Microsoft Adds $25K to Missing Gamer Reward Fund
Microsoft Adds $25K to Missing Gamer Reward Fund
October 25, 2008
Despite yesterday's massive search effort, Brandon Crisp remains missing. The 15-year-old gamer disappeared after a family dispute on October 13th.
The Vancouver Sun reports that Microsoft Canada has chipped in $25,000, raising the reward fund total to $50,000. Brandon's parents told police that the young man left home after an argument over what they described as his obsessive play of Call of Duty 4 on Xbox Live.
A Barrie P.D. spokesman said that Microsoft was cooperating fully with the investigation:
Microsoft said they would do anything they can to expedite the process to find Brandon," said Sgt. Dave Goodbrand, spokesman for the Barrie police.
Brandon's parents say he was obsessed with playing an online game called Call of Duty 4 on his Xbox and police have been working with Microsoft to track down the Internet addresses of everyone who interacted with the 15-year-old before he disappeared. There are concerns he may have gone to meet someone he met online.
Barrie P.D. says that it has received more than a thousand tips that need follow-up. Psychics and even the newly-disbarred Jack Thompson have offered advice. From the Sun:
Miami lawyer Jack Thompson called Barrie police offering his help. Thompson, whose cases have included a youth who committed murder by re-enacting scenes from video games, said a young person addicted to video games can be traumatized if forced to go cold turkey.
"It's a psychological and physiological condition," said Thompson. "These are tough things to have the kid go cold turkey."
Barrie P.D. has established a tip line for information concerning Brandon's whereabouts: 
705-725-7025
ext. 2160
For all GP coverage on the Brandon Crisp case click here.
UPDATE: Steve Crisp, Brandon's father, is urging Microsoft to expedite the process of extracting contact information from the hard drive of the missing boy's Xbox 360, reports CTV. Mr. Crisp made this plea:
The key to finding my son lies in this XBox hard drive. Please, if you can speed up the process of handing this information over to our police, it could mean a big difference in our son's safe return. There are a lot of red tape and legal issues I know that Microsoft probably has, and the police probably have.
CTV has posted video interviews with Steve Crisp as well as with Sgt. Dave Goodbrand of the Barrie P.D.
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Posted 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:05am
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:03am
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:56am
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:45am
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:37am
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:36am
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:32am
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:30am
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:44am
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
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Not now Jack, this is serious time. Grown ups are talking. Jeez.
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My god, would Jack STOP chasing ambulences...my #(%@$ing GOD. Jack leave us Canadians alone. You are disbarred now, go the hell away.
Back to the main topic, well that is nice that Microsoft is throwing some of their weight behind this. I wish nothing but the best for the good officers of Barrie, Ontario and its citizens in the search of the kid. I just really hope the kid is okay, but if he has been missing this long...my optimistic hope is quick fading :\
I guess the police and the newspaper don't know that JT was in the process of being disbarred when he contacted them.
Its good to see MS really helping though. I know if a kid showed up at my door because of a fight with his parents, and there was a $25k reward for returning him, I would be driving him up there personally. Now that its $50k its even more incentive for anyone that might be helping him to take him home or at least let them know where he is.
Didn't Jack's disbarrment take effect today (or is it tomorrow?). If he's disbarred and still representing himself as an attorney he's violating the law. In any case, the media should not be calling him an attorney in any way, shape or form.
In any case, good for MS. I am very interested in if he was even playing COD4. Given the holes. There are definite problems with this story and the police need to be looking at the family. I'm sorry, but the sad truth is that in these kind of cases the family is very often involved.
Didn't Jack's disbarrment take effect today (or is it tomorrow?). If he's disbarred and still representing himself as an attorney he's violating the law. In any case, the media should not be calling him an attorney in any way, shape or form.
not really, the original article was posted yesterday
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'physiological '?
what how is that even possible.... Doesnt that mean the body has a physical dependency on something?
So what.. games have nicotine in them now?
Playing air controller/keyboard? Hahaha.
This isn't the first time JT has pretended to be a doctor. A few years back he was babbling about how 'dendrites' enable people to kill and playing games while these things developed would allow children to grow into ruthless murderers.
As a med school student, I was (and still am) appalled.
Well it's true. Someone without dendrites can't grow up into a ruthless murder.
Or think. Or talk. Or move.
Keep in mind, this is the guy who thinks a dual shock controller qualifies as biofeedback.
"So what.. games have nicotine in them now?"
God I wish, then I could buy less cigarettes and afford more games.
Whilst I commend Jack for wanting to help find Brandon, and actually, to a degree, agree with his comments that withdrawal from any kind of addiction (though, I emphasise, not a chemical one, so I wouldn't strictly classify it as 'cold turkey') is a risky busniess, I DO think that someone from Canada should Email the Editor at the Sun and inform them of the whole story regarding him for the sake of accuracy.
For example 'one of his cases' is a pretty vague term, since part of the reason he was disbarred was because of his behaviour on 'one of those cases', which is still ongoing as far as I can discern, nothing has been proved either way, and since the law has a requirement of innocent until proven guilty, that's a rather large misrepresentation on his part, assuming he is referring to the Alabama case, which isn't made clear at all.
"Whilst I commend Jack for wanting to help find Brandon"
Don't be fooled; he just wants to get his name out there some more.
(But even that is way more than I wanted to say about him right now.)
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Nice of MS to help out I suppose. Although I'm sure the fact that they're doing much more to actually help the situation than Thompson won't stop him from continuing to speak of Microsoft as if it were an evil empire.
There is no legal red tape, the FATHER paid for the account. So Microsoft isn't giving away anyone else's private information.
As evidenced by the fact that the police are tracking down all the IP addresses of the people he's had contact with lately...
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Who paid for the account has no bearing here. Microsoft has a process for these type of things and they only deal with the police directly.
Their process aside, I'm sure that's not what may be taking up the time. If the kid is as "obsessed" as the father claims then the number of people the kid could have played a game with would easily be in the hundreds if not thousands. With that many possibilities it would take some time to vette them all and come up with any real possible leads.
I see the father is milking the gamer angle for all it is worth, still. Why idn't he equally concerned about hi sons facebook/myspace/msn messenger contact and logs as well?
But that would hardly be media worthy, now, would it? I don't like his angling one little bit.
That makes no sense, since his dad isn't a reporter so there'd be no point in 'angling.'
Other than that, maybe he already checked everything else and the xbox hard drive is his last hope?
That seems unlikely considering they have been blaming the Xbox since the story first broke.
