/u/SpacemasterTom becomes a Blue!
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evertonfc.comPosted Jul 7, 2016, 8:25 AM UTC
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evertonfc.comFucking Everton doxxing the guy
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No no no, I let Mirror Online know my real name. I gave them permission. And that's where they found out about it. I didn't want to show my real name on Reddit at first but when Mirror contacted me I let them go with my real name.
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So...you trust Mirror more than us?
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I didn't expect this would get blown up way out of proportion, and I guess the Mirror guy's PM was just the tipping point for me. I don't mind it but if you can call yourself SpacemasterTom on a website and it's perfectly normal, why even mention your real name? I like that this is a discussion forum where names aren't truly relevant.
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Nah, tagging you as Aldin the blue now
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Obviously, we are all degenerates.
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Hahah, in all seriousness though I absolutely love all of this, I love Reddit, I love the atmosphere here, it's my safe zone. I don't even bother to use any other social media website as extensively as this one, since you guys can be so supportive, and you can cheer up a man so much. I've spoke with other Bosnian internationals before, it's cool but nothing special, but the most pleasure I've gotten from all of this is reading your comments as if I actually signed to play for Everton FC. So thank you guys for all of this, you are some absolutely amazing degenerates ;)
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Typical Everton supporter.
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Blasphemy.
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Dude, it's the Mirror..
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Welcome to the club :)
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Is it pronounced "Spachemaster Tom"?
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Deleting it is stupid. As you can get free plane tickets and Everton tickets. Just run a script that deletes all your old comments.
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As I've said, it's okay. Everything's okay. They only know my name through Mirror Online, because I gave them permission for it, second of all I'm not the only guy with that name, they didn't dig anything up on me except for the name they saw, and third of all, my fb/twitter accounts are pretty much empty since I post all of my thoughts on Reddit and YouTube. So they had nothing much to discover anyway.
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He still needs to be able to do marketing for them. They are doing all this for marketing. Otherwise they wouldn't ask players to do extra interviews. So, either way he will have to have a profile that is well known. As his name is already known to the public he needs to have his name on Reddit. And then another anonymous profile on the side if he wants to.
It's not bad. I only have this one profile with my real info. And no one gives a fuck about me IRL. I am a nobody anyway. If someone posts photos I will flag their post for being jerks.
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I won't use them. But search for them on Google, there are tons of them. Get Tapermonkey and a script for it.
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Change my name, move to another country & follow another sport just incase
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hey, maybe you'll discover your mates mod your midget anal porn subs
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link?
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Time to message all the other sports to see who wants me the most.
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What a great signing. Good stuff by Everton, very well done and quickly handled. Can't wait to see him perform.
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I seriously thought this thing was over last week with my original post dying out yet yesterday I woke up finding out I got signed by Everton FC.
I guess they needed someone strong at the 12th player position.
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What's your favourite position again?
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69 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Just don't play after eating spice-rich food ;)
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This guy fucks!
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The media is gonna get all over this!
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Reddista.
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Dunno, Koeman might find a way to fit him as a left-wing defensive central trequartista
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memefielder
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Please, recognize my existance
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Can you imagine if it was Real trying to sign him? Imagine the fax machine-related mess that would have ended in...
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I'm intrigued at the though of Redditing via fax machine.
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We nearly bought him two years ago - Wenger
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Koeman has his priorities straight!
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This story is getting more hilarious by the minute.
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What is it? lol
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I believe u/SpacemasterTom made a post about contacting 92 clubs that play in England's professional leagues (credit: u/zizzor23) to see who he should support. He included all of the clubs responses in his post. Everton made more of a personalized effort than all the other clubs (including a personal video message from Besic)! They are making great PR with the sub for posting this info on their website.
Here's the link to his original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/4rjz6n/update_last_week_i_messaged_92_english_clubs_two/
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It wasn't well known clubs but 92 clubs that play in England's professional leagues
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Ouch. Everton not even thought of as well known.
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eh, even though it's the blueshite and all, I am totally impressed by the way they saw an opportunity for free PR and grabbed it.
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meh it's off season
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Really? Not just Twitter?
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why was this downvoted
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Because it's good PR and he's being the one thing we call them, bitter.
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oh , i didnt read it as bitter at all, i suppose it makes more sense in context of the parent comment but i thought he was just joking about how crazy/funny it is that everton announced a fan "signing" on the official website
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Plastic
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Yeah how dare they sign me, I only waited for Barcelona to give me an offer
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A bit unfair. You didn't contact any Spanish clubs. Maybe you would have Neymar make a short movie just for you.
