Bethesda Hype Squad on E3 2019

Faunter · June 2019

Bethesda Front Row Hypeman Squad freaking out over every other sentence is honestly the funniest thing I've seen all day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1zRA7GdMNI

Source: https://twitter.com/theSirToasty

red_emu · June 2019

To be fair, despite being fairly annoyed every other day with ESO and voicing my frustrations if I was there in front row surrounded by all the other ESO addicts I'd probably scream and clap to every sentence 😆

bluebird · June 2019

Bless whoever edited this

And yes the 'paid Bethesda cheers' are a meme at this point, lol.

Recremen · June 2019

bluebird wrote: »

Bless whoever edited this And yes the 'paid Bethesda cheers' are a meme at this point, lol.

Oh yeah it's totally paid actors and not, like, the fact that the audience is completely packed with people literally so motivated to see new Bethesda stuff that they come out to E3 for it. 9_9

For real though what kind of person do you think is going to try to nab front row seats to the Bethesda show? Could it be.... Bethesda fans? Extremely enthusiastic Bethesda fans, maybe? Sounds a bit more believable to me. Also I've been to one of these, and the one I went to I was sitting one seat down from "Bethesda Girl", who it turns out was just a really excited ESO player like the rest of the 12 people in our group who showed up for that BE3 event. But nah it has to be paid shills, apparently, because we're all just so mad that Armor of the Trainee got nerfed once.

bluebird · June 2019

Recremen wrote: »

bluebird wrote: »

Bless whoever edited this And yes the 'paid Bethesda cheers' are a meme at this point, lol.

Oh yeah it's totally paid actors and not, like, the fact that the audience is completely packed with people literally so motivated to see new Bethesda stuff that they come out to E3 for it. 9_9

For real though what kind of person do you think is going to try to nab front row seats to the Bethesda show? Could it be.... Bethesda fans? Extremely enthusiastic Bethesda fans, maybe? Sounds a bit more believable to me. Also I've been to one of these, and the one I went to I was sitting one seat down from "Bethesda Girl", who it turns out was just a really excited ESO player like the rest of the 12 people in our group who showed up for that BE3 event. But nah it has to be paid shills, apparently, because we're all just so mad that Armor of the Trainee got nerfed once.

Perhaps you're unaware, but there was a popular post on here about whether or not ZOS paid the audience to cheer - it got several pages of responses, and my 'paid Bethesda cheers' was clearly referencing that discussion.

And yes, it's a meme at this point. There's even articles about it (https://culturedvultures.com/bethesdas-e3-2019-crowd-sure-was-interesting/ https://dotesports.com/news/bethesda-fake-crowd-noise ) and several youtube commentators also mentioned the hype squad

The video that OP posted illustrates the essence of this perfectly.

So please, don't take it too hard, just embrace the meme that the 'Bethesda hype squad' has become. And for the record, the people who nab front row seats to the Bethesda show... could be... Bethesda employees. Because they were. So yeah that sounds plenty believable to me.

That's why people have been mocking/teasing the disproportionate front row audience cheers, because they mostly came from the same group of people repeatedly and it could be considered tooting their own horn or being paid for it because many of them are paid employees.

Edit: I realize the image might be hard to see in this size; check out the youtube video for more detail. But yeah, it's clearly visible that the repeatedly and loudly cheering people are the devs.

sekekama21554 · June 2019

Lol Matt Firor looks so uncomfortable on stage. He’s really not a presentation man

bluebird · June 2019

sekekama21554 wrote: »

Lol Matt Firor looks so uncomfortable on stage. He’s really not a presentation man

I thought he did a good job with the speech tbh, though there was really not much content to present at all. Although it would have probably helped his delivery if someone hadn't interrupted him with contstand 'yeah's and 'woo's so that the poor man had to restart so many of his sentences

Svenja · June 2019

There has been an interview with one of the screamers: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-06-11-im-still-enthusiastic-and-i-dont-have-any-intention-of-stopping-now

Apparently, one of the loudest cheering guys is the admin of the "The Elder Memes" Twitter

Mike Finnigan has also tweeted that he had been screaming because he got a bit hyped to see the work his team did when it was shown on stage.

I don't think Bethesda paid anyone to cheer, the screamers were annoying and overdid it, but they clearly were fans and employees who got a bit carried away in the situation.

bluebird · June 2019

Svenja wrote: »

There has been an interview with one of the screamers: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-06-11-im-still-enthusiastic-and-i-dont-have-any-intention-of-stopping-now

Apparently, one of the loudest cheering guys is the admin of the "The Elder Memes" Twitter
Mike Finnigan has also tweeted that he had been screaming because he got a bit hyped to see the work his team did when it was shown on stage.

