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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: Ugh... Activision
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:51:43 +0000
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On 18/03/2025 23:56, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:28:18 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 16/03/2025 14:57, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>> On a vaguely-Activision related note: ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick
>>> has shoved himself into the news cycle again. He's suing a media
>>> company about an article that was reporting on the case against him
>>> regarding all that sexual harrasment and discrimination that was going
>>> on under his nose while heading Activision. The gist of his argument
>>> seems to be that the article didn't mention that the case was settled
>>> out of court and this lack somehow turned the article into a spurious
>>> hit-piece against him.
>>
>> Poor little Bobby, his feelings were hurt. Settling out of court is just
>> a way of admitting guilt but saying technically you aren't guilty while
>> also 'bullying' the other party with, we can afford the costs, can you?
>>
>> At least that's the way it works i the UK.
> 
> It seems that Kochick is trying to rehabilitate his image, possibly
> because he's shown interest in taking over the CEO position at TikTok,
> and all that unfortunate 'noise' (about his mishandling Activision /
> Blizzard and the expensive settlements on trials for sexual
> harrasment) is getting in the way of that goal. Hence this lawsuit and
> -for instance- a recent appearance on pro-business podcast Grit. He's
> positioning himself as a visionary and somebody capable of
> identifying/acquiring talent (thus worthy of hundred-million-dollar
> paychecks), but he won't get the nod if he's associated with employee
> scandals and bad business decisions.
> 
> In this light, the lawsuit makes sense. Whether it's just or not -
> -whether he'd win or not-- is inconsequential. He just wants to shut
> up the critics long enough for him to get the job (or at least until
> his failings become 'old news').
> 

I think I've seen bits of that podcast and I had to say the interviewer 
really had little Bobby on the ropes with such hard hitting questions as 
"Tell me how brilliant you are", "Have you always been this brilliant" 
and "Can my daughter marry you and have your babies?".

One thing I will say, he still has one of those faces that you'd never 
bore of slapping.