Call Goes Out For Shooter Cease Fire

[chiggerwood]

It doesn't matter if the media's going to use this against games, at least in America, because we already won the fight. Games are protected under the first amendment just like books, TV, and movies, so quit being scared. Personally I don't see where not playing games is going to do anything except make those who want to feel good, feel good, but if you want to then fine, but stop worrying about the media, the worst they can do is ***** to the wind.

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

This is a stupid idea. If you want to call for a day of reflection, then fine whatever. It's still a bad idea, we should always do business as usual after one of these idiots thinks they can change the world. But at least I can understand why people would call for it. However there's no reason to pick a specific genre of video game that has nothing to do with anything and have everyone not play those games as some sort of show of support? How the hell is that a show of support? Doing nothing to help whatsoever is now supportive? How about asking videogamers to contribute money to help the aggrieved families.

Its a lot easier to take peoples lives with a gun, than with a knife or a bomb.

I'll call bullshit on that.

The Oklahoma blast claimed 168 lives, including 19 children under the age of 6,[1] and injured more than 680 people.[2] The blast destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a sixteen-block radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings.[3][4] The bomb was estimated to have caused at least $652 million worth of damage.

You set something off something even 1/10th that size in a mall, a sporting event, a theme park, anywhere people gather and you will have far more casualties than any idiot with a gun.

You don't have to do a background check. You don't have to go through a waiting period. You don't even have to be particularly smart. You just have to have access to google, [https://www.google.com/search?q=anarchist+cookbook&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a#hl=en&sugexp=les%3Beqn%2Ccconf%3D1.2%2Cmin_length%3D2%2Crate_low%3D0.035%2Crate_high%3D0.035%2Csecond_pass%3Dfalse%2Cnum_suggestions%3D2%2Cignore_bad_origquery%3Dtrue%2Conetoken%3Dfalse&gs_rn=0&gs_ri=serp&tok=46q-4TG8PaGt21OUa78riA&pq=anarchist%20cookbook&cp=21&gs_id=9z&xhr=t&q=anarchist+cookbook+online&pf=p&client=firefox-a&hs=IxT&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&biw=1600&bih=765&sclient=psy-ab&oq=anarchist+cookbook+on&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.aWM&fp=31229be95c8561f6&bpcl=40096503] the ability to follow directions on a piece of paper, and have money to purchase things.

 

[Epona]

Chyeah, good luck with this. Since when have the majority of gamers been compassionate enough to take up any cause except playing Half Life 2 to try and get Valves attention. As others have stated, this is perfect bait for fuckwits like Fox News to latch onto.

What's the point of insulting gamers?

 

[NightHawk21]

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Right the thing is though the thing you posted was done in a different time (pre-911), and was done by multiple people, at least 2 of them soldiers from a quick glance. Also as much as the people writing the Anarchist's Cookbook would have you believe, the majority of the stuff in that book has been either proven to be false, been proven to be extremely dangerous to the maker, or been proven to be ineffective.

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

Right the thing is though the thing you posted was done in a different time (pre-911)

Sorry to break it to you, but we really aren't any better at catching people.

and was done by multiple people at least 2 of them soldiers from a quick glance.

What does this have to do with the effectiveness of bombs? You made a pretty clear statement that bombs weren't as effective as guns. A statement that was patently incorrect.

Also as much as the people writing the Anarchist's Cookbook would have you believe, the majority of the stuff in that book has been either proven to be false, been proven to be extremely dangerous to the maker, or been proven to be ineffective.

I've never heard that, before.

Googling for it yields random idiots on yahoo answers, and an article with no real source information claiming that the Anarchist Cookbook is a secret CIA project to trick people. Which apparently no one told the UK government; who I guess they have no idea how to make bombs and the CIA just hoodwinked them too because They apparently found the Anarchist Cookbooks contents more than real enough to convict the publisher. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/09/terrorists-handbook-businessman-found-guilty

I wouldn't use The Anarchist Cookbook anyways were I so inclined. The Ragnar Benson guides are definitely not faked, much more detailed, and cover a much wider breadth of information. I simply didn't have a way to simply post them without referring people to illegal torrents or to amazon pages that give no preview of the contents inside.

 

[Falsename]

I'm sure everyone would like to do something to help show sympathy for this cause... though this way might be the wrong way.

It's just drawing attention to yourself. How about a call for gamers to send a picture of themselves to someone who will make them all into a collage of a piece sign when you look at it from a distance?

