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Jade Raymond, producer of Assassin’s Creed, is one sad panda these days. And if Jade ain’t happy, UbiSoft is mad. After all, she and her team delivered one spectacular baby in the form of Assassin’s Creed. And if UbiHulk goes all green, it’s very bad news for Something Awful, which found itself staring down the barrel of a lawsuit after someone posted a particularly tasteless comic of Jade trying to convince nerdy gamers to buy Assassin’s Creed by giving them really messy head. While I love SA.com’s reply to the lawsuit and think that’s what you deserve for being a lawyer, I am aghast at some of the comments made by gamers worldwide in response to this.
Suddenly, people are calling Jade “a touchy bitch” and talk about how she was using her sex appeal to sell the game , to how UbiSoft was pimping her to sexually frustrated gamers to get them to buy the game. One comment at ActionTrip even reads:
Ubisoft are the ones who blatantly exploited Jade Raymond’s good looks and sexuality; every single interview on AC I’ve seen building up to the game’s release, every single presentation was carried out by Ms. Raymond.
I don’t understand this rampant craziness at all! Doesn’t the producer / lead developer usually talk about the game at every event? Jade is doing for Assassin’s Creed what Gabe did for Half-Life 2, or Cevat for Crysis or Frank O’Connor for Halo 3. It’s not like UbiSoft fell in love with her face and boobs and ass and said, “Ooh, she looks fine! Let’s put her in charge of the game!” Jade’s got a degree in computer science and has programmed games for Sony and produced more games for EA before moving to UbiSoft and Assassin’s Creed.
Yes, being hot and sexy helps, but she got the job because she’s qualified enough to handle it. If the case were otherwise, I am sure Ubi would have found a much hotter brunette with 36DD tits to produce their million-dollar AAA game, not Jade. And what the fuck is this crap about Jade selling the game because she is sexy? Seriously, how many people actually bought Assassin’s Creed because of Jade? If I buy a game, it’s because I like it, not because I think its producer is the very definition of “sexy”. Nuh-uh, you ain’t getting my $60 that way!
With most sites giving rave reviews to the game (except for some sad, misguided people), it’s hilarious and yet, disturbing, as to how someone could claim something like this so callously. She and her team did a great job with Assassin’s Creed. If you can’t at least give her a pat on the back, at least stop making comics of her being splooged on by perverted gamers.
You hang in there, girl, some of us have got your back!
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November 17th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
hear hear. Shame what some people will do for a cheap thrill these days. Whatever happened to reading good ol’ Calvin & Hobbes or Bound & Gagged for a good laugh!
But this is all in poor taste and is so blatantly sexist! Funny thing that people in the west have this notion abount Indians being gender biased and not treating the fairer sex as equals - but wait - look who’s got Jade’s back here!!!
November 17th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
This is really bad…didn’t expect this. This was in really bad taste. If I had to blame someone, it would be the media, yeah of course we agree Jade is kinda cute and all, but at the end of the day she is a game developer…cute…or not cute.
And i’d really like to blame Kotaku if I can, almost every single post about Assassins Creed has to have a lousy quip at Jade. I remember one of the posts about GDC has them whining that Jade didnt remember their name…WHAT THE FUCK?
Who the fuck are they? What the fuck have they done, they just run a fucking blog thats all…nothing really groundbreaking…this one is for Kotaku…
http://www.drunkmotherfucker.com/funny/Shut%20the%20fuck%20up–Arnold.gif
November 18th, 2007 at 12:56 am
whatta reply by SA… lol.. such and such here forth hence blatant this that.. lol
as for this whole issue. i agree with all of you… but somehow.. well… even this whole agenda will bring more publicity to the game…
+ i reckon nerd male figures find it hard to take a nice biological female gunning them down in their own business. She is good at what she does.. one up for that.. she knows the game well, she puts her cards well… and thats what counts….
on top of that the game itself is as perfect as a Mother’s Recipe Joey’s Pizza…. and Jade is the extra topping.. even if it wasnt there, the pizza would have tasted great anyways…
November 18th, 2007 at 1:01 am
Exactly, the first time I heard about Assassin’s Creed and saw the videos, and was told that it was being made by the guys that made TSoT, I was hooked. Jade came much later, and yes, it was hard to focus on the game and the good looking girl with the most cheerful smile you ever saw, but the game takes priority over everything else. Always. A gamer is a gamer. Doesn’t matter if you’re a guy or a girl. Sure, girls are rarer, but with attitudes like this, it’s a small wonder. The very fact that you are a gamer should be more than enough. Once you enter a game, your sex has nothing to do with your experience on- or off-line.
