So what if Oliver wanted to sell that "key"?

Its a free fricken market to begin with! Even if its immoral, its way better than punching someone after a football game or conducting a dog fighting ring.
 
Now I may be wrong, so try to convince me otherwise so I shun the guy completely if you want me to.

Well Oliver, I think they were more mad that you conducted your scalping so sloppily and in such an obvious way. That's what really bothered them.

You don't diss Giant Bomb like that, it's that simple.

But he didn't even have it yet. This would be like if the guy who won Cars for Clunkers on Conan put the car he won on ebay before he even showed up to claim it.

What? I think this is a non-issue. Bob gave him the key, it's Blizzard's problem, not Giant Bomb's, and I certainly don't think less... well a little bit. Because I would have loved to have a key to the beta, but in the end SOMEONE is gonna get to play it, so that's fine.

If you're going to take the underhanded route of selling a prize you've won, don't be so stupid about announcing it to the world.  When you tell people around the Blizzard booth that you're going to sell the StarCraft II beta key that you won, particularly when you don't even have the key yet, you deserve what you get.
 
Seriously, Cobra Commander could have thought this out better.

" But he didn't even have it yet. This would be like if the guy who won Cars for Clunkers on Conan put the car he won on ebay before he even showed up to claim it. "

" @JJWeatherman: I think were getting offended by the wrong things. There are alot worse things to get offended about. "

Personally, it's fucking disgusting that they called him out like that. It comes close to breaking the DPA. He won it, it's his to do what he wishes with.
 
I think it's foolish that he tried it, but it's his life. What if his PC can't handle SC2? What if he doesn't like SC2?

" Personally, it's fucking disgusting that they called him out like that. It comes close to breaking the DPA. He won it, it's his to do what he wishes with.  I think it's foolish that he tried it, but it's his life. What if his PC can't handle SC2? What if he doesn't like SC2? "

" @Fallen189 said:

" Personally, it's fucking disgusting that they called him out like that. It comes close to breaking the DPA. He won it, it's his to do what he wishes with.  I think it's foolish that he tried it, but it's his life. What if his PC can't handle SC2? What if he doesn't like SC2? "

Then he can be smart enough to go about selling it in a more discreet/smarter way. "

" Its a free fricken market to begin with! Even if its immoral, its way better than punching someone after a football game or conducting a dog fighting ring.  Now I may be wrong, so try to convince me otherwise so I shun the guy completely if you want me to. "

He's a punk-ass for trying to sell a beta key he doesn't even have at the Blizzard booth.

" @Hailinel: So the only real issue is the person announcing it? Otherwise he wouldn't be having this conversation? "

" @JJWeatherman said:

" @Fallen189 said:

" Personally, it's fucking disgusting that they called him out like that. It comes close to breaking the DPA. He won it, it's his to do what he wishes with.  I think it's foolish that he tried it, but it's his life. What if his PC can't handle SC2? What if he doesn't like SC2? "

Then he can be smart enough to go about selling it in a more discreet/smarter way. "

And he didn't, that's a given. Am I calling him the Artful Dodger? No, not at all. I think he conducted himself in an idiotic way, and it's his own fault. However, there's absolutely no need to disclose his name like that, it's horrific. "

" @JJWeatherman said:

" @Fallen189 said:

" Personally, it's fucking disgusting that they called him out like that. It comes close to breaking the DPA. He won it, it's his to do what he wishes with.  I think it's foolish that he tried it, but it's his life. What if his PC can't handle SC2? What if he doesn't like SC2? "

Then he can be smart enough to go about selling it in a more discreet/smarter way. "

And he didn't, that's a given. Am I calling him the Artful Dodger? No, not at all. I think he conducted himself in an idiotic way, and it's his own fault. However, there's absolutely no need to disclose his name like that, it's horrific. "

" @Fallen189 said:

" @JJWeatherman said:

" @Fallen189 said:

