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December 28, 2011

Bad PR vs Penny Arcade, what a way to end this year!

Posted by: Cybermario @ 5:42 am

When a PR damages a product image like this you have to wonder, what the heck was he thinking? Unless you have not been online for the last days, then you already know about the edrama “OceanMarketting” (now known as OceanStratagy, yeah he misspelled the twitter handle!) and Penny Arcade.

Haven seen bad PR before, this guy really took the gold from all of them and did it like a champ! Check this Penny Arcade article if you haven’t.
So what’s my take and thoughts on this? Simple. Clients can be real trolls sometimes, people can get mad and spam your inbox with lots of crap. I myself have been admin in online communities and know how people can bash at you when they are pissed.
That is normal and is never going to change, but they’re players and customers, they are asking for a service and they are not a company representative, Paul Christoforo from OM was. When you have a position of power, specially in the PR field you cannot go threatening people like he did.
Early morning commenting with a friend i told her he should have emailed an apology to the customer right after those emails and i quote:

Mario: wont be easier to offer an apology even if its a lie?
Anna: ^this
Mario: “i do offer an apology, a bad mix of tylenol and beer made me go nuts and i truly sorry”
Anna: xD

But he didn’t, he thought he could go “Gangsta” on a small ant called Dave, but this is the internet and a small ant can gather thousands of small ants and we all small ants can become a real nasty badass crowd of Killer ants!

Certainly he did apologize to Dave and Penny Arcade published the so called apology. Now i want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but as i stated before it may be a blatant lie.

After i was linked to this article in Kotaku, i wondered what kind of moron this guy really was that is even impersonating representatives of the Avenger controllers, go here and have a good read, this guy is something else!
So throwing my 2 cents and i’m done with this, people can sometimes be morons (not saying Dave was a moron) but you as a PR must remain calm, not going gangsta on them. Had a bad day? take a breath, get up and stay away from the computer, believe me i know.
The last thing you want to do when you are about to explode is sitting in front of a computer, take your time and then reply to people when you are in a better mood, as a simple internet user you can spam, rant and curse all you want, as the PR of a product you can’t, you only damage the people you are working for.

Avenger controllers got a tremendous hit and the image of the product could have been damaged forever (we will see) just because someone having a “bad day” decided to go bonkers with a hardcore gamer.
To Paul; welcome to the internet, grow a thicker skin or search a new area of work because this is how a lot of people roll, i heard the mayor of boston is hiring janitors.

Thanks for reading,
Mario.

Tags: Avenger, Bad PR, cwgabriel, dave, edrama, gabe, merry christmas, N-Control, OceanMarketting, OceanStratagy, Paul Christorof, PAX, Penny Arcade, serenity now, Twitter —

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December 20, 2011

Some news before 2011 is gone

Posted by: Cybermario @ 6:25 am

So that special time of the year is coming and Gendo Claus is coming to town! Ho~ Ho~ Ho~! It has been some time since posting any news, my sincere apologies to our readers.

There’s been many ideas and projects i wanted to make a reality but alas, i did not, mainly for lack of manpower, a few health issues and what not.
If you know who can perform a cheap surgery so i can get Doctor Octopus arms, like in Spiderman to multitask and work more on the website drop me an e-mail.

Well, there are ideas, i am dropping and/or changing to bring more anime content to the website as it was intended, as i am unable to work “Artist of the Month” and i’m not really that knowledgeable about Seiyu, sorry my Otaku powers are weak! This project will be on the backburner until someone with the proper desire to work on it jumps in the bandwagon.
In the meantime “Artist of the Month” will become “Opening/Ending of the week.” Where i’ll post and comment about a theme i like and why, a bit about the artist, etc.
The Anime Gallery doesn’t have much content now, but then again doing my best will be uploading new images soon, the lyrics database is semi functional but i dont want to release it to the public until we make it work like we want.

Anime Radio, for a long time wanted to bring this back to life but could not, finally got a host for it, not perfect and may crash from time to time but 90% uptime is not bad, been uploading tons of music and soon will be adding the link on the website.
Stay tuned because we will have more reviews, including anime, and don’t hate me, if i spoil some shows for you. It’s hard not to when you write about some shows, some contests coming soon and more.

If you feel generous this season, click our Splitreason and Play-Asia banners, you will be supporting the web and you will make me smile.
Last but not least, THANK YOU!! Thanks everyone for visiting the web and hope you enjoy what we have to offer, we are steadily growing and will have more this 2012. So please stay with us, Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

~Mario

Tags: Anime, Christmas, contests, Doctor Octopus, ecchi, free stuff, Gendo, manga, moe, otaku, Play-Asia, Seiyu, Skyrim, Spiderman, Splitreason, アニメ, 漫画 —

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December 2, 2011

RIP Shingo Araki

Posted by: Cybermario @ 2:56 pm

Sad news for anime fans around the globe, Shingo Araki has died, was illustrator, producer, animator and movie producer. He worked on many anime shows including Devilman, UFO Robo Grendizer, Babel II, Lupin and Yu-Gi-Oh! just to name a few.

But what made him known to a number of fans including me, was his work on the highly popular Saint Seiya, Shingo Araki was the character designer for the anime version of the manga created by Masami Kurumada.
He modified the design of the Bronze Saint armors, giving the show a more stilized and dynamic look that made it so popular among the fans all over the world.

Rest in Peace, Shingo Araki (1939-2011)

Tags: Babel II, Devilman, Lupin, Masami Kurumada, rip, Saint Seiya, Shingo Araki, UFO Robo Grendizer, Yu-Gi-Oh!, 荒木伸吾 —