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NYC politicians are MAD AS HELL about the new GTA trailer! :-O

Dreams-Visions · 2007-03-31 10:56:45

That didn't take long.Take Two Interactive's new management team, which seized control of the company via stockholder revolt late Thursday afternoon, is facing its first public relations crisis. Not surprisingly, the uproar is related to the controversial Grand Theft Auto series.Just hours after new chairman Strauss Zelnick and his team wrestled control of Take Two from embattled former CEO Paul Eibeler, the company released the first video trailer for GTA IV, scheduled to hit retail on October 16th. The picture at left is a screen shot from the trailer.While game websites analyzed the trailer frame-by-frame in an obsessive hunt for clues to GTA4's game play, officials in New York City began doing a slow burn over the Big Apple's obvious inclusion as Liberty City, the setting for the crime-oriented game. As reported by the NY Daily News:The latest version of an ultraviolent video game will unleash its murderous mayhem on the streets of New York. And outraged political leaders say the rampant brutality of the game, Grand Theft Auto IV, has little in common with reality. ...(GTA4) is set in a mythical city that bears a striking resemblance to New York... the trailer shows well-known landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Cyclone in Coney Island...Said City Councilman Peter Vallone, who chairs the Council's Public Safety Committee: Setting Grand Theft Auto in the safest big city in America would be like setting Halo in Disneyland.A spokesman for NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg added:The mayor does not support any video game where you earn points for injuring or killing police officers.click here to read the full articleOh snap! I wonder how big this could get.DISCUSS!

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#51 turgore

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Omg they are so dumb it's liberty city , not new york .

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#52 Bansheesdie

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I'M AS MAD AS HELL, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!!

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#53 Redmoonxl2

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I'M AS MAD AS HELL, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!!Bansheesdie

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT! NO, WE AIN'T GOING TO TAKE IT! WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!

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#54 Bansheesdie

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[QUOTE="Bansheesdie"]I'M AS MAD AS HELL, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!!Redmoonxl2

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT! NO, WE AIN'T GOING TO TAKE IT! WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!

:D

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#55 ironcreed

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There is no such thing as bad publicity.
This game is just getting free advertising.
Dm1uciano

Bingo....as it will only make people want it all the more. Controversy breeds success. They are probably thanking the city of NY in the back of their minds right now, while laughing their asses off. Now they know the game will be a guaranteed hit, as this controversy will will have nearly 7 months to brew and build before the game is even dropped....then it of course gets even bigger from there.

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#57 Nteks

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It's just a game.

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#59 cjnwo4life

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To Redmoonxl2 Please don't ever make assumptions you things that I don’t. Out of respect please don't ever try to appear you know something that I don't or I am uninformed. I did not disrespect you in any way. Let’s not demean one another please. I possibly believe you missed the hidden point I made about how law enforcement (even with rules in place) generally don't follow. There are far too many examples with NYPD that one can give about their abuse of power against suspects. I know of more than the One incident you mentioned. Again wasting time on discussing how GTA has hurt, or will hurt NYC by their PR is a waste of taxpayers’ money. There are too many issues (real) in NYC that need attention than GTA. That's the point!

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#60 Hyper-Chicken

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I knew politicains would be P.Oed about this one, its GTA FFS! If Hillary Clinton is president she would ban Video Games in the US...glad I live in Canada.

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#61 Hoobinator

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Ban! Ban! Ban! Ban! Ban! :D

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#62 InsaneBasura

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Can I post in this thread please?

Fine... I'll just post a ****ing picture than. In yo face Glitchspot forums!

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#63 lespaul1919

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americans complain to muchRadeon_X1950XTX

just teh ones in charge.

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#64 Stevo_the_gamer Moderator

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"Setting Grand Theft Auto in the safest big city in America would be like setting Halo in Disneyland." I'm sorry, I can't help but laugh at that comment. :lol:

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#66 Dreams-Visions

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Can I post in this thread please?

Fine... I'll just post a ****ing picture than. In yo face Glitchspot forums!
InsaneBasura

lol you're silly. you made it happen, though! :)

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#67 Dreams-Visions

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[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]the issue isn't the trailer in and of itself. its what it means. it means the city of NY will be subject to being mischaracterized. Again. Politicians have a duty to speak out on behalf of their city and move in the best interests of their city. Hence, anything that could potentially undermine the good PR NYC is working to build is the enemy. Just the fact that GTA4 is set in NYC means a high-profile piece of software that will feature wild amounts of crime and violence. You don't need anything more in a GTA4 trailer than that to know what it will mean.Redmoonxl2

Funny thing, I mentioned that in my post following the one you quoted. My intentions in my initial post were my views based on the trailer. The post following is my view on the political side of things.

lol forgive me, then. I'm tired.

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