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We didn't want you anyway.
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I never said I chose a club before this. Barnet's response was amazing too, definitely mad respect from me for them.
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"Born, not manufactured"... Wait, what?
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Big get for Everton. Since u/SpacemasterTom was available on a free I hope that means hes on some hefty wages
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They always rated me tbh
It was only a matter of time before I went from being announced as a signing in Everton's FIFA Manager Mode website to their real one. Did you know that Wenger almost signed me?
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But can you do it on a wet, windy Tuesday night at the Britannia?
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I don't know, I didn't get any e-mails from Barcelona B
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The Mirror article states that you did actually.
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So, did they send you free tickets or something? That's the least they could do for all the good PR they good through this.
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Wow, I literally can't believe that a post about me being acknowledged and approached by Everton FC is #27 on r/all right now. I wouldn't believe this if you told me even yesterday.
Edit: now #18
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It's pretty cool how they are even posting a follow up about you on their website, also Besic tweeting after you said you were going to support them.
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Congrats mate haha what a story ;)
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Grip.
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Good hustle social media team of Everton FC. That's some grade A work.
I must say football clubs do have a dusty feeling to them especially if it's an established club with a lot of history.
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with so many clubs coming to esports this is going to change real quick
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what? why haven't I heard of this
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sorry i am late but schalke already has a team in lcs.
and many other teams are making moves on teams and got some players on fifa.
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how does that work?
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IDK Schalke seems to me like a really modern club with their Esports activity.
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how is this good at all im confused, is this meant to attract "fans" or something? it all seems so fake to me anyways
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I think it's mostly just a deadpan joke, and many people love that type of humor
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All publicity is good publicity. Everton getting their brand name recognition improved.
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was undersoil heating that big of an attraction?
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fairly certain it was the goal nets mate. They came before the under soil heating
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Never see him. Is he any good?
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Dude, Wenger almost signed me
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The Man the Myth
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Maybe I missed your background in your other posts, but did you follow football before all of this? Or have you recently gotten into it? Either way, this whole thing is awesome.
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Yeah I followed football for years, ever since I was a kid, just didn't have an EPL team to cheer for. ;)
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EPL? burn the witch!
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If you need a League 2 squad, it's never too late to switch over to the mighty Accrington Stanley!
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But can he do it on a cold rainy ni.... Nah, I'll see myself out.
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Bill Kenwright - 'Theres ya fuckin Arteta money'
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Did someone post it on r/bestof yet?
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Someone did but the Mods removed it.
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That's because one of the mods is Janet from Ipswich
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Can't say i'm surprised.
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It's not her fault, her sixth finger hit the delete button on the keyboard accidentally!
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Fucking Janet
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Fucking JanetJanet from Ipswich don't give a fuck. FTFY.
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Is he a replacement for Niasse?
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I'm actually gonna be a replacement for Lukaku, I'm obviously a bigger deal to them to have their players actually convince me to sign for them
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Just please don't let your dad speak about your career choices.
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and dont let your dad do your taxes
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Just wanted to sum up the story for everyone asking me about it:
Original Reddit Post - I posted on Reddit, as my current account u/SpacemasterTom, that I e-mailed 92 professional clubs from England asking them why I should be a fan of their team, and posted the 10 clubs' responses.
The Original Comment - to another thread where I originally posted the clubs' responses at first, and once it gained a lot of traction and replies, I decided to make it a Reddit self-post linked above where I referred to this comment I posted.
UK Sports Yahoo Article - Follow up article on that, featuring those clubs' responses and highlighting Everton's. Many British and foreign websites wrote about the story, I eventually allowed my real name, Aldin Karabeg, to be used.
Reddit Update Post - I announced to Reddit that while two more clubs responded, I got a personalized video from Everton's Muhamed Bešić via e-mail welcoming me as an Everton supporter, which I then uploaded to YouTube. He and Everton FC also posted the video on Twitter and Facebook.
Irish Mirror Article - Many British websites posted about his response to me, here is the Mirror's piece.
Dnevni Avaz Article - Bosnian's biggest newspaper reporting about it, linking the said video.
Everton's Website Announcement - Everton was proud to announce that they managed to help me, Aldin Karabeg, become a fan of their club with the help of Muhamed Bešić.
