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Geek Culture / Nvidia hero dies trying to save another

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Phaelax
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Posted: 26th Jan 2014 06:46
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http://www.gamefront.com/breaking-nvidia-marketing-manager-phil-scholz-killed-in-train-accident/

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mr Handy
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Posted: 26th Jan 2014 16:45
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Sure, I am a cynic. Why you need to die to make your company publish a short story of your success? Why they don't do it with alive people?

P.S. of course I feel sorry for a brave poor guy.

P.S. and he's not "killed", he's "perished".

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bitJericho
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Posted: 26th Jan 2014 18:09
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I don't think nvidia needs help from dying marketing guys. Wtf dude? It's a tragic accident.

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mr Handy
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Posted: 26th Jan 2014 18:22
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Quote: "I don't think nvidia needs help from dying marketing guys."

Sorry can't understand your phrase.

I think it is a good to make online "employee of the month" thing. Lee Bamaber have a blog, local guys here have a WIP threads, but what about "nameless" people deep inside company? Only used for "bonus dvd - making of"?

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bitJericho
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Posted: 26th Jan 2014 19:03
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Oh I see what you're saying. Nvidia should have been releasing press releases about the great men and women who work for them. I don't think anybody outside the company would normally care. I imagine you could find a way to get a company's internal newsletter if you are interested in such things.

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Posted: 26th Jan 2014 19:07
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Brave man. I'd like to hope it is a natural, human thing to help protect one another.

Quote: "Lee Bamaber have a blog"


I'm sorry, what? You should be banned simply for spelling God's name wrong. It's Lee Bamber.
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mr Handy
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Posted: 26th Jan 2014 21:07
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Quote: "I don't think anybody outside the company would normally care."

Then why anybody outside the company would normally care about such person's death?.. I mean people that never knew about him/her?

So I insist that writing info on dev team is a great free commercial when you can see real people behind the game cover.
"Here is Ulrich, he draws platypuses for Assassin's creed 7. Blah blah blah he likes platypuses." And when I will see a platypus in AC7 I will think about Ulrich, how he drew it, and so on. Commonly it happens after watching dev diaries.

Quote: "spelling God's name wrong."

I spell KEZZLA correctly always.

P.S. Ulrich is a random German name I took, but unexpetedly translator showed that it has a translation in deutch: "to puke [den heiligen Ulrich anrufen]". That was pretty weird.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 27th Jan 2014 03:34
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Quote: "Then why anybody outside the company would normally care about such person's death"

The fact he worked for nvidia is irrelevant and you're missing the point entirely. A guy died trying to save the life of another, who may or may not recover.

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Dar13
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Posted: 27th Jan 2014 06:56
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He was the marketing manager so there actually was quite a few people in the gaming community that had worked with him on events and parties and such over a few years. So people outside the company definitely did know him, and the community is quite likely much worse off without him.

RIP.

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Posted: 27th Jan 2014 09:11
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Quote: "The fact he worked for nvidia is irrelevant and you're missing the point entirely."

No, it is relevant. Look at the comments there:
Quote: "Today Nvidia and the gaming community as a whole lost a great man and a great friend. he had a smile every time I saw him and every PDXLAN or meeting he was always able to light up even the darkest situation with just a smile.
He will be missed greatly by all."

So people know him and do care about this accident.

But I was saying: why they don't have any info for alive people. For example, after Steve Jobs's death suddenly pop-upped dozens of his bio's books, but none (one don't count) while he lived. This is a human nature - die to get talked about. Writers, poets - same thing. Even Michael Jackson's death increased his popularity. And gaming industry relies on those nameless people inside the company, why don't show them to people? Now that's my point, it's a bit wider than this news post.
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Posted: 27th Jan 2014 14:32
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Quote: "This is a human nature - die to get talked about."


I'll bear that in mind when I feel the need to be talked about.



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mr Handy
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Posted: 27th Jan 2014 19:28
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You are the living example, Green Gandalf! We know how valued you are here and there, but newbies (yeah, we still have DBP newbies! ) don't know how much! Your badge can't tell your story.
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bitJericho
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Posted: 28th Jan 2014 05:23
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I will write a press release if you die Gandalf!

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You also a valued member, bitJericho! Want me to write anything about you?
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Posted: 28th Jan 2014 19:50
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Quote: "Sure, I am a cynic. Why you need to die to make your company publish a short story of your success? Why they don't do it with alive people?"

Because, sadly, we live in a culture of accountants. When someone dies it allows accountants to tally up their "score". People are rarely given any value or credit until they die: you can no longer treat someone as an expendable part if they're dead. I wonder how companies that hire people to do really crappy jobs like flipping burgers in McDonald's feel when one of their employees dies, you'd hope it would make them realise that they treat human beings like mules, but nothing ever changes.

It's not just evil corporations that are guilty of this, most of us live in a daze not really paying much attention to anything or anyone. The checkout girl you paid for your groceries today could kill herself tonight or die in a car accident. Would that have any impact on your life? Would you even notice? Did you ever say more than a cursory greeting to her? Would the shop close for even a day out of respect? I doubt it.


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