What a waste of artistic talent that someone who can draw so well chose to do something like this. I get the message he was trying to convey, but this just wasn’t the way to do it.
SA.com and Jade are just two bystanders that got shot in the firefight, sadly. Amazing thing is, the last time I checked, it looks like DA still hasn’t pulled the comic from the user’s gallery in question, in spite of all of this negative publicity. Someone should take that down before more people start saving it to their hard drives.
November 18th, 2007 at 1:02 am
Assassins creed is fantastic game, and i cant see whats the problem, why so many are whining, complaining. Any way, Jade is absolutely very good producer, theres no doubt about it.
And i also support you jade. Dont listen those jerks!!
November 18th, 2007 at 1:41 am
I hate people that say:
“Jade Raymond use her sex appeal to sell the game”
Jade Raymond has studied and she’s an extraordinary producer.
November 18th, 2007 at 2:02 am
Hell yeah. Keep it real pimpin. Oh hatin ass nerd boys gotta hate on a beautiful lady. Jade never did anything to any of u gamers. And yall go and do this crap. Just because yall cant get any women, yall gotta abuse the ones on your side. Stupid and ignorant. She never used her sexuality. Everytime you saw her. She was wearing covering clothes. Nothing ever revealing. And doing interviews like every other producer in charge of the game they are working on. Yall who hatin. You need to sit down and shut the fuck up. Everybody who cares. Support Jade and Ubisoft.
November 18th, 2007 at 4:07 am
Bitches unite!!! Hurry!!!! Stop the comedy!!!! Get on it!!! Now!!!!!! You must protect the hairy bush!!!! You must protect your fellow camel toe!!!! Protect that shaved goodness ASAP!!!!
It’s fucking comedy. You girls are so str8 up retarded at times.
PUNANI POWER!!!!!
November 18th, 2007 at 4:17 am
She is a hot fucking bitch, I did buy assasins creed because of her. shit…. no just kidding I would have purchased the game anyways. (but it did help). again just kidding.
November 18th, 2007 at 5:34 am
Ubisoft should have fixed the game first, oh wait they Jade, nevermind…..
November 18th, 2007 at 9:13 am
NERD ALERT… our article got hit by nerds as well…. it seems there are plenty of them in Occidents….
November 18th, 2007 at 9:29 am
The guy who wrote it is one as well!
And proud of it.
But nice to see so many gamers supporting Jade on this one, and wanting to get more women involved in the world of gaming. I certainly hope this incident hasn’t put Jade off and we’ll get to see more of her.
I suppose she’s just hunkered down and she and the team are trying to fix all the things that are going horribly wrong with the game.
November 18th, 2007 at 10:41 am
btw…. i dont think DA is gonna do anything about it. And even the deviant who submitted is not gonna do anything… coz u see… they are all getting famous by it… even if its in negative way.
November 18th, 2007 at 10:52 am
^^ i don’t think dA would take it down.. unless they get sued maybe.. hmmm.. which they won’t..
November 18th, 2007 at 11:12 am
What is buying Creed got to do with Jade anyway?! Even if Gabe Newell was super-hot and all and me gay, I wouldn’t be touching any of Half-Life 2 with a 10 foot pole (pun totally unintended, and DEEPLY regretted) if it wasn’t good!
Let me just get a hang of this. There is a game which I am gonna play with a keyboard and mouse which’s got these animated characters, and then there’s this very likeable person promoting the game in the real world…and the connection is…..what?
I mean, you say the Mona Sax model is hot and “You know I heard about this…ahem…well…thing that you could do…” and “…that’s the reason I bought Max Payne 2…”, well…there’s something there!
