Source of Alleged Sonic 4 Photos Debunked
Tristan Oliver | March 17, 2010
Rick Fields, Come On Down…You’re Being Exposed
TSSZ News has joined other sources in labeling the photos we presented to you late last night as hoaxes. We have since outright retracted the story.
TSSZ News has learned the source of the images, known to us formally as Rick Fields, has actively engaged in malicious community and borderline fraudulent activity previously, and that was enough for us to make the call. In our particular case, Fields posed as a teenager who claimed to have received the images in question from a friend whose father had ties to a gaming company. Fields may have performed similar poses for sites like SegaBits, who had published the material approximately half an hour before this site did, while we were continuing to try and authenticate. Previously, Fields posed as a 12 year old on Sega’s own Project Needlemouse Community Challenge.
Strangely, this isn’t the worst offense he’s committed. TSSZ News learned this afternoon Fields once claimed to be part of a Sega division of the U.S. Virgin Islands that does not exist. Using that designation, Fields attempted to lure several fan projects with false promises of official recognition and distribution. We’re told prominent project Sonic Megamix was among several others targeted.
Unfortunately for Fields, in discussions with TSSZ News, he used both his real name and a live E-Mail address. It is our policy to disclose sources who deliberately give us false information. He has not yet returned our request for comment on all this today, but we’re sure he’d love to hear your thoughts on what he’s been doing.
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Damn…those photos looked legit too. But seriously, what a douche.
Riiiight. They were fake. *wink* Gotcha.
Wow, that guy sucks.
You know, I hate douchebags like him. >.>
Of course…
Brilliant thinking there Rick >.<
He should've known that he would get caught.
@ Zephyr I agree he got me fooled.
Oh dear! I fear they have spelt this wrong:
rickfields@live.com – Real
dickfields@live.com – Fixed!
What an idiot.
thank goddness
lol, he used his real name and e-mail…
You failed very bad Rick Fields XD
Rick……..Rolled!
What a coincidence!
Anyway, hes a F**K
Dammit! not htis again that guy got series problems. We were so excited now we been duped and i feel a little ashamed.
Good job Rick Fields, you are a living proof that this fan base still has a sense of humor.
Thanks for the info Tristan =)
lol , sonic 4 is more than important for create big hoax xD
Waiting for more REAL news about sonic 4 =)
HOW THE HECK DID ANY OF YOU THINK THIS WAS REAL!? THERE WAS ZERO CELL SHADING!
Welcome to butthurt journalism, where fact-checking comes second to posting a story.
Dan Rather would be proud.
@ Edge
Wow, you’re totally right. That was stupid of us.
Way to cover your butts tssz.
Come to think of it, those pics WERE quite fishy…
We’ll just have to see what Sega really has in store for us.
I knew it. :p
You all presume Rick fields is an actual person.
Hah, really now. Why would he use his real name?
and rickfields@live.com? Gimmie a break.
That’s not his real name nor his real life email account I’d say.
Oh and Tristain, posting peoples email adresses (I dont believe he’d really use his real name/email adress) can get you in a ton of trouble if you dont have that persons consent, so please remove the links to his email if you dont want to get yourself into trouble. You could ruin someones life like that. Remember when people sent hate mail and phonecalls to Kuta? We wouldnt want that to repeat itself right? And knowing how aweful this fanbase is its likely that they would do just that. I mean… read the comments…
I must agree, Edge has a point. Why ruin somebody’s life over something that, really, has only amounted to nothing more than an early April Fool’s Day prank?
So it wasn’t real. Oh well. We can get over it, and wait for the -real- stuff.
No need to publicly humiliate somebody over something like that. Even if they are jerks. All I know is that I don’t know anything about this person, whether they’re nice, or bad, or loving, or dickish — What I do know is that they decided to do what hundreds have done in the past over games like this, and… honestly? They don’t need to be hunted down with torches and pitchforks over that.
In the end, Sonic 4 is just a game. Let’s keep it that way, yeah..?
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Which photos are “fake,” the mine cart ones or the final boss ones?
asshole.