Tuesday, June 3, 2014

The obsessive compulsive liar, fraud sam artist patrick scott patterson has lost it comparing himself to Katy Perry LMFAO

Patrick Scott Patterson
3 hours ago near Denton, TX
So in conversation today with someone who I feel misunderstands what it is that I do and/or want to do more and more... I am asked why my website is named for me... like "Why PatrickScottPatterson.com and not Patterson Gaming or PSP Video Games or something?"

This person, with all respect to them, is taking my choice of URL as an ego thing by me. He also notes promotion of my appearances & events as some sort of ego trip rather than just what it is. Promotion.

But I fail to understand the issue. For example... Katy Perry's website is KatyPerry.com not KatyPerrySinging.com... and sure enough, the site is promoting her upcoming appearances, a recent media appearance, etc.

So... from a branding perspective... what's the difference?

Is there some reason I am not allowed to brand and promote in the exact same manner as someone else... or does this boil back down to a total lack of understanding as to what it is I do?

I'd like your input, folks. Let it fly... because I'd very much like to explore this and get it out in the open in case there are any others out there in the same boat as my old friend here.
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  • Jason Alan McLain My response is the same as on a similar status of yours: Looks like someone doesn't understand the concept of personal branding.
    3 hours ago · Like · 2
  • Sabriel Mastin I don't understand his viewpoint. Most people promote themselves in this manner. If you branched out and talked about race cars, rock climbing, and jelly making, I can see having a different URL for each, but elsewise you are your brand and are doing it right.
    3 hours ago · Like · 1
  • Patrick Scott Patterson Well, that was part of the logic on my part, too. Who's to say what I will expand into doing over time? It's changed in the past... and I got tired of changing URLs to reflect it, too.
    2 hours ago · Like
  • Mike Cervantes It's named after you because the body of work done on the site is entirely done by you. if it were a corporation or a team effort, like IGN, then that'd be different.
    2 hours ago · Like · 2
  • Patrick Scott Patterson In a way, Mike... but even still, in your example, one is looking at the stuff on my site as my full body of work... which is not accurate. The day I fully shed the "article guy" label is going to involve a big juicy steak with all the fixin's and a river of cold beer.
    2 hours ago · Like
  • Mike Cervantes As opposed to all the steak and beer you've eaten before considering this analogy?
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  • Patrick Scott Patterson A follow up from this person, btw, seems to deem the stuff that I've done so far as not being "worthy" enough to make note of. I suppose the placement of the ego in the conversation is now clear to me, but oh well... I tried to have the conversation. Learned what I need to I guess.
    2 hours ago · Edited · Like
  • Mike Cervantes Is "noteworthy" still a thing in this landscape? And if it is, shouldn't someone be shaking down Egoraptor for his credentials?
    2 hours ago · Like
  • Patrick Scott Patterson Even the use of the word "worthy" is snobby... as if I'm trying to impress the queen or somethin' here.
    2 hours ago · Edited · Like
  • Jason Alan McLain The response to this person's follow-up would be "The market determines if my work is noteworthy."
    2 hours ago · Like
  • Mike Cervantes What really hasn't occurred to this person is the fact PSP is "worthy" of his own website is because he spends an excruciating time updating and working on it. Which is why anyone is "worthy" of anything. Except for the people who question the "worthyness" of people.
    2 hours ago · Like
  • Patrick Scott Patterson Jason... you make an incredibly well thought out and valid remark right there.
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  • David Hernly Take all of this as purely constructive, nothing more: There is a distinct difference between creating a brand and being a brand. Katy Perry *is* a brand. Her site doesn't go out of it's way to tell you she's a singer because it's expected. It is direct and to the point. Your site labels you are a 'Video Game Media Personality', which means you are concerned that if people go there that they don't know what you are. I would also say that is a very vague branding of yourself. I've seen you say many times how people don't get what you are trying to do or achieve, but I've yet to see you definitely say what that is. Lay it all on the table. 

    Let me take it down this path... That title doesn't communicate what you do, which is where the confusion is... So people ask: Are you after fame? A job in the video game industry? A former developer that talks about his experiences in the industry? A professional gamer? An actor who loves gaming? Etc...

    Here is another example: http://www.complex.com/.../25-non-developer.../

    We both know (most) of the people on that list personally in some regard. Yahtzee is a writer who does reviews and editorials, but he also travels to many conventions doing panels just the same. He is more than a writer of course, but therein is my core point... His 'baseline' is writing, Katy Perry's 'baseline' is signing... 

