HAH.. I lol'd at this.

I see somebody missed the 'PR 101' class.

How could Ryan have missed the chance to call him "pal"

Damn it.

How deliciously condescending.

Let's hope this bitchmade PR rep's bosses see that tweet's audience and the fact that AC3 was supposed to be showcased on TNT in an hour.

Wow, does whoever posted that know who Ryan is? Regardless that came off condescending as fuck. Good on Ryan for being a dick back to him.

Assassin's Creed ‏assassinscreed

Bumpkinvilletaswell Back onlinew. Sorry for calling you "buddy," Ryan. Say "hi" to Jeff, Brad and the rest of the Giantbomb-ers for us!

@Tim_the_Corsair said:

How could Ryan have missed the chance to call him "pal" Damn it.

Dude or lady was clearly having a bad day, wow. Broken launches really shouldn't be excusable; paying $60 for a product and having it be partly unusable isn't ok.

@HatKing said:

Wow, does whoever posted that know who Ryan is? Regardless that came off condescending as fuck. Good on Ryan for being a dick back to him.

They do now

http://twitter.com/taswell

@Pie said:

Assassin's Creed ‏assassinscreed

Bumpkinvilletaswell Back onlinew. Sorry for calling you "buddy," Ryan. Say "hi" to Jeff, Brad and the rest of the Giantbomb-ers for us!

They are back off. I was in the middle of a game then was disconnected and taken to Limited Mode.

@Chuggsy said:

Dude or lady was clearly having a bad day, wow. Broken launches really shouldn't be excusable; paying $60 for a product and having it be partly unusable isn't ok.

Word, Considering How HARD they've been advertising this game. I dont get how this is always an issue for every game that has multiplayer.

Hurray for not having a 360

Of course there's a goddamn thread about this.

I prefer my PR with a lil pizzazz

I think people are taking this a little too cereal.

This "buddy" will probably hear from his boss. Because he is responding in a condescending matter to a customer, but moreso for not (at the very least) doing a tiny check on the number of followers someone has before calling them buddy.

@AlexW00d said:

Of course there's a goddamn thread about this.

This. Also I add nothing to conversations!

One star!

I prefer my PR with a lil pizzazz

@big_jon said:

I think people are taking this a little too cereal.

Yes

@TheSouthernDandy said:

@TheHumanDove

I prefer my PR with a lil pizzazz

Keep your pi. Zzazz is enough for me.

Keep your pi and zz, I'm an azz man.

@TheLastNeo: heh. Ryan was pretty understanding.

@taswell @assassinscreed launch week is stressful. I get that. If you're the social media face, though, you gotta be more deferential! Even to jerks.

Fuck Ryan Davis

Ryan should send that guy one of these as a parting gift when he gets fired

@big_jon: Assassin's Creed has a cereal line now?

Man, what I wouldn't give for a bowl of Ezi-Oooooos.

Social media faux-pas or not, at least this isn't as bad as Diablo III's launch week.

@ChadMasterFlash: lol, I don't know what to feel more chills about. The fact at first AC twitter called him 'buddy' when they thought he was just a regular joe or then the desperate backtrack of 'oh..hey..sorry, game reviewer *gulp*...say hello to the wife and kids for me'

The servers are apparently back down again. I hope Need for Speed online is working! Also I hope they have another back up game!

I was kind of shocked they responded to Ryan at all. Most PR twitter accounts just completely ignore everything negative.

Some of you guys say 'do they know who he is?' like they should... he's just another dude writing about video games on the internet

The guy said he was sorry, give him a break, his job is probably to answer people bashing their game 24/7.

wish this was about all the crazy bugs in the single-player lol, I'm surprised he got a response

The guy said he was sorry, give him a break, his job is probably to answer people bashing their game 24/7.

Hope it's up for TNT lol

Could someone explain the fuck ryan davis stuff? I haven't been on the 'bomb for a while.

@Funkydupe said:

The guy said he was sorry, give him a break, his job is probably to answer people bashing their game 24/7.

Exactly. It's his job. Dude shouldn't be paid to be unprofessional.

@Ravenlight: You've never made a mistake? Impressive!

If the PR knew who Ryan was then I think it is cool. Ryan has called ppl a lot worse on twitter.

If he/she didn't know then it is pretty bad. Even if a customer is being a dick then your job is just to apologise. The sad thing is that this is the job they usually give to interns and junior staffers, hope they take it easy on them.

Looks like Ryan throwing rocks at someone while they mow the lawn...while AC3 seems to be throwing rocks at Ryan while he mows the lawn.

@Funkydupe said:

The guy said he was sorry, give him a break, his job is probably to answer people bashing their game 24/7.

My thoughts exactly. Game has had a rough launch and I'm sure his job hasn't been easy over this past couple days. I actually prefer talking to humans who have flaws than PR/customer service robots.

@Chuggsy said:

Dude or lady was clearly having a bad day, wow. Broken launches really shouldn't be excusable; paying $60 for a product and having it be partly unusable isn't ok.

Wouldn't you constant be having an awful day if you were a PR person for a video game company and needing to deal with obnoxious and whiny nerds all day every day?

@Funkydupe said:

@Ravenlight: You've never made a mistake? Impressive!

I had the same attitude to the doctor who made a mistake by not outting my preamturely born son in an incubator ;P

at least he got an answer. A bit of connectivity issues on the MP of Assassin's Creed. A game most people get for singeplayer. Not a huge deal imo... still bad tho. XCOM, a game you get for singleplayer. Completley busted. Still no answer to my problems and many others. I'd love even a condescending response!

Assassin's CreedVerified ‏assassinscreed

H2Oyeataswellgiantbomb Buddy, if we get a 1-star just because... OH NO I DID IT AGAIN!!! Sorry sorry sorry. :o

@Funkydupe said:

The guy said he was sorry, give him a break, his job is probably to answer people bashing their game 24/7.

His job is be the face of the company on the internet/twitter. He, of all the individuals that wanted and could have done the job, was chosen for being able to respond to people online without giving the company a bad image or (especially) getting upset at people who review their games.

The guy was fired. No question. His entire job description was to not make slip-ups like that.

@Chuggsy said:

Dude or lady was clearly having a bad day, wow. Broken launches really shouldn't be excusable; paying $60 for a product and having it be partly unusable isn't ok.

Wouldn't you constant be having an awful day if you were a PR person for a video game company and needing to deal with obnoxious and whiny nerds all day every day?

@CookieMonster: its a T shirt they made

@Funkydupe said:

@Ravenlight: You've never made a mistake? Impressive!

It's not just a mistake, though. For a PR person, being a dick is the exact opposite of their job, it's like a security guard stealing something from their post.

And to those saying people are taking this too seriously, why did the AC feed delete those tweets? If it was just a joke or no big deal surely they would have left them alone, right?

Someone is going to take all of that seriously

Psn is slow as hell right now. Good luck on your fallback Ryan.

#nerds gonna nerd!