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Regardless of if it's true or not, we should not be crucifying the father just because he believes that. Everybody does (and thinks) stupid things under duress all the time.
He seems absolutely convinced his son met someone online and has gone to meet them or something. I hardly think that CoD4 multiplayer is the likeliest place to make internet friends.
Jesus Jack....really? Your disbarred and you still can't help yourself. Not to mention the fact that he basically stole, almost verbatim, what the Psychologist, posted in an earlier story by Dennis. The Psychologist who said that if someone is addicted to video games, that you should NOT take it away and make them go cold turkey, that it could have severe consequences? Now Jack, we know what kind of great Lawyer you are....wait did I say lawyer, I meant LIAR, but leave this family alone, and honestly....thats the last time you will see any news source document you as "Miami Lawyer" from now on it will say "Disbarred Miami No-body Jack Thompson".
I hope they find this young man alive and well. My heart and prayers reach out to this family in this time of need.
didn't Miami Jack always want us to quit cold turkey?
Also, I don't know much about Xbox360 Live, but how much, if any, contact information is stored on the harddrive anyway? Wouldn't it be stored on Microsoft's servers with the rest of the account?
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Yeah, they could also just as easily check the Xbox website. If he was that "addicted" then surely he utilized xbox.com.
Can we report Jack with the authorities because he is using the "lawyer" title?
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the original article was published yesterday, before the disbarment took place.
Or did he post here again?
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'The key to finding my son lies in this XBox hard drive.''
See, i dont think it is fair to make statements like that whatsoever. Totally unproven.
Even if they get the info from the Xbox, they won´t find anything useful for the case. The kid is not hidden playing games like in a crackhouse or something. I´m really afraid that the kid is already dead, and I´m thinking his parents know the truth about it.
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The key lies....
I GOT IT!
There's a key inside the harddrive lol. That key will save the kid. Hah, I figured it out.
Seriosuly, what does he expect to find from the hard drive?
Hahahahahahaha! LEGENDARY Win!
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Hey, Jacko is getting his posts deleted straight-up now? Well, I guess it makes sense. When someone is as useless as Thompson is now, there's no point to giving them a voice (especially with a history of abuse).
I wonder if he's as useless in bed as he is in the courtroom. You know, all that surfing for gay porn to give to judges... probably has a "hard time" getting it up for a woman.
Not that there's anything wrong with that - I fully support gay rights. I only bring it up because I know it infuriates Jacko.
I didn't see the post of John Bruce's, but I did see the Vancouver Sun story and frankly, I'm not surprise that this sociopath is continuing to go out and about interfering in investigations. From the way the snipit reads, John Bruce is still passing himself off as an attorney, which I would think would also be an act of fraudulent and deceptive practice, among other acts.
As to the comment by the father:
"The key to finding my son lies in this XBox hard drive."
Ya know, it REALLY worries me when someone makes such a leading statement. It may be true that finding where the kid was planning on going would be found in who he associated with.
It's clear he left on his own.
It's clear he abandoned his bike.
It is also entirely possible he ran into a total stranger who had nothing to do with his internet activities.
And of course, we have John Bruce who is attempting to interfere and manipulate the investigation. If anything, if the police are allowing themselves to be manipulated by John Bruce's rantings and deceptions, then Brandon could very well be placed into further harm by the police being directed away from the REAL search.
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Jack Thompson's disbarrment took effect as of 0000 GMT -5, 25 OCT 08, which effectively means that as of right now, he can be sued and charged for what he is doing. So I call on any lawyer that wants to send his local police department the information that he is comitting a felony.
This kid's father, well both parents, are stupid as hell and need to be out into jail for child neglect. Seriously, "It is all because of the vidja games.", "The answers are in the Xbox.", "We know it was someone he met online."
Yeah, and I am the tooth fairy, and I make a crap ton selling little kids' teeth to Santa who in turn uses them to make toys for Xmas. He gets his money from magically appearing in many malls at the same time, having little brats sit on his lap, and his elves dont eat or sleep at all because Santa is communist dictator.
I think this story deserves no press at all until they give up the "Oh no, it was video games fault, not our bad parenting." reply when anything about this whole situation comes up. Jesus Christ, these parents are taking the cake on being horrid parents that blame something other than their parenting skills.
I have seen a mentally ill guy try to sue the game industry in many ways over the years and attack Janet Reno, plus somehow became lawyer in the first place, and the best these parents can come up with is, it was the video games. At least JT would be able to give a more in depth reason on how it could be the video games in a way we could directly argue it more, but no, they are too stupid, never involved themselves in their child's life enough, and are absolutely at fault in this whole situation.
Even if it was someone he met online, which is EXTREMELY unlikely, it would still be his parents fault to begin with. These parents need to be jailed. Hell, maybe the kid is watching this whole story unfold and that will make him go hey, I am here. Either way, their JTesk ranting with misinformation is only hurting the whole situation.
Ohh please, they have actors do the Santa thing at the malls, Santa obviously gets all of his money from his likeness deals with Coca Cola, and the people that make all those really bad holiday cartoons
Settle down already! If your kid was lost and you had only one lead, you'd follow it.
Who cares about the link to video games. If trolls like yourself hadn't given Live it the reputation it has, there would be no reason to link the two.
If my child went missing, I would have a better clue on what happened, because I would involve myself in my child's life. I also would NOT be packing the bag for my child to leave.
I am the type of person that wonders why the hell parents buy their under age kids mature rated video games, especially when they have no clue what the hell goes on in the video games because of NOT involving themselves in their child's life.
Xbox Live is NOT a lead, it is an excuse. A lead would result in some sort of evidence that could be used to help in the search of the kid. An excuse is what people use to blame what happened on something that can not defend itself, while they go on being horrible parents.
If the kid's friends saw him get on Live, they would have called the police. If there was ANY clues there, my guess is that the friends of the kid would be the key people that would know, especially since he has some pretty lame parents. Hell, we don't even know if this kid had any friends at his school, or even if they might have moved in the last couple years, which would make this search a little more complex.
With the lack of information we have gotten, the kid might have been taught how to drive from his dad, and him of stole a car, and went off. He might have ran into a shady local that is keeping him hostage. Hell, maybe he did meet up with someone from Live, but at what point in time would he have contacted someone to do that? We have no idea, the police have told nothing of value where anyone could actually help. For all we know, the kid is living in a tree near where he left his bike, and only coming down to get some food.
