Atkinson: Gamers Are More Threatening Than Bikers

[Onsokumaru]

Don't go talking smack you jackasses. You're giving that man job security like you would not believe.

If I had a hat I'd take it off for you. Sadly most gamers' egos overshadows their intellect so Mr Atkinson probably won't have to go looking for a new job any time soon.

 

[Fniff]

You drove us to the edge, my stupid, stupid friend.

We don't like that.

We may be nerds, but we will not be repressed. Soon, if you aren't lucky, you are going to have revolution on your hands.

 

[mexicola]

I'm sure that to a casual observer we might seem like raging maniacs, but once he gets to knows us better he will see the error of his hasty opinion, right?

 

[Postman667]

I'm sure that to a casual observer we might seem like raging maniacs, but once he gets to knows us better he will see the error of his hasty opinion, right?

One would thinks so. We are all civilized, right?

 

[Roganzar]

Okay nothing new to add to this but;

BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Oooo okay better now, whew.....

 

[Leon's Hell]

So by using that logic of viewing isn't as bad as participation then we could go out and watch someone get the shit kicked out of them over playing games, because we have no element of activity. And if he's getting sad over people bullying him, he should realise that change doesn't come through letting politicians do whatever they feel like, it's getting across the message of those who care about the subject. I don't agree with the method employed by some people, but if Atkinson is actually frightened of them (not only saying he is to get sympathy votes) then I'll agree with them when I see the results.

 

[Flying-Emu]

OH MICHAEL, YOU SILLY GOOSE.

 

[SmugFrog]

Please spread this around:

Some comparison for those that don't understand what gamers do.

 

[w-Jinksy]

he looks like bruce forsyth's half retarded lesbian nephew.

but whatever a note? really? it convinces him that we are all raving bloddy handed lunatics out for fresh meat to kill because he had a not slipped under his door?

Last time i checked biker gangs ritually set places and times where they would murder the fuck out of each other y'know for real isnt that more dangerous than doing it online.

This is almost as stupid as the gnumpty who said all gamers are as trained as SAS because of the games we play.

 

[Corsion]

This guy is a loony. Just look at his face. Yuck.

If he seriously believes that I am more dangerous than a whole biker gang than that's his problem. I can't help but be reminded of a conversation on The Simpsons Movie:

EPA Soldier: I'm afraid we lost them, sir.

Russ Cargill: Dammit!!!

[Cargill throws his binoculars at the EPA soldier, who cowers in fear. The binoculars bounce back off the dome and hit Cargill in the face.]

Russ Cargill: Well then you find 'em, and you get 'em back in the dome! And to make sure nobody else gets out, I want roving death squads around the perimeter 24-7! I want 10,000 tough guys, and I want 10,000 soft guys to make the tough guys look tougher! And here's how I want them arranged: tough, soft, tough, tough, soft, tough, soft, soft, tough, tough, soft, soft, tough, soft.
[pause]

EPA Soldier: Sir, I'm afraid you've gone mad with power.

Russ Cargill: Oh, of course I have. Have you ever tried going mad without power? It's boring, no one listens to you!

 

[Green Tentacle]

This is probably the same guy who will compare video games to the likeness of Hitler.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Every time I hear about anything done by any member of Australian Labor, I wish that Socialist International would remove them from their list of affiliates for being closet fascists...

 

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[Tinneh]

Bikers and gamers, UNITE!

Dude, I would look SO badass riding a motorcycle brandishing a Power Glove and a Nintendo Zapper 8D

 

[SmugFrog]

Dude, I would look SO badass riding a motorcycle brandishing a Power Glove and a Nintendo Zapper 8D

That needs to happen. Someone needs to take a picture of this.

 

[Tinneh]

So the guy who pick to be the pansy of the world, afraid of the person who eats the pac man energy pill and chomps the scared blue ghost because the player has no morals or feelings towards the electronic spiritless specter being consumed, now wants to try and paint video game players in the same light as biker gangs.

Now not just a biker, but a biker gang member. One who forms bonds, and commits crimes with other bikers. No I don't wish to hear about biker gangs who just ride on the weekends. You are a group of friends, A biker group. A gang is normally a label of criminals.

So people who play a video game, and partake in pretend violence scare him more than someone who maybe even had picked up a hammer and smacked a person in the jaw. In real life, flesh, teeth, bone, spit and blood flying all over is the less than not equal to... someone who hit a fake crabhead zombie in Halflife with a fake crowbar with fake gore?

This guy is in authority how?

So we get him in a room. With a gamer and put a crowbar in the gamers hand and tell the gamer "He thinks your more dangerous than a biker."

See how he fairs.

Then we put him in a room, with a biker. Give the biker a crowbar. And tell the biker "He's more afraid of a nerd that players world of warcraft than you."

See how he fairs.

*ahem* Headcrab.

 

[XIGBARx13]

If I didn't see Atkinson's name mentioned in the article and there was np picture of his hysterical gapped-tooth smile, I would've thought this was a joke. But it doesn't at all surprise me. He's proven already that he'll go to incredible lengths to convince people that gamers everywhere are part of an evil cult, that are associated with Nazis and planning to nuke the universe. His opinion shouldn't count though, because during his childhood that whole century ago, kids would play kick-the-can and listen to the radio as a family.

EDIT:

Dude, I would look SO badass riding a motorcycle brandishing a Power Glove and a Nintendo Zapper 8D

That needs to happen. Someone needs to take a picture of this.

Too late, the Nintendo Kid has already targeted Atkinson.
http://media.photobucket.com/image/nintendo%20kid/FredricoMantiban/Poster3.jpg

 

[Tinneh]

Dude, I would look SO badass riding a motorcycle brandishing a Power Glove and a Nintendo Zapper 8D

That needs to happen. Someone needs to take a picture of this.

If I can get a hold of my buddy Steve who has a bike I can use, it will XD.

 

[Dorian6]

hm well, I've never heard of instances of roving gangs of irate gamers leaving the safety of their basements to assault innocent pedestrians with wavebird controllers.

But if the government says it, then it must be true, right?