Delusional, smug, asshole running his mouth off/rambling about things he truly doesn't understand as well as believing he's truly a force to be reckoned with in the games industry. Really to them he's an annoying little gnat.
Jack Thompson Claims Victory in MOH Taliban Removal
- Thread starter Greg Tito
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Does anyone else think this nutcase looks like Jon Stewart? I think Stewart could do an awesome parody sketch on Thompson.
If you're not going to Hell with us, Jack-o, then it will be a far better place than wherever you end up.
Also, no, it's not you. It's the fact that army people had a problem with Taliban being in the game.
You weren't even near it, you liar.
Seriously, that's like randomly declaring that you have won in the end of the game you were spectating.
Also, no, it's not you. It's the fact that army people had a problem with Taliban being in the game.
You weren't even near it, you liar.
Seriously, that's like randomly declaring that you have won in the end of the game you were spectating.
Who the hell is Jack Thompson...
Remove "Taliban" from the game... Soon we'll be virtually killing each other with the dreaded Avtomat Kandyfloss 47 and throw FUN grenades that go "yaaaay" on impact. Come to think of it, that would be kinda fun =3.
I think I want him there, imagine all the fun we other hell-people could do with him OO.
Remove "Taliban" from the game... Soon we'll be virtually killing each other with the dreaded Avtomat Kandyfloss 47 and throw FUN grenades that go "yaaaay" on impact. Come to think of it, that would be kinda fun =3.
IF your NOT??? OOJourneyThroughHell said:
I think I want him there, imagine all the fun we other hell-people could do with him OO.
Didn't he get disbarred from the courts.... how is that winning?Greg Tito said:
I'm going to ignore him and hope he goes a way....
Aaaarrrgh... GAAAAH.
Pompous ASS.
EA said that it was something to do with all the messages they got from people who's friends, family and loved ones died because of the Taliban. That sounds like a noble reason. I don't patricularly like EA as a company (I'm not sure if anyone does) but at least they wern't pricks about it all.
Then, this... this waste of oxeygen swaggers into earshot of the nearest tabloid, announcing victory? Seriously, FUCK this guy.
Pompous ASS.
EA said that it was something to do with all the messages they got from people who's friends, family and loved ones died because of the Taliban. That sounds like a noble reason. I don't patricularly like EA as a company (I'm not sure if anyone does) but at least they wern't pricks about it all.
Then, this... this waste of oxeygen swaggers into earshot of the nearest tabloid, announcing victory? Seriously, FUCK this guy.
Awesome. A non-entity declaring a fictitious victory over a non-issue. Don't pull your back out patting yourself on the back, Jack.
Seriously, I feel a very small pang that video games still aren't considered a "serious" enough form of media to be trusted to handle something like this without trivializing it, but that's about it. I've never been going, "Ooh, I'm going to get my violence on Taliban style, this is going to be the R0XX3RS" or some such inanity. I don't think anyone has.
Isn't there something a disbarred attorney could be doing with his time that would actually be more productive than playing attention whore? Having one-on-one discussions with troubled youth about the dangers of submitting pornography to judges, or some such?
Seriously, I feel a very small pang that video games still aren't considered a "serious" enough form of media to be trusted to handle something like this without trivializing it, but that's about it. I've never been going, "Ooh, I'm going to get my violence on Taliban style, this is going to be the R0XX3RS" or some such inanity. I don't think anyone has.
Isn't there something a disbarred attorney could be doing with his time that would actually be more productive than playing attention whore? Having one-on-one discussions with troubled youth about the dangers of submitting pornography to judges, or some such?
Geez Jack, you're not even funny anymore. At least Kotick makes me laugh, all you're managing to do is make me despair at your lack of intelligence. Good work on the trolling, though. I see the masses are up in arms over your comments again.
His name did not pop anywhere during this whole thing. Then he suddenly claims this all happened thanks to him?
I cannot blame him after all this time. The man is simply stupid and you cannot place the blame on stupid people. I WILL blame, however, whoever it was that decided to give him his fucking degree in the first place...
