Hello fellow gamers,
We're the people who will be implementing the next chapter for OAG.
As many of you have noticed, there is a lot of controversy and concern about the site's future under new management. This, in part, is owed to how we went about announcing the next chapter of our journey together. For this, we apologize and are here to dispel any and all rumors going around as well as address any questions you our audience have for us.
We will show you with our action and our product's quality that we are serious about our mission and respect for you - the consumer. To begin this process, we are setting up an AMA to answer questions you have about the transition, staffing, what is going on, or who is best girl and why traps are most assuredly gay. Anything you are curious about, we will attempt to answer.
Ask us anything!
Proof: https://twitter.com/OneAngryGamerHD/status/1323646163317383169
We'll start answering your questions in 3 hours.
https://kotakuinaction2.win/u/OneAngryGamerHD/ ( Lead Editor ) https://kotakuinaction2.win/u/Kevin_Green/ ( Legacy Writer ) AKA Kevin : )
In order: Yes, Yes, fact and no, fact and no, and facts cannot be hate-speech.
I've gotta say, you are answering questions directly and politely (despite us being our usual charming selves). You are on KIA2.win of all places (you know we're worse than nazis right?). You appear to be earnestly trying to redress the situation.
If you're for real, then I wish you luck. Seriously, saying "no hate-speech" to us is like saying "women only changing room" to the trannies.
I was on 8chan so I affiliated with Hyper Venitian Nazis so this is somewhat of a step-down. Our editor is familiar with 4chan, so when he gets on to answer questions he's not going to be terribly offended either.
Appreciated and yes we're attempting to resolve the confusion caused by the initial message.
Yet you don't know the rule of lurking before posting? Or you thought it just doesn't apply anywhere but 8chan? Since you censor yourself saying faggot in another comment. And not in a normal manner, even. You capitalized the F, then censored 3 letters.
The OP starts with "Hello fellow gamers," don't expect any serious participation, it's presented like a troll operation. Awkwardness and corporatism are no excuse for lacking awareness of one's audience. Not your post, I know, but it's embarassing and a huge red flag.
Also, what's your first language? I don't think it's english. I thought the rigidity was awkward formality at first, but no, that's not it.
Tell the owners/managers to come out and clean up their own shit. They won't because they can't handle hardball questions like business models or being called out on misunderstanding 101 basics like demographics.
Ideally if there wasn't a need to correct the bad impression the original message created we would have probably done an AMA closer to relaunch, but that sadly wasn't what circumstances provided. Secondly, though we respect the audience here, this wasn't our first selection. We tried launching the AMA on /r/KotakuinAction and someone asked why we hadn't done it on here and that was a solid point, so we launched two AMAs. Sadly KIA's admins demonstrated their lack of class by shutting the other one down, but you've all been wonderful.
Well, I once said fellow channer instead of Vtard, so I cannot complain about "fellow gamers." Especially not after I wrote one draft of this message and didn't change it either. Probably should have put a Geeks in there. Owe well.
My first language is English, but my writing style leans toward authoritative as my earliest work was in non-fiction. I understand it comes across rather strong, but sadly it is also reflective of my thinking process as well. Right now we are presenting a formal appearance and approaching the audience with respect. Going forward there will be more light-hearted writing and brevity in our words.
The owner is a good guy and we have permission to do the talking. If you want to know the hard truth this isn't his only venture. I do not know much about the man myself, but I know he is busy and juggling several projects. There really wasn't much more beyond cleaning up the image to make it viable. A bit thoughtless, but as they aren't from the US they didn't understand their statement was the equivalent of throwing a hand grenade into a children's party.