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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Weltall on February 01, 2002, 06:39:52 AM

Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: Weltall on February 01, 2002, 06:39:52 AM
I seriously doubt Kwitset made that site, because I\'ve seen it pop up at other forums from multiple sources, and some people were genuinely surprised for awhile. So don\'t get harsh on the poor guy, because I\'m sure it\'s not his fault.

http://forums.cloudchaser.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21753
http://forums.cloudchaser.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21760
http://forums.cloudchaser.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21750
http://www.consolecity.com/forum/Forum3/HTML/000670.html
http://boards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=18303308&replies=11

So at the very least, he knew it was a joke, but it\'s highly unlikely that the creator of a site that obviously is in the throes of it\'s 15 minute fame would come to our board and let us all in on it.

;)
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on February 01, 2002, 06:58:22 AM
im just wondering what your doing stealing my line (i started it!) and putting it in your signature??  bastard..  :)

and aye, i thought mm was a bit harsh on him too..but hey, mm\'s the big guy, and lord knows im just a little guy
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: mm on February 01, 2002, 06:58:25 AM
if he wouldnt have altered the URL in his thread then it wouldnt have been so bad

this is the link he posted, an article about lucasarts
http://xbox.ign.com/news/41353.html


this is the redirect from that link
http://www.whatever.com@68%2e1%2e17%2e8/%7Ei%61in%70/445214.htm
the bogus info

deception is not funny, thats like posting a link to something, and havent it redirect to that lame "you are an idiot" site.  its just not humorous

the article itself is funny, but far from clever OR original.  it has been done repeatedly for ebay auctions that coldnt be allowed like people auctioned off one of thier kidneys
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: pstwo on February 01, 2002, 10:01:40 AM
hehe it\'s going to bring Death not be Death.   =)   This is old news. It was posted all over the place and it was a Hacking thing.  This is not the only time this happen to IGN.com.
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: Watchdog on February 01, 2002, 10:01:41 AM
Even without the URL just reading that "article" was evidence enough that it was fake.  IGN has a bunch of monkeys writing for them, no doubt, but they do not write as badly as whoever wrote that garbage.  Far too many errors to be anything professionally done, even quasi-professional IGN.

This has been reported to MS, I wonder for how long the author will think he is clever...
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: Clyde on February 01, 2002, 10:09:41 AM
nothing was hacked

it was a simple redirection, nothing more


the @ was a giveaway
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: Weltall on February 01, 2002, 06:13:07 PM
Yeah but what I\'m saying is, Kwitset did not do that himself. More than likely he just copied it from somewhere else, thus why I provided links to other forums that had threads on the fake article.

CloudChaser\'s Link: http://xbox.ign.com|storyid@68.1.17.8/~iainp/445214.htm

ConsoleCity\'s Link:
http://xbox.ign.com|storyid@68....np/445214.htm

IGN Forums Link:
http://xbox.ign.com:storyid@68.1.17.8/~iainp/445214.htm

Kwitset posted a redirected link, but it\'s obvious he copied it from somewhere else, and that he did not add the redirection himself. I\'m just saying that you\'re falsely accusing him and it\'s not right... his only crime is being gullible.
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: mm on February 01, 2002, 06:33:09 PM
no, he knew what he was doing

anyways, he got himself banned hours later as he "attempted" to overtake  the board with two of his friends with LOTS of spamming

the kids didnt know i was browsing the forum at school, and was around when they started.  a few clicks, and all thier efforts were wasted

tsk tsk
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on February 01, 2002, 06:35:49 PM
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Originally posted by mm
no, he knew what he was doing

anyways, he got himself banned hours later as he "attempted" to overtake  the board with two of his friends with LOTS of spamming

the kids didnt know i was browsing the forum at school, and was around when they started.  a few clicks, and all thier efforts were wasted

tsk tsk


much like my "Who do you think is the most GAY member of PSX2Central?" Poll  :D
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: Weltall on February 01, 2002, 06:54:08 PM
Oh, okay. Now I don\'t feel so bad for him:)

...but still, I am right:D
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: ajoh432 on February 01, 2002, 07:38:07 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware


much like my "Who do you think is the most GAY member of PSX2Central?" Poll  :D
dammit! I missed that.. Oh well.. I vote for you Bob. :)
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on February 01, 2002, 08:02:20 PM
nah, you couldnt have, i had 10 poll options and all of them were ##Racer##
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: ajoh432 on February 01, 2002, 08:13:55 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
nah, you couldnt have, i had 10 poll options and all of them were ##Racer##
LMAO! So true... :D
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: mm on February 01, 2002, 08:39:03 PM
it was funny, but i had to remove it

:)

im sure you understand
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on February 01, 2002, 08:59:11 PM
heheh, understood..

:fro: toot on
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: idiotcrap on February 02, 2002, 06:39:04 PM
what exactly did the site say?  im getting 404\'s.
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: KillaX on February 02, 2002, 06:43:00 PM
the X-box was dead before it got released...........when they put the Microsoft name to it..........it died.............just like their crappy OS.....


:hat:ScottyJ:hat:
Title: Re: Death of the XBox
Post by: Kwitset on February 03, 2002, 08:20:20 PM
No deception intended.  I thought everyone would know it was a joke.

Everyone at Madonion.com had a good laugh when it was posted, and I thought it would be the same here.