tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post115827319138847332..comments2023-04-29T14:04:55.642+01:00Comments on The RAM Raider: Losing NeverlandRAM Raiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13574276353332030515noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1159270357996247682006-09-26T12:32:00.000+01:002006-09-26T12:32:00.000+01:00Yeah, controversy doesn't make him right.His argum...Yeah, controversy doesn't make him right.<BR/><BR/>His arguments and points make him right.Starkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09628429766609745781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158908097865372502006-09-22T07:54:00.000+01:002006-09-22T07:54:00.000+01:00starke!He just makes contoversial points to pee of...starke!He just makes contoversial points to pee off the internet. Its why i love him, but that doesn't mean he's right..He just fuels debate. And occasionally is very right. Occasionally...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158865601725587642006-09-21T20:06:00.000+01:002006-09-21T20:06:00.000+01:00Oh shit! I gave you away, mr Spalding! :-/Oh shit! I gave you away, mr Spalding! :-/Starkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09628429766609745781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158865558178363432006-09-21T20:05:00.000+01:002006-09-21T20:05:00.000+01:00Rammy is is absolutely, totally, perfectly 99% rig...Rammy is is absolutely, totally, perfectly 99% right.<BR/><BR/>The other 1% is fluff not worth debating over, in my opinion.<BR/><BR/>Excellent work as always, Jonothan.Starkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09628429766609745781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158598306544203262006-09-18T17:51:00.000+01:002006-09-18T17:51:00.000+01:00I'm Russian cosmonaut on the International Space S...I'm Russian cosmonaut on the International Space Station. <BR/><BR/>We have a lot of spare time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158596954497783872006-09-18T17:29:00.000+01:002006-09-18T17:29:00.000+01:00A buzzing noise that's loud enough to have attract...A buzzing noise that's loud enough to have attracted your attention.<BR/><BR/>As someone who's admitted to not reading the blog, you're the one lacking in authority to critique it or me. Ask anyone who's read it, whether or not they love me or hate my stinking guts, and they'll tell you that I've posted stuff that nobody outside of the industry could have known.<BR/><BR/>I'd have been sued a long time ago if I was just making shit up.<BR/><BR/>I wonder what I've said to upset you so much. You've questioned me, now maybe you'd like to tell us what you do for a living.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158594537797216692006-09-18T16:48:00.000+01:002006-09-18T16:48:00.000+01:00But that's what I mean. While you're anonymous, al...But that's what I mean. While you're anonymous, all your pissing and moaning has no authority. And I mean 'anonymous' in the sense that there's no proof you're *what* you say you are, I don't actually care *who* you are.<BR/><BR/>You can hand out awards to all the famous names you like, wheedle them to write acceptance speeches cos that's /almost/ like they write for your blog, right? But at the end of the day, none of their authority is going to come off onto you, no matter how hard you rub them.<BR/><BR/>If you were serious about what you say, instead of say, hopelessly attention-seeking by proxy, you'd front up to it.<BR/><BR/>You don't even have to give up your anonymity to gain a faint shred of credibility. You could actually write some proper games journalism here as Ram Raider.<BR/><BR/>Write a review that doesn't send the reader into a coma and you'd stand a much better chance of making a point.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise you're just a buzzing noise in the background.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158593634845826392006-09-18T16:33:00.000+01:002006-09-18T16:33:00.000+01:00Here are some links to my paid work: http://www......Here are some links to my paid work: http://www... whoah, you nearly had me there!<BR/><BR/>I've got to get up early if I'm going to stay anonymous with the razor sharp likes of you on my back...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158593324700509432006-09-18T16:28:00.000+01:002006-09-18T16:28:00.000+01:00I read as much as I could stay awake for.So link t...I read as much as I could stay awake for.<BR/><BR/>So link to the shining golden examples of exemplary games journalism you've written and maybe we'll see why you prefer to waste words moaning about people that get paid for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158592736807503492006-09-18T16:18:00.000+01:002006-09-18T16:18:00.000+01:00You've obviously only read a couple of the posts o...You've obviously only read a couple of the posts on here, which explains why all of the points you made in your comment are so painfully wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158589351619371982006-09-18T15:22:00.000+01:002006-09-18T15:22:00.000+01:00So you're coming across as bitter because you can'...So you're coming across as bitter because you can't get magazine work.<BR/><BR/>It's obvious that there are PC Gamer readers that enjoy that kind of writing, otherwise they wouldn't publish it, would they?<BR/><BR/>Calling for a universal ban, less diversity to suit your own personal and subjective preference is even more self-obsessed and ego-saturated than anything I've ever read in a magazine.<BR/><BR/>And there's nothing on this blog to lend any credibility to your arguments. There are no game reviews, no objective observations, you can't even be a proper whistleblower as you shy away from naming names when you bother to give us the 'inside track'. <BR/><BR/>The best you can come up with is more subjective first-person drivel about freely available commercial figures and shameless sucking up to better writers than you are.<BR/><BR/>You've no authority and you're no better than the people you're incessantly whining about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158583310038678632006-09-18T13:41:00.000+01:002006-09-18T13:41:00.000+01:00Except..."If the Captain Hooks amongst you want to...Except...<BR/><BR/>"If the Captain Hooks amongst you want to... compare OGJ versus NGJ to Peter Pan versus the real world (sorry), keep it restricted to your personal blogs."