I feel the need to reiterate -- taking the dude's site down wasn't cool, for a variety of reasons. After the call, we had plans to have Summa on for a special Jim-and-me-only episode of Podtoid, and now he's considering backing out because the whole, you know, hacking his site thing could be construed as going too far.
Whoever did hack the site will probably immediately assume that he's just being a pussy or something, but I'd do exactly the same thing. It's fun to get into internet arguments and prank each other and act like seven year olds (make your own joke here) if there's no actual property destruction going on, but if anything's taught me that there IS a line where Podtoid shenanigans are concerned, the wholesale crashing of a website would be it.
So, if Summa does end up agreeing to come on Podtoid, then that has to be it. If he acts like a dick, or if we act like dicks, or if anything silly happens that makes you want to take the joke further and start fucking with anyone's property, do not. This was just supposed to be stupid, juvenile fun, and though I'm sure whoever took down robertsumma.com thought they were helping me by doing so, you've actually sort of tainted what fun we were having and made it very much possible that there won't be any more.
So, yeah. No more of that, please.
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If Summa is reading this. DO THE PODTOID!
I know if it were my site that got fucked up, I'd want someones head on a pike.
is this really destructoid?
If it is true, mr.hacker, you are a dick.
And no, this isn't a prank. It's kind of unfortunate that it turned out I had to post about this on April 1st -- and I'm aware that that's what EVERY April prankster says -- but, yeah. It's the for real deal.
You know, thinking back, I'm pretty sure that Summa got me to sign up here at Destructoid. I was a long-time lurker and signed up to post a comment ridiculing the fact that he called competitive gaming a "sport".
not cool
destructoid is not 4chan
destructoid is not 4chan
repeat until understood.
After the Jessica Chobot Riding Dirty, and Dogs Puking video posted on dtoid, it's getting there.
Hacking is absolutely lame though. It's always some pissed off Croatian kid in his mother's basement.
I really do hope you have the summa on podcast.
God, that picture is going to continue to haunt me for the rest of my life. *face smack* Why did I listen to the guys at Gaygamer.net? Why?
I like seeing Summa in pain but hacking his site is pretty mean. Photoshopping pictures of him is much more fun.
Trojans, worms, viruses and hacking. The things that the internet contains that I hate. :(
Almost poetic for the kind of stigma gamers have to face anyway..
I'm assuming the hacker did some sort of "Dtoid rules!" pixel-graffiti on his site.
I just hope that you guys understand there is a line between entertainment and reality and I hope that whatever we may discuss on Podtoid can clear that stuff up.
I don't hate Dtoid or Niero for what happened, but it's unfortunate that I or anyone would have to put up with having their site wiped clean -- a site in which I pay for and operate myself just for the community.
If so, god dammit.
it sucks that the guys site got hacked but nobody gives a fuck about putting summa on a podtoid again. we want STREET FIGHTER.