http://www.xbox-scen...kFViKlLFEvr.phpXantium posting that news article 3+ days ago sure has stirred up a hornet nest.
While I should not be commenting on this.. I feel I must clear the air and make a statement, one that will satisfy many of the naysayers.. while probably pushing a few more to further debate and denounce the pictures as fakes.
XS, is a forum, a loose community of like minded people enjoying and tinkering and tweaking the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles. Our community, while mandated to publicly be a English speaking site, is made up of a huge cornucopia of people from different backgrounds, cultures, and languages/dialects.
English is NOT the native language for many of our readers, members, and posters. With that being said, Xantiums native language is not English. His written English is better than most native English people I know. But at times, little things slip by.
People have been commenting a lot on a comment he made..
Look what we received today from an anonymous, but trusted, source ...
Allow me a minute to better explain this comment. There are a number of ways he could have worded this better.. that would have stayed many of the negative feedback/comments people have been making. Thats water under the bridge. While we at XS do strive to try and give you the most professional XS news page and articles we can, we arent perfect. Errors, omissions, and sometimes slight (and sometimes glaring) grammatical errors slip in. We accept that. We strive for perfection, but we do fall short.
I wont sit here and speak for Xantium. He doesnt need me to do that for him.. nor anyone for that matter. However, I would like to clarify the comment regardless.
Those pics, are from someone that Xantium trusts. There are not many people in the scene that he trusts. There are also not that many people that hed go to bat for, and protect in this manner. (I assure you.. its a temporary but necessary measure). Xantium feels we need to continue, at least for the meantime further with-hold some info like the sources name, etc.. that thats good enough for me. It should be good enough for many of you.
Most of you wouldnt have modded you box, or done a lot of the things you have without this site that Xantium have carefully crafted and planned out and made available to you.
Xantium RARELY gets the credit he deserves. He doesnt mind sitting back, quietly observing, quietly serving, knowing that he has made a community here to be proud of.
He had the vision.. and the gumption to made a site, make a plan, and work that plan into the XS you see today.
Angerwound, The Joker, MomDad, Team Xecuter, Team Avalaunch, Xantium in various ways have all said this is legit. Add my name to that list. Guys like Sniperkilla on IRC have further detailed how this is legit and possible.
When Xantium is ready, and when the team that has done the amazing accomplishment are ready to reveal the full scope of their work and the results thereof, XS will be here.. and we will post the Full Monty so to speak.
For those that are concerned that XS posted the news in this manner for profit, Im not sure how to comment. I will say this though.. that every single article, not just this one, helps bring people, and help to continue to bring people back to the news page. When people visit the XS news page, and to a lesser extent the forums, there are various forms of ads.
XS is supported by ads from our sponsors. We do appreciate the support of those sponsors, and hope that the membership does avail themselves of the deal that can be had by clicking on a sponsor when you see fit.
However, we do not force anyone to view ads, We also do not endorse or condone pop-up or under ads, and have worked hard to control and prevent those type of ads.
Ads, keep XS alive. Xs, and all of the scene sites we directly host and support, need that money. However, as a user you are free (and sometimes encouraged if ads bother you) to use AD block type of technology.
The Users of XS are some of the most tech savy people Ive met.. and if they werent when they first arrive.. they quickly become so.
XS, does NOT make any money unless you choose to participate and interact with an ad, and make a purchase, or click an ad, etc.
So, while we will never post a story to jerk your chain and just to drive up hits (we get plenty, we are the biggest site in the world for what we do) I, nor Xantium, would outright lie or deceive to get your attention.
The news post, while maybe not as detailed as wed like to have post.. was a necessary evil.
We were damned if we do, damned if we dont. If we posted absolutely nothing.. wed be accused of holding back, withholding information. If we post everything, other shit on us and say we are somehow tied to the teams in question and are monopolizing the scene.
We do the best we can with the hands we are dealt. Things are moving quickly, and Im sure in due time Xantium, and the dev team(s) in question will make many eat their words on this topic.
The Mods are free to re-open this topic at their discretion.
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