THQ Nordic holding an AMA on... 8chan (UP: website linked to multiple mass shootings) READ THREADMARKS

Mórríoghain · Feb 27, 2019

Check this out. Someone compiled all the answer from the disaster of an AMA.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/ava7ll/thq_nordics_8chan_ama_full_compilation_of_all/

"Anonymous: Why 8chan of all the places? Was it your decision to come here or someone else suggested you to organize q&a here? Was there someone who was against it?
THQN_Fabian: I have no fucking idea. Mark seems like a nice guy though."

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"Anonymous: Please don't censor any games nor appeal to the SocJus crowd, you guys are doing fine as is
THQN_Philipp: thanks! we'll try to stay that way."

Deleted member 42641 · Feb 27, 2019

The fact the tweet with the link to 8chan makes the apology null and shows these rich men running the company dont give a shit. Happily will never feel bad about their games flopping and hope developers can get out from them

Speely · Feb 27, 2019

Fat4all said:
look at this

THQN Reinhard is on THQ Nordics board of management/directors

When I saw this, I wanted to just nuke Earth from orbit.

Deleted member 46598 · Feb 27, 2019

TheYanger said:
So you routinely engage in actual business with people you know LITERALLY nothing about? Nobody gives a shit if you 'give it a pass' and frankly anyone that says shit like this looks 100% like a troll burner account tbh.

A google search is something I do before I invest 20 bucks or more into ANYTHING. Let alone companies that somehow magically cold call (or email) me and want to set up extensive interviews.

So now we're simply belittling forum members for being non human beings because "fuck you you're wrong"

I didn't even defend what they did. Holy shit.

Deleted member 10737 · Feb 27, 2019

the tweet mentioning 8chan is STILL UP?
asfafadafafsfada

derFeef · Feb 27, 2019

Speely said:
When I saw this, I wanted to just nuke Earth from orbit.

And there is much worse sadly :-(

Samus_Aran · Feb 27, 2019

Wow, this thread's cancer is spreading big time.

Brodo Baggins · Feb 27, 2019

This is super disappointing for me. I just picked up Darksiders 3 recently and have been enjoying myself, but now I'm regretting that purchase. I was really liking their business plan of reviving defunct series as AA games too :(. I wish I could give them the benefit of the doubt, but some of their responses give the game away.

Doukou · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Wow, this thread's cancer is spreading big time.

What?

crimilde · Feb 27, 2019

It seems the tweet has finally been taken down.

Sorry, that page doesn't exist!
Why not try a search to find something else?

Only took 15 fucking hours.

dock · Feb 27, 2019

Regardless of criticism, I am pretty certain that press outlets like IGN and PC Gamer will continue to cover THQ Nordic's output, and distribution platforms like Steam won't do anything.

There are so many ways this industry fails to police its own, and we see this pushed all the time.

Deleted member 5596 · Feb 27, 2019

SH-4 said:
I give it a pass, I'm on the internet probably way more often than whoever promoted this and didn't even know 8ch was a thing until last year, though admittedly you would have some sort of glance of the people you're promoting. It isn't like they have done this thing in the past so I lean towards, dumbasses but not at all some publisher you should hate.

Did you missed the fact that they engaged in homophobic, racist and pedophile conversations and that the excuse "they didn't know better" falls on it's on weight considering that?

Deleted member 10737 · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Wow, this thread's cancer is spreading big time.

que?

Speely · Feb 27, 2019

derFeef said:
And there is much worse sadly :-(

Oh, I know. This just invaded a selfish comfort zone for me.

Norwegian_Imposter · Feb 27, 2019

I just don't understand why they would use it

Toxi · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Wow, this thread's cancer is spreading big time.

I wasn't expecting someone named Samus Aran to cape for pedophiles.

mael · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Wow, this thread's cancer is spreading big time.

Please proceed governor.

Speely · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Wow, this thread's cancer is spreading big time.

Please elaborate on what the cancer is and how it has spread.

Gifmaker · Feb 27, 2019

Finally gone.

LinkStrikesBack · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Wow, this thread's cancer is spreading big time.

You uh, got a follow up to say what you mean by this?

guybrushfreeman · Feb 27, 2019

Looks like the tweet with the link gone. With no additional information it's not possible to know if it was taken down THQ Nordic or twitter.