This is why I HIGHLY support the camera systems some cities have that can track someone from their house, to the subway, to a place for food, to work, to home, to their friend's place, and so on. This is very simple technology that could help in MANY cases, this being one of the most important. While we think of ways to help, things that may be possible in what happened, how about we think of things that could have helped out in this whole situation. I know the US had the idea of chipping your kid like people do their pets where a GPS system could find them. Many familys have had it done already, and the chip holds all of their medical information as well.
There is good and bad of the community getting involved, good and bad of focusing on Live, good and bad of the parents being able to publicly speak about anything going on when they are histarical. You can NOT focus on one thing, such as the video games, as much as they are though. They have no clue if that is solid enough of a 'lead' that could give them results or not, while treating it like a normal run away. If it was solid enough, it would have been the first thing they looked into, and already ruled on if it is helpful or not. Many of us who have played on Live would agree, that it is very unlikely, but not impossible. If the parents would have been more involved in the child's life though, they would have a better idea as well, but this wouldn't have happened too.
I agree that there is a lack of information, which is why I'm puzzled as to why you would throw around stupid assumptions about their parenting.
The only thing we know is that the kid ran off because he was rightly punished, and now they're doing MORE THAN THEY SHOULD to find him.
Although I highly doubt it: I hope that your parents would go to every illogical and ridiculous end should you run away in a fit.
This is what we know:
No one can tell he was actually addicted do the the lack of information. It is just something the parents and press and spouting out.
His father packed the back for him.
There is not consistance information on what game he was really playing as well.
He was on his bike and left it behind.
A lady thought she saw him walking around that same area.
Other than that, there really isnt much good information. The father packing the bag for him is enough for me to claim him as a bad parent in my point of view of parenting. The mother ranting off is helping nothing. In many cases like this, the parents don't talk this much from the cases I have seen, which is why I think there is more too it than what they are saying and they know it. The child was rightly punished, but the father packing the back it beyond my scope of understanding.
And no, my parents involved themselves with my life and know about my gaming habits. They have ever since I was little. Even though they don't care for the type of entertainment I enjoy, they still involved themselves by playing with, trying to learn to play, or watched me play decently often. They also talked with me about the games, may it be the storyline or other content. They knew who all of my friends were, and who my friends were on online games as well. For the few people that I didn't personally know, they knew that I played with them rarely.
Though I may go through a short stage of being pissed off, I don't go through a fit and run off because my mommy and daddy took away my toys. Who knows, maybe it was because I was parented well. That and my parents aren't stupid by any standard, and nor am I even, though I tend to vent on threads like these. It just seems they are looking for an orange in corn field instead of looking in the store where you would normally go looking for an orange. Maybe they haven't released key information that makes everything going on and being said make sense, but given how this is all running, I am doubting it.
Jacky, F**K OFF, WILL YA?!
In all seriousness, the kid is most likely dead. a kid on his own really could survive like that for 11+ days.
Ugh I hope they don't listen to Jacky or those idiotic 'psychics'. Both of them would just be a waste of their time.
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at least the 'psychics' credibility went up a little when Jack got involved
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can we report jack for pasing himself off as an attorney? And if so who do i talk to? Im reporting him ASAP. This situation is too serious for him to be f*******g around with his lies.
can we report jack for pasing himself off as an attorney? And if so who do i talk to? Im reporting him ASAP. This situation is too serious for him to be f*******g around with his lies.
Microsoft: turning bad situations into good PR since the day bill gates was born.
Oh my fucking God. He really did contact them. What was their reaction to him?
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JT giving advice to the police on the psychology of addiction? The boy's father giving advice to Microsoft on how to get data off a hard drive? Perhaps people should leave tasks which require a degree of expertise to, y'know, EXPERTS.
I just sent the below to the Barrie Police Department. Dennis is receiving a copy as well.
I would also like to inform you that if you continue to associate with Mr. Thompson, he will do everything in his power to shift the focus of the investigation on to all things with the following in common, video games, and relevance to the case. Anything without either of the two, more importantly the former, he will dismiss as unimportant.
My source of information is the journalist website GamePolitics, which reports on political events involving video games. If you wish to speak with the person in charge of the site, contact Dennis McCauley at *SNIP Dennis' e-mail address*.
With all due respect,
Shadow Darkman
P.S. My most sincere apologies for using this pseudonym, but I would prefer that my real name be kept from Mr. Thompson. My apologies for the inconvenience. -SD
Dennis, check your e-mail for verification.
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WIN.
But I think you should your real neme. That moron has not power anymore.
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Look, he did track down EZK..
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As I said to you in my e-mail, I don't think things like this are a good idea. But if choose to do this, I can't stop you. However, I would appreciate if you don't drag my name into it.
I report on what happens in this arena. My job is not to chase down people who JT contacts. They should do their own reserach (or not) and make their own decisions.
"My job is not to chase down people who JT contacts."
I never said it was, nor will you ever catch me saying something like that (not that I will). My intent in referencing you was so that they could ask for info on him, which IMO should tell them what they should do.
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FACEPALM FACEPALM FACEPALM FACEPALM!!!!!!!
Damnit.
-Remember kids, personal responsibility is for losers!
-The Buck Stops Here.
-Thou Shall Not Teamkill, Asshole.
Well, At least we know that John Bruce actually did contact the Barrie PD. He told the truth for once.
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I suspect the claim that gamers were harassing the PD was a lie though, there's no better way to get one across than to mix it in with the truth. No gamer would be stupid enough to harass a Police Department, that would be beyond dumb.
Actually, all we know for sure is that he contacted the Vancouver Sun and told them he was a lawyer, handled a case where a kid re-enacted a video game to commit murder, and had called the Barrie PD to help. Doesn't mean any of those things are true.
That said, I've no doubt he did contact the Barrie PD and I'm sure they'll take whatever help they can get. Although, I've no idea what Thompson could have said to the police that would have been helpful. Does he know Brandon or his parents? No. Does he have some insight into where Brandon went? No. All he has is an opinion and I don't see that being very helpful in this case.
Andrew Eisen
Of course we don't know the extent of what he said was true. I didn't mean that everything he said was true only that he truthfully told us he contacted the Barry PD.
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I know, but what I'm saying (though I don't know why, I must be really bored) is that Thompson may not have contacted the Barrie PD. All we know is he told the Vancouver Sun that he did.
Which, I admit, is a bit of a dumb point to bother making. I mean, you and I both know he did. Or at least tried. Knowing Thompson, he contacted the wrong police department.
Ah well, I'm off to see Saw 5.
