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[Kotaku] Former Gearbox Lawyer Accuses CEO Randy Pitchford Of Taking Secret $12 Million Bonus In Lawsuit Gearbox Calls 'Absurd'
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tfw you want to make a bad "randy" pun, but realize that would be in EXTREMELY poor taste, so you don't
Stop being ridiculous, this thread is also about the money.
EDIT: not stolen.
Thank you mate. :)
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.
By now he has to know the internet is going wild with the paedo stuff, so, he kind of has to do something to clear up the tweet.
I dunno, I have no clue what my CEOs bonuses are.
It's fucking greedy but it's not like it's abnormal for those to be "secret." I don't think Gearbox is publicly traded?
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
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
Ok, not stolen then but the shady practise surrounding the money.
Which is history of shady practise gives indication of.
Searching @duvalmagic "lawyer", lots to do with ongoing case, but is this the person making the accusations?
So they are still hanging out in 2016? Unless he's claiming he only heard about the 2014 event after it?
Cause imagine claiming you knew of the 2014 incidents and still hanging out with Randy afterwards. Then again these accusations also involve the potential for other employees or ex-employees to know of them and have been silent.
What a mess.
edit: I'll embed the tweet instead of screencap
So they are still hanging out in 2016? Unless he's claiming he only heard about the 2014 event after it?
Cause imagine claiming you knew of the 2014 incidents and still hanging out with Randy afterwards. Then again these accusations also involve the potential for other employees or ex-employees to know of them and have been silent.
What a mess.
edit: I'll embed the tweet instead of screencap
The lawyer also knows that he has litigation privilege/immunity from what he says in his complaint.
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 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.
David Eddings liking two random tweets in response to him?
https://twitter.com/davideddings/likes
So he's acknowledged at least one tweet mentioning Randy.
https://twitter.com/davideddings/likes
So he's acknowledged at least one tweet mentioning Randy.
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."
No emotions, just facts. The guy is shady af, has a clear history of lies and deceit. This is clearly relevant.
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.
Yeah, I can't quite say I understand liking those. One and it might just be accidentally liking whilst scrolling through @ mentions, but two?
Who knows. He knows he's lit a powderkeg online so we just have to wait for whatever is next.
The case is about the alleged violation of legal duties.
Pitchford has a history of shady practise.
It's relevant, the man is and always has been a con-artist and a liar.
Again...I hope for the sake of decency and not needing another story about how hard people suck he is referring to the money issue and not child porn.
And if it's true and now people keep coming out to confirm it like... where is your moral drive? Why wait so long? Is a career or your image in an industry worth letting a fucking scumbag continue to scum?
What a garbage situation.
Yup. If that's what he is referring too this Eddings guy is a giant piece of shit and deserves prison time
That's not how it works I think. Confidentiality doesn't stop when you stop being employed as a lawyer. So he should have gone to the police when he found out
https://www.scribd.com/document/397272204/Gearbox-lawsuit
Shit's wild. Incriminates his wife as well.
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NOPE it's only January but it's poppin' off fast. WHEW this story is a firecracker.
Intentionally vague tweet is annoying. Could be referring to one or multiple things from that article
I've never hid the fact that I absolutely detest Randy but these are some really serious allegations and I wouldn't feel comfortable validating them until we have more confirmation or evidence regarding them.
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.
True, but I would advise it would be a good idea to delete your tweet once you know what you've responded to lol.
Pitchford is a piece of shit and I have no issues with him being investigated, but it pains me to believe that somebody would be dumb enough to carry around (and lose) an unencrypted USB drive that contains both sensitive corporate documents AND CP. Interested to see where this goes
Do people not understand allegations vs truth? Jesus the internet is always "guitly until proven... Eh fuck em, guilty"
These allegations aside, it is a fact that Pitchford is a liar. He completely fabricated a story about how Gearbox got its name back in 2009.
https://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/whats-in-a-name-gearbox-software/
https://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/whats-in-a-name-gearbox-software/
