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Change to Comments Policy at GamePolitics

Since GamePolitics went live last March, we've endeavored to have a free flow of viewpoints in our comments section, unfettered by too many restrictions. Thus we have always allowed anonymous postings.

Some recent developments have caused us to rethink that policy. Therefore, effective immediately, a Live Journal account is required to post comments on GP. You can create your own free LJ account here.

Not to worry, though. You'll pick a screen name, so you can still retain your anonymity. Registration is accomplished entirely through LJ. GamePolitics will not have your e-mail address or any other information about you.

We hope you don't find this too inconvenient.

By the way, as mentioned before, we will be moving to a non-LJ format in the next few months. For more details on the planned changes, click here.

-GP


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Golly gee
[info]metoollhead
2006-01-21 01:03 pm UTC (link)
It sure is swell I have this account!

Good going Dennis. This will hopefully make things mroe civilized.

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Right ON DENNIS
[info]yukimurasanada
2006-01-21 01:06 pm UTC (link)
Thanks dennis, you did the right thing. I know how you feel, and I feel the same, but at some point, enough is enough. I do hope you will continue to help us in our efforts against jack thompson by providing us the info we need to get the Florida Bar to shut him down, but enough is enough, he needs to stopped, and a good start would be for you to collect everything he sends, and put it in a readily avalible archive for us to keep track of.

Anyway, thanks dennis, for putting the lid on Jack Thompson. To all other Gp anons, sorry that it came to this. But, as with much, Blame Jack.

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Re: Right ON DENNIS
[info]hilaryduffgta
2006-01-21 01:10 pm UTC (link)
I gotta agree with yuki on this one.I know you are against censorship dennis but this isnt censorship.and dont wory yuki Jack will be done with soon and we can all get on with our games and our lives in peace

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Re: Right ON DENNIS - [info]kurisu7885, 2006-01-21 02:24 pm UTC
Re: Right ON DENNIS - [info]dutch_gamer, 2006-01-21 03:05 pm UTC
Re: Right ON DENNIS - [info]premo_maggot, 2006-01-21 04:59 pm UTC
Very Good News
[info]godofyouall
2006-01-21 01:29 pm UTC (link)
Kudos to you Dennis. I really do think that this is a good thing for GP.

IMHO we also need the forums back up and running again ASAP. The forums should help cut down on the huge number of comments posted here. Don't get me wrong it is great that more and more people are frequenting and posting comments here on GP however I must admit that it can be a bit daunting sometimes when you have 500 + posts to read through.

Hopefully now we won't have so many trolls and anonymous idiots.

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[info]silver_derstin
2006-01-21 01:32 pm UTC (link)
You gain: 25 000 XP Item acquired: 1 Free Internets
16 000 Reputation

Now for the other trolls you'll get lower amounts, but still decent.

Thanks, Dennis.

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[info]xenosphobatic
2006-01-21 02:25 pm UTC (link)
On the plus side, anyone who posts with an account can be held accountable for their comments and are easier to track than the anonymous posters.

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Awesome
[info]quad9damage
2006-01-21 01:41 pm UTC (link)
Over the past couple of days Jack Thompson went from being an amusing fruitbat to a bitter, hateful old man. GP put the lid on him just as I was reaching my breaking point.

Of course he'll complain about this elsewhere, calling Dennis whatever names he can and spewing out his 'press releases'. But at least he's cut off from causing chaos here.

And if he does get a LJ account, good for him. He'll have his own space to post whatever he wants.

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Very good idea dennis!
[info]blue_commander
2006-01-21 01:47 pm UTC (link)
this is a very good idea and maybe it will keep jack of (*peter griffin Laugh* Jack off)

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[info]spock_walk
2006-01-21 01:48 pm UTC (link)
This will be a welcome change.

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Huzzah!
[info]markusdragon
2006-01-21 01:51 pm UTC (link)
Jolly good, what?

