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Gutboy Barrelhouse
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on: January 23, 2006, 11:05:03 PM

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Reply #1 on: January 24, 2006, 02:38:38 AM

Good.

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Reply #2 on: January 24, 2006, 05:15:18 AM

Well not completly banned, but they're going to start enforcing the attirement requirements, and added a $5000 fine.  Judging from the comments beneath the gamespot blog, this is a good thing.  The fewer drooling retards going to the show to ogle the floor show and fellate their heroes, the more devs might remember "oh right, Trade Show.. I should have something here.. maybe talk to some people."

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Reply #3 on: January 24, 2006, 05:31:39 AM

Banning booth babes should be easy enough.  I mean there is no legitimate reason any female to even be in the building, rite?

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Reply #4 on: January 24, 2006, 05:37:23 AM

Correct.  They should be stored neatly in the Victorian Sanitation Cabinets provided, so that the noise and lights do not move them to unseemly lubricity.

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Reply #5 on: January 24, 2006, 06:11:44 AM

There's still auto shows for the drooling retards, no?  They'll never get rid of booth babes at those things.

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Reply #6 on: January 24, 2006, 06:46:19 AM

So it's now $5k for a booth babe license.  Probably not too steep to be covered by marketing.

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Reply #7 on: January 24, 2006, 08:28:47 AM

Banning booth babes should be easy enough.  I mean there is no legitimate reason any female to even be in the building, rite?

Or actual men, either :(

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Reply #8 on: January 24, 2006, 08:49:57 AM

Well, we ARE talking about E3.

Meh, a nice CYA move by the E3 organizers. Now if they could just make their show less like the burning of Rome while Nero fiddles, all would be well.

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Reply #9 on: January 24, 2006, 09:26:52 AM

Boo.  If I want a game trade show without boobies I'll go to GDC or AGC, thank you very much.  E3 has always been about the spectacle.

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Reply #10 on: January 24, 2006, 09:27:48 AM

Boo.  If I want a game trade show without boobies I'll go to GDC or AGC, thank you very much.  E3 has always been about the spectacle.

AGC had plenty of boobies. Of course, they were on some of the men...
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Reply #11 on: January 24, 2006, 10:26:13 AM

For the last time, moobs don't count.

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Reply #12 on: January 24, 2006, 07:05:13 PM

AGC had plenty of boobies. Of course, they were on some of the men...

Ever been to E3? There's more tits on guys there than on booth babes or females in attendance. If they're going to enforce some attire code for the booth babes maybe they should make some of the slobtardsweatknobs wear some decent clothes. I can't count how many times I avoided a crowd because of the smell and not because it was a bad game trying to market shit *cough25toLifecough*
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Reply #13 on: January 25, 2006, 06:58:56 AM

This picture shot up to number one on Yahoo's most viewed photos after this story started circulating:

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Models promoting the video game 'Singles 2 Triple Trouble' are see at the E3Expo in Los Angeles, May 18, 2005. The video game industry's 2006 E3Expo trade show in Los Angeles is getting a make-over -- banned are the swarms of sexy, semi-clad 'booth babes' that in years past took the unveiling of new games and technology to titillating new levels. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
Booth babes are one thing but actually bringing in a bed is a good hint that things have gone too far.
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Reply #14 on: January 25, 2006, 07:32:31 AM

Now what are all those aspiring models going to do for work? Nothing like taking away their paycheck. Am I the only one who sees unemployment written all over this? ;)

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Reply #15 on: January 25, 2006, 07:42:30 AM

Now what are all those aspiring models going to do for work? Nothing like taking away their paycheck. Am I the only one who sees unemployment written all over this? ;)
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Reply #16 on: January 25, 2006, 09:23:05 AM

Now what are all those aspiring models going to do for work?

They will go back to blowing rock stars backstage.

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Reply #17 on: January 25, 2006, 09:28:27 AM

Now what are all those aspiring models going to do for work? Nothing like taking away their paycheck. Am I the only one who sees unemployment written all over this? ;)
So long as the can drive a manual transmission they'll be fine.

I'm fairly certain the girl second from the left is Chyna. I don't want her wenis on my leather seats. I wonder if you get to pick the girl that drives your car in places like that.
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Reply #18 on: January 25, 2006, 09:32:32 AM

Now what are all those aspiring models going to do for work? Nothing like taking away their paycheck. Am I the only one who sees unemployment written all over this? ;)

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Reply #19 on: January 25, 2006, 10:14:48 AM

Banning booth babes should be easy enough.  I mean there is no legitimate reason any female to even be in the building, rite?

