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London Gamers Shoot It Out In The Streets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bring-it-to-madison dept.

ChocLinux writes "Gamers that take part in the Streetwars watergun assassination tournament in London could face arrest if they stalk their target in the tube. CNET has spoken to one gamer who has taken part in the tournament and disagreed that waterguns could be mistaken for firearms, as all contestants are using brightly-coloured super-soakers. He admitted that he narrowly missed being eliminated. 'Some guy tried to get me outside work, but he missed and fell off his bike,' he said. If the game isn't over by midnight on August 15, the remaining contestants will take part in a one week sudden death tournament." From the article: "You can hunt your target down any way you see fit; you can pose as a delivery person and jack them when they open the door, disguise yourself and take them out on the street, etc. If you are successful in your assassination attempt, the person you killed will give you their envelope and the person they were supposed to kill becomes your new target."

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  1. Seen it. by tygerstripes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Cambridge Uni. Assassins Guild. One enterprising guy dropped a massive polystyrene block on his target's head from a balcony (it was a safe, basically).

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  2. Dude by BHearsum · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That is really, really, cool.

  3. We did something similar... by akross · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In High School, we played this game mostly amongst us marching band geeks. We used plastic sporks as weapons because water guns were a no-no in the building. Fun times getting killed at the Burger King Drive Thru...

  4. I've done that by steveo777 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Actually did this back in college. Had a lot of fun, too. We printed off color photos on "Hit" cards. If you got the hit you would take that person's assignment. We used hand squirtguns. Unfortunately, we had an incedent in the States not long after that. The Columbine school shootings which pretty much put a distaste in everyone's mouths for that kind of activity for a while.

    One of the unique rules we had was that after 5 hits we could upgrade from the hand squirter to any means necessary. Super Soaker, Water Ballons, Hose, Buckets. It was pretty interesting for a while and about 300 students were initially signed up.

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  5. Sounds like T.A.G. (The Assassination Game). by Richard+Steiner · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We played it in the mid-80's in college. Lots of fun!

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  6. Re:As a player in the London Streetwars... by djdead · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So what happens if you knock off someone and your name in in their envelope? It doesn't necessarily mean that your the last man standing.

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  7. Something to think about. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I had a conversation once with a policeman. He told me something I never thought about. He told me that gangs would paint REAL guns with colors to make them look like toys. He also said some gans would attack a plastic bright orange(or paint) bracket on the muzzle of the gun to make it look like a toy gun as well. I am not suggesting that they should ban water gun games, but do understand the situation the police is in. Imagine you are in the "tube" (subway) and all of a sudden some guy runs with the gun as he chases down his target. I would imagine it wouldnt be a pleasant thoughts. I am sorry, but that would be just irresponsible.

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  8. Re:You make the fear. by Grab · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Firearms is a major screw-up. Basically it was trying to get away from the "suicide-by-cop" thing that's so popular in the US, where you shoot up a place (and as many innocent people as possible) until the cops shoot you. The sad thing is that this law was badly thought out, so it crapped on the target-shooting fans and didn't really help much to prevent criminals getting guns. But for everyone else in the country, it really made no difference. Unlike the US, the UK has never had widespread public ownership of firearms, so "rolling over" wasn't really in it - I'd say that 90+% Brits have never seen a handgun except on the armed policemen in airports.

    Pocket knives too. I don't know about the US, but people in the UK don't generally go around armed to the teeth with machetes. And it's a misunderstanding to say that you're not allowed to carry pocket knives - unless you've got the knife out and you're threatening someone with it, there's nothing the police can do about your Swiss Army knife or Leatherman. Except for at airports, of course, and that's a global thing these days.

    And video monitoring generally isn't seen as a privacy issue, because the places where the video cameras are are all very public places. It's a technological alternative to having a policeman on every street corner.

    Grab.