Generally speaking, though, folks who haven't had to deal with being on the negative end of it don't see it happening as easily as those who have, and are faster to dismiss it and make apologetics for it.
People overanalyzing human interaction during a video game presentation is a lot creepier than anything Swen or others on the PFH did.
Assembled individuals, Exhibit A.
See what I mean? Without getting into the full discussion with all the references and evidence, there's just no point. I was asked, I answered, I've spoken my piece to that and directed those curious towards where I spoke of it further. Enough.
This thread is just for the synopsis itself, for those who didn't want to, or couldn't, watch the stream. Drath has another thread discussing the actual patch that we received, and folks should feel free to discuss the panel here as well, but I'd rather not derail it further.