No apology so far for actively promoting child porn on their offical twitter for over 14 hours but at least the link is finally fucking gone

menacer · Feb 27, 2019

This is just a sobering example on how PR can go wrong and just giving keys to what probably is a 20 year old intern who they trust and then shit goes crazy.

mael · Feb 27, 2019

Toxi said:
I wasn't expecting someone named Samus Aran to cape for pedophiles.

Maybe this Samus hate children for having parents when hers got eaten by a space dragon...
Low post count alts are getting dumber by the day.

Doukou · Feb 27, 2019

menacer said:
This is just a sobering example on how PR can go wrong and just giving keys to what probably is a 20 year old intern who they trust and then shit goes crazy.

It wasn't an intern, it was head of marketing along with their 2nd in command

mael · Feb 27, 2019

menacer said:
This is just a sobering example on how PR can go wrong and just giving keys to what probably is a 20 year old intern who they trust and then shit goes crazy.

We know it's not that, a member of the board was part of the stunt.
It's either not that or they have the most persuasive intern in that company.

crimilde · Feb 27, 2019

menacer said:
This is just a sobering example on how PR can go wrong and just giving keys to what probably is a 20 year old intern who they trust and then shit goes crazy.

Are you serious? Please go read the OP or threadmarks or even the thread TITLE before posting hot takes like this. This is not some fucking intern.

Gifmaker · Feb 27, 2019

guybrushfreeman said:
Looks like the tweet with the link gone. With no additional information it's not possible to know if it was taken down THQ Nordic or twitter.

It was THQ.

Toxi · Feb 27, 2019

menacer said:
This is just a sobering example on how PR can go wrong and just giving keys to what probably is a 20 year old intern who they trust and then shit goes crazy.

I wish this were a story like that. It's not. One of the people in the AMA holds a senior position at THQ Nordic.

CaviarMeths · Feb 27, 2019

SH-4 said:
I didn't even defend what they did. Holy shit.

There is no useful distinction between "defend" and "apologize/make excuses for." You gave them an out, ignoring all available information to substitute an alternate reality where the organizers were simply ignorant of how awful 8chan is. For all intents and purposes, that is defending them.

mael · Feb 27, 2019

Gifmaker said:
It was THQ.

THQ N, where the N stands for Nazis.

Deleted member 10737 · Feb 27, 2019

menacer said:
This is just a sobering example on how PR can go wrong and just giving keys to what probably is a 20 year old intern who they trust and then shit goes crazy.

the way people actively go out of their way to ignore the OP and the summary is really amazing.

Eumi · Feb 27, 2019

menacer said:
This is just a sobering example on how PR can go wrong and just giving keys to what probably is a 20 year old intern who they trust and then shit goes crazy.

Oh my god.

This isn't just about reading the thread anymore.

Read the damn title.

Samus_Aran · Feb 27, 2019

LinkStrikesBack said:
You uh, got a follow up to say what you mean by this?

Yeah, maybe it's just me. I just don't quite get why we're rapidly approaching 100 pages because of an extremely dumb marketing move, analyzing every Tweet and Name that comes up. It's just rather unsettling to me.

guybrushfreeman · Feb 27, 2019

Gifmaker said:
It was THQ.

Thanks. You posted before that you knew it was about to come down as well. Can you elaborate on where you're getting this information? Do you have some contact who can explain how it was left up for so long?

Toxi · Feb 27, 2019

Gifmaker said:
It was THQ.

Is there a reason you know so much about the THQ Twitter account?

Ferrs · Feb 27, 2019

At this point I wish this forum had something that forced people to read a threadmark before posting to know wtf they are talking about.

menacer · Feb 27, 2019

crimilde said:
Are you serious? Please go read the OP or threadmarks or even the thread TITLE before posting hot takes like this. This is not some fucking intern.

This was something that should have not happened anyway.

mael · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Yeah, maybe it's just me. I just don't quite get why we're rapidly approaching 100 pages because of an extremely dumb marketing move, analyzing every Tweet and Name that comes up. It's just rather unsettling to me.

