Brock Pierce (born November 14, 1980 in Minnesota), is an American actor best known for playing the title role in the Disney's First Kid. Pierce's first major acting role was playing a young Emilio Estevez in The Mighty Ducks. Pierce reprised the role again in D2: The Mighty Ducks. In 1994, Pierce had a small role in Little Big League, but did not receive his next big break until 1996, starring alongside Sinbad as Luke Davenport in Disney's First Kid. Brock landed a few TV roles in 1997 but they would be his last credited performances. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... First Kid is a motion picture from Walt Disney Pictures that was released on August 30, 1996. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... First Kid is a motion picture from Walt Disney Pictures that was released on August 30, 1996. ... Emilio Estévez (born May 12, 1962 in New York, New York) is an American actor, director and writer. ... The Mighty Ducks DVD cover The Mighty Ducks is a series of three live-action films released in the 1990s by Walt Disney Pictures. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Little Big League  is a 1994 film about an 11-year-old (later turns 12) who suddenly becomes the owner and then manager of the Minnesota Twins baseball team. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... David Adkins (born November 10, 1956), who uses the stage name Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... First Kid is a motion picture from Walt Disney Pictures that was released on August 30, 1996. ...

Life after acting

Pierce retired from acting in favor of producing, producing a show for gay teenagers called Chad's World.^[1][2][3] Pierce has hinted at his own bisexuality in an interview with Oasis Magazine, an online homosexual interest magazine: "I'm not, at the moment, seeing anyone, so whether it's a girl or a guy... I don't want to eliminate myself from seeing anyone, because I like all people (...) I can say I'm very familiar with the issues gay teenagers face, very familiar."^[4][5] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...

Pierce began enjoying a lavish lifestyle in Los Angeles riding the Dot-com bubble with the Digital Entertainment Network. As an 18 year old, Pierce was making $250,000 a year and held 1% of the company's shares.^[6]After the collapse of the Digital Entertainment Network, Pierce fled the U.S. with co-founders Marc Collins-Rector and Chad Schackley after a number of former underaged DEN employees accused the three of sexual abuse, drugging them, and making violent threats. They were later dubbed by the New York Post as the "dot-com perverts."^[7][8][9] The three were arrested by Spanish police before being returned to the U.S. to face charges of transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts. Only Collins-Rector was charged.^[10] The dot-com bubble was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 during which stock markets in Western nations saw their value increase rapidly from growth in the new Internet sector and related fields. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Pierce is now a major shareholder in IGE, a well-known MMORPG gold-selling company,^[11] as well as the chairman of Affinity Media^[12] , a company which owns a variety of MMORPG-oriented websites, including Thottbot, IGE, Allakhazam, and OGaming.^[13] IGE (Internet Gaming Entertainment) is the largest MMORPG services company world-wide, with offices in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Miami. ... Real-Money Trading (or RMT, Real Money Transaction) is a phenomenon that occurred with the birth of online-gaming, especially in the genre of MMORPGs. ...

References

1. ^ Menn, Joseph (May 7, 2000). How a Visionary Venture on the Web Unraveled (Text). Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
2. ^ http://www.tv.com/brian-christopher-stark/person/69004/biography.html
3. ^ Episode 1 of Chad's World on YouTube
4. ^ Walsh, Jeff (June 1, 1998). Chad's World to hit the Internet this month (Text). Oasis Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
5. ^ http://p219.ezboard.com/fscarletstreetsubtexts.showMessage?topicID=26.topic
6. ^ Grover, Ronald (November 15, 1999). Digital Entertainment Network: Startup or Non-Starter? (Text). BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
7. ^ http://www.digitalmediawire.com/archives_021601.html
8. ^ Rice, Andrew (November 1, 1999). DEN Board Asked Founder to Leave (Text). Wired.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
9. ^ Lynch, Stephen (November 11, 2003). A DEN OF INIQUITY: After 3-year exile, Web exec faces perv charges (Text). New York Post. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
10. ^ Farrell, Nick (October 10, 2002). Dotcom founders still in Spanish jail (Text). ITweek. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
11. ^ Boorstin, Julia (November 28, 2005). Yield of Dreams (Text). Forbes Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
12. ^ Management Team (2007). Retrieved on 2007-3-24.
13. ^ Affinity Media Properties (2007). Retrieved on 2007-3-24.

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External links

• Brock Pierce at the Internet Movie Database
• 'Yield of Dreams' Forbes Article
• "How a Visionary Venture on the Web Unraveled" from the LA Times
• Flash video satirizing the plight of Pierce's company DEN