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ZeldaMaster said:
So Nintendo just fired Chris Pragner for his unauthorized appearance on a podcast where he made some remarks on their localization process, specifically about Xenoblade Chronicles not having a big enough market to justify its localization, or StarFox Zero being voiced by Treehouse employees to save money. What the **** Nintendo? Sure, he made a couple of remarks he maybe shouldn't have, but to completely take away his livelihood because of it? Look at what he said in his Facebook post:
"Hello friends and family. As many of you have probably seen, I am no longer at Nintendo. I was terminated this week due to a podcast appearance I made last Monday. It was a stupid judgment call on my part and ultimately it cost me far more than I could have imagined.

I've lost the only job I really knew or ever intended to know. Since leaving high school, I've had a singular goal in terms of a career. It got me through college and pushed me through the difficult time immediately after college where I learned just how crippling it was to have an English degree in the job market. I applied for 6 years straight for my job. Even before that, I'd made my entire identity around my hope to one day have this perfect job. I was mocked here and there as "Nintendo Boy" from maybe middle school on, but I thought that if I succeeded, it'd all be worth it.

And now it's gone and I honestly don't know how to handle myself. A central part of my personality revolves around Nintendo. Anything that I've decorated with around my house has a very clear Nintendo theme. My shirts and jackets overwhelmingly show that as well. Being able to finally feel at home at a job is a feeling I can't easily quantify. I was the guy who'd see a hastily-discarded paper towel in the men's room and pick it up, saying to myself, "This is my home, and I will keep it clean."

If we're being honest, I'm scared. Very scared. I haven't been without a job for over 4 years, and even then it was during the weird "just exiting college" part of life that everyone goes through. And back then, I was still down in Oregon near family. Living in Washington has struggled to feel normal, but I was grounded in my job. It was where I happily spent my time and saw all of my friends. With that unstuck, Washington suddenly feels alien and empty all over again.

I look around my house and see images of my son and feel such intense shame and crippling sadness. How do I share this part of my life with him? How do I cope knowing that I've failed him? Even before this I'd been struggling to want to provide better for him and my wife, knowing that due to my student loans, I wouldn't be entirely debt-free until I turned 40. That's not a hyperbole either. I'm just now barely under $100,000 in student debt and my last payment is scheduled for the same year that I turn 40. "That student debt is intimidating, but it's worth it for the end result." I've undone my end result.

I spent the last week in a miserable place once the podcast began getting coverage. I was instantly scared when a coworker poked me and said, "Hey, you're on GoNintendo." Suddenly article after article began appearing in game sites of all languages. Comments sections painted me as an idiot and the like. My Twitter started giving me hourly reminders from people meaning well and otherwise. It seemed unthinkable that I'd be let go for a single moment of poor judgment and my own misunderstandings, but here we are.

Obviously, as I'm writing this at 4 am, I don't think I have a clear goal. All I can think of is that there's so much I've put at risk. I know that if I can't find a job at least as good as this one, I won't be able to provide for my family. I've lost them their health coverage and their security. I also know that I've probably lost a good deal of my friends, just because I know how hard it can be to stay in touch with someone when the convenience of proximity is lost.

I'm so sorry to everyone. I've failed you. You believed in me and supported me and trusted me and I've failed you. I've failed me."
What is wrong with you Nintendo? You made this man lose everything. Now, he is probably depressed and hopeless. Have some humanity you idiots. He made a mistake, you should have forgiven him and gave him another chance. Now, your image will be even more negative because you just show how inhumane you are.


Sorry, I just had to get that out of my system.
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Didn't know who Chris Pranger was, so I did a quick Google search.

This isn't Nintendo's fault. Him not being allowed to speak about the inner workings of Nintendo would be explicitly written in his contract, which he breached. It's tragic on his half, but this is what large corporations do. Spilling confidential information about a company could potentially cause them a huge liability. I wish him the best of luck in the future however.
 
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Just gonna to this thing once. Anywway, when think of my username "Swampertrulz" do you think,

A. My history of infractions

B. The ****posting that i've done

C. My unfunny jokes

D. All of the above

You decide, folks.
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I don't really know.
 
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On the Chris Pranger subject, I will say this: I do feel bad that he lost his job, especially one he clearly cares about, but that is the way things work in that business. The thing is, he himself did put his own livelihood on the line in the first place when he came out in the open about this, and he did say some things that were unprofessional of him and wouldn't reflect well for the company. Things like that are not going to go well with the company that you're working at and it was bound to not end well for him regardless of the outcome.

You could say it's draconian and harsh that he got terminated, and in some respects it may be, but even he says that it is his own fault and this was an outcome that should've been expected to become of this.
 