I cannot blame him after all this time. The man is simply stupid and you cannot place the blame on stupid people. I WILL blame, however, whoever it was that decided to give him his fucking degree in the first place...
"I did something for something that I wanted to change but my efforts were ignored, but the change happened anyway. So that I tried to do something but it resulted to nothing, it means I won!"
[Broken I.W.I.N button] anyone?
[Broken I.W.I.N button] anyone?
Obviously EA's change has nothing to do with Jack Thompson. I somehow doubt the Secretary of Defense exactly got involved in this. As anyone who's kept an eye on EA's game production over the years and sees that they are somehow very successful may tell you, the only way they could possibly still be in business is good marketing. Well, they've had some games I've enjoyed... but they're still going to play to the public and avoid damaging controversy if that seems like the economical decision.
Even though changing a bit of text in a game doesn't actually change anything, everyone will be all right with it because it seems PC enough. Controversy alleviated and EA puts on a friendly face. A few people will say, "Hey, this changes nothing! They're still terrorists killing American soldiers in the game!" but now that nobody can drop the Taliban card it's much harder to be inflammatory.
Freedom of speech blah blah blah.
But capitalism is amoral. EA's only priority is to its paying customers, because it needs money for high production value. While I hate to see them back down and make the meaningless change, I'd likely make the same decision in their place if my job was to make EA money. Nobody at EA has the job of standing up for complex issues. The dollar sign is the only thing that told EA what to do. Since it was their choice freely made, nobody's freedoms were tread upon and no rights were infringed. The public didn't get any dumber but they sure didn't get smarter from this either. EA's the clever one in this. This is all completely fine with me.
Hopefully one day someone might make a good, well-publicized stand on an issue like this and educate the public that there are far better things to ***** about than a word in a video game. I mean, where do you draw the line? Where does censorship end? Here's the secret: Don't draw any lines. MOH wasn't hurting anyone before. It isn't hurting anyone any more or less with one word changed. It's anyone's choice to buy the game, just as it was before. Art shouldn't be suppressed.
But yes, if EA thinks they'll ultimately make more money with a minor change then of course they're going to self-censor. They'll probably sell some more copies now. Their PR improves. Gamers didn't lose anything, so we can all be happy.
Except for when censorship is FORCED on our beloved entertainment. That would suck. Some things do still get cut because otherwise nobody would carry the game. Like when the Hot Coffee controversy led to tons of GTA:SA copies being recalled. That was stupid. Are people really so easily offended, or are they just overprotective of their kids who shouldn't be playing San Andreas in the first place? Oh well, mature content of that nature is another issue.
Anyway. Even if Jack WAS in fact directly responsible for this change, the change is meaningless pandering and he is pathetic to say the renaming of Taliban to Opposing Force accomplishes anything. I don't know if it's more or less pathetic that he's trying to take credit for something pointless. If EA changed it so that "Opposing Force" shot only butterflies and rainbows and the American side just "took naps" gamers would have a good reason to get pissed off and Jack could claim a REAL victory. I personally would find it awesome to shoot butterflies and rainbows in a realistic war setting, but I also love my gore...
Even though changing a bit of text in a game doesn't actually change anything, everyone will be all right with it because it seems PC enough. Controversy alleviated and EA puts on a friendly face. A few people will say, "Hey, this changes nothing! They're still terrorists killing American soldiers in the game!" but now that nobody can drop the Taliban card it's much harder to be inflammatory.
Freedom of speech blah blah blah.
But capitalism is amoral. EA's only priority is to its paying customers, because it needs money for high production value. While I hate to see them back down and make the meaningless change, I'd likely make the same decision in their place if my job was to make EA money. Nobody at EA has the job of standing up for complex issues. The dollar sign is the only thing that told EA what to do. Since it was their choice freely made, nobody's freedoms were tread upon and no rights were infringed. The public didn't get any dumber but they sure didn't get smarter from this either. EA's the clever one in this. This is all completely fine with me.
