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Real Gun Pulled At Counter-Strike Tournament
Audiovore writes "Got Frag? has a press release and interview with the president of Cyber X Gaming about an event which took place after a Counter-Strike LAN gaming qualifier in Los Angeles at the weekend. Apparently, two guys from separate teams got in a fight outside, and when staff tried to break it up one of the participants went to his car, got a gun, and pointed it at the head of a staff member (who happened to be the son of the CXG president.) His team-mates then 'encouraged the person with the gun to fire', although the situation was then calmed down and the remainder of the event was cancelled."
Another reason for forced sterilization... oh wait, these guys were already at a gaming convention.
It's the pavement!
Nothing happened untill they went OUTSIDE, to the PARKING LOT, which has PAVEMENT! Let's look at the facts. Nearly EVERY drive-by shooting ever has been within 5 feet of pavement. Most gang violence in urban areas is near pavement!
It's time to do something about this pavement industry that's causing EPIDEMICS of violence in this country. Back in revolutionary times (when there was no pavement) things like drive-by shootings and gang violence didn't happen! I defy someone to find a whole in my logic!
Won't someone PLEASE think of the children!
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I'd like to kick the ass of that guy and all his idiot friends who egged him on!
Wait, that wouldn't help solve the problem of gaming being related to violence, would it?
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The safety is the three feet between you and the guy with the bat. That space should be preferably filled with a door.
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Hey, way to generalize man... I manage a coffee shop and have been a very gentle person most of my life. (I was kinda mean to my younger brother until around 17 when I realized how lame it was.)
I resent your comments and if I ever see you in person I'm gonna take a claw hammer and...
I mean... have a nice day!
"...and pointed it at the head of a staff member"
So... he was obviously using an aimbot.
Synchronized swiming.
Rythmic gymnatics.
Cricket.
Polo.
Lumberjack games.
Bobsleding
Luge
Cross country skiing
speedwalking
I gave someone a bloddy nose with a Bible once, outside of a church. (Vacation Bible School and I did not get along). Does that mean that Bible Study causes violence too?
Idiots will do what idiots do. The vast majority of gamers will never hurt anyone, much less carry a gun around "just in case".
When all, most, or even a tenth of gamers start acting violently, maybe I'll consider that there's some kind of relationship between gaming and violence.
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I lost my temper once, but my expert mouse clicking and keyboarding skills did me no good at all. All that training gone to waste, pity.
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No this behaviour is bot common.
I can't believe you take the oppurtunity to make derogatory comments against Electronic Americans. It is because of people like you that anti-semiticism still exists. How would you feel if I say, "No, this behaviour is white common" or (judging by your, ah, behaviour) "No, this behaviour is Euro common"?
Get a life; Electronic Americans are also people like us!
Police were particularly concerned because, at a Counter-Stike tournament held last month, ten young men were shot... in the head... with one bullet... through five brick walls.
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Prove it.
If you're going to meet my emotional demands and annecdotal evidence with things like reason and a call for a statistical basis, I guess you "Just don't get it".
It's people like you with your dispassionate "Wait and see" attitudes that are part of the problem. When you decide to follow your heart instead of your head, and be part of the solution, we'll be here. Until then, just know that you're down there and there is nothing you can do about it.