A COMPLAINT ABOUT CANADIANS TRYING TO POACH UK DEVELOPMENT TALENT
We like the way random, disenfranchised people occasionally use UKR to vent their rage. This rage is about Canadians boasting about their tax breaks and trying to nick UK staff at a development event.
It’s a bit over our heads, to be honest, but it might annoy a few people and make us a new enemy, and we still like doing that.
“Don’t know whether this news has reached you yet but a lot of us were very fucking pissed off at finding mockup Canadian Passports placed on our seats at this week’s Game Horizon in Newcastle. Put there by sponsor QuickStart Global, inside it listed all the benefits of relocating your British business to Canada – all cheekily packaged as a Canadian passport” – B.
CONTINUED:
“Myself and the other delegates were furious but not knowing the organisers didn’t know who to complain to. Excuse my language but it’s piss poor that with the current brain drain and continuous exodus of firms and talent to Canada that:
“(a) This outrageous poaching would be tolerated at an RDA funded games industry event, and…
“(b) Go unreported.”
filed in "NEWS" on Jul.06, 2010
July 6th, 2010 on 10:58 am
If I was in Newcastle I’d be grateful of an offer to go to Canada. If I was in Newcastle I’d be grateful of an offer to go, well, anywhere. Except possibly Hull.
I’m bored of London. If no one else wants to take them up on it, can I?
I hear they have wild free roaming mousse. I hope it’s chocolate flavour.
July 6th, 2010 on 11:18 am
I almost ended up in Hull by accident once. Somehow took a wrong turn out of services somewhere round Leeds, driving from Whitby to Stoke-on-Trent. Got to the outskirts of Hull before realising. Would’ve been a narrow escape but eventually got home to Stoke-on-Trent so about the same end result really, I’d suspect.
We have moose running wild in Wales too.
July 6th, 2010 on 12:40 pm
Who the effing hell wants to move to Canada? Even the average North-Easterner wouldn’t be able to go out in just a shirt over there.
July 6th, 2010 on 1:05 pm
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July 6th, 2010 on 1:31 pm
Is anyone else feeling an overwhelming pressure with this sudden flurry of bi-daily updates??
July 6th, 2010 on 2:46 pm
It’s exhilarating, isn’t it?
I’m wondering how long Zorg’ll keep it up for.
July 7th, 2010 on 12:00 am
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July 7th, 2010 on 3:46 am
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July 7th, 2010 on 5:13 am
“Who the effing hell wants to move to Canada? Even the average North-Easterner wouldn’t be able to go out in just a shirt over there.”
hey Captain Genius, how about you check the weather report for Toronto this week and see how that statement holds up
July 7th, 2010 on 9:41 am
24°C
A few clouds
Wind: W 7km/h
Sunrise: 5:44
Sunset: 21:02
Relative Humidity: 69%
Pressure: 101.73 kPa
Visibility: 19.0 km
Ceiling: unlimited
That pressure reading sounds a little ominous…
Personally I like a ceiling I can touch…but there you go…
July 7th, 2010 on 9:44 am
@GigerPunk you should count yourself lucky you nearly ended up in Hull instead of Leeds. Leeds is one of the worst places I’ve ever visited.
Also what’s with the prices there? I’m sure even London is cheaper. To me Leeds is like Newcastle only they’re trying to cover up how much of a shithole it is by putting the prices way up on everything.
July 7th, 2010 on 11:13 am
@GigerPunk
Wales Online is the single best comedy blog I’ve seen all week.
No offence intended to anyone here, obviously.
July 7th, 2010 on 12:26 pm
A more parochial and insular website I think you’ll struggle to find. It’s like it’s written by a group of Welsh Alan Partridges.
Two main news sections – “News from Wales” and “Rugby news from Wales” and then there’s a “RubgyNation” section, a “FootballNation” section AND a “Sports” section on top of that.
It’d be less of a joke if it was actually meant as one.
And then people get upset and angry when sheep shagging jokes are made.
Anyone know what Canada’s like for living up to its stereotypes? Starting to seem quite tempting.
July 8th, 2010 on 9:55 am
Oh God, loving the wales online sexiest 50 women list … as compiled by somebody with no understanding of what being “sexy” or a “woman” comprises of. Number 28 looks like she’s trying to ingest an entire pig through her arse.
Weirdly there are much better looking women in Wales then what they’ve picked but as they don’t speak welsh or appear on the shitty welsh language tv channel that literally nobody fucking watches they get ignored by the nationalistic media.. I mean how is catherine zeta jones not even on the list but moonpigs like number 24 are?