Jack Thompson Threatens Gabe Newell Over School Shooter Mod
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[QUOTE]Jack Thompson may have been disbarred for life but that's not stopping him from keeping up the fight against the videogame industry and what he sees as the "murder simulators" it produces. Thompson's latest target is none other than Valve Software and specifically the big cheese, Gabe Newell, who Thompson seems to think is somehow involved with the infamous School Shooter: North American Tour 2012 mod.
Thompson's letter in full:
"Dear Mr. Newell:
You either know or should know that the more moral midgets who run Checkerboarded Studios have created a mod for your company's Half-Life which they call School Shooter: North American Tour 2012. This mod is a full-blown Columbine massacre simulator which cannot function without your company's assistance and acquiescence.
Attached herewith is a letter from FHE-ASAP that expresses their, my, and others' concerns about this Columbine massacre mod. As you either know or should know, your Half-Life murder simulator was obsessively played, and thus became a training aid, for a) teenaged Robert Steinhauser, who authored at Erfurt, Germany, the worst school shooting massacre in European history, and b) Seung-Hi Cho, who authored at Virginia Tech University the worst school shooting massacre in world history. As to the latter, the sources of this information are the Washington Post and the New York Times. Now some sociopaths have made reprises of Erfurt and Virginia Tech far more likely.
Given the fact that your company has the technological ability to stop the operation of School Shooter, you must undertake steps immediately to do so.
Speaking for myself alone (for now), you have until five o'clock pm Eastern standard time this Friday, March 18, 2011, to shut down this public safety hazard I predicted years ago this school massacre game would arrive. I hate being right all the time.
GOVERN YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY.
Regards, Jack Thompson"
Thompson claimed that copies of the letter were also sent to Checkerboarded Studios, FHE-ASAP [the Florida Higher Education Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention], the United States Secretary of Education and "significant others."
It's a bit tricky to fathom what role Newell has to play in all of this, aside from heading the company that created Half-Life 2 back in 2004. Moral obligations notwithstanding, I'm not so sure Valve can just wave its magic wand and make mods disappear, nor that, if it can, it should. As to the implied "or else" in his message, Thompson gave no indication as to what sort of punitive measures he intends to bring to bear should Newell fail to heed his warning. Based on his history, I expect it will involve further threats, but we'll keep you posted just in case.
Contrary to Thompson's assertions, the official U.S. government report on the murders of 32 people at Virginia Tech in 2007 made no mention of videogames whatsoever.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/108523-Jack-Thompson-Threatens-Gabe-Newell-Over-School-Shooter-Mod[/url]
heh
I killed my whole school over Half-Life
I thought he was old news. What is this 2005?
Gaben should fall on him.
Holy hell, I had forgotten all about Jack Thompson. Nostalgic thread.
Can I have Jack's email? I'd love to spend some time arguing with him.
Ignorance, I guess.
Jack Thompson please don't come back
Just sink into obscurity peacefully for the love of god
[quote]As you either know or should know, your [b]Half-Life murder simulator[/b] was obsessively played[/quote]
Think of the aliens! ;_;
This sounds incredibly fake, also it's already been posted in the valve games section.
Jack Thompson is still relevant? Huh...
[QUOTE=Agent_Wesker;28645902]This sounds incredibly fake, also it's already been posted in the valve games section.[/QUOTE]
[b]Fuck[/b]
WHAT THE FUCK JACK, Gabe didn't make that mod, you are just a very stupid attention whore.
[QUOTE=zombini;28645995]WHAT THE FUCK JACK, Gabe didn't make that mod, you are just a very stupid attention whore.[/QUOTE]
wow tone it down man!
Isn't this game being made by OIFYers?
pawnstick (maker of checkerboarded) sends his regards
or he probably would if he was online right now
god damn school shooter is getting so much publicity
[editline]16th March 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Dr.C;28646104]Isn't this game being made by OIFYers?[/QUOTE]
just pawnstick and probably some other people in ccof
I remember an old Jack Thompson thread where someone posted his home number.
Also, I have a dev version of the game in question with bugs and levels missing and everything~
Jack just dont know when to stop
There are some people that not a single fuck would be given from anyone if they just suddenly and inexplicably died.
This man is one of them.
The following is a recording of the events unfolding when Gaben received his mail
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*Sees letter from JT*
*Throws in trash*
*Picks up cell phone*
"Hello, is this... "The agency"? Yeah I'd like to order 100 "supreme pizzas" to a good friend of mine, Jack Thompson... $100,000,000? Sounds like a deal! Alright I hope to do business with you great people again soon."
*puts down cell phone*
*presses intercom button and sets to whole building*
"Hey guys, PARTY IN THE MONEY POOL, THERES PIZZA AND EVERYTHING!"
*puts on troll face and walks to money pool on the roof*
I thought he died
The only reason people would play this game is shock value. I hope so at least.
Regardless, Thompson is a fucking moron. Going after the developer that allows for mods is like suing a baseball bat company because a murderer used one of their bats to bludgeon another person.
This is painfully stupid. Please lets not start this crap again, its ridiculous.
Its like one of these discussions with your grandmother that always turns up at random moments about some stupid, over debated nonsense that just makes you want to eat urinal cakes because its so mind numbingly moronic, that gives you a hard time even coming up with an answer without gargling.
There is good news and bad news in this though...
Good news: Jackie McShit knows what a mod is, unlike Hillary Clinton.
Bad news: He is still a dumbass. He shouldn't of threatened a man who has the phone number of every hitman in the continental United States, AND Canada.
Gabe's Response: Our legal department only deals with accredited lawyers. When you find one, please have him contact us.
[quote=omali;28646425]gabe's response: Our legal department only deals with accredited lawyers. When you find one, please have him contact us.[/quote]
oh snap!
Crap, i'm expecting Jackoff to send me a "threatening E-mail" because i'm part of a mod devteam :ohdear:
[QUOTE=lolnubs;28646562]Crap, i'm expecting Jackoff to send me a "threatening E-mail" because i'm part of a mod devteam :ohdear:[/QUOTE]
Every day my team doesn't get a threatening email is a day we still don't give a shit :smug:
Didn't somebody already make a Columbine game?
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