ok, that GWB comparison was fucking retarded, and what's with your avatar?RurouniZel said:Not quite, I was just going out to be social with something other than a keyboard is all. And a little drink doesn't hurt either. :3
The problem I personally have with this comic (and I will state outright that I have no "legal" basis for my argument, just morals) with this compared to various political cartoons is that, unlike this comic, they actually succeed in making an important point, usually to call someone out on their bullshit and present it in such a way that makes the situation more obvious visually. If this comic was trying to make a point, it didn't do it well at all. I may hate George W. Bush with a passion, but even I would defend his retarded ass if political comics depicted him sucking dicks to get his way (or implying as such). The only thing this comic succeeded in doing is implying that the woman in question is a stupid whore who'll suck anyone off if they'll buy her game. Its not fair to her at all. I didn't even know who she was before this whole thread started, but I just imagine what I'd do if I were in her shoes. I can't even imagine how difficult it must be to be an attractive woman in the videogame industry; frankly if I were her I'd get out of there and find a better place that isn't going to make snap judgements about her simply because she's an attractive woman who's also found some success. God almighty she can't have done that on her own without sucking people off right? RIGHT?
And no, I'm not sticking my nose in this because she's a woman. I don't care male, female, gay, straight, black, white doesn't fucking matter to me. People are people, and there's just some lines of common decency that shouldn't be crossed. I get pissed off when people defend these things simply because they're protected by law. Yes, people have the right to say what they want, but being a responsible adult means knowing when its time to speak and when its time to keep it in check. I kind of burst in anger a bit earlier and I apologize for calling people pretentious cocksuckers.
But I'm getting sick and tired of trying to defend our community when stuff like this goes down. I'm a pretty hardcore gamer, and just like many of us here, I've had my fair share of being misunderstood by "normal" people. I don't want to be associated with crap like this, all it does is bring the rest of us down. What I love about Penny Arcade's "Child's Play" is that it not only helps kids in various hospitals all across the country, it helps give us gamers a better name in a world that tries to depict us as crazy serial killers who undergo hours of murder simulation every day.
Shit like this... its just not defendable. I don't care how perfectly legal it may be, I can't and won't defend it. If we really want to put a stop to the likes of assholes like Jack Thompson, we have to rid ourselves of this rep we don't deserve. We have to rise above it, not sink down to their level.
RurouniZel said:As I've said before, I don't know who changed it, but every time I try to change it back into this.
It won't change. I don't know who changed it, but I'd like to change it back to this if I may?
Chipopo said:You've been Administrated. Don't run from it. It will only make the pain worse.
RurouniZel said:If we really want to put a stop to the likes of assholes like Jack Thompson, we have to rid ourselves of this rep we don't deserve. We have to rise above it, not sink down to their level.
RurouniZel said:For the record my normal avatar is a Prinny. Someone changed it for me.
ParticleReality said:Everyone knows The guy behind Chugworth did this comic right?
No. All we have to do is replace all our awesome games with shitty cartoon/barbie based games before we go and kill people.
Zeed said:
That image is 144x144, well beyond the boundaries of the accepted 90x120. Either you've been in violation of the TOS all this time, or you're a liar.
RurouniZel said:No, the games are fine. What we need to do is start acting like responsible adults. Once we start doing that, people will finally get over the whole "games are making our kids evil" bullshit.
Ahhh, my forums of yore.avatar299 said:I love you.
You were great at TXB, and you're still great here.:lol
See? They never disappear, they just turn into friendly faces.:lolParticleReality said:My idea is better. I wanna still be and asshole about shit(like this) and wouldn't give that up for anything. This comic is exactly how it is with this game and you know what, there should be alot more comics like this....for everything.
Mythbusters... MYTHBUSTERS (NSFW and not safe for your sanity).Eteric Rice said:Just incase anyone doesn't know what rule 34 is...
34. There is porn of it. No exceptions.
It's true. It's so unfortunately true. :O
...so not the link I was hoping for.turk128 said:Mythbusters... MYTHBUSTERS (NSFW and not safe for your sanity).
turk128 said:Mythbusters... MYTHBUSTERS (NSFW and not safe for your sanity).
Red_Ocelot said:Am I the only one who thinks the only reason Ubisoft are making a deal of this is to divert attention to themselves, or more importantly Assassins Creed?
and lol @ people defending Jade
I do have a deviated septum. ;-)fart said:you are such a fucking mouthbreather.
