Best-selling band Coldplay has been running a contest which challenges fans to create a video accompaniment to its tune Lost.
Among those submitting entries is education software-oriented website GamingKrib.
While their contest video is essentially a commercial for their business, it also pulls in some fascinating quotes and stats regarding how young people relate to digital tech, gaming and education.
quiknkold: ugh. I want to know why the hell Mozerella Sticks are 4 dollars at my works cafeteria...are they cooked in Truffle Oil?10/20/2014 - 10:41am
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Neo_DrKefka: Anti-Gamergate supporter Robert Caruso attacks female GamerGate supporter by also attacking another cause she support which is the situation happening in Syia “LET SYRIANS SUFFER” https://archive.today/F14zZ https://archive.today/Wpz8S10/20/2014 - 10:18am
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Neo_DrKefka: That is correct in an At-Will state you or the employer can part ways at any time. However Florida also has laws on the books about "Wrongful combinations against workers" http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2012/448.04510/20/2014 - 10:07am
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james_fudge: he'd die if he couldn't talk about Wii U :)10/20/2014 - 9:16am
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Michael Chandra: By the way, I am not saying Andrew should stop talking about Wii-U. I find it quite nice. :)10/20/2014 - 8:53am
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Michael Chandra: 'How dare he ignore my wishes and my advice! I am his boss! I could have ordered him but I should be able to say it's advice rather than ordering him directly!'10/20/2014 - 8:52am
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Michael Chandra: If GP goes "EZK, do not talk about X publicly for a week, we're preparing a big article on it" and he still tweets about X, they'd have a legitimate reason to be pissed.10/20/2014 - 8:52am
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Michael Chandra: If GP tells Andrew "we'd kinda prefer it if you stopped talking about Wii-U for 1 week" and he'd tweet about it anyway, firing him for it would be idiotic.10/20/2014 - 8:51am
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Michael Chandra: Legal right, sure. But that doesn't make it any less pathetic of an excuse.10/20/2014 - 8:50am
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ZippyDSMlee: You mean right to fire states.10/20/2014 - 8:50am
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james_fudge: some states have "at will" employee laws10/20/2014 - 7:50am
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quiknkold: It says in the article that being in florida, you can get fired regardless if its a fireable offence10/20/2014 - 7:19am
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Michael Chandra: If your employee respectfully disagrees with your advice, that's not a fireable offense. If they ignore your order, THEN you have the right to be pissed.10/20/2014 - 6:49am
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Michael Chandra: I... Don't get one thing. If you do not want your employee to do X, why do you tell them it's advice or a wish? Give them a damn order.10/20/2014 - 6:48am
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james_fudge: A leak that had me worried about being swatted by Lizard Squad.10/20/2014 - 6:03am
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james_fudge: It should be noted that the author leaked the GJP group names online10/20/2014 - 6:03am
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MechaTama31: I mean, of the groups being bullied here, which of the two would you refer to collectively as "nerds"?10/19/2014 - 11:30pm
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MechaTama31: But that's the thing, it doesn't sound to me like he is advocating bullying, it sounds like he is accusing the SJWs of bullying the "nerds", who I can only assume refers to the GGers.10/19/2014 - 11:21pm
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Andrew Eisen: Interesting read. Unfortunately, too vague to form an opinion on but at least now I know what faefrost was talking about in James' editorial.10/19/2014 - 10:39pm
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Neo_DrKefka: Breaking GameJournoPros organized a blacklist of former Destructoid writer Allistar Pinsof for investigating fraud in IndieGoGo campaign http://blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2014/10/gamergate-destructoid-corruption-and-ruined-careers/10/19/2014 - 8:57pm
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Comments
Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
I thought this was about some entry to a Coldplay contest. Not how agonizingly terrible Coldplay apparently is to someone?
I'm going to be a hypocrite by commentating on Coldplay. Sometimes music is more about enjoyment than constantly pushing boundaries and evolving culture? I mean, there's a reason things become "cookie cutter"--the original pushed boundaries, influenced other musicians, and became the new popular thing.
Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
I liked the music in this video.
I don't see why you all think this music sucks. Not all recent music is Britney Spears and crap.
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Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
This music is cookie-cutter. You can hear the same song with different lyrics if you spend five minutes on youtube.
Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
Why I have the feeling that there will be a shitload of indie f*** bashing Coldplay ONLY because it's mainstream?
"We may be human, but we're still animals" -Steve Vai (World's greatest guitarist!)
Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
You're right, it has nothing to do with the fact that the music is absolute garbage.
Face it, playing powerchords with a few solos and a catchy riff or two isn't music. It's lowbrow garbage.
What would Hendrix say?
Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
Someone needs to make a video that mocks them for being so fucking cookie-cutter.
Seriously, I hate most music today. It's all the same thing, with people who look and sound exactly the same.
In summation, somebody make a video mocking them and submit it. Please.
Video Killed The Radio Star.
Re: Coldplay Video Contest Entry Touts Educational Value of
That is one of the reasons I stopped listening to popular music. I listen more to indie music mostly cultural type stuff though.
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