Seems that Housequake is taking a butt whipping by the NPG team. Bunch of wusses over there.....

Are you aware of how disrespectful you sound?

Why the tone? And why wusses, they have been fighting for months and are now just trying to preserve their site. Damn, man.
[Edited 9/28/07 23:12pm]

Anji said:

and HQ members have been so respectful of NPGMC and Org members. Right.

Lothan said:

HA! that's right.

Karma, anyone?

Lothan said:

so true, i used to support HQ, especially on the video forum debate however the sheer arrogance and disrespect they have shown recently really let the community down and did us no favours. Serves them right.

Lothan said:

Bashing prince.org and its members was never allowed on HQ.

Shame they didn't apply the same rule to npgmc. Then they wouldn't be contemplatin' eatin' Humble Pie.
HQ do NOT represent 'the fans'. They represent themselves.
There's nothing on HQ that isn't available elsewhere and as for what they've done for Prince like ever, NAME IT.

dothejump said:

Serves 'em right, arrogant so n so's.

christos7 said:

Ha! So you wish to see HQ go. Ever thought about it that 'your' photo threads will have hardly anything new if that happens?

Or are you still scanning your collection of Prince pics, Christos?
[Edited 9/29/07 1:12am]

I was very loyal to that place until about 3 months ago..I had enough of the moderators there..two in particular...a girl but mostly a guy that calls himself C something...Rude Rude Rude..(There is a line that people are not supposed to cross when they are supposed to be neutral) and they were crossing that line VERY OFTEN !
and they both didnt know shit about Prince compared to me..The girl has been down with prince and the community for a long time ..but the dude is like a Prince newbie compared to me..I started to feel very uncomfortable there..I wish them no BAD but I also think when a site has shitty moderators "shitty situations" will soon follow.

Lothan said:

You're so wrong about this. It's also amazing when you think that not long ago it was supposedly the org that was the thorn in Prince's side. HQ was the "fammy" place best avoided by anyone who got physically sick from the tone of voice at sites like NPGMC.
A couple of years later, Prince does a tour, org gets innundates by new people and presto : some new kind of reality where it's HQ being the disrespectful site.
Such a joke.

Need I really remind you of how "respectful" the NPGMC crowd and moderators were towards the org? The org was being dissed on a daily basis ... I'm really surprised you do not remember that.
[Edited 9/29/07 3:13am]

dothejump said:

You are joking as you well know by the rules no flaming, insulting etc, does that rule only apply to members cause i have seen posts that insult people on the org and even the man the site is dedicated to prince calling him a midget isnt going to help.

Prettymansson said:


100% Agree Housequake was a cool place to visit but once you have a different opinion they call you a prince ass licker or a obssesive, well at least i aint crying over some shitty video forum or concert photos

I have never noticed any Prince.org dissing on Housequake. What did they do that they have become so unpopular over here ? When did it happen ? What happened in the last three months ?

KoolEaze said:

it has happened and blame a couple of the mods over thier why housequake is unpopular. They think they know whats legal and whats not, it was not about the legality of the photos etc it was about respecting the mans wishes if prince does not want items posted on thier thats his image and his right to do whatever with it.

lets say for instance we took housequakes images etc and used it on another website would they be happy with that, i dont think they would be.

Graycap23 said:

Y'know what? I don't have a dog in this fight but I think that what you posted is hateful and divisive.

Quite frankly, I'm surprised at you Gray...I thought you were above this sort of thing. Why come over here to stir the pot?

This is a true story. When they had a chat room, I was there one night, having fun and chatting with other members… a moderator with the name of Robbie (people in the Czech Republic had sworn they smell his foul breath) came in watched for a while. No drama and nothing bad was going on, chat members were making up jokes, etc. all in for the laugh. I got kicked out by Robbie for something I didn’t do… 2 more members where shown the door before me and people in chat were like WTF?

I sent the complaint to Aaron about what really happened at the chat and suggested him to school Robbie into better moderation, etc. I was banned from the site after that.

The do have unpopular power tripping moderators and NPGMC moderators were a bunch of motherfuckers but Housequake are worse.

