Jack Thompson Threatens Gabe Newell Over School Shooter Mod

[Tony2077]

here it is midnight and still no info at all so i guess its more hot air

 

[Xan Krieger]

http://www.moddb.com/mods/school-shooter-north-american-tour-2012/news/why-we-removed-the-school-shooter-mod
The mod is gone, this is highly dissapointing, I almost went out and bought Half-life 2 just to play the mod. Oh well, at least I saved myself some money.

 

[Jonluw]

The way he expresses himself sort of reminds me of some forum users. Heh.

Oh Jack, you silly old coot.

 

[K_Dub]

I'm done with this guy. He poses no threat to the gaming industry anymore. He's a delusional, egotistical joke to all gamers who still believes that his opinion matters on some level. Or to sum it up in a less wordy way...

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://implied.facepalm.de/facepalm_implied.jpg&imgrefurl=http://implied.facepalm.de/&usg=__Q2Z_hq7D6RdUjveonTLjuGPInCs=&h=501&w=646&sz=34&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=nLGid3R7xvmNRM:&tbnh=152&tbnw=175&ei=s8SETaP4Nsy2tgeu152kBQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfacepalm%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4ACEW_enUS413US413%26biw%3D1899%26bih%3D828%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=200&oei=s8SETaP4Nsy2tgeu152kBQ&page=1&ndsp=35&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0&tx=110&ty=55

 

[Metal Brother]

I mean, this guy is just fucking hysterical now. "I hate being right all the time", "your Half-Life murder simulator", "GOVERN YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY".

He's a one-man quote machine, isn't he?

 

[weemanjoe]

this is like buying a pen for your son and then blaming the pen company when the child uses it to draw a cock.

 

[PyroZombie]

What is jackie fighting for? does he have children or does he think hes saving the world? If its the latter, hes fucking delusional.

 

[Scabadus]

This is fantastic, I read this then, as I'm trying to control my laughter, I see the Motto of the Moment: "The only true failure is not learning from it."

I think I laughed my lungs inside out.

 

[Lizmichi]

All of this from a man that was disbarred from law. You think that would kill his credibility, not that he has much now.

 

[gNetkamiko]

Why did Thompson get disbarred?

OT: While I dislike the idea of a school shooter mod, I don't really see why Gabe Newell would condone such a thing. What kind of company want to be fired at by the media? Jack Thompson is grasping at straws. When he was on "Penn and Tellers Bullshit!" you could clearly see a PS3 and an Xbox360 controller. Is it one rule for you and another rule for the rest of us Jack?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist)

I'm pretty sure that this link would answer your first question.

 

[Artina89]

Why did Thompson get disbarred?

OT: While I dislike the idea of a school shooter mod, I don't really see why Gabe Newell would condone such a thing. What kind of company want to be fired at by the media? Jack Thompson is grasping at straws. When he was on "Penn and Tellers Bullshit!" you could clearly see a PS3 and an Xbox360 controller. Is it one rule for you and another rule for the rest of us Jack?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist)

I'm pretty sure that this link would answer your first question.

Thank you very much.

After reading the wikipedia article and the allegations that he made makes it seem that Jack Thompson is very prone to jumping on the bandwagon about certain issues. I think it might be best to ignore him.

 

[brainslurper]

um....okay. disbarred... jack, you really cant do anything about this. and neither can valve. you can scream at valve all you want but they wont do anything. because they cant, because the source engine is openly distributed, and even if they had the least bit of control of the development of this game they still wouldn't do anything, because at this point they know that you have no political power, and that it is very funny seeing you rant about things you don't understand.

 

[brainslurper]

What is jackie fighting for? does he have children or does he think hes saving the world? If its the latter, hes fucking delusional.

not delusional, conservative christian. get it right.

 

[brainslurper]

I hate to say it, but I agree with Jack this time around. That mod is so bad for the gaming community that it could potentially set us back years if the Supreme Court gets wind of it. The developers aren't even defending it in an artistic manner, their sole goal is make a game where you murder civilians in a hauntingly familiar fashion FUN. Even Uwe Boll made his killing spree film in an artistic manner that put us in the head of the shooter. Uwe fucking Boll.

Please, 98% of everything is shit. I bet there are horrible gore-fest movies out there that don't have any artistic ambitions either. At the end of this day this mod will get most of its attention for its shock value, not because of its actual gameplay or anything, and after the situation has calmed down, everyone will forget about it and pretend they save America from an Acceptable Target somewhere on this or another globe.

This is a different situation. They not only stated that they would be surprised if the California game bill didn't pass, they said they WANTED it to pass. That's not a joke or an exaggeration. Then they come out with this piece of garbage that does nothing but give people ammunition against us.

Just have to say, I agree with your stance on this. I'm always one for freedom in art forms, especially with games.

But honestly, I side with Jack on this one (not necessarily the way he goes about it) as this mod sounds like nothing more than a sick abomination that I can't imagine anybody WANTING to play, there is clearly a limit, you know? They have made no effort to explore themes or make something other than just for the sake of shock value and controversy.

Also, good example with the Boll thing, I've actually enjoyed some of his stuff and it usually has awesome mocking value even if it does crap all over the term "cinema".

killing is killing. the sooner we realize that killing is bad no matter who it is, the sooner we can move humanity forward.

 

[(LK)]

This is one of the few times when "murder simulator" is actually a fair description of a game...

I'm not implying any opinion on his rant, just saying.

 

[Psycho Cat Industries]

He has no right in the affairs of those he does not understand.
Honestly,lets get Anonymous to send this guy a few amazon ordered wii consoles.lol

 

[bushwhacker2k]

Certifiably sane? He pretty much just stated that a stupid mod caused or assisted in a school shooting. Isn't that the other side of the sanity spectrum?

Also, I could be wrong but unless they completely block off mods from being allowed, isn't blocking a particular mod out of their control? If I'm wrong, please tell me; because I seem to hear a lot of companies getting blamed for mods that were made by third parties.

 

[Cyberjester]

You know, I almost feel sorry for Valve.

'Glances at all the locked boxes that require purchasing keys from a store'

Almost..

 

[Grufflenark]

Nobody threatens the Gaben. Destroy him!!

Gabe just has to press the big red button to send out the murder squads. Or was that the ban-all-steam-accounts button?
Oh well.