Hey, does anyone have a link to the posts JT has made as comments on here, Kotaku and anywhere else (joystiq etc). I'd like to read what he's written in response.

Cheers.

Also from the $3k-net-profit-per-session "debate" tour he runs.

If memory serves, his wife.

you know if he he used the "my wife was haviung surgery" excuse it would have gotten him alot farther with the judge probably

Point of Information: Jack has his personal contact info on all of his press releases and court filings.

Hypothesis: Gamers can't possibly read or comprehend those complex documents, because their minds are so rotted and/or brainwashed by playing video games.

Conclusion: Gamers must have gotten his personal contact information from "teh intarnet".


DUH!


=D

It was in the New-York Times. It was something along the lines of "His parents hoped he would spend less time playing videogames and basketball alone while in college". His "bad habit" was playing videogames alone but also playing basketball alone.

@Jabrwock: "Considering JT failed the bar exam his first time around (his own admission, in his explosive tell-all bio!), I’m betting old JT needs a refresher course in lawsuit writing."

Actually, failing the bar the first time around is very common... there are many people who are now high-power, successful lawyers who failed the bar MORE than once before passing. It's a rough test.

Well, some versions of the Bar are. I've heard that there's a "multi-state" version of the Bar that is the minimum requirement for practice in about 20 states (hence the "multi-state" name) that is notably easier than any state-specific Bar exam.

@Kungfu-Tse: "Any how did he manage to pass law school in the first place?"

Well, Law School can be fairly easy if you have the right mindset for it. It's lots and lots of rote memorization. The hard part of it is that it's stressful, because they're cramming a LOT of information into you all at once. And it's not like you can be forcibly washed out of law school - you can, if you want, keep trying until you pass.

@ Jack Thompson, if you read this: If video games were the murder simulators you're trying to make them out to be, how come none of us pissed-off video game players has ever made an assassination attempt on your life? Give us a little credit for being rational...

@Game Politics;

Since when is his office number personal information? That's the heart of the one claim he makes that can be taken even semi seriously. It's been debated for a long, long time. It's ok for him to throw it up on every communication he has in public but then cry when someone else does it? Do we have to say "Oh, we can't post his office phone number here, but look, this document he wrote has that on it." Asinine.

Sorry for the double post but had to add this from the article:

"Vengeful stalker. This type of person is angry with the victim due to some real or imagined insult or injury. Some of these stalkers are psychopaths -- a person affected with an antisocial personality disorder -- who have no conscience or remorse. They may have paranoid delusions, often feeling that they themselves are victims and are striving to get even"

If you follow Massacre Chaser's logic, he may be the bravest individual on the planet. I mean, if I truly thought that violent games turned people into maniacal killers, I sure wouldn't be revolving my life around pissing millions of them off on a daily basis...maybe he really WANTS to die after all! *shudder*

Actually, now that I think about it, martyrdom may be the closest thing to success he can achieve at this point.

"If he would just learn not to put his address and phone number on letters that are open to the public he wouldn’t have a problem."

He's done that numerous times before. It's called baiting. His logic is that we will call him and email him with numerous death threats and hopefully land 90% of us in jail.

He's purposely posted his phjne number abd information many times before. He really loves getting harassed. Just look at what he sjd here. He used it as an excuse for his poor filing of a complaint. Being harassed is useful to him. He always plays the victim, like a coward.

I'm sure someone might be able to dig this out but I'm positive there was a guy a few years back who was banned from suing people after a large number of failed / stupid attempts..

Blah, that figures, jdmdsp911 already linked it.

Jack Thompson said "Home Address" when he meant "Email Address". Or....HE IS ACTUALLY AN AI WHO LIVES ON THE INTERNET AND INHABITS A PHYSICAL FORM BY DAY!

That makes a lot of sense, he wants to get rid of video games so he can sap precious clock cycles from PCs which currently use thier computing power for gaming, he can send 10 million emails a day because he is sending them from within the internet.

I found where the user trying to harass Jacko is. On Jason's blog, a user with a lengthy comment: (from page http://www.realitypanic.com/archives/301 )

Peter Pascoal Says: [...] [...] "Debate, Mr. Thompson, debate. Stop putting your mouth where others’ money is. Stop hiding behind false accusations and misinformation. Either debate or be quiet, as quiet as the mainstream media who doesn’t bother to research you or your claims.

Contact Jack Thompson at XXX-XXX-XXXX to see if he’ll grow a backbone. "

Sounds like a likely culprit for Jack's amendment to the complaint.

Edited by GP: Don't post personal information on GamePolitics

"bumped into Friday’s coverage due to the high level of interest in this case."

...O RLY?

Admit it GP, you just wanted to rub it in Thompson's face a little more.
;)

He should learn from Dustin Diamond's brother and his band.

Cause...

BEASTIE BOYS NEVER LET THE SUIT...

DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROP!

:D

~Otaku-Man

Jack Thompson sues Gawker Media...

According to a News blog entry over at CNET News Jack Thompson is suing Gawker Media over comments on blog entries at Kotaku. This guy apparently has some issues with blog readers exercising their right of free expression. I really don’t see ho...