Andrew Eisen
Godmamn it, shut up Jacky. Your two cents arent helping. You haven't contributed anything that hasn't been said before. And how can the psychics concentrate with your dumbass in the mix? =P
So, let me get all of this right before I complain about the parents. This kids grades have been dropping since last year, the parents blame the game instead of doing you know some parenting. The parents constantly blame a game for their sons dissapearnce instead of you know blaming themselves for not being better parents (I derive this conclustion of my prior statement.) So Microsoft being the philanthorpist company they are, add generously give $25,000 to help find this kid. So instead of saying "thank you" the Father demand microsoft to hand over his son's hard drive?
You know I may not be a computer whiz but I do know all he needs to do as far as "Speeding up the process" is to plug in the xbox, and look in the message folder. Or, you know check his myspace/face book accounts. I wonder if the parents really believe the game is at fault and are milking it for the kid to be found faster, or are just bad parents.
Let me put that on my to-don't list.
The parents never blamed the game. They blamed the other Live gamers, who even you have to admit can be influential with their anonymous racism, rebellion, and all-around hate.
I can't believe he did that... He's caused another death, that son of a bitch... glad he's unemployed but yeah NOW we can get him charged.
When Life gives you lemons, you find a new god.
Let me explain a few things to you all, and I would like you to pay attention so you don't embarrass yourselves further, although somehow I think that is a near impossibility:
I was called by the Canadian news service. I didn't call them. They called me because (surprise) apparently the law enforcement officials thought I was indeed helpful with the information I gave them, and which I sure as Hell am not going to share here, because it's possible that some sociopath has this kid. The police in Barrie gave the media my name and suggested they call me. I notice that the media didn't call the owner of this site or any of you gamers.
Secondly, I was "disbarred" at midnight on Friday, and the call came in to me on my cell at about 6 pm yesterday, so you Jack Thompson crisis addicts can relax. Nobody violated any law as to representing myself as an attorney. I still was at that moment.
Further, please note that my temporary (and it is temporary) disbarment does not mean I died. If any of you bothered to read Hal Halpin's comments (he owns this site), he noted, correctly, that Jack Thompson is going nowhere. Indeed, I'm now more dangerous to the video game industry because I don't have a Nazi bar threatening me anymore. I can do what I want to the gave industry, within the law, which I have always done. If you think Take-Two and the other scofflaws in the game industry have seen the last of me, they can think again, if they think at all.
One more thing, before I leave today to return and torment all of you fascists some more: Thanks to my working with Senator Clinton, Take-Two's fortunes first began to decline back in July 2005 with her and my success agains the Hot Coffee embedding. Strauss Zelnick then took over from the mentally challenged Paul Eibler, and he ginned the stock price up to about $26 for a common share. That is when I sold mine. This genius Zelnick then declined EA's offer of $26 per share. Take-Two's stock, on Friday, was trading at just above $11 per share. What a genius this guy is.
That cratering of Take-Two is just one of my accomplishments, by the grace of God, and there are many more to come. The reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated. I'm now planning some great new surprises for Strauss Zelnick and a few others, including some folks affiliated with this site. This site refuses to report what is going on in my state and federal lawsuits. You'll find out soon enough, I guess. Happy New Year. Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson, you didn't do anything, shut up and go away.
--- Official Protector of Videoland!
Name one game, Take-Two or otherwise, that you have ever successfully prevented from coming out you inept facist? Oh thats right NONE. That is because everything you have ever attempted to do to Take-Two has been a failure. Your now dead career was a failure. We have news for you Jackie. We don't want you to go anywhere. We want you to keep doing what you have always been doing, making the anti-game crusade a laughing stock and tremendous failure. So keep on failing you toothless inept old mutt.
Furthermore one day soon you may find yourself in some severe legal hot water for your repeated threats to the owners and posters here. I hope that eventually Dennis gets tired of your criminal stalking of this site by your repeated dodging of your many bans for you repeatedly breaking posting policy. Govern yourself accordingly mutt.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
Mr Thompson did Santa not give you the gift you wanted when you were a little child?
I don't get how someone can be stuck on such a path of humbugism. Enjoy life. Go out with your family. Find a job that pleases you. I'm pretty sure with the economy going downwards your bank account will be depleted soon with you simply sitting in front of a computer and spamming a website instead of working now that your unemployed.
A few things.
1. They said your disbarment is FOR LIFE. Meaning you CAN NEVER REVERSE IT.
2. SO you're taking complete credit for the recession? AS that's what is hurtign Take Two, not you, and since it's obvious you failed US history, and recession is bad for everyone, not just Take Two. Of cours,e the rest of this country can go to hell os long as Take Two suffers eh?
3. Stop interfering with the case. At least the rest of us here are praying a live person is found insted of a body bag
4. Harassment isn't legal. Just saying ,since that's been your only tactic.
5. I'll enjoy reading of your arrest since you'll keep trying to represent people.
He can become a lawyer again. Just not in Florida. But being a disbarred lawyer, and a famous one too, would make it hard for him to find some clients. He also likely have to create his own business too.
I believe in most states (if not all) that one of the requirements is that, if you are/were a member of the Bar in another state, you must be in good standing.
Is there a point to this post Mr Thompson?
If the Bar is fascist, why the rush to get back into it if you are more dangerous outside?
You shot yourself in the foot, I don't neccesarily agree with most of what is being said on here, but you sure as hell are not the person to be helping find Brandon, because, as has been evinced by yourself on more than one occasion, you are more interested in self-promotion than anything else.
I wish the best for Brandon, but your prime goal has been, and always will be, the villifying of the Games industry because you don't like what they produce. Pure and Simple, it's not about harm, it's not about addiction, it's about getting your own way, and attacking something that you personally find offensive. If yo can find a way to twist this round to be about you, rather than Brandon, then you will, and that is why you should not be involved.
Jack,
Both I and my father own GE stock. One of the most stable companies in the world. Always rising, has split 3-1 (or better) 5 times in the last 10 years, has an excellent track record, always on the buy lists.
On Sptember 19, it was at 26.62.
Yesterday, it closed at 17.83.
For one of the most stable companies in the world.
Your little stock analysis of Take Two means nothing. Everybody took a huge hit. The market crashed. On Sptember 26, it was 11143.13, it closed yesterday at 8378.95. Nearly 3000 points in a month. Black Friday wasn't as bad. and the effects really haven't been felt yet. They will be though, at year's end. When so many people lose their jobs, and they will.
Try concentrating on doing something worthwile, Jack. This crusade of yours is going nowhere.
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Jack, you're such an opportunist.
