Troy Baker on Randy Pitchford: “I Would Fact-Check Before I Tweeted”

[wubalubadubdub]

At this point Randy Pitchford is a pathological liar.

 

[Blugrass]

i hate him and his dumb tricks!

 

[Deleted member 41931]

We do not know if Troy was "championing for more money"

Hell as most people kept pointing out in the previous thread about this, Atlus got him again for Catherine Full Body. He never had a problem or complained about whenever Matt Mercer took over one of his roles.

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Neither was Guy or the other Silent Hill 2 voice actors. They were all very supportive of their voice acting be used. Konami just fucked up with all of the original contracts and didn't have anything in place for reusing the original acting. So they decided it wasn't worth their time to round up everybody and just went with a new cast. That's why Guy wasn't the only one replaced even though some were outright saying they'd gladly do it for free like Mary's. Troy was 100% full of shit.

troy was criticizing, the original james voice actor for demanding residuals or he wouldn't come back to do the voice, when no one was getting residuals for voice acting at the time, which i think is fair criticism of the time. Troy never argued he believed they shouldnt get residuals. his comments about not questioning the company i admit isnt a great comment, and u derstand people taking issue with it, but honestly dont really hold ill will towards troy for this comment, as he really hasnt done anything else i have an issue with. So i do still find it a cheap shot, that someone always has to bring this comment up from so long ago like it nullifies anything troy will ever do or say afterwards is a bit absurd.

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[Detail]

I have never trusted Randy, he has a track record of lying to consumers and then after he does, tries to play the victim.

The fact that he is actively happy to support EGS makes me trust him even less as well.

 

[spineduke]

This guy is the reason I don't touch anything Gearbox - sorry for the folks that work there, but I refuse to enable this pathological liar.

 

[_Aaron_]

As always, Pitchford is an ass.

Remember his elaborate fake story of how Gearbox got their name. Dude is straight up weird: https://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/whats-in-a-name-gearbox-software/

 

[Deleted member 23381]

Randy Pitchford needs to get professional help.

 

[Hella]

you have my energy, troy baker

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Hmmmm, who to believe here? I can't decide between Joel and the guy who seems like spouting bullshit comes to him as easy as breathing.

 

[Zellia]

Add me to the list of people utterly shocked that known liar Randy Pitchford may not have been telling the truth here.

 

[Orbit]

Never forget Randy Pitchford made up a story about 'winning' the name 'Gearbox' from Gabe Newell in a poker game. Gabe then said basically yeah that never happened.

 

[Dr. Ludwig]

Yeah, at this point Troy Baker must have a high asking price for a VA that Gearbox didn't want to commit to. Considering Troy's talent and popularity, that's understandable.

Also, LOL Randy. Guy's a fuckin joke.

 

[Barnak]

It's a shame that one of my favorite video game franchise is attached to this Randy guy. A real shame. Gearbox would be so much better without him.

 

[spineduke]

What I would give to get another John Walker style interview with Randy

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/02/13/peter-molyneux-interview-godus-reputation-kickstarter/

 

[EatChildren]

Randy Pitchford is the almost perfect classical example of a narcissistic, pathological liar. The amount of bullshit that routinely pours from his mouth borderlines on the surreal, and almost every anecdote, no matter the utterly grandiose or bewildering triviality, he will always be in an oddly specific position as the central player and never at fault.

 

[Deleted member 679]

I get wanting to believe Troy Baker over Randy Pitchford, and I feel similarly, but why won't he just tell the whole story, then?

This is still vague enough to fit with the previous theory of "he/his agent asked for more money, Gearbox never got back to them." If he was never even asked, why wouldn't he just say it? Going with "he should fact check before tweeting!" makes it sound like it wasn't straight up a lie, just missing information.

"I didn't say no, I just asked for more money!" probably doesn't sound great, though, which is why I'm still inclined to believe that.

But personally, I don't think it should sound bad, there's nothing wrong with trying to negotiate to be paid the amount your work is worth now. "Passion" shouldn't come before fair work conditions, that's the whole bullshit premise that drives so many people to unhealthy crunch.

 

[Braaier]

Oh randy. Maybe he should just stay quiet.

 

[Kalentan]

What are the chances Randy replies to this?

 

[Leviathan]

Welp there goes any chance of Baker working with Gearbox again.

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I suspect Troy Baker will find work.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

Imagine being somebody in the other thread who was defending pathological liar, financial criminal, and potentially something even worse Randy Pitchford.

 

[gogosox82]

I think it would be easier to find instances were Randy doesn't lie at this point.

 

[$10 Bagel]

Why would anyone even believe his name is even Randy Pitchford at this point? Has he ever told the truth about anything?

 

[LordofPwn]

Randy said that the casting director told him that troy declined. I'm guessing this may have been a communication breakdown between the casting director and Troy's agent. more than Randy lying. That being said Randy does have a habit of lying/being disingenuous

 

[Deleted member 31817]

Pitchford is such a snake. Christ I wish I could buy Borderlands games without any money going to him lol

 

[Dinobot]

Randy staying on brand of being a lying piece of shit.