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brigid_fitch

2011-12-27 03:42:48 PM

I don't know any other 38-year-olds who use the phrase "wurd up," and for that I am glad.

St_Francis_P

2011-12-27 03:56:08 PM

brigid_fitch: I don't know any other 38-year-olds who use the phrase "wurd up," and for that I am glad.

He pulls the "I'm much more mature than you" line, then tells him to grow up. Good stuff.

Son Im 38 I wwebsite as on the internet when you were a sperm in your daddys balls and before it was the internet, thanks for the welcome to message wurd up. Grow up you look like a complete child bro.

Relatively Obscure

2011-12-27 03:56:18 PM

Son Im 38 I wwebsite as on the internet when you were a sperm in your daddys balls and before it was the internet, thanks for the welcome to message wurd up.

There's potential in this line.

Relatively Obscure

2011-12-27 03:57:19 PM

I see everyone else is latching on to that bit, too, so apparently I was right.

Kazan

2011-12-27 04:02:54 PM

green this shiat, green this shiat NOAW.

brigid_fitch

2011-12-27 04:03:55 PM

I like how Ocean Marketing's email tone changed after he obviously Googled Mike. "Oh, hey--I have no quarrel with you. We're cool, right, bro?" LOL

St_Francis_P

2011-12-27 04:06:21 PM

Benevolent Misanthrope

2011-12-27 04:08:41 PM

brigid_fitch: I like how Ocean Marketing's email tone changed after he obviously Googled Mike. "Oh, hey--I have no quarrel with you. We're cool, right, bro?" LOL

And then gets really weird again when Mike asked him not to email.

Jesus. Great product or not, I hope no one gives this asshole a booth anytime soon.

Meet Us at the Stick

2011-12-27 04:08:47 PM

Started following this last night when it went up on PA.

Came back this morning to see a fullblown Internet shiatstorm.

This Paul guy is a complete and total idiot.

Relatively Obscure

2011-12-27 04:09:16 PM

brigid_fitch: I like how Ocean Marketing's email tone changed after he obviously Googled Mike. "Oh, hey--I have no quarrel with you. We're cool, right, bro?" LOL

"Penny Arcade is great!"
"Yeah, we'll be assfarking you shortly."
"PENNY ARCADE SUX MY KID COULD DO BETAR!!!11"

Relatively Obscure

2011-12-27 04:11:34 PM

Douche: LOL Thanks for the Free PR I know the Editor N Chief of Kotaku
Another article's comments: I was reading about this on Kotaku earlier
Posted: 43 minutes ago by AniTenshi

Lulz.

Relatively Obscure

2011-12-27 04:18:47 PM

p.p.s. Welcome to the internet, biatch. That's how I roll.

Diogenes

2011-12-27 04:21:40 PM

I've had phishing telemarketers with a better temperament.

katemonster

2011-12-27 04:24:19 PM

"sometimes we get children like you we just have to put you in the corner with your im stupid hat on"

Pretty sure someone is already rocking the "stupid hat"

Relatively Obscure

2011-12-27 04:24:25 PM

Link (new window)

Kotaku.

Strangely, though, the email came from "cstrophicliamtohcom". A cursory Googling of that email reveals that it's one of the addresses used by Mr. Christoforo. It's even listed as a contact address in one of his "@oceanstratagy" tweets from last year. (If it is Mr. Christoforo posting his email address, he also enjoys collecting tropical fish.)

That same Hotmail address is also used as a contact address in a post on Steroid.com, a internet message board for people who used anabolic steroids.

entusdias.com

Kasira

2011-12-27 04:24:35 PM

This guy is so farked. Couldn't have happened to a better person, from the looks of it.

Meet Us at the Stick

2011-12-27 04:31:55 PM

And now it looks like, after someone did some internet-sleuthing, that Ocean Marketing's website is completely plagiarized... right down to the About Us page. How the hell do you plagiarize the About Us page?

Link (new window)

BigTuna

2011-12-27 04:44:42 PM

The dbag looks exactly like I expected him to.

hubiestubert

2011-12-27 04:51:26 PM

Oops.

Sometimes you look at the Internet.

Sometimes the Internet looks at you...

Relatively Obscure

2011-12-27 04:53:29 PM

GAT_00: Their website is having some 503 issues. I wonder why.

Must have had to take a break from the overwhelming influx of new customers.

Rincewind53

2011-12-27 04:54:46 PM

I love the smell of trainwreck in the morning.

Tali

2011-12-27 04:54:59 PM

No exaggeration, this is the kind of farkup that can completely destroy a company. Honestly, I have to wonder if the guy was drunk or high... and the 'native Boston from Little Italy'? Was he SERIOUSLY trying to pull off a 'lol mafia connections' in an EMAIL EXCHANGE ABOUT A VIDEO GAMING CONVENTION?

Yeah, I'm going with drunk or high and is going to have a 'what the fark did I do?' moment any time now...

FloydA

2011-12-27 04:58:31 PM

I'm sure Mr. Christoforo will be making some important phone calls soon.

MBK

2011-12-27 04:59:04 PM

All this could have been avoided if the douchebag said "You're right, we're sorry that we didn't give you a 10 dollar discount, we'll credit you account with 10 dollars. We're sorry for the delay, but these things happen".

