I have yet to hear back from the guys at Spoono Host (spoonohost.com) or Spoono (spoono.com) in general, but now I am calling on the community to shed some light on potential legal action!
Another friend of mine, Ryan, just told me his sites domain has expired and he is in the process of a marketing campaign. This isn’t script kiddies here, this is hurting people that are fathers and adults and most importantly, business people.
I may sound a bit agitated, well thats good because I really am.. this is complete and utter bullshit in the highest form. I really hope the hosting company smartens up because this is just wrong.
Note: Hosting and company URLs intentionally unlinked
Update: I recommend MediaTemple or RackSpace as a great alternative.
We all have to start somewhere in our profession, smaller computers, less toys and often times, a lesser host. Problem with this idea is you almost always get burnt. Smaller hosts do cost less, but they also come with less reliable systems and in this next case, a very horrible support staff.
A while back I was a supporter, “grapevine” author and forum admin for Spoono. Heard of it? Most likely you have. Problem is as they got more popular, they decided to offer hosting with all the popularity and “name” behind the Spoono community.
Well fast forward a few years and the Spoono community has faded away, the forums were shut down from an overload of spam. Returning with electronic tumbleweed replacing the once thriving community and the hosting has just failed.
One of the latest forum posts really paints a bad picture. Seems one of their customers “h4xnoodle” has not only had great trouble contacting, but even more serious just lost her domain name after paying it on time. At the time of this posting Spoono Host has still failed to respond and if they do so I will update this post.
Basically I am making this post to warn others about “cheap” hosting, not specifically Spoono Host, but any of them. Just ask other professionals old & new.
Grand Theft Auto IV (four) released last week has “as usual” come under media fire, but this video takes the cake for most pathetic political bullshit I have ever been presented.
Here is a link to the video, I guarantee you will cringe at the “scare tactics”.
According to “Jack Thompson” this kid Devon is on death row for killing 3 cops using experience of murder that he could have only had gotten in the GTA series (Vice City & III). Now is it just me or does the media have more violence than any other show on TV? Okay, reality aside.. how about CSI, Las Vegas, Sopranos, HBO and I could go on.
..but wait, the best part is still coming in the middle of the video. They talk about the only reason the game didn’t get a AO (Adults Only) rating is so it could be sold mainstream.. yah, not likely.. seeing as most of the “sex” is not graphic in the least. I have played this game and find it entertaining.. no, not because I can kill people with no consequence, but because the game is interesting, deep story and is like playing a movie.
Personally the problem here is the parents. Devon (the kid on death row) was able to buy the game without a parent.. so TakeTwo should be in trouble here? No, that store should be.. or more importantly the person that sold the game.
Note: Edited for work-safe reading.. I was boiling when I first wrote it.
