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  • Spawndemon
    Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 6015

    #1

    FourZeroTwo's Rant

    Infinity Ward's community manager FourZeroTwo recently posted up a heated rant directed towards Activision's Noah Heller. Well...I'll just let you guys have a look:
    Seriously man….You’re killing me! If I see one more Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare google alert come through my inbox, that ends up being a COD:WaW article that is only showing up because YOU referenced Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare more times than you mention World At War….

    Especially when you’re pulling **** out of your ***. Come on man, interview about your game. Not OURS! Call of Duty: World at War can stand on it’s own merits, leave ours out of it. Like this gem of a quote from today’s article on CVG…

    “In the previous Call of Dutys it might take three or four shots from a bolt action rifle,” he explained. “We made sure that a single shot centre mass would kill that opponent because that’s the expectation of the player.”

    WTF are you talking about?! “in previous Call of Dutys blah blah blah”. First of all, you didn’t work on “previous Call of Dutys”, so don’t talk as if you’re down with how / why things were designed the way they were. Second, you’re completely ****ing wrong.

    Bolt Action rifles are one hit kills in every Call of Duty we (Infinity Ward) made!!

    I won’t compare it to World at War’s Bolt Actions, I can’t speak to that because I don’t work there. Just like you don’t work here, so please stop talking about our games.

    A rule of thumb I like to use is…. when promoting your game. Promote YOUR game. Don’t compare it to another game, or reference what OTHER games did in the past, pitch YOUR game. I mean, you have lots of cool things you could talk about… like Nazi Zombies….

    Can you guys please stop interviewing this guy, talk to someone who actually works on the Dev Team at Treyarch and knows what the **** they’re talking about. Not Senior Super Douche Noah Heller from Activision - who apparently has never played the game and doesn’t even work at the developer.

    Alright, I’m done ranting… but I can’t take another google alert of garbage coming through my inbox with ******** quotes from this guy.

    What are your thoughts on this rant? Does he have a point or is he being a bit immature and unprofessional? Let your thoughts be known!
  • thejeran
    Member
    • Sep 2006
    • 420

    #2
    Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

    He has very good points, and if they listened to him we might get reasonable information from the devs rather than, we are working hard, or we have found problems and will fix them. Damnit, Treyarchs lack of contact with players has realy ticked me off. WHAT are you going to fix? WHAT are you working hard on? WHY do you keep secrets when if you released them they would probably make people more excited for the game?

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    • Iwantcable
      Member
      • Jul 2007
      • 2362

      #3
      Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

      Bahahahaha. :rofl:

      I'd be pissed too if this Heller guy was spread lies about a game I developed.

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      • CptainCrunch
        I am the 1%
        • Oct 2007
        • 12976

        #4
        Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

        IDK. So his inbox fills up some. So what. Get a spam filter. Youre suppose to be the "representation" of IW and thats how you do it?

        I dont blame 402 for being upset, but to post this publicly? I tell you what, he can make a note and have Heller circle yes or no on it if he will shut up. I will even pass it along.

        Crunch
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        • Yukiism
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2006
          • 1578

          #5
          Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

          That 420 guy should be fired. Bad representation for IW. I always thought they was something odd about that guy. I dont know... i just dont like him.

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          • KiltedCoyote
            Member
            • Jul 2007
            • 120

            #6
            Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

            As someone put it to me, of course they are going to mention the game, it was the presecessor to this one. Its the same franchise. I can see where he is coming from to some degree, but seems silly to personally attack the publisher of both your own games and that of another development house developing the same franchise.

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            • imported_youm0nt
              Member
              • Jul 2007
              • 868

              #7
              Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

              Originally posted by Rick Astley
              That 420 guy should be fired. Bad representation for IW. I always thought they was something odd about that guy. I dont know... i just dont like him.
              Yeah, 420 should be fired. 402 should stay.

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              • GeneralPatton
                Member
                • May 2005
                • 942

                #8
                Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

                Well, I find it to be stupid that Activision hands over InfinityWards game to Treyarch and says "Here, change the models, skins, weapons and sell it as your own"... but, I am a fan of Call of Duty:World at War so whatever.

                From 402's standpoint though, he has a point.

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                • iQue
                  Member
                  • May 2007
                  • 4925

                  #9
                  Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

                  I can see that he is mad. Nothing beats the IW CoD's, unless Treyarch manage to change everything in the final release. And when that guy treyarch dude is using CoD4's success to promote their own game... well yeah

                  You can compare it to the old horror classic Carrie (from the 70's). Guess what the original developers thought about the horrible "sequel" that was made in 1999, using the first movies' success to promote it.

                  It might have been wrong of him to rant like this, but hey it's fun to read!

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                  • The_Eliminator
                    Senior Member
                    • Aug 2006
                    • 5486

                    #10
                    Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

                    Although i agree with what 402 have said i dont think that justifies in any way this personal attack. If they had issues they should sort it between them and come to solution, not publicly attack the guy.

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                    • JoMaMaz
                      Member
                      • Jul 2007
                      • 2305

                      #11
                      Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

                      Question, does 402 still have a job? :laugh:

                      Very unprofessional imo. I'm a graphic designer and I get frustrated/angry with customers/boss/other employees, BUT, I'm not in a position where I post a blog about it and thousands of people view it...wow. That wasn't right to publicly do this. And to the person a couple posts above, Noah is part of Activision, the publisher, not Treyarch, the developer.

                      Most of these Senior Exec Producers, etc get old anyway. After one interview, you know what they're gonna say in every interview...mainly b/c people ask the same stupid questions. :Smacktard:

                      Well, I look forward to 402's next blog on whether he got his point across and they commended him...or that he no longer has a job lol.

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                      • troybob
                        Member
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 2823

                        #12
                        Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

                        big no no.

                        do NOT do these attacks in public. He needs this:

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                        • solofowaffles
                          Member
                          • May 2006
                          • 4306

                          #13
                          Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

                          He has perfectly valid points.

                          But did this need to be public?

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                          • L3adcannon

                            #14
                            Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

                            ZeroForYou is a consoletard and an idiot. I would shake Noah Heller`s hand for pissing him off.
                            I hope he gets fired.

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                            • JoMaMaz
                              Member
                              • Jul 2007
                              • 2305

                              #15
                              Re: FourZeroTwo's Rant

                              Glad to see we're not holding back our opinions of FourZeroTwo :laugh:

                              It always feels like to me, that he is TRYING to be someone instead of being himself. Or maybe he is actually like that...and since he decided to make this blog, he may not just be trying to appear like someone 'cool', but really thinks he is. A quote he needs, "Never believe your own bullsh**"

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