View Full Version : petition to reverse ea/nfl deal
shvnsth
12-16-2004, 04:26 PM
http://www.petitiononline.com/nfleacon/petition.html
sign it
Lady Jaye
12-16-2004, 04:28 PM
For what petitions are worth... especially online petitions. :hmm:
I'd be curious to know what percentage of online petitions actually make a difference. My guess would be a very low number.
(sorry to be jaded and cynical, but the fact is that online petitions rarely bear any weight, as it's too easy to forge them)
dvdguy
12-16-2004, 04:29 PM
I signed it in the 3000s... but look, there's no chance a petition is going to change a thing. The NFL gets their money, and people will still buy Madden by the assload.
TheRedEye
12-16-2004, 04:29 PM
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Sniderman
12-16-2004, 04:31 PM
I once signed an online petition. Millions of legit signatures on it too.
<checks>
Nope. Futurama still isn't airing on Fox.
Blendo75
12-16-2004, 04:38 PM
Wow, even John Madden hismelf is with you guys!
10549. John Madden BOOM TOUGH ACTIN TINACTIN!
dvdguy
12-16-2004, 04:39 PM
LOL
We'll win for sure now.
JJNova
12-16-2004, 04:41 PM
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Agreed :duh:
shvnsth
12-16-2004, 05:40 PM
hopefully sega will make a friggin college football game now
ddockery
12-16-2004, 05:46 PM
I think a few petitions helped get some companies to release sgtuff on DVD, but those are things that would have hapened anyway in most cases. I'm sure if anyone in the NFL office sees this one they'll get a good laugh from it though.
classicb
12-16-2004, 05:55 PM
I think a few petitions helped get some companies to release sgtuff on DVD, but those are things that would have hapened anyway in most cases. I'm sure if anyone in the NFL office sees this one they'll get a good laugh from it though.
I believe the online petition helped get Freaks and Geeks on DVD but a few thousand signitures was probably all they were looking for.
I also once signed a petition to get William Hung back on American Idol that didn't happen either.
SoulBlazer
12-16-2004, 06:05 PM
Unless the company specificaly ASKS for a online petition (something along the lines of "We're not sure if this would be profitable, if enough people write in and tell us they would buy it, we'll probaly do it") then online petitions are a waste of time. x_x
jaybird
12-16-2004, 06:07 PM
Somebody slept through English 101.
opprotunity
sincelerely
How can I not resist adding my John Hancock to such a fine piece of literature?
kai123
12-16-2004, 06:07 PM
I'm not going to sign it because if Sega or any other football game were actually on par with Madden the NFL wouldn't have made this decision.
Anexanhume
12-17-2004, 12:06 AM
Last I checked, sega was right on par with EA. People love the sega sports series. It's just assclown fanboys that don't know what else to buy besides madden.
Joelius
12-17-2004, 12:15 AM
GIVE ME NFL 2K6 OR GIVE ME DEATH!
not that this will help, but why not.
badinsults
12-17-2004, 01:22 AM
I remember when some kid started a petition to get me banned from the Sneszone forums... which I was an admin of.
Too bad Sneszone no longer exists. :p
I remember when some kid started a petition to get me banned from the Sneszone forums... which I was an admin of.
Hahaha, that is really funny LOL
Captain Wrong
12-17-2004, 09:35 AM
Unless the company specificaly ASKS for a online petition (something along the lines of "We're not sure if this would be profitable, if enough people write in and tell us they would buy it, we'll probaly do it") then online petitions are a waste of time. x_x
True, but I guess it makes people feel better. Every time this comes up, I keep mening to dig up the article I read saying that companies basically ignore anything on-line, but if they actually get a pen and paper letter, they might (key word, might) read it.
Regardless, best of luck, though I think you're pissing in the ocean here.
Icarus Moonsight
12-17-2004, 10:10 AM
Sorry if this has already been stated but...
How about an online petition to ban online petitions?
Sign it!
Or maybe an online petition urging a Mod to lock this thread? LOL
TOUCH IT... err... SIGN IT!
MetroidFan1164
12-17-2004, 11:14 AM
Or maybe an online petition urging a Mod to lock this thread? LOL
TOUCH IT... err... SIGN IT!
x_x
Yeah, this online petition won't go anywhere, but that doesn't justify a thread lock. Sheesh.
Vigilante
12-17-2004, 11:19 AM
I once signed an online petition. Millions of legit signatures on it too.
<checks>
Nope. Futurama still isn't airing on Fox.
I once signed a petition and they finally released Fraggle Rock on dvd.
Kamino
12-17-2004, 11:28 AM
For what petitions are worth... especially online petitions. :hmm:
I'd be curious to know what percentage of online petitions actually make a difference. My guess would be a very low number.
Online petitions are a crock-a-doodle-doo.
Paper ones, however, WORK.
I have myself ran 2 successful ones. Yes, they were both in high school, but they still worked. Actually, that might be even more high power to the mighty petition, since they were signed by STUDENTS.
Paper petitions work well in the "Real world" as well. Did you not hear of the christmas display that a NorCal family had to take down due to a neighbourhood petition?
If this were paper, i'd sign right away.
Cauterize
12-17-2004, 11:40 AM
to be quite honest, imo, who gives a rats ass what happens
Oobgarm
12-17-2004, 11:52 AM
to be quite honest, imo, who gives a rats ass what happens
It's a big deal over here. It could be the start of major changes within the industry, seeing things like this become more commonplace.
Icarus Moonsight
12-18-2004, 10:15 AM
Or maybe an online petition urging a Mod to lock this thread? LOL
TOUCH IT... err... SIGN IT!
x_x
Yeah, this online petition won't go anywhere, but that doesn't justify a thread lock. Sheesh.
It's called levity...
SIGN IT! :P
SoulBlazer
12-18-2004, 10:51 AM
Not to mention that football is the number one sport in the country and Madden alone normaly sells around 3-5 MILLION copies. X_x