*VIDEO* - Kyle from Hard|OCP smashing a Phantom Console!

[warcrow]

Teh Bootay!!

(It's too bad the person filming is having a seizure)

 

[Cawchy87]

man is that nerdy, those guys were going nuts.

 

[klah]

was that his gallagher impression?

 

[hjo3]

Isn't that console supposed to have a 2500+ and a 40 GB HD in it? Jeez, I would've taken those. How wasteful.

 

[krackato]

what the hell?

 

[zlooop]

Kyle is really opinionated about stuff like that. He will go balls out and say/do whatever he wants to make a point. He sued Phantom Labs before they sued him for no real good legal reason. ....Let him release his anger

 

[GZFant]

Nerds scare me.

 

[EF9]

what a waste

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Interesting.

 

[CraigRT]

what the hell is a phantom console

 

[amheck]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
what the hell is a phantom console

 

[Looney]

That's pathetic... maybe if he was destroying dozens or hundreds of them, but people going wild over one?

 

[Remedy]

Isn't Kyle 30+ years old? I really can't believe he acts out this way. Poor representation for the DIY PC community. Can you imagine Anand, or Scott Wasson behaving like this? Immature if you ask me. IMHO.

 

[Remedy]

Servers are slow tonight . DP.

 

[microAmp]

Originally posted by: amheck

Originally posted by: CraigRT
what the hell is a phantom console

Had no idea either, Hard OCP & CNN

 

[txxxx]

Marketing stunt!

 

[Czar]

http://www.nolaff.com/modules.php?name=Pictures&file=pics-QuakeCon_2004

mirror... of some sorts, might be a different video

 

[darkswordsman17]

All I can say is what a loser.

Seriously, what does he think he's symbolizing?

To me, that is just epitomizing the stuckup prickish nature of some PC gamers.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Yep, the phantom should fail with no help from Kyle. I surmise he knows this and just wants to position himself to take the lion's share of the credit for it when it does flop. Then he can plaster it all over his site about how he led the crusade against the POS.

 

[Megatomic]

It's typical grandstanding for him.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

I'm using my backup computer with no audio so I could only imagine what he was saying, which, in my mind, was something like a backstage rant at a WWE event where a pro wrestler waxes poetic about bouncing around a ring with another wrestler.

I have to admit, upon the unveiling of the Norse hammer, knowing what a geekfest that was, numerous D&D jokes sprang to mind. Still, most of the attendees at Quakecon are requisite pc enthusiasts so they probably follow review sites and know about the spat between HardOCP and IL. So this was more of a light-hearted inside joke kind of comic relief than a calculated maneuver or childish tantrum, I think. The humor really is in imagining your sister or mother-in-law watching that going, "I don't get it.", then you can smirk and feel all elitist.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
So this was more of a light-hearted inside joke kind of comic relief than a calculated maneuver or childish tantrum, I think.

I believe it was a combo of all three venting, having a joke@IL's expense, and positioning himself as "the dragon slayer" if you will.

 

[SneakyStuff]

Oh well, at least he gave the P4 to someone in the crowd.

 

[araczynski]

what a fricking dweeb, he reminds me of those fat old bastards who would go to bbs parties back in the day to try to score with, well, fat young chicks...by impressing them with his sysop powers...

he needs a good ass kicking.

probably all a desperate stunt to get traffic to his crappy site so he can get more advertising money...

 

[Davegod]

Originally posted by: zlooop
Kyle is really opinionated about stuff like that. He will go balls out and say/do whatever he wants to make a point. He sued Phantom Labs before they sued him for no real good legal reason. ....Let him release his anger

Thats not true - Phantom were frequently threatening to sue him, and he excercised his right to call their bluff. OK, thats an over-simplification, but its the gist of it.