Jade is the producer of Assassin’s Creed. Yeah, boy now read my lips..real-slow. P-R-O-D-U-C-E-R. Got it? Good.
Makes me wonder what will happen when more girls start buying into CS and HALO…if ever. Sonsabitches. Yeah that’s your mum I’m talking about!
Addendum: Guess none of those idiots would have had the patience to read this far anyway…anyhoo, got it out of my system.
November 18th, 2007 at 11:35 am
This article skews reality just as bad as the rest.
The fact of the matter is, Jade Raymond has done far more for Assassin’s Creed and UbiSoft as public relations than as a producer.
To compare her to Gabe Newell or Frank O’Connor is ridiculous. She’s spent 3-5x as much time in front of a camera (a conservative estimate) running her mouth about AC as either Gabe or Frank for their games.
Her credentials as a producer are equally ridiculous. “The Sims: Online” and “There” by There Inc, published by There Inc. Why exactly would Ubisoft make her the producer of a AAA title when her resume consists of two massive failures and some programming?
The only other real job she’s had is hosting/doing interviews for Electric Playground on G4 and as a presenter at the GDA ceremony. Nothing that suggests she actually produced Assassin’s Creed.
And then there’s the matter of how she manages to continue working for G4 on Electric Playground when she’s supposed to be producing a game…which is more than a 40 hour a week job.
Ubisoft isn’t stupid. They hired her to look pretty and talk about the game, the thing she’s best at. They simply aren’t going to put the producer of “The Sims Online” and “There” in charge of a AAA title.
November 18th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Yes, she is the face of Assassin’s Creed. Patrice Desilets also, to some extent. But the fact remains that whether Ubi hired Jade just for the PR and the pretty face or not, it was tasteless for the artist to get the message to Ubisoft by making such a comic out of her.
Sure, some people might say “If you play with fire, you’re gonna get burned” but it’s always Somebody’s Else Problem until it happens to you. With more and more attractive women entering the gaming arena, this just sets a bad example to a female who’s become the face of the game.
That wasn’t a direct comparison of Jade with Gabe, Frank or anyone else, but what’s going to happen now when Valve starts thrusting Portal’s Kim Swift next into the field? Will it be Jade redux? PR face or actual producer, she’s just doing her job. Don’t shoot the messenger, that’s the whole point of it all!
I am not with Ubisoft in sending that notice to SA. That was a boneheaded move on their part, since threatening legal action usually just gets you into a lot of trouble and earns you bad karma with the community. I support the artist’s right to express himself, but only as long as its done right. Freedom of speech can only go so far. Best Ubi just closes this matter altogether and focuses their attention on fixing what’s broken with the game, instead of earning themselves PR they don’t really need at this point.
November 18th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
She’s not going to have sex with you after reading this article, sorry. Internet white knighting is lame.
November 18th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
I have no doubt that she is qualified for the job… but Ubisoft DID pimp her in front of the Journalists and the gamers, and they know it.
Your examples are also flawed. In the case of HL2, Gabe was always in the background, and had someone else talk about HL2.
Don’t get me wrong, Jade has a right to take charge, she’s the PRODUCER for AC, but every single time it came to talk about AC, it was always Jade this, and Jade that.
Anyways, that’s how I feel about it. Great article, BTW.
November 18th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
So as far as I can see, the comic was only meant to point out somewhat shameless promotion from Ubisoft of Assassin’s Creed, through Ms. Raymond. Although it was in poor taste, i get the idea that the author wasn’t trying to degrade Ms. Raymond directly. He was obviously completely insensitive and inconsiderate to all innocent parties involved…
What I’m more concerned about is the intensive faith that is shown to somethingawful by its users. Something I noticed was how there were no complaints about Ms. Raymond’s behaviour before this, but as soon as SA were seen to (even if they did not consent to the comic being posted) take a stance its huge band of followers all nodded in agreement, seemingly regardless of content.
I think promotion of SA and Lowtax, which have been taken a notch above rival sites have created this blind faith in the site by some users - both “the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny” and “ebaumsworld.com” (although both being fantastic flash movies) at least subliminally promote SA and its chief editor.
Call me a n00b, but i think what this article talks about is the result of this “faith” that i’ve just described.