Yet...here we are.

brigid_fitch

2011-12-27 05:00:22 PM

Tali: No exaggeration, this is the kind of farkup that can completely destroy a company. Honestly, I have to wonder if the guy was drunk or high... and the 'native Boston from Little Italy'? Was he SERIOUSLY trying to pull off a 'lol mafia connections' in an EMAIL EXCHANGE ABOUT A VIDEO GAMING CONVENTION?

Yeah, I'm going with drunk or high and is going to have a 'what the fark did I do?' moment any time now...

Don't bet on it. As Relatively Obscure posted, he started to fire back on Twitter. This guy's toast. Hopefully, someone else will pick up his product and distribute it before he goes under completely.

hubiestubert

2011-12-27 05:11:07 PM

A Fark Handle

2011-12-27 05:13:50 PM

if that exchange wasn't the result of a serious drug and alcohol problem, it will likely be the cause of one.

/or there's the possibility of serious mental health issues.
//or he's just really a huge douchenozzle

Palmer Eldritch

2011-12-27 05:27:51 PM

Beautiful.

Sin_City_Superhero

2011-12-27 05:37:40 PM

A Fark Handle: if that exchange wasn't the result of a serious drug and alcohol problem, it will likely be the cause of one.

/or there's the possibility of serious mental health issues.
//or he's just really a huge douchenozzle

DING! DING! DING!

InfernalCatfish

2011-12-27 05:50:39 PM

How come this has not been greenlit yet?

A Fark Handle

2011-12-27 06:10:16 PM

Sin_City_Superhero: A Fark Handle: if that exchange wasn't the result of a serious drug and alcohol problem, it will likely be the cause of one.

/or there's the possibility of serious mental health issues.
//or he's just really a huge douchenozzle

DING! DING! DING!

or roid rage: Cut Paul "@OceanMarketting @OceanStratagy" Christoforo a Break-He Might Just Have Roid Rage (new window)

Kazan

2011-12-27 06:38:37 PM

and he's a meme now: SFW Link (new window)

Drew

2011-12-27 06:43:37 PM

Have we not run this already?

Weaver95

2011-12-27 06:43:59 PM

if there's one thing in life that I'm certain of is that I really don't want to ever put myself in a position to piss off the guys who run/write Penny Arcade.

Nickdude

2011-12-27 06:48:35 PM

This. Is. Hilarious.

I will be checking back later and will hopefully have some popcorn and Glenlivet to make it interesting

Tali

2011-12-27 07:05:05 PM

Wow... you know, this drama has blown up so hard, the Penny Arcade site appears to be farked. I was reading back through old strips and I'm getting all kinds of 503's and 'site preferences not found'. o_O

Kazan

2011-12-27 07:26:16 PM

he threatened to commit a federal crime on his twitter feed. when i pointed that out to him he said "FBI aint goin to do nothing". - he's also made your momma jokes in response to wise cracks i've sent at him (Seriously) and is pulling a huge ITG routine. it's farking epic.

Tali

2011-12-27 07:34:06 PM

I saw that, it's a freakin' riot. I sincerely hope someone has forwarded his info to the feds after that threat. He's stepping into the kind of territory where /b/ is liable to get involved, if they haven't already.

MBK

2011-12-27 07:34:54 PM

Drew: Have we not run this already?

No, Mike (PA's Mike, not our Mike) posted the email's earlier today and I haven't seen one in...any tab.

Benevolent Misanthrope

2011-12-27 07:37:17 PM

I don't twattle - WTF did he do on Twitter?

Tali

2011-12-27 07:39:48 PM

Benevolent Misanthrope: I don't twattle - WTF did he do on Twitter?

Said that he had access to people's credit card numbers through their product orders and threatened to sell them to identity thieves.

Cagey B

2011-12-27 07:41:54 PM

This requires a greening.

elvisaintdead

2011-12-27 07:42:17 PM

Benevolent Misanthrope: I don't twattle - WTF did he do on Twitter?

spell correctly, I'll wager.

Kazan

2011-12-27 07:45:50 PM

Tali: I saw that, it's a freakin' riot. I sincerely hope someone has forwarded his info to the feds after that threat. He's stepping into the kind of territory where /b/ is liable to get involved, if they haven't already.

i emailed a friend at valve after he posted that and also claimed he had a job lined up at valve.

Tali

2011-12-27 07:49:26 PM

Ahaha... Check the latest update from Gabe. "You have the power Mike please make it stop"

Never, ever, fark with the guys at Penny Arcade. Ever. Seriously, it's a BAD IDEA.

Relatively Obscure

2011-12-27 07:51:32 PM

That one made me chuckle

Drew

2011-12-27 07:55:25 PM

MBK: Drew: Have we not run this already?

No, Mike (PA's Mike, not our Mike) posted the email's earlier today and I haven't seen one in...any tab.

Ah ok. Coulda sworn we ran it already. Sorry about being late on this

Relatively Obscure

2011-12-27 07:57:15 PM

Relatively Obscure

2011-12-27 07:57:52 PM

GAT_00: Drew: Have we not run this already?

I would have hope that I'd seen this already, so I think not.

Tali: Wow... you know, this drama has blown up so hard, the Penny Arcade site appears to be farked. I was reading back through old strips and I'm getting all kinds of 503's and 'site preferences not found'. o_O

Oh my Jebus. I didn't think it was possible to break Penny Arcade, but you're right. It won't load for me.

Loaded for me. Just a little sluggish

ajgeek

2011-12-27 08:01:37 PM

Who needs anonymous when you have PAX. This guy is going to wish he was someone's biatch after 4chan gets a hold of him.

/for the protection

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