Gizmodo blogger goes all "mean girl" on MtG world champ and the internet EXPLODES WITH RAGE

[Doclector]

She truly deserves every bit of hate she recieves for this. I wonder if anyone can dig up anything nerdy, nay, actually shameful she's done and parade it as if it's the worst thing ever? I damn well hope so.

 

[IamQ]

What a colossal *****. I'd rather be with a world-champion card game tournament winner than a bitchy internet columnist anyway.

But onto more important matters: Adam Jensen commented on that article.

Adam Jensen
August 30, 2011 at 1:20 pm

Wow, what a bitchy move you did. Heaven forbid someone has a hobby that they're exceptionally good at and can earn a shitload of money from tournaments. But oh no, it's NERDY!

I'm just gonna say this: You're a horrible person, and with that sort of attitude you'll probably die single, which is a good thing - because I feel sorry for anyone who gets into a relationship with you, you shallow, mean woman.

In 16 years she is in a lot of trouble.

What happens then?

In 16 years it's 2027. That's the date in which Deus Ex: Human Revolution takes place. Adam Jensen is the main character of that game.

 

[Klepa]

So in the sea of "dam gurl u fine!" assholes, she finds one guy who's normal. But here's the catch: He doesn't make his money quite the way she hoped he would.

OH THE CALAMITY!!

She needs to go and see a therapist, because her world will never be the same after such a horrible incident.

 

[Jake Martinez]

Wow... there are articles on Forbes and Wired already about this.

Well, if she wasn't a famous journalist before this, there's a good chance she will be now. Of course, she'll be famous for being a vapid twunt, but hey, beggars can't be choosers...

 

[Hero in a half shell]

Well, the internet will make sure to repay her in kind, and then some. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I think this was just a complete failure on the writers part to gauge the audience she was writing for. It would probably have been a good article for a girls gossip magazine, but slagging off nerdy hobbies when your audience is people with nerdy hobbies... maybe she just wants to get fired?

 

[Corven]

Yeah she's a *****, and now hopefully people will take her own advice and google search her and read these articles and see how much of a judgmental asshole she is before going on a date with her.

 

[KaosuHamoni]

What a mean-spirited, horrible thing to do. I know people who play 40K, and I don't take the piss out of them for it, in fact I simply wish that I had the money and time to do a second expensive hobby (gaming being the primary one).

She's going to find herself very lonely in years to come, and you know, I'm sure that the guy can do better than her.

 

[farscythe]

That's a really big overreaction. I mean, sure, that's something you might want to mention on your profile, but it doesn't guarantee that his whole life is consumed by the card game, even though he's a world champ. I'm sure Bill Gates has a life outside of computers.

The whole tone of the article was so vindictive like he had done this great wronging to her; I mean, she felt the need to take revenge on him. It's ridiculous.

actually.. im fairly sure that like being rich being a champion isnt really something you want to put on profile. itll just invite trolls n gold diggers. people that care about whatever your champion off will probably know you are without being told.

other than that agree with everything said in here so far

 

[Qitz]

She truly deserves every bit of hate she recieves for this. I wonder if anyone can dig up anything nerdy, nay, actually shameful she's done and parade it as if it's the worst thing ever? I damn well hope so.

You mean like being part of Gizmodo?

It's Gizmodo, I wouldn't be surprised if they did all this to drive traffic to their website.

 

[Slycne]

Ya I dont see a single problem at all with what she wrote. I did not see his actual name anywhere in the article. That would have been the only problem I would have with it anyways.

It looks like the .au version edited his name out, but the .com one still has it in bold.

He's Jon motherfucking Finkel, the man who is so widely revered in the game of Magic that he's been immortalized in his own playing card.

http://gizmodo.com/5833787/my-brief-okcupid-affair-with-a-world-champion-magic-the-gathering-player

 

[King Toasty]

Cue all the "tap dat" jokes.

Anyways, yeah. Reddit's pretty pissed about it, the guy did an IAMA.

 

[The Nix]

I just have to post this (funnny) slightly condensed version of what she wrote

http://nerdpuddle.com/my-brief-okcupid-affair-with-a-world-champion-magic-the-gathering-player-ugh-ugh-ugh/

 

[DrgoFx]

Geek dates blogger, blogger blogs about it, internet rages.

She hardly says anything half as scathing as the people who knee jerked to her recap of her two dates. Plus, tickets for a one-man show based on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer?s life story... what a shit first date. The Magic Geek has no game! Being obsessed with a card game is plenty of reason to not date someone. As she mentioned, she wouldn't have even bothered had he been upfront on his profile about this 'important' part of his life.

Actually I'd do the same...In fact, I invited my girlfriend over one night and we watched a documentary on Ted Bundy. I don't praise serial killers, but I find them interesting, how their minds work and how they see the world. It's also good to learn information about a good portion of people. My favorite role to play as an actor is the psychotic villain. I'm only lucky I have a girlfriend that's like me and the only TV shows we watch are crime dramas.

 

[Mid-Boss]

Yes, she is a super ***** of unimagined proportions. But he should have been able to discern that before he went out with her. Either by reading her profile, through some online conversation pre-date, or just by her picture. You can identify most uber bitches just by looking at them. Does it look like she spends more money on clothes and at the salon than she does on rent? Or that she spends more than 15 minutes in front of a mirror in the morning? Is she bleached blond? BIG indications there that appearance is all important to her.

Either she lured him in just to troll him like this or he was an idiot for going out with her in the first place.

 

[GigaHz]

Especially after seeing the guy, I can safely say:

CRISIS AVERTED.

He almost ended up in a relationship with a real shallow c*nt. He's handsome enough that he doesn't have to put up with that garbage. Besides... the woman was dating a WORLD champion of something. It doesn't matter what it is, the guy is one of the best in the WORLD! She will never have a chance to date another world champion anything again in her life, mark my words.