November 18th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
“She’s not going to have sex with you after reading this article, sorry. Internet white knighting is lame.”
OOH! You stumbled on to my secret plan! And here I was thinking she’ll be so happy. “My knight in shining armor! You defended my honor! I pray you take this favor as a token of my gratitude!”
It’s called standing up for something you believe in, and I just wrote a little rant on something *I* personally believe in. That’s about it. For me, getting to the play the game without any problems and enjoying a great story and some great gameplay is all that matters. As it should to everyone else as well. If saying something you believe in is “lame” then yeah, I guess I probably am.
November 18th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Meh, Jade is just a cum sucking touchy-bitch, I lol’d at the frenchies response.
November 18th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Wow this has to be the biggest ‘who gives a shit’ ever. I doubt Ubisoft or jade even care, they probably sued just to hang more publicity on the release.
Tasteless or not everyone has a right to their opinion, in whatever form. If they think that’s the way she is then that’s their right. Liberials love free speech until they get shit hang on themselves.
November 18th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Come on.. you cannot control thought!!!! A year ago a danish cartoonist made a cartoon about Muhhamed waving bombs around and the Islamic world whent balistic and all us westerners who believe in freedom of speach (whenever it suites us) looked down on these supposed ignorant twats and now people are DOING EXACTLY the same thing as the Muslim Fundamentalists regarding Jade. What is america becoming? Land of the sexual fundamentalists?
There is no doubt that Jade is competent! She talks an interview like Marvelous Marvin Haggler in his boxing prime. She is gorgeous as well!
So some pmply faced acned kid makes a porn pic? So what, Jade this does not reflect on you it reflects on the kid that did it. I have seen pics of Hilary getting done by a donkey, pics of the pope in orgies with Nuns and so on and so on… Ke Cera Cera…
Besides WHATS WRONG WITH SEX???? Why do Americans have such an issue about it. Sex is MUCH healthier than war and there is so much more positive karma attached to it. Would Jade have reacted the same if she was dressed in a Pic with Altar’s clothes disembowling babies? I doubt it.
Having said that she is where she is because she is good… the hot part is a boon
November 18th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Why would we think that Ubisoft, the company that introduced us to the progressive all-female clan the FragDolls, would be interested in using their sexy producer to help sell a game?
I think what you failed to point out was the inconsistency and hypocrisy in their lawsuit. When the cartoon of Pierre‑Arnaud Lambert sucking cock to convince gamers to buy “Rayman: Raving Rabbids” appeared on the SA forums, Ubisoft didn’t lift one finger to protect his virtue. Where is the justice in that?
November 18th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
[...] apparently http://www.somethingawful.com is being sued by UbiSoft for a comic/parody they had done which involves Jade promoting the game by doing “something [...]
November 18th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
@Mabulalahlega:
You sir, are an idiot. The most annoying thing about Americans is that they think they’re the center of the universe. Even when they (you) try to deride themselves, they do so with such arrogance that it makes my head spin.
Ubisoft is a French company.
Jade Raymond works at Ubisoft Montreal, a Canadian studio of a French company.
Something Awful is an American owned website, and the cartoon was hosted there.
Did you mean to say that France or Canada is the land of sexual fundamentalists?
I hate to interrupt your American self-loathing rant, but you are just fucking wrong, and you made no sense. Stop talking about America and Muslims and anything else you know shit about. You just sound like an ass.
November 18th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Anyone who saw Jade’s AC presentation at this year’s E3 knows she is a lousy public speaker.
She’s pretty, and Ubisoft has done nothing but parade her in front of cameras since they hired her.
The cartoon was uncalled for, but it seems like Ubi is just being very selective on how they choose to exploit Jade Raymond.
November 18th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
I’LL PLAY YOUR GAME, JADE!
UUNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
November 18th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Very good points. I’ve yet to see the image of her, but I knew about the controversy before reading this.
http://productiveblog.blogspot.com/
November 18th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
I love how all of this internet controversy gets people all riled up and sometimes don’t even know the real truth before everyone write stuff like this on their blogs.
I’ll admit it was a tasteless comic, but people should start pointing fingers at the person RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMIC and not a WEBSITE or FORUM that hosted a picture that had no control over what it’s users were posting.
