[FondestMemory]

Originally Posted by JuneJuly

Soooo, what does FauxJohnMadden have to do with this story? lol

he was probably at least approached by them in the same way the nba memes kid was. whether or not he was actually involved, i dont know.

their approach to doing this was fairly brilliant, buy why not just start a legit site? getting people that have already created content and amassed a following is smart, but why not just let them keep doing what they do for the site?

its more work, but far more lucrative than stealing their shit to drive traffic to a new site and selling ads based on inflated launch numbers then bailing on everything, which is what i assume the plan was.

[FondestMemory]

awful announcing has an article todaydigging a little bit more into the twitter angle of the story.

[preppyak]

Originally Posted by JuneJuly

Soooo, what does FauxJohnMadden have to do with this story? lol

The same thing ESPN had in the story really...just names used to lure people in even though they were basically never involved

Originally Posted by bigmike

I like how Deadspin is suddenly the pinnacle of journalistic integrity. Like that Jenn Sterger stuff didn't happen without her really consenting it at first.

Well, that was Daleurio and now he's at Gawker. Craggs was always the guy who wanted to do hard-hitting news, so, it wouldn't surprise me if they kept becoming more legit.

But, they are still a site that posts lots of dong pictures, so, it's hard to take them 100% seriously even on something like this.

Originally Posted by FondestMemory

its more work, but far more lucrative than stealing their shit to drive traffic to a new site and selling ads based on inflated launch numbers then bailing on everything, which is what i assume the plan was.

Yes, but, then you have to pay them.

[preppyak]

Originally Posted by FondestMemory

awful announcing has an article todaydigging a little bit more into the twitter angle of the story.

ha, my favorite line "Yes, a fake Willy Wonka account is the key cog in a story about a fired ESPN columnist. Welcome to 2012."

[Zeran]

Originally Posted by rcrook

I'm excited to see Avengers. It's been getting really good reviews.

me too.

[jaimej]

Originally Posted by Scott Weber

thanks to that tutorial i was able to make my first real gif in no time flat, now i have to wait for a time to use it. it took like 2 hours to make my avatar in cs6, this way is so much easier.

I used that program to make the gif of you with all the beer boxes so many years back, haha.

Originally Posted by we are cured

anybody have a rec on a good home theater receiver? i have speakers and a TV already, looking to integrate with a turntable as well

Talk to Den he just got one for us and did a ton of research first.

[gonz]

Originally Posted by rcrook

coachella was 3 day passes only and even with it being hell trying to get passes when they went on sale there were so many that opened up 2 weeks before the festival. i had a ton of facebook friends and people on twitter offering up passes at face. i'd recommend that and if nothing opens up just use stub hub as a last resort. they actually end up going down in price the last day or two before the date.

I think I'm just going to panic buy a Saturday pass on stubhub. It's so far away and I have no idea when I'll actually be getting to Chicago for the weekend. Thanks for the info, though.

[we are cured]

Originally Posted by pand75

I have a Pioneer and it does the job. Also have my turntable hooked up, but make sure you get a phono pre-amp for it if its a dated turntable. I was confused for a while as to why I wasn't getting sound out of mine.

Originally Posted by jaimej

Talk to Den he just got one for us and did a ton of research first.

awesome thanks guys

[CarlosLunes]

drew if you dont go for that job in LA i'm going to come to your shitty town in middle america and kick you in your pussy lips.

[pand75]

#HireDrew

[Eich696]

Hahaha

[Drew Beringer]

yeah I applied last night

[rcrook]

Drew moving to LA would be like a sequel of Coming To America

[Eich696]

Originally Posted by Drew Beringer

yeah I applied last night

what is the job drew?

[Scott Weber]

Originally Posted by Drew Beringer

yeah I applied last night

good luck dude