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Swine flu affecting judgement, Gearbox makes wild Twitter promises photo

Want to a free copy of Borderlands? Can't help you there -- sorry! Want to play Borderlands with folks from Gearbox? That you can manage, provided you pre-order the game and prove it to the game's Creative Director, Mike Neumann. 

Yesterday, Neumann -- the man who writes the dialogue for everyone's favorite robotic pal, Claptrap -- threw out a challenge on Twitter. 

"Today is official Borderlands Pre Order day," he wrote, "Twitter me a screen of you buying the game and I'll play Borderlands with you and give you some loot."

Neuman, who has under a little a thousand followers, had no idea how seriously people would take it. When Kotaku picked up the story, Neumann said that users with proof of purchase were "flooding in." While taken off guard, Neumann plans to live up to the promise, keeping a detailed list of Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network user names (details of how he'll live up to those promises with PC users remain unclear) for those who qualified.

We think the swine flu that Neumann picked up at Penny Arcade Expo (no worries; he's fine now) is getting to his head. He tells us that this promised loot to give to players isn't "as easy as getting online and just making loot magically appear from the sky." There's work to do.

"We'll actually have to collect all of it," he says, after telling us he's enlisted the help of other Gearbox employees.

Yeah, he's definitely a glutton for punishment... and he's extending the offer through today.


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27 comments | showing # 1 to 27

TheJesusNinja26's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 17:25
TheJesusNinja26
I've twittered that guy @mikeyface so many times with Borderlands questions and never gotten a response, color me doubtful.
bluexy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 17:40
bluexy
"details of how he'll live up to those promises with PC users remain unclear"

Didn't Dtoid confirm Borderlands was coming to Steam?
Pocky Monster's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 17:45
Pocky Monster
dude, jesusninja he just got you on his twitter XD
Dr0kz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 17:47
Dr0kz
Give the guy a break man ;) He has thousands of questions and people sending him stuff.
TheJesusNinja26's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 17:56
TheJesusNinja26
@Dr0kz - thats my point. I'm not butt hurt, I'm just saying it's not likely to get everyone who sends it to him.
artha14's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 18:03
artha14
I feel sorry for him. But any man who will try to keep his word is cool in my book.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 18:08
Holyetheline
I'll just be happy to play this game but playing with Mike... HMMMM!
Jack8274's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 18:35
Jack8274
I'll have to take a print screen when I make my Steam purchase in order for this to work.
TheDirtyHobo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 18:41
TheDirtyHobo
I'd have to make a twitter account to do that, and that's not happening.
timtheterrible's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 19:14
timtheterrible
@ DirtyHobo

Ditto.
inque's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 20:03
inque
Please stop calling it swine flu and address it as H1N1 influenza. That swineflu bs is killing the swine industry (which I'm a part of) here in my country 8(
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 20:22
CRAZYAPE69
i just had swineflu, sure it seemed like hell at the time but it was over (for me) in a flash.
TheJesusNinja26's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 20:37
TheJesusNinja26
@inque - I love bacon, what can I do to help you?
danthuman's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 20:38
danthuman
The actual flu kills mire than the swine flu. True story.
danthuman's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 20:39
danthuman
More* gd I need to stop commenting while I'm on the crapper
TheJesusNinja26's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 20:44
TheJesusNinja26
I hope my prior comments did not give the wrong impression about how I feel about BORDERLANDS, which is my GOTY pick. @mikeyface I know you're busy man, I just think it's a bit of a huge promise to make. Maybe I'm just jealous because my ipod touch doesn't have a camera so I can't upload a picture.

- Marcus Fitzgerald
TheJesusNinja26's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 20:55
TheJesusNinja26
@danthuman -

Exactly man, the H1N1 is so blown out of proportion by the media, and drug companies. Have you noticed every local store has flu shots FOR SALE this year? I realize you have to pay for them every year but never before have they advertised and pushed so much.

Swine flu death toll: 150. Regular flu death toll: 13,000. But don't let that stop the fearmongering panic
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/regular.flu/index.html
runtheplacered's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 21:25
runtheplacered
@ TheJesusNinja26,

No offense, but I'm not about to take what somebody on Dtoid has to say about any medical conditions with anything but a grain of salt. You're under some assumption that this is the first time we've seen H1N1. It is not.