RurouniZel said:Not quite, I was just going out to be social with something other than a keyboard is all. And a little drink doesn't hurt either. :3
The problem I personally have with this comic (and I will state outright that I have no "legal" basis for my argument, just morals) with this compared to various political cartoons is that, unlike this comic, they actually succeed in making an important point, usually to call someone out on their bullshit and present it in such a way that makes the situation more obvious visually. If this comic was trying to make a point, it didn't do it well at all. I may hate George W. Bush with a passion, but even I would defend his retarded ass if political comics depicted him sucking dicks to get his way (or implying as such). The only thing this comic succeeded in doing is implying that the woman in question is a stupid whore who'll suck anyone off if they'll buy her game. Its not fair to her at all. I didn't even know who she was before this whole thread started, but I just imagine what I'd do if I were in her shoes. I can't even imagine how difficult it must be to be an attractive woman in the videogame industry; frankly if I were her I'd get out of there and find a better place that isn't going to make snap judgements about her simply because she's an attractive woman who's also found some success. God almighty she can't have done that on her own without sucking people off right? RIGHT?
And no, I'm not sticking my nose in this because she's a woman. I don't care male, female, gay, straight, black, white doesn't fucking matter to me. People are people, and there's just some lines of common decency that shouldn't be crossed. I get pissed off when people defend these things simply because they're protected by law. Yes, people have the right to say what they want, but being a responsible adult means knowing when its time to speak and when its time to keep it in check. I kind of burst in anger a bit earlier and I apologize for calling people pretentious cocksuckers.
But I'm getting sick and tired of trying to defend our community when stuff like this goes down. I'm a pretty hardcore gamer, and just like many of us here, I've had my fair share of being misunderstood by "normal" people. I don't want to be associated with crap like this, all it does is bring the rest of us down. What I love about Penny Arcade's "Child's Play" is that it not only helps kids in various hospitals all across the country, it helps give us gamers a better name in a world that tries to depict us as crazy serial killers who undergo hours of murder simulation every day.
Shit like this... its just not defendable. I don't care how perfectly legal it may be, I can't and won't defend it. If we really want to put a stop to the likes of assholes like Jack Thompson, we have to rid ourselves of this rep we don't deserve. We have to rise above it, not sink down to their level.
YYZ said:the point of the comic was that Ubisoft was pimping her out because she's pretty. Someone on Something Awful poked fun at that, it was really distasteful but it does have a point, one you don't get. The game became more about Jade than the game itself. It's reminiscent of something you'd see in South Park, that type of humour.
MaddenNFL64 said:Holy shit this damn thread is still going. Who gives a shit. People get made fun of all the time. Big deal.
I don't know... if I was Jade I wouldn't particularly appreciate something going from about 100 people seeing it on a forum to top 10 in the google hot list with potentially thousands of people looking at it.brendanrfoley said:That said, there really aren't grounds for a lawsuit here. But I think this is more about Ubisoft defending one of it's employees, which, if I were Jade, I would appreciate.
brendanrfoley said:Try to understand what women have gone through -- and are subjected to -- as they rise to the top in any business. Maybe then you'll understand why this comic is offensive.
Concept17 said:They may have been, but the game hardly became more about her. Gaf was the only place I knew of that made a deal out of her. On a side note, they created an amazing game.
turk128 said:Mythbusters... MYTHBUSTERS (NSFW and not safe for your sanity).
Pharmacy said:
Date of Lies said:After Assassin's Creed's subpar reviews based on its repetitive gameplay and shitty storyline, I think Jade Raymond will no longer be prancing in front of the media's cameras. For all that hot-air blown by her for AC as a redefining next-gen title, it's falling short.
This one-trick pony is now going to retire. And that's good news. Anyone who says that this situation is proof of why this industry is immature and fueled by sweaty geeks: get that shit off your nose. Ubisoft's PR practice with "Ms. Raymond", fresh into the industry and completely unproven (yet in the role of a producer, for some reason) is getting more air time than industry veterans the likes of [insert the name of anyone's who's worked on a great game]. Ms Jade is oblivious to this industry and to what makes a good game. The comic hits on exactly that point: she's a marketing whore, and Ubisoft saw it fit to give us this pretty young thing on display because it thinks the gaming population is a bunch of horny sexless geeks. Well fuck you and your multi-million dollar flop of a killer app.
jay said:Hey guys, some Danish guy drew a cartoon of Mohamed. Let's sue him.
Cruzader said:If somebody did that, instead of getting sued, they would get blown up for sho'.
no offense to anyone
Onix said:She started her career doing game programming at Sony (she has a CS degree). Then before leaving there, she founded the first R&D group within Sony Online. That group made some of the better net-code out there.
Basically, she went tech route to becoming a producer. She isn't some business grad.
Ledsen said:I take it you slept through the last two years? :lol
Onix said:She started her career doing game programming at Sony (she has a CS degree). Then before leaving there, she founded the first R&D group within Sony Online. That group made some of the better net-code out there.
Basically, she went tech route to becoming a producer. She isn't some business grad.