Legitimate question. Are "shills" really a thing here on Sup Forums? Whenever I see a "shill" post on Sup Forums...

Legitimate question. Are "shills" really a thing here on Sup Forums? Whenever I see a "shill" post on Sup Forums, I immediately assume they're just trolling. But is it reasonable to assume that at least a few of them are legitimate people paid for promoting their games anonymously?

No, just larpers like Andromeda pretending to be shills.

yes, see those hollow knight threads

Yes. Every Soytendo post is a paid shill. This is a proven fact. Most of Sup Forums is aware of this. You're either a clueless Redditor or a soyboy. Most likely both. Now fuck off, newfag.

People only legitimately shill on reddit. Why would anyone want to promote their game on this shitty website

Yes. Shilling on social media is literally a thing and there is no reason to believe they wouldn't do it on Sup Forums aswell

Shut the fuck up soynygroid

One of the devs for Freedom Planet admitted to shilling their game on Sup Forums

I doubt any AAA game would but indie stuff like probably do.

Paid shills? Probably not.

If you dig through the archives you can see some pretty noticeable name dropping patterns though, going back multiple years. Tortanic for example is almost always uttered with a "Sup Forums just wants another tortanic". Or how console war threads are always filled with the same sony vs nintendo posters.

>is surprised people shill on Plebbit and Kikeberg
Now where do you think all the Soytendies come from?
Fuck off and make me.

>AAA devs spend millions on marketing
>wouldn't throw a couple thousand to have a few people making threads about their games

All jokes aside, you can usually see it before the release of big name games. Part of the advertisement budget is spent on viral marketing on social media.

Yes.
I have seen it happening time and again.
Always the same starting picture and the same line to start a thread.
Especially for AAA titles.

they would on reddit and other sites but I really doubt they would on Sup Forums

Do you have any clue how much traffic Sup Forums has?

Are you fucking blind, faggot? Do you not see all the pro-Soytendo Labia threads here? Tell me how that's not shilling. They need to go back, all of them.

but it's true, Sup Forums just wants another tortanic
nobody here seems to like games and people who do are called shills

that's not paid shilling
although I admit sometimes with games it's hard to tell if it's post-ironic bait or not

Wasn't there a DmC shill exposed here?

That's because Sup Forums has and historically has offed all Soytendans as the shills and soyboys they are from its inception. You must be new here. Go back to r/Gaming.

You tell me

Borderlands, minecraft, perferct dark zero, terraria, brink, that terraria in space game...

Those were the most blatant ones

Yes
Watch as nintendo shills defend their cardboard to no end
Watch as they cry the moment nintendo gets called out for doing bad shit
They better get paid per post because they really do a hard job at trying to make sure cardboard is videogames now
And they still think skyrim with a nintendo mod on it is goty
Well they don't believe that, but I guess they can't say any different now can they...

user what the fuck are you talking about
we want good games, none of this "this will be the best game ever!" crap that marketers keep spouting
that's why people make tortanic comparisons.

Some people actually shill by using the same picture to make threads everyday, but usually when you hear someone call another poster a shill part way through a thread it is just code for "stop liking things I don't like".

Dunno, I remember the mass effect 3 one though. Tripfagging while shilling is definitely a mistake.

Because no one here legitimately likes that fucking cardboard labia crap. I'm a manufacturer who can make these soytendies free Labias if they can, but no, they shill the shekel for it like a wildfire.

Some archive comparison compilations have shown certain formulated posting patterns surface and mysteriously disappear with the release of some games.

Don't forget DA:I, Witcher 3 and Dark Souls 3

I don't think the cardboard thing are paid shills tho, mostly shitposting

That's about right.

This. End of fucking story. Thread can stop here.

>labo threads are shilling
They are pure shitposting on all sides, just like your posts

A game dev asked me to shill for his product two years ago.
So yes

Consider this: compared to getting people to like something, it's incomparably easier to get people to hate something here. Companies shilling against their competition would be far more likely. But I've never once seen that get called out. Probably because crying shill is just babbies first argument against someone who genuinely enjoyed a game they don't like. There are also a lot of really obvious pretend shills that spam the same blatant posts because people are dumb enough to fall for it.

Possibly.

Problem is, posters who usually cry that out are usually doing that to either shitpost or just have a strong disinterest in a particular game and through some psychological gymnastics they come to the conclusion everyone else hates it too, never considering the person they are yelling at is likely just someone who likes a game.

Yes, it is obnoxious.

I would agree that it is mostly shitposting because of the ridiculousness of the thing.

The Far Cry 5 Sup Forums shit was easily the most blatant case of shilling I've ever seen.

People were posting that same petition to get the game banned over and over, and wouldn't you know it, it was made by one of the devs.

It is paid shills. They're literally telling people that it's worth it, why in tap dancing Christ would people be that retarded to buy $80 cardboard when I literally package and manufacture cardboard by the day and can give them a Labia for free if they ask for it?

Get a fucking brain, you're thick as pig shit.

you mean like people showing interest in a recently released game and then the discussion dying down as time goes on...?
Wow must be shilling

but is not, they obviously shitposting. why you angry at that tho lol

>it's only shitposting because we're really so desperate deep down inside!!!
I can read Soytendies like a fucking book. You need to differentiate shitposting and reality. Apparently you have neither.

Fuck off and go back
>>>r/eddit

The biggest problem with shills on Sup Forums in general is that you don't know if it's really a shill or just an autist

There was a bunch of a hat in time but I think it was also posted a lot cause mario Odyssey and console wars.

I would not be surprised if the actual shills use "shill" as a falseflag.

no one would pay a shill to advertise a childrens toy on Sup Forums
most people are falseflagging

There is nothing to gain for game publishers in getting people to hate games, it's much more effective to get people to like your games. People hating on games actually don't like the game or are just shitposting

Is it OK if I shill my own game on here Sup Forums? I know nobody else will ever play it, and the game dev threads seem to exist just for that.

