Ryan Reynolds sent the 'Avengers: Endgame' URL troll a kickass gift
Sometimes being an internet rascal pays off, especially when you're appealing to a fellow rascal like Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds.
Guy Inchair picked up the avengersendgame.com and avengersendgamemovie.com URLs on the day Avengers: Infinity War hit theaters. Then, just after the first Endgame trailer arrived and revealed the movie's full title, Guy made those URLs point to Fox's Once Upon a Deadpool website.
It was half-joke, half-bid to score Endgame premiere tickets, as Guy explicitly tweeted. Well, Reynolds caught wind of the whole affair -- the URL squatting, the Deadpool troll, all of it -- and sent his supporter a little gift on Friday.
Guy, ever the opportunist and single-minded in his focus to score those sweet Endgame premiere tix, immediately offered Reynolds gift up in trade. He may or may not have been serious.
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And lest you think this elaborate gift was the product of some weird reverse-troll, Reynolds stepped up to own his role in its existence.
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Let's get real for a second: there's something to be said for never giving in to the demands of URL squatters. It's an ugly practice, even if it's ultimately on a creator or publisher to protect their brand.
That said, let's all give it up for Guy Inchair. Dude figured out the title of the final Avengers movie seven months before it was officially revealed, and he was so sure of his guess that he plopped down money on the URLs the same day Infinity War hit theaters.
He's not over here making exorbitant cash demands or anything like that. He just wants to be his best fan self by scoring a ticket to the premiere where -- as he told The Wrap -- his hopeful wife might actually get to "meet Thor."
Hook this dude up, Disney.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
