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Re GURPS Fallout: I don't think it was violence in the material that caused the falling out (no pun intended) between Interplay and SJG. Almafeta 02:44, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] SunDevil

The raid on the GURPS offices had nothing to do with Sand Devil operation, follow the link and see. —Wikijeff

Isn't it called Operation Sundevil? I had always heard they were specifically after the Cyberpunk author because he was a hacker, but since SJG was raided and all their files taken it had hurt the company financially until the investigtaion ended, which is why they sued for invasion of privacy and harrasment. So yes, it a way they were "involved" with Sundevil. I had also heard they raided the offices of Alternative Tentacles the record label of Jello Biafra at the same time which was in the same building as SJG. Cyberia23 18:26, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Heres the relevant quote from the SJGames site linked in the dispute notice:

5. This was part of Operation Sun Devil.
No it wasn't. Sun Devil was a totally separate project, aimed at credit card fraud. Because it had a neat name, it got a lot of headlines. Since computers were involved, some reporters got the two confused. The Secret Service helped the confusion along by refusing to comment on what was, or wasn't part of Sun Devil. Sun Devil was not a "hacker" investigation. So says Gail Thackeray, who was its spearhead.

How is this as a corrected paragraph?

GURPS also became part of the hacker sub-culture, when the company's Austin offices were raided by the Secret Service. The target was the author of GURPS Cyberpunk in relation to documents stolen from Bell South relating to the E911 Emergency Response system. The incident was directly contributory to the founding of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A common error suggests that this raid was in fact part of Operation Sundevil and carried out by the FBI. Sundevil was in action at the same time, but was completely separate.

Brehaut 03:32, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Sounds alright to me. Just seems like a lot of confusion as to what really happened out there. Like I mentioned, I had always heard the Feds also raded Jello Biafra's record label at the same time, since SJG shared the same office building. That raid was supposedly over an indecency charge and had nothing to do with computer hacking. I guess they were trying to kill two birds with one stone that day. Cyberia23 15:58, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Seeing as nobody else commented, i went and made the change and removed the dispute warning. Also, the whole GURPS Concept section probably needs to be a bit refactored, its a mess of random paragraphs Brehaut 10:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

"overview of the GURPS mechanics" is too self-referential. i'm changing it to "Mechanics of the game" Blueaster 20:55, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Commercial success?

Some discussion of the commercial success of the GURPS system would be a welcome addition. -Toptomcat 02:22, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reviews

Just a quick note to mention there is a review of first edition GURPs in WHite Dwarf (Magazine) #83 page 4. -Waza 13:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Other reviews to help aid this article. Will add when I get the chance.

Web Warlock 12:41, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Somebody might also check:
Goochelaar 17:04, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Research request

A request to search academic journals for GURPS has been received and completed. Results may be found here. Wish there was better news for you guys. /Blaxthos 00:31, 19 October 2007 (UTC)