Ok, I started a new thread for this because the other thread that this crap was going on in was supposed to be about the 25th figures, not this Playmates employee. So now instead of continuing to be off topic in that thread, we have this one.
First a quick recap for those who are like "What the hell is Archon talking about?!?!"
So Vaughn made a comment about the 25th anniversary box art. It wasn't anything uncalled for, or out of the norm for us elitists :-P
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...&postcount=172
In steps a newish member of our forum, whom explodes all over our faces with rant sauce, claiming to be somehow connected to the product:
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...&postcount=176
Many of us step up for Vaughn (hence sending that thread spiraling out of control toward off-topic land), you can scroll through yourself if you want to read what various people said.
I, along with a select few, sent very appropriate e-mails to the Human Resources department at Playmates. Mine went something like this:
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I sent a similar email to Paula and then discovered this e-mail address. I just wanted to point out that someone in your art department (at least they claim to be) flipped out on thetechnodrome.com forum over a comment about the box art of the 25th anniversary turtles. I know you guys don't like seeing your employees rant in public spaces as much as we the public hate getting flipped out on. I wanted to bring the post to your attention so that you could conduct the appropriate investigation and take responsible action if indeed this turns out to be someone from your camp. You'll find the post in the link below. I understand that, as an internal HR department, you cannot share the process or findings of your investigations with me or other public parties. However, I would ask that you simply let me know that you will indeed look into the matter to the best of your ability, and take whatever action you feel is most appropriate for this brutal verbal assault.
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...&postcount=176
Thank You,
Stephan Reese
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In order to cover all the bases, I also sent it off to the appropriate Playmates liasion at Mirage.
A Playmates HR rep got back to me this morning. Because I am respectful of professional e-mail confidentiality agreements, I am not going to paste word for word what the Playmates HR representative sent me regarding our friend the angry artist. However, I will tell you that they were extremely polite, concerned, and grateful that this issue was brought to their attention and assured me that they would look into it and take the appropriate action.
I sent back a big thank you as well as some suggestions as to how they may go about tracking the person down.
So that is the story so far. If people want to continue to talk about the incident, please do so here, and lets get back to talking about the figures in the other thread :-)