Look at the second posting at chugworth.com’s first page and send your hate mail to Dave Cheung, and get him into more shit instead of witch hunting SA.
November 18th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
The internet corrupts things, whether its noticed is another thing. With all the hype around Assassins Creed, and a noticeable public “target”, this was bound to happen. (think Sakurai)
aside from that, i don’t really think its the greatest game ever. I’ll be bored in a month. NEEDS AI PATCH NOW
November 18th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
you’re a retard they aren’t going to buy it, but they are going to listen to everything she has to say, and if she is constantly putting up the game, they are going to tend to think it’s going to be a really good title. She uses sex appeal as a tool to advertise.
November 18th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Personally I actually looked at the game after seeing the cartoon, so any exposure is good exposure?
November 18th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
The more i read the comments everywhere, the more i believe Ubisoft people are a bunch of fools…. as the popular opinion of the sexually desperate nerds -as also portrayed by the comic- is projecting that Jade was a libidinal symbol in Ubi’s arsenal, i wonder why didnt they go for a better one.. why not ask Carmen Electra to sell it… why an unknown figure like Jade? Did they want to justify her humble origins? Was it all planned?
hellllo…!!!!
Earth to Nerds.. Earth to Nerds….
Wake up… neo
November 18th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
She will not secks you for defending her on teh intarwebs. Fail.
November 18th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
I got the game not knowing who had produced it and I had never even heard of Jade Raymond before I read this. Who in there right mind would think that the look of a producer would sell a game?
I think that Jade Raymonds name will sell games in the future, but not cause of her looks, its because she produced a game like “Assassin creed”.
November 18th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Rofl Jade is a dumb cunt. Everyone knows women shouldn’t have anything to do with video games. They need to stay in the fucking kitchen and shut the fuck up.
November 18th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Surely I’m not the only one who thinks that if they had just ignored the distasteful image it would have died the quiet death it deserved? Instead they threw fuel on the fire and now everyone knows about it.
They must have realised beforehand that putting a very attractive woman in front of their game in such a male-dominated audience would have elicited just this kind of response, which leads me to believe that they are either a) just that fucking stupid or b) milking the controversy for all that it’s worth. I feel sorry for Jade but the best thing she can do is ignore it and get on with her life.
November 18th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
As poor taste as the comic was, Jade was put in the public eye. This leaves her subject to lampooning. Think about SNL and George Bush. You don’t see him whining about the weekly mocking he gets. If you want to disagree with me because GW gets the stupid jokes while Jade gets the sexual ones, refer to the Clinton years.
The fact is, once you are put in front of a camera, you will get made fun of by some parties.
November 18th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Oh hey I bet none of you who was the producer for Portal was. Look it up sometime.
November 18th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
I have to say that I disagree, UbiSoft totally exploited her and sold the game partially on her appearance (something that was completely unnecessary). I’ve never seen a game where the promotion, design and gameplay were all covered by the same person - she literally was at all the PR promotions for this game. Ubisoft knew that hey well we can increase PR on this game by using the already sexy producer..so they used her, and they went with it.
While I think the pics are bizarre and probably a bit much, especially considering that it’s a demeaning - I think that they should settle amicably because SA is the audience that they are targeting with this game, and you never want to offend/hurt the audience you’re selling to.
November 18th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Don’t you think that if Ubisoft was banking on Jade selling the game, they would have place some big sticker on the box stating “Produced by UBER Hot Jade Raymond”. Or even thrown a picture of her on the back.
Come on, like others have stated, the game didn’t sell on her. I have been waiting for this game for awhile now, as have a lot of other people. I bought the game because it looks incredible, and IS incredible. Whether or not the producer is hot, that has no value on my opinion of the game, and whether or not I decide to buy it.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Hmm comparing jade raymond to Gabe or Cevat? Why don’t just throw miyamoto and kojima there just for kicks too?. These guys get publicity because they have already produced great games. Thats the difference. Even if she’s qualified, she still hasn’t made any great game. Anyone know the name of the producers behind call of duty? Quake? Baldurs Gate? Oblivion? Gran Turismo? Nobody?. Hint: They don’t have boobs.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Oh please, the strip is just a satire on the said blatant exploit of Jade Raymond, because the whole public relation actions should be about the game, not about boobs, and picture spreads in FHM. Ubisoft will just end up making fools out of themselves, there is no chance of conviction here, and for good reason.