I don't think Bethesda paid anyone to cheer, the screamers were annoying and overdid it, but they clearly were fans and employees who got a bit carried away in the situation.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure extremely few people believe the conspiracy theory of random audience members getting paid to cheer. But the frequency and intensity of the front row was extremely disproportionate to both the audience's reactions and the content that was being presented. So the 'omg it was just fans' defenders are clearly just as wrong as the conspiracy theorists, as evidenced by countless audience shots with the devs being the loudest and most jubilant in almost every cheering shot. And as shown in OP's video it was clearly disruptive and surreal to the point of being comical (thus having great meme potential

). So yeah, whoever edited that vid did a great job, it's indeed hilarious.

deadsheepb14_ESO · June 2019

"We upgraded server capacity..." YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! \o/

ATomiX96 · June 2019

Yeah I watched a recap of all the E3 presentations, to say that the reactions on bethesdas presentation felt fake would be an understatement. Paid hype squad for sure.

Numerikuu · June 2019

bluebird wrote: »

And for the record, the people who nab front row seats to the Bethesda show... could be... Bethesda employees.

They were. And Zenimax employees. Gina kinda gave that away in the 'You think that Bethesda paid the people in the audience to cheer?' thread

Gotta love how the camera and audio 90% of the time was focused on the front few rows to make it seem as if the whole audience were in on it. Kudos to the camera man lol.

Mayrael · June 2019

This what real hype looks like
Watch from 3:30.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehiuagq8a74

Elsonso · June 2019

bluebird wrote: »

sekekama21554 wrote: »

Lol Matt Firor looks so uncomfortable on stage. He’s really not a presentation man

I thought he did a good job with the speech tbh, though there was really not much content to present at all. Although it would have probably helped his delivery if someone hadn't interrupted him with contstand 'yeah's and 'woo's so that the poor man had to restart so many of his sentences

He has always looked a little uncomfortable, but seemed better this time. That said... yeah, he probably could have done with less of the interruption from the front row.

LiraTaurwen · June 2019

Rofl, that was the funniest thing I've watched in a while. It is also very cringy lol

Yellow_Monolith · June 2019

If you could bottle that guys hype, you could power your whole city for a month.

Rain_Greyraven · June 2019

I honestly don't think it was hype... they were probably just trolling irl.

Knightpanther · June 2019

I cant believe folks are shocked at this, its the norm in the American entertainment industry, I could mention a well known company that flys in thousand's of paid actors from the states every year to a well know event - its all a scam

Be safe

Tan9oSuccka · June 2019

It may be hard for some to believe....but there are quite a few people that are genuinely excited about this game.

Sorry forum dwellers. Lizard people do not run the world, and those are not paid conspiracy actors.

Now, if you want to say some in attendance have “no chill” and are easily excited, you’re probably correct.

I’d be excited too if I was not at work and at E3. Lets be fair here.

Delsanab14_ESO · June 2019

Tan9oSuccka wrote: »

It may be hard for some to believe....but there are quite a few people that are genuinely excited about this game.

Sorry forum dwellers. Lizard people do not run the world, and those are not paid conspiracy actors.

Now, if you want to say some in attendance have “no chill” and are easily excited, you’re probably correct.

I’d be excited too if I was not at work and at E3. Lets be fair here.

The video showing Cyberpunk 2077 hype shows what real hype looks like as the words imply.

There is an obvious difference.

ArchMikem · June 2019

bluebird wrote: »

Recremen wrote: »

bluebird wrote: »

Bless whoever edited this And yes the 'paid Bethesda cheers' are a meme at this point, lol.

Oh yeah it's totally paid actors and not, like, the fact that the audience is completely packed with people literally so motivated to see new Bethesda stuff that they come out to E3 for it. 9_9

For real though what kind of person do you think is going to try to nab front row seats to the Bethesda show? Could it be.... Bethesda fans? Extremely enthusiastic Bethesda fans, maybe? Sounds a bit more believable to me. Also I've been to one of these, and the one I went to I was sitting one seat down from "Bethesda Girl", who it turns out was just a really excited ESO player like the rest of the 12 people in our group who showed up for that BE3 event. But nah it has to be paid shills, apparently, because we're all just so mad that Armor of the Trainee got nerfed once.

Perhaps you're unaware, but there was a popular post on here about whether or not ZOS paid the audience to cheer - it got several pages of responses, and my 'paid Bethesda cheers' was clearly referencing that discussion.

And yes, it's a meme at this point. There's even articles about it (https://culturedvultures.com/bethesdas-e3-2019-crowd-sure-was-interesting/ https://dotesports.com/news/bethesda-fake-crowd-noise ) and several youtube commentators also mentioned the hype squad The video that OP posted illustrates the essence of this perfectly.

So please, don't take it too hard, just embrace the meme that the 'Bethesda hype squad' has become. And for the record, the people who nab front row seats to the Bethesda show... could be... Bethesda employees. Because they were. So yeah that sounds plenty believable to me. That's why people have been mocking/teasing the disproportionate front row audience cheers, because they mostly came from the same group of people repeatedly and it could be considered tooting their own horn or being paid for it because many of them are paid employees.