The Take-Two downfall (assuming it is one, don't know all the details) can't be attributed to you. The only thing you did was shouting how supposely evil they are. And considering how popular their games are, they probably won't fall anytime soon.
And, don't think your disbarrment will make your crusade any easier. By being disbarred, you lose most of the credibility you've builded over the years. Any person who does their reaserched will see through your lies and tantrums. Sooner or later you'll go overboard, the police will arrest you for harassing (or something similar) and, like your disbarment, you'll be the ONLY ONE responsible of your situation. Stop looking for scapegoats and take responsability for your actions.
And if you wonder, most adults in my family once they knew about you thought of you as an idiot.
Good lord,
I wish I could be as optimistic as you. Someone says one thing, i.e. you are disbarred without the possibility to reapply, YOU hear something completely different. Now if I read what the Florida Bar handed down, it stated that you are disbarred without the ability to reapply for the bar, period...that means you will never...wait....NEVER EVER, have the chance to reapply...in that state. But should you come to another state, you could apply, but that tarnishing tag next to your name and record will most likely set of red flags in any other state, so good luck.
I'm not going to restate what everyone else has already said about you and Take-Two, plus I don't think you really TRULY understand the market and economy and where its going, but thats ok, neither did I at one point, till this summer and actually spent some time learning.
But what truly disturbs me is that you think that you will still continue what you are doing and succeed, again that tarnishing mark next to your name (Disbarred Lawyer) will stand out, and not many people will want to stand with you.
As my mother always told me, never burn your bridges, because they take a lifetime to build. And you sir seem to have burned every bridge possible....and not in that normal, I screwed you over and now I'm never going to talk to you again. You did it in the psychotic, loves fire, arsonist kinda way
''That cratering of Take-Two is just one of my accomplishments, by the grace of God, and there are many more to come''
wow and here was me thinking we had entered a recession recently. Wow that was caused by you?
oh and just so everyone here can laugh, i said i would call JT out on this one and i will. I havent forgotten Jack.
You said around a week ago that you had a 'huge suprise' and that you'd be laughing when your disbarrment 'didn't happen'. You said it wouldn't happen because you knew things 'we didnt know'...
well Jack.. what happened to that B***S*** 'suprise' then?
''They called me because (surprise) apparently the law enforcement officials thought I was indeed helpful with the information I gave them, and which I sure as Hell am not going to share here, because it's possible that some sociopath has this kid. ''
Is this the same information that you know just like the information that 'we didnt know' last week? aka a complete load of BS?
Oh and WHY are you getting involved Jack? you even claim you think somebody has the boy. So.. how in ANY way do you have 'special talent' that will somehow help find him better than anyone else?
Because he told them that he's psychic. *ba dum tish*
Game on, brothers and sisters.
"Secondly, I was "disbarred" at midnight on Friday, and the call came in to me on my cell at about 6 pm yesterday, so you Jack Thompson crisis addicts can relax. Nobody violated any law as to representing myself as an attorney. I still was at that moment."
That doesn't mean that you can magically extend the deadline. You're not an attorney anymore. You can't represent yourself in a case that has NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
"One more thing, before I leave today to return and torment all of you fascists some more: "
Mr. Thompson, please stop continually admitting that you're abusing both this site's ToS as well as what used to be your powers as an attorney just to harass others that you disagree with. It makes it just that much easier to prove you wrong.
"Take-Two's stock, on Friday, was trading at just above $11 per share. What a genius this guy is."
And the DOW has dropped about 6,000 or so since this nightmare began. Video game companies wouldn't be immune to this large of an economic bombshell. Just because you went after them doesn't mean YOU made them lose their money. People need to pinch their pennies nowadays. Therefore, they buy less games. Ergo, Take-Two loses money. Duh.
David Gagnon, Resident of Reality, and You're Not.
Let me get this straight. You called the Barrie PD and they were so impressed with what you had to say that they called the Vancouver Sun and told them to give you a call?
Yeah. Right.
If anything, the newspaper called the Barrie PD and asked who had called in with tips.
Andrew Eisen
Pathetic.
You weren't reported about because you don't matter.
Go look in the periodicals for a new job: with the economy in the shitter, you'll definitely need it.
~Game on, brothers and sisters.~
The only Impossibility here is that you don't realize that you are officially not a theat to the gaming industry anymore. You're pitiful.
"That cratering of Take-Two is just one of my accomplishments, by the grace of God, and there are many more to come. The reports of my demise were greatly exaggerated. I'm now planning some great new surprises for Strauss Zelnick and a few others, including some folks affiliated with this site. This site refuses to report what is going on in my state and federal lawsuits. You'll find out soon enough, I guess. Happy New Year. Jack Thompson"
I wasn't aware that Take-Two caused any ambulance calls...
As for your little "legislative field-day", I do trust that you understand most people are not as ignorant as you need them to be in order to further your misguided crusade of self-improtance.
I'm tired of this. Why is no one pointing the finger at the father? You know, the man who packed his sons belongings, gave him directions, and threw him out of the house. Why hasn't anyone come out against him? The only people I see questioning his actions are myself and a handful of people here. Blaming it on a video game makes no sense, it didn't pack his bags and tell him to get out.
Ive been saying that since thread one.
its a very odd situation, and yeah i do find it odd everyone is ready to throw scorn at games, and not at the father for paying for the kids live account for years during this aparrantly incredibly serious, family destroying addiction, and then packed his bags for him..
Because blaming anyone at the moment is pointless. What matters now is that they find the kid.
Pointing the finger at the father won't bring him back, even if it's his fault.
Mr. Thompson;
Your disbarrment is NOT temporary, it is officially permanent. That cannot be changed at this point. Yes you may get the sentence reduced on appeal, but that does not change the fact that, as of this moment, you are under a sentence of PERMANENT DISBARRMENT. To represent otherwise is fraud.
And given some conversations I've had regarding your case with a legal ethics expert I know (whose name I will NOT disclose to you under any circumstances), your chances at reistatement are exceedingly small.
Jack. I will only say this once. If you disobey, you can bet that as surely as you live, and I myself live, your ass will be up the river. Are you ready? I am going to say it now.
SHUT UP AND GO AWAY!!!
That is all. Knowing you, you probably will not listen. Not my problem.
Collin Griffin, A.K.A. Shadow Darkman, Sane Human Church-Goer, And Jack Is Naught But Ashes
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I AM DOOMED TO HAUNT JACK THOMPSON'S DREAMS UNTIL HIS CRUSADE AGAINST VIDEO GAMES ENDS.
"Collin"? I read the jumbled word, and I thought it was Lincoln. I was way off! XD
Game on, brothers and sisters.
