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[Domino Theory]

didn't realise how on the nose this would be when I made it:

Oh well eh. Lessons harshly learned.

Definitely looks like a Sweet Billy.

 

[Nags]

Oh holy shi...

 

[Corto]

Good luck to him and hope he falls on his feet. I'm sure he took something valuable from all this PR catastrophe.

 

[Guevara]

Social media a double-edged sword.

 

[RoKKeR]

I'm sorry.

#DealWithIt

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Sucks for the people working on whatever project he was the "creative director" for.

 

[UrbanRats]

Seems a bit excessive, unless i missed something.

As always, the Internet goes overboard.

 

[DragonSworne]

What about Sweet Billy, does he still work at MS?

 

[Jigolo]

Gaf ruined this guy.

 

[Zeliard]

Twitter has amazing culling powers

 

[Painraze]

Another victim of the cesspool of humanity known as twitter. Hope he learned his lesson.

Yup, this. It's crazy how many people ruin their careers over fucking Twitter.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Wow....

 

[lantus]

Shouldn't have opened his mouth.

 

[Hsieh]

I'm pretty sure this has less to do with him being a jerk on Twitter and more to do with him leaking company secrets on Twitter. The next XBox still hasn't been revealed yet and everything about is still supposed to be a company secret. I'm pretty sure Microsoft has a policy of not talking about speculation or rumors and he talked about it on Twitter as if the rumors were true essentially confirming them.

 

[DragonSworne]

Yup, this. It's crazy how many people ruin their careers over fucking Twitter.

Another victim of the cesspool of humanity known as twitter. Hope he learned his lesson.

Doubt it. He had the something happen to him before with war vets and Halo. Said he learned his lesson then but obviously not.

 

[Acquiescence]

I guess something like that really must have transpired. I wonder if he'll change his moniker to Sour Billy temporarily.

 

[GAMERG0D]

I'm sorry Sweet Billy.

heh

 

[Iacobellis]

Dumbass.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Probably was getting lots of hate mail. Though I thought they would have fired him, not just quit. Maybe he wanted to quit and wanted to cause all this drama before he does. *shrug*

 

[BlazingDarkness]

oh shit
:lol

 

[RangerBAD]

I think he was trying to commit career suicide to begin with.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Maybe he left because they wouldn't call him Sweet Billy? Or he found a job with a company that has a better internet connection?

 

[Alebrije]

Sorry for his family , hope he gets a job soon and do not spoil it again...

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Good.

Well deserved.

 

[valkillmore]

I'm sorry Sweet Billy.

Should have been first post. But awesome nonetheless. You're not seriously upset over this are you?

 

[PetrCobra]

By his silly analogies which he publicly defended in a rather rude manner, he was hurting his employer. So I guess this was one way to resolve it.

 

[Diggeh]

Goodnight Sweet Billy.

Can we give Shinobi his new honorary tag now?

 

[tim.mbp]

#shockingnews

 

[Nags]

It's really fucking happening.

 

[Camp Lo]

More ridicule for this man!! More!!

 

[The Light]

Wow gets fired for a joking convo he had with someone on twitter?

 

[Queen of Hunting]

well this is the second time adam did this the first time was with sony...

 

[Guevara]

If only we could get MS to fire always-online

 

[DragonSworne]

Wow gets fired for a joking convo he had with someone on twitter?

Gets fired for being in twitter

 

[Ryu]

I'm sorry Sweet Billy.

 

[Jake Tower]

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Gaf ruined this guy.

Guy ruined himself. He bad mouthed customers over twitter under his working title. He got what he deserved and within the rules of his employment.

 

[statham]

so wrong, but yet so right.

 

[JB1981]

Because of that?

seriously. dude made some questionable comments but i don't think he should have been fired for them.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Wow gets fired for a joking convo he had with someone on twitter?

and then proceed to hide "joke" twitter posts


Why hide them?

 

[Kraftwerk]

Yup, this. It's crazy how many people ruin their careers over fucking Twitter.

Indeed. One of the main reason I will never have an online profile on twitter, Facebook and such. One wrong word and you are done. The worst part is that it will always remain online for any future employer to see. The only online profile I have with my real information is LinkedIn, and that I s only used for networking.

 

[Alebrije]

Lose a job and become a meme. Murphy´s Law.

 

[Wario64]

Adam Orth's Linkedin profile no longer exists

 

[Mondriaan]

I suspect that Microsoft encourages a true believer culture and his frustration with the rumors flying around probably caused him to snap.

You can't be turned on all the time, though. There are times when you need to know when to tune in and when to drop out.

 

[xxracerxx]

Wow gets fired for a joking convo he had with someone on twitter?

If that is all you think it was.....

 

[BrokenEchelon]

As I said in the other thread: Dipshit.

 

[onQ123]

I'm sorry Sweet Billy.

 

[hammster]

Sometimes I make misjudged statements on Twitter. I will not have a job.

 

[GG-Duo]

that sucks. i don't feel like he should have been fired for that. i wonder what made him resign...?

 

[Guevara]

Adam Orth's Linkedin profile no longer exists

They didn't just fire him, he got deleted.