Jack Thompson Vows to Stop Medal of Honor
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Ok, I'm all for moderation and tempering the extravagant material in video games. I'm sick of hearing about all this legal and federal nonsense when these moronic parents are the ones who should be taking the brunt of this fracas for letting their pimply-faced brats play games that urge you to kill things. And I can even understand apprehension or abhorrence toward this game's multiplayer, what with it's intent on being mindless fun and competition based around the slaughter of pixelated humans, not-at-all-withstanding the chance to play as a Taliban soldier with the objective of shooting and exploding American troops.
But this guy is entirely out of his gourd. If you want to moan about the game, moan about the MP. The single player campaign is not only trying to give a in-depth perspective of what it's like to see what our soldiers in the Middle East are seeing, but they have support from actual Tier One operators. They're acting as consultants on a project to be released through an entertainment medium - which has obviously never been done prior to this.
But this guy is entirely out of his gourd. If you want to moan about the game, moan about the MP. The single player campaign is not only trying to give a in-depth perspective of what it's like to see what our soldiers in the Middle East are seeing, but they have support from actual Tier One operators. They're acting as consultants on a project to be released through an entertainment medium - which has obviously never been done prior to this.
Good god, this thing just keeps coming! There's no stopping it!!
I want every able-bodied man with me; dig diverting trenches in a north-easterly direction! Women and children to the escape vehicles! No, goddamnit, don't argue with me! Take the boy and get in the truck! You GET IN THE TRUCK and you drive FAR AWAY FROM HERE!
...we'll hold him off...
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...we'll hold him off as long as we can.
I want every able-bodied man with me; dig diverting trenches in a north-easterly direction! Women and children to the escape vehicles! No, goddamnit, don't argue with me! Take the boy and get in the truck! You GET IN THE TRUCK and you drive FAR AWAY FROM HERE!
...we'll hold him off...
=_=
. . .
;_;
...we'll hold him off as long as we can.
The man has a right to his opinion I do not agree with him but I see in some twisted sense were he is coming from but I think he needs to stop because in that line of thinking shoudn't WWII games be banned because of the survivors? Some people cannot be reasoned with
"He also told Gates that he would be justified in imposing a ban because the high level of realism makes it an effective training tool for the Taliban and other forces currently engaged with the U.S. military."
Is he fucking insane? It like when they accused Microsoft Flight simulator for being a training tool for suciade hijackers...Shit and i thought that he would STFU after he got disbarred.
Is he fucking insane? It like when they accused Microsoft Flight simulator for being a training tool for suciade hijackers...Shit and i thought that he would STFU after he got disbarred.
They hear that one word and they freak out. I wonder, how can he talk about the game as if he's ever played the game, or any game, and be so smug that he's right. I love when people who don't play video games hear one thing about them then blow that fact up, it's just so wonderful.
When Jack Thompson spends his time playing video games and his opinion on them is that of someone who gives them a shot before shooting them down, and not just a gossip spreading dickwasher, give me a call and maybe I'll listen to him.
I understand the Taliban is a sensitive subject, but seriously, why is everyone so willing to throw EA into the fire before the game is ACTUALLY PLAYED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE CONTENTS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF IT'S INTENDED AUDIENCE, THOSE OF US WHO ACTUALLY PLAY GAMES! I mean EA isn't the nicest game company around, charging like Blizzard for full play on their games, but a good game is a good game is a good game is a good game.
Also, I wonder if these "ban it" guys realize that by stating their opinions and making us dislike them for being on opposing sides, they're giving the game free publicity and making it much more appealing to play and even buy just to spite these jerks
When Jack Thompson spends his time playing video games and his opinion on them is that of someone who gives them a shot before shooting them down, and not just a gossip spreading dickwasher, give me a call and maybe I'll listen to him.
I understand the Taliban is a sensitive subject, but seriously, why is everyone so willing to throw EA into the fire before the game is ACTUALLY PLAYED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE CONTENTS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF IT'S INTENDED AUDIENCE, THOSE OF US WHO ACTUALLY PLAY GAMES! I mean EA isn't the nicest game company around, charging like Blizzard for full play on their games, but a good game is a good game is a good game is a good game.
Also, I wonder if these "ban it" guys realize that by stating their opinions and making us dislike them for being on opposing sides, they're giving the game free publicity and making it much more appealing to play and even buy just to spite these jerks
WHAT!? What kind of a stupid comment is that? I think we all know that pressing a button is a little different to pulling a trigger, then there's recoil, the fact that aiming isn't really that easy, the offensive assumption that anyone who plays Medal Of Honour wants to kill "our troops".Andy Chalk said:
Shutup Thompson. You'd think he would have learnt after he was disbarred.
I'm not quite sure whether or not any of this has been said before, but this is how I see things:
1. Thompson was disbarred a while back, and it was suggested that he seek professional help before trying to get his license back. Thus, what little credibility he had has gone out the window.
2. For the most part, the U.S. government doesn't mind video games based on the military. Games tend to glorify the military, and I'm sure games like the more recent CoD games are responsible for at least a small hike in enlistment numbers. Not to mention that multiiplayer FPS games are encouraged in barracks since they allow the troops to have fun while simultaneously working as a team-building exercise and increasing camaraderie whithin units.
1. Thompson was disbarred a while back, and it was suggested that he seek professional help before trying to get his license back. Thus, what little credibility he had has gone out the window.
2. For the most part, the U.S. government doesn't mind video games based on the military. Games tend to glorify the military, and I'm sure games like the more recent CoD games are responsible for at least a small hike in enlistment numbers. Not to mention that multiiplayer FPS games are encouraged in barracks since they allow the troops to have fun while simultaneously working as a team-building exercise and increasing camaraderie whithin units.