No, thanks, I shan't shut up and I shan't go away, but thanks for the suggestion, moron.
Secondly, Take-Two's stock closed at just about $11 yesterday. Apparently the above gamer who thinks it closed at $17 is impaired.
Thirdly, as to the genius who has spoken with "ethics experts," pay attention: I am not challenging this in the Florida Bar's play pen. I am in federal court with a 42 USC 1983 action, and you don't even know what that is.
You all certainly seem exercised about somebody who is irrelevant and a joke. As Shakespeare said, "Methinks the lady doth protest too much."
I'm back, the First Amendment lives, and you fascists, even the Mormon Moderator here, can't do anything about that or about me. Jack Thompson
You're using 1983? Seriously, you're using the civil rights statute? Well I guess that would be your only possible avenue.
By the way, I am very familiar with 42 USC 1983, mostly from the standpoint of suits against schools.
Wow, if I had hours I'd gladly explain to you why that WON'T work.
Exactly what federal civil right are you saying was violated? I'm guessing, based on your rants about collusion, conspiracies and corruption that you're going with due process. Of course you have MAJOR FRE problems with getting most of your evidence in. But that's all I'm going to say about that since I don't want to actually give you any help.
Or is your plan to go all First Amendment? After all you fancy yourself such an expert there. That's an even bigger problem than due process. Now granted, my knowledge of 1983 is largely based on school settings, which raises some weird 1st Amendment quirks, but you're gonna have a damn hard time going this route.
It certainly can't help that the Federal Courts down there seem to be wise to you and well...you're playing with the big boys now Jack. The Feds are much less likely to put up with crap from a disgraced ex-attorney with an axe to grind
I'm back, the First Amendment lives, and you fascists, even the Mormon Moderator here, can't do anything about that or about me. Jack Thompson
Hmmmm...if I may.
fascism -- unlike Communism, socialism, capitalism or conservatism -- is a smear word more often used to brand one's foes than it is a descriptor used to shed light on them. --Samantha Power
Also, from Robert O. Paxton, who defines fascism as:
''A form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion.''
Actually sounds more like a definition of Mr. Thompson, cept he's not so much a party as a loner. But that's just me.
''Both I and my father own GE stock. One of the most stable companies in the world. Always rising, has split 3-1 (or better) 5 times in the last 10 years, has an excellent track record, always on the buy lists. On September 19, it was at 26.62. Yesterday, it closed at 17.83. ''
''Secondly, Take-Two's stock closed at just about $11 yesterday. Apparently the above gamer who thinks it closed at $17 is impaired.''
what.. who is impaired? You cant even read the name of the company you JackAss. He wasnt talking about take 2.
How about you learn to read, and then come back here..
Are your frontal lobes fried from disbarrment?
42 U.S.C. § 1983, commonly referred to as "section 1983" provides:
Every person who under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, Suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.
Yes jack, we can use Google too.
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Learn to read what people send to you, you embarrasment of an adult american.
If Rupert Pupkin is actually Jack Thompson then I can see he is using his newly gained free time to come up with creative and cute screen names.
That sounds like a cute name for a puppy. And puppies are known to help people with stress calm down alittle. Why not get a puppy and name it Rupert Pupkin Mr Thompson?
Actually Jack your First Amendment rights do not apply here. This is an ECA site and NOT a .gov site. Ergo much like you can have someone removed from your home like breaking and entering, Dennis can have you banned from here for any or no reason whatsoever.
But for someone who has fought against the First Amendment much as you have any problems you would have expressing yourself are what is known as irony mutt.
EDIT: Furthermore getting attention on the internet doesn't mean that you are relevant. You are right up there with lolcats, Rick Roll, and All Your Base. Hint: None of these things wield much political influence despite being massively popular on the internet.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
Impaired?
Jack, did you even read my post? I never said Take Two closed at $11/share.
Where is it that I said that it closed at $11/share? Prove it. You liar!
I say it again, YOU LIAR!!!
Think I may be calling my own lawyer, a real one, about the impaired remark.
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Yawn…. Let’s not feed the troll.– Toll
Does anyone have that GRU contact number I left in my study? I think it's needed now.
~You Could Be Mine, But You're Way Out Of Line..~
As if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared :D
And you almost sounded like an adult in your last post Jack, but you just had to sink...
Oh, right, because we're nazis for standing up against fascist oppression.
By the way, no one is interested in attending your hitler youth rally in your back yard. Take off that ridiculous outfit and the fake hitler 'stache and go inside. No one's playing with you anymore.
By the by, you'll find that your antics are less tolerated now, mainly because most of the world knows how batshit crazy you are. Enjoy your NPD.
Wow.......that was so sad.
Just, wow.
Huge text with all caps, Mr. Thompson? You're the only one here to do that. How mature of you.
And by 'mature,' i mean hypocritical. You can say that we're nazi's and you can't?
The First Amendment doesn't apply to just you. Grow up and get a life. We certainly have. You need to get a job, too.
Hitler youth rally? Such a pathetic little failure you are. You are a book burner trying to furiously to rub two water log sticks together in a monsoon. The First Amendment lives, therefore you lose. Get fucked facist.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
I'm calling Godwin's Law on that post Mr. Rupert Pupkin.
YES! We finally broke him! He's now nothing more than a common forum troll.
Again...pathetic.
Hey, Shadow Darkman! Check this shit out! Jack's replying to your message, and as far as I can tell, it's hilarious!
Game on, brothers and sisters.
Wow real mature Jack. Showing your true age huh? Go back to Grammar School, you nitwit.
For some reason I smell the unmistakible scent of fakeness.
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
By the way, Microsoft's pledge of a reward is quite the admission of guilt. Apparently the pr dept won in the fight with the legal department at Microsoft over the reward issue. Look for the jury to hear this.
Admission of guilt to what? Please cite relevant tort and or criminal law sections of the relevant legal code (this is Canadian law)
I don't know anything about Canadian rules of evidence but there is a decent chance evidence of this reward would not be admitted due to its prejudical effect. That is assuming there is even a suit.
I'd say Microsoft are doing this as a sign that they are eager to help, and that they are more concerned about Brandon than promoting their own cause.
I just wish you were.
John Bruce, are you trying to best your Live Journal record of 60 accounts banned?
I look forward to the chanllenge.
Your Mormon Moderator,
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
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what a silly man...
Time for a new screen name. This one is kaput. Sorta like your legal career...
haha, you guys are cracking me up
Excellent. Goodbye, "Mr. Pupkin".