    What is your 'baseline'. Own it. Use it

    25 Video Game Personalities You Should Know Who Aren't Developers
    www.complex.com
    It takes a lot more than just developers to make video games the most successful form of modern entertainment. From game journalists to YouT
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Catherine Vice My site is still Indie Gamer Chick even though I have non-female writers now (I just hired two more in fact). I get a lot of shit for the URL. I'm still on the fence of whether I would have done something different if I had known how big and influential it would get.

    No going back now. Third year anniversary coming up. And it's a recognizable name now, at least on the indie scene. But I still get some asshole at least once a day say "Why does every girl have to identify them as being a girl?" I just thought it was a funny name.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Patrick Scott Patterson The description is my "baseline" though, David. "Media Personality" is a known phrase. Add in "Video Game" and it should be clear that is the space in which I speak. It exists in my header for the benefit of those who still think it's 2009 and / or those who still think my goal or role is to be a byline in some written piece about what someone else did. It is necessary if I wish to avoid being seen as a "video game journalist". Early on, I understood the confusion... but now.... I begin to ask how many times I have to have a microphone in my hand or a camera in my face to make it fully clear. If I was a "Sports Media Personality" I wouldn't have this issue.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Patrick Scott Patterson Also... you say that "Katy Perry IS a brand".... and I state that "Patrick Scott Patterson IS my brand".. because that's the point. To continue the Perry example... she isn't just a singer. She could do a clothing line or a dessert brand or a perfume or a magazine, too. Only difference is the level of the playing field here. The world knows who she is already... they are just learning on my end of things, which requires me to be very specific if I want to avoid mislabeling on a larger scale. Make no doubt the larger scale is in plain view at this point, at least from my vantage point, because I know what all I have in hand... I just can't tell everyone else yet.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Mike Cervantes Also, we know quite well which one of the two would look better in a bra that shoots fireworks.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Catherine Vice I'm so happy I don't have a visual imagination, or else I imagine that image would be stuck in my head right now, and I will be trying to find you and gut you over it 
    about an hour ago · Like · 1
  • Patrick Scott Patterson Yes, Mike... we all know I could totally pull that shit off.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Mike Cervantes Or you will, as soon as I can get the damn spinners to work.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • David Hernly You are making some of my points even more Scott: You keep talking about how people don't get what you are. Doesn't that tell you something? I think you consider the point made already and that everyone needs to 'catch up', but that isn't their job. That's what I keep trying to help you with... Clearing up the confusion is your job for your brand to thrive. 

    Explain what your goal is Scott. Simple as that. You have yet to clearly define it publicly. "Video Game Media Personality" isn't a baseline, and it's obviously not clear enough at describing what your goal is or you wouldn't still have all this confusion..
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Patrick Scott Patterson SOME people, David. The line actually seems to exist with those who knew me or knew of me before 2012 and which learned of me after. Those who became familiar with me after mid-2012 totally get what it is I do far more often than not... unless or until someone before that timeframe gets in their ear at least.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Patrick Scott Patterson My goal? Described it so many times even I'm tired of it... and it says it flat on my site. I'm the "go-to" guy to speak on video gaming in the media. The source. The man. Some think so now... many don't yet. I'll turn down 100 writing jobs for one shot to do my thing in front of a crowd or a camera, because it will reflect what I actually do / want to do more. See that guy on TV that everyone goes to for an opinion on sports topics? I'm the video game version of that guy. There's a reason I have not one... not two... not three or four... but SIX things in television or film that drop over the next six months. There's a reason I just hosted six of seven panels at Indy PopCon and was paid to do so. There's a reason why I do it again at A-Kon 25 this weekend. There's a reason why I'm interviewed for a major magazine that drops in July, too... or cited by name by the media now. I feel I'm being pretty clear to anyone that is really looking at me in the modern space.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Matthew Randall I think that ego goes hand in hand when building a brand. If you were not in some way egocentric around a brand (in this case you are the brand) then how do you push the brand to new heights and create a sense of stability that keeps customers/clients coming. I do not see it as much and ego but as the natural means to which to get known and have people take full stock of ones abilities and credentials. Otherwise you will go nameless which obviously is a counter productive point. Keep up the good work. I appreciate the hard work and effort you put into your brand and in the end so will many others as they are already starting to come on board.. Cheers!
    45 minutes ago · Edited · Like
  • Patrick Scott Patterson You come a lot closer than the old friend who threw it out there, Matthew. Video gaming already has 55,000 faceless bylines... which is why you don't see people in the space I stepped in to occupy. I can't occupy it if I don't put myself out there. I go back to the original example. What is the difference between me making myself my own brand and a Katy Perry or Roger Ebert doing so? (from the basis of using their name and promoting their activities that is)
    36 minutes ago · Like
  • David Hernly Katy Perry is a singer... Roger Ebert was a film critic. Their names became brands from the skilled work they put into their respective crafts.
    17 minutes ago · Like
  • David Hernly You have skill as a writer. I'm not sure why you don't use that as part of your efforts... But you seem to want to distance yourself from it.
    about a minute ago · Like

