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GR Mailbag #1
Posted on Monday, June 13 @ 22:01:47 Eastern by danielrbischoff
I had this exchange today in my e-mail (I've changed the names to protect those involved.):
Normally, I would start an email like this extremely professionally....but in this case:
Are you fucking serious?!
Number one: You can ABSOLUTELY remove your credit card from Xbox Live. I've removed four personally, and helped point three people in the right direction.
Number two: You first "hack" example was actually a hack on Infinity Ward's servers...not XBL. That same hack affected PSN users as well.
Number three: Your other "hack" example is a GLITCH. If you never took your game online, never even plugged an ethernet cable into your console of choice, that glitch existed.
Do you even know what a "hack" is? Do you have ANY journalistic integrity whatsoever?
And finally, just like every other idiot in the industry claiming that "no network is ever completely secure": Reuters, a MAJOR security firm went on record both BEFORE and AFTER the attack on PSN claiming that the holes in Sony's firewall were so big you could drive a truck through them. They have further added that after analyzing Sony's NEW network, it's still "cheap" and "unsecure".
Do some fucking research. People like you make other gaming journalists look bad. You have clearly done no work whatsoever, as you are a Sony fanboy that simply can't accept that his company screwed him. XBL hasn't ever been hacked. EVER. Will it ever? Who knows, but to date, their security has been up to snuff, unlike Sony's.
I'm sure I won't get a response from this, as you just got all of your credibility destroyed, but I'd love to hear your "fanboy" responses to my actual facts.
Sincerely,
'Buttmunch'
Here's the official Game Revolution response:
Dear Buttmunch,
Reuters is a fucking news outlet you moron. Goddamit, you're stupid.
http://www.reuters.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters
If you have a question for Game Revolution, or just for me, and think it'd best answered in front of all your peers and the internet at large, please drop a line to daniel[AT]gamerevolution[DOT]com. Any funny spam will do.
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Alright this next test may involve trace amounts of time travel. So word of advice: if you meet yourself on the testing track don't make eye contact. Lab boys tell me that'll wipe out time - entirely. Forward and backward. So do both of yourselves a favor and let that handsome devil go about his business.
In all seriousness, this was perfect for a snappy response rather than a direct assault. Usually works better with idiots since you can goad more idiotic things out of them.
more than anything i really hope that microsoft is using some of the xbl revenue to keep security up to date. i will say that my ccard hasn't been stolen yet so that's something...
i was content with silver and using promo codes whenever i got ahold of them but i couldn't even use promo codes because of my 'owing 2 months'. i had to call microsoft, who put me on hold for 25+ minutes and ***** them out for what they did.
only after several e-mails and phone calls did they finally give me my account back.
and i would also think that daniel is a sony fanboy, but i see him all the playing on xbox live.
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