Jack Thompson seemed to bring out the worst - and the best - in GamePolitics readers.
Gamers who follow GP were eager to debate with Thompson, who came to symbolize the anti-video game movement. And while those interactions were frequently contentious (on both sides), some funny stuff emerged as well.
One of my favorite recollections involved Thompson posting a comment referring to former ESA Doug Lowenstein as a "self-immolating clown."
This is typical highfalutin language from Thompson, who is a pretty smart guy (although obviously not smart enough to figure out how to hang on to his law license). Anyway, after Thompson posted the self-immolating clown remark, an old-school GP user (was it Mr. Falcon?) responded with:
Yeah. We had one of those at my nephew's birthday party. Took weeks to get the small out of the drapes.
In this post from the old GP LiveJournal site, we had some laughs over GP reader wxdiva's use of an Olde English-style tapestry (above) to satirize Thompson's nonstop Urgent! press releases, his references to his TV appearances, his penchant for reaching out to prominent political figures, his GTA hate, his threats to take GamePolitics down and his coining of the word pixelantes (pixelated vigilantes).
Thompson meant the P-word as an insult to gamers who instead adopted it as a badge of honor. Pixelantes, by the way, is now permanently enshrined in the Urban Dictionary and elsewhere.
There was also a guy who satirized the game hatin' attorney by imagining him as a caveman, Og Thompson, who wanted to censor the discovery of fire.
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Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
Isn't that why he is being disbarred?
E. Zachary Knight
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Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
I remember back during the hitman ads controversy I put up my thoughts on the ad, and he replied 'my thoughts for you is an oxymoron'.
It was an honor for Jacky to reply to me and only me with his usual trash. Now I know I can get under the man's skin without trying too hard.
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"What for you bury me in the cold cold ground?" - Tasmanian devil
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
Hear Ye! , Hear Ye!
Does Thoust Me remind you of Major Shindig of thoust failure of putrid beast ye call "jack Thompson?"
Thoust the cretin took one too many blows from his dying ego.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
I was late to the dance, but I brought my A-game.
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The Mammon Industry
Fangamer
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
I remember when he said that we were being mean because we stole his word.
---You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
I guess we'll miss all the ridiculing of Jack until his successor comes along. I just hope he/she is at least half as entertaining.
Insanity has its toll. Please have exact change.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
I doubt we've heard the last of him anyway. Credibility lost, yes... vanishing into thin air? Not like him.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
You just wait, like a videogame boss, he will be back even bigger.
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OK, likely he will make another Faux News appearence and will weigh 80 lbs more then before... that's still bigger.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
*sigh*
Why does he need to have a successor, this isn't like some videogame. ('Well we beat this boss, whos next?')
Who is left, anyway?
-- "Jack and listen are two words that don't go together...just like Jack and sanity, Jack and truth, Jack and proof, Jack and win..." -- sortableturnip | http://www.orangeloungeradio.com/
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Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
I notice that the term "pixelante" has undergone the same evolution as the term "yankee". During the American Revolution, the British soldiers would tease the colonists by calling them yankees, but the colonists soon came to take pride in the word. And of course, the colonists won in the end.
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"They were retarded hairless pink bunnies, all of them. Except Shigeru Myamoto and... well, the good ones were just too /rare/ to be worth bothering about." - Mason Hornblower on the extinction of the human race
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Treat me nice, or you may end up in my next novel.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
As of noon today, 24Oct2008, still no response by the court in John Bruce's big Federal case to save his own butt.
Two filings by him so far today:
One is a Supplement where he argues about the over $43K he has to pay.
The other is a Notice to file a Writ of Mandamus in the 11th circuit against Judge Cooke, the judge in this Federal case, because she's dragging her feet on this case.
I do like the comment made in the Supplement that he realizes the Bar sees him as the Anti-Christ.
No, John Bruce, you're not the Anti-Christ. If YOU were the Anti-Christ, we wouldn't NEED a Messiah to put you in your place. You're too pathetic to waste a good Messiah on.
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
Nightwng2000 has also updated his MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/nightwing2000 Nightwng2000 is now admin to the group "Parents For Education, Not Legislation" on MySpace as http://groups.myspace.com/pfenl
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
Did he get another attorney to sign these?
Or have they gone straight into the bin like the rest?
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
"You're too pathetic to waste a good Messiah on."
I laughed way too hard at that.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
I blame the following on the fact my brother's been playing the hell outta MGS2 again (after completing MGS4 on PS3, epic game indeed.)
To paraphrase T. S. Eliot:
So that's the way his career ends: not with a bang, but a lot of whimpering?
-- "Jack and listen are two words that don't go together...just like Jack and sanity, Jack and truth, Jack and proof, Jack and win..." -- sortableturnip | http://www.orangeloungeradio.com/
400 Episodes, TEN YEARS and counting: http://www.orangeloungeradio.com/ | Voice of Geeks Network - http://www.vognetwork.com
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
All I'm going to feel is that feeling when you just scraped a dog turd off your shoe.