Should I say well done Prince? Or feel sorry for Housequake?

My answer would be: Fuck it… Shit happens and that’s life.

babynoz said:

co-sign

Nobody wants to see HQ go. They want to hear them SHUT UP for at least as long as they've been shouting over the top of everything else.
I'm sure they're all nice guys really but guys who really don't appreciate that in the end fans of Prince don't really care what mess they're getting themselves into by trying to emulate The Pirate Bay.

BTW: I'll shut up if they will.

dothejump said:

HQ gets no sympathy from me. I used to post over there, but I stopped when I realized they didn't respect Prince's right to operate his business. I told them they were idiots and this day would be coming, as they had absolutely NO LEGAL PRINCIPLE TO STAND ON!. They'll be lucky if Prince doesn't end up with the site, the name, the servers, Aaron's draws... everything!

Seriously, Prince gets a lot of heat from some of the fanbase over this kind of thing, but I don't know any fansite that he actually hit-up for a judgement. In the case of HQ Prince could ask for and get a judgement in the millions against Aaron.

FreeMuze said:

No he couldn't. You don't know what the hell you're talking about.

m3taverse said:

Ok, then set me straight. Why couldn't he? There was plenty of copyright infringement at HQ particularly in the vids section. He could ask for damages for every download. I told those guys back in January after the Superbowl what was going to happen, but... they had to be idiots! They will be VERY lucky if Prince does not actually sue them.

Have to agree with you there.
I doubt Prince could get diddly from HQ in court.

However, as in the case of a divorce, getting into having a row through lawyers is an all-consuming abyss of legal fees and sleepless nights.
And in the case of Prince and HQ, they weren't even engaged in the first place.

m3taverse said:

excessex said:

Yup, that's exactly what's going on.

FreeMuze said:

Kind of strange that you are still posting on a fansite. This website also has a lot photos that are not allowed by Prince and his people on HQ. And photoshopped pics were 'forbidden' a long time ago on HQ. (You can still find them here and on every other fansite).
If it is like you say I think you are not respecting Prince's business by posting on a fansite.

FreeMuze said:[quote]

m3taverse said:

Haha. Downloads? Man, those videos weren't downloadable since 2003 anymore. As far as I remember the Superbowl performance took place in 2007 and since it was broadcasted the broadcaster has the copyright.
[Edited 9/29/07 7:24am]

Funny...seems to me that Prince fans as a whole community are the ones Prince is kicking in the ass!

Before you eagerly disagree, take a minute and really think about what's been going on and who it effects most!

Took a minute, thought about it and am adding you to the 'Sherpy Nerp Nerps' folder

SexyBeautifulOne said:

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Yup. Exactly. Every other fansite can be next.

m3taverse said:

when was this? when has the org ever had issues with prince's camp?










and in response to everything else...well, i know i could probably get demoted as a mod for saying this but i feel so compelled about all of this that its worth it if i do because i really feel passionately about this subject and wont be able to rest until i am honest and open about it. so, well.....




im neutral.

Well glad that you included the quote marks on 'forbidden'.
As far as is generally known until we see the paperwork (relax we don't wanna see the paperwork), NPG made 'requests' which were declined, temporarily granted, then declined again.
Based on incomplete info on what's been going on, I'd say that the party encamped in might be called 'the grey area' (or so it believed) tried to play cards that it don't HAVE in the interim and that the other players smelled blood and have accordingly raised the stakes. After all, it's all in the game, right?

What's lame is to one day sidle up to your opponent like Mike Tyson and when he says 'Boo', go cryin' to yo mama and cousins for sympathy. Which is my harshest assessment of the proceedings to date.





dothejump said:[quote]

FreeMuze said:

Kind of strange that you are still posting on a fansite. This website also has a lot photos that are not allowed by Prince and his people on HQ. And photoshopped pics were 'forbidden' a long time ago on HQ. (You can still find them here and on every other fansite).
If it is like you say I think you are not respecting Prince's business by posting on a fansite.

FreeMuze said: