else can provide evidence, then Randy will likely sue for damages, yeah
Secret bonuses for non public traded companies is nothing new, isn't illegal as far as I know nor shady (provided it was properly declared to the irs).
We get it, you don't like Pitchford but this thread is serious enough without bringing emotions into it
The Sega situation and the artist situation have nothing to do with the allegations. You're merely trying to create a link where none exist to convince yourself.No emotions, just facts. The guy is shady af, has a clear history of lies and deceit. This is clearly relevant.
Man can this guy take a serious situation any less seriously?
Pitchford sure surrounds himself with questionable people.
"Yes it's true my former boss throws pedophile parties, here are some memes."
The Sega situation and the artist situation have nothing to do with the allegations. You're merely trying to create a link where none exist to convince yourself.
Dude didn't retweet these tweets. He just liked them.Man can this guy take a serious situation any less seriously?
Pitchford sure surrounds himself with questionable people.
"Yes it's true my former boss throws pedophile parties, here are some memes."
Yup. If that's what he is referring too this Eddings guy is a giant piece of shit and deserves prison timeSo if Mr. Eddings is talking about the underage porn and/or fetish parties then why he is just now coming out about it? If it is true wouldn't he be an accomplice since he knew about this for so long and did nothing (similar to ole Joe Paterno at Penn State).
Continuous blind-eye turning towards concerning posts and the defense of "ephebophilic" tendencies of some users, actually.
Everything too cryptic unless my eyes are just looking for things. Someone who works with Microsoft.
Hey guys, I wouldn't look to closely at this. The nature of twitter means that someone could see this man's originally cryptic tweet completely out of context of the Pitchford story (as in they haven't even heard this news), and just think he's making a sarcastic joke about himself. If I tweet out "It's all true" people would tweet back similar things as this woman did. I would ignore most of the replies.
Could be that he knew but didn't have any evidence.So if Mr. Eddings is talking about the underage porn and/or fetish parties then why he is just now coming out about it? If it is true wouldn't he be an accomplice since he knew about this for so long and did nothing (similar to ole Joe Paterno at Penn State).
not only a liar but if true, a monster too, fucking piece of shit
"but if true"Do people not understand allegations vs truth? Jesus the internet is always "guitly until proven... Eh fuck em, guilty"
Bizarrely enough, Pitchford corroborates some of the story's details by appearing on a podcast that went live one day after Callender's suit was filed. On the December 22 episode of The Piff Pod, Pitchford talks at length about porn that he enjoys watching, including "camgirl" pornography, in which a host exposes themself to a live feed and takes requests and financial tips from consumers. Pitchford explained that he was "a consumer of this content." He confirmed that he copied a specific video "to this memory stick" to, as he describes it, "work out the method" of how a camgirl host faked the act of female ejaculation. (Be warned: he describes how the video looks in particularly graphic detail.)
"I realized, this is not a sex worker," Pitchford said on the show. "This is a fucking magician." Pitchford, for those unaware, has a vested interest in the field of magicians and owns the magic-focused Genii Magazine.
Bizarrely enough, Pitchford corroborates some of the story's details by appearing on a podcast that went live one day after Callender's suit was filed. On the December 22 episode of The Piff Pod, Pitchford talks at length about porn that he enjoys watching, including "camgirl" pornography, in which a host exposes themself to a live feed and takes requests and financial tips from consumers. Pitchford explained that he was "a consumer of this content." He confirmed that he copied a specific video "to this memory stick" to, as he describes it, "work out the method" of how a camgirl host faked the act of female ejaculation. (Be warned: he describes how the video looks in particularly graphic detail.)
"I realized, this is not a sex worker," Pitchford said on the show. "This is a fucking magician." Pitchford, for those unaware, has a vested interest in the field of magicians and owns the magic-focused Genii Magazine.
"This was before I learned I should probably have password-protected memory sticks," Pitchford says, before admitting that he had indeed left a USB flash drive at a Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament restaurant. "Some kid, an employee of Medieval Times, discovered this memory stick, took it home... and discovered secrets of my company and future games in development, and also discovered the pornography. It was 'barely legal' porn. This girl's handle was 'Only 18.'" The USB flash drive was returned to Gearbox, Pitchford says, in exchange for "swag" and video games.
Pitchford claimed that the flash drive arrived at the studio while Pitchford was on vacation, so his executive assistant checked its contents. "Before I know it, I think the entire office looked at it. And there was one piece of content on here. And it never occurred to any of them that the reason why there was just that single porno was because of the magic trick, not because of [pause] I don't know whatever the fuck they thought." Later in the podcast, Pitchford suggests putting this "Only 18" performer "on the cover" of a future Genii Magazineissue.