  • David Hernly Katy Perry is a singer... Roger Ebert was a film critic. Their names became brands from the skilled work they put into their respective crafts.
    2 hours ago · Like
  • David Hernly You have skill as a writer. I'm not sure why you don't use that as part of your efforts... But you seem to want to distance yourself from it.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Matthew Randall David, how is that any different than Scott putting in the effort to make his name stand out as a game media professional? I see this as the same-same. Maybe I just misunderstand your perspective... If Katy Perry the singer didn't sing well and push her name as a singer.. then we wouldn't know her at all... So if Scott fails to be the personality he intends to be and fails to push that then he will go unknown. I am completely lost here unless you suggest that his writing and his personality are not good enough for the space but I am thinking this isn't what you are trying to say.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Matthew Randall Just remember they were all unknown at one point and became the well know personalities they have become. There is nothing different than what is going on here. You are just looking at the roots not the tree.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • David Hernly Actually it's simpler than that... They became personalities from excelling at something that garnered others attention. This isn't about any lack of ability... Not remotely. The point I'm making is all these people being referenced did something that made them a personality. They didn't just call themselves a personality and use that as their baseline profession. 

    What do we think of when you hear 'media personality'... Kim Kardassian? That isn't a positive image IMHO. I don't believe that is his intent by any meand, but do you see my point?
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Matthew Randall Actually I tend to think of names like Adam Sessler, and Morgan Webb.. Tommy Tolleirco, Victor Lucas... etc. etc. etc.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Patrick Scott Patterson Matthew... you are nailing it IMO. Bob Costas was referred to recently as a media personality. He can speak on camera on any sports related topic there is. Boom. I just hosted numerous panels at a live pop culture event for this exact reason, in fact.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Patrick Scott Patterson Also, David... I didn't just up and call myself something without having already been doing it. To think that I did is a little bit insulting, honestly... as it shows much of my body of work has been ignored by you. Even if I did just up and declare myself as something, though, I don't know why that would be a bad thing. We both know a guy who once up and told the entire video game industry that he was the official scorekeeper for all of video games. At the time he had exactly one score.
    about an hour ago · Like
  • David Hernly And he became a personality by being a scorekeeper. My point exactly. I made it clear I'm trying to be constructive. Nothing more
    about an hour ago · Like
  • Patrick Scott Patterson And I became a personality by serving as a go-to person for the media, television, film and live events that wanted or needed an expert on all things video games... BEFORE I labeled myself as a personality that did that. I then went that way because that is what I want to do more of... rather than be expected to write every time somebody puts up a score on a 30 year old video game. As I said... I was already doing what I want to be known for before I declared it... while you seem to think otherwise.
    about an hour ago · Like














 For others, including you, David... who say you still haven't seen me clearly define what it is I do... here it is again, as Lexi recognizes above. I wondered why I never saw people representing video gaming in the mainstream media. I see people who do so for the film and television industries... for political parties... for animal rights groups.... for any and all sports... for medical and health care discussions.... etc etc etc. However, I never saw video gaming. Upon looking into it further, I reached out to some places and offered to be that guy. I got some opportunities to do that, so I branded myself as that go-to guy... if for no other reason because I don't see anyone else raising their hand to take that on. Rather than wish and/or wait for someone to put themselves out there to be that... I decided to do it myself. I got tired of the misrepresentation of video gamers and gaming history and culture decades ago... and it clearly isn't going to change 

 EVEN THOUGH PATRICK misrepresents gaming daily 

 and steals others info to pretend it's his 





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