I didn't deny it, I am merely saying there needs to be more evidence than a couple of blips and forum posts. Until solid evidence one way or the other appears, from a souorce other than MS or it's affiliates, your point is still unprovable. However now you are making a huge assumption that all people would break a law just for a company being stupid? That's pretty much the crux of your problem here, you are swallowing the story too easily and not doubting it just because you think people would actually do that en-mass? Your point actually makes the story less believable now, and I have been known to exaggerate but this is beyond even mine. So thousands of people would be willing to break a federal (I think?) law just because they lost a gaming account on some server? That's illogical. Maybe a few people would do that, but thousands, even hundreds is a stretch. You are missing a lot of my points, so reread them and try to actually debate this, otherwise admit that you are just easily fooled.
Until I see a story, not just blips with unproven statements and really unsubstantial sources, it will not be fact, and since it's not fact it's safe to assume it's a PR stunt. Here's a hint, find a report on something that is not affiliated with Microsoft, anything. CNN, CBS, a city or state newspaper, anything, that shows real numbers and police or FBI interviews ... anything like that.
Except these websites are not MS's lackey. Do I think some people would call up the Policy Head of 360 with "death threats" because they got banned from 360 for doing stupid shit? Yes.
Nobody ever said thousands, or even hundreds. YOU are taking my argument out of context ONCE AGAIN. YOU are a liar. I suggest you stop doing so.
You prove once again you're a hack.
Um .. false accusations does not make a good debater, I did not lie about anything. I did pose questions, and anyone who works for XBox is a MS lackey, many gaming sites are MS lackeys (hint: they are run by actual gaming companies or fanbois). The one that wasn't was still just a blip, no actual evidence or proof posted, though it did shed light on the story. However, my whole point about that was that this happened a few(?) days ago, and one story was posted yesterday ... yet nothing anywhere else. Since XBox is a MS product and MS is a rather large and influential company, there would be more stories, more sources, and much much more evidence. But nothing ... nadda, nothing was posted anywhere else, even the IRC chatters have heard nothing (some do searches for anything about IRC to but don't click on game site links very often) .... even the IRC developers are shrugging. That's a red flag, the people he is accusing of this are suppose to be part of the IRC community but they haven't heard anything. Unless MS isolates their IRC (I know they don't, just a what if here) and didn't want the story leaked (which they failed at anyway due to their own coverage on MSNBC) there is no reason this would be on just a few locations ... you don't seem to fathom how fast information online moves ... if there was more to this, it would have been published ... yesterday. So again, until I see more sources and information I am still holding to the PR stunt contention.
There are a lot of reasons for such a stunt to:
1. Many people have realized that their "new" OS, Windoze 7, is nothing new and their online influence is weakening.
2. Bing is a total flop, still more people who are being disillusioned means they are getting even weaker.
3. Being caught in their lies, which Best Buy employees (and others) are being trained to tell (luckily most have more integrity than that). This was the most damaging as it made their predatory nature highly public.
Reason three is the biggest one, the one that being the victim would actually help soften ... but only if they can get the other news networks to pick up the story. However, most news networks require, like I asked for, law enforcement reports and interviews because they can get into more trouble with false accusations. MSNBC isn't enough of a news network, because the MS editors don't count as journalists, to have to worry about such solid evidence. (HINT: MS in MSNBC stands for Microsoft, the N actually stands for two words, News and Network, it's what happens when a software company buys a news channel)
Okay?
That is on topic, come up with some valid reason that only MS controlled and fan sites only have the story? That's part of the reason it looks like a PR stunt, if you can't answer that then you are admitting it looks like a PR stunt. But a Google search turns up nothing else ... nothing, not Fox, CNN, CBS, not a newspaper, nothing, it's just on MSNBC, MS sites, and fanboi sites. So ... admit it's possibly a PR stunt or come up with something, as I asked for from the beginning, that is not MS affiliated showing even a hint of the story. Even then, you need proof, real evidence, you made the assertion that this is all fact, where are the reports? Where are the interviews with law enforcement? Where's something that can't be fabricated or altered at least? Anything besides MS article or fanboi article. I'm not asking for much, and usually people post more than this for even simple contentions or they simply say (like I often do) "it's just my perspective/opinion/experience" and leave it at that. You are not reading my whole posts yet still keep holding to this being solid fact ... sorry, it's not fact without solid evidence, it's ... again ... perspective/opinion/experience ... none of which is provable.
You're mixing up the console with the games. 