Hopefully one day someone might make a good, well-publicized stand on an issue like this and educate the public that there are far better things to ***** about than a word in a video game. I mean, where do you draw the line? Where does censorship end? Here's the secret: Don't draw any lines. MOH wasn't hurting anyone before. It isn't hurting anyone any more or less with one word changed. It's anyone's choice to buy the game, just as it was before. Art shouldn't be suppressed.
But yes, if EA thinks they'll ultimately make more money with a minor change then of course they're going to self-censor. They'll probably sell some more copies now. Their PR improves. Gamers didn't lose anything, so we can all be happy.
Except for when censorship is FORCED on our beloved entertainment. That would suck. Some things do still get cut because otherwise nobody would carry the game. Like when the Hot Coffee controversy led to tons of GTA:SA copies being recalled. That was stupid. Are people really so easily offended, or are they just overprotective of their kids who shouldn't be playing San Andreas in the first place? Oh well, mature content of that nature is another issue.
Anyway. Even if Jack WAS in fact directly responsible for this change, the change is meaningless pandering and he is pathetic to say the renaming of Taliban to Opposing Force accomplishes anything. I don't know if it's more or less pathetic that he's trying to take credit for something pointless. If EA changed it so that "Opposing Force" shot only butterflies and rainbows and the American side just "took naps" gamers would have a good reason to get pissed off and Jack could claim a REAL victory. I personally would find it awesome to shoot butterflies and rainbows in a realistic war setting, but I also love my gore...
His Stupidity almost made me cry. this man needs to pull his head out of his @&$ and realize how little most people care about stuff like this. How many of us would have raised any kind of complaints about playing on a team called Taliban. If he thinks hes saving us from retribution from them, than he has no idea what they are about, because this probably wont make them hate us anymore than they already do. they dont hate us because we make fun of them they hate us because our idealogies are different (and they misinterpreted their own holy book.)
Ah Jack, Jack , can't you understand that you're no longer of any interest to anyone even vaguely intelligent, including your former peers, now you're trying to assert you were responsible for this change in a game?
Ignoring the military and serviceman who would argue the case, you're not fooling anyone, just go back to muttering in the dark like other trolls, and leave progress to people with intelligence and morals
Ignoring the military and serviceman who would argue the case, you're not fooling anyone, just go back to muttering in the dark like other trolls, and leave progress to people with intelligence and morals
Yeah, sure Jack. Hey, good luck with that "Not a lawyer anymore" thing. But I'm sure your victory is paying those bills just fine.
Yes.Mr.Squishy said:
June 2008: Florida Bar recommends that JT is disbarred for ten years before he can reapply. JT storms out of the courtroom (like a spoiled child IMHO).
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/06/10/gp-exclusive-read-transcript-jack-thompson-storms-out-court
July 2008: Judge says "screw ten years", and makes a 169 page recommendation that he should be disbarred "fo' life". On top of that she recommends that he should pay $43,000+ in damages.
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/07/09/we-have-judge039s-report-recommending-permanent-disbarment-jack-thompson
Disclaimer: I'm paraphrasing. You know just in case someone is anal about the quotes.
September 2008: Florida Supreme Court affirms the recommendation. JT would lose his licence 30 days later and is ordered to pay over $43,000.
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/25/disbarred
OT:
Thought 1: Oh my God, he is in love with himself. I thought it was just a summer thing.
Cookie to whoever can source that quote. Here's a hint: Cow...
Thought 2: Look kids, I know that his arrogance may come as a shock, but this is why we have come up with the phrase "don't feed the trolls". The fact is he is proof that freedom of speech is a double edge sword. As I like to say, here in a America a man is allowed to be as stupid as possible, and here in America, a man is allowed to fight stupidity. I could go on, but the point I'm trying to make is the best way to deal with him is to just ignore him, or quite possibly laugh at him. But don't let him get to you. Now if you'll excuse me...
Hey Jack-o... remember this?
Is it just me, or does Jack seem to be using incredibly stupid and offensive statements as a way of keeping attention on himself now he's been disbarred?