You're also forgetting the number of people who are hospitilized because of the virus. You're also forgetting that the main cause for concern is going to be THIS winter, which in case your calender is broken, hasn't happened yet.

You're also not reading your own article. 9/10ths of those 13000 that died.. were OVER 65 years old. Most had preexisting conditions that just HAPPENED to have the flu as the official cause of death, despite their ailing medical conditions.

You're also forgetting that so far of the people that's had the swine flu, the people that have died have been completely healthy.

So... I'm going to take what you say with a grain of salt, OK? I love conspiracies and all, but let's not be ridiculous. Without proper preemptive care it could actually be quite a big deal.

Do your research.
runtheplacered's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 21:27
runtheplacered
Sorry for handing your ass to you like that. I just... read that and couldn't help myself. I COULD have kept going.. but, I figured that was a good place to stop.
inque's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/28/2009 21:47
inque
@JesusNinja

Keep eating bacon! No but seriously, just let people be aware that the virus is officially called H1N1 Influenza. The media keeps calling it swine flu and people tend to make a silly connection that if you eat pork you will also get the virus 8(
Havoc Fang's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 02:14
Havoc Fang
Will there be swine flu in Borderlands?
TheJesusNinja26's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 10:11
TheJesusNinja26
@inque - Yes I will, I love bacon.

http://www.zazzle.com/i+love+bacon+gifts
TheJesusNinja26's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 10:46
TheJesusNinja26
@runtheplacered -

Wow I'm impressed. Very rarely do I meet someone who gets off to the degree that you do by thinking you're smarter than others. I guess CNN isn't a valid source for you. I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I'm just trying to alleviate some of the blown out of propotion fear about H1N1.

The part that was most impressive was that you felt the need to even go back an compliment your self on your egotism. Congrats! Then again you are a gamer, and unfortunately a large amount of gamers think they are smarter than any other person on the planet. And for some ridiculous reason you think insulting someone is a viable way to get a message across. I'm guessing you and any friends you have are an angry lot, who complain all the time and mock those on TV because of how inferior they are.

Have fun with that...

In the mean time here are some other sources that clearly state the regular flu kills many more people a year, but we're not hearing much news about that. Again, not a conspiracy theory, just some perspective to balance out the fear.

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story/Common-flu-far-more-deadly-than-swine-flu-in-U-S/SYwVqQF_3Umy0qY3qhp9zQ.cspx


http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/05/hans_rosling_video_gapcast_swine_flu_news_versus_death_ratio.html#extended

"My father is an expert in the field of foreign animal disease. He is a doctor who works with the Dept. of Homeland Security in the USA to prevent foreign contaminants from entering. His experience reaches from natural anthrax outbreaks to counter-terrorism. So when Dad says that the (current) "swine flu" is hyped, I believe him. When we've got Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room dealing out the play-by-play, it's hard to admit that this hasn't become a media frenzy.It would be a different story if it were to mutate in humans and be transferred back to a hog or bird and then mutate again. But again, that's a different story!"

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/update.htm
"The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) based on the 122 Cities Report was low and within the bounds of what is expected at this time of year. However, 49 pediatric deaths related to 2009 H1N1 flu have been reported to CDC since April 2009, including three deaths reported this week."
GooN's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 11:13
GooN
OOOOHHHHH FUCKING OWNED NOOB!!!! 1337 DAMN!!!

You guys should call each other and argue over swine flu and save us from having to scroll past it LOL!

Anyway, like my good friend ALWAYS says, "Cover your keester with both hands and feel free to cry, god is dead and we're alone."

Thank you that is all.
TheJesusNinja26's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 11:26
TheJesusNinja26
GooN,

Ha ha, I like it.

oh P.S. God is not dead, talked to him yesterday, He's alive and well. Asked you to give Him a call.
Audac1ty's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 14:01
Audac1ty
Oh god I can't take the wait any more!
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/07/2009 11:26
fetusmilk
its not swine flu, its HAMTHRAX
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