Absolutely tasteless

[KJAM 0]

what the hell i will collect peoples info, and allow them to comment on improving my post thing, and then send a petition contain the same thing to different forums .

[ran 0]

you could include a few pictures in the e-mail , and you could also add that we're talking about casualties for young draftees here , no russian special forces death commandos raiding chechen houses in the night to kidnap chechen young men

we're talking about the exact same kind of men as the ones fighting right now in Iraq , young americans , except those russians went through harsher things and didn't have all the hi-tech gadgets the yanks did

[KJAM 0]

Quote[/b] ]we're talking about the exact same kind of men as the ones fighting right now in Iraq , young americans , except those russians went through harsher things and didn't have all the hi-tech gadgets the yanks did

and they did as good a job (possibly even better, but dont want this to seem like a flamebate) than US Soldiers are currently doing, or so i understand.

i feel that all soldiers in any nations military deserve respect regardless if they are my enemy or not (even the french.....lmao i dont like the french much, maybe cuz im british but i still respect their soldiers(once again not trying to flamebait just having a little joke )

[Doc. Zaius 0]

Would someone be so kind as to host/mirror the images?

I fear my Walagata account may buckle at the knees with this (excellent) attention.

[RED 0]

I am shocked, amazed, and disgusted at their complete lack of respect. I hope it was a just simple mistake that they didn't know what the picture meant, but I doubt this is the case.

RED

[KJAM 0]

damn my other post has been locked (:( aww) so guys who have posted on my other topic neednt post on this one as i wrote down ur emails and forum names

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Dear Staff Members of EGM.

Having Spotted this picture around in your forums, several members of Bohemia Interactive Forums have been quite offended by seeing the above image used to advertise a Game Guide, having seen the original picture in its original form, HERE which is of Russian Honour Guards Remembering their Fallen Comrades of the past, I feel quite sickened by this lack of respect so soldiers who died for their country doing their jobs. I put it simply this way, Would You like a picture of a memorial by soldiers of your nation remembering their fallen comrades be used in such a distasteful and offensive manner, to advertise a game guide.

So I and the below members of Bohemia Interactive Forums, politely ask you to either a). Remove this image from your forums and any future publications of your magazine or b). Replace it with a more suitable and less offensive advertisement image (which I am sure there are quite a few of them around). I Realise that you perhaps didn’t create the image and also have to make money via advertising, but you should have been a bit more tasteful

I will just fill you in on the kind of people who find the advert offensive, distasteful and offensive

Bohemia Interactive Forum is a forum populated by many people from many countries some of which, in the past fought against each other, WE, the members of the forum pride ourselves on the Community that has been built, many different people from many different places communicating in a friendly way, working together to solve problems, forming real life friendships from the people they meet on the forum regardless of nation, race, creed or gender, and even banding together, wishing each other well when going through difficult situations, even wishing well in holiday seasons which their religions/personal beliefs do not include.

So the following members of Bohemia Interactive Forums Politely and Respectfully ask that you remove the offending picture, which I have previously mentioned, from your forums and future publishing’s of your magazine and replace it with something more tasteful and something more appropriate

**Members of Forum**

KJAM <dude_101uk@hotmail.com>, Civilian

[ran 0]

Ran rannyboy@wanadoo.fr

French Foreign Legion (1988-1996 , achieved the rank of Sergent)

Reserve officer in the French army (with the rank of lieutenant)

French ministery of interior advisor (achieved the rank of Commandant in the French national police)

[Tovarish 0]

Incredibly shameless and disgusting, and idiotic to boot. If I saw that ad I would boycott the game advertized, it dosen't take a rocket scientist to realize what has been photoshopped over in the picture frames.

[ran 0]

(the mail will be our(bis forum members) own little contribution)

but i suggest we create a petition on petitiononline as hellfish said and spread it over all the gaming forums we know and then forward the address to EGM

[ran 0]

Incredibly shameless and disgusting, and idiotic to boot. If I saw that ad I would boycott the game advertized, it dosen't take a rocket scientist to realize what has been photoshopped over in the picture frames.

notice the black[b/] fabric stripe remaining on the lower left(from the soldiers' point of view) as a mourning sign

[KJAM 0]

thanks for that link ran, some of those pics are absoloutely beautiful, its a pity that they were taken during conflict

for those of you who dont knwo the link is HERE warning there may be some gruesome shots in this gallery which i have no control over

and to all who submitted their emails to be used as signatures i'll be sure to send you a CC of the EXACT email i send the buffons who put that pic which we are complaining about

[ran 0]

edit this link quite fast , some pictures go against the forum rule

warning , gruesome shots

[bn880 5]

It is sick... what a stupid little shit that made that edit.. I wonder where you have to grow up to be such a prick.

"Oh yeah sure, I'll just use this pic of the dumb Ruskies... my supervisor/boss will love me for this"

[Tovarish 0]

As for my e-mail:

Tovarish

itsfreezingcold@hotmail.com

[Ex-RoNiN 0]

Can you create an online petition please and post the link? I know quite a few people who would sign this straight away.

[Doc. Zaius 0]

Here's the email I sent...

I felt like throwing up while writing it.

Quote[/b] ]Dear Sir or Madam,

In the most recent issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, there was a strategy guide by Mark McDonald for the Playstation 2 game ‘SOCOM 2: US Navy SEALs.'

Accompanying the article was a picture of Russian soldiers holding what appeared to be copies of the game in question. The original picture, however, was of Russian soldiers displaying portraits of their comrades who were killed in the on-going conflict in Chechnya.

I found this to be in extremely poor taste, and find it reprehensible that a picture of a memorial service would be edited to enhance a strategy guide. Surely there are many far more suitable pictures available that are more relevant to the game’s content?

I sincerely hope this is merely an oversight by a staff member, and that your magazine did not intend any harm in the portrayal of these soldiers. I would be greatly reassured if you published some form of apology or retraction.

Yours faithfully,

Jason Marshall.

[KJAM 0]

does petitiononline accept HTML? if so i will straight away convert it and put it on there

[soul_assassin 1750]

I had my say here:

http://boards.1up.com/zd....id=3937

I urge others do the same.

[KJAM 0]

ok ive done the petition it is HERE

please sign it and get as many people as you can to sign it

[bn880 5]

WILL DO.

[bn880 5]

But man, you have to ask for an apology... you are asking for too many e-mail addresses on my form here.

[Doc. Zaius 0]

I've removed the images from my web-space as my bandwidth is disappearing.

The images are still available here:

EGM Page

Source picture

My apologies for any inconvience.

[Judge Rabbi 0]

Now thats shocking. I guess the staff don't expect anyone to suss out the original image. Well they were bloody wrong.

Flame 'em until we hear an apology.

Sensitive images such as the one with the Russian soldiers should not be used to glorify or promote any video game IMO.

[KJAM 0]

oh erm..........im SURE i put the give us an apology bit in, musta got confused with the text lol, but i will put it intothe email that i send them about the petition,

lol doc...........you had to do that didnt you i cant go back and edit my petition now , oh well i will just have to mention the alternate places to see the images in the email i send EGM

[bn880 5]

oh erm..........im SURE i put the give us an apology bit in, musta got confused with the text lol, but i will put it intothe email that i send them about the petition

Why don't you make a new petition, go over it, and we'll sign that. You can drop most of the BIS stuff too.