*headdesk*

If he didnt threaten to destroy T2 every other day, i might be concerned by this, but he does so i'm not.....

I dont really think anyone in their right mind would join Thompson in this anyway... so it'll be just him and the voices in his head participating in this "consumer revolt"

Edit: anyone want to bet this thread reaches 200 posts again thanks to JT spamming court documents and the like?

Couldn't, all of those stockholders have sold their stock at anytime and as such could have sold it themselves when it was worth $26?... Ea was bascially buying the stock at just about it's listed price at the time, so selling to EA or selling in general would have made no difference... essentially, if Zelnick is a fool for not selling out to EA then no one currently holding stock can complain as they made the same damn decision... 

Not to mention that how much of this low stock is Zelnick's fault is a bit up in the air since a lot of companies to a hard hit in the stock market due to these economic times... and also that it was while the company was under Zelnick that the company became worth $26 per share in the first place... oh but those are the kind of "facts" that Jack finds to inconvenient to mention in his "revolt"

Not sure what Jack is really trying to accomplish though... i guess he's just after bragging rights; i mean, Zelnick leaving will only make way for a new boss who will continue GTA and all that other stuff... Doesn't exactly help jack's agenda

i say we sick the sec on thompson this was a stock scam! (my apologies to the sec, i am truly sorry if you have to spend one minute in a room with thompson)

please note this whole post is a joke(albeit bad one but a joke none the less)

I know its beyond John Bruce's ability to comprehend. (along with other things like why you shouldn't file porn to a court of law or threaten to blow up a governmental office) but you do not sell to EA for any amount of money.  Mr. Zelnick should be hearalded for keeping the jackals known as EA at bay.

Furthermore I don't think that the shareholders are going to listen to someone who once threatened their company.  See: The Sims 2 fanmade blur removal patch controversy.

-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-

For some reason I can't help but think of Church Lady from SNL

"Well...isn't that special?"

Or the big guy in 2 Stupid dogs

"Well isn't that cute?....BUT IT'S WROOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!!"

*sigh*

Hrmm... Jack says he sold all of his stock.

So, he has no standing, nor any rights, at any T2 shareholders meeting.

More BS.

Frankly, I am, and I hate to say this (god how I hate to say this) in the same boat with Mr. Thompson, but for different reasons.  I had TTWO stock when the EA offer went up, and I ducked out after the EA offer collapsed.  There were talks of another company willing to buy TTWO so I picked up again around $15.  It hasn't been that high since, and now I'm looking at stock worth half of what I paid for it on the subtle hints from a man who gave us the hope that there was more in store for us.  Hell, the better half of the financial community (those that are famed for watching the business world) have basically marked Mr. Zelnick as a blithering idiot for running his company into the ground, or close thereto.  Alot of investors are angry about his handling of the EA issue, and we bought into his verbose scam of betting things to come.  He's had amazing titles come across his desk and make the company millions, but the shares keep falling.  I understand that the economy has a tremendous impact on the current state of the market, and an article in the Washionton Post two months back stating that video game stocks were extremely over-inflated was the first hard right hook to the jaws of a few companies.

Getting back on topic, Mr. Thompson, unless he procured a signifigant amount of stock, will have a hard time convincing shareholders to oust Mr. Zelnick.  Lest we forget, one of the major issues in the EA/TTWO merger was the benefit packages that Mr. Zelnick and his assistants, fellow managers, etc. were to get if they were to be replaced.  Explain this to a shareholder of a struggling company, and then inform them if they oust Zelnick, the shares could very well go further south on the basis of 1) an unstable company that had to clear out top management and bring in fresh blood does not bode well for consumer confidence and more shareholders may take a loss and get out leaving their shares worth even less, 2) the money that is going to be doled out of already dwindling financial reserves to part ways with Mr. Zelnick and company (golden parachutes are a dandy little thing), lastly 3) the money that is going to be offered to new leadership to take on what can be percieved to be a sinking ship in an economic malestrom.  That is alot of coin to be tossing around when your stock is worth less than 1/3rd of what it did a few months ago.  So, dare I ask who still wants to remove Mr. Zelnick and watch TTWO trade for as much as Washionton Mutual or brace for rocky times ahead, and when the skies clear a bit, we can make the salty dog walk the plank accordingly.

As far as the idea of using stocks to drive moral compunction, it will never work and Mr. Thompson should at least know that.  Business is about profit, and risk.  What he offers is something too far risky given the market as it is.  Read the three points above and, unless Mr. Thompson own 50%+1 of the stocks, he will be hard pressed to see Mr. Zelnick pushed out of the nice, top-floor office he currently works out of.

