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Commissar SFLUFAN

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    Because it's 2018 and we've had multiple examples of how these things occur in recent years.
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    That thought crossed my mind as well.
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    Yes.
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    None -- OK, very few -- of us on D1P do that.
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    I wouldn't go as far to say that it was handled "well" as much as it "might have been handled less poorly than the alternatives". And that would entirely be dependent on whether or not she had been subjected to previous internal disciplinary action for similar behavior (the Bain tweet). If she had been previously been warned, then this was the more than likely the proper course of action. If she had NOT been previously warned, then this was handled terribly by management. Of more interest to me is the "veteran" writer who was sacked as that one does seem to have no real precedent in his public behavior.
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    His presence in the UK is politically destabilizing to May's government so that is absolutely the reason why London is being avoided.
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    Uh-huh.
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    Considering what we've seen in gaming community, I don't think it's that much of an overreaction.
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    He's referring to the notion that this now essentially creates "open season" on Guild Wars 2 developers if they implement things of which the community disapproves.
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    I'm pretty certain that had this occurred in isolation that she wouldn't have been terminated, but in conjunction with the previous tweet about Bain's passing, ArenaNet probably figured it was best to cut ties.
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    At least two suspected rhino poachers have been mauled to death and eaten by lions on a South African game reserve, officials say. Rangers discovered the remains of two, possibly three, people in a lion enclosure in the Sibuya reserve, near the south-east town of Kenton-on-Sea.
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    I honestly can't remember because I don't think I've watched any livestream for more than 5 minutes before getting incredibly bored
  14. Commissar SFLUFAN
    While I feel bad for Uruguay, I certainly DO NOT feel bad for Suarez.
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    AI agents continue to rack up wins in the video game world. Last week, OpenAI’s bots were playing Dota 2; this week, it’s Quake III, with a team of researchers from Google’s DeepMind subsidiary successfully training agents that can beat humans at a game of capture the flag.
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    When Fantasy Flight Games announced that it would be revamping the Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game, fans around the world let out a nearly audible groan. But after spending a few days with the latest version, titled simply X-Wing Second Edition, I’m convinced that this is the best iteration of the classic tabletop game yet.
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    Love: Pineapple Hate: Everything not pineapple
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    Eurogamer wondered the same thing. They speculated that she might have been warned internally after the TotalBiscuit tweet that further activity on Twitter of a similar nature might be grounds for termination. That seems like a pretty reasonable inference. And, yes - I do consider "being a salty asshole on Twitter" being grounds for immediate termination. I know that in my firm it is and I happen to agree with the policy.
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    Her immediate sacking is somewhat understandable (she worked at ArenaNet for less than a year and probably received a warning for that tweet about Bain). However, the firing of Fries who worked at ArenaNet for more than 13 years is far more of a headscratcher.
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    Which airline offers such a convenient in-flight service for merely being a T-Mobile customer?!?
  21. Commissar SFLUFAN
    That's a really informative video - thanks for sharing! I'm have little doubt that this will be the main attraction at Gen Con next month!
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    She handled that really, really poorly.
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    Unfortunately, they don't have that
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    Every now and then they hang a few people to kindly remind us!
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    The former leader of Aum and several other members of the Japanese doomsday cult that carried out a deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995 were executed on Friday, public broadcaster NHK reported.
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