Youtube pulls UB Video

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  1. Court Court is offline Moderator

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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 6:37pm)

    KICKED IN THE BALLS – POPULAR VIRAL VIDEO FROM ULTIMATEBET.COM IS BANNED BY YOUTUBE

    Viral Video Depicts the Plight of Online Poker Players

    November 10, New York – In a move that added insult to a staged injury, executives at leading poker site UltimateBet.com today learned that their wildly popular viral video, UltimateBet.com Won't Kick You In the Balls was banned from the YouTube video site.

    The recently released video received over 2500 views within the first 24 hours of being made public, as it depicted the plight of tens of thousands of online poker players whose accounts and VIP status were rejected by many of the largest poker sites. Consumer feedback to the mass rejection indicated that many internet poker aficionados felt “kicked in the balls” after not being able to sign into their accounts.<SPAN> </SPAN>

    UltimateBet.com – whose site remains open to any and all wishing to play online – produced the video to add humor to the plight of tens of thousands of poker players.

    “Being censored was the last thing we expected when we produced this video,” said UltimateBet.com spokesperson <SPAN>George MacLean. “It’s a good thing we distributed the video far and wide, otherwise we would be the one experiencing a most uncomfortable kick.”</SPAN>

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    The video can be viewed at http://www.ub.com
     
  2. nowapowa nowapowa is offline

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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 6:42pm) in reply to Court

    lolz.

    can anyone figure out a reason for pulling it?
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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 6:53pm) in reply to Court

    I have seen far worse on youtube than this...it was funny as hell
  4. Mr. Blonde Mr. Blonde is offline Supreme Moderator

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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 7:00pm) in reply to SusieQue

    google owns youtube now....I wonder if they felt there would be sanctions from the USGov if they didnt remove that video. Dumb
     
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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 7:03pm) in reply to Court

    meeh pretty weak video, not funny at all, that's prolly the main reason it was pulled
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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 7:12pm) in reply to Court

    Very stupid video. Very stupid reason to pull it as well.
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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 7:14pm) in reply to Court

    i never saw the video... where is it on ub.com ?
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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 7:30pm) in reply to Court

    that first kick to the balls was funny. then the UB guy walking in and putting ice on his nads. funny stuff
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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 7:42pm) in reply to Court

    Still available on iFilm however...

    <embed src="http://www.ifilm.com/efp" quality="high" bgcolor="000000" name="efp" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="flvbaseclip=2795368&" align="middle" height="365" width="448">
  10. Kevin Jessee Kevin Jessee is offline

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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 8:01pm) in reply to Court

    maybe it was pulled because of the gay guy at the end grabbin the dudes package?
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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 8:53pm) in reply to Kevin Jessee

    would it make a difference if you knew they were in a committed relationship?
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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 11:38pm) in reply to beanie

    Makes it less hot.
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    Nov 10th, 2006 (11/10/2006 11:54pm) in reply to Court

    Youtube isn't hugely censory for mild things like that (kicks in balls), so could well have just been that lawyers from Paradise or Party complained about pseudo-logos for their sites being there, or for sort of being defamed a bit or something like that. If it was just the hand on crotch at the end, they'd just label it as adult content.

    Anyway, this is th ebest result for UB, now they can release press releases about it, whereas otherwise the video would have just become obscure after ppl viewed it from msg boards like this. UB would have been smart to complain to Youtube themselves about it, so they could issue this release and direct people to their site to see the "hot, controversial" video
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    Nov 11th, 2006 (11/11/2006 12:57am) in reply to pokerfellow

    People getting kicked in the balls has been funny since the beginning of time, and it will be funny for the rest of time.
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    Nov 11th, 2006 (11/11/2006 1:29am) in reply to Petoria

    it was pretty funny watchin him getting kicked in the balls, but the grabbing of the balls was too much
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    Nov 11th, 2006 (11/11/2006 1:38am) in reply to Court

    that was sooooo funny
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    Nov 11th, 2006 (11/11/2006 9:11am) in reply to Court

    don't get why this was pulled. UB has posted it to their own site now... i think this is funny as hell. ball kicking rules....
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    Nov 11th, 2006 (11/11/2006 9:16am) in reply to qbikal

    If YouTube pulled every weak, unfunny vido on their site they would be 1/8475439876897 their current size.
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    Nov 11th, 2006 (11/11/2006 9:56am) in reply to iPokerBum

    its obviously a commercial for internet poker. that's why it was pulled. If they didn't have the text at the end it probably would be cool.

    so what to do is make your own ball kickin video and post it on youtube. Youtube is run by the man now and will lose its edge soon anyways if they keep pulling videos.

    Are there videos of people playing online poker on youtube still?
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