TotalBiscuit, in his own words. Part One.

(Okay, I am having to split this into two posts because, for the first time ever, I just got a "Client error: Post too large." message from LiveJournal when I tired to post this. Holy shit. o_O)

So. I said the previous post was going to be the only post I made about TotalBiscuit. After I had a night to sleep on it, this is a new day, so I've decided that it wasn't fair to judge TotalBiscuit by only that GOG thread and the shit that came up in that. And so, as I did with PewDiePie, I have decided to go straight to the source and see exactly what TotalBiscuit actually has to say and has indeed said about the whole thing. And I'm going to be pausing it as I listen to make my own comments/editorials in response as I go along with it. Maybe that's not necessarily the best way to do it, and maybe I should listen to the whole thing first, but no. This is how I've chosen to do it. Fair warning, too, since I'm going into this with an already negative opinion of TotalBiscuit, I might get a little bit snarky. But, to be fair to TotalBiscuit, the video that I am responding to was posted in September 2014, so it's possible that his stance may have altered at least somewhat since then, except that it's pretty clear based on what he said in the GOG thread I posted a link to in the previous post that he still to this day supports GamerGate, and that is my main point of contention with him. Anyway, let's get on with it.

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( Transcript + comments/editorial response behind cut. Be warned, this is by far the longest LJ post I have ever written, both in amount of words and in the amount of time it took to do. )

(To be continued in Part 2.)

TotalBiscuit, in his own words. Part Two.

(And here's the continuation from part 1.)

( See, I told you it was the longest one yet. )

So, in the end, I have once again revised my opinion of TotalBiscuit. I don't actively and intensely despise him as I did after writing the previous post. But I still don't have the level of respect for him as I did before I started writing the previous post, either, and I don't think I'll be subscribing to his Youtube channel or following him on Twitter any time soon. I don't think he's a completely lost cause, and I think he could be a real force for good if he'd just stop supporting GamerGate and kick them to the curb as they so richly deserve.

"Your Origin Account will soon be an EA Account"

Just got an email from EA with that subject line.

"In the coming weeks your Origin Account will be renamed to an EA Account to better represent all of EA's games and services. Your account identity, preferences, and order history will remain unchanged.

You will continue to use this account and the same login credentials to access all EA games, web sites, and services, including Origin. Learn more about Origin by visiting Origin.com.

You can make changes to your EA Account at any time by logging in to the EA web portal at www.ea.com. From there you can go to your My Account page to update your account info, security settings, contact preferences, and more.

If you have questions or need help with your account, visit EA Help at help.ea.com.

Happy gaming,

The EA Team"

Why they didn't just call it something like that in the first place, rather than further sullying the name of Origin, I don't know. Well, aside from the fact that they probably knew back then that just calling it an "EA account" wouldn't fly too well.

(Note: The only reason I even have an Origin account at all to begin with is because of The Sims 3 requiring it for patches and shit. Aside from that, I have zero use for it.)