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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:27:22 No.41100872 View View Reply Original Report

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When /vp/ tosses the term "shills" around, does anyone here actually believe GameFreak would pay for extra workers, or is it just an easy insult to use?
It's lost all meaning at this point.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:28:26 No.41100903 Report

Quoted By: >>41100994 >>41101066 >>41101301 >>41101663

>>41100872
They're unpaid shills

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:30:24 No.41100953 Report

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>>41100872
Some people work for free

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:31:06 No.41100965 Report

Quoted By: >>41101301

They do it for free

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:32:13 No.41100994 Report

Quoted By: >>41101021 >>41101238

>>41100903
So it's lost its meaning then.
Thats not what a shill is. A shill has actually be on the inside - to 'take the shilling'. Else they are just a myopic/ignorant fanboy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:32:17 No.41100996 Report

Quoted By: >>41101012

no one is allowed to like this game so they call us shills
game is flawed, very much so but Im still going to enjoy it

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:32:48 No.41101012 Report

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>>41100996
Shit eater

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:33:02 No.41101021 Report

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>>41100994
you mean language is mutable?
what a strange and novel concept
this has never happened before

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:33:27 No.41101030 Report

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>>41100872
"shills" is a literal reddit slurr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYoHcExQjV4

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:33:45 No.41101039 Report

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>>41101012
Insecure bitch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:34:19 No.41101055 Report

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>>41100872
They are more willing to spend money on promotion than the actual game, that's for sure

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:34:48 No.41101063 Report

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>>41101021
No he means you are an ignorant retard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:34:53 No.41101066 Report

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>>41100903
In Mexico we call them Merolicos.
Morons that try to trick you into buying a faulty product, literally snake oil salesman.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:35:09 No.41101076 Report

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there are literal paid shills on 4chan but I'm not sure if any of them hang out on /vp/

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:35:11 No.41101080 Report

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>>41101039
I can't be insecure when I got my dignity intact, unlike others.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:35:34 No.41101087 Report

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>>41100872

Literally every single company of a certain size has a social media presence with tons of fake followers. Are you fucking stupid or something?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:35:35 No.41101088 Report

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>>41100872
it's just tossed around. Most SS "supporters" here don't support other pokemon games like LGPE or ORAS. Retards just can't fathom others having different opinions than them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:36:20 No.41101112 Report

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>>41100872
It’s free promotion from idiots who MIGHT AS WELL BE paid shills. That’s what’s so insulting about it. It just means a person with no integrity.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:37:17 No.41101141 Report

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>>41101066
why do spics always tell us about their language fuck off

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:37:27 No.41101146 Report

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>>41101063
Nah, pretty sure Shakespeare invented a bunch of words we use today just because they sounded cool and we went with it. I agree zoomer slang is retarded (bar for words like zoomer which is ironically one of them) but shit like “cuck” and still having a wider use as an insult is fine

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:39:29 No.41101204 Report

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>>41101141
lol chinga a tu madre gringo

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:40:22 No.41101238 Report

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>>41100872
>>41100994
>If I keep saying it lost its meaning, it'll be true, right?
unfortunately, it doesn't work that way and the stigma of saying anything positive about the game won't go away even if the term "shill" does.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:40:31 No.41101243 Report

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>>41101066
lies. pretty sure you just call em pendejos

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:40:48 No.41101253 Report

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>>41100872
I think most of their money goes to shilling the games. Why do you think they're pushed so hard on forums like this one whilst GF itself is still a "small indie studio" that can't into basic game design?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:41:13 No.41101276 Report

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>>41101141
I want to know more.

>>41101066
Fuck back on.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:41:18 No.41101278 Report

Quoted By: >>41101360

>>41101021
Language can change over time sure. But if you use a word that in context seems like the previous meaning should fit.
Like if I called you a horsefucker everyone is going to think I mean you fuck horses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:42:15 No.41101301 Report

Quoted By: >>41101328

>>41100903
>>41100953
>>41100965
So they're jannies?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:43:00 No.41101328 Report

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>>41101301
worse, at least jannies get to have SOME power. shills don't even get that privilege

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:43:48 No.41101355 Report

Quoted By: >>41101388 >>41101430

>>41100872
Shills are faggots that try to psyop you into buying a shitty product. They can be actual paid advertisers, or just trolls using discord, or just a group of retarded fanboy corporate drones whose loyalty programming makes them upset when you point out something is shit.
Shilling is something you do, and if you do it then you’re a shill

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:44:09 No.41101360 Report

Quoted By: >>41101464

>>41101278
So when people say "motherfucker" you assume they're implying the person fucks mothers and there's no further meaning?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:44:43 No.41101388 Report

Quoted By: >>41101441

>>41101355
so its a buzzword then

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:44:44 No.41101390 Report

Quoted By: >>41102199

>>41101146
The problem is that we're turning preexisting words with specific definitions into "word i use to insult people I don't like".

