g.man wrote:

WTAF???

I KNOW RITE?!

He's been pretty vocal in his support for them quite often over the years.  He also joined Sega from Reebock so there's a kind of sporting history to his cv there.  I'm pretty certain EA had shunted him sideways into a less interesting role too.

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

He's been pretty vocal in his support for them quite often over the years.  He also joined Sega from Reebock so there's a kind of sporting history to his cv there.  I'm pretty certain EA had shunted him sideways into a less interesting role too.

Was that President of EA Sports? That must be the least interesting role in gaming.

Verecocha wrote:

Liverpool Football Club has named Peter Moore as its new chief executive officer. Liverpool-born Moore will take up his new role in June and report directly to the club’s owners, Fenway Sports Group. The 61-year-old is currently chief competition officer at Electronic Arts, based in the United States, and will move to Liverpool to join the club in the summer. His nearly 10 years at EA have seen him in a number of leadership positions, including chief operating officer and president of EA SPORTS. Moore has previously held senior roles with Microsoft, SEGA and Reebok. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Keele University in the UK and a master’s degree from California State University. The appointment completes a 10-month transition plan by FSG and finalises the senior management structure at the club.

Wow...

We need to come up with some chants...

mistercrayon wrote:

I think he went from head of ea sports to some brand guy in EA full fat.

Is that another one of their divisions? The anti-EA Sports?

He went from heading EA Sports to COO of EA, which is pretty high up. I'd imagine that heading up their competitive gaming division would be a backwards step from there, but then he was apparently involved in that stuff before, so maybe it's a passion?

If anyone would know, it would be DS.

djchump wrote:

YAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSS BORDERLANDS 3! NB - this video is just rendering tech talk from GDC, no gameplay at all. I didn't know they were fully doing one, they probably announced a while back and I forgot, so this is fab news for me

Andy wrote:

If anyone would know, it would be DS.

Late to this party but they've been asked multiple times and not denied itm nor announced it. Closet thing is Randy saying if they 'did' it might not be called Borderlands. My guess is MMO and it'll be a disaster, sadly. Gearbox are absolutely terrible and I hate them as a company, they chanced on Blands/Blands 2 by ripping off others and, as much as it pains me, its a phenomenal game. I'm hoping if it is an MMO it'll be awful as I know I could easily waste days/months/years of my life on such a thing.

Liveinadive wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-39232620 A  tragedy that some folk here may want to consider. Although gaming for chariddy is obviously a great endeavour this does raise concerns about lengthy marathons. I have never done a marathon but I have spent 16 hours working in front of a monitor and there are very clear adverse effects.

Horrible news, and sad to hear. I adore Twitch, but there are many that do nothing but sit and play constantly without movement or breaks and you know their health is fucked due to it, all in the pursuit of making a basic monthly 'wage'. The majority are tuned in and leave for 5-20 minute breaks every couple of hours, but such is the problem with a new, rising platform, similar to those you hear who die in Korea/China/Japan playing MMOs for insane hours without rest.

Andy wrote:

I would imagine that the real factors here are what he's been consuming to keep himself going, or how long he's been sitting still without moving. The fact that he's playing video games is as irrelevant as if he was watching TV, reading a book, or watching paint dry.

I get what you're saying, but Twitch is a thing many younger (and sometimes older people) chase after as if their channel can click, its a very good income. The margins of hitting success to a good degree are insanely slim, however, and can take years, just like most avenues of work. There's many who've suffered breakdowns, violence and all kinds of fucked up shit in the pursuit of it. Its primarily a discussion of the implication of that and the platform, not that 'well you can sit for 40 hours watching 25 movies and suffer the same'.

New platform > Any means necessary > Bad, bad things.

The discussion should still nevertheless be "the risks people take for fame and money" rather than "videogames could kill you". Anything could kill you if you put fame and money before your health.

Yeah, standard gaming isn't under scrutiny here.
Although it is worth being careful, Zelda has fucked the following day up twice for me.

I also watch him. Really likable guy, talented too.

The Twitch chase is just the guy version of girls chasing the Kardashian dream unfortunately.
Money for nothing sold as an easy buck.

Social media is a fuck.

Somehow we've ended up on the wider topic as Andy suggested, so fair play.

And, yeah, fair play Andy.

For sure.
My school was the same thing, tied your laces 'wrong' !?! one day and it was 3-4 years of exclusion. 
Let's not beat around the bush here, I went to the top school in my area, my school was the type of school that triggered the whole "parents can pick their school" thing.
The school that had a zero tolerance policy on bullying that meant of course there was bullying, it is school, but they ignored it.
A school that had class A drugs dealt not only on the premises but in class.
A school where a kid in my year scooped out another kids eye with a fork.

Wouldn't trade it for school today.

(off subject rant over)