Here is the last place on the english pokémon internet they'd care about sending people to, anon. We're not very active, not very influential and clearly not very valuable, given most you c**ts pirate the games or buy 'em second hand and don't buy any merch first-hand either. They only pay to send people to sway discourse in places that have an inherent worth to their coffers, like twitter or reddit. You know, where masses of their secondary demographic of normalgay c**ts hang out and can be interacted with.
If you think that you REALLY haven't been paying attention. The only reason you don't see obvious shills on /vp/ is because there's no obvious thing to shill.
Every single hobby board is full of shills. And concern trolls and political activist and bots that are learning to do all those things but cheaper.
Here? Only shills are in the TCG threads talking about how "happy they are about their new purchase of [X SET]"
Other places? It's pretty obvious when you look at it over a longer period of time. Low effort threads about new game/anime/products that magically disappear after a certain time. Ubisoft games get a consistent month of after-release shilling on Ganker for example. Barebones OP's are also an example.
I don't even think shills are that big of a problem. Defending a game's qualities isn't what ACTUAL shills do, because as
Paid user reviews and comments are a thing, but I'm not sure any of those marketing agencies touch Ganker, the one I had access to did Amazon, Facebook/Instagram, and Reddit.
They're also all very third party, like third worlders being paid $3 an hour by a company being hired by another company that's hired by the actual company pushing the product. It's not like they have internal shilling departments, they just do contract work through a network of marketing companies.
said, real PAID shills don't care or know about what they're shilling. They care about is that you "know the name" then will spout some lines recited to them by the contractor.
Political activists (also paid) and concern trolls are way worse for discussion. That shit actually lowers the quality of all threads.
I wish I could get paid to "argue" with people over the Internet. >alright boss, I got called a Black person 87 times in one sentence after defending Euphoria. Can I get a raise? >Shut up, Black person. > (¬_¬ )
No. You'd see much more people defending SV if that was the case.
The most likely candidate if anyone who be good old Elephant Joe but even then it makes sense for him to constantly dicksuck TPC because his entire livelihood revolves around them being successful
Pokemon is the largest multimedia franchise of all time. People become very defensive of the things they like. I don't think they need to pay shills. I believe they just have die hard fans.
People become defensive because they make brands part of their personality. The commoners (also known by the corporatist slur of "consumer") are being gamed. People have to stop worshiping brands and fill up their holes with personality. Only then will Pokémon get better.
Are you describing this place? A lot of anons are bitter and angry, because they made pokémon part of their identity growing up, then found out Game Freak and TPC don't give a frick for them, just for the fact they were 7 years old and prime for the brainwashing into buying Brand along with their schoolfriends. Two sides of the same coin and that includes the 'tards still emotionally upset about dexit enough to post about it here too. Baies who thought the rand was theirs to keep instead of rent just like the other millions of children that preceded them rented it.
Idk pokemon is a pretty casual franchise for the most part and a lot of the long time fans I see are casual players. They're not the ones up and arms about the state of the games its the other hard core fans that do call it out (which they're allowed to) same coin different sides
No matter how many times I see people repeating this idea that "shills" are blind brand-worshipping sheep who can't seperate themselves from Pokemon and then immediately going into the same > "I know what is best for the series and need to fight for it at all cost because right now it's bad and everyone else is wrong"
mentality completely unironically, it shocks me every time.
You're so close to self-awareness, but will never get there.
>People become defensive because they make brands part of their personality.
This. People do this shit all the time on twitter as well. It's not enough to just like something anymore, you have to make it part of your personality. You can't simply for example make a thread on S/V and start criticizing it because someone is going to defend it's every flaw. They really have become drones, they don't even need to get paid, it's all for free.
>You can't simply for example make a thread on S/V and start criticizing it
You say that when the whole board has been shitting on it for the past year.
>You can't simply for example make a thread on S/V and start criticizing it
We do that all the time.
The only thing you can't do here without triggering shills is talk shit about the imagination theory
Yes, but it's not very likely they have many of them here.
They probably have one guy keeping an eye out for any legitimate content. And a group of about 10 a few months before and after the game releases for damage controll.
But most of the nintendo shills are working in game journo, streams/youtubers and twitter homosexuals. Also reddit because they have more public perception.
They don't care about us.
>GF don't need to pay them, that's how loyal Pokémon fanboys are
KEK THIS!!!!
Not even the critics bother to give the swith games good scores. GF doesn need to pay off people. You will buy anyways
i mean you dont already know that?
obviously most of the positive comments and posts about gamefreak and pokemon are from paid shills
that is becoming the new strategy in game industry
put little effort into the game, more budget into marketing, advertising and shilling
Paid user reviews and comments are a thing, but I'm not sure any of those marketing agencies touch Ganker, the one I had access to did Amazon, Facebook/Instagram, and Reddit.
They're also all very third party, like third worlders being paid $3 an hour by a company being hired by another company that's hired by the actual company pushing the product. It's not like they have internal shilling departments, they just do contract work through a network of marketing companies.
No one is actually getting payed to shill they just headcanon themselves as gamefreak employees defending their own work because they think one day Satoshi will thank them in the afterlife
how long until someone makes the HBOjak
Why would they, people openly shit on them and they still sell tens of millions.
youre new here arent you?
Here is the last place on the english pokémon internet they'd care about sending people to, anon. We're not very active, not very influential and clearly not very valuable, given most you c**ts pirate the games or buy 'em second hand and don't buy any merch first-hand either. They only pay to send people to sway discourse in places that have an inherent worth to their coffers, like twitter or reddit. You know, where masses of their secondary demographic of normalgay c**ts hang out and can be interacted with.
