[deepthroatgta6]

So finally we are back..

[Waddy]

QUOTE (deepthroatgta6 @ Monday, Jun 4 2012, 17:45)

So finally we are back..

I missed you, did you miss me?

[deepthroatgta6]

Nah.. I missed your sarcasm..

[goin-god]

QUOTE (NaidRaida @ Monday, Jun 4 2012, 13:40)

Some websites (members of this websites) are telling that GTAforums.com has been shut down due to major GTA V leaks. I doubt that. Anyway here you can read for yourself: Example sources: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/927749-xbox-360/62996477 http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/oh-shi-g...eaks.452513703/ http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/55711/t173...ecause-of-leak/ You can find even more sources just by googling 'gtaforums shut down'. I even found a whole youtube video about this issue. I was never interested in V so I have no clue what is going on with all that.

Wat?

[deepthroatgta6]

Some people thought that the resume saying Oct 2012 as the release date was a major leak which forced the shut down of the forums. It isnt that major.. Is it?

[NateShaw92]

my theory: they took the 2 events, the 2 events being - sommeone creating a topic about a GTA V leak, and the crash of GTAF and went "hmmm they happened pretty close together, they must be related"
could be correct, but I doubt it as i don't really believe the 'leak'

[leik oh em jeez!]

QUOTE (NaidRaida @ Monday, Jun 4 2012, 11:40)

Some websites (members of this websites) are telling that GTAforums.com has been shut down due to major GTA V leaks. I doubt that. Anyway here you can read for yourself: Example sources: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/927749-xbox-360/62996477 http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/oh-shi-g...eaks.452513703/ http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/55711/t173...ecause-of-leak/ You can find even more sources just by googling 'gtaforums shut down'. I even found a whole youtube video about this issue. I was never interested in V so I have no clue what is going on with all that.

Supposed "leaks" are posted multiple times a day every day in the V forum.
GTAF goes down on a day when a "leak" was posted.
96.3% of V forum regulars assumes there's a connection there and that the site was shut down because of a leak.

There are multiple reasons why this is bullsh*t.
1. Rockstar doesn't run the site. Fans do.
2. The staff doesn't know any more than members do, so they would have no idea whether a "leak" was real or not.
3. The staff have no reason to hide leaks. They, again, do not work for Rockstar.
4. If the site was shut down for one leak, but all the others were just deleted or locked, that would show that the last leak was real, defeating the entire point of shutting down the site in the first place.
5. The staff has no reason to shut down the site instead of just deleting a "leak" and that's even assuming they wanted to hide it.
6. The site was down due to server problems. This is common occurrence for GTANET, though it has gotten much better.


I hate how paranoid every is about GTA V leaks and clues. I don't remember any one being this paranoid about IV, and I don't remember ANY paranoia before SA's release.

[fireguy109]

QUOTE (goin-god @ Monday, Jun 4 2012, 11:50)

QUOTE (NaidRaida @ Monday, Jun 4 2012, 13:40) Some websites (members of this websites) are telling that GTAforums.com has been shut down due to major GTA V leaks. I doubt that. Anyway here you can read for yourself: Example sources: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/927749-xbox-360/62996477 http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/oh-shi-g...eaks.452513703/ http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/55711/t173...ecause-of-leak/ You can find even more sources just by googling 'gtaforums shut down'. I even found a whole youtube video about this issue. I was never interested in V so I have no clue what is going on with all that. Wat?

Jeez man, some people are f*cking stupid.

[spaceeinstein]

QUOTE (leik oh em jeez! @ Monday, Jun 4 2012, 14:40)

I hate how paranoid every is about GTA V leaks and clues. I don't remember any one being this paranoid about IV, and I don't remember ANY paranoia before SA's release.

I blame the ever increasing access of the Internet to a wider population, especially to the young people. Young people have too much time in their hands and this specific group can't find better use of it other than spam the Internet with rumors, speculations, and wishlists. With today's cheaper and more mobile computers with easy access to the Internet, you get a mob mentality that infects even legitimate avenues of information. It doesn't just affect GTA, it affects any popular media. I'm afraid this kind of mob behavior can bite R* and hurt their sales.

This post has been edited by spaceeinstein on Monday, Jun 4 2012, 22:16

[Butters 2011]

QUOTE (SmC12 @ Saturday, Jun 2 2012, 16:16)

and I think they have Facebook as well.

Yeah, you'd get nothing by checking that out, no-one ever posts anything of sense on there.

Good to see we're back up and running though.

[Craig]

Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?