Rocky Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Jade Raymond, producer of Assassin’s Creed, has featured heavily in the AC publicity, if you have not already seen a photo of Jade, I am guessing you have not been online for a few weeks. It appears someone took one of the photos and did somehting with it, or made a cartoon, and Ubisoft was less than pleased. My God, we better check all the Serellan photo's we've posted over the years! The following link leads to a forum post with adult language and references. If you are not an adult, get an adult to check it for you first. Other than that, the SA reply to the lawyers letter is awesome, plain awesome. SomethingAwful (Proceed with caution) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 Googling around I discovered this is just about the hotest news worldwide at the moment, Google calls it.. jade raymond comic Hotness: On Fire Google Trends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Yeah, ya have to really dig around to find it. Ubi has dug themselves a hole with recent game releases and now are facing a backlash from those very gamers that bought the stuff they have released it appears. This comic appears to be a way of showing Ubi that it is going to get harder to sell games to us. I was at Best Buy earlier tonight and it looked as if the stack of AC boxes hadn't been touched by any customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 she is kinda HOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krise madsen Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 (edited) OK, that cartoon might have been a bit much, but considering that that she's a smokin' hottie in a world of dorky computer geeks (another case of real life being crazier than fiction) that kinda thing is to be expected. Respectfully krise madsen PS: If Serellan ever appear in anything similar I'll quit the Internet. Permanently. Edited November 18, 2007 by krise madsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 PS: If Serellan ever appear in anything similar I'll quit the Internet. Permanently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sup Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Ubi has dug themselves a hole with recent game releases and now are facing a backlash from those very gamers that bought the stuff they have released it appears. This comic appears to be a way of showing Ubi that it is going to get harder to sell games to us. Right, people make sexually themed comics about female videogame producers because they hate ubisoft. Entirely misinterpreted dissent, yeah!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZJJ Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I was at Best Buy earlier tonight and it looked as if the stack of AC boxes hadn't been touched by any customers. We bought it the day it was released. It's also been flying off the shelves where I work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sup Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 I was at Best Buy earlier tonight and it looked as if the stack of AC boxes hadn't been touched by any customers. We bought it the day it was released. It's also been flying off the shelves where I work. It was sold out 'till a day or two ago everywhere here, they just all got new shipments and I picked up a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa6 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 would be interesting to see what this does to UBISOFTs' popularity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrester Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Who's popularity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaman3D Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Not to stir controversy...BUUUT: It seems to me that the point of the comic is satirical in nature. I know nothing about the videogaming industry but the one and only video game producer that I know of is this Jade chick...I'm guessing because she's a pretty face. Just my $0.02...and the comic is obviously degrading and I'm not taking any side in the debate...just sayin'. ps...I found it right quick by using live search (image results). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serellan Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 My God, we better check all the Serellan photo's we've posted over the years! I don't think those are quite in the same league. Legal letters aside... http://serellan.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007...jade-thing.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krise madsen Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Good blog Serellan. As you say, legal issues aside... The real "crime" was that the "comic" just wasn't funny. I'll be the first to admit that I have a particularly juvenile and unsophisticated sense of humor, usually revolving around the female anatomy and various body functions. It takes rather a lot more than the F-word and nudity to offend me. This offended me. To be frank I don't believe for a second that Ubi failed to recognize the PR value of Ms. Raymonds looks, and she is indeed very easy on the eyes. And I, like many others I assume, fell for it: "But she's a girl! And, like, pretty! Is that even allowed?". There are a bazillion jokes that could be make about that, quite a few of them probably AO rated. Jokes about Ubi's PR. About the press. About people like me who fall for all the stereotypes. But that doesn't mean that Ms. Raymond should be reduced to a mere sex object. I very much doubt Ubisoft would put anyone in charge of a multi million dollar project just because she had, well, tits. I'm not at all ashamed that I find Ms. Raymond pleasant to look at, nor should she be uncomfortable with that fact. It doesn't necessarily degrade her professionally or personally. It is, after all, her picture I'm looking at, not her CV. Quite simply, the comic wasn't funny. It wasn't satirical. It was just rude, degrading and offensive. Respectfully krise madsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 The thing that moved me to start this thread actually had nothing to do with Jade at all, it was actually Ubisoft's actions. As a website owner I was very interested that they issued a strong worded legalese letter to the owner of SA.com, about an image appearing in his forums that (1) was actually hosted on another website altogether, and (2) was created by parties unknown. They even demanded to know who made the picture, how on earth is a website owner meant to know or even have the resources to find out, who is the original author/designer of any or every image appearing in their publically accesable forums?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krise madsen Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 The thing that moved me to start this thread actually had nothing to do with Jade at all, it was actually Ubisoft's actions. As a website owner I was very interested that they issued a strong worded legalese letter to the owner of SA.com, about an image appearing in his forums that (1) was actually hosted on another website altogether, and (2) was created by parties unknown. They even demanded to know who made the picture, how on earth is a website owner meant to know or even have the resources to find out, who is the original author/designer of any or every image appearing in their publically accesable forums?! Yes that is odd. I do belive it's more of a spray-and-pray tactic intended to scare rather than have any real legal substance (or maybe has something to do with precedence if they find out who drew it, I dunno, I'm no lawyer). And I think SA called them on it. Maybe Jade Raymond (understandably) got p...ed off and demanded her employer take action, and this way they at least seem to be doing something. Respectfully krise madsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaman3D Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Well one thing is for sure...Jade and Assassin's Creed are getting a lot of press and all press is good press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAbbi_74 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I've been a longtime fan of SomethingAwful.com. Their point has long been that the internet makes you stupid, and they really just have fun poking fun at anyone and everyone who'll get upset about it. Legal threats are funny- they get them frequently and have yet to be sued. While you're there, you might look up their old net novel, 'Untitled Document.' It's also one of their editors, Zack PArsons, who wrote the incredibly interesting and entertaining, 'My Tank is Fight.' Funny bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blueberry_EBDA Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 (edited) I like Jade.... <deleted> Shes a very atractive woman.Shes in the spot lite.She'll have to get used to it. EDIT: I thought I would let everyone see the real JADE Sorry Im alittle late to the party here.I keep her picture on my desk....lol.....Just kidding.My wife would kill me.So I keep it in the filing cabnet.....lol....Just kidding. Edited December 14, 2007 by Rocky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 @ Blueberry. Posting that link was an insanely stupid action. If you had read this thread and the surrounding information at all you should have realised that posting that image is entirely unacceptable. Your account is suspended while your posting rights are considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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