"Disgruntled ArenaNet employee" blogger finally admits it was a hoax
by Shawn Schuster 
Sep 12th 2008 at 5:00PM
Filed under: Fantasy, Guild Wars, MMO industry, Opinion, Rumors
If you're a long time fan of Guild Wars, or you're just finely-tuned into the realm of MMO news as any good Massively reader should be, you may remember some controversy that erupted last year regarding a blog that claimed to be written by a disgruntled former employee of ArenaNet. This blog supposedly outed ArenaNet for working with gold farmers in some elaborate scheme to make the company more money, undercut the dedicated player-base and massacre hundreds of thousands of small fluffy bunnies. Okay, we may have exaggerated a bit on that last one.Needless to say, the interwebs were quite worked up over this, and ArenaNet came under fire several times for it. Well, it turns out that the creator of that blog finally admitted that it was all a cruel joke. They apologized (er, kinda) for the trauma they caused the community, and blamed it all on the fact that they were "bored". You may also notice that this "explanation" was created way back in July, but this just goes to show how thoroughly this person's scheme fizzled into obscurity.
[Via Aspendawn]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tony said on 6:27PM 9-12-2008
I hope he realizes that he can be sued over that. It likely affected their stock.
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Wjowski said on 6:34PM 9-12-2008
Oughta haul his ass into court for libel.
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Neko Ali said on 7:01PM 9-12-2008
They certainly could. Then again, they might just sit back and chuckle while he tries to get a job in the industry pretty much anywhere again. That's the kind of stunt that will really kill your chances in a close knit industry.
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Syl said on 8:26PM 9-12-2008
Apologizing after one year, what an *ss hole.
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