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Online Games That Redefine Risk

Posted by simoniker on from the get-fragged-can't-afford-groceries dept.

Thanks to the New York Times (free reg. req.) for their article on the growing world of pay-to-play Internet FPS gaming, concentrating particularly on the YouPlayGames and Ultimate Arena sites, the latter of which is run by former Quake world champion Dennis 'Thresh' Fong. The article points out that "...groups concerned about the impact of computer games say that what these sites offer is gambling, which can make the games even more addictive." But according to pay-to-play FPS-er Tyler Hatton, the cash aspect is a positive thing: "Without money, if you're down a few kills, you might get lazy and accept defeat. When you're in a serious game for money, you put all you have into it. You start doing things you didn't know you could do, pulling off great moves."

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  1. The State of Employment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    First they came for the menial jobs. I never spoke out because I didn't have a menial job.
    Then they came for the unskilled laborer jobs. I never spoke out because I wasn't an unskilled laborer.
    Then they came for the skilled labor jobs. I never spoke out because I wasn't a skilled laborer.
    Then they came for the call center jobs. I never spoke out because I didn't work in a call center.
    Then they came for the middle management / clerical jobs. I never spoke out because that wasn't my job either.
    Then they came for the programmer's jobs. And there was no-one left in employment who wanted to help me.

    FACT: This country is being hollowed out from the inside by filthy subhuman animals. An invasion of scum, often illegally entering the country, who are crawling their way into good jobs. Why? Because they are wanting to take everything over. We all know to what effect that 'positive discrimination' has altered employment practises. Now, instead of the most valuable person for the job, companies are obliged to employ rancid, workshy immigrants.

    Of course, the animals want to get into good companies, so they in turn can influence management decisions to outsource further jobs to their cousins overseas. Thus destroying an entire nation.

    From the lowliest Janitor to the highest executive, foreigners MUST be eliminated from our corporations.

    THEY BREED FASTER THAN OURSELVES BECAUSE THEIR LIVES ARE WORTH LESS.