November 18th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
1) Ubisoft is mad at Something Awful for a picture of a naked girl photoshopped to have jade’s face.
2) There was a comic going being distributed at SA. But the article and several comments here are wrong to the origin. The art was immediately recognizable as the guy who draws chugworth academy.
3) Look at this picture: http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/pics4/jade_raymond_and_team1.jpg
I’m sure that the people that actually put in the hard work in developing this title were thrilled how they have to stand 3 feet away from Jade. Or better yet, the guys who were blocked by her face. I could go onto how they put the black guy and the asian girl(look how much passive rage she has) in the front so they give the appearance of being a diverse company.
4) Jade is a figurehead. As a producer, if you have no idea of the game mechanics during interviews. what other message does this send?
The photoshopped nude image was obviously over the line. But the cartoon? Nah, it really did represent what jade was doing/what Ubisoft paid Jade to do…metaphorically whoring herself so that gaming nerds would buy the game/give it good reviews/defend her on the internet. You also have to remember Ubisoft was the same company to bring together “FragDolls”.
from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frag_Dolls):
“The Frag Dolls are a group of girl gamers recruited and employed by Ubisoft with the aim of promoting women in gaming as well as Ubisoft’s games. The Frag Dolls are all avid gamers; they are also attractive women, which gains them negative as well as positive press attention”
It doesn’t take that great of a leap of logic to realize that Ubisoft is doing the same thing. Exploitation of gender to drive up their sales… Equality my ass.
November 18th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
a cease and desist is not a law suit you moron.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:25 am
Wow she looks really great. But I’d neither put her in charge of a big project, nor would I buy a game because of her. I agree with the blogger.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:06 am
It’s Something Awful. I think everyone knows that they don’t take themselves (or the Goons) particularly seriously. If it was hosted (not just linked to) by IGN then maybe the suit would be justified. Grow a thicker skin.
Its not even about creating a high minded debate about Women in the Gaming Industry, and the lack thereof. So what if Ubisoft marketed her, she’s the lead producer and being attractive is just another marketing tool, one of many that Ubisoft will use to sell their games.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:04 am
This matter has been blown way out of proportion. I respect a company who is trying to defend their employees I honestly do. I do not agree with any sexual material being made that would cause harm to someones image. That being said, look at how many fake drawings there are of celebrities and other highly respected attractive females? I do not recall this much media attention going towards the producers of Gears of War, Halo 3, and so forth. Of course not, they were all male. Jade Raymond is very attractive, wether she likes it or not she is living proof that hot WOMEN play video games. There isn’t anything wrong with that by any means. She is very respected and has a great fanbase and she has a wonderfull reputation which she has rightfully earned. However, you have to take the good with the bad. I do not condone the comic that falsely portrayed her, but things of its nature are to be expected. It isn’t fair by any means, but she isn’t, by no means the only female whos image has been crudely harmed before. And, sadly she won’t be the last.
I like that Ubisoft is trying to defend her, as I said above, it is wonderful, my highest respect goes out to the company. However, I do not feel that the webmaster of the site that hosted the image should be held to blame for an image that one of their users posted. I understand that it is the webmasters responsibility to monitor the content of what is on said website. However, regarding the content in question, was it honestly an illegal drawing? How can that be? That is like saying that every time some fan draws a photo of Master Chief, Solid Snake, Mario, Zelda, etc etc, that they are violating copy right law. Yes, the content was crude and sexually degrading, but so is every fake porn image of Britney Spears, and I haven’t heard about anyone being sued over them. To sum it up, I don’t blame Ubisoft wanting the image removed, but I do believe that asking nicely would have avoided this entire situation. Ubisoft did throw the first punch and made a problem that is very easily resolved, now blown in to lawsuits and overall more money being spent and lost that wasn’t needed in the first place. Had Ubisoft asked nicely and been met with a negative response then yes, get legal, get the matter settled the hard way because being nice didn’t work. But Ubisoft jumped headfirst believing that threatening a lawsuit would gurantee the image being removed with out any hesitation over simply being polite, stern, but still respectfull.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:05 am
You had a pretty poignant account of all this, up until that last line. If in her position, I’d feel just as disgusted by someone telling me to “hang in there, girl” as I would by someone lambasting my employer or exploiting my sexuality (okay…maybe that last one’s a fair cry beyond the others, but still). You’re just promoting the opposite extreme–giving her positive treatment for her sex instead of negative. And people can deny that all they want, but they won’t get my attention until they can name the last time such a profusely gushy appreciation article was written for a male designer. Was it wrong for Ubi to use her to represent the game? Of course not. But this sort of journalism is the definition of shameless.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:07 am
parody. the chick should should take it on the chin and laugh about it. she wants to be a celeb and this is the kind of ish that happens.
