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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:17 pm 
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...all of this over a girl who's gamertag is lollipop...lol....

First off, here's the latest episode of Feeback...the comments that Mr. Toulouse didn't care for were around 10:30 into the video...

Someone gave Stepto a link and twitter was never the same...

Stepto wrote:
Wow. Watched @Adamsessler on G4TV's Feedback diss my friend @lauralollipop as insulting to female gamers because of her Lollipop gamertag.

Dear @adamsessler:Not only is Laura a hardcore gamer, she's a software designer on the Xbox team. Maybe people shouldnt get hung up on a tag

. @AdamSessler How was it insulting? It would have been a better point to note they are both hardcore gamers and not get caught up in a tag.

@AdamSessler Or to put it another way, if hardcore and female gamers as you say are insulted by a role model like Laura's choice of tag...

@AdamSessler ...as demeaning to them, then perhaps it is possible they are looking for things to be insulted by. :>

After that bout of nerd rage...

AdamSessler wrote:
@stepto I'm sorry sir, there was no effort made during that presentation to indicate that they were hardcore gamers. gamertag or not.

Time for more nerd rage...

Stepto wrote:
@AdamSessler I suppose we could halt the presser to provide geek credentials for anyone with a tag girl gamers/hardcore would flip out at...

@AdamSessler Or next time tell someone helping to write the code and a gamer they can't participate cause their tag is too girly...

@AdamSessler I get your point overall, I'm just saying you're friendly firing someone I would think any girl or hardcore gamer would respect

@AdamSessler over the fact her tag is somehow demeaning or insulting or dismissive or something.

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AdamSessler wrote:
@stepto well I was approached by several female core gamers who were a little taken aback by how they felt represented in the segment.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:19 pm 
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What?

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:37 pm 
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That shit is hilarious, but Sessler is right.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:43 pm 
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Not sure I would say Sessler is right...I think to bring up their gamer tags twice in the span of half a minute was pretty pointless considering the demo in question had very little to do with "hardcore gamers" but he ends up looking like the voice of reason in this...

...Stepto ends up looking like a NeoGAF troll...


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:48 pm 
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It's just a gamertag, though.

Practice? We're talkin' bout practice.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:50 pm 
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Ugueth Will Shiv You wrote:
It's just a gamertag, though.

Practice? We're talkin' bout practice.

Oh, I know...the whole thing is absurd...that's why, while I agree that Sessler was a bit of a dick, the way Stepto went overboard was even more douchey....


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