Uhh... Someone want to explain..? Sinister reasons?

[Nikkita]

I was reading in another thread, and maybe I'm not catching something but...



Don't worry, Jet's full of it. All the death threats are as hollow as a Jerry Bruckheimer plot.

Haha... I wish that's all it was, death threats I can handle. Unfortunately there are other much more sinister reasons I'm not going that I won't discuss here. Let's just say that the people responsible know who they are and they're not fooling anyone.

Tempest

...I was thinking of going, but after reading that, I don't want to anymore. I mean, I don't want to get caught up in anything bad that might happen, but yeah, this kind of makes me a little scared.

Can someone tell me what's going on?

;_;

[digitalpress]

Thanks for replying to my e-mail.

Tempest did not think that his insinuations about CGE, his comments about whatever is going on being "worse than a death threat", would deter anyone from the show. Further, when I asked him to explain himself, he felt he did not need to. He said only if I could produce a person who would not go as a result of his words would he apologize.

So I sent that exact quote to the people who HAD asked me about it, either in PM or email.

Mind you, he and I had AIM conversations about what was bothering him - and believe it or not, it was all about one of our site contributors, who Tempest feels has signed him up for a bunch of spam email lists and magazine subscriptions. Yup, that's the "dark, sinister" reason. I asked for proof on this, by the way, weeks ago when this first started, and haven't seen anything yet. Not that it has anything to do with me, Digital Press, or Classic Gaming Expo.

So, we had an instant message conversation about this yesterday.

