Why is Aaron Webber so disliked by some groups in the community? I know that his handling of social media and its very ironic character put off a lot of people, but I've heard that he's said or done some pretty bad things.
I've heard a couple things through the grapevine. Anecdotal things, so I can't verify them for myself. But the main thing I've heard is that people in the press can't stand him simply because he was kind of annoying. I was told he basically had the heart of a 4chan troll. One of those guys who loved sharing foul memes of cognitohazard level garbage.
For that reason, apparently a lot of the press tried to avoid dealing with him, because off the record and in personal situations he was just the worst kind of irony poisoned internet gremlin. Exactly the kind of guy who would make "I identify as an attack helicopter" jokes on the official company social media account. Absolutely insufferable dumpster water sense of humor.
One story I did hear... again, anecdotal, but you know how the Sonic "brand" started having this weird rivalry with Game Grumps?
The way I heard it, Grumps were apparently not Sega's first pick. Aaron Webber supposedly bent over backwards to court Pewdiepie instead, and Pewdiepie refused to play ball with them. So they had to find some other influencer to torture and signed Game Grumps instead.
And to be clear: Webber was specifically looking for something antagonistic. They wanted it to be this kind of back-and-forth feud. A "friendly" rivalry. Which makes the years of claims that Arin hates Sonic look very different to me, because Webber was apparently encouraging him to be that way on purpose.
So, like, I don't think it's that this guy kicks puppies or is a Trump donor or anything too insane, but it sounds like people who interact with him generally find him deeply annoying and probably more than a little offensive. A pest, if nothing else.