This Last Reddit Thread - About Everton's website announcement, where I'm posting this comment right now, a thread posted by another user.
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And I'll also add that my username here, SpacemasterTom, was inspired by a Cracked.com article about Tom Delonge's weird alien & space obsessions after he left Blink-182 to form Angels & Airwaves (one of my all-time favorite bands, by the way). At #3 he mentions his lack of subtlety towards making alien references so much that he's "one step away from simply releasing an album called Spacemaster Tom and the Spaceships from Space."
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Nice
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Not a bad club to choose. Although there's a heavy city rivalry and I hope Liverpool thump them every time, I hold no ill will towards them, as opposed to like, ManU or Chelsea, who are all bastard filth.
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Is this the equivalent of Triple H recognizing r/squaredcircle 's fruit basket? Lmao! We did it r/soccer
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I'm gonna need the story on that one.
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Some guy sent him a fruit basket to the headquarters of WWE as a 'thank you' for a NXT Takeover (it was a great Show) and later Triple H tweeted about reddit sending him the fruit basket hahah.
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far out we're milking this for all it's worth.
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Okay, great.
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This is just awesome
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I guess that's as much "official recognition" as r/soccer is ever going to get.
Good on Everton to take an opportunity for lots of free PR for little investment that presented itself like this. And I'm not cynical about this - it's a good move and a nice gesture. Well done.
Janet will be fucking gutted
She went above and beyond for nothing. I hope she doesn't see this as a setback.
It happens, she's still young in the secretary game and her manager will back her to bounce back
Indeed, she's a beautiful young woman and has shown great character.
Hopefully she'll get a transfer to a bigger club after this performance.
But will she give a fuck? Probably not.
Yeah, it's not like he chose Spurs or Arsenal
Maybe she'll be demoted to accounting
Fuck you Janet from accounting
Yea but she doesn't give a fuck.
My accounting teacher is called Janet..
this really made me LOL in my office so thanks I guess
Janet from accounting don't give a fuck?
Everton have signed her up
I know the whole Janet thing was funny but it turns out she is a part-time secretary who usually only works on a Friday. The normal receptionist is off on her holiday.
Can't really be too hard on her!
When I used to work for Southampton FC, everyone was well aware of r/soccer. (Possibly because I was on it all day, but mainly because it has a lot of decent news in amongst the garbage).
the guardian definitely has someone on r/soccer a lot of stories or anecdotes on here find their way onto articles or the podcast (that one about nigerian away results in the premier league)
Yeah absolutely. I made it into the London Evening Standard with someone I posted on r/London. I thought they would cross out my username or something, being a bit disgusting and all, but nope.
People still seem to think that Reddit is somewhat private and secret but it's one of the most visited websites in the world. I think I had my first account here 3 years ago when this sub had about 100K users or so. With the amount it's growing it'll probably hit a million in the next couple years.
Most people who go on reddit are weirdos tbf, never mention it to my mates.
"And now over to one of our sources on site, Bell_Whiff, what have you got for us?"
"Thanks, James. I'm standing here amid the..."
According to Alexa, Reddit, Pinterest, and Imgur are the ninth-, thirteenth-, and sixteenth-most visited websites in the US respectively.
You're right about reddits traffic, its insane. Now a days, i feel like reddit will become the new facebook, just without the faces. A lot of the front page stuff is sly advertising as well
I was in that too!
James Horncastle follows our twitter account @soccer_reddit
He retweeted something from that twitter account like a month or two ago
I heard James Richardson reference the France is Bacon anecdote on the Guardian Football Weekly podcast a few weeks ago.
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What was the one about Nigerian away results in the prem?
How long ago was this?
Up until around June '15. I was working on some projects with them, sort of on loan from another company.
Did they sell you to Liverpool in the summer transfer window?
Maybe we should start calling loaned players 'consults' instead. Like "Liverpool can today confirm that Mario Balotelli will be consulting AC Milan for the upcoming seasont".
secondment?
"Well aware", how so specifically? Do they treat it like just another average football news site, or like a huge weird football community with participants from all over the world?
Probably because r/soccer is run from behind the scenes by the Southampton Mafia
an Everton post on the front page with the top comment coming from a VfB fan. My two favorite teams!
We out here
Probably don't give us too much official attention because the sub is basically made up of copyrighted content, FA/FIFA bosses won't want to be seen advocating for the enemy when they have licenses to uphold.