Tempest 2084 (6:20:30 PM): You can tell Scott that I'm not interested in joining the Navy, but thanks for giving them my name...
Space Fury (6:21:06 PM): *sigh*
Tempest 2084 (6:21:16 PM): He's going to get himself into trouble. The government doesnt take kindly to these things
Space Fury (6:21:17 PM): matt, when are you going to take this up with him
Space Fury (6:21:27 PM): i'd report him if i were you and this is still going on
Space Fury (6:21:34 PM): i told him you have proof
Space Fury (6:21:49 PM): but most importantly - KEEP ME OUT OF THIS
Tempest 2084 (6:22:26 PM): Taking it up with Scott wont do any good. He'll deny it. I dont mean to come down on you, but I was hoping he'd listen to you
Tempest 2084 (6:22:39 PM): But you've done what you can I guess
Space Fury (6:22:58 PM): you don't even realize that you're hurting the credibility of dp and cge
Space Fury (6:23:12 PM): it's not fair to me, especially since i thought we talked this over already
Tempest 2084 (6:23:43 PM): You started that last one. "Who said you were invited? This si aprivate party". Real nice...
Space Fury (6:23:53 PM): ok come on matt
Tempest 2084 (6:24:07 PM): How am I supposed to respond to that?
Tempest 2084 (6:24:13 PM): Oh please let me in!
Tempest 2084 (6:24:19 PM): pretty please?
Tempest 2084 (6:24:25 PM): bah
Space Fury (6:24:34 PM): i would have expected you to see that thin layer of sarcasm
Space Fury (6:24:42 PM): you're wound way too tight
Tempest 2084 (6:25:08 PM): lately yes I am
Space Fury (6:25:10 PM): it would be much better if you simply UNLOADED. say how you feel, accuse who you must
Tempest 2084 (6:25:29 PM): I dont know what's going on anymore, who's involved, or how high up it goes
Space Fury (6:25:34 PM): but we've teased each other before and you never had this reaction. its obvious something is up
Tempest 2084 (6:25:35 PM): I'd like to believe its just Scott acting out
Tempest 2084 (6:25:43 PM): but I dont know anymore
Space Fury (6:26:18 PM): well you have to take care of it and leave me out of it. i have nothing to do with it and i dont see why you think i'd be even remotely involved
Space Fury (6:26:26 PM): it's fucking juvenile
Tempest 2084 (6:26:29 PM): I never said you were
Tempest 2084 (6:26:40 PM): why would I talk to you about it if I thought you were involved
Space Fury (6:26:59 PM): you're saying you dont know who or how high up, sounds like that might include me
Space Fury (6:27:08 PM): and you're implicating me whether you realize it or not
Space Fury (6:27:12 PM): you have your spam...
Space Fury (6:27:22 PM): i have my 'WHATS GOING ON WITH CGE' mails and pms
Space Fury (6:27:40 PM): i have to keep explaining that its a private issue with you. you've put me in an awkard spot
Tempest 2084 (6:28:23 PM): I find it hard to believe that people are sending you messages about CGE based on my tiff with Scott. But if they are point them my way
Space Fury (6:28:24 PM): and though i didnt think it was a good idea at first, i'd much rather have you blast stilphen than have to deal with potential (or existing) cge people thinking there is danger about
Space Fury (6:28:28 PM): you're wrong matt
Space Fury (6:28:38 PM): you want me to point them your way?
Tempest 2084 (6:28:57 PM): Well if they're concerned about what I'm pissed yes I guess
Space Fury (6:29:01 PM): very well
Tempest 2084 (6:29:20 PM): I mena what are they saying?
Space Fury (6:29:40 PM): they're wondering what could be worse than a death threat at cge
Space Fury (6:29:51 PM): last year we had jet say she was going to blow the place up
Space Fury (6:29:59 PM): but i suppose you didn't consider that
Tempest 2084 (6:30:05 PM): and like anyone belived that
Tempest 2084 (6:30:06 PM): please
Space Fury (6:30:29 PM): look, believe what you want. all i'm asking is for you to leave me out of it. is that so unreasonable?
Space Fury (6:30:37 PM): and by "me" i mean "dp" and "cge"
Space Fury (6:30:41 PM): and my forum community
Tempest 2084 (6:31:08 PM): I never said you, CGE,DP, or the forum was involved
Space Fury (6:31:39 PM): you don't have to say it implicitly. your postings are enough
Space Fury (6:31:48 PM): example
Space Fury (6:32:03 PM): when you mention your lack of sense of humor your reply: "YOU know why"
Space Fury (6:32:09 PM): without explaining it
Space Fury (6:32:17 PM): so now it's back to some dark, sinister plot
Tempest 2084 (6:32:26 PM): (insert evil laugh)
Tempest 2084 (6:32:39 PM): Are you serious?
Space Fury (6:32:53 PM): you are the only one who doesn't see it my way
Tempest 2084 (6:33:10 PM): I guess I gave people more credit than that
Tempest 2084 (6:33:19 PM): I figured they were fairly intelligent
Space Fury (6:33:29 PM): they are. and they try to read between the lines
Space Fury (6:33:34 PM): and i think you're smart enough to know that
Space Fury (6:34:01 PM): when you pose negative innuendo, the worst possible scenario will form in the minds of many
Tempest 2084 (6:35:15 PM): Every needs to lighten up. What the hell is wrong with people? Reading between the lines, sinister plots, worst case scenarios
Tempest 2084 (6:35:25 PM): honestly, its a video game forum after all
Space Fury (6:35:55 PM): matt, you should listen to your own advice. if there's any one person i know who needs to lighten up, it's you
Space Fury (6:36:04 PM): and you had to rub salt in the wounds...
Space Fury (6:36:14 PM): "IM OUTTA HERE" location: AtariAge
Space Fury (6:36:24 PM): yet you're one of the people who CLAIMS not to take sides
Space Fury (6:36:31 PM): i used to trust you
Space Fury (6:37:06 PM): you NEVER see negative AtariAge banter on the DP forums, i won't allow it
Tempest 2084 (6:37:31 PM): And you never see negative DP banter on AA either
Space Fury (6:37:51 PM): thats right
Space Fury (6:37:59 PM): so why do you have to cause trouble with us?
Tempest 2084 (6:40:17 PM): you know what? Everyone is taking this way too seriously. I don't think droves of people are going to start boycotting CGE because they misinterpreted my comments. I didn't mean to make it look like you, DP, or CGE are the problem.
Space Fury (6:40:33 PM): so why the 'i'm outta here'
Space Fury (6:40:38 PM): location: atariage
Space Fury (6:41:02 PM): i happen to take what i do seriously. i'm sorry if you don't like it
Tempest 2084 (6:41:27 PM): Because I left the DP boards because I was pissed at your comments that's why. I get angry too you know
Tempest 2084 (6:41:35 PM): I'm human
Tempest 2084 (6:48:25 PM): Look Joe, I'm not tring to cause trouble for you or CGE regardless of what you believe. Can we at least come to civil terms before the expo? Last thing I want is trouble at CGE
Tempest 2084 (6:49:17 PM): I wont post anything anymore so you dont have to worry about people "reading between the lines"
Space Fury (6:50:29 PM): we can come to civil terms but to do so you'll have to explain what's going on
Space Fury (6:50:36 PM): just 'leaving' is hardly closure
Tempest 2084 (6:52:13 PM): What good will that do? I'll post something, Scott will deny it and claim that I'm just out to make DP, CGE, and everyone he ever knew look bad, then everyone will gang up on me and I'll be in a worse spot then I'm in now. Somehow that doesnt seem like a good idea
Space Fury (6:52:35 PM): so what do you propose? how do we fix this
Tempest 2084 (6:53:08 PM): I dont know. Let me think. I'll post something.
Tempest 2084 (6:53:27 PM): Then I'll get out of your hair for good.
Tempest 2084 (6:57:20 PM): Sorry you dont trust me anymore.

