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Youtube pulls UB Video

Court (United States) 471 Posts. Joined 08-20-2006.
11-10-2006 5:37 PM

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.

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 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.”

The video can be viewed at http://www.ultimatebet.com

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nowapowa (United States) 7,177 Posts. Joined 02-28-2005.
11-10-2006 5:42 PM - In reply to

lolz.

can anyone figure out a reason for pulling it?

SusieQue (United States) 2,271 Posts. Joined 02-25-2005.
11-10-2006 5:53 PM - In reply to

I have seen far worse on youtube than this...it was funny as hell

Mr. Blonde (United States) 20,784 Posts. Joined 09-16-2005.
11-10-2006 6:00 PM - In reply to

google owns youtube now....I wonder if they felt there would be sanctions from the USGov if they didnt remove that video. Dumb

qbikal 42 Posts. Joined 04-12-2006.
11-10-2006 6:03 PM - In reply to

meeh pretty weak video, not funny at all, that's prolly the main reason it was pulled

EaSeBack (United States) 98 Posts. Joined 11-04-2006.
11-10-2006 6:12 PM - In reply to

Very stupid video. Very stupid reason to pull it as well.

ringoffire (United States) 2,336 Posts. Joined 10-04-2006.
11-10-2006 6:14 PM - In reply to

i never saw the video... where is it on ultimatebet.com ?

ga12step (Togo) 214 Posts. Joined 10-21-2006.
11-10-2006 6:30 PM - In reply to

that first kick to the balls was funny. then the UB guy walking in and putting ice on his nads. funny stuff

Ur_Dominated (United States) 68 Posts. Joined 10-03-2006.
11-10-2006 6:42 PM - In reply to

Still available on iFilm however...

Kevin Jessee (United States) 213 Posts. Joined 05-02-2006.
11-10-2006 7:01 PM - In reply to

maybe it was pulled because of the gay guy at the end grabbin the dudes package?

beanie (United States) 6,274 Posts. Joined 01-20-2005.
11-10-2006 7:53 PM - In reply to

would it make a difference if you knew they were in a committed relationship?

pokerfellow (United States) 721 Posts. Joined 01-20-2006.
11-10-2006 10:38 PM - In reply to

Makes it less hot.

pokerfellow (United States) 721 Posts. Joined 01-20-2006.
11-10-2006 10:54 PM - In reply to

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

Petoria (United States) 297 Posts. Joined 05-18-2005.
11-10-2006 11:57 PM - In reply to

People getting kicked in the balls has been funny since the beginning of time, and it will be funny for the rest of time.

Kevin Jessee (United States) 213 Posts. Joined 05-02-2006.
11-11-2006 12:29 AM - In reply to

it was pretty funny watchin him getting kicked in the balls, but the grabbing of the balls was too much

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Youtube pulls UB Video Court (United States) 471 Posts. Joined 08-20-2006. 11-10-2006 5:37 PM

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Youtube pulls UB Video

Court (United States) 471 Posts. Joined 08-20-2006.
11-10-2006 5:37 PM

nowapowa (United States) 7,177 Posts. Joined 02-28-2005.
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SusieQue (United States) 2,271 Posts. Joined 02-25-2005.
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qbikal 42 Posts. Joined 04-12-2006.
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EaSeBack (United States) 98 Posts. Joined 11-04-2006.
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ga12step (Togo) 214 Posts. Joined 10-21-2006.
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