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May 24, 2011 07:51 pm GMT

Bing Gordon: The ZyngaFacebook Credits Battle Was The Cuban Missile Crisis Of Tech

Today at TechCrunch Disrupt, gaming industry vet and KPCB partner Bing Gordon took the stage with our own Michael Arrington for a special fireside chat that covered a broad range of topics, including Gordon's investment strategy and ngmoco, which was his first exit as a Partner. And the conversation got particularly interesting when it steered toward a company that's very near to Gordon's heart: Zynga.Gordon, who aside from leading KPCB investments in Zynga is also a major fan (he's reached the top level in CityVille), recounted some of the drama that went on last spring, when the gaming company came very close to breaking away from Facebook entirely over a dispute involving Facebook's Credits system. In fact, when Arrington suggested that it was a sort of CubanMissileCrisis of tech, Gordon agreed.

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