Which brings us back to the beginning of my post. He never did explain, and when I questioned him about it, he decided instead that he didn't feel he had to because what he said couldn't possibly influence anyone. I hope it never does again.

So that's the story. Hopefully this person's words will NOT prevent you from going to CGE. As you can see, it's a hoax. He's getting spam, it has nothing to do with the show, and hopefully Tempest and Scott can work this out together.

[punkoffgirl]

Wait, so all Matt's innuendo about bad things that he hinted had to do with CGE was just because Scott signed him up for SPAM?? What the FUCK?
Real mature, Matt. Real mature. So what, you think Joe put him up to it? You think everyone is just out to get you, so you have to underhandedly badmouth Digital Press AND CGE via Scott, just because he's one of Joe's FRIENDS?
Please. Why the fuck didn't you just take it up with Scott? Why assume that anyone else had anything to do with it? Yeah, you're hurting Scott REAL bad if you're scaring people away from CGE.
And Scott, you should grow up, too.

[portnoyd]

Matt,

1: If Scott's bothering you, then it shows. And you're doing what he wants. The whining, the confusion on who's side you think somebody is on, the whining, the acting like the victim from the schoolyard bully, THE WHINING, all plays into what Scott's goal is. To bother you. So ignore it, and move on.

2: Stop lying and dancing around the issue. You clearly won't give reasons, and you use deceptive speech to say, but not say, what you're really thinking.

3: You started this mess with your "sinister plots" and "I'm not going to CGE now, oh yes I am, no I'm not, bitch moan bitch moan moan.". The party comment was CALLED FOR. Would anyone want you at a party where you have a invisible third eye on anyone who even remotely knows Stilphen?

4: ATTENTION WHORE. More accurately, controversy whore. Not getting enough out of your site? "Tempest VS. the World - where his only ally is his copy of 5200 Menu, watch as he defends himself against people who, while not only not giving a shit, also are too busy to really deal with this".

5: (Insert evil whining)(Insert evil innuendo)(Insert not being able to let it go)

Jesus.

dave

[Nikkita]

He seems like an awesome drama queen. =/

Signing people up for spam sucks, but your account is bound to be full of spam sooner or later.

Blah.

Well, thanks Joe for clearing that up.... ~_~; I feel a little silly now worrying over SPAM of all things.