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[info]winter_b0rn
2006-01-21 01:53 pm UTC (link)
This might inconvenience the small percentage of commentors that use OpenID to comment from a different blog site like GreatestJournal. But, since it's your blog, we really don't have much of a say in the preferred method of posting. :)

A lot of people seem to forget that. Oh, it also takes five minutes to create an LJ user name (taking longer if you don't receive the confirmation email right away).

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[info]pixelante_ninja
2006-01-21 01:55 pm UTC (link)
that'll take care of the majority of the trolls and the confusing anonymous conversations

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Thnx!
[info]nintendite
2006-01-21 01:55 pm UTC (link)
Thanks a lot, I think this was the right way to go.

There comes a point where the joke that is Jack Thompson just stops being funny. That point has come and gone a long while ago.

Honestly, I know almost nobody in real life who even knows who Jack Thompson is (only those I have told personally). The man is having no impact on...anything. He's just a lunatic that does his best to irritate the "gaming community" that he laughably questions exists.
Oh, he knows we exist, because if we didn't then he would have nobody to listen to his hyperbole at all.

All he is doing is being a heartless and malicious troll on these boards. He isn't special, and he isn't important at all. I’m getting sick of watching him grab desperately for any straws he can find in a vain effort to prolong his 15 minutes of fame (which ironically never even started outside of our community). I really hope he proves to be as lazy as normal and not bother creating an account here.

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This could be cute.
[info]startropics
2006-01-21 01:55 pm UTC (link)
What if Mister Thompson got himself a LJ? He could start posting in it and maybe we'd all get a look into how his mind works.

Or it could be just as screwed up as Tourette's Guy.

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Re: This could be cute.
[info]wedgetalon
2006-01-21 02:05 pm UTC (link)
*hands startropics an "http"*

http://www.tourettesguy.com

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Re: This could be cute. - [info]gamepolitics, 2006-01-21 02:42 pm UTC
Re: This could be cute. - [info]startropics, 2006-01-21 02:44 pm UTC
Re: This could be cute. - [info]durlock, 2006-01-21 11:36 pm UTC
Re: This could be cute. - [info]braindead1, 2006-01-21 05:17 pm UTC
Re: This could be cute. - [info]firinn, 2006-01-21 09:29 pm UTC
Re: This could be cute. - [info]darkfalconer, 2006-01-22 01:48 am UTC
you know I wish..
[info]pixelante_ninja
2006-01-21 01:59 pm UTC (link)
that giving e-cookies didn't now make you think of Jack thompson

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Awww
[info]wedgetalon
2006-01-21 02:03 pm UTC (link)
No more lazy-anonymous posting for me :*(

Hey dennis, why don't you just set up something on your own site similar to /.? In fact, isn't the script behind /. free? If it's a bandwidth issue, though, that's certainly understandable, but on the plus side, you could then allow anon comments, but just like with /. they would be moderated to oblivion if not appropriate.


...Actually, it'd kinda be funny to see Jack get moderated -5 Flamebait or -5 Troll on all of his posts.

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Re: Awww
[info]pixelante_ninja
2006-01-21 02:18 pm UTC (link)
it's not it's a JT issue, look on his wikiquotes at the bottom and you'll see why
Also should we delete these out of respect for the family too, I didn't make them but wasn't sure

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hmmmm
[info]enmitywithin
2006-01-21 02:04 pm UTC (link)
I sure hope this works......

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A good idea whose time is right
[info]verbinator
2006-01-21 02:18 pm UTC (link)
To participate in a community one should join the community. Even high profile commentators like Attorney Thompson need to do that. If someone can't be bothered to actually join the community, then let his or her voice remain unheard.

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Hehe, sweet
[info]kurisu7885
2006-01-21 02:19 pm UTC (link)
Well, I've had an account ,and now I get to make good use of it. THanks Dennis, and also, Jack can no longer try to provoke us into giving him reasons to have the site shut down.

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Thank you, so very much
[info]mnementh2230
2006-01-21 02:30 pm UTC (link)
Thanks Dennis. Thank you so very much.