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Zelbur said:
@ Swampertrulz Swampertrulz I'm watching Naruto for the first time, and thats a funny prof pic lol (I'm only one season 2 so don't spoil anything)
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Nah m80, I won't spoil nothing. Though I will say that Naruto Shippuden is a LOT different from the original Naruto series after the 50th episode of the series.
 
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It's a custom version of PM only with sprites replacing the character models.
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The sprites are gonna be godawful, aren't they
Let's just not have the DK from Death Battle and his goddamn Fur Track Pants (Seriously, what is that ****?) and I'll be cringing slightly bit less than I would if it had Cringe DK
 
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Soul. said:
Real question, if I say a game is boring, would that classify as "irrational hate"?
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Not at all. Like I said to Mao and BlueX, taste is good, justified, and subjective, but it doesn't allow someone to be right on objective matters such as 'what is and is not a game.'
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To be honest, I don't give a **** if I'm leading myself to obvious error. Everyone does that. Every time I see a conversation about Project M, it's always like this. Proving people that they are incorrect at everything.

I don't wish to argue about something this silly. If I'm wrong, great, who cares. Now I'll step back.
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Just because people do it doesn't mean we shouldn't strive to correct ourselves at all times and acknowledge our intellectual errors.
 
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The sprites are gonna be godawful, aren't they
Let's just not have the DK from Death Battle and his goddamn Fur Track Pants (Seriously, what is that ****?) and I'll be cringing slightly bit less than I would if it had Cringe DK
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But that's what makes :4dk: the superior character.
 
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Oh, another thing @ Zelbur Zelbur about Naruto. Who's your favorite character? Mine is (My profile pic is obviously giving it away) Rock Lee.
 
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ZeldaMaster said:
So Nintendo just fired Chris Pragner for his unauthorized appearance on a podcast where he made some remarks on their localization process, specifically about Xenoblade Chronicles not having a big enough market to justify its localization, or StarFox Zero being voiced by Treehouse employees to save money. What the **** Nintendo? Sure, he made a couple of remarks he maybe shouldn't have, but to completely take away his livelihood because of it? Look at what he said in his Facebook post:
"Hello friends and family. As many of you have probably seen, I am no longer at Nintendo. I was terminated this week due to a podcast appearance I made last Monday. It was a stupid judgment call on my part and ultimately it cost me far more than I could have imagined.

I've lost the only job I really knew or ever intended to know. Since leaving high school, I've had a singular goal in terms of a career. It got me through college and pushed me through the difficult time immediately after college where I learned just how crippling it was to have an English degree in the job market. I applied for 6 years straight for my job. Even before that, I'd made my entire identity around my hope to one day have this perfect job. I was mocked here and there as "Nintendo Boy" from maybe middle school on, but I thought that if I succeeded, it'd all be worth it.

And now it's gone and I honestly don't know how to handle myself. A central part of my personality revolves around Nintendo. Anything that I've decorated with around my house has a very clear Nintendo theme. My shirts and jackets overwhelmingly show that as well. Being able to finally feel at home at a job is a feeling I can't easily quantify. I was the guy who'd see a hastily-discarded paper towel in the men's room and pick it up, saying to myself, "This is my home, and I will keep it clean."

If we're being honest, I'm scared. Very scared. I haven't been without a job for over 4 years, and even then it was during the weird "just exiting college" part of life that everyone goes through. And back then, I was still down in Oregon near family. Living in Washington has struggled to feel normal, but I was grounded in my job. It was where I happily spent my time and saw all of my friends. With that unstuck, Washington suddenly feels alien and empty all over again.

I look around my house and see images of my son and feel such intense shame and crippling sadness. How do I share this part of my life with him? How do I cope knowing that I've failed him? Even before this I'd been struggling to want to provide better for him and my wife, knowing that due to my student loans, I wouldn't be entirely debt-free until I turned 40. That's not a hyperbole either. I'm just now barely under $100,000 in student debt and my last payment is scheduled for the same year that I turn 40. "That student debt is intimidating, but it's worth it for the end result." I've undone my end result.

I spent the last week in a miserable place once the podcast began getting coverage. I was instantly scared when a coworker poked me and said, "Hey, you're on GoNintendo." Suddenly article after article began appearing in game sites of all languages. Comments sections painted me as an idiot and the like. My Twitter started giving me hourly reminders from people meaning well and otherwise. It seemed unthinkable that I'd be let go for a single moment of poor judgment and my own misunderstandings, but here we are.

