Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5270762-20150126203233/@comment-5270762-20150605145809

73.9.98.70 wrote: The way I see it, both parties are in the wrong, not that either one will admit it. I love both of these people, and I believe that their work is some of the most outstanding in the form of game related entertainment. However we all know that both Simon and John are stuborn, like, really stuborn, mix this with the fact that John has thin skin and Simons a bit emotional, you get a tricky mix. The thing is, they are both part of Polaris, and as much as I'm sure they'de love to avoid eachother at the moment, their jobs force them together. I'm sure we can agree that TB has had some meltdowns in the past, but all of them were worked past and are now mearly relics of the past. (The twitter meltdown for example) and the Yogscast have done some dumb shit too.

Honestly though, above all else, the thing that will cause this to blow over, as these things so often do. Is the fact that both parties are basically smart. They'll see they weren't mature, they'll get over it, or even forget, and boom, right back on good terms. Its like my grandma always says. Friendship between stuborn people is like a relationship between chickens, they'll peck each other and squak at each other before leaving in disgust, then a few days later, they'll come back to each other like best buddies, and do it all over.

This, like so many other controversies, will fade, ultimatly, returning to nothing. They'll go back to being buddies, ratings will skyrocket, and this whole messy affair will become an old memory of stressful days past. I can disagree with a few things said here: First off; sure, TB has had some of his past 'meltdowns' blow over but nowhere near all of them. Have you not seen the amount of shit TB's had thrown at him over the last few months (the Matt Lees incident for example), which finally resulted to him to have a link in every single tweet he makes from now on, to avoid any controversial statements and stuff that could be taken out of context.

Secondly: I very highly doubt they will "go back to being buddies" after this. A lot of older incidents with similarities to this may have blown over, but none that have been this intense (can't think of a better word to use) have had the two (or more) parties become friendly again. To put you in his perspective, would you become friendly with a team of people who (as far as we know) falsely claimed you went against your reviewing morals and publicly insulted you about your opinions on a certain topic (Gamergate, in this case)? I doubt it.