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Indie Game Jam Show Collapses Due To Interference From "Pepsi Consultant"
Sockatume (732728) writes "Would you like to see a half-million-dollar TV show in which four teams of indie developers and Youtube personalities compete to create amazing videogames? Tough luck, because GAME_JAM from Maker Studios has spectacularly imploded. Although a lot could go wrong with this kind of show, the blame isn't being levelled at game developer egos or project mismanagement but the heroic efforts of one Matti Leshem, a branding consultant brought in for Pepsi. After imposing Mountain Dew branding rules that even banned coffee from the set, his efforts to build a gender divide amongst the teams culminated in the competitors downing their tools and the production collapsing. Accounts from Adriel Wallick, Zoe Quinn, and Robin Arnott are also available."
Thanks, I had no idea it was a specifically British idiom. Sokath, his eyes uncovered.
No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
Is that even English? Seems more like some dystopian futurespeak loosely based on a form of English which has been coopted by media and communications majors.
Not only is it English, it is British English from English Britain, the original and still the best English since 1066.
Accept no substitutes.
**TODO** Steal someone elses sig.
These guys made a deal with Pepsi, the epitome of a soulless American corporation
However, Pepsi did burn Michael Jackson, literally, so give them a tiny bit of credit.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Except the one with the bright pink background. There's just no excuse for that.
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.
It's got the electrolytes that programmers crave!
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
But we are *NOT* tools for anyone.
Obviously, you've never been to Silicon Valley. That place is chock full of tools.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
I tried downing my tool, but I couldn't reach.
Dante Hicks
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
I hope your dignity and self-respect keep your warm during your long wait at the bus stop.
Why? Does he live in downtown SF and work for google or something?
SJW n. One who posts facts.
In American English, you can't use "down" as a substitute for "put down." It just makes you look like an idiot. We don't warp the language the way you British fucks do.
It means they covered their tools with small bird feathers, presumably to insulate the tools to keep them from getting too cold to use. Ever tried putting a hammer in the freezer for a while? Submitch gets cold.
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Why would anyone drink Pepsi or Mountain Dew? Drinking cat piss or dog semen would be a better way to spend your time.
Well, maybe dog semen, but cat semen? That stuff is nearly undrinkable, much worse than Pepsi or Mountain Dew.
This is different. I saw the word 'pepsi' and 'brand management' and knew the pepsi guy was the one who would mess it up.
Let me regale you of a tale from my younger days. We were having a meeting with the BIG customer Pepsi.
The lead dev was busy in the basement coding away. He was called and summoned up to the meeting as the BIG customer wanted to ask some questions. He grabs his drink off his desk and walks in. Answers their questions. They are happy, everyone is happy. Until the second meeting.
'We have decided to fund the project but you can not have that one developer anywhere near the project'.
The PM leans back in his chair and says 'Why is that?'
'he brought a coke can into this meeting'
''We can do what you ask but the project will never be completed'
'WHAT *WE* are paying for it'
'you just fired the lead developer of the project and the only one who knows how to do what you want'.
I have heard numerous stories like this one about Pepsi. I may like their drinks, but their management is cray cray. Everything is about the brand and not the customer.
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Amateurs...
Rule #1 of Slashdot: NEVER read the fucking article.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.