[Buyatari]

If what I'm reading is correct then Matt is just a pussy who can't deal with his own problems directly and pisses on his own friends, in hopes they bend over backwards to solve his issues for him when they don't move fast enough for him.

He tried to make a big enough stink so that others (his trusted friends as a matter of fact) , who WERE NOT involved, dropped everything they were doing and saw to it that HIS issues were dealt with. He must not have felt that they did enough, or fast enough, so he spitefully attacked HIS OWN TRUSTED FRIENDS and their integrity any way he could hoping to strong arm them into his silly selfish private vendetta. He had many chances to make this right but then he might look like the bad guy for doing what he did. SO he acts like nothing happened. Some friend you are. Your lucky you didn't try this crap on someone who wasn't a saint like Joe has been through this.

What? Who Me? What are you talking about? Wait look over there......

<<POOF>>

Hey where did Tempest go?

You might be stupid Matt but we know you are not that stupid. You know EXACTLY what you said and why you said it. So DROP the stupid routine.

What you did is bullshit Matt. It's just fucking bullshit. Only SINISTER happenings around here are due to you.

BTW. My opinion is based solely on me and has nothing to do with DP, CGE , the lockness monster, Bigfoot, the grassy knoll , the FBI ,the CIA ,the KGB or Roswell.

From the bottom of my heart.

FUCK YOU MATT

But again that's just my own personal opinion ;)

As I have no tolerance for people who FUCK over their own friends over a silly vendetta esp when they happen to fuck over my friends.

Adam

[Darth Vader]

Well, that was quite blunt and to the point. O_O Honestly I don't know Matt well enough, if at all, to completely judge him. (I will leave that to the higher powers that be here who know him much better), but his antics are a joke, come on already and grow up!

Danny

[Kid Fenris]

So, is this why DP's avatar is red and angry right now?

[buttasuperb]

So, is this why DP's avatar is red and angry right now?

Same question I had.

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/images/avatars/97c6a11d3f1209e27efee.gif

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Y'know, I'll betcha that is the reason right there.

Of course, now that others have stepped in and berated Tempest since all has been revealed, I'm sure we'll all be in on "THE PLOT."

Damn, guess all this sinister stuff means we won't get to see JFK's missing brain on display in the museum! And I was really looking forward to that, it would've been right next to the Atari Game Brain. LOL

Sounds like a couple of people really need to work this out amongst themselves - and leave the rest of us, DP, and CGE the hell out of it. Some of the insinuations come real close to being actionable when you have people saying they're not going to go, and CGE Services (a) loses money on the deal and (b) can prove that one person's statements, which were dliberately left vague and inflammatory, caused that.

But that's just me, and I'm a weeeeee bit cranky right now. You wouldn't like me when I'm cranky.

[Tempest]

Ok this has gone far enough. It’s sad to see so many people so many people would so quickly join in this witch-hunt. It really hurts to read these comments as I considered you all to be my friends. This is quite a slap in the face.

Although I know you’d all like to pin this squarely on me, I think there’s enough blame to go around. Yes this whole thing started with Scott’s spam. Not just spam (which is annoying enough), but signing me up for magazines, cd clubs, and things like that. Don’t know why he’s doing it; I thought we were friends (prototypes and Easter Eggs sorta go together), but that’s really not important right now. As so many of you have pointed out, that’s between Scott and me (Hey Scott if you’re reading this e-mail me and we’ll talk).

Now I’ll be first to admit that my first message about “sinister things” wasn’t a good idea. At that point I really didn’t want to take this whole thing public (I figured it was no one else’s business), so I just left it intentionally vague. Lord knows I didn’t think it would cause this much uproar. Now despite what a lot of you think Scott IS involved with the CGE, so that’s why I put the “I don’t feel comfortable going” comment

Now after the initial tiny uproar I probably should have clarified this whole mess, as eventually it started to snowball. However I did talk it over with Joe and I thought I made it clear that I wasn’t trying to disparage the CGE, DP, or even Joe. But I would like to point out at this point you are judged by the friends you keep, and even though I don’t think Joe has anything to do with the spam, the fact that he was a close friend of Scott’s did make me wonder a bit. Was this a reasonable thing to think? Who knows? But at the time I was angry and the spam kept coming (and still does to this day I might add).

