C&D: Director's Response

[OverlordMikey]

How many times must I repeat this, ignore the guy. He and whoever he was with are not worth our time. We must look towards the future, but revenge keeps us grounded in the past.

[KebreI]

I don't mean to stir things up further, but what do you mean by "get 4Chan in on this"? Isn't 4Chan just a site with lulz images?

To keep it short let's just say 4Chan is famous for more than lulz, cat pics and Rick Rolling. From my understanding they've also got a rep for having a fair share of hackers/assholes and have been known to really make life hell for people they deem deserving. Some of the pranks they claim to have pulled can range from harmless (Rick Rolling is said to have started there) to downright mean and damaging (such as this C&D).

As I said before it's tempting but they like chaos. Either they would see him as a huge jerk or a hero. Plus they don't like to be anyone's "army" for revenge. If 4Chan ever did get wind of this and started something then there's no telling what could happen. Dealing with them is like opening Pandora's Box. Something good may or may not come out of it but in the end someone is still getting fucked.

Once again it's tempting but it's far from worth it :-/

You give them too much credit, what they do isn't nearly as impressive as you think.

[mav]

As nice as it would be to see this guy burned, the reason I'm interested in his alleged email, is cause it intentionally misinformed SE. I mean, if Faust, Agent12, Zeality, or whoever let's them know that this email was grounded in falsehood (assuming SE really did receive such an email), then perhaps they can use it as a bargaining tool.

[kattrali]

Anyone up for Wheel of Fortune? This was all I could glean, sadly enough. Looks like nonsense to me. The again, "inbox" is written in Dutch, though it seems odd to be the only piece of gmail gui not erased.



It doesn't seem worth it to give this guy any more attention, but some of this stuff is kinda fun. (Btw, the 'T--gg--' word can't be Trigger, there's no 'i' in there.

[Seph]

I don't mean to stir things up further, but what do you mean by "get 4Chan in on this"? Isn't 4Chan just a site with lulz images?

To keep it short let's just say 4Chan is famous for more than lulz, cat pics and Rick Rolling. From my understanding they've also got a rep for having a fair share of hackers/assholes and have been known to really make life hell for people they deem deserving. Some of the pranks they claim to have pulled can range from harmless (Rick Rolling is said to have started there) to downright mean and damaging (such as this C&D).

As I said before it's tempting but they like chaos. Either they would see him as a huge jerk or a hero. Plus they don't like to be anyone's "army" for revenge. If 4Chan ever did get wind of this and started something then there's no telling what could happen. Dealing with them is like opening Pandora's Box. Something good may or may not come out of it but in the end someone is still getting fucked.

Once again it's tempting but it's far from worth it :-/

Nothing good can ever come from opening Pandora's box only bad things, getting the 4Chan involved will bring nothing but more trouble, as I said before he's not worth the effort just leave him be and let those in contact with SE deal with this appropriately.

[blarg]

They where misinformed. Of course now that the big wheels of bussiness have turned it may be impossible to save CE....BUT WE MUST NOT GIVE UP!

I can think of one similar gaming example where the wheels of business were reversed

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6112603.html It's number 4 on the page. Nintendo apologized for mistakingly C&Ding a porn site for mentioning zelda. Maybe a bit of hope. Although this is different square could be sending you free games in the end!

Also you should definitely let Lowtax from something awful do the the negotiations with Square he has a good record:P http://www.somethingawful.com/d/legal-threats/  Maybe he'll be good inspiration reading that stuff is more fun the hungry hungry hippos. 

[Dapifer]

Wait, wait...

Did you say more fun than Hungry Hungry Hippos? With all do respect, you sir, are talking crazy

[ZealKnight]

Does anyone know if Attack of the show mentioned us or not?

[Sara]

It doesn't seem worth it to give this guy any more attention, but some of this stuff is kinda fun. (Btw, the 'T--gg--' word can't be Trigger, there's no 'i' in there.

I think it says B. Von Taggart or B. Van Taggart or similar.
That would also correspond with the language, I think.

[Glenn27]

Also, 4Chan are creepy all-around assholes.

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/05/4chan-ebaumsworld-carpet-bombing-youtube-with-porn-videos.ars


It's a gathering ground for people who like to randomly bully people for "lul'z."  Rarely do they operate out of goodness and kindness.

[kattrali]

I think it says B. Von Taggart or B. Van Taggart or similar.
That would also correspond with the language, I think.

Makes sense! Though I realized it should be a 'B' and not a T (stupid single pixel differences  ).  "Voor" fits in the remaining space perfectly.

Bruggeman, Bruggmann, Bruggmans, Burggeman, Burggmann... Burggraeve? That's I'll I've got.

[Dark Serge]

This is really just guessing as far as I can see. Most of that stuff is completely blacked out, I don't even see how you got the letters you already have. I don't think there's much point in trying to get his name as we probably wouldn't know him anyway, and it's too hard to say for sure.

But if it makes you happy I guess

[mav]

The guys over at Kagero Studios probably have [one of] his email(s). I don't know if it'd violate their terms of service to let us know, but perhaps you can get it from them. However, knowing his email and his name would come in handy, since he may have mislead SE into serving the C&D and receiving a ton of bad press. I don't know if there are an legal repercussions that SE could take, but who knows.

[Dark Serge]

The guy who posted it over there was some dude called alienator or whatever who just registered. Maybe an alt account, and I don't think he'd use his private email for something like that.

But you're right, if we can find out his real email we can at least bomb him with spam mails

[kattrali]

It was all just for fun; I have to something while waiting. The top and bottom rows of the blotted out areas aren't hidden, and its easy to decipher letters from them.