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12-28-2011 , 12:15 PM

Grummin

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Hi all,

In case anyone's been asleep the past 24 hours, the net's buzzing about this guy Paul Christoforo who's a rep for Ocean's Marketing melting down on a customer. Penny Arcade gets involved yesterday and has brought the weight of the Internet down on this bully who's STILL tweeting about how this isn't going to make a dent in his company.

Started here:
http://penny-arcade.com/2011/12/27

Then the community gets in:
http://www.webpronews.com/ocean-mark...ternet-2011-12
http://intentious.com/2011/12/28/oce...l-christoforo/

I was in the process of showing someone my wife's christmas quest video on Youtube (seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS4G2f2Xy3w ) when I see a video uploaded already about ocean marketing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqV9kx40RG0

He's still on twitter at @OceanStratagy (his spelling, not mine) if you'd like to share your opinion of his tactics.

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12-28-2011 , 12:27 PM

JinX11

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The internet is serious business.

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12-28-2011 , 12:46 PM

Nonfiction

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Yeah i've been following this on reddit, absolutely hilarious fail

his facebook: http://i.imgur.com/KvD6D.jpg

http://www.examiner.com/video-game-i...id-at-all-cost

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12-28-2011 , 01:47 PM

Rarity

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I wwebsite as on the internet when you were a sperm in your daddys balls and before it was the internet

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12-28-2011 , 06:48 PM

clowntable

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Good marketing.

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12-28-2011 , 07:06 PM

Inso0

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Originally Posted by clowntable

Good marketting.

FYP

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12-28-2011 , 10:35 PM

CrazyEyez

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Not just a little bit….THE WHOLE F*CKIN BEEFALO.

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12-28-2011 , 11:23 PM

Nonfiction

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Originally Posted by clowntable

Good marketing.

I thought so too initially, was just some viral ****, but doesnt look like it, product currently has like 2k 1 star reviews on amazon and that guys life is apparently ruined now

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12-29-2011 , 12:48 AM

dlk9s

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White font on blue background gives me a headache.

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12-29-2011 , 01:02 AM

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Low Key

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Where does one buy that dvd, might I ask?

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12-29-2011 , 01:43 AM

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knef

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If it isn't indeed the case of viral marketing gone wrong, then the guy is clearly a psychopath.

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12-29-2011 , 05:19 AM

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WinEvryRacex

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Originally Posted by Grummin

Wow, that was hilarioussssss.

Thanks for posting.

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12-29-2011 , 05:39 AM

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El Kabong

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I really doubt its an attempt at viral. The guy just seems like a huge moron. That youtube video is solid.

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12-29-2011 , 05:40 AM

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fiskebent

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He's responded to the criticism: http://kotaku.com/5871656/chastened-...ul-Christoforo

It's a pretty bad, rambling, defense and boils down to "This is how I usually act and the only thing I'm sorry about is that I got caught".

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12-29-2011 , 10:54 AM

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Baintz

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Yeah, thanks for posting OP. I've just spent the last 90 or so minutes clicking all the links associated with this story and I thought it was massively entertaining.

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12-29-2011 , 11:27 AM

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nickthetick

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This **** is hilarious.

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12-29-2011 , 01:28 PM

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splashpot

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He now claims he was being bullied wtf.

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12-29-2011 , 02:19 PM

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Nonfiction

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http://www.dailydot.com/business/n-c...l-christoforo/

cliffs: they hired a pr disaster relief guy who is making fun of the other guy on twitter to help distance themselves from him

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“Paul Christoforo no longer has anything to do with us,” he tweeted. “We'd wish him well, but he already knows all the most powerful people in the world.”

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12-29-2011 , 02:28 PM

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YouR_DooM

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lol

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12-29-2011 , 02:34 PM

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DerekJCEX

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"I don't know the mayor of Boston," he admitted. "That was taken totally out of context, I was just joking around. I am from Boston, though, and I know a lot of people people who own clubs. I know some influential people, like the guy who runs the door at the convention center."

LOOOOL

Last edited by DerekJCEX; 12-29-2011 at 02:40 PM.

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12-30-2011 , 02:28 PM

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Nonfiction

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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...-Former-Client

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12-30-2011 , 03:12 PM

#22

Aytumious

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Sup bro is all grown up!

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12-30-2011 , 05:14 PM

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fiskebent

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Originally Posted by DerekJCEX

Yeah, that was pretty good. Sadly that joke was the only part of the 'apology' that made him sound vaguely human.

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12-31-2011 , 02:11 PM

#24

Charmer

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haha just read all that... absolutely amazing. it just kept getting better and better... impersonating someone else from a hotmail address that youve also used at a steroid website? and then rofl at

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12-31-2011 , 02:36 PM

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CrazyEyez

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lol, you happen to pick a fight and take a swing at a guy. Like I mean sometimes it just happens, nothing you can do about it. Totally unfair for the guy to kick your ass in that situation.

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