Bite me.

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Reply #20 on: January 25, 2006, 11:35:35 AM

Bite me.
Now we are getting some where!

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Reply #21 on: January 25, 2006, 02:32:32 PM

Sachant had a momentary lapse in judgement.  She's probably slapped her forehead by now remembering that on this board tough talk, agressive debate and threats of physical violence by women are considered sexual foreplay.  What she MEANT to say was, "Fuck off and die.  The lot of you." 

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Reply #22 on: January 25, 2006, 02:56:20 PM

Sachant had a momentary lapse in judgement.  She's probably slapped her forehead by now remembering that on this board tough talk, agressive debate and threats of physical violence by women are considered sexual foreplay.  What she MEANT to say was, "Fuck off and die.  The lot of you." 

/signed

Thank you Signe.  That was eloquently spoken on my behalf. ;)  Will you be my official spokesperson?  I can pay you in meaningless but well-intentioned compliments!

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Reply #23 on: January 25, 2006, 05:10:04 PM

Sachant had a momentary lapse in judgement.  She's probably slapped her forehead by now remembering that on this board tough talk, agressive debate and threats of physical violence by women are considered sexual foreplay.  What she MEANT to say was, "Fuck off and die.  The lot of you." 

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Thank you Signe.  That was eloquently spoken on my behalf. ;)  Will you be my official spokesperson?  I can pay you in meaningless but well-intentioned compliments!

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Reply #24 on: January 26, 2006, 05:50:35 PM

Does this mean that there will be any PC games released this year that aren't sequels to existing IP or, you know, worth getting interested in?
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Reply #25 on: January 27, 2006, 08:18:17 AM

Spore? Maybe?

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Reply #26 on: January 27, 2006, 09:46:04 AM

Banning booth babes should be easy enough.  I mean there is no legitimate reason any female to even be in the building, rite?

Bite me.

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Reply #27 on: January 27, 2006, 10:57:52 AM

Indeed, as defined elsewhere, Sachant fell into the sarchasm.

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Reply #28 on: January 30, 2006, 01:07:57 PM

Please tell me this won't impact having booth boys there?Huh??  (green is still sarcasm isn't it?)


Rather impressed they took this step and now if they could just duct tape the mouth of everyone who says "girls/women don't play video games", I would be one happy camper.  The only drawback I can see is that it is going to be much more difficult at this year's E3 to figure out which games are good since from my experience in past years, I found the more revealing the booth babe, the worse the game would be.

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Reply #29 on: January 30, 2006, 01:58:55 PM

Banning booth babes should be easy enough.  I mean there is no legitimate reason any female to even be in the building, rite?

Bite me.

Hi, my name is Sarcasm.  Pleased to meet you.

Hi.  I know sarcasm very well.  Thus why I responded with "Bite Me" vs a tirade. ;)  Sarcasm lives with me.  I guess it forgot to tell you it had left you for someone better at it. ;)

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Reply #30 on: January 30, 2006, 02:33:55 PM

Please tell me this won't impact having booth boys there?Huh??  (green is still sarcasm isn't it?)


Rather impressed they took this step and now if they could just duct tape the mouth of everyone who says "girls/women don't play video games", I would be one happy camper.  The only drawback I can see is that it is going to be much more difficult at this year's E3 to figure out which games are good since from my experience in past years, I found the more revealing the booth babe, the worse the game would be.

Between raising babies and cooking dinner when the hell would they have time to play games?  Reality check!

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Reply #31 on: January 30, 2006, 04:28:14 PM

At Night when the children and husband are asleep.  Why you think I only got four hours of sleep on average while working on the WoW guide? ;p  I went 72 without sleep too during that period.  That is not really recommended. ;)

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Reply #32 on: January 30, 2006, 05:16:15 PM

At Night when the children and husband are asleep.  Why you think I only got four hours of sleep on average while working on the WoW guide? ;p  I went 72 without sleep too during that period.  That is not really recommended. ;)

I wish you'd only gotten 3 hours a night and I had gotten an index.


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Reply #33 on: January 30, 2006, 07:42:39 PM

That wasn't my call!  That was the editors call.  :)  We (Michael and I) wanted an index.

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Reply #34 on: February 01, 2006, 12:19:29 PM

It seemds to be a corporate mandate. I don't think any of them have indices, which is, of course, fucking moronic.

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