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gamingforeverAug 14, 2010
I rarely see journalists clap or cheering, they are usually writing or taking notes or talking to people aside of them about what's going on.
travelsonicAug 14, 2010
"Sports journalists never cheer during ballgames -- so why should we?"
Better question: Why should it really matter? IF they want to be upbeat and reasonably [ yes, subjective term being used ] excited/whatever, let them, if they don't wqant to be, let them be quiet and stoned face.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
taaybAug 14, 2010
I don't know what the f**k you just said.
travelsonicAug 14, 2010
Glasses. Reading comprehension.
It isn't that hard to understand.
taaybAug 14, 2010
More like...
Improper use of semi-colon, illiterate writing style, odd and incorrect use of brackets, random capitalizations, random use of quotations, random and incorrect use of commas, and incomplete sentences.
I tried sifting through whatever the f**k it was that you wrote for an underlying message but I couldn't find it because it doesn't make any f**king sense.
doodlemasterAug 14, 2010
Plain language English translator:
Better question: Why should it matter?
IF they want to be upbeat and reasonably excited then they can be if not let them be quiet. What is considered reasonable is subjective, but still....
In my opinion, journalism practiced in a very different field (such as sports) in a certain way (i.e Stone-faced and silent) doesn't make for a good enough reason for it to be done in the Gaming Journalism field.
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To which I agree, but man was that hard to read no offense >.<;
alexownzyouAug 14, 2010
lol, try harder please.
cyberstrikerAug 14, 2010
I hate journalists who break down and act like rabbid fanboys at events and press conferences. Like the journalists who attend Apple events, for example. I prefer them silent.
ssomu007Aug 14, 2010
Journalists have their own way to relax, clap or cheer. that is writing and broadcasting.
beigemoreAug 14, 2010
Reading this article made me feel like a therapist with the author telling me all of his problems.
sonicgardenAug 14, 2010
Well when something like Doom 4 meets someones eyes, they should be jumping in joy.
Telling people they can't express their liking over your product is just going to make people not like your product.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
enthreeohAug 14, 2010
Protip: You're not a sports journalist.
enthreeohAug 16, 2010
no one got the "Protip" gamepro reference :(
stormwernAug 14, 2010
The gaming press is too much of a hype machine already.
macparrotAug 14, 2010
Perhaps not network sports journalists. I can understand that since they should remain objective and not be biased toward one team or another, but even then if a play worked well or something really exciting happens, you hear it in their voices. Now local sports journalist are a different matter. They typically lose their minds when something good happens to "their" team.
Whether or not the press covering game events should get all bent out of shape over a few million more pixels it should be if they feel like it and companies putting out games should not get bent out of shape over it. Not everyone gets an erection over some new game or method of controlling games.
ouzeAug 14, 2010
What about yelling BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE?
taaybAug 14, 2010
Local sports journalists do cheer. National journalists cannot cheer. If they did readers would deem everything they wrote biased. It's not that they aren't cheering on the inside but you can't jump for joy when a team wins then expect readers to take your opinion about the other team seriously.
What's your excuse?
dolemite01Aug 14, 2010
It's understandable during a live sporting event you do not want to cheer as a journalist to show a bias against or for one team over another during competition. However, as a gaming journalist, you are pretty much aware of the quality most companies put out on a consistent basis (i.e. Valve and to some extent Blizzard, etc), so I see nothing wrong with be some what excited to see a new product by Valve, etc. games are art, if I was covering art I would be excited to see a new painting by Picasso and not so much by that Activi guy who produces crap three times a week out the factory.
ricoduedAug 15, 2010
I don't know if you could say that Blizzard or Valve put out anything on a "consistent basis". I mean, the term Valve time exists for a reason.
meedAug 14, 2010
Come on this is f**king quakecon we are talking about. It is the celebrated annual vacation of hundreds of gamers. If your complaining about how the crowds react to stuff anoying you while your trying to do journalism, your not focusing on the right things to report about at Quakecon.
Cause I will tell you that during master pancake theater people the drinking phrase was "DC++" something that if typed into the byoc IRC it will get you kicked or banned. And people were yelling it at the top of their lungs, plus you know the most of the room listed staff is there in the watching.
Closed AccountAug 14, 2010
"Sports journalists never cheer during ballgames"
What the hell ballgames are they watching. They don't cheer for a particular team but if something exciting happens you can always hear it in their voice.
Or stuff like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyRWlTy9vmI
fmunkeyAug 14, 2010
I don't think he means announcers so much as journalists that write things. I work in the press box of a football stadium and it's dead quiet all the time. There's regular chit chat of course, but usually very quiet.
rhydebleAug 14, 2010
The objectivity of game journalism comes with the reviews
deweyhewsonAug 14, 2010
There's games journalism?
Silly me, I have mistaken it all along for "games marketing".
tektalkAug 15, 2010
The author does raise a fair point, but this phenomenon isn't exclusive to videogames and sports, it's a rather ubiquitous practice still done by many companies. I'm in Taipei, Taiwan, by the way.
About a month ago, during my journalism internship, I attended the Taiwan Health and Sencare Corporation's medical press conference where they unveiled several new medical products I couldn't give a damn about. The whole slew of press gathered in that room, with the exception of my editor and I, cheered and clapped continuously during the banal procession of part-time models showcasing medical equipment.
From my observations, companies from anywhere, wherever possible, turn to bribing and/or enticing the media with anything they can to raise positive opinions as an acceptable form of marketing. Shocking revelation. Smell that sarcasm in the air?