It's not shitposting, these people are doing it out of desperation. How do you think I wouldn't know that when Soytendies admitted that they were on their last legs for their dear lives?

>umad XDDD
Actually, I'm not the mad one, I'm simply stating the simple truths. You're a simp who can't differentiate shitposting and reality.

Fuck off and go back

>>>r/eddit

but IS NOT, lmao man you literally angry at a box hahaha

I can think of much more likely reasons than shills as to why a game with a cute little girl protagonist is talked about frequently on Sup Forums

Play more than just Nintendo games faggot

Just do it
You have nothing to lose, aside from your dignity

I'm PC masterrace though so you need a reality check

>you mean like
No, not "like" whatever intentionally erroneous reinterpretation of what I posted someone with nothing to add aside from an urge to sardonically respond might misconstrue.

So long as you're open about it and want feedback nobody will give a shit.

Living in your head rent free.

They're real. There are also people who are paid to disrupt the community. But they're more prevalent in another board.

Do you know who works for Kiketendo? Beady Jews and their fucking rabbinical corporate slaves who offer such worthless garbage that can easily be destructed in the blink of an eye if I damn well could seize that property if I damn well fucking could.

These people ARE NOT falseflagging. You're underestimating the Kiketendies. They are shilling their products out of desperation because all the good goyim went bad and knew their products were shit since 1985. So this is what they're doing as a last resort. I've been monitoring this for as long as ever. Still don't believe me, fucking soylent-dependent manchild?

Fuck off and go back

>>>r/eddit

I'd say there's a good chance the first few threads were made by the dev atleast. It was a good game so I don't mind though

>there's OBVIOUSLY people being paid to advertise a kids toy on a 18+ website
S E E T H I N G

I'm waiting for these "archive comparisons compilations" with "formulated posting patterns" you autist

>w-we aren't mad!!! we're just LAUGHING AT NINTENDO! not angry at all!

Angry at something I can create at my own will? Nope. Angry at the fact that there are literally people who spend 80 fucking shekels on something I can just make them for free? You know it's my job? That's right, be in my situation first, you fucking millennial.

Doesn't matter. There is absolutely no reason to defend any Soytendie products for any reason. NONE, ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, if you do, you'll be outed as a newfag first and foremost.

Fuck off and go back

>>>r/eddit

Wasting your shekels on cardboard by the days is infinitely worse than me obsessing over you doing criminally immoral things. I can't wait for you to get nuked by Kim. People like you deserve this fate for being such obvious sheep to the Jewish wolf.

This is advanced b8

there are shills on Sup Forums and reddit. And yes they are very real.

>Nintendo fans on Sup Forums not buying children's toys from Nintendo

I'm not him, but really?

>shekels
what does this means?

Have you not been on Sup Forums the past 48 hours? Go back to where you came from if you don't.

>>>r/eddit

>getting this genuinely angry over cardboard
Go outside, user.

Soyniggers are obsessed over the cardboard thing. YOU made it big. Nobody gave a fuck about it except you.

These days asian moot probably encourages and welcomes them with open arms.

...

Confirmed for newfag and useful idiot.

>we want the manchild audience
>but sir, where would we find them?
Yep, it adds up for them to be shilling here of all places

Reminder that a post quite literally advertising the new assassin's creed got stickied for a week

Not bait, this is me educating you.

80 of them costs what I create for a living. You could just come and have all my cardboard for free if you want, but instead I'm going to be outsourced by fucking corporate kikes and their children's products.

>people can't make threads again for baiting purposes
hmm really made me shill

>that picture
>this post
I love it.

Not an argument.
>le barneyfag
A real obsession with e-boogeymen isn't helping your cause. Drink more soy.

In the past there has been some really suspect cases that look undeniably like shilling. The earliest I can remember was when Borderlands was coming out someone kept making a thread with the exact same image that would say just about the same thing every time.

>Nintendoodoo
Heh

No, shills are not a thing. As much as the people on Sup Forums would like to believe otherwise, you really do not need to pay someone to advertise the next big game in the stead of a big name company.
The fags on here, incidentally, think that companies would go out of their way to pay someone to post here to advertise their game, why they think this, we'll never know. Personally, I think it's because of an overinflated sense of self-importance.

>80 of them costs what I create for a living

oh that's nice man

>Nu-males and Manchildren.
>the country he lives in is Nu-males and Manchildren land personified.

the hypocrisy is astounding.

It's weird that so many fanbases here have obsessive invalids like this user.

This reminds me of those Hollow Knight threads that weren't shills but obviously retards fishing for (You)'s. Why would a shill be that obvious about it? Try actually thinking for once in your life.

Sure beats being a worthless NEET like you are. You realize I get paid $60 an hour to do this?

FUCK OFF SHILL

>he shills for free

Thread is moving so fast nobody will realize I made this thread just to talk about romantic comedy animes

>"if something bad is said about nintendo, it's one guy"
>someone took the time to make this
WEW

your mom pays me 80$ the round tho, not a big deal

>Why would anyone want to promote their game on this shitty website
>the website where Notch kickstarted minecraft before kickstarter even exists

I still want my 5 USD back you fat fuck.

Give me a good reason why they wouldn't advertise here

You’re a liar. My uncle’s factory makes cardboards for companies for a living and he’s a millionaire. Fuck off and stop being assblasted by a literal toy that nobody gave a shit about except you.

>there are people who genuinely believe that people are being paid to shitpost on a tibetan asshole sewing image board

if my baiting is shilling i guess so

Terraria was, without a doubt, shilled.