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[Tanis1983]

Although I appreciate her apology. I can't help but notice just how many people condemn us for hating the ending .... and yet they haven't even *reached* it yet.

If you like it, that's fine. But insulting a group of players for hating something, without experiencing it for yourself is just tasteless.

Sure you expect it to be epic, because it's BioWare ... news flash, so did we. But this is where we are.

[sistersafetypin]

Cadence of the Planes wrote...

I am not obsessed, I think her comment was digusting in the "customer service" scheme of things and were BioWare my company, she would have been fired on the spot for breech of business ethics and abuse of my customers, and then I would attempt to reclaim anything the contract had already paid if possible.

These overly dramatic posts do nothing but make me roll my eyes. Next.

Eh. I don't care about Chobot personally. I had no idea who she was before ME3, which almost makes the situation worse.

There are plenty of people complaining about the type of insults Chobot is getting. But here's the thing, she agreed to be in this game even though she'd never had a VA job. She agreed to allow her avatar to be portrayed as a vapid, one night stand without an ounce of self-respect.

And yet, we're supposed to respect her? She who makes baseless overly generalized comments about a game she hasn't finished and the fans who have?

Negative. It doesn't work that way. She put herself in this position and now she has to live with it.

Modifié par sistersafetypin, 03 avril 2012 - 11:27 .

[kathic]

In her defense people have been unfairly critical of her.

[BWGungan]

sistersafetypin wrote...

Cadence of the Planes wrote...

I am not obsessed, I think her comment was digusting in the "customer service" scheme of things and were BioWare my company, she would have been fired on the spot for breech of business ethics and abuse of my customers, and then I would attempt to reclaim anything the contract had already paid if possible.

These overly dramatic posts do nothing but make me roll my eyes. Next.

Eh. I don't care about Chobot personally. I had no idea who she was before ME3, which almost makes the situation worse.

There are plenty of people complaining about the type of insults Chobot is getting. But here's the thing, she agreed to be in this game even though she'd never had a VA job. She agreed to allow her avatar to be portrayed as a vapid, one night stand without an ounce of self-respect.

And yet, we're supposed to respect her? She who makes baseless overly generalized comments about a game she hasn't finished and the fans who have?

Negative. It doesn't work that way. She put herself in this position and now she has to live with it.

Don't forget Diana Allers' chubby knees, cankles and permanent zombified facial expression.

Modifié par BWGungan, 03 avril 2012 - 11:30 .

[Fhear]

That's nice to hear it from her! In my opinion, many people were quite too unfair to her...

[OneDrunkMonk]

I have no problem with her as a person and arguably not all the "fuss" about the ending was well thought out or articulate. But, I'm glad she realized making blanket reactionary statments about displeased Mass Effect fans is not cool.

I do wish her character never existed in ME3, EA marketing department and Jersey Shore fans be damned.

[phat0817]

Her apology sounds more smug to me..she's sounds annoyed by the retake me3 resistance that we dislike the end..apology accepted.... }

[Random Internet Person]

sistersafetypin wrote...

Cadence of the Planes wrote...

I am not obsessed, I think her comment was digusting in the "customer service" scheme of things and were BioWare my company, she would have been fired on the spot for breech of business ethics and abuse of my customers, and then I would attempt to reclaim anything the contract had already paid if possible.

These overly dramatic posts do nothing but make me roll my eyes. Next.

Eh. I don't care about Chobot personally. I had no idea who she was before ME3, which almost makes the situation worse.

There are plenty of people complaining about the type of insults Chobot is getting. But here's the thing, she agreed to be in this game even though she'd never had a VA job. She agreed to allow her avatar to be portrayed as a vapid, one night stand without an ounce of self-respect.

And yet, we're supposed to respect her? She who makes baseless overly generalized comments about a game she hasn't finished and the fans who have?

Negative. It doesn't work that way. She put herself in this position and now she has to live with it.

So you feel that if a woman dresses in a skirt, she's asking for it?  You know what, I don't know you, and I'm glad I don't.

[Melicamp]

APOLOGY ACCEPTED.

[phat0817]

Hahahaha they need a like button on these forums the pictures says it all Melicamp!!

[sistersafetypin]

Random Internet Person wrote...

sistersafetypin wrote...

Cadence of the Planes wrote...

I am not obsessed, I think her comment was digusting in the "customer service" scheme of things and were BioWare my company, she would have been fired on the spot for breech of business ethics and abuse of my customers, and then I would attempt to reclaim anything the contract had already paid if possible.

These overly dramatic posts do nothing but make me roll my eyes. Next.

Eh. I don't care about Chobot personally. I had no idea who she was before ME3, which almost makes the situation worse.

There are plenty of people complaining about the type of insults Chobot is getting. But here's the thing, she agreed to be in this game even though she'd never had a VA job. She agreed to allow her avatar to be portrayed as a vapid, one night stand without an ounce of self-respect.

And yet, we're supposed to respect her? She who makes baseless overly generalized comments about a game she hasn't finished and the fans who have?

Negative. It doesn't work that way. She put herself in this position and now she has to live with it.

So you feel that if a woman dresses in a skirt, she's asking for it?  You know what, I don't know you, and I'm glad I don't.

How does that feined internet smugness feel? Does it validate you?