<BR/><BR/>I'm not taking up eight pages of PC Gamer to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158583082204013562006-09-18T13:38:00.000+01:002006-09-18T13:38:00.000+01:00The thing that always makes me snigger at this par...The thing that always makes me snigger at this particular kind of Rammy post is that he's doing exactly what he's complaining about.<BR/><BR/>He's taken a movie, a meaningless form of casual entertainment and used his own particular experience of it to reinforce some kind of higher wanky ideal as if it should be obvious to everyone.<BR/><BR/>Tortured a metaphor to death too, shame on you.<BR/><BR/>Does it never strike you as ironic that he uses a first-person subjective journal to moan about first-person subjective journalism?<BR/><BR/>Rammy's problem is that he IS what he hates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158523281436724742006-09-17T21:01:00.000+01:002006-09-17T21:01:00.000+01:00There's a spam filter on my blog and I have to man...There's a spam filter on my blog and I have to manually approve the first post of anyone, but it doesn't sound like it's that. Maybe it'll fix itself if I ever get around to upgrading to the new level of Worpress or something.<BR/><BR/>KGKieronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571108616860771780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158513654985205942006-09-17T18:20:00.000+01:002006-09-17T18:20:00.000+01:00Or you can just click the other button and type in...Or you can just click the other button and type in a name. <BR/><BR/>Like this. No account, no hassle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158508846888324722006-09-17T17:00:00.000+01:002006-09-17T17:00:00.000+01:00Maybe Keiron is right, but I don't think I would b...Maybe Keiron is right, but I don't think I would bother posting at all if I had to log in with an account - there's too many vicious cynical journos on here and UK-R to have an identity of any kind.<BR/>Surely Kieron is one to talk - I can't even leave comments on his blog, even though I'm often itching too. I'd love to how easy his shooting hobby is, as a mate of mine was forced to give it up after Dunblane - and was pelted with stuff and verbally abused as he used to leave his pistol range.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158499345975259862006-09-17T14:22:00.000+01:002006-09-17T14:22:00.000+01:00I have to agree with Gillen there. I'm obviously t...I have to agree with Gillen there. I'm obviously the last person to complain about anonymity, but picking a pseudonym and sticking with it would make following the comments of my Anonymous Knights less confusing.<BR/><BR/>When I convert this thing to Blogger-Beta, I'll "make it so".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158498990611920852006-09-17T14:16:00.000+01:002006-09-17T14:16:00.000+01:00Am I the only one who wishes people who actually c...Am I the only one who wishes people who actually comment on RamRaider signed names of some kind? It's not hard to make a blogger account, y'know. <BR/><BR/>And it's slightly less cowardly, even if you use a pseudonym.<BR/><BR/>KGKieronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571108616860771780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158494510009909892006-09-17T13:01:00.000+01:002006-09-17T13:01:00.000+01:00"I read a few magazines each month and I never see..."I read a few magazines each month and I never see the sort of writing that Rammy is railing against."<BR/><BR/>Edge and the PC mags are the worse, but there's a lot of silly writing on websites. If you just read PS2 mags, you'll only read the polar opposite (for better or for worse...).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158489184595211992006-09-17T11:33:00.000+01:002006-09-17T11:33:00.000+01:00I can't believe this is still even an issue. I rea...I can't believe this is still even an issue. I read a few magazines each month and I never see the sort of writing that Rammy is railing against. To be honest Ram Raider, you write a piece like this and you come off sounding like Richard fucking Littlejohn. The reactionary Daily Mail of gaming blogs.<BR/>Can't you write a piece about how utterly shit Just Cause is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158487560860998772006-09-17T11:06:00.000+01:002006-09-17T11:06:00.000+01:00"Stupid people hate it when clever people say clev..."Stupid people hate it when clever people say clever things about clever things. They get all cross and start shouting, because they hate the idea that they're missing out on something that they're too stupid to understand."<BR/><BR/>One word: cock.<BR/>Two words: superiority complex. And I don't think God would approve of that in his mortal subjects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158421794219526882006-09-16T16:49:00.000+01:002006-09-16T16:49:00.000+01:00What John W misses in his smart reply is that most...What John W misses in his smart reply is that most NG Journalists are, in fact, the ones who are stupid.<BR/><BR/>The vast majority of them try to come off as smart by using words they don't understand, or by making references to works which have nothing to do with the subject at hand.<BR/><BR/>If that's not a loud and clear sign of stupidity then I don't know what is. <BR/><BR/>There are, of course, exceptions. And the writings of those people are sometimes enjoyable, as long as they keep their total NGJ output down to, say, one article/"review" a month. Any more than that and they start becoming obnoxious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158368781477853562006-09-16T02:06:00.000+01:002006-09-16T02:06:00.000+01:00I got that loud and clear. The annoying thing is y...I got that loud and clear. The annoying thing is you got me to bash out a quick response which included a typo, which I NEVER do...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158368526767907092006-09-16T02:02:00.000+01:002006-09-16T02:02:00.000+01:00I'm worried it's unclear: I'm calling you stupid.I...I'm worried it's unclear: I'm calling you stupid.<BR/><BR/>I don't think you are, but I'm hoping to annoy you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948138.post-1158368452736770292006-09-16T02:00:00.000+01:002006-09-16T02:00:00.000+01:00Walker's response is fantastic, but for none of th...Walker's response is fantastic, but for none of the reasons he thinks. The old "he who disagrees with me is stupid" is one of his favourite reponses - come on John, I know you can do better than that.<BR/><BR/>It also sums up the attitude of the NGJ elitorati. "We're all cleverly talking about clever things which stupid people won't understand."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com