Incline Chris Avellone Appreciation Station

[Curious_Tongue]

I wanna try ecstasy.

 

[Riddler]

I wanna try ecstasy.

What is stopping you?

 

[Riddler]

Lol yeah I am stalking his posts on reddit and it's a 7-year old account of someone who seems to be IT professional iving in California. So whoever is pressing him for proof in that thread right now, maybe you should consider what happens if he actually posts one.

He has never worked at obsidian and is a sales person, why would he have any particular insight into this? He might as well be a friend of one of the other owners being out shilling for his friends. He might not be a completely random person but why would he have first hand knowledge of Chris coming in smashed to work?

 

[Nano]

According to his Instagram, his name is Cory Zaruba. I'm pretty sure this is him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coryzaruba/

Cory Zaruba
Senior Field Account Executive @ DCW
Orange County, California Area

• Data Center Warehouse
  Senior Field Account Executive
  Dates Employed Aug 2014 – Present
  Employment Duration 4 yrs 9 mos
  Location Irvine, Ca.
  Data Center Warehouse is a value added distributor and cost savings organization. By housing millions of dollars in data center specific hardware through strategic purchases and partnerships, it allows us to provide world class solutions at a fraction of the cost.
  
  Area's of expertise:
  
  - Server Hardware: HP, Dell, IBM, Lenovo, Cisco, SuperMicro
  - Network Hardware: Cisco, HP, Dell, Juniper, Rukus, Brocade, Extreme
  - Storage Hardware: HP, DellEMC, WesternDigital(Tegile), Exagrid
  - Services: Staffing, Migration, Cloud, Application, Equipment Staging, Security, Asset Disposal
  - Cloud: Microsoft Azure
  
  No one in the industry has faster response times or delivery times then we do.
  
  Please visit www.datacenterwarehouse.com for more information.
  
  
• Enterprise Sales Executive
  PCM: The Right Technology, Delivered.
  Dates Employed Aug 2002 – Jul 2014
  Employment Duration 12 yrs
  PCM Sales, Inc. - Formally PC Mall Sales, Inc.

He has Obsidian Entertainment listed under his interests. I wonder what's his connection to them.

 

[pomenitul]

He deleted his reddit posts about MCA.

 

[Maculo]

Preservin'

I’m sorry but fuck him. He was kicked out because he was constantly drunk and high on ecstasy in the office and refused to write for the games they were contractually obligated to produce. I’m tired of the world sucking his dick because he worked on a few good games, which were majority written by other people.

Yes their executive management team had issue, mistakes were made, but he needs to get over Obsidian and move the fuck on, they clearly have.

I used be friends with him, literally signed an affidavit for his marriage (his wife lived with me when she first got to the states after a brief stint at a Disney program in Florida). I’m just tired of him bad mouthing a studio I have friends still at. He’s not hurting the executive management, he’s hurting the employees at this point by tarnishing their reputation.

Also, he’s doing amazing things, grow the fuck up and move on from it.

His wife is from Australia and she’s great, but when there’s a marriage like that you need to have witnesses validate the relationship and sign a statement, I was one of two that I know of.
He’s not a bad person, but he’s like a high school ex that can’t get over the past.

He was drunk and or high as hell when he kept writing in that thread. No proof on that, but a guess based on how ridiculous it was.

Aside from us day drinking and him going back to the office fucked beyond belief? That’s how I know. He’s also required to have a handler at Dragoncon now because of his drug and alcohol problem. Literally missed his panel and then stumbled into someone else’s and stole the mic. They no longer welcome him back unless he has a handler to stick with him and keep him out of trouble.

Some friend!

I am calling bullshit on this one for two reasons. First, why would anyone disclose that they signed affidavits for MCA's marriage? Beyond the obvious consequence of MCA hearing word, some states make marriage certificates part of the public record (provided this was a state certificate and not a federal immigration form). Even if his name is redacted or protected, why would you put that out there? Second, I find it hard to believe MCA had various substance abuse problems or incidents at Dragoncon spanning several years, and yet this is the first we hear of it.

 

[RepHope]

He deleted his reddit posts about MCA.

Sounds like he realized what was about to happen. Too late dumbass.

 

[Prime Junta]

I find it hard to believe MCA had various substance abuse problems

Why is that?

 

[fantadomat]

Hay guys,i am close friend of IHaveHugeNick and feel like telling you that he is a total asshole constantly nagging about obsidian. He was deowned for being a lazy slob of a drug addict and drunkard! He was only nodding during meetings instead of fully agreeing with BigF. He was a total mess in the office,he was constantly coming drugged out of his mind and drunk. Once i caught him having a furry gay LSD orgy in the storage room! It really pains me to write this,seeing how he is my good friend that i even was affidavit during his wedding to a Taiwanese communist midget running from the evil nazi regime there. And i totally wasn't bribed to do so,even have tapes of them having.......sex! Anyway,he is great guy,but he is like that one girl you fuck in the toilet of a underground black metal concert. You give her the time of her life,and she won't stop vomiting on your shoes. So IHaveHugeNick ,it is time to move on mate,you are hurting my paycheck our feelings here,you are hurting your former co-workers and we feel depressed and oppressed,can't even leave the office with high held head!


PS:See you on the sunday,i got a bottle of fine 12 year old whiskey special reserve.

 

[Nano]

Why is that?

If you had read for 3 more seconds, you'd know.

I find it hard to believe MCA had various substance abuse problems or incidents at Dragoncon spanning several years, and yet this is the first we hear of it.

 

[Maculo]

I find it hard to believe MCA had various substance abuse problems

Why is that?