-Remember kids, personal responsibility is for losers! Jack Thompson is still a dick...
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
Aww man, i don't even have any of the games he complained about to play in celebration with me...oh wait, i've got Mass Effect.
did he say anything about that whole scandel thing?
If not i'm sure between Silent Hill Homecoming, Ninja Gaiden 2, and both Condemneds, i'll be able to "raise a toast" to the event
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
He actually said that the whole scandal over it was overblown. The one intelligent thing he has ever said. A broken clock is right twice a day and some such.
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
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E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
OK Game Devs
Random Tower
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
Oh...now i remember that. I think i almost fell out of my chair.
Now if he could have had such a leveled head about his own dealings, and not cried doom and death about every video game he had it out for, going on like he was a saint for what he was doing, and everyone else was always wrong, Then maybe this wouldn't be happening.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
I had the honor of personally being called a "twit" by him. I didn't know that just have to speak in third-person in court filings.
I'm an attention whore. So visit my DevaintArt and feed my ego. Feed the whore. http://keaton2008.deviantart.com/
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
My favorite among the banned usernames are; spitzerrules and spitzeragenius.
So telling that Jack idolizes a fallen hypocrite. It's almost like he wanted to be just like Eliot Spitzer...
. . Wisdom begins in wonder. - Socrates . .
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
Spitzer rules?! I thought that god was the only true ruler here Jack? I do believe that's blasphemy for idolizing a false prophet.
For shame!
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
I still loved Kharne's old Haikus on Jack Thompson, that he'd use to depower JT's arguments. I think they were haikus anyways.
But yes, JT was entertaining to watch, if only on the poo-slinging monkey at the zoo level of entertainment.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
http://mindwarping.com/jack/
I kept the code for the site after I let the domain expire.
-J
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My favorites are
50. spitzeragenius
51. spitzerrules
oops...
Edit: gah! foiled by jds!
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
spitzerrules
hahahahaha!
Here are we -- and yonder yawns the universe.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
Come on John Bruce. You are only up to 3 here.
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/okceca
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1325674091
E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
OK Game Devs
Random Tower
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
I think those are the banned livejournal accounts but I could be wrong.
In a world where game violence runs high... Where none will listen to the cries of parents... One man stands up to fight... Jack Thompson is the Internet Troll!
Coming soon to a theater near you.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
ahh goodbye Jacky
You lobe frying narcissistic psychopath.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
The time I remember is when he tried to sting MySpace by signing up for an account posing as a seven-year-old girl. I commented that MySpace was easy to fool, since Jack has all the maturity of a seven-year-old girl.
To which Jack responded, "That the best you got, punk?"
Thus proving my point.
*I'd argue with Jack Thompson, but it's just easier to call him an idiot.*
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
pure win
岩「…Ace beats Jack」
岩「…I can see why Hasselbeck's worried about fake guns killing fake people. afterall, she's a fake journalist on a fake news channel」
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
Live journal was nice...i dont know how long i've been here at gp but i think it was a litttle after it started probably
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
I wish I was around for Live Journal.
Just 12 hours and 41 minutes.
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/okceca
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1325674091
E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
OK Game Devs
Random Tower
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
yea thats true he is a big bully..but he was like that in the begining in gp...since he thought we were all children he figured he could tell us what to do and how to act here...quite funny actully
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http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
damn man i forgot about the 50 accounts he made...ahh i do miss a good old duffy rant
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
Ahh yes, the good ol'LiveJournal days, where Jack made over 50 alternate accounts because he kept getting banned and refused to give up and get the message after the first dozen times.
Sure was fun.
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
That tapestry is just pure golden genius distilled into eartlhy form
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http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)'
i think my favorite was my email that i got from him.."go play a suicide game and get real good at it" that was a good one...all thought after a while on here jack wouldnt even answer any of my questions or nothing
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
Some of my foundest memories with this douchbag would be me simply disceting him apart when makes a comment and almost getting sued by him. XD
Re: Gamers Were Outraged But Amused by Jack Thompson
don't you mean 'almost threatened to get sued' by him? From what I saw he's all talk and no bite.... hey, just like now!
(I did have to get in some posts on here, cause I'm changing my sig at 9PM when the timer goes off.)
-- "Jack and listen are two words that don't go together...just like Jack and sanity, Jack and truth, Jack and proof, Jack and win..." -- sortableturnip | http://www.orangeloungeradio.com/
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http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
ahhhhh man the old days of gamepolitics...god it was good then and its still good now...enjoy ur last day as an attorney jack...its your own fault for acting like a immature child...maybe this will teach you to oh i dont know..Grow up..Nice story there dennis