2011/09/22 15:18:49
SteveStrummerUK
 
What drives me up the wall is the vomit-inducing sycophancy.
 
And not just the cringeworthy and misplaced loyalty to a company that, and let's be brutally honest here, exist mainly to separate them and the rest of us from our money.
 
It's exactly as Mike says, it exists just as much among the '+1' and the 'LMAO' mob that follow up their pathetic diatribes, and serve only to encourage them.
 
To use a school analogy, you could imagine the fanbois are the teacher's pets to Cakewalk's staff (the teachers) and as such, are allowed much more leeway in their behaviour. Even if they do cross the line, the authoritative words may appear strong but the actions are weak.
 
The toadies that follow the fanbois like sickly sheep are the unpopular kids who'll do and say anything to get in the gang - quite abhorrent really.
 
And I'm with Bub - talking in generic terms may be politically correct, but let's call a spade a spade...
 
John is, without doubt, the biggest bootlicking backslapping fanboi on the planet. I once suggested to him that if Cakewalk sent him a turd in a box and called it X2 he'd be on the forum within seconds defending it to the hilt and lying that it smelt of French perfume. He called me 'negative' so I politely explained (as I believe both JB and Bub have done recently) that Cakewalk don't need people telling them that everything in the garden is rosy, an 'Emperor's new clothes' syndrome if you like, but honest feedback. I said I was wasn't being negative, I was being realistic - big difference I'm sure you'd agree.
 
And the other prefect - John T (who I postulate has recently usurped John as head boy), has got to be the most odious, execrable, hypocritical and sanctimonious creep I've ever had the mispleasure to encounter. How someone can, when they've lost an argument, stoop so low as to say they hope their adversary would "die in a fire" is quite beyond my understanding. And there have been many other examples - all conveniently ignored by the powers that be.
 
It's a disgrace.
 
 
2011/09/22 15:48:50
jamesg1213
SteveStrummerUK

got to be the most odious, execrable, hypocritical and sanctimonious creep I've ever had the mispleasure to encounter
 


No! I won't have that!

There's a fellow in Eastbourne...
2011/09/22 15:50:16
Wookiee
John is, without doubt, the biggest bootlicking backslapping fanboi on the planet. I once suggested to him that if Cakewalk sent him a turd in a box and called it X2 he'd be on the forum within seconds defending it to the hilt and lying that it smelt of French perfume. He called me 'negative' so I politely explained (as I believe both JB and Bub have done recently) that Cakewalk don't need people telling them that everything in the garden is rosy, an 'Emperor's new clothes' syndrome if you like, but honest feedback. I said I was wasn't being negative, I was being realistic - big difference I'm sure you'd agree.
 
And the other prefect - John T (who I postulate has recently usurped John as head boy), has got to be the most odious, execrable, hypocritical and sanctimonious creep I've ever had the mispleasure to encounter. How someone can, when they've lost an argument, stoop so low as to say they hope their adversary would "die in a fire" is quite beyond my understanding. And there have been many other examples - all conveniently ignored by the powers that be. It's a disgrace.

 
 
Let it flow Steve let it flow, it is better out than in
2011/09/22 15:55:57
yorolpal
You know Strammy...you just reminded me of one of my favorite movies(Sydney Lumet's The Hill).  I was reminded of how Ian Hendry's Staff Sgt. Williams overtakes and usurps Harry Andrews R.S.M. Bert Wilson's position as who's really in charge of the camp come the end of the movie.  A very apt comparison.
2011/09/22 16:26:57
SteveStrummerUK
yorolpal


You know Strammy...you just reminded me of one of my favorite movies(Sydney Lumet's The Hill).  I was reminded of how Ian Hendry's Staff Sgt. Williams overtakes and usurps Harry Andrews R.S.M. Bert Wilson's position as who's really in charge of the camp come the end of the movie.  A very apt comparison.

 
A truly wonderful film.
2011/09/22 16:35:28
bitflipper

Nothing to add, just that I'm back on my medication and everything's just wonderful. I think I'll have some pie. Everybody likes pie.


2011/09/22 16:38:47
Jonbouy


They don't have medicine for what I have.
2011/09/22 16:56:58
Rain
Pretty much agree w/ Danny. This place is where I come to socialize - I do get the opportunity to meet plenty of cool people working in the business out there, but even among them, I'm some sort of misfit. It's like music and gear aren't the only thing in their life, can you believe it? lol 

Being stuck (happily) in a suite doing nothing but working on music and studying, that's pretty much like the only thing I have an interest left for discussing outside of the private stuff I share w/ my fiancée. And life is perfect this way. 
 
I avoided the CH for the longest time, due to my experiences w/ its previous incarnation, back in the days when it was all politics and religion. Not really the ideal place to relax at the end of the day for a lifelong student of the work of Nietzsche. ;)

Since I somehow jumped ship for my current portable rig, and due to my own doubts in regards to Cakewalk's new direction and the future of Sonar, I tend to feel like a guest on a special limited permission on these boards, even if I've been around for ages. Which somehow lead me to hang out more here and on the other sub forums. And considering what goes on upstairs, I'm glad it turned out this way.






2011/09/22 17:09:23
Mesh
Yeah Rain.....
I'd buy you guys (in th CH) a round or 2 of beer anyday!!
2011/09/22 17:28:50
John T
It is truly fascinating to watch a bunch of guys who make and participate in threads solely for the purpose of slagging off other people - such as this one - patting themselves on the back for being the good guys who conduct themselves well. The lack of self awareness here is unfathomably deep.
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