Your comment is so misplaced it's laughable. Diana Allers is literally there to fulfill the prepubest male fantasy of being with Chobot. Diana Allers makes extremely sex fueled innuendo at Shepard and will sleep with the character after what... Two conversations only? Her character has no backstory whatsover and serves  no purpose other than to give you a handful of war assets.

Her 'character' [as I hessitate to even call it that considering the general 2D personality she had] is empty beyond its intended sexual appeal. To make the situation worse, Chobot signed off on that portrayal of her avatar and when you combine that with her complete lack of VA skill she leaves herself even more open to criticism than simply being a minor celebrity would. 

This has nothing to do with rape. And for you to fall back on that shows your complete lack argument. But whatever, do attempt to argue with a women's studies major about this.

Modifié par sistersafetypin, 04 avril 2012 - 12:17 .

[ObsidianAgent]

I never had a problem with Jessica Chobot/Diane Allers at all. She was a completely throwaway character as far as I was concerned and not worth burning out any brain cells over.

I didn't like the obvious collusion circle jerk between IGN and BioWare though.

Modifié par ObsidianAgent, 04 avril 2012 - 12:21 .

[Ibn_Shisha]

I don't know about you, but if I went on my company's fb or something (as we don't have individual employee blogs), and casually insulted clients that I had never met, over their opinion of something which I had actually not even seen yet, I'd be in line at the unemployment office, apology or no.

[Garlador]

This shows the conflict of interest that arose from this situation.

How CAN she be professional about a product that she is PERSONALLY invested in? It's like asking your mother to give an objective criticism of a drawing you've done.

That said, I think we can leave the poor girl alone now. No, Allers wasn't that great a character. No, Jessica Chobot's presence was distracting and her voice acting was pretty lackluster.

No, it didn't ruin the game anymore than drinking with helmets on in ME2 did.

[Whybother]

kathic wrote...

In her defense people have been unfairly critical of her.

She gave a horrible performance and she accepted a role that indicates a conflict of interest.  The criticism has been fair IMHO.

[gadenp]

People are reacting so strongly to Jessica Chobot as it is a outpour from their extremely strong dislike stemming from the ME3 ending. DA2 although there were a few issues, did not have as strong a reaction and outpouring of disbelieve/frustration that ME3 is currently experiencing.

Pleaase people Hold the Line but do not take it out on others.

[Nashiktal]

Whybother wrote...

kathic wrote...

In her defense people have been unfairly critical of her.

She gave a horrible performance and she accepted a role that indicates a conflict of interest.  The criticism has been fair IMHO.

You forgot the mention that bioware put more effort into her character than even some of the major characters and hell even species in the game, yet chobot is an amateur, here character barely says anything, her backstory exists in a few easily missable sentences....

[chester013]

Hopefully we can all learn from this, engage brain THEN open mouth. It's shockingly easy with a keyboard too.

[AcesRedd]

Landamskarn wrote...

I thought this was going to be about the voice acting. 

^ This.



Though my insanity Shepard has a thing for 'friendly' reporters

[TheJiveDJ]

Dang, she is getting some serious flak.  I feel bad for her, honestly I do...but did she seriously not see this coming?  How could she have failed to realize the painfully apparent conflict of interest in BioWare's offer?  First off, shame on BioWare for putting her in this position, it's disgusting really.  Double shame on IGN for allowing this deal to go through.  BioWare should be coming Jessica's defense instead of letting her flail in the wind since they are half the reason she's getting all this backlash.  The person who came up with this idea should take a refresher course in business ethics IMHO.

I'm sure this was more EA's influence than BW's but seriously, this cannot possibly be commonplace.  I'm not asserting that there was any actual bribery or conflict, but the optics of this entire situation is troubling to say the least.  Public perception, especially in business, can be very damaging even if there was no actual conflict present.  The potential for a conflict of interest is usually enough to raise eyebrows.  In publicly traded companies this apparent potential conflict of interest is compounded and has lead to terminations and resignations in countless businesses and even political offices/administrations.  Obviously this is a tad dramatic, and I'm not implying that someone should be fired, but I think this situation is serious enough to warrant a review of your policies when dealing with the press. 

I'd really appreciate a dev perspective on this.  What's the deal here BW?  How could you have allowed something like this to happen?

Modifié par TheJiveDJ, 05 avril 2012 - 05:24 .

[Direwolf0294]

I had no idea who Chobot even was until people started to complain about her. Now that I know who she is I have to say I don't think she should have been in the game. The idea of a reporter on your ship was interesting but Aller's model and VA were very poor. BioWare should have given us Emily Wong or Khalisah al-Jilani.

[magikbbg]

Hah, that post sounds more like a subtle passive aggressive f u than anything. Oh well to each their own, and how could you say bad things about your boss anyways. Just leave her alone she's loving all the attention.

[magikbbg]

Hah, that post sounds more like a subtle passive aggressive f u than anything. Oh well to each their own, and how could you say bad things about your boss anyways. Just leave her alone she's loving all the attention.

[iSpider-Man]

Whybother wrote...

kathic wrote...

In her defense people have been unfairly critical of her.

She gave a horrible performance and she accepted a role that indicates a conflict of interest.  The criticism has been fair IMHO.

this.

[Gemini1179]

Don't care. Not her fault she's in the game. I wouldn't have said no either. Blame BioWare. They had Emily Wong or Kalisah al-Jilani as options for a Paragon or Renegade Shep to have aboard Normandy that would have made some kind of sense.