" Personally, it's fucking disgusting that they called him out like that. It comes close to breaking the DPA. He won it, it's his to do what he wishes with.  I think it's foolish that he tried it, but it's his life. What if his PC can't handle SC2? What if he doesn't like SC2? "

Then he can be smart enough to go about selling it in a more discreet/smarter way. "

And he didn't, that's a given. Am I calling him the Artful Dodger? No, not at all. I think he conducted himself in an idiotic way, and it's his own fault. However, there's absolutely no need to disclose his name like that, it's horrific. "

Everyone at the panel and who watched the video already knew his name was Oliver. It's not as if they gave out his full name or site username or anything that would attract hate to him. "

" @Fallen189 said:

" @JJWeatherman said:

" @Fallen189 said:

" Personally, it's fucking disgusting that they called him out like that. It comes close to breaking the DPA. He won it, it's his to do what he wishes with.  I think it's foolish that he tried it, but it's his life. What if his PC can't handle SC2? What if he doesn't like SC2? "

Then he can be smart enough to go about selling it in a more discreet/smarter way. "

And he didn't, that's a given. Am I calling him the Artful Dodger? No, not at all. I think he conducted himself in an idiotic way, and it's his own fault. However, there's absolutely no need to disclose his name like that, it's horrific. "

I don't see what's so horrific. It's the truth. It's not like since they said his name he's gonna get whacked by the mob or anything. "

" Its a free fricken market to begin with! Even if its immoral, its way better than punching someone after a football game or conducting a dog fighting ring.  Now I may be wrong, so try to convince me otherwise so I shun the guy completely if you want me to. "

" This whole discussion is worthless, does it matter to anyone if some guy called Oliver sold his StarCraft 2 Beta? Boohoo, big deal, let's try and raise the bar a bit with our discussions, for the sake of humanity.         "

" @Lies said:

" @Fallen189 said:

" @JJWeatherman said:

" @Fallen189 said:

" Personally, it's fucking disgusting that they called him out like that. It comes close to breaking the DPA. He won it, it's his to do what he wishes with.  I think it's foolish that he tried it, but it's his life. What if his PC can't handle SC2? What if he doesn't like SC2? "

Then he can be smart enough to go about selling it in a more discreet/smarter way. "

And he didn't, that's a given. Am I calling him the Artful Dodger? No, not at all. I think he conducted himself in an idiotic way, and it's his own fault. However, there's absolutely no need to disclose his name like that, it's horrific. "

Everyone at the panel and who watched the video already knew his name was Oliver. It's not as if they gave out his full name or site username or anything that would attract hate to him. "

Very true.  Everyone that attended the panel knew his first name.  But other than that and his physical appearance, no one knows anything about him (other than his apparent lack of knowledge regarding the acquisition and selling of goods). "

Wait, what happened? I saw the video and all, but how did the guy try to seel the key? And when did the GB guys talked about it?

He shouldn't have won in the first place, I mean, he dropped some of the noodles.

" @JJWeatherman said:

" @Fallen189 said:

" @JJWeatherman said:

" @Fallen189 said:

" Personally, it's fucking disgusting that they called him out like that. It comes close to breaking the DPA. He won it, it's his to do what he wishes with.  I think it's foolish that he tried it, but it's his life. What if his PC can't handle SC2? What if he doesn't like SC2? "

Then he can be smart enough to go about selling it in a more discreet/smarter way. "

And he didn't, that's a given. Am I calling him the Artful Dodger? No, not at all. I think he conducted himself in an idiotic way, and it's his own fault. However, there's absolutely no need to disclose his name like that, it's horrific. "

I don't see what's so horrific. It's the truth. It's not like since they said his name he's gonna get whacked by the mob or anything. "