Edit: I realize the image might be hard to see in this size; check out the youtube video for more detail. But yeah, it's clearly visible that the repeatedly and loudly cheering people are the devs.

And?

Devs arent allowed to celebrate their work? The YEEEAAAAH guy even ended up being the Dungeon Lead who was stoked for people to hear about the new pack coming. These guys are passionate about what they create, regardless of what the community chooses to bash on that week. I envy their enthusiasm, these people love their work.

Loralai_907 · June 2019

There were no less than 4 (could be up to 6) people in the super hype squad, only one being a ZOS employee.

CardboardedBox · June 2019

The wii music never gets old lmao

Elsonso · June 2019

mommadani907 wrote: »

There were no less than 4 (could be up to 6) people in the super hype squad, only one being a ZOS employee.

Maybe @ZOS_Finn has a clone army....

Fata1moose · June 2019

Honestly it was disruptive and more disrespectful than funny. Everyone going up on stage couldn't get through their lines and public speaking is hard enough as it is. I bet Bethesda thinks twice about having an open bar before their press conference next year.

JamieAubrey · June 2019

I hate people like this, no need to yell after every sentence

Elsonso · June 2019

JamieAubrey wrote: »

I hate people like this, no need to yell after every sentence

Hate is a strong word, but it was <applause!> was more like <YEAHHHHHH!!!!!> like between every <OH HELL YEAH!!!!> um, every phrase. I felt sorry for the speakers.

thelawnranger79 · June 2019

James Hetfield in the front row? Yeaaaaaahhh ooooooooooo yeahhhhhhhhhhhh

Davor · June 2019

sekekama21554 wrote: »

Lol Matt Firor looks so uncomfortable on stage. He’s really not a presentation man

No he is not a presentation man, but at least he is real. He does seem on of us. (Is he the one who doesn't wear pants?)

bluebird wrote: »

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That is perfect pic. It shows only a few cheering while the rest of the crowd is sitting down and not even "into" the event. While it may not have been "paid" people and it is "enthusiastic" fans that is what, 1 enthusiastic fan to 100 fans who don't seem to care.

EQBallzz · June 2019

This was good but my favorite Matt Firor was when he said this stuff:
on subscription payment model:

We're building a game with the freedom to play - alone or with your friends - as much as you want. A game with meaningful and consistent content - one packed with hundreds of hours of gameplay that can be experienced right away and one that will be supported with premium customer support. Charging a flat monthly (or subscription) fee means that we will offer players the game we set out to make, and the one that fans want to play. Going with any other model meant that we would have to make sacrifices and changes we weren't willing to make.

...

The Elder Scrolls games are all about allowing the player to go where they want, be who they want, and do what they want. We feel that putting pay gates between the player and content at any point in game ruins that feeling of freedom, and just having one small monthly fee for 100% access to the game fits the IP and the game much better than a system where you have to pay for features and access as you play. The Elder Scrolls Online was designed and developed to be a premium experience: hundreds of hours of gameplay, tons of depth and features, professional customer support - and a commitment to have ongoing content at regular intervals after launch. This type of experience is best paired with a one-time fee per month, as opposed to many smaller payments that would probably add up to more than $14.99/month any way.

https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/the_elder_scrolls_online,3026853.html#top
oops. Sacrifices made.

on those immersion breaking cash shops and micro-transactions:

And there’s something to be said about not being confronted with extra costs while in the game itself. “You go outside the game, you pay your month, you go in the game, and when you’re in the game, you’re in the game,” Firor clarifies. “There’s no real world stuff reaching in to grab you.” Few things break immersion quicker than a game telling you that you can spend cash to unlock chests or get special gear.

https://www.pcgamesn.com/elderscrolls/matt-firor-justifies-elder-scrolls-subscriptions-we-re-not-worried-about-getting-people-door
oops. Immersion broken.

Davor · June 2019

ArchMikem wrote: »

And?

Devs arent allowed to celebrate their work? The YEEEAAAAH guy even ended up being the Dungeon Lead who was stoked for people to hear about the new pack coming. These guys are passionate about what they create, regardless of what the community chooses to bash on that week. I envy their enthusiasm, these people love their work.

Well maybe developers shouldn't be doing that when people can't even play the game or are having a hard time playing the game. Like the people in Europe. This was just as a bad as Raptor fans cheering for a player getting injured and worse, heckling a players parents. It was PATHETIC on both ends.

"YEEEAAAHHHHH. WOOOP WOOOOP. Europeans can't play the game I made" Yeah let's keep cheering. Mind you i live in North America and I felt bad for the Europeans who have issues playing.

Like how can Bethesda really be proud when issues are going on?

Being proud and excited for your work is one thing. Disrespecting your fans/customers is another thing. While you see is excitement, all I see is DISRESPECT or even worse, people who don't care.