Randy Pitchford’s #AskRandy Twitter Q&A Backfires Over Colonial Marines

As part of the Develop conference, people were invited to ask Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford questions using the #AskRandy hashtag. As so often happens with these things, the Q&A backfired in somewhat spectacular fashion. 

Question for @DuvalMagic ? tweet us and we'll put the question to him for the Q&A. Use the hashtag #askrandy pic.twitter.com/4MxU6rV6qC

— Develop: Brighton (@developconf) July 13, 2015

The Q&A comes just days after Pitchford claimed players were wrong to sue over the disastrous release of Aliens: Colonial Marines in 2013. 

Below is a selection of the questions Pitchford received, though it seems he neglected to address any of them. 

Why would you ever agree to this hashtag being a thing how could you not see where it was gonna go #AskRandy

— Matt Leslie (@Lesmocon) July 14, 2015

Which makes you prouder Turnin a big profit from ripping off CodeHunters' aesthetic in Borderlands…. Or Colonial Marines? #AskRandy

— Alex Harvey (@oysterFAKE) July 14, 2015

#AskRandy Do you regularly outsource development of your games to a third party to allow for plausible deniability in case they're shit?

— N'Elisaurus Rex (@NEligahn) July 14, 2015

#AskRandy Do you ever look at Creative Assembly's Alien Isolation and think 'WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE THIS? COLONIAL MARINES HAD MORE GUNS!'

— Stuart Sandy (@VTheSystemV) July 14, 2015

#AskRandy @developconf @duvalmagic Can you teach me how to treat people like shit and get away with it? You are fucking awesome at that

— Douglas 더글라스 (@DougFunk15) July 14, 2015

When will you be working on a sequel for aliens colonial marines? #AskRandy

— Redder Than Texas (@RedderThanTexas) July 14, 2015

.@developconf Do you still consider Colonial Marines the official canonical sequel to Aliens? #AskRandy

— Jim Sterling (@JimSterling) July 14, 2015

.@developconf @DuvalMagic Why did you outsource development of Colonial Marines if you're such a "big fan" of the series? #AskRandy

— John W. (@Plankfan) July 14, 2015

@developconf @DuvalMagic Do you lie and patronize as you do by your own self, or do you outsource those too? #AskRandy

— Justin Stewart (@SeymourDuncan17) July 14, 2015

Why did you lie to game journalists three feet from their faces? #AskRandy

— Myles McCormack (@7thDementia) July 14, 2015

#AskRandy Also why did you ship Duke Nukem Forever when that game was hot garbage?

— the-goddamn-doomguy (@thegoddamndoomg) July 14, 2015

#AskRandy can I get my money back for Colonial Marines? Your lies made me buy it.

— LiamD (@sirliamofgol) July 14, 2015

#askrandy how does it feel to destroy 2 of my child hood icons and running a great concept into the ground(Borderlands) ?

— Kello Pudgerro (@PudgeButcher) July 14, 2015