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:45:51 No.41101430 Report

Quoted By: >>41101480

>>41101355
Nah. To the retards on vp it just means anyone who wants to play the game

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:46:08 No.41101441 Report

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>>41101388
It’s a piece of terminology, not some corporate buzzword designed to make something bad seem good.
It’s jargon

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:46:45 No.41101462 Report

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I agree, “shill” implies they are being paid. The term “useful idiot” is a better descriptor.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:46:49 No.41101464 Report

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>>41101360
I'd go with the dictionary definition, as in someone so bad he'd have no qualms fucking your mother.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:47:23 No.41101480 Report

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>>41101430
Just emulate it man, don’t waste your money. And if you want it on switch that bad just emulate it until you can get it used so GF doesn’t get your money and you don’t support shitty business practices

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:47:49 No.41101493 Report

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>>41100872
The problem with “words change meaning!” is that whenever i see someone start sperging about shills because another person said they like the game, I just assume they’re a schizo and/or retarded. It’s laughable. It means nothing

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:48:28 No.41101514 Report

Quoted By: >>41101627

>>41100872
No, they may not be getting paid, but it's still "shilling" in the sense that you are needlessly dedicated to pushing a product or idea and defending it from any criticism (valid or not). Whether someone is shilling for money, because they feel personally insulted by criticism, or just to troll, it doesn't change that they are shilling or acting like a shill.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:51:18 No.41101612 Report

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>>41100872
>would they pay shills?
They already do, shills are nothing more than people pretending to be unrelated. They pay reviewers and "influencers" with early demos, special treatment at events and other things. so they definitely have things to gain by defending the company.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:51:56 No.41101627 Report

Quoted By: >>41104355

>>41101514
This makes some sense, because there is still an investment in seeing the (product) do well. Even if it's just an emotional one.
It's still fucking stupid to reappropriate the meaning like that, but I guess at a stretch..

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:52:29 No.41101646 Report

Quoted By: >>41101988

>shill:
>1. a : one who acts as a decoy (as for a pitchman or gambler)
>b : one who makes a sales pitch or serves as a promoter
Hmmm people praising SwSh and defending it from criticism sure do seem to fit the definition as promoters. But I guess the dictionary definition must be wrong because it hurts shills’ feelings :(

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 20:52:53 No.41101663 Report

Quoted By: >>41102180

>>41100903

This.

They are fanatic leftist trannies/women/faggots that defend gamefreak because they don't want the free market to punish this shit company.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:02:02 No.41101988 Report

Quoted By: >>41102061 >>41103363

>>41101646
>talking about positives of a game while everyone wants a negative circlejerk is "shilling"
The thing is, no one is telling you to buy it. Just that they like it and that you need to stop getting your facts mixed up about the game

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:04:22 No.41102061 Report

Quoted By: >>41102111 >>41102295

>>41101988
Except that 4chan is elitist as fuck, so unless you can back up your positivity with facts and proof, you simply have bad taste and should either learn your lesson or GTFO.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:05:55 No.41102111 Report

Quoted By: >>41102258

>>41102061
I mean if we can back up negativity with facts and proof, shouldn't one be able to do the same for things to be positive about?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:07:48 No.41102180 Report

Quoted By: >>41102832

>>41101663
the free market gave you this dogshit game dumbass

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:08:07 No.41102199 Report

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>>41101390
Which is fine

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:10:08 No.41102258 Report

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>>41102111
They could, but 99% is just "but I like it!", and "I will have fun".
I particularly hate the "the design is supposed to be bad, so it means it's good!"

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:10:57 No.41102295 Report

Quoted By: >>41102614

>>41102061
>it's okay to shill if you're right

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:20:21 No.41102608 Report

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>>41100872
HE
DOES
IT
FOR
FREE

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:20:36 No.41102614 Report

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>>41102295
positivity =/= shills
When they released that video last week with some QoL improvements, people saw the positivity about it without being shills.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:27:04 No.41102832 Report

Quoted By: >>41105233

>>41102180

And gamefreak will be punished. In the last year a lot of companies of franchises offered shit products and got hurt. Why do you think gamefreak will get away?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:28:45 No.41102891 Report

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>>41100872
Shills don't have to be paid directly by Gamefreak or Nintendo. They can be people who get monetary compensation by helping the brand's exposure. Examples of this include poketubers, pokemon website runners, and pokemon fanartists.

Drones and fanboys are the ones who do it for free

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:43:41 No.41103363 Report

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>>41101988
>>talking about positives of a game...is "shilling"
Yes, I’m glad you understand how to read a dictionary definition. Anyone praising the game is essentially promoting it, or in other words, is a shill.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 21:46:06 No.41103450 Report

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>>41101141
In Puerto Rico, we call you lambeojo

Brett !!TORtoOQMEfy

Brett !!TORtoOQMEfy Tue 12 Nov 2019 22:15:15 No.41104355 Report

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>>41100872
Welcome to 2014 or whenever.

>>41101627
I thought people only shit on the product because they want to see it do well.

What other possible reason could there be? Hmm...

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 12 Nov 2019 22:40:02 No.41105233 Report

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>>41102832
a lot of companies offered shit products and got away with it too. I'm sure Fifa, Star Wars, Disney live action, Game of Thrones, Potterverse, Final Fantasy etc are crying into their wallets.
None of these things have run at a loss.

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