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful. Edward R. Murrow

Jack Thompson is the living breathing example of a revolting Shareholder.

He will succeed in the same manner he always succeeds, i.e. he won't, and, frankly, this whole announcement is simply because he wanted his name in a Xmas headline.

It's amazing just how corrupt 'religion' can make a man.  I say religion, but do of course mean fascism.  Just forget him, he's petty, insignificant, and no threat whatsoever to us gamers.

Looks like the crackpot is at it once again. Considering that settlement he had with Take-Two awhile back, I'm kinda surprised that he tries his tired antics. Technically they could bitchslap him to next decade with a massive lawsuit over violation over said settlement, but they just ignore him :\

Ahh, no better way to spend Christmas than by seeing JT getting more undeserved free publicity!

I doubt any shareholder (esp long term investors who shy away from mergers like the EA one in the first place) would follow the word of someone who has gone on the record as wanting to 'take down' the company.

Why is he referring to himself in the 3rd person?

--------------------------------- Ago. Perceptum. Teneo.

Shreholder revolt lead by Jack Thompson?

LOL!  Will he do it after he plays that trick up his sleeve he'll use to stop his disbarrment...oh, wait...

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"We received 20 calls last night. As we all know, one call equals a billion people. So 20 billion people called us last night. We must act to preserve decency on television." -The FCC

Delusions of grandeur.

Behold Jack's spiral into utter insanity.

Before long, he'll be reduced to press releases along the lines of  "games...kill.....legislation".

Okay, I'm seeing two major problems with this picture. A) There's an economic recession; stocks are down across the board, and people are spending less money. B) It's Jack Thompson. He shot himself in the foot and ended his law career; why would anyone follow him?

Of all things, you have to think realisticly.

I don't think that even Jack knows how to be realistic,

you need to own more than 50% of shares to oust the head of the company.

And even if Jack does lead a revolt and oust Zelnick, I doubt that Jack even knows how to run a company considering his dissapointing law career.

At the risk of siding with the devil, he's got every right to try to if he wants to; though considering his track record, somehow I don't think the Zelnick-ster will be shaking in his boots anytime soon.  At the risk of a sitcom-tv reference, the Jack-ster's got about as much power as a straight man at a lesbian wedding.   Still, I can't blame him for trying.  Everybody's got to have a hobby.  Although I honestly wonder, does he have any grasp of the irony in purchasing stock of the company he's villified for years?

So He thinks he's bought enough stocks to make a difference?

Sounds like Jack's gonna have some splainning to do when his wife sees her next bank statement.

I wonder...  how many shares can he "buy" when he's out of a job???  Or is his wife (the only successful lawyer in the family) going to buy them for him to support his habit of crazy?  Don't McDonald's employees earn 7 dollars an hour?  He'll have to work a month to buy a significant amount of them.

 Guys, i think we might be under-estimating this guy

If he is able to get Zelnick out...  Then the compagny might go running off like a headless chicken.

I'm might be hoping he can get the CEO out of there and make the compagny go into bankrupcy before the new CEO can recover.  if it works then Jack could have a very big laugh and say he single handedly brought down TakeTwo. (he wouldn't of, but you know he'll claim it)

or i'm giving him too much credit and this is just a simple personal vendetta against Zelnick.  

This guy doesn't quit. Well here's the bright side about this. Jack is all talk and no play. I fail to see how he can keep this sharade up.

Hey Jack I bet this is irratating as heck, seeing us point out your flaws and unable to say anything about it. Haha.

Anyhoo, like always, I doubt he could do anything and I doubt anyone would really listen to him anymore. I would so love to pop his giant bubble of an ego but somehow he always patches up the hole.  This is how I see it, another attempt to stop violent video games in which it will fail and he will have more embarrasment. End of story.

Btw Hope everyone here had a merry christmas. :)

"In the letter, Thompson refers to the Z-man as an "incompetent, reckless goofball," which is pretty funny, coming from someone with Thompson's track record."

Yeah, Thompson is definitly one to talk.  Whats the phrase, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones?  Well, all of Jack house is probably all broken by now.

They aren't getting rid of their cash cow anytime soon.

Every time I see JT as the subject of a GP article, I take a week's vacation from reading the site.  Stop promoting him, it's what he wants.  See you in 09.

thank you. Beatifull Archile !
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