Obviously, as I'm writing this at 4 am, I don't think I have a clear goal. All I can think of is that there's so much I've put at risk. I know that if I can't find a job at least as good as this one, I won't be able to provide for my family. I've lost them their health coverage and their security. I also know that I've probably lost a good deal of my friends, just because I know how hard it can be to stay in touch with someone when the convenience of proximity is lost.

I'm so sorry to everyone. I've failed you. You believed in me and supported me and trusted me and I've failed you. I've failed me."
What is wrong with you Nintendo? You made this man lose everything. Now, he is probably depressed and hopeless. Have some humanity you idiots. He made a mistake, you should have forgiven him and gave him another chance. Now, your image will be even more negative because you just show how inhumane you are.


Sorry, I just had to get that out of my system.
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Why should I care for someone who should of known to keep his mouth shut
 
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ZeldaMaster said:
So Nintendo just fired Chris Pragner for his unauthorized appearance on a podcast where he made some remarks on their localization process, specifically about Xenoblade Chronicles not having a big enough market to justify its localization, or StarFox Zero being voiced by Treehouse employees to save money. What the **** Nintendo? Sure, he made a couple of remarks he maybe shouldn't have, but to completely take away his livelihood because of it? Look at what he said in his Facebook post:
"Hello friends and family. As many of you have probably seen, I am no longer at Nintendo. I was terminated this week due to a podcast appearance I made last Monday. It was a stupid judgment call on my part and ultimately it cost me far more than I could have imagined.

I've lost the only job I really knew or ever intended to know. Since leaving high school, I've had a singular goal in terms of a career. It got me through college and pushed me through the difficult time immediately after college where I learned just how crippling it was to have an English degree in the job market. I applied for 6 years straight for my job. Even before that, I'd made my entire identity around my hope to one day have this perfect job. I was mocked here and there as "Nintendo Boy" from maybe middle school on, but I thought that if I succeeded, it'd all be worth it.

And now it's gone and I honestly don't know how to handle myself. A central part of my personality revolves around Nintendo. Anything that I've decorated with around my house has a very clear Nintendo theme. My shirts and jackets overwhelmingly show that as well. Being able to finally feel at home at a job is a feeling I can't easily quantify. I was the guy who'd see a hastily-discarded paper towel in the men's room and pick it up, saying to myself, "This is my home, and I will keep it clean."

If we're being honest, I'm scared. Very scared. I haven't been without a job for over 4 years, and even then it was during the weird "just exiting college" part of life that everyone goes through. And back then, I was still down in Oregon near family. Living in Washington has struggled to feel normal, but I was grounded in my job. It was where I happily spent my time and saw all of my friends. With that unstuck, Washington suddenly feels alien and empty all over again.

I look around my house and see images of my son and feel such intense shame and crippling sadness. How do I share this part of my life with him? How do I cope knowing that I've failed him? Even before this I'd been struggling to want to provide better for him and my wife, knowing that due to my student loans, I wouldn't be entirely debt-free until I turned 40. That's not a hyperbole either. I'm just now barely under $100,000 in student debt and my last payment is scheduled for the same year that I turn 40. "That student debt is intimidating, but it's worth it for the end result." I've undone my end result.

I spent the last week in a miserable place once the podcast began getting coverage. I was instantly scared when a coworker poked me and said, "Hey, you're on GoNintendo." Suddenly article after article began appearing in game sites of all languages. Comments sections painted me as an idiot and the like. My Twitter started giving me hourly reminders from people meaning well and otherwise. It seemed unthinkable that I'd be let go for a single moment of poor judgment and my own misunderstandings, but here we are.

Obviously, as I'm writing this at 4 am, I don't think I have a clear goal. All I can think of is that there's so much I've put at risk. I know that if I can't find a job at least as good as this one, I won't be able to provide for my family. I've lost them their health coverage and their security. I also know that I've probably lost a good deal of my friends, just because I know how hard it can be to stay in touch with someone when the convenience of proximity is lost.

I'm so sorry to everyone. I've failed you. You believed in me and supported me and trusted me and I've failed you. I've failed me."
What is wrong with you Nintendo? You made this man lose everything. Now, he is probably depressed and hopeless. Have some humanity you idiots. He made a mistake, you should have forgiven him and gave him another chance. Now, your image will be even more negative because you just show how inhumane you are.


Sorry, I just had to get that out of my system.
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Nintendo's justified for firing him, since they've the right to terminate the contract of employment at any time for any reason.
It's still sad when people are punished for speaking openly and honestly.
We've all known the corporate culture of Nintendo, particularly NoJ, is a bit silly.
Of course, seeing as most of the fans disagreed with his assessment, perhaps it's not that silly.
 
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That Pranger thing is none of my business, but I wish him luck on his next job. That being said.. he shouldn't have done this kind of thing to begin with.
 
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