Uwe Boll is probably the first person you think of if you're asked about a bad director. Because you love your games and hate seeing them ruined by a Hollywood flick that isn't worth your time. At least, that is what the vast majority of movie consumers seem to say: Uwe Boll is a bad director and you'd prefer him not making movies anymore.

Well... what seemed at first a desperate cry for help could be the answer to your prayers: Uwe Boll might stop directing game-related movies if enough people tell him to! I don't know whether he would do as asked if the goal were reached, but there might be a chance.

Everything began with an online petition that was (and still is) trying to make Uwe Boll stop. Here are some quick excerpts from it: "We [...] ask that Uwe Boll [...] stops directing, producing, or taking any part in the creation of feature films. His distasteful handling of the subject matter and lack of acknowledgment of his failures simply cannot be abided any longer." When writing this article, 31,321 people have already signed the petition.

Asked by the FEARnet website whether he knows about the petition (that had 18,000 signatures) and what's his opinion about it, Uwe Boll said: "Yeah, I know that. 18,000 is not enough to convince me," adding that it would take much more signatures to make him stop: "One million. Now we have a new goal."

So, here you are. Only 970,000 signatures are needed and Uwe Boll will stop. Will this happen? Never. It was a bad idea in the first place: criticizing a person or a movie is one thing; trying to make him stop doing what he does best (I am sure he's not planning to release sh*tty movies just to piss us, gamers, off) is another thing and it's not alright. If you don't like Uwe, just stop watching his movies. It's easy, costless and no useless online petitions are involved. But if you prefer them, here is the one for Uwe.