The Pixelante
On October 20th, 2005, Thompson wrote a statement in which he directly declared what a pixelante was. The statement regarded recent alleged harassment he had received from gamers. The harassment followed Thompson contacting the police over alleged harassment by the website Penny Arcade. The letter was forwarded to the media.
Prior to this, Thompson used the term pixelante(s) to refer to posters on the website GamePolitics.com. Thompson has also spoken against Dennis McCauley, the owner of the site, accusing him of "impersonating a journalist."
Ironically, many gamers who frequent forums have taken the term 'pixelante' as a sort of banner representing those who believe that Thompson and his motives are insulting and wrong. Some gamers took the view that if Thompson could call his receipt of the ACLU's "Art Censor of the Year" award in 1992 a "badge of honor", then they could do the same with pixelante. StraightLoop.com designed a Pixelante t-shirt, donating all profits to charity. Later, an unrelated pixelante t-shirt design contest was also held on the website GamePolitics.com, with all proceeds donated to the charity Get Well Gamers.
On November 10th, 2005, an angry Thompson made a statement on GamePolitics.com message boards further explaining what a pixelante is. Additionally, he made what many would consider to be rather bold statements about the gaming community in general, because of the GamePolitics.com contest. Further explaining pixelante as "a contraction of pixel vigilante" , going on by saying, "It is a pejorative term that puts anyone in that category in a category with the KKK and skinheads." Many were irked by the fact that he evidently felt the need to spell it out for them, and subsequently explained that they understood, but adapted it to their own purposes. Ironically, this explanation was supplemented with a Biblical quote Thompson himself had used.
A number of online groups have dubbed themselfs Pixelanites to "fight enemies of entertainment." to mock Jack Thompson.
-- Wikipedia
Prior to this, Thompson used the term pixelante(s) to refer to posters on the website GamePolitics.com. Thompson has also spoken against Dennis McCauley, the owner of the site, accusing him of "impersonating a journalist."
Ironically, many gamers who frequent forums have taken the term 'pixelante' as a sort of banner representing those who believe that Thompson and his motives are insulting and wrong. Some gamers took the view that if Thompson could call his receipt of the ACLU's "Art Censor of the Year" award in 1992 a "badge of honor", then they could do the same with pixelante. StraightLoop.com designed a Pixelante t-shirt, donating all profits to charity. Later, an unrelated pixelante t-shirt design contest was also held on the website GamePolitics.com, with all proceeds donated to the charity Get Well Gamers.
On November 10th, 2005, an angry Thompson made a statement on GamePolitics.com message boards further explaining what a pixelante is. Additionally, he made what many would consider to be rather bold statements about the gaming community in general, because of the GamePolitics.com contest. Further explaining pixelante as "a contraction of pixel vigilante" , going on by saying, "It is a pejorative term that puts anyone in that category in a category with the KKK and skinheads." Many were irked by the fact that he evidently felt the need to spell it out for them, and subsequently explained that they understood, but adapted it to their own purposes. Ironically, this explanation was supplemented with a Biblical quote Thompson himself had used.
A number of online groups have dubbed themselfs Pixelanites to "fight enemies of entertainment." to mock Jack Thompson.
-- Wikipedia
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