The Verge has a response to controversy around rAge LAN expo coverage

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Originally Posted by OmegaFenix

I find this entire affair laughable. Both from an industry point ( the state of the industry in SA) and from a gamer stand point. I can in all honesty say in all my time in SA i never watched The Verge, the one clip i did see was of the presenter FAILING to play Batman Arkham Asylum (in a non-combat environment) which kinda sold me on the idea that its a show by idiots for idiots. This entire "insult the core demographic" sage has just made me chuckle at the stupidity of the presenter and of those that seems to take this as some sort of personal insult. So the chick thinks gamers a a-social misfits, she isn't the first and she isn't the last. The fact that she host a gaming show should be considered mildly ironic if nothing else.

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I find your entire paragraph laughable.

I'm sorry, I trolled.

How many of you people bitching about the show actually watch it? I think that Facebook page is one step into the wrong direction. It's become disgusting, and most of the people posting on it are pretty much confirming the stereotype. The way I see it, we've made our point, The Verge has told us to go fuck ourselves, so let's leave them to stew in their own shite. It always has, and always will be, a pretty shitty show that is aimed at casual/non gamers. I wouldn't be surprised if much the same happens in the future. They just really don't give a fuck.

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Originally Posted by to0kenZA

Maybe everyone is just insulted by her stupidity? Anyway, she's in no position to insult anyone, anyway, since she's just an ignorant fool to begin with. But I understand why people are pissed off. Being ignorant is one thing, but being rude while at it is just very irritating and tends to piss people off.

I think the gaming community is pretty much just telling them to take their show and shove it up their arse.

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Yep. If you want to make a difference hit it where it hurts. If you are unfortunate enough to have liked them on FB, unlike. Tell your gaming friends to do the same, tell everyone not to watch the show. If they loose numbers their parent channel will quickly replace them with something else. It's all about the money, every idiot spamming their FB page is just giving them hits, generating more coverage. This is something I feel few in the community understand - if you wanna boycott something dont talk about it, dont post about it just let it fade into the ether. We saw this with MW2 and every other attempt at boycotting the gaming community have tried over the last few years, people keep talking, posting, raving about what they are "boycotting" which just generates more publicity. In this media heavy age even bad publicity can be good for a product.

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Originally Posted by to0kenZA

Maybe everyone is just insulted by her stupidity? Anyway, she's in no position to insult anyone, anyway, since she's just an ignorant fool to begin with. But I understand why people are pissed off. Being ignorant is one thing, but being rude while at it is just very irritating and tends to piss people off.

I think the gaming community is pretty much just telling them to take their show and shove it up their arse.

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her attitude stinks period.

someone tell her to eat some make-up, then she might be pretty on the inside too...wait shes not pretty on the outside either

Yeah the whole Internet hate thing is silly. You say your piece, let it be known how insulting the segment was and then you do the thing that actually matters to them, you stop watching. Or in most cases you continue to not watch and maybe convince others who do watch to stop.

Personal attacks are just lame and unproductive.

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Originally Posted by MOnk

Personal attacks are just lame and unproductive.

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But also pleasing in a carnal manner from time to time... ;)

wow! so not only do they produce a weak and pathetic "gaming" show, and not only do they then proceed to insult the gamers they claim to appeal to, but now they don't even have the decency to apologise in a genuine manner? pathetic.

ya Im over it now. I Don't care for the show at all.

I'm back to stewing over 'that' rugby game and the fookin ref.

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Originally Posted by Graal

How many of you people bitching about the show actually watch it? I think that Facebook page is one step into the wrong direction. It's become disgusting, and most of the people posting on it are pretty much confirming the stereotype. The way I see it, we've made our point, The Verge has told us to go fuck ourselves, so let's leave them to stew in their own shite. It always has, and always will be, a pretty shitty show that is aimed at casual/non gamers. I wouldn't be surprised if much the same happens in the future. They just really don't give a fuck.

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I don't even have DSTV, never knew the show existed.

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Motivation for what? To throw rocks at her?