Baileyborough
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For the record, I don't think he's a douche, I just don't find him funny, and can think of funnier people. I also think he's a bit of an attention seeker, and drags his "jokes" out a bit too long.
wheaton is such a ....
wheaton is such a douche bag and hypocrite ...
I don't understand all the Wheaton hate, personally, I like him.
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Also, these guys are getting paid to play. It's part of WotCs marketing budget, so it's not a matter of inviting him back, and there's nothing new or unusual about disliking a co-worker and still having to work with him/her.
As for Wil love, I think his series "TableTop" is probably the best ad for table top gaming anyone has ever done. That alone should get him some credit.
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Right... that is why Mike and Jerry had Wil give the keynote address at the first ever PAX, and invited him back to give the keynote at the first PAX East. Thats why he's invited to every PAX, and has a giant panel every year.
As for "being paid", PA has an ad policy of not doing site take-over, not doing pop outs, and not running ads for games they don't like or haven't played. They ask for demos/betas of games before they'll run ads. They've even pulled ads when the game launches is different than the played beta.
Mike even talked about how they lost the deal to do a comic book for the Old Republic MMO after Mike posted about why he stopped playing.
So, I'm going to wager they like Wil, because apart for the above, they've said they like him.
As for Wil love, I think his series "TableTop" is probably the best ad for table top gaming anyone has ever done. That alone should get him some credit.
Kris isn't in the game because he wasn't in Seattle when this all started. He should be the fifth member, but alas.
I liked this one better than last year's, but not as much as the first live show (which I was at). They aren't as good at 4+ hour podcasts, but I take what I get.
As for "name calling"...do a Google search of wil wheaton is a douche. It returns 86,000 or so hits for a reason.