In Real Life

Ocean Marketing’s Christoforo Sues Former Client For Defamation Of Character

Paul Christoforo, best known as the man who set off an internet firestorm after a spat with a customer went public last December, has filed a lawsuit against the company he worked for them.


April 27, 2012
News

Avenger Controller Creator Tries To Put Ocean Marketing Debacle In The Past

It’s tough to recover from a PR gaffe. Even tougher: when it’s the biggest PR gaffe of 2011, a customer service firestorm that set the internet into Complete And Utter Outrage Mode late last year.


December 29, 2011
In Real Life

Ocean Marketing Jackass Earns $10 Discount For Everyone

In a statement just released, N-Control, maker of the “Avenger” accessory linked to marketer Paul Christoforo, has promised a $US10 discount coupon for everyone as an apology for Christoforo’s conduct toward a customer in a widely publicized email thread earlier this week.


December 28, 2011
News

PR Trolling ‘Ocean Stratagy’ Out Of Business, Avenger Controller Maker Asks For Forgiveness

The PR tempest in a teapot born of one misused gamer and shockingly bad customer support seems to have mostly run its course, leaving a one-man PR firm in apparent shambles and a unique video game controller accessory struggling to survive.


In Real Life

‘Ocean Stratagy’ Guy Is ‘Sorry’; Penny Arcade Deems Him A ‘Bully’

An update to the ongoing drama (part 1, part 2) of an ex-controller marketing guy, an angry customer, and Penny Arcade. The guy’s “sorry.” Penny Arcade thinks he’s a “bully” who’s sorry he got caught. Part 3′s on Penny Arcade.


In Real Life

Cut Paul "@OceanMarketting" Christoforo A Break—He Might Just Have Roid Rage

It’s been a heck of a day for Paul Christoforo, whose flippant email to a customer asking about his Avenger controller order has made Christoforo a walking memetic punchline. But maybe we should cut Christoforo a break for his overly aggressive emails: he could just be feeling the effects of roid rage.


December 27, 2011
In Real Life

Controller Company Berates Customers, Penny Arcade. Bring Popcorn.

Reader Dave has sent us a rather interesting conversation he’s had over the past few weeks he’s had with Paul Christoforo, a PR rep from Ocean Marketing, representing the makers of the Avenger controller accessory.


August 24, 2011
PlayStation

Soon Your PS3 Controller Can Look Like A Robot Ninja Octopus

It looks crazy but it just might work. N-Control has opened up preorders for the PlayStation 3 version of its Avenger controller cover, adding levers, pulleys and other odds and ends to a controller design that’s worked perfectly well for over a decade.