Maybe because a publisher promoting a child porn site is kind of a big deal?
No one is forcing you to read the thread or even participate, by the look of it you manage to ignore most threads just fine.

LinkStrikesBack · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Yeah, maybe it's just me. I just don't quite get why we're rapidly approaching 100 pages because of an extremely dumb marketing move, analyzing every Tweet and Name that comes up. It's just rather unsettling to me.

Ok so you are questioning that people are upset that a prominent videogame publisher came out to promote a child pornography website.

How is that confusing to you, really?

Doukou · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Yeah, maybe it's just me. I just don't quite get why we're rapidly approaching 100 pages because of an extremely dumb marketing move, analyzing every Tweet and Name that comes up. It's just rather unsettling to me.

Yah a game company driving people to a site that is known for child porn is nothing, nobody should talk about that.

boris_feinbrand · Feb 27, 2019

crimilde said:
It seems the tweet has finally been taken down.

Only took 15 fucking hours.

Yeap. I mean their office probably opened an hour ago, but still.

Mechaplum · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Yeah, maybe it's just me. I just don't quite get why we're rapidly approaching 100 pages because of an extremely dumb marketing move, analyzing every Tweet and Name that comes up. It's just rather unsettling to me.

The 100 pages is what's unsettling to you? Great scotts.

CaviarMeths · Feb 27, 2019

Ferrs said:
At this point I wish this forum had something that forced people to read a threadmark before posting to know wtf they are talking about.

Wouldn't even need to read the threadmarks. Relevant information is right there in the thread title. People know what happened. It's just the same old "yeah, but I like some THQ games, so I'll bend over backwards to give them an out on this one" that happens in every publisher controversy thread.

Mórríoghain · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Yeah, maybe it's just me. I just don't quite get why we're rapidly approaching 100 pages because of an extremely dumb marketing move, analyzing every Tweet and Name that comes up. It's just rather unsettling to me.

My dude this is not the hill you want to die on, trust me.

Deleted member 42055 · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Yeah, maybe it's just me. I just don't quite get why we're rapidly approaching 100 pages because of an extremely dumb marketing move, analyzing every Tweet and Name that comes up. It's just rather unsettling to me.

Yes it's the reaction that's the unsettling part. Bingo. How does anyone type out this nonsense? Actually, please keep talking so we can be rid of you.

Eumi · Feb 27, 2019

If someone is in any way downplaying pedophilia, then they're either trolling or so far gone that any meaningful discussion won't be happening.

Just report the posts and move on. Chances are they're just looking to own people online for, err, being against pedophiles, I guess. So it's not worth engaging them.

Speely · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Yeah, maybe it's just me. I just don't quite get why we're rapidly approaching 100 pages because of an extremely dumb marketing move, analyzing every Tweet and Name that comes up. It's just rather unsettling to me.

Your original post was

Samus_Aran said:
Wow, this thread's cancer is spreading big time.

So are you thread whining or objecting to people having a problem with devs/pubs promoting child porn and white supremacy? What was the cancer?

boris_feinbrand · Feb 27, 2019

Samus_Aran said:
Yeah, maybe it's just me. I just don't quite get why we're rapidly approaching 100 pages because of an extremely dumb marketing move, analyzing every Tweet and Name that comes up. It's just rather unsettling to me.

15 hours later and the trolls aren't getting any more creative.

Gifmaker · Feb 27, 2019

guybrushfreeman said:
Thanks. You posted before that you knew it was about to come down as well. Can you elaborate on where you're getting this information? Do you have some contact who can explain how it was left up for so long?

Let us just say that I have reason to trust the information I have. As for why it has been up so long, take this with a grain of salt since this is what my personal impression is based on the information that I have: the entire topic must have blown up so massively in the team's face that most of them are scared stiff right now and don't wanna touch this matter with a 10 feet pole.

RedSparrows · Feb 27, 2019

To all the people hedging and implicitly defending THQ Nordic, ask yourself: what is it that won't let you think 'hey, this seems like a bad move guys, can't believe it seems to have been officially sanctioned in-house'?

I often wonder what this kernel of feeling is when I see shit like this. Like, who likes 8chan? Who thinks that shit is gravy? What virtue are you defending here? Why is this sticking in your craw?

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