2006-05-09 - ESRB rating change revisited Options

[stargelman]

You knew this would happen.

You just knew it would happen when you heard that Oblivion's rating was changed by the ESRB on the grounds that "the game contains hidden nudity".

You just knew he would get involved to spread FUD.

It is also clear that Take-Two corporately and its senior officers, including CEO Paul Eibeler, individually, must now be prosecuted criminally for the knowing distribution of "sexual material harmful to minors" which is a felony in most states and nationally. The undersigned intends to work toward that end immediately.

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Its popular and newly released Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has now been re-rated "Mature" and recalled by the ESRB because Take-Two and its co-publisher have been caught embedding nude figures and scenes in the game which can be unlocked with a code provided by the developer. This is not a modification or "mod" of the game by gamers. It is an unlocking of content that was put there by Take-Two with the unlocking code provided by the developer!

Go read Jack Thompson's press release over at Games First.

Maybe have a good laugh. Or maybe frown and understand that this guy is a serious threat to the gaming industry and all happy gamers, because there's enough people in influental positions that don't know any better or try to make profit of this and support his agenda.

Now, you probably haven't seen what the fuss is all about. Can't have that.

Oblivion's Harmful Boobs

[Nottheking]

Oh, and yeah. Anyone who's seen those "boobs" and thinks they're harmful to anyone has lost it.

Having actually broken down by hearing all of the repeated comments on it, I've actually seen them, and I will say, they were harmful to me. But in a different manner than Jack Thompson, or anyone raging about them, would think; I mean, look at how HIDEOUS they are! My eyes felt like they were burning; surely, Oblivion couldn't look THAT bad in some areas!

Good thing that they normall have those areas covered up.

That idiot Jack Thompson just doesn't quit, does he?

Here are 2 of his gems:

1. Jackie told that he bought stocks from Take-Two and he saw on meetings what they actually do.

-Only one problem: He must have much stocks to go on meetings and because he doesn't have so much money, everyone knows that he is daydreaming

2. He'll pay 10 000$ to anyone who makes this game:
A guy calles Mikuyaka had a son who was killed because his friends were playing too much violent games. Now Miuyaka takes weapon in his hands and starts killing game sellers, game developers and other until the big finale: E3!!! And the game must be full of blood!

-Would you now take this guy siriously?
Just forget about him. He only won the fight with GTA: SA because it had more then boobs in it but it is GTA's fold. Jackie is just an harmles idiot.

One the first issue, he may actually have gone to a "minor shareholder's meeting." Of course, I don't even know if T2I actually HAS such meetings, and if they did, and he did go to one, his comments on "what they really do" are merely suggestions, where he falsely implies what happens during them, when instead, they would proceed, (barring unlawful interruptions, of course) like any other meeting of minor shareholders in a company; very broad, general decisions, with very little power to enforce them, all in an attempt to raise share values.

As for the second issue, as I recall, within weeks of him making that announcement, numerous entries were submitted, that all qualified; some were even, in an intentional ironic twist, total-conversion mods for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. As for the $10,000 reward part, I believe it was a promise to DONATE $10,000US to the favorite charity of the head of T2I. He never did honor his offer, though the creators of the Penny Arcade comic strip did, giving a donation in Jack Thompson's name, to the ESA Foundation, in Jack Thompson's name. (Link 1, Link 2)

Lastly, though, I personally think that while he himself may be harmless, unfortunately, those around him, and those perhaps desperate enough to listen to him, aren't quite so much.

This post has been edited by Nottheking: May 9 2006, 09:33 PM

[Khajiit Overlord Rainer]

Having actually broken down by hearing all of the repeated comments on it, I've actually seen them, and I will say, they were harmful to me. But in a different manner than Jack Thompson, or anyone raging about them, would think; I mean, look at how HIDEOUS they are! My eyes felt like they were burning; surely, Oblivion couldn't look THAT bad in some areas!

Good thing that they normall have those areas covered up.
One the first issue, he may actually have gone to a "minor shareholder's meeting." Of course, I don't even know if T2I actually HAS such meetings, and if they did, and he did go to one, his comments on "what they really do" are merely suggestions, where he falsely implies what happens during them, when instead, they would proceed, (barring unlawful interruptions, of course) like any other meeting of minor shareholders in a company; very broad, general decisions, with very little power to enforce them, all in an attempt to raise share values.

As for the second issue, as I recall, within weeks of him making that announcement, numerous entries were submitted, that all qualified; some were even, in an intentional ironic twist, total-conversion mods for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. As for the $10,000 reward part, I believe it was a promise to DONATE $10,000US to the favorite charity of the head of T2I. He never did honor his offer, though the creators of the Penny Arcade comic strip did, giving a donation in Jack Thompson's name, to the ESA Foundation, in Jack Thompson's name. (Link 1, Link 2)

Lastly, though, I personally think that while he himself may be harmless, unfortunately, those around him, and those perhaps desperate enough to listen to him, aren't quite so much.

Rainer wonders if such behavoir on Jack Thompson's part is open to legal debate. (ie:Lawsuit)