They certainly handled that a lot nicer than I would've.

EA.... do.... good?

LOL. Owned.

Bravo on how well that was worded. I would have sent an ascii asshole to him and tell him to not bother and re-insert his head.

@TruPhan: /agreed

Now if news outlets would just stop giving him coverage...

That's a very nicely gilded 'fuck off', but a 'fuck off' it is nevertheless. Kudos to EA for using the rejection letter to lay some smackdown on JT.

I give EA credit!! Best rejection EVAR!!

Lawl. I don't think Jack honestly expected them to say "Yes! Please help us!"

Score. EA gets cookie.

pwnted. EA I suppose your not so evil after all!

I claim ignorance to the existence of this jack Thompson fellow, who is he?

Well damn, im forced to give EA cool points

Honestly, EA gets too much flack these days, in my opinion. Yeah, three years ago it was all justified, but the last couple of years, EA's actually taken huge steps forward, I'd say.

Wow... I really do dislike EA(because they buy out everything they see), but I applaud them for telling good 'ol Jack Thompson to F OFF!

Good for them!

@huginn - No I will not give you a hug!: My thoughts exactly.

I would have actually preferred a "GO FUCK YOURSELF" but dammit, this comes close.

pwned!! Oh wait...that's copyrighted now, isn't it?

@BrentW:

You're better off not knowing.

huzzah! Good move EA, good move.

See. I told you people. EA is no longer evil.

How about you go after the real devil-Activision. I mean, cmon' you have to be a complete idiot not to notice how evil they are.

Translation (reading between the lines):

Mr. Thompson,

Go fuck yourself.

Sincerely,
Mariam Sughayer
Sr. Manager Corporate Communications
Electronic Arts, Inc.

@niall077: I'm shocked too!

I love how everyone blasts EA for attempting to take over Take-Two, and then praises them in the same breath when they tell JT they don't need his help with the matter.

Just sayin'.

...That is an impressively worded "fuck off," though.

Wow, EA pisses me off to no end about some things, but dare I say I've approved of some of the things they've been doing recently? I think I do...

And lastly only one word can describe this:

PWNT

"We feel that your past statements - including false claims about content in our games - make any collaboration with you impossible."

$20 says Jack tries to sue EA for writing that.

That is a beautifully worded burn.

Oh yeah and... DUGG!

Makes me want to buy some EA games

I love how EA is slowly becoming the good guys while Activision is starting to piss (at least me) people off.

Hahahaha I lol'd HARD.

"we would strongly prefer that you not get involved in this matter." That was just awesome right there.

owned.

Nicely said EA. However I'm pretty sure Thompson will sue you for harassment within the next 48 hours.

Lets hope the Supreme Court does something before then.

as much as i'd hate to say it, just one other reason to love EA. that response was pure gold

Ok so I googled him, what an idiot. Micheal Jackson is more likely to get a reply for his baby sitting job posting, maybe a little extreme but you get the idea.

@Adrock4: don't worry, you're not the only one

and Kudos to EA for the politely worded E-slap to the face

Say what you will about Thompson, but I still bet he would give an amazing blowjob.

GO EA!

M-m-m-m-m-m-m-moster Kill kill kill...!

Feh, this is like your average Kotaku reader being shot down after propositioning Scarlett Johansson. Not unexpected at all, and probably not even worth a shot.

Now - if JT goes and offers to help Acclaim, and THEY tell him to piss off...well, then he has hit rock bottom and should probably just kill himself.

...uh, is Acclaim still around? The second one?

haha damn, I love a good "fuck off" letter :D

@0bsessions:

Agreed. I think they've produced tons of quality games over the years and this is just a testament to how much they care about gaming.

Fuck off Jack thompson in the most awesomest way possible.

Man this makes me wanna go out and buy a re-hashed EA game =p

Hah, that was slaughtership.

@Adrock4: I've noticed that too. Also, Sony is starting to have a little shine to them compared to Microsoft and even Nintendo a bit.

Welcome to Bizarro World.

i now have new found respect for ea now if only they would for football games,hum.

Wow never thought I would be saying this..

GJ EA

Hmm well done EA. I would have gone for the more classic: "Who the **** are you and why should we care?".

Jack loves the attention. I think it would really piss him off.

EA does another (kinda) good deed. Well said, EA. Very tactful with the same meaning.

How long do you think it took Mariam Sughayer to write that with as much restraint as she did?

@KagaSakai: I'll bet he's working on the case right now. ;)

@kw4k: Honestly, it's gonna have to take a hell of a lot more of this for me to respect EA like I use to in the past. A hell of a lot more.

But still, this is a good start. I don't care who you are(to a point) but if you stand up to Jack Thompson and tell him to go f himself, you're alright in my book. I really do not like Jack Thompson, even more so than I dislike EA, so when EA did what they did, that was awesome.

That's a pretty classy "fuck you".

'Mr. Thompson,

No.

Sincerely,
Mariam Sughayer
Sr. Manager Corporate Communications
Electronic Arts, Inc.'

It would have been so much cooler if that was the reply.

Between this, Army of Two, and The Godfather game, I have slowly regained some respect for EA.

Well...I smell a lawsuit or legal action threat response being posted here in a few days

When they arent assimilating and pushing out shitty ass games, EA at times tends to show a side of them that makes me like them for 3.14 seconds.

@KaneRobot: Microsoft had shine? Sorry. you walked into that one.