EA dismisses Jack Thompson's offer of help
EA has fiercely defended itself from any offers of help Thompson has made, insisting that it can take care of itself.
Jack Thompson recently made the offer to work with EA on the deal in an open letter which claimed that:
"I am delighted to work with Electronic Arts to evict the Zelnick Trojan Horse from within Take-Two’s corporate walls. In doing so, I can get the new Take-Two into the clear as to the trouble I and others can send its way."
EA though has strongly and explicitly refused Thompson's help in an email sent out today according to GI.biz (tip submitted by Sebbo).
"In response to your offer to assist in the proposed acquisition of Take-Two, we would strongly prefer that you not get involved in this matter," replied EA's Mariam Sughayer.
"EA is a strong supporter of creative freedom for game developers. We feel that your past statements - including false claims about content in our games - make any collaboration with you impossible."
Ooh, ouch!
Still, just because EA is standing up for themselves doesn't mean their bids will be successful. Take-Two is still resisting any attempts EA has made to buy it out and has said that the offers of $2 billion are both inadequate and opportunistic. Do you agree? Let us know in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums ReplyTaken out of the context of this story, that statement is most ironic.
LOL
Why do people pay any attention to him ?
He never replied to my email... It wasn't even mean. I would call it curious.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/03/06/jack_thompson_responds_to_ea_dismissal/1
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EAThe rest of the world as a whole = +1Jack Thompson = -322535452 +(-1)
Neato.
El-oh-el
Oh Jack, what would we do without you? Other than be much more bored.
Down with jack thompson!
Jacko: "Oh NO You Din't!"
He's a bitter, twisted, sad little man isn't he? Couldn't he have run a grammar check on that email before sending it out? Hardly a professional tone too. I think it's time for Jack to stop listening to himself and quit.
Yes, it's from him.
C'mon, this is Jack Thompson we're talking about here.
And then he lambasts EA for not knowing something that hasn't happened yet?
That's an interesting stance to take, Jack. Time to get back in the comfy jacket with the sleeves that fasten up behind and go back to your lovely cell with the nice padded walls.
1: He is just stupid, childish and.. strange.
2: He does this to get A LOT of publicity. (Not good, but he gets his name out for sure)
Any 'Lawyor' who posts a response containing a sentence beginning with the above deserves to lose their Lawyor's permit.
Didn't he come close to losing it already?
The guy is a moron and gets far more airtime than he deserves.
I think he is needed in the Venezuelan-Colombian border...
Oh wait... It's Jack... no, I guess it isn't surprising.
Nice to see Jack has some humour back his argument up.
It just makes it more entertaining for fellow gamers =P
I wonder what will happen next =P
I'm surprised he can get clients after embarrassing himself so often.
haha yea, when i first opened it and saw the pic i immediately thought "gonna have to bitch at bit for using such a ghetto image :p" then i read it and it all made sense :D
Even I was saying y'all and of course the plural all y'all before I left! :D
Jack is awesome, I think we should all egg him on to see what other stupid s*** he'll do1 :D
(Bless him for trying, obv)
i've been amusing people at work with stories about him, they all think he's an idiot. personally i want to see how far he'll go. if games are so violent and cause people to go crazy and shoot other people, why has no one shot him? i'm still sane... well, as sane as you can get on bit-tech...
Jack Thompson makes me violent
...the same for a few others round here too I suspect
..therefore using jack's own minority over majority idea means we should ban jack thompson from public exposure
Every time I hear about Jack Thompson, I think about that preacher. Both are misinformed and are championing a cause that they know little about. Would a pastor today confront a parent because their child left a "Harry Potter" book at church? I think not. The bottom line is that parents need to be responsible and raise their children correctly so that they know right from wrong. Granted, this is not 100% effective, but it goes a long way in making sure your kids grow up to be respectable members of society.
Games, books, newspapers, the internet, movies, art, the evening news... they all depict scenes of violence. Since we are all exposed to at least one of these mediums as we grow up, by Jack Thompson's beliefs, we would all be uncontrollable psychopaths, roaming around wreaking havoc.
Sorry for making my first post such a long rant. I sincerely apologize.
Great first post, welcome to the forums!!!
Sue him for it!!! (a la mcdonalds scandal.)
That there are companies out there that hire him...that's the problem.
Maybe based on the american "no cure, no pay" way of twisting law?
I originally thought he must be a made up character used for funny PR as I cannot imagine anyone remotely like him being allowed to live this long. Mind you Bush is still alive.
Bush and Jack = proof that Darwin was wrong.