Game on, brothers and sisters.
LOL nice burn, Dennis :)
Burning JT is like shooting fish in a barrel ;)
By the way, Microsoft's pledge of a reward is quite the admission of guilt.
is that why you never donated any money to a good cause?
岩「…Ace beats Jack」
gAt least Microsotf is actually trying to help, unlike you.
And if yo udo break your current ban recor,d I'll submit the paperwork to Guiness. That way, hehe, you'll at least be known for how hard you keep failing.
Keep telling yourself that, He-Man...
In reality, it's quite the stretch. In practice, plaintiff lawyers love to pull things out of context to say something is an admission of guilt. If car companies become aware that some behavior is dangerous, and going forward they put a warning in owner's manuals not to do that behavior, it would seem like they're trying to prevent accidents and improve safety. But to the plaintiff bar it's a sign that they knew about the original hazard but chose to cut costs by not saying anything about it until faced with lawsuits.
You utter moron.
You do realise microsoft didnt develop or publish the game right?
i doubt that the finacial situation of take-two has anything too do with you Mr.jack thompson X-attorney in florida
Does anything have anything to do with Jackie Boy?
~You Could Be Mine, But You're Way Out Of Line..~
Well, I hate to bring his family into this, but for his own sanity's sake, his son's existence had better have something to do with him.... =/
As of right now, you have just declared war. Here's what I'm going to tell you right now.
BACK
THE
FUCK
OFF
And one more thing
I declare war againsts you.
still childish and clueless as ever eh jackie boy??? The whole deal with microsoft is not an admission of guilt(what are they guilty of, making fps games, last I checked thats ont a crime nor is selling the game.)Microsoft is willing to help with the investigation to find this boy, It has nothing to do with guilt. just cause the game industry willing to offer help to find this boy.
You see, you live in your own fantasy world, you seem to think that you are winning but alas, you are losing, you have been disbarred from practicing law for good. Face it and quit before you embarass yourself even further.
Okay people, we need to stop attacking Jack Thompson. The group on Facebook has been wanred not to trust Jack Thompson and that he is disbarred. The minute I heard this news this morning, I posted it up on that group.
And stop pointing fingers at each other. First of all, let's try and fin this kid. Then we can whine and complain at the causes later on/
Why does this make sense?
~You Could Be Mine, But You're Way Out Of Line..~
Because I had a dear friend of mine who went and disappeared 8 months ago and there was blame that was pointed between the parents and counsellors of the university she went to, Carleton/
When we're all pointing fingers at each other like this, we waste time. When we try and figure out the reasons of disappearance, we waste time. It was too late regardless for my friend, she fell through the ice at the Rideau Canal, but there's still hope for this kid.
What if, as I suspect is true, the parents are the ones who know where their child really is? The longer we wait to begin questioning their involvement, the less likely the chance of seeing justice done are. Don't let one incident color your opinion; think rationally. There is no time for emotion here, not yet.
http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
wait what???? i'm beyond lost??? what the hell was up with that
Well its hard to understand without first understanding that Jack is likely off his meds. But you see he thinks that by having media banned he is protecting the First Amendment. And by defending media we are against the First Amendment.
Don't think about it too hard though, Jack's illogic is not to be understood by a functional mind.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
Two things that Jack Thompson and Don Imus have in common.
They are both old and they don't know when to quit while they are ahead.
*rimshot*
Ba dum dum.
At what point was Jack ever ahead?
"There is no sin except stupidity." - Oscar Wilde
Well he isn't in jail for harassment. Thats ahead......for someone with his mentality.
Jack's throwing another tantrum like the devilish little child he is at heart. How sad. How predictable.
Congratulations You've admitted defeat... with that we can now rest since your pretty much useless.
When Life gives you lemons, you find a new god.
And I speak truth not lies which your a expert Jack.
When Life gives you lemons, you find a new god.
http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
wow so it is like the old gp days when jack would throw a tantram and make a new name and then get banned again...ahhh memories
so its official he lost his license??
Yes. Though he expects to be able to get it back in a Federal case. Though he also thought he was going to be able to get Penny Arcade arrested for donating to charity, or have police officers remove games from the shelves in Califonia, or get Norm Kent in trouble by submitting porn to a court, or prevent Bully from coming out, or prevent Manhunt 2 from coming out, or prevent Grand Theft Auto 4 from coming out, or sue Kotaku, or have Judge Tunis removed from the bench, etc etc etc.
Basicly this is no different from any of his past posturing and will also end in failure. Its just so sad that his pattern recognition is so underdeveloped that he just can't see it. I guess all that gay porn fried his frontal lobes.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
Great to see Microsoft helping out when they can
shame that we are the only ones who really know about what Jack Thompson does while the mainstream media still does not know about his disbarment.
you know in all honesty (and with all due respect) if dennis wanted to he could ban every user name that began with c just because
http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
wow no posts from him yet...hmmm maybe he gave up and wont come back again?? naaa we cant get that lucky
Sorry Jack, you're the fascist here. The fact that you don't realize that does not make it untrue. Oh, and the mere fact that law enforcement contacted you does not mean you're in anyway a reputable/credible man. It only means that they failed to learn more about exactly what kind of man you are beforehand.
~Pre-October 25, 2008: Jack Thompson, Asshole Attorney
Post-October 25, 2008: Jack Thompson, Asshole
John Bruce, you're a sick sociopath. You've actually admitted that you knowingly and intentionally interferred and manipulated the police investigation and search for Brandon, thereby possibly endangering his life further.
Your character has spoken quite well on your REAL concern for human life.
An individual who mocks the suicides of several individuals.
An individual who actually tried to place a kid playing a violent video game as being far worse than that kid having been verbally, mentally, physically, and nearly sexually abused.
An individual who tried to take advantage of the tragedy at NIU by offering to spout your agenda, then turning around and threatening to sue the college if they didn't turn over computer evidence to you.
An individual who knowingly and intentionally lied to and deceived government officials, including the FTC by falsely and fraudulently claiming there was "gay sex" in a particular video game when there was, in fact, NO sex whatsoever. (PROVING that your character considers lies and deceit to be "moral".)
An individual who claimed to have attempted to interfere and manipulate the Robida case, which, turned out to be false and then, when proven false, you attempted to have the DA arrested because he didn't do things YOUR way.
And shall we get on this "fascist" bit you keep spouting? An individual who repeatedly calls others fascist but who, himself, states that those who even verbally (even in writing) oppose his stance should be legally put to death.