She should ask Hilary what is is like being in the public eye. Jeez, what a baby.
November 19th, 2007 at 9:53 am
yeah, i’ve been planning on getting assassin’s creed ever since hearing about it months ago, and i have only heard of jade raymond a few days ago after hearing about sa getting a letter from ubisoft or whatever, so all that bullshit about using her to sell the game is bunk
November 19th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
I whole Heartedly agree with some of the Statements made in the Story. I admit she is a very Beautiful Producer and all but she was just doing her job. She was just that much more noticed because of her beauty rather than for the game she was producing. While it started out as any other Producer might the internet turned it into a Jade Raymond Story rather than about Assassins Creed.
Now I didn’t see the comic mentioned but I’m sure she has more class than that and just didn’t like being portrayed as something she is not.
The one thing I wish would have been better handled is the making of the game because i’ll Ive heard now are all the glitches in the game Perhaps her Q&A team were too busy checking her out instead of checking out the game properly.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
I bought this game because of the generally brilliant job this team did of marketing the game to appear as the greatest, most fluid and intuitive game to arrive this year.
Upon purchasing the game, I was impressed. Putting aside the slight technical errors, this is the most enjoyable experience I’ve played on PS3 so far.
Congratulations Jade on a benchmark game and hang in there, we all would like to see many more games coming from your studio in the future.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
great job with this article guys. this needed to be said
peace
sam
http://www.GamingIndians.com
November 19th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Jade’s a dumb bitch and I hope UbiSoft fires her: Her game sucked, she can’t take a joke, and she’s there for no other reason than eye candy. Screw the bitch!
November 19th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I didn’t even know a girl was the producer of Assassin’s Creed.
The game looks pretty awesome anyways.
It’s such a sad time when people actually fight and argue over something so minuscule.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:16 am
Ubisoft is, gamers are, and everyone here is blowing this way out of proportion. She’s a public figure, the comic was tasteless satire, but everyone thinks that this “means something”. It means something about gamers, it means something about the community, it means something about treatment of women in gaming.
It means nothing except that the world is filled with juvenile people who have no sense of perspective. Ubisoft’s reply caused more people to see the offending comic, and its probably selling more Assassin’s Creed. Good or bad, you’re being played. You were played before and you’re being played now. Especially the white knights.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:50 am
“It means nothing except that the world is filled with juvenile people who have no sense of perspective.”
So it does mean something!!
And then there’s obviously the perspective you seem to have that says - “I dont give a fuck.”. So why post a comment?
YOu’ll note, that the answer to that is the very reason this article was posted. An opinion! It’s free - love it or leave it. It aint being forced down your throat or up your ass!
SO whats White Knights gotta do with it? Fuck! Better to be the knight than the fucking court jester!!
November 20th, 2007 at 4:39 am
Jade Raymond didn’t design the game. She was hired after the game was already conceived. The problem is Ubi is pitching her like she was head designer of this game, when she wasn’t.