So I thought everything had finally been settled and this whole ugly incident had been put to bed (although not quite as neatly as I would have liked). Then comes the party thread. Now looking back on the tread I did notice Joe’s little “cool” smiley there which I swear wasn’t there when I first read it (perhaps it didn’t load on my computer). So naturally when I read his comment I took offense. I thought everything had been smoothed over and here he was saying “Who says you were invited”, a nice slap in the face. Since I really don’t know why he said that I thought I would just play it cool. Joe’s second comment about me being a stick in the mud really didn’t sit well since I was still angry about the previous incident. So I said that he knew why I was upset. I honestly didn’t think that that little comment would open up the can of worms again, but it did. So in anger I left the board.

So this brings us to the IM conversation I had with Joe (the one he’s so kindly posted). Now I’d like to take the time here to say that posting a log of a private conversation is not cool. It’s rude, tacky, and leads to people taking things out of context (which is just what has happened). So Joe comes to me and says that people are concerned about the comments I made. Now I still can’t believe anyone wouldn’t go to CGE because of what I’ve said. Hell I’m going to CGE myself, I thought people knew this. Anyway I told Joe that I thought he was overreacting a bit, but I didn’t realize that Joe was that serious. Joe wanted me to post a public apology to all the people, but I didn’t think I needed to since I still wasn’t believing this whole “scared people away from CGE” thing. But I did promise I would post something so here it is.

Please don’t stay away from CGE because of my comments, they were never meant to be taken that way. Go and have fun (like I am).

Now Joe and I have a few other things that we need to work out, but once again that’s no one else’s concern. Just know that I’m sorry for the vagueness, that was a oversight on my part (I thought I was actually doing the right thing there).

However I am concerned about everyone’s harsh reaction to this. Some of those comments were vicious and uncalled for (Fuck You Matt? Real nice Adam). I guess I learned something else today too.

Tempest

[Nikkita]

Tempest -- What you seem to misunderstand is, there are people travelling from far away. If they're going to something, they want to be 100% sure that everything will go smoothly. =/ You weren't clear in the previous post; how was I supposed to know what you meant?

What's worse than death threats? It's not spam. You made it seem as though somebody had informed you of a bomb threat or something.

So now that it's out in the open, it's not anybody else's fault except for your own. You brought this out with your "sinister plot" rantings. Posting private conversations may be tacky, but you know what? I'd rather post a conversation proving something to the world rather than romanticizing something as insignificant as spam and scaring people away.

=/

[Buyatari]

However I am concerned about everyone’s harsh reaction to this. Some of those comments were vicious and uncalled for (Fuck You Matt? Real nice Adam). I guess I learned something else today too.

Tempest, I never had any problem with you in the past and I've enjoyed the conversations we have had so don't take it so personal when I tell you what you did was manipulative, was wrong ,was uncalled for , and won't just get swept under the rug.

I reget being so harsh last night though there is nothing I said which I didn't mean. Its a shame we can't become better friends , I did enjoy our past conversations, but after the way I see how you treat your friends well........ my back doesn't need any daggers thank you.

First of all before you accuse someone of something you had better have some proof. How do you know Scott did anything?

Second of all your "issue" with Scott IS WITH SCOTT. Trying to say it might have been a "DP group effort" goes back to the first point. So direct your negative attacks away from everyone else.

Third you had no reguard for anyone here but yourself. You said whatever the hell you felt like saying to get results no matter who you hurt. Your comments on DP had one purpose and that was to strong arm Joe into confronting Scott about something I'm not even sure he did.

