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August 29, 2003

"AN OPEN LETTER FROM GREG THOMAS" Onlooker forwarded me the url for "An Open Letter from Greg Thomas on the segasports site. In it, Thomas mentions "rumors" of "unintended physiological effects" from playing the game, but does not come right out and emphatically deny them. Notice the careful wording he uses: "This letter is to inform you that no credible evidence exists to support these allegations." Strange wording for someone trying to deny somehting, isn't it? Why wouldn't he just come right out and say "These allegations are untrue"? Plain and simple. I would think the latter statement would set more people's minds at ease, rather than saying "no credible evidence exists" -- that sounds like something his lawyer told him to say, like as long as he pretends he didn't write those memos, and his actual signature isn't on them, he can dismiss them as not being "credible." After that he says, "As with all Sega products, normal and responsible use of this game will not result in any physical harm.*" and the * at the bottom of the page is the standard epileptic seizures warning. Is he hoping this warning will cover his ass when people start having blackouts from this game? Puzzlingly enough, toward the end he says "However, we also go to great lengths to make sure all of our games are thoroughly tested by a nationwide network of professional as well as amateur beta testers..." A nationwide network? But greg, I thought you said all testing is done at VC HQ! What's the deal?!? It just infuriates me that this guy just continues to lie to th epublic and will not acknowlege the dangers of this game. Like i said though greg, this battle ain't over yet. Posted by beta-7 at August 29, 2003 08:55 PM

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viral marketing doesn't work...tell all your friends Posted by: at August 29, 2003 09:02 PM Damn....This is a great marketing campaign that with a commecial realated to Beta-7 would make it the shit. BETA-7 your the fucking man thise sites awesome although fake and VC is the fucking greatest football game making team around. Posted by: Hotdigiddydam at August 29, 2003 09:08 PM Heh, as usual Beta-7, you never cease to amaze me withg your stupidty. And as usual, once again, this all a bunch of bull. With love, WaveMan. Posted by: WaveMan at August 29, 2003 09:26 PM Chill out yo its just a joke. This site is obviously run by sega because there is no way he could get all the interviews and shit. Its a joke and a promotion. Enjoy it its funny and interesting. Now all we need a commercial with some blackouts. Posted by: Chill at August 29, 2003 09:27 PM Try looking at that letter. Tell me Beta-7 put it there. Please, go ahead. Posted by: Onlooker at August 29, 2003 11:10 PM Yeah Chilly, I know it may be a joke, but at the same time, its a very stupid joke. Posted by: WaveMan at August 29, 2003 11:36 PM HAHA THA TGUY US GAY IM GAY 2 LOL Posted by: IMGAY at August 30, 2003 12:27 AM Im just as gay as you Posted by: ME2 at August 30, 2003 12:32 AM You are right, Onlooker. There is no way that letter was placed there by Beta-7, that's an official response for sure. Posted by: Funny Boy at August 30, 2003 11:16 AM beta is just a disgruntled fired VC employee Posted by: at August 30, 2003 01:19 PM "Why wouldn't he just come right out and say "These allegations are untrue"?" Woah... So you're saying that when a company says "no credible evidence" they are always hiding something? That means big Tobbaco has been lying to us for YEARS! Oh wait... Sorry, bad sarcasm, bad sarcasm... Posted by: Daemonkey at August 30, 2003 09:01 PM All it shows is that dillhole-7 is part of sega/vc Posted by: at August 31, 2003 12:30 AM Get over it. It's a goddamned stupid computer program. Nothing less, and definitely nothing more. This has about as much credibility as "blast processing" did in the Megadrive/Genesis days. They'll go as far as they can to get your $50. It's called "marketing". Duh. Posted by: Bill Gates at August 31, 2003 03:55 AM I wouldn't be talking Bill. Posted by: at August 31, 2003 02:40 PM Sega must really be desperate and intimidated by the competition to pull a stuntl ike this. Posted by: Anonymous at September 5, 2003 09:20 PM