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simon71 Member
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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I bet it would get real UGLY if someone looked into the BlowJob receiving press here in the US. Hey is it true the girls from the publishers PR departments are hired to do such??? I heard they can suck a golf ball out of a garden hose pipe ouch!! |
U.S.A. here I cum. |
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marvelharvey New Member
Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Posts: 56
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Does anyone know why the the 'Atari people invade Gamesradar' thread has vanished? It was here up until about 4pm and now it's nowhere to be seen. |
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KKLEIN Veteran Member
Joined: 15 Jul 2002 Posts: 8466 Location: Misery Guts Avenue
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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marvelharvey wrote: |
Does anyone know why the the 'Atari people invade Gamesradar' thread has vanished? It was here up until about 4pm and now it's nowhere to be seen. |
Censorship again most probably. We all know what the admin are like... _________________ That's a disc drive. What's been in them you ask? Well:
PS2 - Smackdown HCTP, PSM2 disc 51.
Xbox - Driv3r |
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Level_7_Boss Veteran Member
Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 2139
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 4:50 am Post subject: |
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Imagine if this thread put off as little as 10% of those people viewing from buying it. 5,570 people. at £45 a copy, Atari would have lost a whopping £250, 690.50
Well, conjecture in the extreme, but you never know.
Phew. Two Edits there. _________________ GR:EURO 2004 Fantasy Football!
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Rev. Stuart Campbell Starting Member
Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 20
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:23 am Post subject: |
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The thread has definitely been deleted - it's linked to in the PC Gamer forum, among other places, but if you follow the link you get a "This topic does not exist" message. And as has been noted, Babel have deleted the offending references from their website.
Exactly what is it that Future, Babel and Atari don't want you to know, viewers? It sure is a mystery. |
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Eighthours Moderator
Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 6637 Location: Certainty
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:28 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I got a PM from Mike yesterday, explaining that the thread had been deleted due to its libellous content and heavy-handed criticism of the Babel Media employees. Make of that what you will. _________________ Work for eight hours
Sleep for eight hours
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Take the ride....while you still can. |
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the_shadow Experienced Member
Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 1288 Location: Sigma Octanus IV
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:32 am Post subject: |
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>>fat babies<<
Right I posted this on the previous page and it appears to have gone unnoticed, Fat Babies is a forum for people IN the industry and here we see them talking about the Driv3r scandel.
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Been going on since the start of the industry.......been a while since I directly dealt with magazines but it used to be that there were 'rules'. Mostly the Publisher's seemed to put pressure on one magazine in order to get that one 'good review' they need to satisfy distributors and retail. Though a couple of times I remember seeing reviews for games that we hadn't even put into QA yet. |
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you'd have a hard time finding someone who doesn't believe that UK gaming mags are bribe-taking whores |
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I bet it would get real UGLY if someone looked into the BlowJob receiving press here in the US. Hey is it true the girls from the publishers PR departments are hired to do such??? I heard they can suck a golf ball out of a garden hose pipe ouch!! |
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Eighthours Moderator
Joined: 23 Oct 2003 Posts: 6637 Location: Certainty
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:41 am Post subject: |
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By the way, Future are currently wondering what to do about this thread, so don't be surprised if it also suddenly disappears. _________________ Work for eight hours
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random_task Veteran Member
Joined: 01 Jan 2004 Posts: 4167 Location: In a pineapple under the sea
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:43 am Post subject: |
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Eighthours wrote: |
By the way, Future are currently wondering what to do about this thread, so don't be surprised if it also suddenly disappears. |
Why? _________________ Join the S.O.S - Save Our Sprout |
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OctogenarianPussy Experienced Member
Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 663 Location: Retard Proof Clothing - Available now
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:46 am Post subject: |
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If they have any sense at all they'll leave well alone and let this die out naturally. Deleting the thread will only make things worse. Come on internal communications people!
You know I speak the truth *look into my eyes *, you are feeling sleepy! _________________ I came here to chew ass and kick bubblegum. And I'm all out of ass. |
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Eighthours Moderator
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:47 am Post subject: |
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random_task wrote: |
Eighthours wrote: |
By the way, Future are currently wondering what to do about this thread, so don't be surprised if it also suddenly disappears. |
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It is also highly libellous. Apparently. _________________ Work for eight hours
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the_shadow Experienced Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Eighthours wrote: |
By the way, Future are currently wondering what to do about this thread, so don't be surprised if it also suddenly disappears. |
Crikey imagine the outcry if they did. We'd have to start a hundred more topics. _________________ Campaigning for the Re-Modification of our Beloved Sprouty
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Rev. Stuart Campbell Starting Member
Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 20
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Eighthours wrote: |
random_task wrote: |
Eighthours wrote: |
By the way, Future are currently wondering what to do about this thread, so don't be surprised if it also suddenly disappears. |
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It is also highly libellous. Apparently. |
As a professional journalist well versed in the law, I can assure readers that the content of the first thread was in no way libellous, unless something libellous was added to it very late that I didn't see before the deletion. Similarly, there is nothing libellous in this one.
Incidentally, I'm surprised that nobody has joined this thread over on the Atari forums to express a better balance of opinion:
http://www.uk.atari.com/third_party/forum/showthread.php?threadid=3181 |
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NiceGuyEddie Veteran Member
Joined: 01 Dec 2002 Posts: 4796 Location: Over there by the beefburgers.
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Eighthours wrote: |
random_task wrote: |
Eighthours wrote: |
By the way, Future are currently wondering what to do about this thread, so don't be surprised if it also suddenly disappears. |
Why? |
It is also highly libellous. Apparently. |
Hang on...we're not the ones score fixing are we? We just want to be told the truth.
If its so worrying for them why not send a rep from the magazine into this thread to explain their position. Surely by deleting the thread they're confirming what we basically know... _________________ Currently loving:
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jordo's mum
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NiceGuyEddie Veteran Member
Joined: 01 Dec 2002 Posts: 4796 Location: Over there by the beefburgers.
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:52 am Post subject: |
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Rev. Stuart Campbell wrote: |
Eighthours wrote: |
random_task wrote: |
Eighthours wrote: |
By the way, Future are currently wondering what to do about this thread, so don't be surprised if it also suddenly disappears. |
Why? |
It is also highly libellous. Apparently. |
As a professional journalist well versed in the law, I can assure readers that the content of the first thread was in no way libellous, unless something libellous was added to it very late that I didn't see before the deletion. Similarly, there is nothing libellous in this one.
Incidentally, I'm surprised that nobody has joined this thread over on the Atari forums to express a better balance of opinion:
http://www.uk.atari.com/third_party/forum/showthread.php?threadid=3181 |
To be honest, I think most people are worried about their post counts than the future of the thread... _________________ Currently loving:
Big Frank's work
jordo's mum
My new gmail address: gamesradar@falsebit.gmail.com
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