Agreed
FBI and other 3 letter agencies lurk here, not corpos
If you think that you REALLY haven't been paying attention. The only reason you don't see obvious shills on /vp/ is because there's no obvious thing to shill.
Every single hobby board is full of shills. And concern trolls and political activist and bots that are learning to do all those things but cheaper.
Now the question is, how many are shills and how many are people you claim are shills but actually aren't.
Here? Only shills are in the TCG threads talking about how "happy they are about their new purchase of [X SET]"
Other places? It's pretty obvious when you look at it over a longer period of time. Low effort threads about new game/anime/products that magically disappear after a certain time. Ubisoft games get a consistent month of after-release shilling on Ganker for example. Barebones OP's are also an example.
I don't even think shills are that big of a problem. Defending a game's qualities isn't what ACTUAL shills do, because as
said, real PAID shills don't care or know about what they're shilling. They care about is that you "know the name" then will spout some lines recited to them by the contractor.
Political activists (also paid) and concern trolls are way worse for discussion. That shit actually lowers the quality of all threads.
everyone who manages a fan site is a paid shill
Of course, otherwise ~~*they*~~ would just ~~*shut it down*~~
No, because unlike HBO shows, Pokemon fans will buy the games anyway.
>all women are trans
GO
TO
A
PSYCHIATRIST
he would, but they're all trans too
there are no women on the internet
so if she's on the internet
she must be trans
what about ftms
I wish I got paid to shitpost
I wish I could get paid to "argue" with people over the Internet.
>alright boss, I got called a Black person 87 times in one sentence after defending Euphoria. Can I get a raise?
>Shut up, Black person.
> (¬_¬ )
>Constantly whines about Unova
>Thinks all women are trans
Walk into incoming traffic.
No. You'd see much more people defending SV if that was the case.
The most likely candidate if anyone who be good old Elephant Joe but even then it makes sense for him to constantly dicksuck TPC because his entire livelihood revolves around them being successful
This
SV are good games btw
>SV are good games btw
Not to mention they are literally grabbing him by the nuts sack since his gen5 frickup. One wrong move and they will tear him apart.
Pokemon is the largest multimedia franchise of all time. People become very defensive of the things they like. I don't think they need to pay shills. I believe they just have die hard fans.
People become defensive because they make brands part of their personality. The commoners (also known by the corporatist slur of "consumer") are being gamed. People have to stop worshiping brands and fill up their holes with personality. Only then will Pokémon get better.
Ummm I play pokemon while bouncing on a dildo... Get good bro
Are you describing this place? A lot of anons are bitter and angry, because they made pokémon part of their identity growing up, then found out Game Freak and TPC don't give a frick for them, just for the fact they were 7 years old and prime for the brainwashing into buying Brand along with their schoolfriends. Two sides of the same coin and that includes the 'tards still emotionally upset about dexit enough to post about it here too. Baies who thought the rand was theirs to keep instead of rent just like the other millions of children that preceded them rented it.
Idk pokemon is a pretty casual franchise for the most part and a lot of the long time fans I see are casual players. They're not the ones up and arms about the state of the games its the other hard core fans that do call it out (which they're allowed to) same coin different sides
No matter how many times I see people repeating this idea that "shills" are blind brand-worshipping sheep who can't seperate themselves from Pokemon and then immediately going into the same
> "I know what is best for the series and need to fight for it at all cost because right now it's bad and everyone else is wrong"
mentality completely unironically, it shocks me every time.
You're so close to self-awareness, but will never get there.
>People become defensive because they make brands part of their personality.
This. People do this shit all the time on twitter as well. It's not enough to just like something anymore, you have to make it part of your personality. You can't simply for example make a thread on S/V and start criticizing it because someone is going to defend it's every flaw. They really have become drones, they don't even need to get paid, it's all for free.
>You can't simply for example make a thread on S/V and start criticizing it
You say that when the whole board has been shitting on it for the past year.
>You can't simply for example make a thread on S/V and start criticizing it
We do that all the time.
The only thing you can't do here without triggering shills is talk shit about the imagination theory
No. They don't need to pay people to do that.
Also, I can't wait to see this fricking image 500 times a day for the next three years.
Yes, but it's not very likely they have many of them here.
They probably have one guy keeping an eye out for any legitimate content. And a group of about 10 a few months before and after the game releases for damage controll.
But most of the nintendo shills are working in game journo, streams/youtubers and twitter homosexuals. Also reddit because they have more public perception.
They don't care about us.
>troony troony troony REEEEE
>BORTS BORTS BORTS BORTS
ok Sharty.
Time for bed.
ywnbaw
GF don't need to pay them, that's how loyal Pokémon fanboys are
>GF don't need to pay them, that's how loyal Pokémon fanboys are
KEK THIS!!!!
Not even the critics bother to give the swith games good scores. GF doesn need to pay off people. You will buy anyways
Gamefrick themselves? I don’t believe so.
TPC and the western branch? Absofrickinglutely
i mean you dont already know that?
obviously most of the positive comments and posts about gamefreak and pokemon are from paid shills
that is becoming the new strategy in game industry
put little effort into the game, more budget into marketing, advertising and shilling
Paid user reviews and comments are a thing, but I'm not sure any of those marketing agencies touch Ganker, the one I had access to did Amazon, Facebook/Instagram, and Reddit.
They're also all very third party, like third worlders being paid $3 an hour by a company being hired by another company that's hired by the actual company pushing the product. It's not like they have internal shilling departments, they just do contract work through a network of marketing companies.
No.
Their shills do it for free.
i dont get paid
No one is actually getting payed to shill they just headcanon themselves as gamefreak employees defending their own work because they think one day Satoshi will thank them in the afterlife