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Does LinusTechTips have a partnership with Kinguin?

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2 minutes ago, iCrushDreams said:

http://www.kinguin.net/blog/dark-souls-3-giveaway-with-linustechtips/

 

Does LTT have a sponsorship/partnership with Kinguin? It appears so, though I can't be sure since it doesn't give any details about it and they aren't listed on the sponsor page.

 

They are just as shady and grey as G2A, though.

wow, that is very shady indeed. Just their quote that LTT provides unboxing is shady at best nowadays. 

 

Unless I see official news, I wouldn't trust this. 

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3 minutes ago, MimigaKing said:

wow, that is very shady indeed. Just their quote that LTT provides unboxing is shady at best nowadays. 

 

Unless I see official news, I wouldn't trust this. 

...Why would you not trust a free give away from a reputable site, that uses an external, commonly used module for the give away?

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Wow, there is no video on the LTT channel. I would think if they would partner for a give away they Linus would put a video up.

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5 minutes ago, niofalpha said:

...Why would you not trust a free give away from a reputable site, that uses an external, commonly used module for the give away?

because linus never mentioned this you would expect him to if its a kinguin LTT partnered giveaway 

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8 minutes ago, niofalpha said:

...Why would you not trust a free give away from a reputable site, that uses an external, commonly used module for the give away?

Simple reason that I haven't heard anything from LMG and that I never even heard of Kinguin either.

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51 minutes ago, MimigaKing said:

 

Simple reason that I haven't heard anything from LMG and that I never even heard of Kinguin either.

Kingpin is basically Chinese G2A, where as G2A is basically European Kinguin.

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@nicklmg might know more. (See Nick L., I tag, you all the time on these :D)

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6 hours ago, iCrushDreams said:

http://www.kinguin.net/blog/dark-souls-3-giveaway-with-linustechtips/

 

Does LTT have a sponsorship/partnership with Kinguin? It appears so, though I can't be sure since it doesn't give any details about it and they aren't listed on the sponsor page.

 

They are just as shady and grey as G2A, though.

No, we have no relationship with Kinguin (at least, to my knowledge, and I sure as hell should know about these things). This is NOT an official LTT activity, and the fact that it is being represented as one is incredibly upsetting. Apparently they're a shady company in more ways than one...

That link doesn't direct me to any reference of Linus Tech Tips... where did you find it? Any more info anyone has found anywhere? I need to make sure this gets taken care of properly, so I'd like to have some proof in hand when I speak with them...

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11 minutes ago, nicklmg said:

No, we have no relationship with Kinguin (at least, to my knowledge, and I sure as hell should know about these things). This is NOT an official LTT activity, and the fact that it is being represented as one is incredibly upsetting. Apparently they're a shady company in more ways than one...

That link doesn't direct me to any reference of Linus Tech Tips... where did you find it? Any more info anyone has found anywhere? I need to make sure this gets taken care of properly, so I'd like to have some proof in hand when I speak with them...

I couldn't find the page, I suspect its been taken down now, but after some digging, here is a cached version for you;

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:svIVf7Rm9bYJ:www.kinguin.net/blog/dark-souls-3-giveaway-with-linustechtips/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nz

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9 minutes ago, Rangaman42 said:

I couldn't find the page, I suspect its been taken down now, but after some digging, here is a cached version for you;

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:svIVf7Rm9bYJ:www.kinguin.net/blog/dark-souls-3-giveaway-with-linustechtips/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nz

Thanks. I'll have a few words with them over this...

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Just now, nicklmg said:

Thanks. I'll have a few words with them over this...

No problem, I certainly wouldn't want my name associated with a site like this.

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2 hours ago, nicklmg said:

No, we have no relationship with Kinguin (at least, to my knowledge, and I sure as hell should know about these things). This is NOT an official LTT activity, and the fact that it is being represented as one is incredibly upsetting. Apparently they're a shady company in more ways than one...

That link doesn't direct me to any reference of Linus Tech Tips... where did you find it? Any more info anyone has found anywhere? I need to make sure this gets taken care of properly, so I'd like to have some proof in hand when I speak with them...

It was on their blog.

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Just to update here, this post was the result of a misunderstanding. Things have been cleared up, unfortunate situation but no real blame to be assessed.

To be fully clear, there is no partnership between our brands, and we do not have a plan to form one. If you are curious about the legitimacy of a partnership with LTT or LMG in general, please feel free to tag me here on the forum or on Twitter, @nicklmg, with questions.

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Again this "grey and shady" Nonsense?

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