Doubutsu no Mori

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:10 am

Tom Nook touched my butt. :(

Post by **Popcorn** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:46 am

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3154959

Protodude · Post by **Protodude** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:32 pm

I can't go to that site since I'm at school right now, but I'm assuming you're reffering to that sexual harrasment suit against Tomonobu Itagaki.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:32 pm

^Can't say that news shocks me.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:20 pm

The creator of Dead or Alive treating women in a sexually offensive manner?!

I'm SHOCKED! SHOCKED!

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:50 pm

I see none of you are concerned about my pain. :(

Tsuyoshi-kun · Post by **Tsuyoshi-kun** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:56 pm

But why? Was he pining for gold in your butt or something?

SamIAm · Post by **SamIAm** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:54 pm

Wait a minute. Maybe I'm missing some implications, but it sounds to me like he did nothing but kiss her and hug her a couple of times. Now, a woman has the right to tell a man to knock this kind of thing off, but unless she told him explicitly not to do it in the first place, then I don't see what the big deal is. Physical contact like this is a big part of how men try to start something with a girl they like. I kicked off my relationship with my girlfriend (amusingly, a Japanese) with a big kiss, and even though we had been subtly building up to that, by the logic of this defendant I was potentially sexually harassing her. I'm all for the weaker sex being able to defend themselves, but I don't think they should be able to fry a member of the opposite sex, who is traditionally supposed to be the aggressive one in establishing a relationship, for trying out a kiss.

But then again, maybe I really am missing something.

Post by **G.Silver** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:14 am

Like the fact that he's married and has children?

Cuckooguy · Post by **Cuckooguy** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:25 am

Green Gibbon! is married?!!??

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:50 am

G.Silver wrote:Like the fact that he's married and has children?

Ouch, well, he just knocked your argument down and gave it a sound beating.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:13 am

Whoah, really? I knew he had kids, I didn't know he was married. He never struck me as a family man.

Either way, the situation has interesting ramifications for Tecmo. If he's convicted, they're gonna have to fire him, and what does that leave them with? DoA is all they've had for the past decade except for that blackjack Rio chick, and she only has market value in Japan.

Green Gibbon! is married?!!??

I have many wives on many different continents.

aso · Post by **aso** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:13 am

I was going to go into detail about how little this shocked me, but I was beaten to it, so I won't beat the dead horse.

And while Nook is certainly interested in taking away my hard-earned Bells, he's never gone into outright sexual harassment. I suspect you're late on your payment by several months.

Post by **Popcorn** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:26 am

Green Gibbon! wrote:Either way, the situation has interesting ramifications for Tecmo. If he's convicted, they're gonna have to fire him

Howcome?

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:12 am

Well obviously it's going to reflect really poorly on the company if they don't, but I guess it boils down to how valuable they think he is. They can please investors or the public, but it's going to be really tricky keeping everyone happy in this situation.

Hasn't he already been demoted for something?

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:52 pm

Who BETTER than a sex offender to cater to horny young men?

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:56 pm

Contents of a 5th grade recess deleted.

Popcorn wrote:Jesus Christ, will you guys shut up? If you don't I'll moderate you so fast you'll think your ass got deleted. Or something.

Just hit the big X, you pussy. We're too omniscient to give warnings.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:39 am

It's like 7 hours of yesterday never happened.

Anyways, it's not impossible for him to continue working with Tecmo. In a gray area situation like that, it'd be possible for most people to continue with their lives, if at a lower pay rate.

And by gray area, I mean it's either adultery or sexual harassment. One's better than the other, I think.

FlashTHD · Post by **FlashTHD** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:52 am

Baba O'Reily wrote:Anyways, it's not impossible for him to continue working with Tecmo. In a gray area situation like that, it'd be possible for most people to continue with their lives, if at a lower pay rate.

And by gray area, I mean it's either adultery or sexual harassment. One's better than the other, I think.

He makes games about giddy ladies in bikinis playing volleyball and other beachside summertime sports, and games where hot chicks beat the bloody hell out of each other. With a sexual harassment suit of all things breathing down his neck, I would think at least one exec in Tecmo would be inclined to give him the stink eye.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:34 pm

Baba O'Reily wrote:Who BETTER than a sex offender to cater to horny young men?