When your fan base keeps asking questions that have been answered than I think you will crack eventually. To say he isn't right for the job is just [censored]. He handles it better than most ever could and makes quite the effort to reply to most comments, even if they have been asked before.
It would be nice if some of the idiots who ask him things would either scroll down his Twitter feed or google it.
As for the list of names, I don't see Bethesda ever releasing it, you will have to wait until someone digs through the game files and posts it online.

On his personal Twitter account. Not his work one, his personal one.

Really?! That was his personal account?! Jesus people need to lighten up.

Lol, is that what he said? Well, frankly, Mr. Hines or Bethesda wouldn't mind bothering us on a Saturday asking for our money, no?

Anyways, I guess this is the price of being a celebrity but in this case it isn't Hines but FO4. If you can't take the heat than why bother being in the profession? Had I been in his position I would simply not have answered(instead of a rude reply), or simply say, "My friend, it's a Saturday and I'm enjoying my only few days I've with my family, so wait till Monday when I'm back to FO4 mode:) "

Btw, even though I agree that fans can act like downright spoiled brats, they have a reasonable "entitlement" sentiment since they are, after all, paying for the game and some already have. It isn't like Beth has created a free mod for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY3uamo3kZw, along with a few other tweets.

Personally? Meh. Rude, not rude, I really can't bring myself to even care about it.

Fan entitlement is one of the [censored]iest, pettiest things I have ever seen.

Probably a good thing Todd Howard doesn't do social media.

TBH we are really lucky to have such amazing and passionate fans, it's just about finding a balance between personal channels and work channels

We understand that everyone is really excited for the game - and that's awesome!

Damn this place has gotten depressing lately

Oh my God, really?

I mean, I know a PR person has to maintain appearances, but...really? Hines has the right of it: it's Saturday, go outside and do stuff. Bugging him for information about a game that's 19 days away isn't really productive. At all. He was right to tell that fan to get off his back about it, especially if the fan was bugging him on his day off.

Sheesh, it's like we think Hines is our personal slave and must submit to our every whims. We've 19 days, people. 19 days to go before all our answers are revealed. I think we can all go off and do something productive with our lives rather than sit here complaining about how Hines worded that tweet. Good frickin' God.

I like this Hines person. He handles the children with finesse!

And, stay off the lawn! Go, play in the street!

hahaha! He's hilarious! I bet he has children.

To be truthful Pete can be a bit of a snide bugger. Of course Pete, like us all, shouldn't have to be on 24/7 call, but I've no doubt he would have responded somewhat differently had the tweeter been press rather than merely a customer.

The disparity in fan/dev interaction from Morrowind until the present day is pretty stark. We were apparently too naughty back then and we have now become the proverbial necessary evil. As long as we keep providing the necessary samolians I'm pretty sure we'll be tolerated.

Actually, they REALLY DO need to go outside and play.

Considering the frothing rage/etc that I saw from "fans" the last time I followed a link to the twitter feed, I'm amazed that the PR crew doesn't go ballistic regularly. I honestly don't know how devs & support staff can stand to read their forums/facebooks/twitter feeds these days without wanting to just throw up their hands in disgust and find a more relaxing profession. Like MMA.

As Robert Bowling once said:

If someone uses twitter i automatically think less of them. Even relevant people like Pete Hines, because they propegate the validity of this horrible form of media to a large group of people who use it only as a way to satisfy their need to be outraged.