Still, it's good to see at least some initiative. Gamers a good/genuine people.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

No shooters? Sure, I'll bite.

Would it be a bad thing if I was actually going real shooting that day? It's my birthday that day and my Dad just got a new rifle. And a Red Dot Scope where you can actually change what you want the red dot retical to look like.

 

[Dfskelleton]

This might be hard, considering that I have very few games that aren't shooters. However, this is something that I'd like to take part in. Hey, I do actually have a few books I need to read, so this might be a good opportunity.
I don't want to do it because I see shooters as "responsible", but because I have few other ways to express my sentiment besides my words.

Better idea- Spec Ops: The Line free to play day, and see how many people you can get to play that. THEN an online shooter cease fire might just happen organically for a few days. ...or at least only the sociopaths will be the ones playing.

A Spec Ops: The Line FTP day actually sounds like a good idea, not nessecarily because of the shooting in Newtown. I wonder how many people would try it because "Hey, free shooter!" , and then incidentally get sucked down the ultimate grief-trip of the year. That is, of course, assuming they get past the first few chapters to where things start getting really messed up.

 

[Paradoxrifts]

So does this mean we should also hold a "Keep your hands off your dicks day", a day where we all put our pornography aside for one single day in order to send a message. The next time news bubbles up about a rape squad operating in some fetid third world hellhole, or some other completely irrelevant but still quite vile criminal action takes place somewhere in the world.

I'm more than willing to help!

You see, it has always been my dream to participate in a stupid, utterly pointless publicity stunt, which will ultimately change absolutely nothing of importance, except to feature in a list on the internet featuring brain-dead stunts that ultimately changed absolutely nothing that were held by well-meaning activists.

Captcha: hard and fast

Damnit Captcha! Not now! I've got philanthropy to preform. Dirty, dirty philanthropy.

 

[Woodsey]

Chyeah, good luck with this. Since when have the majority of gamers been compassionate enough to take up any cause except playing Half Life 2 to try and get Valves attention. As others have stated, this is perfect bait for fuckwits like Fox News to latch onto.

What does compassion even have to do with it? It does absolutely nothing for anyone involved.

 

[Nurb]

Blaming games; It didn't work then, it doesn't work now.

 

[strangemoose]

thats fucking stupid...no no i will not stop playing video games on that day why? because it will do absolutely fucking nothing to help the victims

 

[Last Hugh Alive]

Fuck the media's impression of it, I think I'll participate because its a nice, clever sentiment. I was just thinking about playing Dishonered and Arkham City again soon, anyway.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Its like what George Carlin said:
"Now they're talking about banning toy guns...and they're going to keep the fucking real ones!"

 

[Yan007]

I don't think there is any need for better gun control or making guns illegal. The fact that this news is shocking is proof enough that it is enough of an isolated case.

 

[DanielBrown]

Don't play much shooters these days though, so I'll probably join in without wanting to... Holding my thumbs Mass Effect 2 will finally show up within the next two days.

 

[Easton Dark]

Its like what George Carlin said:
"Now they're talking about banning toy guns...and they're going to keep the fucking real ones!"

It's a strange way to fix the problem isn't it.

Go after the things that make guns look bad instead of the guns.

edit: I'm going to play New Vegas that day and if any of the shooters on my steam wish list are on sale that day I'll buy them and play those too.

 

[Lugbzurg]

Ok so on the 21st i shall resort to shooting things in UMvC3 with my team of Deadpool, Chris and Dante.

Or i could spend the day playing Serious Sam 3 out of spite.

Tough choice.

Pick Serious Sam 3. It's centrally-focused on shooting things.

Yeah, what does this help? The event had no connection whatsoever to videogames, so why should we do this? It's just admitting to something that isn't true. In which case, I think I'll get back into my Ultimate Doom campaign on the Nightmare skill level.

Better idea- Spec Ops: The Line free to play day, and see how many people you can get to play that. THEN an online shooter cease fire might just happen organically for a few days. ...or at least only the sociopaths will be the ones playing.

I really like that idea. That would be a lot more reasonable and specific.

 

[Twilight_guy]

Why shooters? Why not puzzle games? Why not Bejewled? Why not chest? Why not stop playing checkers? Why not stop building model ariplanes for a day? Your show of support is supposed to somehow be related to the thing that is happening. If you want to stop a hobby to show support why not ask shooting ranges to close for a day or a few hours? This seems so tangential you mind as well be asking us to preform some arbitrary act. Why not just collect money then? You can do something with that. You mind as well be asking us to stand on our heads to support victims of hurricanes.