Come on. You know this community. How many posts have I seen in the last 10 minutes which say we should "Find his profile" or "Spam him" or "I hope he gets hit by a fucking car(Disgusting). Of course the majority of people are going to jump onboard the hate bandwagon.  I'm not particularly trying to defend him, or even cause argument. It's just that he's clearly too embarassed to come out himself and apologise, because you KNOW people would just call him out and give him a hard time. I hate to be the one who has to stand up for him, when it's not my right/duty/business.  But when threads like this get made to publically out/name and shame a guy, that's just not very nice. "

" Wait, what happened? I saw the video and all, but how did the guy try to seel the key? And when did the GB guys talked about it? "

" He shouldn't have won in the first place, I mean, he dropped some of the noodles. "

"He didn't steal a key. There is no key, what he recieved was an invitation from someone on the Blizzard staff into the beta. It wasn't sellable. I don't mean morally, I mean literally. He literally couldn't sell it because there's nothing to sell, Blizzard guy would get an email from contest winner Oliver and his Blizzard account would be able to play Starcraft 2 beta. I mean, duh, why would a Blizzard beta have keys when keys can be hacked and duped? Of course its invitation only. "

" @FLStyle said:   "People just need to vent, get it out of their system and leave it at that. "  It's not really any of their business though. "

oliver is a faggot, half-beard should have the key

" oliver is a faggot, half-beard should have the key "

I suppose it is better than punching someone or running a dogfighting ring....But what the fuck does that have to do with anything?

Shouldn't act so "stupidly" next time.

Considering he didn't know the prizes before he was picked, I don't really blame him too much for trying to get something from nothing.  He could have been a little more "in the spirit of things" and given it away to one of the other competitors if he really had no intention of using it, but mostly I think the problem is the way he conducted himself.  It's definitely a slap in the face to see someone trying to auction off the prize you just gave them right in front of you.  Especially considering he didn't actually own anything but an e-mail address.

I think it's the fact that even before he got the key, even before the end of PAX, he already trying to sell the thing, AT THE BLIZZARD BOOTH. 
 
Yeah... It's just dumb and disrespectful.

" @Branthog: There was a competition for it.  Oliver was one of three guys picked from the audience.  The nature of the prizes were not disclosed until later in the panel, however.  If I had somehow been picked and won, I would have felt awkward since (as I mentioned before) I have no use for a StarCraft II beta key, and I don't have a 360, making a 360 version of The Beatles: Rock Band in my possession pointless as well. "

It's selfish.  Muthafucker looked a gift horse in the mouth, and in turn, the Giant Bomb crew put his ass in check!

Can I get a link to all this Oliver business? I know it's on the PAX panel part 2 video, but where is everyone seeing that he sold it?

" @TheMustacheHero: It wasn't revealed that he tried to sell it until the guys talked about it on Tuesday's Bombcast.  When they were running through their time at PAX, the panel and contest came up, and that's when they mentioned it. "

" @Hailinel said:

" @Branthog: There was a competition for it.  Oliver was one of three guys picked from the audience.  The nature of the prizes were not disclosed until later in the panel, however.  If I had somehow been picked and won, I would have felt awkward since (as I mentioned before) I have no use for a StarCraft II beta key, and I don't have a 360, making a 360 version of The Beatles: Rock Band in my possession pointless as well. "

Competing and then not wanting it is understandable, then. However, the classy thing to do would have been to give it back to the guys and tell them you aren't a Star Craft player and would rather they give it to someone else who can honestly appreciate the gesture. Then again, in this economy, maybe selling the gains for a profit is better than having to give handjobs to sweaty geeks in the PAX parking lot during lunch.  Given your comment, it sounds like the dudes could have been a little less critical of him on the podcast or at least clued in on the full story before making him out to be some ungrateful swine. "

 Seriously, Cobra Commander could have thought this out better. 

Well Blizzard doesn't like someone to sell their Beta keys. But this fucking idiot tried to do it at their booth after meeting Bob face to face, so he just makes the GB community look bad. That is why everyone is so pissed.