VIDEO: Former Editor Rob Wright Gets Tased

[Sicundercover]

This is a reminder of one of the greatest fail maneuvers ever made by Tom's (Getting rid of Rob).

 

[wild9]

[citation][nom]jj463rd[/nom]Wear aluminum foil under your shirt and pants and laugh like Arnold Schwarzenegger when the Tazer probes short out on the metal foil.[/citation]

Ben Richards aka the 'Butcher of Bakersfield, should have tried that against 'Dynamo' in the action film, 'The Running Man'.

Here's the film's plot..

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state..

Source: Wiki

..yeah, it's all about "change".

 

[thorimmortal]

Glad to see Rob back on toms, Not really the come back I was hoping for. but shocking none the less.

 

[megamanx00]

That was awesome. Good show Rob, good show, it was a shocker 😛

 

[bruce555]

WISH SECOND TAKE WAS STILL AROUND!
 
Hated TOMS for a VERY long time for doing that and have dropped the forums since then. Just recently started to look at the articles again.
 
ROB AND BEN WERE THE BEST THING AT TOM'S!

 

[Blessedman]

lol Thorimmortal

 

[ProDigit10]

Ahahaha! Thumbs up Rob!

It didn't keep you down for 30seconds though, more like for 15!

 

[zak_mckraken]

[citation][nom]wild9[/nom]....yeah, it's all about "change".[/citation]
It's really beyond me that someone can read an article about a tech editor getting tased and somehow manage to throw in a Obama-bashing comment.

 

[belardo]

@Rob Wright:

Imagine if they did it for 30seconds... It could have been messy-pants and a trip to the hospital. Then your video on youtube would be more infamous. Now after the experience, I guessing you'll continue to show videos of people being taZed and laughing at them.

BTW: The old THGames - I think many of us liked that your videos didn't seem to be kiss-butt to the game industry. You didn't like something, you'd let people know. Hope your next gig is working out well... whatever it is. (Bestbuy?) I haven't been to a CES in years, trying to get a PC product to market.

I remember my first visit to Tom's website... it was originally nothing more than a 3Dfx Banshee fan support site. Ah, the old days when us Banshee owners would upset Voodoo3 owners saying stupid silly things like "Voodoo3 is really a Banshee2" - which is true. Once you compare the card and feature set... 😉 And yes, a V3 murdered a Banshee.

 

[belardo]

[citation][nom]zak_mckraken[/nom]It's really beyond me that someone can read an article about a tech editor getting tased and somehow manage to throw in a Obama-bashing comment.[/citation]

It's all those guys can think about. I bet they have wet-dreams about Obama or of Americans in general. They are all over the internet. An article about balloon, Hubble space telescope, a horse race, state fair, roof blows off - there they are, blaming the black guy for their problems. ugh

 

[robwright]

[citation][nom]Belardo[/nom]@Rob Wright:Imagine if they did it for 30seconds... It could have been messy-pants and a trip to the hospital. Then your video on youtube would be more infamous.[/citation]

Funny story about that. As I was waiting at the Taser booth for Jane to show up, we had the following text exchange:

Me: I guess I should hit the bathroom before I get Tased.

Jane: No! I want the money shot!

 

[thesmokingman14]

@Robwright, seriously, you and Ben WERE Tomshardware. It was good to see you getting tased, albeit more for our benefit than your own! 😉

 

[belardo]

[citation][nom]thesmokingman14[/nom]@Robwright, seriously, you and Ben WERE Tomshardware. It was good to see you getting tased, albeit more for our benefit than your own![/citation]

You should have chanced it! It would have been a WIN / WIN situation.
- If you didn't wet yourself... your tough.
- If you DID wet yourself, far more hits on the video and maybe end up on TOSH.0

 

[gm0n3y]

So you can buy consumer level tasers??!? And they last 6 times longer than the law enforcement variety? Wow, I want to get one of those. Of course, its probably illegal in most civilized countries, but a guy can dream.

 

[dconnors]

For the record, it should be stated that Rob Wright was the worst boss of all time. He let me play video games and eat In N Out Burger all day, so every job that has followed thereafter has been a letdown.

RIP Tom's Games

-Devin

 

[belardo]

[citation][nom]robwright[/nom]Funny story about that. As I was waiting at the Taser booth for Jane to show up, we had the following text exchange:Me: I guess I should hit the bathroom before I get Tased.Jane: No! I want the money shot![/citation]

You should have chanced it! It would have been a WIN / WIN situation.
- If you didn't wet yourself... your tough.
- If you DID wet yourself, far more hits on the video and maybe end up on TOSH.0

(sorry - responded to the wrong message)

 

[belardo]

So you can buy consumer level tasers??!? And they last 6 times longer than the law enforcement variety? Wow, I want to get one of those.

Takes care of those pesky girl-friend issues... 😉

 

[JMcEntegart]

[citation][nom]robwright[/nom]Funny story about that. As I was waiting at the Taser booth for Jane to show up, we had the following text exchange:Me: I guess I should hit the bathroom before I get Tased.Jane: No! I want the money shot![/citation]

[citation][nom]Belardo[/nom]You should have chanced it! It would have been a WIN / WIN situation.- If you didn't wet yourself... your tough.- If you DID wet yourself, far more hits on the video and maybe end up on TOSH.0(sorry - responded to the wrong message)[/citation]

I would have walked in front of you until you got to a place where you could clean yourself up!

 

[f-14]

[citation][nom]Belardo[/nom...I remember my first visit to Tom's website... it was originally nothing more than a 3Dfx Banshee fan support site. Ah, the old days when us Banshee owners would upset Voodoo3 owners saying stupid silly things like "Voodoo3 is really a Banshee2" - which is true. Once you compare the card and feature set... And yes, a V3 murdered a Banshee.[/citation]
+1 those were the good ole days still have my voodoo blaster banshee and voodoo5000

 

[reconspartan]

I was also pissed when second take went away. Hope you're doing well Rob