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Robert Khoo resigns from Penny Arcade
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Is everyone going to be able to handle their workloads being tripled?
You're Good People.
I met him for the first time with my girlfriend and brother at the inaugural Pax Aus in 2013.
My girlfriend and I had medical passes, with my brother allowed to accompany us. We were accidentally misdirected to the wrong theatre for the keynote speech and Q/A, thinking that is where people with med passes went to. By the time the enforcers realised and sent us back to the right place, the room was almost to capacity and they had stopped letting people in.
We were super, super bummed. But then we ran into Khoo! He asked us how we were going and we explained the situation to him. He considered it for a moment, and told us to come with him. He lead us around the back and lifted up a curtain, showing us the back end of the theatre, with a row of seats remaining. He told us to grab some seats and enjoy PAX.
A real stand up guy. Every other interaction I've had with him since then has been memorable.
He is one of those people that you respect and look forward to meeting, and you will not be disappointed.
Thanks for helping make PA, and PAX a terrific part of all of our lives, Robert.
Please shoot me a PM if you add me so I know to add you back.
You the best, Khoo.
Definitely one of my favorite PAX moments.
You should ask @Mysst the story of Khoo getting him a pass for PAX Prime after he left his at home. It is my all time favourite story of Khoo.
Satans..... hints.....
I'm not going to get into specifics (some of them I know, some of them I don't) but Robert has done his best to make sure that no one is going to get crushed by a weight of new work. Sensible plans have been put in place.
Safe travels, it's been wonderful watching you build this massive thing out of two buffoons and a dream.
All true, but I still found it strange his departure was being the reported as big industry news. I guess I still think of PA as this little .JPEG upload by Mike & Jerry.
Gawker desperately need some decent management to fix up that broken shambles of an organisation...
Robert is Kind Of A Big Deal.
So long, Khoo. I'll look forward to hearing of your future endeavors. May they be glorious and grand.
Oh yeah, 100%. In my head though they're still just some dudes uploading comics. Like how your want to believe Burt's Bees is still that hippy dude, not a line item on Clorox's P&L.
he bought us drinks
he is a very nice man
And You Got Mail on BluRay for some reason
He saved our asses at PAX East 2016 after the forumer who bought them accidentally gave Reedpop the wrong address, and we only figured it all out a week before the show...
His efforts to make the medical badge experience amazing is by far the thing I'm most grateful for though. It makes PAX a complete, wonderful thing for Belasco and I, when it otherwise would be about 20% of a thing.
I always made it a point to meet up and thank Khoo at all the PAXen I went to. However, I will never forgot one day while standing in line and saying hello that he casually reached over and fixed my tie and the li'l man stuck in it. That is now obviously my luckiest tie that I wear on tough days of teaching!
Khoo, I hope you have a great time now, since I assume you're going back to China and all.
I wonder what big corp he's gonna run next? CEO of Sony? Microsoft? Nintendo? A game developer? Anyone could use Khoo to succeed.
I imagine he used to set traps for Mike and Jerry, sending them random pieces of paper to sign with clauses buried in them saying they'll sell the company, kind of like Cato always attacking Inspector Clouseau to keep him sharp. Once they went for 3 months without accidentally selling the company he figured they're ready to go it alone.
also, just so you know, you are among a select few people who inspired me to keep going, pass the bar, and get to where i am now. there are too many lawyers already, so it's basically your fault :biggrin:
hope you're well, and best wishes to ya! don't let that new hairstyle go to waste! if you don't run for Vice President, i think you'd do well as genius supervillain :P
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My favorite piece of media regarding Robert Khoo is that video where Mike and Jerry barge into his office wondering how much it would cost to run the site without ads for an entire year, and when he tells them they go into hysterics and he just smirks at them like the big dummies they are.
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
I was talking to some friends tonight who aren't even PA fans or anything and they were all really interested to see what Robert does next, just because he's Kind Of A Big Deal
heck my Dad was quite sad to hear the news and he's only been to one PAX (though is also keenly aware of what it's like to work a job for 15+ years, eventually you might just move on!) but he talked to Robert for a while before the forumer photo and instantly understood one of the big reasons PAX is so good
While I have never met you, both my wife and I would like to pretend we know you a little bit from the PA:The Series videos. We were always so impressed with the thought and detail you put into things that you care about. To us, that is highlighted by the bachelor party videos in season 2 with the craziness that you organized.
Becuase of this caring of not only for your friends but perfect strangers, you've helped craft a couple of guys drawing and making dick jokes into multiple country multiple time a year convention series, clothing lines, physical and video games and probably the most important, a safe space for thousands to come together, without judgment and discuss a wide variety of topics.
Thank you Khoo, we won't forget you ever.
He brought me a pass! And then he punched me! It left a pretty good bruise!
Would you say he's a khoollossus?
Also for real good luck in your future endeavors, Khoo!
So, thank you.
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All the rights to penny arcade are secretly in his name, after he leaves they get a bill for the license to use the brand.
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