Vince Desi said it best:

Quote:

I checked the videos

While the subject matter is serious and concerning on many levels, the
problem with JT is he's boring, hes a complainer, he seems to be getting
older and tired, I liked him better when he was more animated.

As for the statements and exchange, I think he actually did better than
the so called interviewers/journalists - Has Chris Matthews had an
original thought in the past 5 years? And the other guys, did they
really go to college to learn journalism?

I did learn something - I really never thought of POSTAL as a murder
simulator, clearly the problem is context, what would POSTAL be called
if all you seen was a hammer in a cows ass, or a cop puking from eating
a donut, or Champ running around with heads for bones???
Vince Desi

Running With Scissors
www.gopostal.com

I'm guessing this is the 'unnamed game web site':

http://www.realitypanic.com/archives/300

Scratch that. Jason only included a phone number and email address.

dumbass.

This would be one reason why they always say that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client, no? Even the best lawyer (and I'm not saying Jack is the best, worst, or otherwise) acting on behalf of self is probably more likely to make clerical/procedural errors when the whole thing is so personal. As such, I -almost- feel sorry for him.

/devil's advocate

upgray3dd: seconded.

I'm willing to accept that there may be a legal requirement for him to include full contact details at the end of court documents, but that doesn't absolve him of the responsibilty that comes with leaving it attached to all the PDFs he feels the need to spam the games media with.

/b

Oh, and when you check 1 of the 2 active cases on the Florida Supreme Court site, you'll also notice a reference to a demand for his $300 cashier's check to be returned to him.

I wish documents were imaged on those sites.

Nightwng2000
NW2K software

Sidenote: I saw his phone number added to Wikipedia by a vandal, then rverted by someone else.

I wonder where that editor got it...


On the topic of this filing:
HAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahaha...... ha!

I'm with F**ked up up there. "Loser" pretty much describes Thompson, and this proves it.

as a former attorney, i LOL'D.

this pleading is deficient in so many ways, as not to be believed, even with the grammatical errors aside.

almost all state rules of civil procedure are based off the federal rules of civil procedure. in order to do any litigation, or motions practice, you need to know these very basic rules. this rule is one of the most basic. and, as all good attorneys do, if you aren't familiar with the rules, you keep a copy right at your desk for easy access. a first year law clerk would know this rule, regardless of jurisdiction.

not to mention, the responsive pleading, if it could be called that, had more wangst than an emo-kids LJ.

[Nelson]

Ha-HA!

[/Nelson]

I don't see why everyone is getting so excited the suit is not over or even started it's just being delayed due to a mistake by Thompson.

@Father Time-

It's never going to get started. Even if he refiles it's just going to get dismissed again because even if the complaint weren't written as a rambling incoherent mess it is still, at its core, completely without merit.

Dear Jack, Learn2Law. Thanks.

No but seriously, this made me chuckle a little.

He used to post his address, work phone, home phone and email address in every comment he posted on blogs. When I first started following his antics I read several posts to Kotaku by him with his contact. He is asking for it.

I laughed hard when I read that the judge threw it out and that he is trying to play dumb. He will lose his license and only his fleas will mourn him.

The jerk puts his home address and phone number in every freaking press release he ever puts out.

WHAT THE HELL DOES HE EXPECT!?!

Pleading ignorance, eh?

I think Jack found his foolproof defense!

"So, how’s that Law 101 class going?"

Considering JT failed the bar exam his first time around (his own admission, in his explosive tell-all bio!), I'm betting old JT needs a refresher course in lawsuit writing.

I can imagine the sigh as the judge reads the complaint, and goes "this was written by a lawyer? what, was he fresh out of law school, with barely passing grades?"

"His law practice over three decades has been almost exclusively in state court and almost always on the defense side."

Interesting. I thought all his law practice has been harassing the media, and filing medical malpractice lawsuits...

"Namrepus221 Says:

April 26th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
The jerk puts his home address and phone number in every freaking press release he ever puts out.

WHAT THE HELL DOES HE EXPECT!?!"

Including this one, which was provided to Gamepolitics. I suspect GP will now be sued for encouraging harassment.

"Dear Mr Thompson,

We are proud to present you with a copy of our new book "lawyering for dummies".

We are sure our helpful guide to the legal process will help you to avoid some of the amazingly god awful stupid actions that can befall lawyers that actually got their degree by saving coupons of their cornflakes boxes.

**Now with a free guide to teh spellink of teh englishes language**

Kind regards,
Generic bookstores Ltd."

I think he's posted on gamespot also but i could be wrong i know he's posted on joystiq but maybe got booted

@Xlorep Darkhelm
“I’m not responcabel fer my comuter’s spleling errnors.”

"I’m not at all surprised he can’t even file a legal document properly.

Long ago, I thought Jack Thompson was a lawyer, but then I started reading GamePolitics and realized he’s really just a sad little internet troll.

Thanks again, GP! "

Quoted for truth.

Chances are, this wasn't a mistake. He would've gotten hit butt handed to him in court, and he knows it. This way he can make a statement with little risk.

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