Two Guild Wars 2 writers got KTFO for being idiots.

I don’t think anything written by price, Deroir, or fries was that bad, I think the whole thing got blown out of proportion. Yay internet. But I understand how a shitstorm can develop and how a company may need to take drastic measures to appease their customer base. Shit happens.

What I five appalling are the people who are not just cheering the termination but actively hoping they’ll never work again. Do you have any idea how miserable it is to get fired? Now multiply that feeling a thousandfold to be unemployable. These are stil human beings.

Twitter, reddit and whatever else other nonsense modern means of communication exist out there never seem to disappoint as melting pots for society's most challenged (just pick in what, you can't miss). Definitely shows a big part of mankind hasn't really evolved since we left our caves to find that one guy standing out there showing others how fire works, most likely instantly regretting sharing his knowledge with a bunch of dimwits up to no good.

anyone can make a little resume of this¿??? because from what i readed.... i understand the next.

1-someone told she how should do his job when the guy (totalbiscuit??) don't know anything about writing games

2-she just said that because she is a woman doesn't means she don't know how to make his job??

3-the trolls appear and attack she????

4-then she defend herself saying bad words

5-she lost his job????

that's what i understand.....

i have 3 questions if anyone also can answer me:

1-who's totalbiscuit???
2-so why people attacked she just because she wrote that twitter of totalbiscuit
3-is that totalbiscuit an innocent or was a total garbage person??

thx to make a resume for me and to answer my 3 questions

Tribalism is pretty gross.

I thought you meant she literally danced on his grave.

While I agree that the "mob mentality" is not pretty to watch, from my limited perspective, the company was in the right to fire them. The internet is a public place and employees, especially those of high rank, are expected to uphold a good image to reflect on their company. Even in stages as early as the hiring process, something that you posted on the internet a while ago can lead to you being turned down for a job. The streamer seemed to want to engage in a friendly discussion and she went full-ham attack on him in response. That's not acceptable behavior. Judging by her past actions, my guess is that she has had a history of creating trouble, so her being fired was not a "one strike, you're done" sort of deal. Obviously I can't be sure of that, but it'd fit in with the circumstances.

As for the other guy, he could have supported her without getting into that mess, but him making a public association with her and supporting her flaming meant he was, from an outside view, "Supporting this rude employee over the company he worked for." Perhaps he just wanted to help her and not actually agree with her, as he said he respects her and is a friend, but its implications are pretty bad. And from how I personally see it, I don't know how anyone can respect/see her as a friend after she posted such a hateful comment over someone who just died, especially of cancer and with a family. I say that as someone who has not had much experience with loved ones having cancer and as someone who has never watched TB's content. It's outright disgusting and I'm surprised it didn't get her fired on the spot.

So, yeah, that's my two cents.

twitter is dumb

It is pretty much the standard in America- you can be held accountable for what you say by your employer. Freedom of speech only protects you from the government, it does not stop your employer from terminating your employment for saying stupid things.

If I post on Facebook or Twitter just how shitty the company I work for is, and they find out- I can expect to get fired. Hell, I can post that I love kittens and get fired for it, I am an at-will employee like 90% of Americans and can be fired for any or no reason at all.

That said, the term 'SJW' as an insult is pretty tired, and degrades any conversation. It is right up there with calling someone a nazi, yet possibly more ridiculous in the fact that we'd (mostly by large majority) all agree that social justice in itself is a good thing, and that nazis are bad....

What bothers me the most is the mass hysteria that seems to dominate the political conversation these days. We tend to forget that we all have more in common than we don't, yet we seem to feel the need to divide each other into impossibly base choices and tribes. It feels like a school of fish swimming from feeding frenzy to the next, and it makes me wonder about ulterior motives.

Maybe Marvel Comics will hire them.