The qualifier is that MCA had noticeable substance abuse problems to the extent that Dragoncon placed restrictions on him (reddit poster refers to some infamous mic incident), and yet no person, employee of Obsidian (current or former), or even MCA himself gave so much as a hint? I just find that difficult to swallow, especially with social media.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Lol yeah I am stalking his posts on reddit and it's a 7-year old account of someone who seems to be IT professional iving in California. So whoever is pressing him for proof in that thread right now, maybe you should consider what happens if he actually posts one.

He has never worked at obsidian and is a sales person, why would he have any particular insight into this? He might as well be a friend of one of the other owners being out shilling for his friends. He might not be a completely random person but why would he have first hand knowledge of Chris coming in smashed to work?

Dude, I don't know anything more than you.

 

[Prime Junta]

The qualifier is that MCA had noticeable substance abuse problem to the extent that Dragoncon placed restrictions on him (reddit poster refers to some infamous mic incident), and yet no person, employee of Obsidian (current or former), or even MCA himself gave so much as a hint? I just find that difficult to swallow, especially with social media.

People tend to be extremely discreet about that kind of stuff, especially in a country as litigious as the USA.

 

[Maculo]

Lol yeah I am stalking his posts on reddit and it's a 7-year old account of someone who seems to be IT professional iving in California. So whoever is pressing him for proof in that thread right now, maybe you should consider what happens if he actually posts one.

He has never worked at obsidian and is a sales person, why would he have any particular insight into this? He might as well be a friend of one of the other owners being out shilling for his friends. He might not be a completely random person but why would he have first hand knowledge of Chris coming in smashed to work?

Dude, I don't know anything more than you.

Which is what a secret employee of Obsidian would want us to think.

The qualifier is that MCA had noticeable substance abuse problem to the extent that Dragoncon placed restrictions on him (reddit poster refers to some infamous mic incident), and yet no person, employee of Obsidian (current or former), or even MCA himself gave so much as a hint? I just find that difficult to swallow, especially with social media.

People tend to be extremely discreet about that kind of stuff, especially in a country as litigious as the USA.

Discretion is one thing, but absolute silence though? Not even an offhand mention of problems at Dragoncon or at Obsidian from anonymous sources, especially after he trashed Obsidian? Furthermore, I won't pretend that I know MCA, but I had the impression that he is pretty open with his faults.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

I find it hard to believe that Kevin Spacey diddled kids for several decades and yet this is first time we hear of it.

 

[fantadomat]

Lol yeah I am stalking his posts on reddit and it's a 7-year old account of someone who seems to be IT professional iving in California. So whoever is pressing him for proof in that thread right now, maybe you should consider what happens if he actually posts one.

He has never worked at obsidian and is a sales person, why would he have any particular insight into this? He might as well be a friend of one of the other owners being out shilling for his friends. He might not be a completely random person but why would he have first hand knowledge of Chris coming in smashed to work?

Dude, I don't know anything more than you.

Don't lie or i will show the tapes of your orgies during your time at obsidian!

 

[Maculo]

I find it hard to believe that Kevin Spacey diddled kids for several decades and yet this is first time we hear of it.

The distinction I would draw is that the matter involved diddling, which not many children or adults are open to disclosing about themselves, and that Kevin Spacey was more than wealthy enough to buy the silence of potential plaintiffs. Plus, Kevin Spacey could afford an attorney to bury said plaintiffs.

Here, this redditor alleges MCA had a severe drinking and ecstasy problem, references a Dragoncon incident that led to a chaperone requirement, and that MCA blatantly ignored his projects. Furthermore, to my recollection, MCA made a number of damaging remarks concerning Obsidian's management approximately around the same time Microsoft announced it purchase, and so I would expect Obsidian would have had plenty of motivation to speak up then.

Ultimately, it is not impossible, I just find it improbable.

 

[pomenitul]

To be fair, the first time I heard about Kevin Spacey's… proclivities… was back in the early 00s.

 

[Riddler]

I find it hard to believe that Kevin Spacey diddled kids for several decades and yet this is first time we hear of it.

It wasn't, it was "known"/supsected for decades. Accusations were out there.

 

[BEvers]

The qualifier is that MCA had noticeable substance abuse problems to the extent that Dragoncon placed restrictions on him (reddit poster refers to some infamous mic incident), and yet no... employee of Obsidian (current or former)... gave so much as a hint?

Feargus and Chris Parker had a shouting match during the Pillars of Eternity countdown livestream, much to Avellone's embarrassment.

Funny how you conveniently forgot to mention the biggest embarrassment during that stream was Avellone himself, he was drunk like a pig.

 

[Maculo]

Good memory BEvers! I do not know if it conclusive MCA had substance abuse issues, but it is conclusive that IHaveHugeNick is scheming double agent that deserves a tag to mark him as such.

 

[BEvers]

A different perspective from that time:

Bitch please. Avellone was so shitfaced drunk, he couldn't even form sentences and basically just kept screaming "woooo" for last 30 minutes, until Feargus pulled him to the side and got him to behave.

I (and also Josh and other neurodivergents I'm sure) personally thought Chris was being obnoxiously loud, but his behavior didn't strike me as the kind that would hurt Obsidian's standing with fans or publishers, whomever. He's a big name artist they're expected to be wild, crazy, party people.

 

[Ninjerk]

He left one post up about MCA "popping ecstasy like tic tacks [sic]."

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Lol I completely forgot about that. Must be Alzheimers.

But yeah, that discussion from page 130 seems rather funny now ain't it?

RPG Codex then: so what if Chris was shitfaced, screaming at the camera and being pulled away by Feargus. Great artists have a right to be wild party people

RPG Codex now: there's no evidence of Avellone drinking at work anywhere ever

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Another reason why Sawyer is better than Avellone: Drugs are for degenerates.