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Game Industry Reacts to FTC Secret Shopper Survey

Mar 31, 2006 07:03

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liveordie2 March 31 2006, 12:50:54 UTC

I would just wonder that Jack Thompson would ever post here. He won't accept anyone's forgiveness, how sad.

What? acroamatis March 31 2006, 19:26:53 UTC

Jack is of the opinion that you (and the rest of us) are the ones who ought to be mewling for forgiveness. Posting here is his way of "proving us wrong". It's the way with most crusaders - they are incapable of even viewing the opponent's argument in a neutral state of mind. The opponent is against them, therefore, they must be wrong.

Re: What? gatz111085 March 31 2006, 20:36:17 UTC

he is also under the impression that we are all like 12 and not functioning members of society with jobs.

Re: What? hilaryduffgta March 31 2006, 21:15:37 UTC

i thought he was under the impression that we are all 6

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Imitation of Jack... mr_putter March 31 2006, 12:54:34 UTC

Before the imitation... First post! Yipee! ^_^
And now how Jack will react...
"This story is totally false and defamatory. Kids are still getting these M-rated games. All you gamers here think this is the truth, which is a byproduct of your brain being fried by video games. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go think up stupid arguments to refute this story. And if you don't take down this false story, I will sue every member of this website." Jack Thompson, egomaniacal POC lawyer.
What do you think?

D'OH! mr_putter March 31 2006, 12:55:43 UTC

Yet again my plans to post first have been foiled! Nooooo!

Re: Imitation of Jack... liveordie2 March 31 2006, 12:56:10 UTC

He always thinks sueing people is so easy.

But no, if you keep sueing people, people will think of you differently. Im serious.

Re: Imitation of Jack... lordlundar March 31 2006, 18:10:10 UTC

he posted on the first announcement of the story.

your imitation is pretty accurate.

I'm not sure why theyr'e happy dog_welder March 31 2006, 12:55:53 UTC

A 65% success rate is still a "D" in most places. Raising your success rate from abysmal to marginally passing isn't a reason to click your heels in joy. There's still a lot of work to be done.

Re: I'm not sure why theyr'e happy tollwutig March 31 2006, 13:27:00 UTC

That fact that it was a mere 15% 6 years ago is a reason to celebrate.

One question... liveordie2 March 31 2006, 12:57:57 UTC

Im not familiar with secret shopping. Can anyone else enlighten me?

Re: One question... keddren March 31 2006, 13:33:44 UTC

It's a common practice that retailers undertake to make sure the people at the bottom are doing what corporate policy dictates. They usually have a list of things the employee is supposed to do such as greeting a customer when they come in the door, asking if they need assistance, possess the required product knowledge, upselling items at the register, and so forth. In this case it's not the retail company doing the testing, and the criteria is different (to wit: carding minors trying to purchase M rated games).

I used to be able to spot them a mile off when I worked retail.

Re: One question... liveordie2 March 31 2006, 13:35:44 UTC

Hey, thanks for the short info, its enough to keep me fully enlightened.

Thanks.

So much for Jacks crusade yukimurasanada March 31 2006, 13:02:10 UTC

Looks like the industry may have all the anti gamers beat shortly. With this validation by the FTC, we now have evidance that the self regulation efforts of the game industry are rapidly improving. However, I do have a question ( ... )

Re: So much for Jacks crusade liveordie2 March 31 2006, 13:04:14 UTC

I agree with you there.

Re: So much for Jacks crusade yukimurasanada March 31 2006, 13:10:06 UTC

Thanks.

No offense but, your avatar.

UBER CREEPPY!!!

LOL, good night.

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