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Post by dfunked on Oct 7, 2021 21:58:41 GMT
Well yeah... Why push four day passes on the unsuspecting punters if you already know no vendors are on board is my thing. Yeah it's a business and they're here to make money, but that kind of move is just going to bite them in the arse next year if they even bother doing one.
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Post by 😎 on Oct 7, 2021 22:01:28 GMT
Was that tweet from Reedpop's PR spokesperson or something? What a weird corporate apology.
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 7, 2021 22:04:20 GMT
There's always someone prepared to throw themselves in front of a bullet for a corporation.
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Post by brokenkey on Oct 7, 2021 22:04:23 GMT
No, he's from squareenix. The point being the big companies couldn't risk sending their staff and them then getting sick, because then the company would be liable.
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Post by 😎 on Oct 7, 2021 22:07:11 GMT
Is this a typo or intentional?
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Post by dfunked on Oct 7, 2021 22:10:14 GMT
Oh man. Imagine being there tomorrow and having to deal with that clash. I really want to watch the featured guest stream (let me guess, Ian Higton?), but I really want to see the raffle too!
Shame there wasn't another time in the day they could've put it on...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 22:15:35 GMT
I thought fuck them after killing the forum, but this is just tragic. First the subscription being awful, now this village fete expo, what will be next?
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Post by 😎 on Oct 7, 2021 22:17:26 GMT
The way things are going their next intern hire will end up being a serial killer or something.
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 7, 2021 22:18:14 GMT
No, he's from squareenix. The point being the big companies couldn't risk sending their staff and them then getting sick, because then the company would be liable. Ah that makes sense, can't understand why it's going on at all. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2021 22:19:40 GMT
The way things are going their next intern hire will end up being a serial killer or something. Rod will be the one to bring him down. And then back up again. |
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Post by suicida on Oct 7, 2021 22:57:06 GMT
If only there was somewhere on EG that people could express their displeasure about how shitty EGX is this year. Maybe some sort of forum. The #egxrefund hashtag is tragic reading, people who have travelled across the country and spent a few hundred quid on hotels, expecting to spend a couple of days there and leaving after seeing everything in an hour.
And Reedpop are an actual events company. Embarrassing.
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Post by dfunked on Oct 7, 2021 22:58:12 GMT
Someone should make a game about... Empty expo centres.
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Post by Frog on Oct 8, 2021 6:09:57 GMT
It's brutal isn't it. Quite often when people moan about stuff like this it's exaggerated but they are completely right here.
Can't imagine it's good news for them financially either as it's not exactly cheap hiring the arena.
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Post by elstoof on Oct 8, 2021 6:24:37 GMT
Plenty of stuff to do around the ExCel at least. You can look at the Thames Barrier. Plane spotting at City Airport (not weekends). Take the Woolwich Ferry then walk back via the foot tunnel. If you’re feeling hungry you can venture into Poplar for a lovely pie mash & liquor at Maureen’s
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Post by Jambowayoh on Oct 8, 2021 7:56:18 GMT
It's brutal isn't it. Quite often when people moan about stuff like this it's exaggerated but they are completely right here. Can't imagine it's good news for them financially either as it's not exactly cheap hiring the arena. Yeah. I'm just very confused. I understand organising events is difficult but surely they would have seen other events not being in person and the reticence of companies not wanting to send their staff out especially with almost all of them WFH. It just feels the writing was on the wall in glowing neon and ReedPop were like 'fuck it'. |
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Post by elstoof on Oct 8, 2021 8:00:31 GMT
They’ve probably got some sort of commitment to put on a certain number of events with ExCel
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Post by snackplissken on Oct 8, 2021 8:16:45 GMT
I don't think I'd even go for I was given a free ticket.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 8, 2021 8:23:57 GMT
Me either but thats mainly because I just hate the excel centre. If something is that much of a pain in the arse to get to, there is no point in it being in london and should have just been dropped in a field next to the M40
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Post by dfunked on Oct 8, 2021 8:29:10 GMT
Hey, don't diss the DLR! Didn't think it was too bad to get to when I went there on a work jolly.
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Post by askew on Oct 8, 2021 8:34:35 GMT
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Post by fozziebear on Oct 8, 2021 8:37:21 GMT
"  The day's events get under way at Eurogamer Expo. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2021 8:41:49 GMT
MrTom's not having a good time of it That's a shame. |
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Post by dfunked on Oct 8, 2021 8:42:08 GMT
20 minutes to the daily vlog... Is there anywhere I can watch this out of morbid curiosity? You wouldn't even know the expo was happening from looking at EG's front page! askew - on Discord? |
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Post by fozziebear on Oct 8, 2021 8:50:12 GMT
MrTom's not having a good time of it That's a shame. Is Mr Tom the clammy looking one from the EG videos? The one who looked like he was feeling guilty about furiously wanking over the poor girl that they forced to join in and listen to the fat bloke? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2021 8:56:14 GMT
Haven't been watching them. Does he look a bit like Joseph Merrick?
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Post by fozziebear on Oct 8, 2021 8:58:00 GMT
Haven't been watching them. Does he look a bit like Joseph Merrick? Looks like a serial killer. Not just any serial killer. The sort that stores his victims' piss in milk bottles in his garage as trophies. |
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Post by nazo on Oct 8, 2021 9:01:57 GMT
First the forum, now this. I'm excited to see which part of their community they alienate next!
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Post by Graxlar on Oct 8, 2021 9:25:42 GMT
Is Mr Tom the clammy looking one from the EG videos? The one who looked like he was feeling guilty about furiously wanking over the poor girl that they forced to join in and listen to the fat bloke? EG vidya? |
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Post by Lukus on Oct 8, 2021 10:05:06 GMT
You've got to be some kind of sadist to buy a four day pass for these events even at the best of times.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2021 10:16:17 GMT
You've got to be some kind of sadist to buy a four day pass for these events even at the best of times. Or have a sweat fetish |
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