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Jack Thompson vs Amazon?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the man-i'd-take-a-vacation-personally dept.

Zorglub writes "Feeling his book page at Amazon has been harassed by bad reviews, nasty tags, and a user-submitted vomit pic, anti-game lawyer Jack Thompson threatens to sue Amazon if the offending material isn't removed."

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  1. A GameFAQs connection? by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It should be noted that some of the comments contain the name/word "LUEshi".

    LUEshi is apparently an ASCII image of Mario riding on Yoshi. Some research suggests that it originated from posters at the "Life, the Universe, and Everything." forum at GameFAQs.com [1]. That particular forum itself was shut down or had its access limited by the administrators there, apparently due to excessive abuses by the members.

    Considering GameFAQs' focus on gaming, it is quite plausible to see why people associated with GameFAQs might choose to post such reviews. It sounds like the users of that particular forum are known for intentionally causing trouble, as well.

    The forums at GameFAQs widely known for having excessive rules, overzealous moderators, and what amounts to an extreme lack of freedom. It seems unusual that they wish to speak out against those who wish to limit free speech, while at the same time being members of a community that actively supports and practises censorship.

     
    • Note:
    I have been informed that there is a moderator at GameFAQs.com who also uses the name CyricZ. We are not the same person. I am Cyric Zndovzny, while his name is Scott, if I'm not mistaken. I repeat, I am not the CyricZ at GameFAQs. We are different people.

    • References:

    [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameFAQs_message_boar ds#Jargon
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    Cyric Zndovzny at your service.
  2. Started a wave of kickass pictures by corbel_ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just wanted to enjoy my 2 minutes in the fame. I love all the new pictures that have sprouted up there! After I posted the girl vomiting image (which has been deleted) followed closely by the great ctrl-alt-del picture of thompson, and am glad to see I started a wave of kickass user submitted pictures! I talked about more of this at my blog corbeledg.blogspot.com (sorry for the shameless plug)