So... what happened? What "incident"? I wasn't even aware there was a problem of any sort until I noticed this thread in the active topics box thing on the right.
Escapist took down Extra Credits page!
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Same situation here, man. I'm going back through the whole series, playing every video, and I'm suddenly unavailable to visit their page. Visit topic, find out terrible news, hope for the best for their sake (and mine).
On a related note, I think I may be one of the last people to get (some of) the EC badges.
On a related note, I think I may be one of the last people to get (some of) the EC badges.
That's what I'm saying though, a lot of us had no idea this would happen. I still don't know what the situation is that everyone in this thread seems to be assuming everyone else knwos about already.Ulquiorra4sama said:
Well, it was pretty huge back when the story was still new.Errickfoxy said:
I imagine you would still be able to find the story on here if they haven't locked down any and all threads relating to the incident. It did kinda make monsters of the people at the Escapist.
Ah, it must have been on the forums then, I don't really read them much myself, I just watch the videos and occasionally click a thread on that active box if I notice it and it sounds relevant or interesting to me.Ulquiorra4sama said:
It was spread via other websites and such until it finally hit the escapist forums. I imagine the leaders here wanted to hush it down on the site since, like i said, it made monsters of them, so obviously they weren't going to reveal the full story themselves. We all(probably) think it's sad things went down the way they did, but from where EC was standing i'd say they did the reasonable thing.Errickfoxy said:
I don't understand why you're mad about people who want gaming to be a deep form of artistic expression, I believe that games as a medium can tell a story better than any other media. Do you want games to be forever stemmed in public conscious as "A frivolous plaything" or would you rather see it as a respected for of expression on par with music and film?SmashLovesTitanQuest said:
That sucks, I wish both parties weren't such dicks about the whole thing (not looking for an argument) so that I could be looking forward to watching Extra Credits here. Youtube doesn't load as fast.
Sometimes what they said was utterly wrong from my viewpoint, but for the most part, they made a great effort in talking about games in a deep analytical manner. It was like I'm in a college English class only about games and not shitty books I won't read.
Sometimes what they said was utterly wrong from my viewpoint, but for the most part, they made a great effort in talking about games in a deep analytical manner. It was like I'm in a college English class only about games and not shitty books I won't read.
I'm surprised you managed to avoid it so far. The day it happened, the escapist exploded with traffic and lag because everyone was coming to the forums to talk about it and spread the news.Errickfoxy said:
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE SAY WHAT THE F#&K HAPPENED?LobsterFeng said:
Sorry, found the link: http://www.joystickdivision.com/2011/08/extra_credits_leaves_the_escap.php
Always about the benjamins. That's uncool Escapist. Very uncool.
I think that was kind of a bad move on The Escapist's part. EC was one reason many came to The Escapist, and even if they aren't with The Escapist anymore people would still come here to view their old episodes.
I realize they were removed for pretty good reasons, most likely legal reasons, but I hope that these episodes will be reuploaded somewhere.
I realize they were removed for pretty good reasons, most likely legal reasons, but I hope that these episodes will be reuploaded somewhere.
one would expect that the EC team would put them on their youtube page [http://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz]