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Yes
[info]rich_d7
2006-01-21 02:32 pm UTC (link)
Now we can get back to doing what this site was setup for, and that's discussing the issues of Gaming and Politics.

I doubt (and hope) JT will get an account, as then he'll lose that anonymous protection which allows him to post all his bullshit.

Either way, good work Dennis.

Rich

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[info]sqlrob
2006-01-21 02:33 pm UTC (link)
Dennis, You aren't removing anonymity, you are adding reputation.

LJ accounts are just as anonymous as the "anonymous comment", they just link comments together for the average person.

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[info]beardoggx
2006-01-21 02:34 pm UTC (link)
Dennis did the right thing, as Jack crossed a line and basically napalmed all his bridges.

Oh, and Jack, if you're reading this...

NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA
OH HELL YEAH
GOODBYE!!

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Good Idea
[info]nightfire12020
2006-01-21 02:36 pm UTC (link)
I bet you thought long and hard about this Dennis and I must say it's a good idea with this. Jack went way over the line yesterday on the last story in ways of evil commenting.

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[info]xenosphobatic
2006-01-21 02:37 pm UTC (link)
Though I doubt whoever it was posting on the previous entry about Steukerjuergen's suicide was in fact Jack Thompson (the guy's a lawyer. I sincerely doubt he even knows how to even turn ON a computer, much less access LJ), it's always good to have accountability when having a serious discussion forum such as this one.

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[info]pixelante_ninja
2006-01-21 03:50 pm UTC (link)
Dennis checked his IP, he's been here numerous times and commented and talked about this pages harassment
besides if he can insert text into a domain he can comment :P

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(no subject) - [info]xenosphobatic, 2006-01-21 04:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]inabottle, 2006-01-23 11:27 am UTC
Logical
[info]nightwng2000
2006-01-21 02:37 pm UTC (link)
Anonimity still exists with an LJ account. Create an email address on any number of free email servers. IP addresses are just as secure with as without. If one is paranoid enough, there's always software to hide an IP address. Certainly doesn't stop one from posting. Not to mention it helps tell one individual from another by having a free LJ account. Someone mentioned OpenID, but I'm not familar with that.
And since you can set up your LJ account to log you in automatically thanks to a cookie, there's no problem with taking the time to log in each time you open a page.to make a comment.
So I really don't see a problem.

nightwng2000

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Good Points!
[info]gamepolitics
2006-01-21 02:43 pm UTC (link)
Thx for adding that...

-GP

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LJ options - [info]winter_b0rn, 2006-01-21 04:47 pm UTC
Re: Logical - [info]winter_b0rn, 2006-01-21 04:54 pm UTC
what I do - [info]nortelrye, 2006-01-21 10:50 pm UTC
Can I just ask...
[info]rich_d7
2006-01-21 02:42 pm UTC (link)
That IF Jack gets an LJ account, that we make steps to ignore his pathetic rants in the future. Considering how evil we now know this "man" to be following his recent attack, we have to make it clear he's not important anymore.

He has no power in the politics world and neither the gaming world, so there's no reason for him to be here, other than to annoy us all and laugh at the results. No-one else listens to this lawyer, so why should we.

Dennis has taken the first step in preventing anymore of his sickening twisted posts. I think we owe Dennis the same, by ignoring JT should he return.

Rich

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AMEN.
[info]quad9damage
2006-01-21 03:38 pm UTC (link)
Every single time Jack posted here he started a huge flamewar. A one-sided flamewar at that, since he hardly ever responded to anybody's arguments. He'd throw the first rock and then run away. Nothing good ever came out of replying to him.

Whenever I checked gamepolitics (I check it a lot now) and saw that a particular story had over 500 comments, my first thought was always "Oh boy, Jack Thompson's posted again." When you think about it though, the real problem wasn't JT offending people- it was that all the comments derailed from the issue at hand and focused solely on attacking him. He was able to turn every discussion into a circus that he orchestrated, and the whole point was lost.

So if he shows up again, let's finally turn our backs on him.

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