November 20th, 2007 at 9:15 am
hahaha, this is funny.
i just now, by reading this article, learned who Jade Raymond is. i didn’t even know who the producer for this game was, and quite frankly i didn’t really care that much. i bought Assassin’s Creed because the GAME looked very promising, not the spokesperson or whatever.
this claim is flat-out ridiculous. funny, though.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Never like Newbisoft anyways, but this wasen’t nice to do.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Fuck, i agree with tim. Jayde wanted to be a celeb…She should learn to handle this sort of stuff. Lots of A lister actresses have their photoshoped nudie counterparts all over the web…
While, what SA did was not something that a real fine gent would do, it is best if Jayde and Ubi just move on and forget about the dealie. I, for one adore Jade’s sparkly smile more than them tits. She is a pretty girl, not someone who i saw as smolderingly hot…She was never potrayed that way…
November 20th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Cardon.
You are as thick as a plank. Canadians are as close to Americans as the Valons are to the French. Different Fingers on the same hand, and the only people that will argue the point are the Canucks and the Americans themselves.
I dont know what you are trying to say because you are too angry.
Point is : Americans love violence and despise anything Sexual. They will go crazy about two men porking each other (or a pretty girl being pornified) but drive by shootings in Detroit is kind of like … uh okay.
I dont really need to insult you, by your ignorance you exposed yourself, as fools generally do.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
A friend of mine bought Assassin’s Creed the other day, and I love that game to death. I just stumbled upon this particular post and just now learned the name Jade Raymond. Of course, whenever there’s an at least semi-attractive woman involved with a game you’re going to have the scum of our species making lewd comments about her to vent their own sexual frustration. It’s sad really, but at least we can all take comfort in knowing that they’ll never reproduce…
November 21st, 2007 at 9:51 am
it is so sad people can’t laugh anymore. But the bottom line is who cares?
November 25th, 2007 at 8:08 am
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November 25th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
I bought this game purely because of the opportunity to interact with a time and place that I, as a history enthusiast, have been researching for some time. Didn’t know, or even care about, the people involved in the making of it, unless they had historical credentials. However, I am not here to bring up any historical quirks of the game. As many people here have mentioned, the majority of gamers are male, and so as female game people get introduced to the community, there will be growing pains. This whole situation is unfortunate, but inevitable. People who have had a basically male dominated activity and community are just going to have to get used to females taking part in it.
Sucks for all involved, but consider them the pioneers.
November 25th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
[...] to believe it’s been a week since we posted the Jade Raymond article. What was posted as a simple opinion on my part somehow ballooned out of control and became a huge [...]
December 2nd, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Heh. Love the angry nerd responses. “OMG UR White Knight” this and “OMG she deserved it” that.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
You pretty much said all of the things I want to say to all those pervs out there that actually like those images.
December 11th, 2007 at 7:55 am
WHO REALLY CARES? YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING! tHID ID THE BIGGESXT JOKE IVE EVER HEARD….
December 13th, 2007 at 5:41 am
All this overshadows the fact that AC is the same game experience over and over again, with a ridiculous combat system tacked onto the end. It is not the be-all end-all of gaming. It is a marginally good experience, compared to all the other clones out there.
It’s a shame the end-game involves fighting 20 guys with the same block-counter move. It insults our intelligence.
Stick to the facts, fanboy.
March 14th, 2008 at 8:32 am
wtf?
“every single presentation was carried out by Ms. Raymond”???
it’s her fking game, i think she has every bloody right to talk about her own game! What? all because she’s a chik makes it different? she should be able to talk about her brilliant work without sexuality in the picture!? i mean come on, who the hell are these people
however, i guess its not that bad that the picture was posted, seeing heaps of this sort of stuff is posted on the net
poor jade though, there are a lot of people supporting you!
August 20th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
If only jade sucked as much as that game did.
October 23rd, 2008 at 10:38 am
As somebody said:
Do you know the creators of Quake, Baldurs Gate, etc = NOOO
buy you know the producer of AC ?? YEEEESSS because of…. no comments
Image sells, i dont say that she doesnt have the knowledge or hability for produce games, but we all know her and the game wasnt a big one (7-8 of 10) and UBISOFT really works on her image her image her image, so is ridiculous think that is nothing of marketing here.. RIDICULOUS…
just see the Jade team an HER http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/pics4/jade_raymond_and_team1.jpg is like the queen and the slaves
and why ALL the presentations were carried by HER? because… again no comments