Pincus is a...

[Pincus]

...dick. But we all knew that about me, right?

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/201 ... ck_ipo.php

(For those who don't know about startups...getting pre-IPO shares is one hell of a benefit, especially after working long hours and getting little pay in some cases)

[Duskheron]

Wow. I'm not sure if dick is a strong enough word for that kinda BS.

[Viktor]

Welcome to corporate america. I am the CEO, my job is to con stupid people into giving me money so I can con talented people/hard workers into making my company great which I in turn reward them by using the profits to buy my company back before it becomes lucrative then F over all my employees so I can get all the reward.

As long as people are willing to stupidly sit there and take it up the ass from guys like this it will continue.

[Abric]

Well, someone had to fuck it up for everyone else in the gaming community. Might as well be the douche nozzle that made Farmville.

[Ashenfury]

I thought you were Mark Pincus for a whole second. xD

[Pincus]

Yup. Still a dick.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/ ... -strategy/

(For those late to the game: https://s3.amazonaws.com/nbpromo/dearzynga.jpg)

[Abric]

Interesting read. I think it would of been more of an opinion piece if it was not for the pictures to associate with the letter.

I think the author doesn't like Zynga. More importantly, the humor of the guy being named "Mark Pincus" means it is one of those quirks in life... or like him, OUR Pincus is a copycat!

CONSPIRACY!

[Viktor]

Interesting read. I think it would of been more of an opinion piece if it was not for the pictures to associate with the letter.

I think the author doesn't like Zynga. More importantly, the humor of the guy being named "Mark Pincus" means it is one of those quirks in life... or like him, OUR Pincus is a copycat!

CONSPIRACY!

He definitely doesn't like the guy but he isn't the only one. The problem is that copyright law is so flimsy it lets people get away with it. Simply not using the exact same graphics or not using the exact same code doesn't mean you didn't steal the product.

[Abric]

Then I guess we need to increase the copyright laws! SOPA, Come baaaaaaaaaaaack!

[Greebo]

Can't copyright an idea, can copyright a design. So no, we don't need to increase copyright laws. I would say "working as intended" but it clearly isn't.

[Pincus]

Nope, no copyright problems here, but just bad taste, really.

I mean, when one of your VPs is on-the-record, quoted as saying: "We're an analytics company masquerading as a games company." and your CEO may have said "I don't fucking want innovation. You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers."

And that photo. It all screams "douchenozzle".

[Bloodscream]

Didn't read the article... recognized the name.

That guy is an EPIC douche. Their development philosophy since their birth has been "steal shit from everyone else, it saves time on development"

Farmville is a clone of another game, so is everything they have every released. I don't think Zynga has ever made an original game, they just have the bext distribution and a deal with facebook...

DOUCHE....NOZZLE!!

He is well known and reviled in the gaming industry.

DOUCHE....NOZZLE!!

Stupid warlock...

[Yrzuli]

So... Zynga is in fact Disney.