On the issue of Brandon, there has been a lot of comment around his internet friends. It appears he may have attempted to find one of them, or at least someone offline to hide with. It was clear he attempted to travel a distance since he took his bike, which was reportedly found.
Since he considered leaving his home to be rational, it's entirely possible that he may have considered other acts which, normally, would have not been considered good ideas and tried them. Especially in his emotional state. It's entirely possible that he hitched a ride, even with a stranger.
Unfortunately, with John Bruce manipulating the investigation, that possibility may not be considered.
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
http://www.myspace.com/hermoinefan_420 (and boom goes the dynamite)
damn nightwing i love reading ur posts now man....what a way to own jacky boy
Wonder why EZk, or Den, Didnt ban Thommy Boy, Cause He is starting to be a real forum troll here, And pupkin sucked Thompson, Just like your career.
Starting to be?
there is a ban. He re-registers with new user names... And yet, gamers are the ones who are obsessed?
Can't you IP ban him like you did a while back?
If you don't have something in your hosting software to allow you to do it, I'd happily write up a little PHP code for you to use that will have the same effect. Just lemme know.
Yes we can, but the commonality of proxies makes that hard to enforce as well.
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
maybe we should point out that proxies are like burglar's tools and that breaking and entering is not covered by the first amendment.
it might just be easier to find out what the *chans use to block proxies
岩「…Ace beats Jack」
I can look into that if you like. I'd like nothing better than to see JT struck completely impotent.
Just let me know.
Didn’t see you’d banned him. I’m back around a bit Dennis, things slowed down at the whole day job lol.– Toll
The likelihood is by now the kid's dead.
The second likelihood is if he met someone on XBL, he probably voicechatted, meaning he could hear the other person speaking.
If he did so, he either knew the person was older than he was and went with him, or it was someone his own age. (Edit:If he knew it was someone his own age, that person wouldn't have the resources to get him very far)
Shame on his parents for not even taking the time to listen at his door. When I was that age, my mom regularly walked up behind me and read my conversations, or would go into her room and watch TV (her room is across from mine) while I was on the phone with online friends.
It was ENTIRELY the parents' decision to let this kid play an M rated game. They had, if they were paying attention to what this kid was doing, NO DOUBT IN THEIR MINDS that people over 18 would be ALL OVER this game, and that there would occasionally be a stalker.
It's easy to blame problems on video games. It's not the games' fault the kid was kidnapped. Addiction to video games takes a LONG time to build up, or requires a mind that's easily addicted to things, or even OCD.
In any case, the problem was already there.
More likely, though, anyone inviting other players to come over to their house would be banned off of a server in CoD 4. I'd certainly ban and call the police on anyone talking about ANYTHING that highly inappropriate on any server I ran.
Epic fail on the parent's part for not nipping this thing in the bud. Epic fail for blaming it on anything other than themselves, and if this is just purposeful media misquoting, epic fail on the media's part for butchering what they said.
It is just as easy to blame the parents as it is to blame the game.
It's no time for blaming yet. Once the kid (or at least a body) is found, now you can start with the blaming.
THE PARENTS NEVER BLAMED THE GAME!
Why are these stupid news stories all culminating into a ridiculous debate about which is to blame?
The parents made a few mistakes, and did their best to correct them. Their best wasn't quite good enough. Yeah, WE GET THAT! We don't need a bunch of teenage turds constantly calling adults "sucky parents".
But the bottom line is that NO ONE HAS YET TO BLAME COD4 for this kid's disappearance; they blame the gamers that played on Live. Why can't people get that through their heads?
"THE PARENTS NEVER BLAMED THE GAME!"
BZZZZ, wrong. Out of the mouth of Mrs. Crisp: "If Bill Gates is such a philanthropist, (he should) take this game off the market, save some children and families from the horrific experience I’ve had,”
Source: http://www.georginaadvocate.com/News/Regional%20News/article/83309
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
That statement also just goes to show you how out of touch these particular parents are. They act as if Bill Gates is responsible for COD4 being on the market.
I still have issues with the idea that this was COD4 since his parents are adamant this kid was playing the game for 2+ years and COD4 only came out last Nov. But that's a whole other issue.
Okay, good find, but you took that out of context: she's making that statement in an effort to keep the Xbox Live community from wreaking more havoc (as she believes the case to be)...I don't feel that she has an issue with the game itself, just with the people who play it online:
“This is a huge wake-up call for me and other parents with all these Internet games,” said Brandon’s mother Angelika Crisp. “We know it’s dangerous but don’t know how complex they are.
Basically, if the game in question was a single-player game, then I don't think they'd be bringing it up, because they apparently believe that Brandon is with other gamers that he met through Live.
So nice try, and good looking out. But I stand by that they never outright have blamed the game...they are blaming the gamers, and rightly so.
All many people know of gamers is the comments that we make on GamePolitics, Amazon, FoxNews.com, etc, which -- sad to say -- are often ignorant and juvenile.
Actually it sounds like you are the one taking it out of context. Or more appropirately, trying to twist the context to fit your paradigm. The community has not been mentioned. But what has been mentioned is her desire for the physical game disc to not be sold. Ergo even if the game is no longer sold that would not remove the community from the equation. Therefore she is trying to find a scapegoat for shitty parenting and blaming the game. Otherwise why want it taken off the market?
And as far as the comments go. I find the most ignorant ones coming from either the parents or from fools such as exgamer.net
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
Everyone's entitled to their opinion, I suppose, but it's insane how many gamers get their panties in a wad over this woman's silly remarks, and don't focus on the REAL problem.
Who cares if game companies get sued? McDonald's gets sued all the time; I still eat there.
It's just mind-boggling how so many people will take a story like this, start preaching SELF-ACCOUNTABILITY, and then flash Obama "Spread the Wealth" stickers everywhere...
...Right. Well at this point all I can say is: Stay on target. The Presidential campaigns are a whole different ball of wax.
But what I see is the biggest problem is that the people directly involved, the parents the police, massacare chasers are not focusing on the real problem and instead have to beat a scapegoat.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
Then you're seeing wrong. There may be an element of finger-pointing behind the scenes, but we're not seeing it. Have the parents filed a lawsuit? No. Have they even discarded Brandon's copy of the game? Probably not.
All I see are a couple of parents at their wits' end, and they're using every last stretch -- logical or not -- in a last-ditch effort to find their child. You would, too.
"You would, too."
No, I would take personal responsibility and realize that my child needs therapy of some kind. What I wouldn't do is put the blame on some inanimate object and say that by removing it from the market such mental problems would magically dissappear.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-