Nevermind the fact that your negative comments might attack Joe , the DP collective or CGE. Nevermind that in the past, vague negative comments have been responsible for the past ,present and forseeable future no-show of Nolan Bushnell. Nevermind that these people you hurt are the same people who knew you before you had a website, before you owned your many protos, and they helped you in any way they could.

Nevermind any of that.

Tempest has spam.


Adam

[Tempest]

Once again I'm sorry if anyone took my comments the wrong way. Was I overreacting a bit? Probably. We're all human and we all make mistakes. But I really didn't think that anyone would take that so seriously. Please don't not go to CGE on account of me. I really don't know what else I can say. I was not trying to bad mouth CGE, if I hated the show as much as everyone seems to think why the hell would I be going to it?

@Scott I really think we should talk about this offline. I have evidence that all seems to point to you (either that or you have an evil twin that lives in the same city, and uses the same ISP as you do). If you're getting spam as well I'm sorry, but it's not from me. Try tracing it back like I did, I'd like to know where your spam is coming from. I've never had anything against you Scott, we all say things that we regret. I don't know where you pulled that comment from, but if it came from me I'm sorry I said it. I have great respect for your work.

This thing has gotten way out of hand. I honestly didn't realize how serious this was, and how everyone would react. Can we all try and be civil about this? In case you haven't noticed I'm am really trying to make amends here. I know that's not going to happen over night, but can we please stop trying to make me out to be the DP ant-Christ? With attitudes like that I don't see how there's any hope in clearing this whole mess up.


Tempest

[christianscott27]

for what its worth guys you're still leaving a lot of the story out, for those of us trying to make sense of this. not that i have a need or right to know. but it would make more sense if anyone involved could explain why matt and scott are fighting. surely there must be a starting point where things started to sour.

man... i dunno, i have a good friend who is a world class collector, a regular at our trademeets, as big of gamer as you could meet and he wont have anything to do with the online community. he is heavily involved in our cart project and considered coming "out" to help the project but thought better of it after following the boards for a few weeks. he said roughly "i have better things to do than fight with people online, why should people get so angry about games anyway?"

i think thats a damn good question.

oh and dont i get some fruit here? this is post 1000, and i might add thats 1K of quality content filled posts, not a +1 in the bunch. yay me!

[buttasuperb]

this is post 1000, and i might add thats 1K of quality content filled posts, not a +1 in the bunch. yay me!

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

Comedy.

Thanks for the laugh.

[RetroYoungen]

Wow, I feel a little bit odd in this whole thing, I never saw Tempest's comment as anything more than both his business and his reasons for not going. The way that he worded what he said,

"I wish that's all it was, death threats I can handle. Unfortunately there are other much more sinister reasons I'm not going that I won't discuss here. Let's just say that the people responsible know who they are and they're not fooling anyone."

that just sounds to me that something was either wrong with him or involved only him directly. When I first read it, I disregarded it. I was already bound for CGE, and I didn't see this as any reason for myself and my family not to attend. When I saw this thread, I did start to look at it in a different light, but as I write this, I'm alright about going again. And I don't mean to be taking sides or anything here, but I do feel that it has been blown out of perportion. Think about it, if it had been something very serious such as a bomb threat, I would at least LIKE to think that Tempest would have clued us in it and warned us ahead of time.

True, the wording after I read it again with all these added comments does seem to be quite "sinister", but it was only after everyone started getting scared about this that I took some notice. But after reading everything that everyone else has said here, it doesn't seem to be anything more than a "hoax", though I hesitate to use that word.

Tempest, I don't know you really, and I won't claim to. All I can say is I don't have a problem with you, nothing against you. But to be blunt, you scared the shit out of the people here. And hopefully everything has been cleared up enough that people are feeling at least a little bit better. (And please, try your very best not to scare anyone else like this again, we'd really appreciate it lol).

-Kevin

[Kid Ice]

Tempest 2084 (6:25:29 PM): I dont know what's going on anymore, who's involved, or how high up it goes
.

:o