This is so dumb. At the beginning of the wan show, linus even was so enthusiastic about what Riley does on the side, and asked him how he was doing and basically gave him free promotion. It seemed like it was unplanned too, but people seem to just dismiss that and go straight for the 'harsh' parts without looking at context.
Riley and I have known each other for almost 8 years and we've worked together in some capacity for over half of that time.
He asked to review a graphics card as a total joke. That's not his forte and he's perfectly comfortable with that. Even back at NCIX Tech Tips (as he mentioned on the WAN Show today) he got Ivan's help with a lot of the benchmarking stuff. Big deal.
You also need to understand that he's not some intern who isn't sure about his job security or his skills. Evaluating gaming cards may not be one of them but who cares? That's not what he was hired to do.
Riley was brought in as a specialist for TechLinked.
Something you guys might also not realize is that Riley is perfectly comfortable dishing out his share of trolling off-camera - even if he's not sure where the limits are yet with the live audience.
If LMG was a horrible place to work and anyone actually took me seriously about this stuff, we'd probably have a little more turnover, don't you think? These are very talented people who could get a job tomorrow if they felt like it.
We tease each other, but it's part of having some fun at work instead of being all corporate.
I messaged Riley to tell him people were upset at the way he was treated on the WAN Show and to make sure he was okay and he had to go find the timestamps people were posting to see why he was supposed to be upset.
So it's probably worthwhile to try re-watching with all of that in mind..
OrphanAnnie reacted to Meekachu in August 31 2018 - WAN Show Document
